Anyone else on a diet and struggling?

JBD

adouglasmhor wrote: »

My counterpoint is it is unsustainable in the long term for many reasons and counterproductive in the long term. And it is your experience not the whole picture.

Also less muscle means proportionaly less calorie burn off on a daily basis. It's not a massive ammount but a pound of muscle at rest burn of 6 calories a day, a pound of fat 2. And that's just at rest.

Yes, I know that, thank you.
I wasn't putting forward a method of sustained weight loss,I was simply recounting my own experiences.

Tink2

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Don't rinse,
http://lifehacker.com/5978107/dont-rinse-your-mouth-out-after-brushing-your-teeth

I have to other wise it peels the skin on the inside of my lips

JBD

Tink2 wrote: »

I have to other wise it peels the skin on the inside of my lips

My daughters dentist told me that a couple of years ago. I found that some toothpastes burn (like the aquafresh 3 in 1) but others don't (like the standard aquafresh). I'm guessing it's the 'whitener' factor that is the culprit.

Tink2

Yesterday's stuff

Kit kat chunky, 75g mozzarella and pesto kettle crisps, low sugar monster - 657 calories

Trout with fish seasoning, steamed green beans, sprouts, broccoli and sweet corn - 288 calories

206g seedless grapes - 136 calories

Baked salmon on oyster sauce with steamed broccoli and peas - 333 calories

1414 calories
81.5 protein
146.2 carbs
52.6 fat

Pint of green tea
3x water with pain killer
330ml can Pepsi max

Cod liver oil
Raspberry ketone
Multi vit
Echinacea

Summary of the week -

I'm pleased with how this week went, logged food every day, only had one none calorie counting day (which I estimated to be 3000)

Calories for the week were

1453
1281
3000 (estimate)
1155
1359
2080
1414

= 11,742/7 = 1677

A average of 1677 isn't so bad

I've had veg and/or fruit every day

Next week more of the same

Tink2

JBD wrote: »

My daughters dentist told me that a couple of years ago. I found that some toothpastes burn (like the aquafresh 3 in 1) but others don't (like the standard aquafresh). I'm guessing it's the 'whitener' factor that is the culprit.

I've tried loads and the all do it for me unless I rinse

JBD

Tink2 wrote: »

I've tried loads and the all do it for me unless I rinse

You're best doing what suits you then. You don't want ulcers in your mouth.
Now I'm off to check out your cooking/baking thread, just to make sure your OH hasn't made any naughty cakes :rotfl:

Tink2

JBD wrote: »

You're best doing what suits you then. You don't want ulcers in your mouth.
Now I'm off to check out your cooking/baking thread, just to make sure your OH hasn't made any naughty cakes :rotfl:

Lol, we don't have the ingredients yet

Cloudydaze

Tink2 wrote: »

Summary of the week -

I'm pleased with how this week went, logged food every day, only had one none calorie counting day (which I estimated to be 3000)

Maybe you should give a brief synopsis of your dieting philosophy now that your thread has been moved. I think the health & beauty forumites have a more conventional/sensible/healthy approach to weight loss so it might save them the bother of critiquing your approach.

Tinks is on the (as of yet unproven) "Starve Yourself, Stuff Yourself" diet.

Basic principles are:
- nothing is off limits. (just because you are overweight and wishing you weren't, that's no reason to deprive yourself)
- you must have little treats daily (ie 2 bags of crisps or kit kat chunky)
- one big blowout a week where you don't count (because calories you don't count, don't count). This will typically be 3 courses finishing with a mega calorific dessert.
- 1 nectarine or a few tomatoes is 'including fruit of veg'
- eating healthy foods is just not important
- you must have pizza 2 times a week and tuna 5 times a week
- there's absolutely nothing wrong with empty calories.

Tink2

Cloudydaze wrote: »

Maybe you should give a brief synopsis of your dieting philosophy now that your thread has been moved. I think the health & beauty forumites have a more conventional/sensible/healthy approach to weight loss so it might save them the bother of critiquing your approach.

Tinks is on the (as of yet unproven) "Starve Yourself, Stuff Yourself" diet.

Basic principles are:
- nothing is off limits. (just because you are overweight and wishing you weren't, that's no reason to deprive yourself)
- you must have little treats daily (ie 2 bags of crisps or kit kat chunky)
- one big blowout a week where you don't count (because calories you don't count, don't count). This will typically be 3 courses finishing with a mega calorific dessert.
- 1 nectarine or a few tomatoes is 'including fruit of veg'
- eating healthy foods is just not important
- you must have pizza 2 times a week and tuna 5 times a week
- there's absolutely nothing wrong with empty calories.

And now for the real version

I'm on a don't cut anything out just cut down diet

I'm not sticking to the same calories daily, I'm operating on a how hungry I feel basis, there's no point eating if I'm not hungry and there's no point sticking to low calories if I'm hungry

Yes I eat tuna a lot because I like it, I also eat quorn, salmon, trout, sea bass, cod, haddock (I'm pescetarian)

I'm trying to have fruit/veg every day

One pizza a week

I will have one none calorie counting day a week

I'm doing it this way because cutting everything out does not work for me!

WantToBeSE

Yay, another 1lb weight loss this week, which makes 4lbs in the last 4 weeks. I have gone from 11st 2lbs to 10st 12lbs


Today I ate:


Breakfast- 2 slices of wholemeal toast with PB and a Satsuma
Snack-Apple
Lunch- Quinoa and Bbbuckwheat salad (a pre made one, Dr Food)
Snack- A mini twister ice cream (48 cals).
Dinner- (In the oven as we speak) Mediterranean turkey, boiled royal jersey potaotes, salad and extra veggies.


I am almost reaching 2L of water/weak juice per day, but not quite.