Can I lose 1 stone in 2 months?

jaylee3

skattykatty wrote: »

I am your height but weigh over 10 stone. I know, from experience, that when I drop to around 9 stone 7, I start looking gaunt and my family start making concerned noises! I am not unhappy with my weight, but am unhappy about my fitness! Eat well and do the right exercises to tone up, bearing in mind you may end up heavier if you put on muscle. A friend of mine is shorter and weighs a stone more but looks fantastic because she's fit. She has less body fat than I have and more muscle. Sometimes focusing on weight obscures other factors, especially for those of us who are, to all intents and purposes, a 'healthy' weight.

Hmmm yes I agree. I think for a height of 5 foot 5 to 5 ft 7; nine stone to ten stone is a good healthy weight.

Being 8 stone or under at that height is not a healthy weight for anyone, no matter what size their 'frame' is.

Any weight chart you look at will tell you that.

I think some people are kidding themselves.

purpleshoes_2

bsod wrote: »

Because they carry on overeating afterwards, same applies to the vast array of faddy diets

The problem with calorie restriction is that people pluck a random figure from the air, rather than working out what their TDEE is and then applying a physical activity factor.

Again, someone could eat 1500 cals of junk and lose weight, it wouldn't be healthy.

Calorie restriction can also lead to binge eating, as in the Ive gone over my cals today, I might as well have a blow out. It certainly doesn't suit everyone and personally, Ive got better things to do with my life than sit and count calories.

Lunar_Eclipse

FBaby wrote: »

That's ridiculous. Age alone would have an impact. My DD is 5'7'' and 7 1/2 stone. She is a size 8 and is slim, but certainly not skinny. More importantly, she definitely doesn't have an eating disorder. She does eat like a horse and doesn't have a body image issue. She is very small bones, so I think that's the reason why.

That is really interesting and goes to show how we all carry weight differently.

I'm 5'9" and heavy. I look ill below a size 14, but at a size 14, I weigh around 13 stone (which is too heavy.)

I have a daughter who is 5'7" and weighs 10 stone. She's slim to normal: a size 10.

My other daughter is 5'8", weighs 8 1/2 stone and is a size 4-6. She is very slim.

I think we all must run heavy.

FredG

jaylee3 wrote: »

Hmmm yes I agree. I think for a height of 5 foot 5 to 5 ft 7; nine stone to ten stone is a good healthy weight.

Being 8 stone or under at that height is not a healthy weight for anyone, no matter what size their 'frame' is.

Any weight chart you look at will tell you that.

I think some people are kidding themselves.

Some people kid themselves yes, but BMI weight charts while OK when used as basic guidance are useless when it comes to taking in to account body composition.

For example, a BMI chart would say I'm obese when I am at my lowest weight of 16.5 stones and have a pretty healthy 13-14% bodyfat. At my current weight of 19 stones (I again have let myself go!) it says I should die any minute....however I can still run 5km quite happily sub 30 minutes despite carrying the extra weight.

blossomsuz

If you opt for a crash diet you run the risk of putting the weight back on quickly as well as more on top after you stop eating this way (been there done that).


About 8 months ago I started on the 5:2 and although some people are not fans I have found this works particularly well for me HOWEVER I do stick to the 500 calories twice a week AND 1200 every other day except in special circumstances. Also those 500 or 1200 calories are made up of good healthy food and not chips and chocolate bars.


I have lost 2 stone within this 8 months but it isn't just the weight, I have lost a lot of inches off my tummy, legs, arms and bum and look completely different. Now I have got rid of the initial weight I have started going to the gym again 2-3 times a week and find that I really enjoy it now.


The 5:2 for me isn't a diet but a lifestyle change and I have accepted that once I am my ideal weight I will carry on with this way of eating except I may up the calorie intake on my none fast days.


Eat healthy and get yourself some exercise the weight will soon fall off

Mojisola

blossomsuz wrote: »

The 5:2 for me isn't a diet but a lifestyle change and I have accepted that once I am my ideal weight I will carry on with this way of eating except I may up the calorie intake on my none fast days.

This is the major difference between 'going on a diet' and making permanent changes to the way your diet.

"Diets" fail because people go on them in order to lose weight and then revert to the way they ate pre-diet which is what made them overweight.

What you're doing is what's needed. The 5:2 way of eating is very adaptable and can be used as a life-long tool for weight control and positive health changes.

supermassive

All this yammering on about what works and what doesn't is silly. Don't look at diets, look at science.

Food, essentially, is fuel. The other use for food is to provide vitamins etc.

What you get from potatoes, rice and wheat is very little nutrition for the amount of energy it provides. This is bad because you're unlikely to be using up that energy and it will store itself as fat. That's what fat is - too much fuel stored up with no place to go.

Calorie control works if you don't particularly care about the way your body works and just want to look nice after 6 months or so, but because there are calories in everything, you never know what kind of nutrition you're actually getting unless you look at the nutritional content - which would show you the carb/fat/sugar/calories anyway.

Ignore calories. When I was losing weight 10 years ago (and kept it off other than a "calorie controlled" period last year where I gained 2 stone from poor nutrition) I was eating probably way over my calorific allowance for the day on most days, but because I was exersizing and because my body was using the fuel/fat for all of its energy (most of it, at least) the fuel was never stored and I wasn't about to get fat.

Foods that'll stand you in good stead are Broccoli, spinach etc
Eggs are a god-send.

A great tip is to identify if things are man-made (not meant to be consumed in nature) or natural (yay) and if they've been altered to become edible (potatoes).

"Has it been alive?" (fruit/veg/meat etc have all been living organisms)
Yes? Proceed to next question.
No? Leave well alone.

"Does it have a skin?" (skin/peel whatever. Custard skin doesn't count as skin btw haha)
Yes? Proceed to next question
No? Leave it!

"Does it have any colour?" (Colour means colour, not magnolia/beige/fawn)
Yes? Put it in your mouth.
No? Well it's unlikely to do you any good, then. Leave it.


Simple 3 question guide to losing weight. It will never fail.

DKLS

jaylee3 wrote: »

Ewwww, sounds horrific! Good way to lose weight fast, but it's a wonder it hadn't killed you! I think if it had been an elderly person or a young child, that would have finished them off!

There was a few moments when I wished I was dying just to put an end to it and yes potentially could have been very dangerous for the young and old.

The Dr's main worry was dehydration, so had one of the poor hotel staff giving me some rehydration sachets every couple of hours, which usually reappeared in one direction or another minutes later. I gave the staff a very good tip and was very red faced when I checked out. as I don't think they could get the stains out of the many towels. :eek:

Sadly I have got a tad tubby again but have learnt the trick to avoid getting dehli belly, drink a Lassi everyday and only eat vegetarian food inland.

fluffnutter

onlyroz wrote: »

I think it really is just calories. The trouble is that some are burned off quicker leaving you hungry again

This isn't what you mean. Some calories aren't burnt off (or used) more quickly than others.

What is true is that some food is more satiating than others. A high protein lunch with a few carbs and a bit of fat thrown in will keep you feeling fuller for longer than a mars bar even though the number of calories may be similar.

fluffnutter

supermassive wrote: »

A great tip is to identify if things are man-made (not meant to be consumed in nature) or natural (yay) and if they've been altered to become edible (potatoes).

This is about as scientifically meaningful as banging on about 'chemicals' in food.