Lost weight and put loads on - Cant stop eating!

jojogirly

Thank you Anoneemoose and everyone else. I am on day two on myfitnesspal and am liking it. I am still sticking to slimming world whilst keeping it at 1200 cals so thats good. If I can make it past two weeks I am hoping I will be properly back on track.

anuradha1

Thank you so much guys. I am very impressed for your information...

cavework

Hi ,
Really good advice on here about building muscle.
This is how I keep motivated and its working!
Reduce the carbs and sugar and alcohol.
Throw away the scales or don't weigh yourself for six months.
First have a massive clear out of your wardrobe and just keep the clothes that fit at the moment in your wardrobe.
Put the rest in black bags in the loft and forget about them for at least 6 weeks.
Buy a pedometer (cheap) stop counting calories , instead learn all you can about the effects different foods have on your body.
Walk everyday, start slowly and build up your speed and distance .
Set goals on how many steps you are going to achieve and when you get comfortable , increase them.
Do this for at least 6 weeks then when your clothes start to feel loose and baggy (and they will) get those bags down and try on the clothes.
You will feel fantastic when you find you can fit into some of them.
Put the rest away again and keep on repeating this every six weeks.
This has to be a change of lifestyle not a short term fix and you will never maintain a healthy weight if you feel you are going to be deprived of food for the rest of your life.
Finally remember , muscle weighs more than fat so please forget about weighing yourself every week and work at making your body stronger. The feeling is amazing
Most importantly be kind to yourself.
You CAN do this..
xxx

pinkteapot

MyFitnessPal fan here.

What I love is that nothing is off limits. I can have pizza and chocolate if I want. So long as it's within my daily calorie limit. I log everything and weigh ALL my food so my logging is accurate. The system works.

Re weight gain after loss. Weight loss is the start of a lifelong change. You can never go back to eating what you did before. It made you put on weight. The weight loss eating is a temporary thing. If you ate a calorie deficit (eating fewer than you burn each day so that you lose weight) forever then you'd become underweight. But when you reach your goal weight you then have to find a lifelong maintenance plan that works for you.

So it might be that you ate 2,500 calories a day before, you eat 1,200 a day while losing weight, and then you eat 1,700 a day afterwards. You'll be eating more than when you were losing weight, but less than when you were larger. You work out an eating plan to lose weight, and a new one to maintain.

I have to log my food and be as careful on maintenance as when losing. I don't have an emotional eating problem or any of that rubbish. The simple fact is that I love chocolate, cake, wine.... High calorie food tastes good. :rotfl: I will eat too much unless I'm keeping an eye on it.

chucknorris

I think the secret is to have a goal, which is why I decided a couple of weeks ago to enter a local 10 mile road race this June. All of a sudden I am much more focused, and I have changed from jogging 3 x 2-3 miles a week, to 2 x 4 miles and one longer run (currently 9 miles). I have also cut out midweek drinking too, and I am starting to also look what I eat to help lose a few kg's, I am currently 75kg (from 73kg, see my signature) and would like to get down to about 70kg on race day this June.

raven83

I am the same, I lost loads of weight, but have gained a stone, still no where as big as I was and I am quite happy at the size I am. I do eat more but nothing compared to what I used to eat at my biggest, and I do do a lot more exercise. I think if I could stay this weight and continue eating how I am, I wouldn't complain.

You need to get yourself back into that frame of mind again, even if you do 5 days of healthy eating and have 2 days of eating what you like (in moderation) then you should shed some pounds, and obviously keep more active.

jojogirly

Thank you all so much for your replies and help, and to all those who suggested MyFitnessPal - Which is really fantastic. I have found it really motivating and since starting this thread have managed to get back on track and have lost 10.5 lbs which I am just thrilled about. I am finding the 'exercise if you want more calories' very helpful and so have begun exercising every other day. But also the fact that I look more closely at carbs, sugars and everything else that food contains is good, makes you think a bit more about what you should be eating.

Once again thanks for all your help. I just have to keep the motivation going now If you are on MyFitnessPal please feel free to add me @jomarise

belfastgirl23

Delighted for you, well done!! I need a bit of motivation myself just now!

PasturesNew

The trouble is "going on a diet". When it ends you're no longer on a diet. What you need to see is that you're "changing the foods you eat", so there is no end to it.

Unfortunately, the food you like makes you fat. The food you put up with for a short while makes you lose weight. Until you learn to like the different foods (portion sizes) of the change you'll always revert back to Pieland.

jess1974

I've just had a read through his thread and would like to ask what people eat on a day to day basis if they are low carbing.....a lot of my diet is based around pasta, potato's, rice etc....i just wondered what you substitute this with xx