Weight loss and healthy eating for a debt free life

Rud0lf

How is everyone doing, I've completely flipped what I was doing on its head as I realised not eating enough was leaving me tired so I've switched things up and I'm trying to focus on eating a better diet. Having a breakfast smoothie every morning, eating more cooked from scratch food and trying to focus on wellbeing. Slowly but surely the scales are seeing a difference. 

Hope everyone is still managing to keep ticking along with the weight loss but most importantly happy and healthy.

jwil

That sounds like it's going really well @Rud0lf,  I've just started doing similar.  I'm trying to reduce carbs and processed foods and eat a lot more fruit and veg.  I've lost a little bit of weight, but I had gained before that so it doesn't count yet  

Rud0lf

jwil said:

That sounds like it's going really well @Rud0lf,  I've just started doing similar.  I'm trying to reduce carbs and processed foods and eat a lot more fruit and veg.  I've lost a little bit of weight, but I had gained before that so it doesn't count yet  

It still counts even if it's been counted before but I know what you mean. It's still going in the right direction xx

saajan_12

Rud0lf said:

How is everyone doing, I've completely flipped what I was doing on its head as I realised not eating enough was leaving me tired so I've switched things up and I'm trying to focus on eating a better diet. Having a breakfast smoothie every morning, eating more cooked from scratch food and trying to focus on wellbeing. Slowly but surely the scales are seeing a difference. 

Hope everyone is still managing to keep ticking along with the weight loss but most importantly happy and healthy.

I think this is a really underrated way of thinking.. I generally try to eat MORE at mealtimes, since its healthier, more veg / protein / complex carbs. The idea being that I'm not hungry a couple of hours later and hence not tempted into snacking with those sugary snacks. 

jwil

Rud0lf said:

jwil said:

That sounds like it's going really well @Rud0lf,  I've just started doing similar.  I'm trying to reduce carbs and processed foods and eat a lot more fruit and veg.  I've lost a little bit of weight, but I had gained before that so it doesn't count yet  

It still counts even if it's been counted before but I know what you mean. It's still going in the right direction xx

Thank you   

saajan_12 said:

Rud0lf said:

How is everyone doing, I've completely flipped what I was doing on its head as I realised not eating enough was leaving me tired so I've switched things up and I'm trying to focus on eating a better diet. Having a breakfast smoothie every morning, eating more cooked from scratch food and trying to focus on wellbeing. Slowly but surely the scales are seeing a difference. 

Hope everyone is still managing to keep ticking along with the weight loss but most importantly happy and healthy.

I think this is a really underrated way of thinking.. I generally try to eat MORE at mealtimes, since its healthier, more veg / protein / complex carbs. The idea being that I'm not hungry a couple of hours later and hence not tempted into snacking with those sugary snacks. 

I'm actively trying to do this as well, and it's definitely reduced my snacking!

KajiKita

Morning all 😊

I think there are a few of us that want to bring a bit of focus back to being healthy, losing weight and getting (more) active, so after Redo’s sharing of it, I thought I’d reactivate this thread. 

I had some slightly worrying blood test results before Christmas (talking about fatty liver 😳) so want to lose some weight and get a smidge more active to feel better about myself. I’m mid peri menopause so my hormones are not that helpful, sleep can be an elusive thing and going heck for leather at aerobic exercise is doing me no good at all these days … (I get what seems to be like a crushing hangover for a couple of days afterwards). 

Re-reading the glucose revolution over Christmas it makes even more sense the second time around, so my tactics are going to look like this:

- use as many of the gluc0se g0ddess hacks as I can to keep my blood sugar as stable to minimise the inflammation that seems to disturb my sleep
- exercise gently and regularly - aiming to walk every day, after lunch when I’m in work. Target is 10K per day, but a minimum of 8K (I appreciate that this looks low but I am primarily a desk driver). 

- I have also signed up to a term of mum dance sessions as I hope that will be fun! (I will be at the back, pacing myself, however … 😉) 
- when I can (and I need to figure out a gap in the day for this) doing yoga stretching at least 3 times per week as that helps my lower back and sore right hip, this is the hip that often stops me getting back to sleep after I wake up in the night …

Anyone else fancy joining me? 😊

KK

debtfreewannabe321

Thanks @redofromstart for linking this! @KajiKita I will join you. I've also had blood tests that suggest that if I carry on I'll be on the pathway for diabetes in a few years 😒🙈. 
I'm post menopause and have put on far too much weight getting myself through it. I feel tired and sluggish far too often. And as I'm recovering from a foot injury even basic walking was quite hard for me for a while. 

I'd like to lose a couple of stone at least....but I thought starting with a half stone at a time didn't feel quite so overwhelming. 

~ I'm going to start fasting again (on day three already) and my eating window is 12pm-8pm. This should cut out the naughty evening snacking which is my downfall.
~ I'm also cutting back on sugar too. 
~ I also want to slowly increase my physical health by going to the gym more. I'm aiming for three times a week when I'm back at work. 
~ proper meal planning and lots of easy meals for when I've come home from work too tired to cook a complicated meal from scratch!

KK that book sounds interesting I might look that up. 

KajiKita

Yoga session done - I can feel I’m getting a smidge stronger and more flexible. The latter is so difficult when it’s cold though …

Emptied the dishwasher and THEN put the kettle on - whilst that was boiling I did a little bit of free weights and some chair squats. Oh dear - so much muscle tone loss! That will be easy to repeat tomorrow and I will start working my way back up the range of weights. 

Nothing to be impressed about here - it’s a lot easier when I’m not working. I’m hoping to build enough momentum to keep this going once I go back to work …

KK

KajiKita

Lots of good plans there @debtfreewannabe321 and you have the gym habit already which will help 😊
(I loathe them! 😂) 

Do you have a set of batch recipes you can prep ahead and have ready in the freezer? 

KK

RedLipstick

I'm going to join too! Thank you for digging that out! 

I walk almost daily, and aim to do at least 4k steps a day, which goes up to 15k on my office days as I try to get a wee walk during my lunch break and often walk home from the office, which takes between 40min to an hour, depends on how tired I am lol! Garmin shows I did an average of 5.6k steps a day in 2026. But I work from home most of the week and sit at my desk for most of the day. Off for a walk and shop run after work, which although helps my step counter, doesn't help my wallet. I would like to cut the top up shops but still go for a walk - this habit is really difficult to break though.

I've started thinking about joining a local gym, which is only few mins walk from my place. I used to take the bus to a different one in the city centre but it took 2 hours off my day to get there and back, so when life got busy I just stopped going. I used to attend classes though and here we are - what do you do at the gym if it's not the classes? I'm actually terrified at the thought of just showing up, and then what! Looking to hear your stories, thank you xx