Lose weight 27

I hope no one minded me taking the responsibility for starting the new thread? I know Raph did it last time, but as she does the chart, and seems so busy, I just thought I'd help out. I must admit it took me about half an hour to figure out how to get the linky in for LW26 - I'm am simply a techno wizard now in my head! ha ha

KennyPR - I think if you regularly check in at the thread here, you will find all the support, and ideas necessary. What is your particular aim, ie. weightloss, fitness, both? I think if you're hoping to make a permanent change, then you need to fix your mind on your life ahead, not just the weeks. Can you realistically commit to continuing with a fitness regime? Have you decided to adopt a healthier lifestyle for always, or just for now? I only ask, because I've made the mistake in the past of focussing on losing 'x' amount of weight, then getting a reasonable result and stopping all the good work. Diet goes downhill, and exercise becomes non-existent. Those maintaining on this board will tell you have to be in it for the long haul for it to really work, but the results are well worth it.

Bails - I am so envious of your planned trip. Lucky you. Take lots and lots of pics. It sounds like the trip of a lifetime. How long will you be away for? My most enjoyable trip I did was to Canada/N.America. We did it as a road trip, travelled thousands of miles, and only got to see a teensy bit of both countries really, but it was amazing, and the landscape was very impressive. If I could afford to, I'd like to visit the Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone, and I could die a happy woman if I could do a boat trip to see the blue whale on it's annual migration up the N/W coast of the US. I was thinking this morning (while doing the ironing) that it's only money that stops us travelling, most of the time. I think the human instinct is to explore. My BF and I have a dream of retiring, getting a camper van and just going off to see all the lovely places you see on the TV - just the coast of the UK would do for us.

Anyway, back OT, food today is so, so. I'm a bit demotivated, but have agreed to go to a dance/exercise class tomorrow night with a friend. It's something like 'funk-a-cise', there's a bit of step, a bit of salsa, and who knows what else, but it sounds like fun. I'll report back about that on Tuesday.

kennyparkroad wrote: »

well based on the calculations in the help section i should be eating around 2400 calories a day.

if i cut that by 500 i should be eating around 1900

but in all honesty i dont think im getting anywhere near that.

but......... i dont feel hungry, so i dont eat.

i have my breakfast, my lunch, drink water all throughout afternoon and then gym, home dinner. water, water, water, bed.

im just not hungry enough to eat at other times.
and if i am mid afternoon or whatever, i munch on an apple.

You could probably benefit from logging your food intake, versus your exercise. I can thoroughly recommend foodfocus.com to do that with, it's free, and it's a UK site, so the products are from our s/mkts.

If you're struggling to eat the amount of food needed, have you considered some high energy, healthy snacks, like nuts? They contain all the good fats your body needs, plus vitamins, and are high calorie, but low GI. Failing that, and although it's not very moneysaving, it is healthy, had you considered using a high protein supplement like a shake/bar? My BF is a regular gym user, and he takes the shakes as a way of upping his calorie intake, but in a healthy, muscle feeding way. He has one with his breakfast, one as a mid-morning snack with a piece of fruit, one mid-afternoon, one post workout, and one as a supper. He orders them off an ebay seller, and gets them at a fraction of the bigger supplier's prices.

Quorn,whilst very low fat, does have the very low calories that lots of us are looking for, but perhaps you can find an alternative that you like. Do you not eat fish or red meat? Oily fish is another healthy alternative.

If you think it will help, log your daily food intake here each day, and there will be some eagle eyed 'experts' who will be more than able to guide you appropriately, to tailor the menu plan to suit your own needs. Once you have worked out what your basal energy burn rate is, basically the cals you need to just live by, then any energy you are expending with exercise needs to be balanced with a calibrated calorie allowance. Too few calories, plus exercise can initially give you a loss, but can make it harder to lose consistently, as your body will not be properly fuelled.

Our Missy is a good one to advise on that one.