Obese Passenger

I agree with you BlueBelle. Some people are just cruel beyond belief. ie: Blondhedgehog!

I battle to stay at 11 stone, dread going on a plane and anyone very large sitting next to me. The seats are so small and it is horrible having what little space there is, taken over by really big people. Overweight unless it is a medical problem, is just eating too much of the wrong things. I should weigh a good stone and maybe more, lighter, but I love my food. Have to put the breaks on as I put weight on really quickly, so I know how difficult it is, but do it for the sake of my health. My sister developed so many medical problems as she got bigger, she put on 5 stone and always looked nice, but it took a terrible toll on her health, she has now lost 3 stone and she is so fed up on her diet, but her diabeties had improved and so has her joint pain, she is determined to do it.

Oh yes! I remember thinking the same thing..a case of "surgeon, heal thyself" if ever there was one.

It hadn't given the incentive to the pathologist, he was bigger than me.

The Post Mortem was a fab programme. So interesting. Unforgettable, and definitely an incentive to lose weight..

Having watched, I can only say OMG !!!!

Wobbly - at the risk of boring you with "yet another diet" - may be the blood sugar diet would suit you? It is quite high protein, fairly high fat and low carb. Sounds a bit like what Mamie does.

I am very overweight (at least 6 stone), and have struggled for years. It has been the easiest diet for me, and works quickly for many - and best of all I didn't have the usual cravings. I am an emotional eater. It IS a different way of life, you have to prepare food yourself, and spend time getting right foods in. Good luck.

But it may be worth you trying for a few weeks? What have you got to lose by trying it? There is a very supportive thebloodsugardiet.com/forums/.

I'm just watching "Obesity - The Post Mortem"

No comment --- YET, only just started.

Wobblybits my OH is also tall, heavily built and spent years travelling the world for work. He has arthritis and though he does a lot of work in the garden, he can't walk very far because of joint pain. For years he was borderline obese and developed high BP, high cholesterol and pre-diabetes.
We have been low-carbing for two and a half tears and it has been brilliant. He has lost three stones and kept it off, come out of pre-diabetes and his BP and cholesterol are down.
He can still enjoy beef marbled with fat, dry wine, cheese and eggs and bacon. Our daily diet is high in veg, olive oil, fish, lean meat, salads, avocados etc.
We don't have cakes, puddings or excessive amounts of fruit. We don't have rice, bread, potatoes or pasta except on very rare occasions.
We don't count calories or exercise to lose weight.
We have no trouble sticking to the diet.
It works.

I read that the body requires a certain amount of fats or oils otherwise the weight will not come off.

I made that sound as though i like a dollop of fat on my plate --- not quiet, but I do like my beef with a marbling of fat running through it, give me rib rather than top side.

I suspect most diets work, simply because they make you think what you are putting in your mouth and your intake goes down.

WB if you like fat with your meals then low carbs high fat diet would suit you. My OH has lost 2 stone in 4 months, and I have rarely heard him complain he was hungry. There is another thread on GN about it.

Wobblybits We eat a healthy diet too but I find it difficult to lose weight and am worried now because I will be relatively inactive for a few weeks. I am sure that my tummy (sic) has got more wobbly in the past ten days.

Too much protein such as on the 5:2 diet makes me feel a bit sick but I am trying to strictly limit my intake of carbohydrates.
It's only in the last 10 or so years I have put on weight, I blame the medication !

I thought that drastically cutting down on food puts your body into 'starvation mode' and it hangs on to whatever fat it has, perhaps that has been disproved now.

I agree about protein filling you up.
I'm lucky because I don't put on weight easily, I think it's genetic, my parents, sister were all skinny . But I've had a few phases of being overweight and found that cheese is very filling.
I haven't got a sweet tooth either (apart from chocolate.) Prefer savoury.

There's a new thread on the go today with tips for losing weight.

It does make you appreciate your food more as well. Waking up the day after a fast day for a nice breakfast feels so good!

I know the 5:2 doesn't suit everyone (it made my DD1 feel ill), but if it suits you it's relatively painless. I personally find it easier if I just get by on drinks until teatime, when I have a decent meal. When I tried starting with a light breakfast, the hunger pangs kicked in.

I agree. When doing my 2 fast days I found that protein based meals were much more sustaining than carb/veg ones. For breakfast on fast days 2 poached eggs and 2 tomatoes keep me feeling ok for the 9 hours until the next meal. Its really fine though. I don't feel headachy or faint. I just feel the benefit week on week.

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I have heard recently that protein makes you feel fuller than fat or sugar does, so maybe a bit more meat (lean) wouldn't go amiss, (WB)?

I'm 71, just a few weeks ago, I was very active in the garden, re-roofed our summer house and was generally very busy
, I was losing weight without any change of diet or other habits. Since I have become inactive that loss has stopped and I will need to limit my intake. My basic diet is a good one, plenty of fresh veg/fruit and not too much meat, hardly any sugar and cake/biscuits limited to afternoon with tea. I will need to cut out alcohol and cakes completely.

We went on a weight management course, which was designed to provide a long term regime. Unlike most diets it concentrated on portion size but with relatively large portions of carbs to fill you up and prevent snacking between meals. Just need to get back to it. My negative is fat, I do like my meats to have fat, otherwise, IMO, they are not worth eating. I will have to look at his 5:2 system

I have unblocked you, Wobblybits, but there's no need to apologise. Your flowers are enough, now beautifully arranged in a cut glass vase (I wish ).

Anyway, I hope the drugs are working now, and you're sound asleep.

I had blood tests, blood pressure monitor for 24 hours and everything came back as normal. I had to see a Clinical Pharmacist and she said I could lose some weight. I was about a stone overweight. She said that older people (I'm nearly70) lose weight by lowering their calorie intake and not so much through exercise.

I thought this was a load of rubbish but as I'm phobic of anyone medical I just nodded and looked longingly at the door desperate to escape I went on my own diet, cutting out chocolate and crisps and continuing to walk as much as possible and that has worked.

The bmi of 30 as obese does not appear to make any allowance for physical frame. I don't know whether it is my genes or as a result of my skeleton developing to support my weight, but I do have a large frame. Due to ill health in my late 20's I lost a lot of weight and looked gaunt, but I was still 13 stone, overweight.
My older brother was very similar, but unlike me was supreamly fit, but he was still big.