Diet and losing weight

Eat fewer calories.

How long do you have?

Also, do you 'need' to lose a stone, or 'would like' to lose a stone?

There is a brilliant NHS app my daughter used and lost 2 stone slowly and surely a lot of help with the psychology of eating and also works on cutting out processed food It’s not free but it’s not expensive either

There are some free NHS apps too I ll have to ask her what it was called Noom comes to mind or sonething similar to that

I used WeightWatchers last year to lose a stone it wasn’t quick but slow and steady and I found their app very good really made me look at what I was eating. It is a struggle sometimes but I’m keeping the weight off a year on!!

Fats, sugars, carbohydrates are your enemy.
Less of those and more of the good stuff. And, move move move. You can do it 😀

I bet she knows that Petra we all do
Doing it is very very different

It depends how overweight you are in the first place and how long you have.

Assuming you don't have any medical issues, it's possible to lose a stone in two months on a strict 1000 calorie a day (no cheating) diet. Start off by cutting out any alcohol if you drink. Log and count everything you eat until you get used to the look of 1000 calories. Get either an app or book with lists of calories and weigh everything because it's very easy for portion sizes to be too big.

That's what I did when I wanted to lose a stone for a wedding. I ended up losing 7 kilos, which is just over a stone and I haven't regained most of it.

BlueBelle

I bet she knows that Petra we all do
Doing it is very very different

The bottom line is that it is the only solution, unless you go down the injection or bariatric surgery route.

Exercise will tone you up but can actually result in weight gain because muscle is heavier than fat.

If you look at nutritional advise for the elderly - over 70 - I am 80 is emphasises that you must be very careful to include very nutrient-dense, high protein foods 75-85g per day, in order to preserve muscle and strength which decreases as we age, together with 30g of fibre a day.

No less than 1300-1500 calories per day, and weight loss aim at no more than 0.5-1lb a week.

Fluids highly important 6-8 glasses a day.

And of course keep active.

Well that’s the theory - putting it into action is the problem😊

I know it’s about eating less but find it hard to keep going after a couple of weeks. I don’t need to lose more than a stone but think if I feel a programme that’s not too expensive I might stick to it. Thank you for the advice re protein fibre etc . I am GF too .

A diet starts in the mind, and only affects your eating patten later.

You will have put on weight and maintained it because you are eating too much. If you are going to olse a stone, you might as well keep it off so you do not have to do the same thing before the nextbig family event.

So start by working out how to adjust your long term eating pattern so that the weight does not go back on. That means developing a pleasant way of eating that you really enjoy that is probably higher in fruit and veg, lower in sweet and/or fat tha it is now, and preferablly prepared from scratch, not bought in ready made.

Once you have done that, then think about eating a bit less now in order to reach the place where a new weight loss maintaininglifestyle awaits you

Whitewavemark2

If you look at nutritional advise for the elderly - over 70 - I am 80 is emphasises that you must be very careful to include very nutrient-dense, high protein foods 75-85g per day, in order to preserve muscle and strength which decreases as we age, together with 30g of fibre a day.

No less than 1300-1500 calories per day, and weight loss aim at no more than 0.5-1lb a week.

Fluids highly important 6-8 glasses a day.

And of course keep active.

Well that’s the theory - putting it into action is the problem😊

If you eat meat, fish and dairy, including eggs, you're almost certainly eating enough protein. Vegetarians might need to be a bit more careful. It seems that the supermarkets are full of products which promise extra protein (probably unnecessary for most), so it should be easy to eat enough protein. Apparently, the recommendation now is to eat a gram of protein per day for every kilo of body weight.

When I wanted to lose a stone, I kept a record of everything I ate/drank for a week and worked out how many calories I'd been eating. I then cut out most of the starchy carbs. Stopping milk in my coffee and tea saved about 200 calories a day and I found that I enjoyed green and herbal teas, which are calorie free. Cutting out all alcohol saved hundreds of calories.

Best to start by eating protein rich meals, sticking to mealtimes no snacking and no eating after your evening meal. I lost no end of weight during lockdowns because I was worried about food supplies and stopped snacking between meals. I also now try to start the day with a cup of hot water and for the first time in years my weight has remained the same for ages instead of going up and down.

All I can say is good luck

My Fitness Pal is a free app where you can log all your calories ( the app has loads of calorie values) and tells you your daily targets of protein, fat, sugar, and salt, and keeps a record of them.

Can anyone advise me how to lose my sweet tooth? I eat a healthy meal but then crave something sweet afterwards. I find myself eating cake or chocolate.

It would be great to lose a stone but it shouldn't take over all your waking thoughts
Concentrate on your DD
Find yourself a beautiful MoB outfit that doesn't depend on you squeezing into it, and enjoy the day.

Gran22boys

Can anyone advise me how to lose my sweet tooth? I eat a healthy meal but then crave something sweet afterwards. I find myself eating cake or chocolate.

I resolved it for MrJ by not having sweet stuff in the house, if it’s not there, you can’t eat it.

Yes, muscle weighs heavy. For years I have been told hat my weight (using the silly, out-dated BMI scale) shows me as very overweight. I do not look it.

Each time I tell medic that I was a dancer in my earlier years and then very involved in sport and even as I have got old, still have those heavy weighing muscles - always I got ignored.
Recently, I have put on to an injection every four weeks, to try to 'zap' a non-malignant grown I have, which effects growth and hormones.

After the last one, I noticed that I had suddenly developed lots of loose skin around my stomach and thigh area - (where I always had strong well developed muscles). Most definitely no dieting at present as my newly discovered condition has ben a shock to me and I have been consolation eating, in between virtually weekly hospital appointments

So I weighted myself and discovered that I had lost nearly one and half stone inside a week since that injection - ALL to do with the soft tissue of muscle.

Grammaretto

It would be great to lose a stone but it shouldn't take over all your waking thoughts
Concentrate on your DD
Find yourself a beautiful MoB outfit that doesn't depend on you squeezing into it, and enjoy the day.

Why not have something small to eat, a suare of chocoate or something like that. Enough to give your mouth a sweet taste and no more.

Gran22boys

Can anyone advise me how to lose my sweet tooth? I eat a healthy meal but then crave something sweet afterwards. I find myself eating cake or chocolate.

I have the same problem and have decided that after my main meal I will have a small bowl of frozen summer berries ( high fibre) with a small tsp of Honey - pinged in the microwave to defrost the berries and then add a dessertspoon of cultured yogurt ( good for your gut and digestion) .

It is your DD's wedding. Who is putting this pressure on you?

Losing a stone if you are unhappy with your weight is one thing- but doing it for a wedding is another entirely.

What happens after the wedding? Will you be happy to put it on again?

My niece came to me in a state because her half- sisters were pressuring her to lose weight for their mum's wedding- but they said it was only because they didn't want her to 'spoil' the photographs.

I told her to tell them to go hang, and she did. She looked stunning on the photos just being herself, all the same.