If I need to lose weight I have porridge for breakfast and also replace one other meal with porridge, leaves me full while loosing a couple of pounds a week.
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Where do you stop.
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Itoo have to watch my insulin levels. Recently been diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
Blackberries are one of the better fruits for this but can't have too many. Picked these fresh this morning.
The seeds and Skye help prevent spikes from any fruit eaten in moderation or rather if you go just over.
Blackberries are one of the better fruits for this but can't have too many. Picked these fresh this morning.
The seeds and Skye help prevent spikes from any fruit eaten in moderation or rather if you go just over.
Plenty of fibre too: sh! tting like a shire horse every morning will make you feel a stone lighter 
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Yeah, tell your brain or muscles they don't need carbs and see how they respond.
We need some, just not as much as the average portion or spagbol provides.
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I have been doing research and I have decided to go down the 16-8 intermittent fasting route. It’s going to be the least disruptive for me; I am a late breakfast eater anyway (11ish). I am going to extend it further to 12. Hoping to eat 2 sensible meals within the 8 hour slot. Even if I lose half a stone by the end of the month atleast I will know I am going in the right direction. Will keep you posted how I get on and if I lose any weight at all by the month end.
I have been doing research and I have decided to go down the 16-8 intermittent fasting route. It’s going to be the least disruptive for me; I am a late breakfast eater anyway (11ish). I am going to extend it further to 12. Hoping to eat 2 sensible meals within the 8 hour slot. Even if I lose half a stone by the end of the month atleast I will know I am going in the right direction. Will keep you posted how I get on and if I lose any weight at all by the month end.
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Sounds like a workable plan.
Fit the plan - without disrupting it so much as to render it ineffective - to your current routine.
As I said before, if you eventually make it your new normal, you'll keep the weight off, and feel better to boot.
I went from a 101kg to 77kg in about 6 months, but that was dedicated dieting/exercising.
I did 4 main things:
- Calorie counted. Target was 1400 kcals per day using the nutra check app. I basically had lunch and dinner, so no snacking or breakfast. I could often get by on 1200kcals.
- Started using hello fresh for meals. Not only did I get a better range of food and veg, you also got great portion control as they give you the right amount of everything. They have the calories displayed on every meal, so really easy to get 600 kcal meals.
- Started couch to 5km. 3 times a week, it’s really easy for anyone to do. Then keep running 2 or 3 times a week.
- Told everyone that I was doing the above.
It wasn’t really a passive diet of course, but imo there’s no such thing. Like anything in life; you only get out what you put in.
I think telling everyone what I was doing was a great help and everyone I found supportive and it puts that added bit of pressure to stick to it.
I stopped calorie counting in 2021. We still eat hello fresh dinner and I still run twice a week, and now I go to the gym twice a week too.
When I was at my lowest weight I looked a bit gaunt. Over the following 2 years my weight went back up to about 85kg and has levelled out around that weight. I’d like to think some of that gain is muscle, but most isn’t…but the exercise offsets whatever I eat so it’s fine with me.
Good luck
I did 4 main things:
- Calorie counted. Target was 1400 kcals per day using the nutra check app. I basically had lunch and dinner, so no snacking or breakfast. I could often get by on 1200kcals.
- Started using hello fresh for meals. Not only did I get a better range of food and veg, you also got great portion control as they give you the right amount of everything. They have the calories displayed on every meal, so really easy to get 600 kcal meals.
- Started couch to 5km. 3 times a week, it’s really easy for anyone to do. Then keep running 2 or 3 times a week.
- Told everyone that I was doing the above.
It wasn’t really a passive diet of course, but imo there’s no such thing. Like anything in life; you only get out what you put in.
I think telling everyone what I was doing was a great help and everyone I found supportive and it puts that added bit of pressure to stick to it.
I stopped calorie counting in 2021. We still eat hello fresh dinner and I still run twice a week, and now I go to the gym twice a week too.
When I was at my lowest weight I looked a bit gaunt. Over the following 2 years my weight went back up to about 85kg and has levelled out around that weight. I’d like to think some of that gain is muscle, but most isn’t…but the exercise offsets whatever I eat so it’s fine with me.
Good luck
Thank you and well done!!. Reading your story has given me more motivation, especially to get more exercise in. I can only tell you guys on this forum because family and friends tell me I am fine and don’t need to lose weight blah blah. I am not fine ; I am obese, I have fatty liver and gallstones. If I don’t look after myself now then I am looking at diabetes in the near future.
I’d highly recommend couch 2 5k. It really can get anyone jogging if followed, and it’s free to do. You’ll be really surprised how easy it is once you get started.
Regarding changing your habit/diet, it takes around a week for your body to adjust to a new routine, so if you can make it though that period without lapsing it suddenly becomes a whole lot easier after that.
Regarding changing your habit/diet, it takes around a week for your body to adjust to a new routine, so if you can make it though that period without lapsing it suddenly becomes a whole lot easier after that.
Thank you. I will check it out later. Yes, I did have a headache earlier. I assume because my body is used to sugary snacks and I have kept my hand out of the biscuit tin.
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