Got 8st to lose and no idea where to start

Congrats on your upcoming wedding! have a similar amount to lose, weighed in at 18 at 3 today and would like to hit 10 stone at some point, if you'd like to keep each other motivated I could definitely use a friend x

Once I was comfortable I started bringing the food into focus.

I use a 15 minute low impact video I get from Amazon prime for free and the. I walk for 20 - 25 minutes. I'm adding in jogging in intervals.

I've lost 50 lbs I'm on the maintain boat right now. But I'll start by saying "don't eat the 3rd slice of pizza" that's my best advise as of right now.

TavistockToad wrote: »

Calorie deficit, simple as that!

Start logging everything, weigh with scales, find some exercise you enjoy

all of this. Cals in, cals out. Keep it simple.

88olds wrote: »

And start working on the mental side. If you read these boards much you see person after person wrecked by their own brain. Get ready to be involved with losing for 1 or 2 weeks for every pound you want to lose. Impatience seems to be the #1 problem in WL.

Very well said! This is a marathon, not a sprint.

I lost 9 stone in 9 months many years ago by following a natural foods plan. Basically I ate around 1400 calories a day, 3 meals a day, all whole foods, I ate meat, eggs, dairy, veg, fruit, water and nothing else. It was super strict and i had monthly weigh ins. Some months I lost 5lb, some months I lost 20lb even though ate and did same thing whole 9 months. It averaged out as a nice neat 1 stone lost a month but in reality the weight loss was very varied from month to month let alone week to week. I try to keep that in mind, just stick with it even if scales are inconsistent.
I gradually slipped back to old way of eating and eventually gained it all back plus lots more so it does need to be a permanent lifestyle change. I think the plan I used was too strict for me to sustain. I also lost 5 stone very quickly years ago before that on a salad diet which was also unrealistic.

I returned to being vegan last year so that limits some of my old junk food options but plenty vegan junk food to be had. Whatever plan I ever followed the one thing that helped me stick to them as long as I did was eating a lot of veg and salad with whatever else I ate. Eating lots of veg fills up a hole leaving less room for other indulgences. I think the fibre helps me feel full. I am trying to get out of the all or nothing mentality and let myself have treats along the way but is a delicate balancing act. If I could tell myself 1 thing when I started this battle so long ago , it would be do not beat yourself up. If slip up and gorge on junk , just get back to balanced eating straight away after instead of beating myself up and then comfort eating in an endless self torture cycle.

One of the things I did when I started is just logging, weighing my food eat as I was used to and log it. Learning to be honest with myself.
Took two days before I started cutting out bits and bobs (calorie dense snacks) and reducing my portion sizes slightly. Reduction fo 10% at the time you don't notice really and can make a huge difference.
Two weeks after that I decided to go cold turkey on any extra with lots of sugar (the cakes/bakes and birthday calorie bombs at work mainly)
Combined that with just simply increasing walking.

Took the long road that way but also learned a lot about where and how I tripped over in the past.
I am now working towards maintenenance and lost at least 25kg

I started at 247, current weight 192, goal weight 165. 5'8". My initial goal was to be out of the obese category of BMI, which for me is 197, but when I got there I set a new goal of healthy weight.