SteveEighty Member

It is possible, tough but possible. During the first part of 2014, I lost 37 % of my body weight in the space of 5 and a half months (I was 223 lbs) thanks to a boot camp-style regime that I designed myself. Not for the faint-hearted and not something I'd recommend to everybody but horses for courses eh, it suited me to a…

Brilliant! Carry on, it's tough but you'll get there I'm sure.

They don't have to be raw, you can slightly cook them as well, they taste nicer if slightly cooked. Like I wrote, it is one of many alternative techniques between meals (not after you've just eaten no, but between meals), one that's worked for me during and after my big weight-loss prog (has worked for my wife too, she…

No, it says 28 in the table (41 is for 150g): Calorie and Nutrition Values for 100g of Raw Carrot - Calories 28. That's way beside the point anyhow, as explained in my previous post, whether it's 10, 20 30 or 40 it's excellent stuff to have in one's fridge. My two posts also suggested broccoli (about 30 cals/100 g) and…

The idea here - in my suggestion - is not to be annal about the number of cals and split hair (28/100 g for carrots actually - 41 is for 150 g -, figures vary but is very low in cals http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/calories-in-food/salad/Raw-Carrot.htm) but to get the general picture: if you replace the usual snacks…

No, I haven't made any mistake. I wrote "virtually cal-free" because it is: 14 cals in 100 g of carrots, same with broccoli, you won't find anything better to fill you up between meals without damages. It's partly how I lost 80 lbs in just over 5 months (and believe me, I like my food, that's why I'd got so fat in the…

Just a word of encouragement to all of you out there who are now embarking on a big weight-loss journey; be resolute, super focused, never give up and you'll do it. YOU CAN DO IT! A year ago, on January 1st 2014, I was 223 lbs (had been 124 lbs ten years earlier) with a BMI of over 36. I felt very unhappy, on the verge of…

Alaways have in your fridge a big bowl full of carrot sticks, radishes, small florets of broccoli and other small vegetables & fruit, ideal to stave off hunger between meals, it fills you up and is virtually cal-free... and it tastes good too!

Sound advice IMO. I nearly got diabetes type 2 because I was too partial to certain sugar-loaded fruit, such as grapes. Just something to watch out for, I was pretty ignorant of such things before embarking on a big weight-loss prog at the beginning of 2014 (well, on two weight-loss progs actually but I failed on the first…

Lol, it's so true and funny at the same time!

Ditto here. The three big saviours that have enabled me to maintain my weight at a good level, 140-145 lbs (after losing 80 lbs) are: 1) (mentally) logging everything 2) food & alcohol control, eating healthily (most of the time anyhow, it's hard, I do like a good meal washed down with a bottle of wine!) 3) exercising 45…

The success rate is low (only 13% at WW) because none of these diets really seeks to educate and make people understand the basics, their relation with food, the pitfalls and so on. The crucial post weight-loss period is not treated seriously as part of the "diet" or whatever you want to call it (sadly, this vital period…

Between Xmas eve (big blow-out), Xmas day and today, I've probably ingurgitated over 7,000 cals, a good third of them in drinks I reckon... As a result, I have put on 4 lbs. 10k for me tomorrow morning!

It always amazes me the number of "misconceptions" that people seem to have when it comes to losing weight. Most of them are just pathetic excuses not to get on with it. I used to be like that too.

Yes, that's the spirit! To be strong, resolute, super motivated and focused at all times. And to have a firm plan in place for the post weight-loss period, i.e a cast-iron Maintenance Plan. In 2006, I lost 55 lbs but gained the weight back within 18 months because I had no firm MP in place. In the first part of 2014, I…

Congrats! Brilliant, I'm sure you'll do it.

We'd need to see his diary to fine-tune our advice. If he's been stuck for 1 or 2 weeks (we don't seem to know how long), there's got to be reasons for that, and it could be that it's not 1800-2000 cals but more. Log, log, log everything you eat is my message and see where you can reduce your intake at all, could be little…

Losing weight is by no means linear and you must not worry if you're stuck at a certain weight for a few days. I would say reduce your cal intake, 1800-2000 seems really high to me, but then again I am of the low-cal school.

Yes, it is deffo the most important aspect of a weight-loss programme in my opinion. There is absolutely NO point whatsoever to go into such a programme with no "post-diet" plan (one that includes some serious changes in one's eating habits and lifestyle). This is what didn't work me in 2006 (25 kilos lost and regained…