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I'd like to add that by far the most profound healthy life change I made was to accept that I'm a fallible human being. Previously I held myself to impossible standards when trying to do something about my weight. Anything short of perfection was failure and slipping in adherence even once was unacceptable. The most…
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Had insomnia for pretty much my entire life. I've been told by my family even as a toddler I'd be awake till all hours and it wasn't unusual for my parents to check on me in the middle of the night and find my wide away in my crib! I had sought help but unfortunately my insomnia was coupled with a tendency to be overly…
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Overnight but I'm probably an outlier in this regard. On the night 7th January 2018 I had a bit of an epiphany. For whatever reason in that moment I decided that I'd had enough of being the weight I was and being the sort of person that weight as much as I did so I decided then and there that it wasn't me anymore and when…
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Hey, You've posted in the 'Getting Started' forum so it's pretty unlikely that you'll find too many people in maintenance posting/reading here. There is however a whole forum dedicated to people in maintenance so you might want to try there to find a few kindred spirits.
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It's impossible to comment not knowing the situation fully but I'm of the firm belief that you can't make someone change unless they're ready and willing to change. They really have to want it for themselves no matter how much you want it for them. That's not to say there's nothing you can do but just be cautious as…
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Did my first Triathlon earlier this year. It was so much fun!! Getting into your first Triathlon is actually easier than most imagine. You don't have to start with gruelling Iron Man distances. I started off at 'Super Sprint' Triathlon (500m swim, 10km bike ride, 2.5km run) and did it in just under 1 hour. I'll be aiming…
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Exercise isn't depressing you. Forcing yourself to do activities you don't enjoy is depressing you and I can't think of anything more depressing than dedicating hours of my time doing something I hate. The solution is don't "exercise". There's nothing anywhere that says that you need to "exercise" in order to be healthy.…
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If you can't wait to get started then why are you waiting to get started?
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You're a newbie so approach it like one. Small easy steps and build up skills, knowledge and confidence. You wouldn't learn piano by trying to play Stravinskys Trois mouvements de Petrouchka so don't approach this with the expectations to instantly be able to eat and train like an elite athlete. Keep it simple and make…
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How is your BFP being measured? Calipers are inaccurate and the BFP given on those scales are little more than a gimmick. Unless you're getting a proper BFP scan then any result you're seeing is likely little better than eyeballing.
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Chocolate, Chips, Cakes, Donuts, etc No way I'm gonna waste snack/treat calories on "healthy" (whatever that means), gonna get maximum enjoyment from them. That's what they're for.
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Best guess and overestimate to be on the safe side. But mostly, rest assured that one individual meal is utterly insignificant in the overall scheme of things so don't stress about it.
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I eat the vast majority of my calories at night. Not because I'm trying to "do" IF or OMAD but because it's what I naturally ended up doing. I'm really not very hungry in the morning and a Flat White (coffee) when I get to work does the trick, then during the day I never really feel like I need to eat. However, I find I'm…
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As I've said in previous threads. I won't cook because I can't and I don't like doing it. I also work a lot (by choice, I love what I do) so pretty much everything I eat falls into one of two categories. Food I can buy take away on the way home and food I can take out of the freezer and nuke when I get home. Worked fine…
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I stopped even bothering with steps months ago as it was at best inconsistent to the point of being almost useless. Luckily I'm able to kinda wing it a little bit and just add a few calories to my allowance on days where I've racked up more steps than I usually do. Not ideal but it's working OK for now.
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I can understand the having aggressive goals thing, I think there a lots of people here that can relate to wanting results NOW!!, but keep in mind, what's the point of aggressive goals if they're ineffective because they're unsustainable? You have to decide if you want another short term aggressive attempt or try a new…
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Even if you are using measuring cups and spoons your measurements are lucky to be accurate. This is why you'll see it repeated over and over again on this forum to use a scale to weigh your food and only as a last resort for liquids turn to volume measurements. But, even liquids you're better off doing by weight if you can.
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Also bear in mind that the algorithms and calculations the MFP (and any calculator really) use are general estimates and based on averages for the details you've provided. Everyone is a bit different in a dozen different ways so the number for you might be slightly her or lower than the number for someone else with the…
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Absolutely. I have a perfectly accurate entry for 'Uncle Toby's Big Bowl Creamy Honey Oats Sachet' that shows up as 'Bug Bowl Creamy Honey Oats' because of my dumb fumble fingers when I entered it
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When it comes to weight loss it's all about the calorie deficit regardless of where those calories come from. Are there more nutritious foods? For sure, an apple is going to provide you with more of the nutrients you need than a cookie but when it comes to weight loss they're equivalent as long as the number of apple…
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Welcome, I have a few questions: What is it you're planning to do differently this time? What went wrong with the other thousand attempts that caused them to fail? What have you learned from those attempts that didn't work so you don't go doing those wrong things and making the same mistakes? Also, 10lbs+ per month isn't…
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Being consistent doesn't matter if you're consistently eating at maintenance or above. eating healthy foods doesn't matter if you're eating too much food healthy or otherwise. And cutting out sugar and eating less carbs is irrelevant if they're not the source of your excess calories. Walking more can help and you don't…
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I can't really comment on the feeling tired thing because I haven't really experienced it to a degree that it was noticeable and something I needed to address. I would guess that as you persist you'll get more familiar with how you're reacting and get better at spotting the difference. I suppose you could apply some logic…
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I'd be careful with this. Doing what's necessary to start managing your weight is difficult enough when it's something you really want and I don't think you can force, cajole, convince or goad someone to do it if they're not ready and willing. In fact there's a real risk of it backfiring badly. I've seen people ramp up…
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I'm sure that will be of great comfort to the family/friends of the person she injures or kills because she was distracted while driving. I'm sure they'll be relieved that there are far worse things she could have been doing. Driving while distracted can be deadly dangerous, as bad as driving drunk and the OP is planning…
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Even if you were losing fat in a linear fashion that more than likely won't be reflected on the scale as your weight at any point in time is made up of more than just fat. You can see in the graph above the blue (fat) goes down consistency but the grey (water) and other orange ('stuff' like waste in your digestion system)…
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Your logging doesn't look accurate or complete and you're likely eating far more calories than you realise. Looking at your food diary there are a few things that jump out to me to indicate this. Firstly, you're using volume measurements. Cups, half cups, teaspoons are inaccurate. How "large" is a large? how "medium" is…
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That's exactly what I was saying. They teach you 'points' rather than calories because you don't need them to calculate and track calories. Tracking 'points' is fine while you're paying them but stop paying them and you're back where you started since 'points' don't mean a thing outside of their system. Not to mention they…
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Nope. I've said it before and I'll say it again. WW is a scam designed to milk people of their money. First they hook you. They obscure simple calorie counting behind their WW plan and foods. This way you only know the WW plan and foods rather than how to do it yourself. So, in order to continue to lose weight you have…
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I don't know you so can't say for sure but 6000-7000cals per day sounds super super insanely high. For reference a pro cyclist riding the Tour de France will eat 4000 - 6000 calories per day on a normal stage and up to 7000 calories on days with a gruelling mountain stage.
