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Fat is marvellous and doesn't make you fat - it's hard re-educating yourself after years of low fat carb filled rubbish being pushed on us as 'healthy' but as long as you stay within calorie allowance you will lose weight and feel fuller. Much healthier imho than the sugary carbs. (green leafy ones I don't see as bad or…
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find ways to make your meals more satisfying (higher fat, protein and high fiber carbs as someone else said) and experiment a bit. Find ways to incorporate food you like. if you're not enjoying your journey you'll be looking for the end point, going back to old ways and re-gaining weight. Experiment til you find ways and…
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I've totally cut alcohol, I'd rather have the calories for food. Instead I have a very diluted 'grown up' squash/cordial made with sparkling water and ice and sipped through a straw - at the times when i usually would have had booze
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uncomfortable clothes no jeans fit right no matter what type you buy everything hurts - kness, ankles, back, pelvis photos... the horror and self hate sitting at the hairdressers with all the mirrors having to order clothes online because the high street doesn't stock your size, even though most of them go up to size 20 now
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You've got to get your head straight before you do this. Find your reasons, know your common excuses and have answers for them at the ready. Find your motivation, plan how to handle social situations and realise there is no end date, this does not stop and you therefore need a plan and way of eating sustainable forever…
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Look at it as losing 1lb a hundred times... a loss is a loss and weight loss does slow down as you go along, sometimes you might see 0.5lb then it's time to start weighing in monthly. Keep in it for the long haul, and 1lb is honestly great, imagine a pound of butter... that just came off you!
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Feel free to add me also, I'd love some more friends - especially anyone like me at the start of what will be a long journey who knows this is really it this time (I have about 120lb to lose)
