Lyndauk86 Member

Well I am on day one of upping my leafy green and vegetable intake, and I was actually able to go to sleep early (after a bowl of porridge with seeds, honey and rasins) and not eat about 50 calories that my body apparently burnt more than I ate. That is an impressive result considering how I have been struggling to cut out…

Thanks guys all good advice. I am munching on a bowl of salad, and I am going to try and have a bowl for lunch, dinner, and general snacking, see if it helps with feeling full and staying that way. Dieting definitely is a life long commitment. I think once I am comfortable with my food combinations and the hunger is more…

I bought some seeds to add some 'fats' in there, and a whole bunch of vegetation and salad stuff. One hundred grams of salad is about 20 calories....???...that is insane. My grazing days have begun.

if I increase my fat, what should I eat exactly?

My macro ratios for today are 52 percent carb, 26 percent protein, 22 percent fat

Ok I will make my diary public and people can critique at leisure.

Oh and I have a little honey on the fruit and yoghurt...maybe I need to cut down a little. Just love honey, way better than sugar.

Ok, I will give the greens stuff a shot. Lol. I love exercise, but perhaps I am not bulking out my diet enough and its just killing me with the hunger. Today, I have just woken up and eaten a bowl of porridge with raisins and honey, two boiled eggs, and half a pitta bread with a cup of coffee. Lunch will be 100 grams of…

Actually I will log on tomorrow (its nidnight), and give the run down of a typical day. Thanks for your help so far!!!

I will give you a low down on what I eat on a typical day in a sec.

Yeah best case I lose ten pounds, but realistically lets stick to three, and worry about the rest once I can start losing again, and I am not fighting my body so hard. And I am hungry if I try to eat 1600- 1700, and that is what I need to lose 0.5 a week. I used to be able to eat that no problem, though occasionally I…

When I eat at night, I tend to drink some water, wait a while, and then eat something. If I get hungry again, I drink water, and wait half an hour. If it gets worse I eat, and repeat until I stop feeling hungry.

That also sounds like a reasonable suggestion. I eat about 250 carbs, sometimes more sometimes less, a day. I will try upping the protein, or just upping the veggies, and again, see if that works. My fat is around 60 per day, though varies a far amount, its about thirty percent of my diet. I tried eating 30 percent…

If it is a choice between staying awake all night because my body is hungry, and then falling asleep at work, or eating something, and at least getting some sleep, I will chose the latter. I need to find a place which is a lot less extreme...!!!! Fingers crossed I will find a solution.

Yeah its a real nightmare, because sleep is as important as being the right weight. It is hell choosing between them I will give what you suggest a go, and reduce my calories slowly over a few weeks and see if my body will slowly adjust and the hunger easier to handle, and see where I end up.

I would rather be between 9 and a half and ten, than ten and ten and a half.

I am about 143 pounds about 10 stone 3. I don't mind being 140 pounds as long as I don't go to far into ten stone and end up more like eleven stone.

Yeah just how without screwing up my job and sleep...mmmmmm...

I tried upping my protein, and maybe I will try again to feel fuller for longer.

My fitness pal is set to 1810 calories on average, and I have tried not to eat back calories burnt from exercise, but failing. It should be 1860, but I have reduced it by 50 calories, and will try and reduce it again by fifty calories next week etc. My fit bit says I burn about 1800 - 2100 calories a day, and I generally…

Yes, for sure I agree with most of all the above. I am 5 foot 2 and a half, 31 years old, and my original target was around 9 and a half stone, but most people said I looked fine around ten. I gained seven pounds between November 2017-March 2018, and then I had a massively bad week last week (and it was my period) and…

I was able to eat at a deficit for about 3-4 years, so I don't know if my body is just having a strong reaction to anything other than normal eating at the moment. I work full time so not sleeping until two in the morning because I am hungry doesn't really work for me. This week my protein was up to 105. My fibre is about…

If I eat less, my body keeps me awake at night until I have eaten more.

What is a honey bun habit? Well I try to eat wholemeal carbs, and to have around 50 percent of my calorie intact from them, if that, and up my protein. I just get so damn hungry I can't seem to eat to a deficit. I am trying to cut back on calories slowly (say fifty calories a week), as I did this when I first started…

Name: Lynda Age:31 Height: 5 foot 2 and a half (counted as about three) Total Weight lost: about 4 stone plus (was about 4 and a half originally) Time it took to lose:3-4 years How long in maintenance:6 months Maintenance weight range: uncertain as I have gained around nine pounds, but for a time it was 9 stone 7 and then…