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My summer holiday doesn't start for another 6 weeks :'( usually the holidays are a recipe for disaster for me as I'm waaaaay less active and my diet consists entirely of takeaway and lunchtime cocktails. I'm hoping that the momentum of the first half of the year can carry me through this time, I'll basically live at the…
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You're 55kg, 27% body fat and have a 35 inch waist? Or are you measuring your lower abdomen? Could it be bloating? If not I'd see your doctor.
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All you really need to lose weight is a calorie deficit, and this can be created through diet alone so don't stress about not being able to do certain types of workout - none are essential for weight loss. However! Walking is amazing exercise, if you enjoy it and it doesn't cause you pain then keep doing it!
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When you stop wearing jeans all together because they're "too uncomfortable". Yes, even the ones a "size too big" with loads of Lycra in them. Oh dear oh dear. My wardrobe was just a tragic sea of leggings. I also managed to convince myself that trousers just "didn't fit" my body type. Denial is a powerful thing!
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I'd do some extra gym classes in the week running up to the event and eat at a slightly bigger deficit so I had a nice, healthy bank of calories waiting for the weekend. Then I'd eat all the teeny tiny sandwiches and fancy cakes I could manage. I bloody love afternoon tea! I always log though, helps me keep an accurate…
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Bad day? That sounds like a lovely day! Hope you enjoyed it :smile: I always use a weekly deficit rather than a daily one, it's the one thing I took with me from weight watchers years ago. Much more sanity preserving!
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I don't think you CAN stay "motivated" all the time. Motivation takes willpower, add that to the willpower it takes to stick to an eating plan, go to the gym etc and no wonder your reserves are depleted. What helps me is habit. When I have weeks that my motivation is low I drag myself to the gym anyway because that's just…
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I really feel like your therapist is actively damaging your recovery, honestly from what you've posted here it sounds really concerning. I have a history of disordered eating that has really specific triggers, eating "healthily" is one of them. If someone was giving me the advice you've received (which sounds terrible tbh,…
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If I tried to lose 2lbs per week my daily calorie goal would be around 900 :/ It may be a biochemical fever dream (I have those occasionally) but isn't there a limit to the amount of fat the body metabolises at one time? I'd rather know I was losing a smaller amount of fat than risk muscle loss.
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I have exactly this situation - at work I get in a huge amount of steps every day but weekends and holidays I am sloth like levels of inactive. I wear my Fitbit every day and set my MFP to sedantary, then I eat any calories it gives me as an adjustment. I use a weekly calorie goal rather than daily which gives me loads…
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I occasionally get really frustrated and a little voice in my head goes "that's it, I'm going to quit!" because everything isn't going fast enough. So I do the following: 1. Ask myself what exactly I'm going to quit when in the last week I've eaten basically whatever I please and still lost weight. I have to remind myself…
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I used WW a couple of years ago, I found the point system restrictive and it doesn't suit my way of eating (I actually like pre-packaged food and sweets but eating any reduced my point value so much I was constantly starving). I lost a lot of weight very quickly, but it all went straight back on, with extras, when I burned…
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I agree with the other posters. I'm 5'3", 31 and female. When I'm at work I easily get around 15000 steps in and on those weeks I eat an average of 1900 calories, basically everything given back by my Fitbit. On weeks where I'm off my step count plummets and I eat my allotted 1220. I'm losing exactly on schedule. If you've…
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My days vary wildly - some days I can take 16K steps at work, other days I don't even hit 2K. My solution was to buy a Fitbit, set everything to sedantary and let that do all the figuring out for me.
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This is the first post on the forum that has actually inspired me to comment... Purely to say the following: Good Lord, drop your trainer like a hot brick. Your regimen sounds like absolute misery, and complicated misery at that. I work with a trainer twice a week and genuinely love my sessions, she doesn't give me diet…
