shyhall Member

Hello everyone, I’m really surprised by some of the answers on here. I’m 5 foot 1 inch and have lost 21 pound so far on a 1500 calorie diet and I’m still losing about 1-1.5 pounds a week. I’m age 49. I’ve dropped from 169 pound to 148 pound so far. On a couple of occasions I’ve gone on maintenance for a few weeks and was…

For me it was due to looking after my elderly aunt, all those out patient visits, all the hospital stays and visiting her, seeing other patients in hospital. Seeing the devestating effects of strokes, dementia, smoking, being overweight, people with diabetes. Seeing people struggle to walk around due to health problems,…

I've lost 11 lb so far in just under 7 weeks. My wrist watch feels looser - me thinks I should start wearing my fit bit around my waist! (My bras seem to fit better too. My waist fluctuates I think that's down to water retention).

Philidelphia light cheese, mixed up with tuna is really tasty. The mini pots are only 53 calories.

Best thing is to weigh and record yourself twice a week, then as you fluctuate up and down, you will see the gradual trend of weight loss better. Water weight can be caused by many things:- - Too much salt leads to water retention - Dehydration, not drinking enough leads to water retention - Eating a high carb meal does as…

Thanks everyone for all the replies. Exercise in the Middle Ages, that made me laugh. I think I will leave the pillaging and jousting to someone else! I use to do loads of cycling and swimming in my teens and 20s but then life got in the way like it does. I'm not sure if I could manage running, certain - how can I say it…

You can go into settings and turn the "recognise cycling exercise" off if that helps. It might then log it as walking instead.

I work part time doing office work sat down all day. But then there's housework, looking after elderly aunt, gardening. So for example I did 4 hours gardening yesterday weeding, cutting hedge, digging. Then last week 1.5 hour walking around town looking for a present for someone. Then about an hours walk in total on my 3…

I set it at 1lb loss a week, on the light activity setting. I'm 48 so maybe that's why it assumes I have a low metabolism. I tend to have a slightly above average metabolism (I had Graves' disease about 10 years ago, while im better now I tend to lean towards average to above average on the thyroid function scale). I'm…

I drink decaf tea. But I've recently discovered Roo Bois tea, it's fantastic. I buy an organic brand called Tic Toc. It makes a nice cuppa. https://organicfacts.net/health-benefits/beverage/health-benefits-of-red-rooibos-tea.html Health benefits of red rooibos tea include its use as a cure for nagging headaches, insomnia,…

Yes that's correct, it's a decimal point. So .5 is half a lb .3 is roughly a third of a lb

I'm no expert, but maybe these examples will help. 1) I have a friend who was extremely overweight most of her adult life. She had type 2 diabeties, high blood pressure, was an emotional eater, had problems relating to food. She was given stomach bypass surgery at start of 2015. She really suffered after for several months…

Thanks for replying everyone. I did wonder if all nutrients were recorded or not. As an example I had a yogurt but the calcium levels didn't appear to change, I thought it might have just been me. As far as I'm aware, I'm not anaemic, yet the iron levels barely seem to record much at all. I agree the Vit C seems low, I had…

Thank you

Just politely point out that you want a healthy long life, free of disbeties, strokes, heart attacks, vascular dementia. That you want to live long enough to see your grand children and great grand children. It might make the oldies think about their own lifestyle, ask if any of them want to buddy up and lose weight with…