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I think the reason set point theory gets me down so much is that implies the opposite: you could have avoided pushing your set point up if you had never made the choice to overreat in the first place (assuming you became obese in adulthood), but now its up you can't bring it down again. So yes, its your fault, and no, you…

I'm not sure I see set point as "psychologically appealing". For me, if its true, it would mean I have messed up my life permanently and there's nothing I can permanently do about it. Not very appealing to me!

According to Libra I'm losing 1kg per week. But even with exercise MFP puts me at a defecit of less than 500 most days. My assumption has always been that these apps overestimate exercise calories. Also, i have been scaling back exercise a bit recently...

On 2800 calories now, but still losing. The good news in I am almost a healthy BMI. The bad news is I only meant to get to under 27! I may have to try increasing calories by a large amount just to see if I can put a stop to the loss. Hope its not all a scale malfunction, anyway!

Thanks everyone. You've given me a lot to think about. I'll probably stick to the Jo Wicks for now.

The reason I originally wanted to do it was because I saw a documentary suggesting it had an extremely good effect on your health, for a short amount of time expended. I realise "health" is pretty broad. I guess I mean "avoidance or postponement of death or disability" :smile:

Will do. Thanks.

I had my blood pressure checked a few weeks ago and it was described as "perfect", although I can't remember the number. Of course, that wasn't during one of these dizzy spells. I'm definitely giving serious consideration to talking to my doctor about it though.

I haven't seen that. I'll take a look, thanks 😊

I think when you start trying to lose weight you throw a lot of things at the wall. You count calories, you think about restricting carbs a bit, you read some theory about omega 3:6 ratios so you throw away your sunflower oil and only use olive oil. You try HIIT (or what you think is HIIT) because you hear its super…

It feels like a lot to me at the moment. Not so much in terms of effort, but in terms of time. Nowadays I'm serious about always getting eight hours sleep as well, so it just feels like I have less time in general. (Incidentally, if you haven't read "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker, do yourself a favour and read it). But…

Its a Joe Wicks workout, so probably not really HIIT.

I'm consuming 2700 calories, which seems like quite a lot, although I'm a fairly tall man. My weight is still currently trending down a bit though. In terms of warm up and warm down, I guess HIIT and walking require different sorts of warm up? I usually walk and then come straight in to do my HIIT. For walking warm up/down…

Yeah, dizziness. I passed out once for a second - but again, this also happened 10 years ago when I was a similar weight (only the once then as well). Happens when I stand up quickly. It isn't consistent. Some days or weeks I don't get them at all.

I do feel ache and tired by bedtime, but that's a good thing in some ways - at least I'm sleeping well. I also get head rushes quite a lot, but that also happened when I was a similar weight in my early 20s, and I wasn't doing any exercise then, so I think that's just what happens to me at this weight. (I'm pretty sure I'm…

No advice to add, as you are a much more experienced maintainer than I. Nevertheless I very much admire your determination to nip weight gain in the bud, while also not panicking at normal fluctuations. Let us know how it goes! Good luck!

I agree with @gallicinvasion. The important thing is health, and that means getting as close to a healthy weight as you can manage sustainably. But since you were already a healthy weight to begin with, it might be worth evaluating the costs and benefits of maintaining your current weight, and aiming for a slightly higher…

I'm only a few weeks into maintenance, so i have no great experience, but certainly the kind of food I eat makes a difference. For example, I can eat a bucket load if vegetable and quorn stir fry (which I love), but a creamy cheese pasta bake doesn't go very far. It's not always clear what makes things more filling, but I…

Agree to disagree, I guess. I don't think governments are perfect but I think they are the only entities with the power to do what's needed, whether that's "tipping points" or "strong arming". I used to be a libertarian of sorts. I loved to quote John Stuart Mill at people. But while intellectually and emotionally…

Thanks @psychod787

Ok, but berating people for watching too much Netflix isn't a government policy. The only thing governments can do is find ways to make it easier to get/stay thin, or harder to get/stay fat. (If you're opposed to that, the basically you're ideologically opposed to governments having obesity policies.) I guess you could…

I can only speak from my own personal experience. Time certainly is an issue, and I watch very little TV etc. (basically zero during the week, a little bit at weekends.). Being macho and expecting people to have no downtime is part of the problem. It might work for some people, but it's not going to help us solve obesity…

No moral objection, if they work without horrible side effects. If they could give me a pill or a gene therapy to give me a smaller appetite, I would be very happy. Moralizers can go and boil their heads as far as I'm concerned. Its only giving people who struggle with their weight what the naturally slim get for free, and…

I would be more interested in a program that successfully helps people keep weight off for a long period of time. That said, Michael Mosley's books and cookbooks have helped me quite a lot.

Calorie counts on restaurant menus would be great for me personally, although they would have to be accurate. I hope it applies to takeaway menus too (I haven't had a takeaway in years, but many do). If I can calorie count every meal, then I don't think its onerous for even small restaurants to do it. That said, I got fat…

@MadisonMolly2017 I read somewhere that exercise can help regulate sensitivity to sateity signals, so that might explain the 10k steps thing. I'll post the study if I can find it.

Really inspiring! I love hearing maintenance success stories. Good luck for the future.

Now we just need a study that says that elevated hunger goes away after a while too!

I want to take kayaking lessons. Also, seeing my parents and siblings. Starting doing some proper weight training at the gym. Getting some physio to see if my knees can be sorted out.

I never ate out much anyway, to be honest. Weekly Sunday lunches with the extended family, on the other hand, may prove more of a challenge. Since there's no hope of accurately calorie counting it, my plan was to either fast the rest of the day or have a bowl of porridge to tide me over in the afternoon.