spyro88 Member

PW 84.7 CW 85.1 Hello everyone, sorry for the delay with my weigh in @jugar, it has not been a great week for me. I fell over on on one of my fast exercise walks and that has put me out of action for most of the week! I'm hoping I'll be back to my normal level of activity next week!

PW 85kg CW 84.7kg It's a step in the right direction :) I'm having some up and down days, yesterday I tried very hard to not go over my calorie allowance and am glad it paid off even if it's a fairly small loss this week. My job is unstable at the moment and I might be made redundant at the end of June. Adding that to…

Hi WaistAways, sorry for delay posting my intro on this month's thread! One of my goals this month is to post here a little more often! :) My second goal is to be consistent with my personal training sessions and hopefully be lifting a bit more weight by the end of May! I'm Jess, 34, and I live on the UK South Coast so I…

PW 86.5 CW 85 I'm very happy with this! I thought I might have stayed the same or gained as I've had quite a few occasions this week where I've been unable to resist extra calories. Upping my physical activity must have made up for it :) Good luck to everyone else weighing in today.

@CupcakeCrusoe Thanks for the recipe, I tried it this morning with banana and blueberries - delicious!

Good morning WaistAways (well it's morning here in the UK!) Welcome @honeygldchelly , I am new here too, (well I was on here a couple of years ago but just returned!) - it was a great place for support back then and I can see it's still very active so I am sure you'll find some wonderful company here. I'm working on…

Thank you @jugar ! :) It is nice to be back. My weigh in day will be Friday Today's weight: 86.5kg All time high: 98kg Two weeks ago I was 87.6kg so have lost a little :) I'm Jess, mid-thirties and I live on the UK South Coast so I love spending time walking on our pebbly beaches! Also love art, music, reading, cooking,…

Hi everyone, sorry to intrude on the group chat, I was hoping that I could join Waistaways again! I was here back in 2021 and lost weight through all of your wonderful support. I couldn't work out how to re-join as the registration thread has disappeared from the home page for me. Please can you let me know @jugar ? Thank…

3 months. That was back in Spring 2020 and I have lost more since and haven't put any back on. I think it's best to do it slowly.

I think it is quite acidic. My friend is a printmaker and uses Diet Coke for etching, so there must be some acid in there!!! However, I still drink it :)

I have a few Pepsi Max's in a week, and use slimline tonic as a mixer if that counts (I think it also has aspartame) I guess it's one of those things where it could be slightly better for your health not to, but if you like them then life is less fun without. It's all about balance.

I usually eat back between 50-100% of mine. I still lose weight. If I don't eat enough then I get tired, weak and hangry! And that's not a Me that anyone wants to spend time with :D

I like slimline tonic water with a bit of elderflower cordial

What an amazing achievement. Well done! Can I ask how you have found the journey? Has it been easy, difficult, have there been any times you have relapsed or struggled to stick to your calories? How have you overcome it if so?

Maybe he knew you had the type of personality who would rise to that challenge ;)

Finding something that helps you "zone out", whatever that is, is really important. For me that is art, exercise and books/ movies. Everyone is different but you just need something that takes your mind away and gives you something else to focus on for a while.

You don't need that much protein. You should eat a maximum of 30% protein in your diet (ideally 40% carbs and 30% fat), and that's if you are overweight and want to try extra protein for satiation. A non-overweight person should have around 15% protein, 55% carbs and 30% fat. An adult woman of a healthy weight will usually…

I find it very strange what people will do for entertainment... it doesn't seem very healthy to me :( @psychod787 I agree, it's not really representative of the experience of a person who is overweight and has been for a long time. The Personal Trainer has years of experience and training of having a fit and healthy body…

I think it's different. I've lost just over 11kg (24lbs). I have an 8kg (17.6lbs) kettlebell, and if I were to pick that up and try to walk around with it all day, it would be a lot harder than simply walking around in my body when I weighed more.

I miss them too! Stopped working so long ago.

I really sympathise and don't have a huge amount of advice that common sense probably hasn't already told you :( It's really hard! But just in case you haven't already heard these... Try eating foods which are large in volume but low in calories. They take up space in your stomach and make you feel full. Also high protein…

Mmmm oh my gosh now I really want strawberries! :D

Why are you struggling to eat your calories? Do you have a poor appetite? How many calories are you trying to eat?

There are definitely things to do with bone structure and overall body shape which are genetic. But sometimes people put weight down to genes when actually it's more to do with lifestyle... they will say "I'm fat because my parents are fat" but actually their parents have passed on certain lifestyle habits to them if you…

I gave up caffeine for a while a few years ago, I got very bad headaches for a few days but it was manageable. I now have coffee but I do a 50/50 mix of real coffee and decaf, so it is a lower caffeine content. That works quite well for me.

It's very strange how you are linking cellulite to diet soda. You made lots of changes to your lifestyle, not just cutting out diet soda, you were eating better and exercising more. I really think it's a stretch to blame your cellulite just on diet soda! Anyway if it were me I would definitely cut out Monster because it is…

Thanks both - I've ordered a cheap one to see how I get on - I can always upgrade later :)

I don't think there's any evidence that decaf coffee is bad for you. I sometimes mix decaf and regular coffee 50/50 to lower the caffeine but keep the flavour.

1200 really is too low for most people, unless it's very short term. People who do 1200 calorie diets generally tend to yo-yo because it's just not sustainable over the long term. Try upping it a bit, my view is that the absolute minimum for most people is 1400 and if you're on that you should be eating back some of your…

Cafe Direct Machu Picchu. I have tried lots of decaf coffees, I had a bit of a journey with it last year to find a decent one as I'm very picky! This is the one I settled on as being close enough to real coffee and not having the horrible decaf aftertaste. Really recommend it. Only thing is I'm not sure if it's available…