My 50kg weight loss challenge

[Joey66]

I hate oat milk with a passion, I can only abide coconut milk.

Scales wise I've git a once a week policy, sunday morning first thing post poo.

Ive cut the bread down to 2 slices a day, I'm mainly eating them ready meals, high protein, low salt, low carbs, counted cals as they're easy to track.

Just getting in a routine mate

Its just forming a good habit & routine - hard at first - then your stomach will shrink inside you & the demands for eating will be natural

 

[the golden visionary]

If you make the portion 2/3 of what you'd initially intended, then make up a small side salad (lettuce, tomato, red onion, carrot, cucumber, vinaigrette dressing (olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, black pepper)). [I'm a real pig for pasta, I love it.] It reduces the carbs, changes up the texture of what you're eating, and fresh F&V is the experts go to option for mealtimes. Minimal calories, leafy greens, etc. It's a mither but the left over salad can go in a chicken wrap with hot sauce tomorrow. Variety and avoiding misery.

canned tomato's - 60 cals
5% lean minced beef (500g) - 850 cals
oxo stock - 10 cals
diced onion, minced garlic - 70 cals
500g sheet lasagne - 1750 cals
low cal bechamel sauce - 440g jar = 1320 cals
cheese, cheddar, mozzarella & parmesan (1 cup total shredded) = 550 cals

total 4610 cals
/5 = 922 cals. + side salad ~ 100 cals. It's looking a main meal for the day.

That's quality, nice one

 

[Rita_Poon]

That's quality, nice one

Forgive me, it is very far from exact.
I make my own bechamel with cheese (so there's more cals)
I use 2/3 minced beef 1/3 minced pork
classic Italian base is carrot celery onion and garlic (technically a stock made with one lot) then the meat base, canned toms or passata, glass of red.
I like (see 'love' 'adore' 'cherish') Italian food, richer the better, there's a bolognese recipe I have that includes 2/3 of a pint of full fat cream. Makes the best spaghetti sauce going. I mean it's good! It's very good!!

I swapped out bread ages ago, a soft plain white wrap is about 30g of carbs, so you can load one with chicken fillet (marinade in yogurt and spice) air fried, then lettuce, tomato, red onion, and hot sauce and allioli.

Keeping variety going was so important, because once it became a regular cycle through the menu it became predictable and slowly the prison walls started to close in. An absolutely mad as bar.studs hot chili con carne usually broke the deadlock.

 

[Nymzee]

Good luck mate. I lost 30kg from July to Christmas last year. Well worth the hard work.

 

[frank_da_tank]

Weight loss jabs affecting Greggs, boss says

The Greggs boss says there is "no doubt" weight loss jabs have led it to having a healthier menu.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[DualityNSNO]

Weight loss jabs affecting Greggs, boss says

The Greggs boss says there is "no doubt" weight loss jabs have led it to having a healthier menu.

www.bbc.co.uk

I like this line:

People are also looking for "protein and fibre"

In quotation marks, as if it's something made up and just some kind of trend

 

[the golden visionary]

Good luck mate. I lost 30kg from July to Christmas last year. Well worth the hard work.

30kg would be fantastic, that's a great achievement

 

[frank_da_tank]

I like this line:

In quotation marks, as if it's something made up and just some kind of trend

Great isnt it

 

[DualityNSNO]

Great isnt it

People wanting to improve their ""health"", unreal!!!

 

[evertony]

+1 to the water shouts. I literally have a glass/bottle of it with me everywhere - bottle on my desk at work, bottle in the car, glass by my bed, glass by my home pc etc.

No wonder theres a hose pipe ban and water rates are up ffs

 

[LostLegend]

I like this line:

In quotation marks, as if it's something made up and just some kind of trend

Big marketing thing at the moment this.

Had to sit through some tedious presentation on market trends at a start of year team building thing for work earlier in the week. (I work within the food production industry)

Weight loss drugs and monitoring your daily protein and fiber intakes is a big thing at the moment and the food industry is pushing all that into its marketing strategies. Expect to see 'source of fiber/protein' labels on pretty much everything soon.

 

[Infernus]

I find Christmas period is a worry if you want to enjoy yourself temptations are there , but you have to get straight back on with your normal diet after that period - its hard to do this, but essential to get back to normal day in day out back into you food routine ....

I let myself eat pretty much whatever I wanted over Christmas, but kept up my walking. I walk between 12,000 - 16,000 steps a day without fail. I was dreading the scales in January, but surprised to find out that I only put on 3KG. Since 2024 I have lost around 20KG, and you will be surprised how much very small, incremental changes can add up to a big difference. I now count my calories to try and stay in a deficit, walk every single day, and have Saturday as my 'do whatever you want mate' day. You don't have to starve yourself, take weird medications or murder yourself, physically or financially, in the gym. Slow and steady wins the race. Good luck to everyone trying to drop a few this year. You've go this!

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Good luck mate. I lost 30kg from July to Christmas last year. Well worth the hard work.

How? Gym?

 

[Nymzee]

How? Gym?

Gym every day, cut out nearly all the boozing and takeaways, 1,500 cals max per day, 4-5L of water per day. Kept it simple, boring & easy to stick to.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Gym every day, cut out nearly all the boozing and takeaways, 1,500 cals max per day, 4-5L of water per day. Kept it simple, boring & easy to stick to.

Currently on a similar path, keeping it boring and drinking lots of water. Glad to know it worked.