My 50kg weight loss challenge

the golden visionary said:
Cheers, some decent shouts there.

Im just gonna concentrate on calorie control for now, ive got about 20 of these ready meals, plan is to have 1 or 2 a day and home cook the rest. Later on I'll go into the nutrition side more, for now I'm keeping it simple like that 1% method says. Water intake is something I really need to concentrate on, I'm terrible for that.

Im using that myfitness pal app too
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I think I used that myfitnesspal thing when I needed to shift a few pounds and it worked really well - difficult to kid yourself when it's all logged. As I recall though some of the nutrition information is user sourced and some of them are way off, missing info or weirdly measured so it needed a bit of fine tuning.

Found if I concentrated on the protein, fibre and vitamin requirements the calorie control took care of itself. In fact I struggled to hit my calories a lot of the time as a lot of the good nutritional stuff is often relatively low in calories but fills and sustains much better than the usual junk.

Good luck with it.
 
Bkk Andy said:
I lost 21kg five years ago. I got a little sloppy and put 5kg back on but I'm focusing again now it's January.

Things that worked for me:

- log everything and don't cheat. I use MyFitnessPal
- swaps. Successful diets have to be sustainable. It's a lifestyle change. For example, kill your butter and swap 2 whole eggs for bottled egg whites. Is it as delicious? No, of course not, but you can get used to it fairly quickly
- drink enough water. People often confuse thirst for hunger. Coffee is a good appetite suppressant as long as it isn't loaded with syrups/creams
- add more vegetables. You need to be full or you'll cheat with snacks
- snacks are fine if they fit your overall daily allowance. There are some great sweet recipes using things like low fat yoghurt or cottage cheese for puddings and/cake type desserts
- cheat days can easily kill a whole a week's hard work. Choose a cheat day and increase your allowance slightly. Personally, I use 1800 cals mon-fri and up it to 2000 for sat-sun
- exercise is key to weight loss. It doesn't have to be hard but it needs to be frequent. Walking is fine and burns calories better than cycling/swimming. Schedule it but don't overdo it. If you're heavy, you risk injury
- weigh yourself once a week, first thing in the morning. You'll naturally fluctuate if you're changing days/times. Don't lose heart

Good luck mate!
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i'm not a fitness bro and have no real advice but the water one is spot on, you have to drink 2L of water a day apparently. I'm not sure how accurate it but trying to do it every day is very hard. Once i cut sugar out my diet everything else was easy, i dont drink and have no real vices in food tbh.

Maybe ignore this entire reply.
 
I'm overweight now.
But I did manage to lose about 4 stone years ago.
Slimming world green and red days.
Remember having a fish supper once during that time,it tasted disgusting, maybe taste buds changed.
Losing weight is difficult, every tv ad food,everywhere is food.
Good luck to anyone, but don't go overboard.
 
Bkk Andy said:
I lost 21kg five years ago. I got a little sloppy and put 5kg back on but I'm focusing again now it's January.

Things that worked for me:

- log everything and don't cheat. I use MyFitnessPal
- swaps. Successful diets have to be sustainable. It's a lifestyle change. For example, kill your butter and swap 2 whole eggs for bottled egg whites. Is it as delicious? No, of course not, but you can get used to it fairly quickly
- drink enough water. People often confuse thirst for hunger. Coffee is a good appetite suppressant as long as it isn't loaded with syrups/creams
- add more vegetables. You need to be full or you'll cheat with snacks
- snacks are fine if they fit your overall daily allowance. There are some great sweet recipes using things like low fat yoghurt or cottage cheese for puddings and/cake type desserts
- cheat days can easily kill a whole a week's hard work. Choose a cheat day and increase your allowance slightly. Personally, I use 1800 cals mon-fri and up it to 2000 for sat-sun
- exercise is key to weight loss. It doesn't have to be hard but it needs to be frequent. Walking is fine and burns calories better than cycling/swimming. Schedule it but don't overdo it. If you're heavy, you risk injury
- weigh yourself once a week, first thing in the morning. You'll naturally fluctuate if you're changing days/times. Don't lose heart

Good luck mate!
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That’s great advice.

I’ll probably add if you eat/ binge following stressful episodes or traumatic events I’d support another football team.

Seriously though good luck mate, you’ve got some proper motivation and purpose to do it I’m sure you will. Once you dial in that calories and track it you’ll be shocked how fast the results come and it will build momentum and you won’t even want to have cheat days / meals etc.

You’ll be surprised how little you can eat and feel full and have good energy levels when you substitute all the crap for good quality food
 
frank_da_tank said:
Whats false about it mate?
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Google the GLP1 drugs group - so many side effects - 50% of the average people get them - plus a big cancer scare of the thyroids glands long term found in rats the experimented on ...

Being a diabetic I went on a diabetic one low dose - yes I lost weight as it retains your food in your stomach - natural = NO - everyone is different after cameras my GP stopped it & I went back on insulin - I eat eggs & protein food lost the same amount of weight naturally .... my stomach was full of polyps needed them removing .....I blame those GLP1 drugs ....

The widespread use of these drugs is still relatively recent, and researchers emphasize the need for long-term studies to fully understand all potential effects, both positive and negative.
 

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