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Group weight loss challenge 2017!

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Dianne Brittain said:
Hi, I'm 64 and overweight, I've just been diagnosed t 2 although I hate excersise I have been on the treadmill but can only do about 5 mins before my legs turn to jelly , I have lost 5 lbs but need to get fit can anyone tell me how long it will be before I can do more and, is it worth only being able to do 5 mins? I have bought an electric bike but dare not use it until I'm fitter, I am finding the diet ok and enjoying the new recipes, anyone got any to share? I am trying so hard to improve things and feel so much better than I did . Dianne
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Welcome.
 
Dianne Brittain said:
Hi, I'm 64 and overweight, I've just been diagnosed t 2 although I hate excersise I have been on the treadmill but can only do about 5 mins before my legs turn to jelly , I have lost 5 lbs but need to get fit can anyone tell me how long it will be before I can do more and, is it worth only being able to do 5 mins? I have bought an electric bike but dare not use it until I'm fitter, I am finding the diet ok and enjoying the new recipes, anyone got any to share? I am trying so hard to improve things and feel so much better than I did . Dianne
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5 minutes is brilliant if you've not exercised ever or for a long time. Mine was for a long time and I did 10minutes twice a day and I was out of breath legs killing me etc.
So try for 5 minutes once a day for a week then build to twice a day for 5 minutes.
What diet are you following as I find smaller plates work and fill them with veg and meat and potatoes if having I don't as they spike me it's my treat for once a month as I can now walk it off.
Good Luck
 
Wow, weighed this morning - 9.5lbs off this week - shocked.
 
Dianne Brittain said:
Hi, I'm 64 and overweight, I've just been diagnosed t 2 although I hate excersise I have been on the treadmill but can only do about 5 mins before my legs turn to jelly , I have lost 5 lbs but need to get fit can anyone tell me how long it will be before I can do more and, is it worth only being able to do 5 mins? I have bought an electric bike but dare not use it until I'm fitter, I am finding the diet ok and enjoying the new recipes, anyone got any to share? I am trying so hard to improve things and feel so much better than I did . Dianne
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The Slimiming World Body Magic is very helpful about fitting in exercise.It recommends using the acronym FIT, which stands for Frequency,Intensity and Time.
You start off with frequency,establishing a regular schedule,starting off with 3 days a week,no matter how short the sessions,just making sure its a regular part of your life.Then you gradually increase your time,again at your own pace.Its surprising how soon the 5 minutes which is so difficult now will become easy,and you find it simple to add a few extra minutes.And eventually,as your muscles get stronger you automatically speed up a bit,and eventually even find yourself breathing very deeply. At that point you are actually improving your cardiac fitness :0) So stick at it.
I was housebound with a stroke,then a hysterectomy,then two knee replacements,and had no exercise for 3 years . 3 months ago I couldnt walk for more than 5 minutes without rests,(my legs were not so much jelly as wet noodles)but now I am up to 20 minutes without a break,and am able to go out and do some shopping. Good luck and persevere,the improvements will soon come. I am now working on doing 30 minutes 5 days a week,and expect it will take several months,but I am now confident that I can do it!
 
Hazel said:
Wow, weighed this morning - 9.5lbs off this week - shocked.
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I thought you meant inches! Wow all those pounds! Well done. 🙂
 
Unfortunately put on 2 kilos. I have had the munchies a bit the last couple of weeks.
 
Never mind, it happens, I'm up to 15 8 agh. Must get back to it, being ridiculous.
 
Grrr!!! For some reason I have been locked out of this site's forum for almost a week,some thing about certification had lapsed and it wasnt a safe site! Glad to finally get on again.
Had an awful lot of alcohol and pastry syns last week,what with Father's Day etc,so was very happy to have lost half a pound. Every little helps. 🙂
The whole group did very badly,only a 22lb loss in total,its usually 45 to 55 lbs! Tuesday weigh-in doesnt allow much time to work off the weekend excesses.lol.
But I did get the psychological (though illogical) boost of going under the 16 stone mark (by half a pound! lol
MY STATS
Pre Slimming World:starting BMI - 40.Weight loss for March/April - 1 stone.
1st goal - Get out of the morbidly obese level,i.e.below 35 BMI
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SW weeks 1-7 weight loss - 11 lbs
(week 8 weigh-in 20th June) loss 0.5 lbs - total loss 11.5 lbs

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total loss for the challenge - 1 st 11.5 lbs
BMI - 35.99
 
Dusty48 said:
Grrr!!! For some reason I have been locked out of this site's forum for almost a week,some thing about certification had lapsed and it wasnt a safe site! Glad to finally get on again.
Had an awful lot of alcohol and pastry syns last week,what with Father's Day etc,so was very happy to have lost half a pound. Every little helps. 🙂
The whole group did very badly,only a 22lb loss in total,its usually 45 to 55 lbs! Tuesday weigh-in doesnt allow much time to work off the weekend excesses.lol.
But I did get the psychological (though illogical) boost of going under the 16 stone mark (by half a pound! lol
MY STATS
Pre Slimming World:starting BMI - 40.Weight loss for March/April - 1 stone.
1st goal - Get out of the morbidly obese level,i.e.below 35 BMI
******
SW weeks 1-7 weight loss - 11 lbs
(week 8 weigh-in 20th June) loss 0.5 lbs - total loss 11.5 lbs

******
total loss for the challenge - 1 st 11.5 lbs
BMI - 35.99
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Well done :D
I was going to go to a nearer group but it was on a Monday, i didnt pick that group for that very reason, so i go Thurs but you can g to any group if you wanted to
 
goosey said:
Well done :D
I was going to go to a nearer group but it was on a Monday, i didnt pick that group for that very reason, so i go Thurs but you can g to any group if you wanted to
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Tuesday is the only day with a 3.30 pm class,all the rest are 5.30 or 7.30. Most of the buses have stopped running after 6 pm,only 3 buses per hour,I found myself waiting nearly 30 minutes! I get out of the 3.30 class about 4.45,plenty of transport then 🙂
 
Dusty48 said:
Tuesday is the only day with a 3.30 pm class,all the rest are 5.30 or 7.30. Most of the buses have stopped running after 6 pm,only 3 buses per hour,I found myself waiting nearly 30 minutes! I get out of the 3.30 class about 4.45,plenty of transport then 🙂
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Ahhh, yes if you have to rely on public transport, not good :( so you dont stop to class either?
 
I've got to go. I can't stop pigging out. :(
 
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