Group weight loss challenge 2017!

[AJLang]

Thank you Alan 🙂

 

[goosey]

Well done to those that lost i lost 1/2 lb need to update sig
Dusty thinking of you, hope things look up for you soon x

 

[Hazel]

just 1.5lbs off - better than nothing

 

[Northerner]

just 1.5lbs off - better than nothing

Good progress @Hazel - still heading in the right direction! 🙂

 

[goosey]

just 1.5lbs off - better than nothing

Well done 1lb more than my 1/2😛

 

[Wirrallass]

I hang my head in shame Not doing very well at all despite my walking 5K steps daily - I still can't shift the 3lbs i gained as per 02 August - perhaps a review of my already LC diet is required?
Well done all those who have lost weight to date🙂

 

[Dusty48]

I must have finally got the chocolate macaroons out of my system,they really bloated me up Lost 2.5 lbs this week and reached my one and a half stone award at last.3 more pounds to reach my Club 10 award 🙂 🙂 🙂
May be slow,but its pretty steady,.Love to look at my graph on SWs online site,seeing the steady progress,14 losses and two maintains,very satisfying and it keeps me motivated
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. COMPLETED 1/8/17
2nd goal - reach my Club 10 target
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SW weeks 1-15 weight loss - 1st 4.5 lb
(week 16 weigh-in: 15th Aug ) loss 2.5 lbs
loss 1st 7lbs

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total loss for our challenge - 2 st 7 lb
BMI - 34.54

 

[Northerner]

That's great @Dusty48! Congratulations on your award and steady and sustained losses - best way to do it! 🙂

 

[Storm]

I've just been diagnosed with type 1 and I've been recommended to lose 10-12kg. I didn't think I was too bad weight wise I'm 5ft 10 and 72kg (a little under 11 1/2 stone) and a size 12 but needs must so here goes!

 

[Robin]

I've just been diagnosed with type 1 and I've been recommended to lose 10-12kg. I didn't think I was too bad weight wise I'm 5ft 10 and 72kg (a little under 11 1/2 stone) and a size 12 but needs must so here goes!

That sounds a lot of weight to be asked to lose, especially if you carry it as muscle, not fat (you sound like you exercise a lot, from your other posts). It would make you 60 kg, which is what I weigh, and I'm 5ft 5, fairly muscly, and consider myself normal size. If you think it's wrong, I'd challenge it when you next see your health care team.

 

[Storm]

Thanks Robin, I do do quite a bit of exercise normally (and hope to return to it next week once I've figured out this insulin malarky!) but carry a bit of a belly, so maybe I do need to lose that - I'd love a flat tummy but chocolate and seeing as that is now not a realistic daily food (!) maybe I'll get that flat tummy now. I guess if I work on losing some weight if I find I reach a better level which isn't as low as suggested I can stop. Maybe I'll lose some automatically due to dietary changes....one step at a time!

 

[Robin]

Thanks Robin, I do do quite a bit of exercise normally (and hope to return to it next week once I've figured out this insulin malarky!) but carry a bit of a belly, so maybe I do need to lose that - I'd love a flat tummy but chocolate and seeing as that is now not a realistic daily food (!) maybe I'll get that flat tummy now. I guess if I work on losing some weight if I find I reach a better level which isn't as low as suggested I can stop. Maybe I'll lose some automatically due to dietary changes....one step at a time!

Ah, yes, belly fat often means fat round your visceral organs, which is not what you want.
I converted to 85% or even 90% dark chocolate, a couple of squares satisfy the craving, and there not much carb in them. ( and it contains flavenols, which are supposed to be good for you!)

 

[Copepod]

I've just been diagnosed with type 1 and I've been recommended to lose 10-12kg. I didn't think I was too bad weight wise I'm 5ft 10 and 72kg (a little under 11 1/2 stone) and a size 12 but needs must so here goes!

That sounds slightly odd advice, as the figures you give correspond to BMI of 22.7, which is within the healthy weight range of 18.5 - 25. If you lose 12kg, your BMI would be 18.9, only just above the bottom of the healthy range. Unfortunately, some people are apple shaped (weight on abdomen) and others are pear shaped (weight on hips), and there's very little you can do about that pattern of weight distribution. Visceral fat around organs in abdomen is hidden, and it's possible to have this without having a podgy tummy, and it's also possible to have a podgy tummy without having visceral fat. Please can I suggest that you discuss the advice to lose weight with whoever told you, as the whole picture needs to be considered, taking account of your activity level, muscle mass etc? Ideally, there should be a body composition device to record you properly. This is a device on which you stand with bare feet, and more advance devices have hand grips, too.

 

[Storm]

I last had my body fat measured a couple of months ago (water method) and it was around 22.3% Ideal for me is 18-20% so I didn't worry too much. I'll have a word with the nurse tomorrow.

 

[goosey]

Well done dusty
Welcome and good luck to the new people starting out
I would like to report a loss of 2 1/2lbs this week

 

[Hazel]

go @goosey

 

[Wirrallass]

I've just been diagnosed with type 1 and I've been recommended to lose 10-12kg. I didn't think I was too bad weight wise I'm 5ft 10 and 72kg (a little under 11 1/2 stone) and a size 12 but needs must so here goes!

Good luck Storm - you'll make progress here especially with the support from other members x

 

[goosey]

Thanks Hazel x

 

[Hazel]

Just lost 1.5lbs - boohoo wanted 2

 

[goosey]

Just lost 1.5lbs - boohoo wanted 2

Thats good, well done You have done so well