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Handy hints and tips
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Steff
Little Miss Chatterbox
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- Type 2
Tip number 2 -Big up the basket
Where possible when you go to the supermarket use a basket and not a trolley then your less likely to be tempted to fill the basket right up to the top with naughties,apart from the fact it would be heavy to carry you also wont buy as much (in theory) 😉
Where possible when you go to the supermarket use a basket and not a trolley then your less likely to be tempted to fill the basket right up to the top with naughties,apart from the fact it would be heavy to carry you also wont buy as much (in theory) 😉
I shop on line and never when I'm hungry. Although it means I don't smell the delights of the bakery department or instore coffee shop I still can't resist the naughties and the treats
teapot8910
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- Type 1
My tip is make exercise more fun, that way you don't dread doing any! 🙂
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Hi All- great tips - keep them coming!
Water:
Drink lots of it. I carry a bottle everywhere with me now (strangely my sons generation seem to always do this anyway!). If we drink 8 glasses of water a day, its supposed to be good for us and help weight loss when done in conjunction with a good eating plan.
Water:
Drink lots of it. I carry a bottle everywhere with me now (strangely my sons generation seem to always do this anyway!). If we drink 8 glasses of water a day, its supposed to be good for us and help weight loss when done in conjunction with a good eating plan.
Dizzydi
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- Type 1
Another one with water, if you feel hungry and it is not meal time or snack time. Drink a glass of water first, if you still feel hungry after that have your snack. Water stops my hungry pangs.
Hi All,
I felt like I had hit a wall last week and beginnng of this week I had lost a total of 44lbs since June which I know is excellent but suddenly felt quite fed up with it all as it had slowed down.
I was discussing this with my PT that i suddenly felt miserable with my diabetes and how weight loss had slowed down. He took me into the gym and gave me a 20kg weight to carry about - and asked me to carry it for 5 mins. I couldn't carry it for 1 minute. It was so heavy. I had to hold it on my chest to carry. He then gave it to my husband who again was shocked at how heavy it was - he then told us both that was how much weight i had lost! It was scary as when I put the weight down my heart was racing quite fast and it made me realise how much harder my heart had had to work previously. I then sat chatting with my husband and I said I would like to lose the same amount of weight again and then realised how much harder my heart was still having to work as long as I was overweight.
Carrying the weight worked two fold - one it made me very proud of how much weight I had lost, but more importantly made me realise my health would have improved greatly due to less pressure on the heart, but more than anything it really has motiviated me now to keep to the good stuff food wise and to the regular exercise.
I will get there.
Just thought this was worth posting as it was such a kick up the bum in more ways than one for me - but very helpful.
I felt like I had hit a wall last week and beginnng of this week I had lost a total of 44lbs since June which I know is excellent but suddenly felt quite fed up with it all as it had slowed down.
I was discussing this with my PT that i suddenly felt miserable with my diabetes and how weight loss had slowed down. He took me into the gym and gave me a 20kg weight to carry about - and asked me to carry it for 5 mins. I couldn't carry it for 1 minute. It was so heavy. I had to hold it on my chest to carry. He then gave it to my husband who again was shocked at how heavy it was - he then told us both that was how much weight i had lost! It was scary as when I put the weight down my heart was racing quite fast and it made me realise how much harder my heart had had to work previously. I then sat chatting with my husband and I said I would like to lose the same amount of weight again and then realised how much harder my heart was still having to work as long as I was overweight.
Carrying the weight worked two fold - one it made me very proud of how much weight I had lost, but more importantly made me realise my health would have improved greatly due to less pressure on the heart, but more than anything it really has motiviated me now to keep to the good stuff food wise and to the regular exercise.
I will get there.
Just thought this was worth posting as it was such a kick up the bum in more ways than one for me - but very helpful.
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Portion control is essential, and reducing the amount of processed foods, red meat and saturated fats such as cheese and replacing these with fresh vegetables, white meat such as chicken and fish, and go for low-fat options in yogurts and cheese. Cooking everything yourself is equally important as you know what goes in your food, and moderate exercise, no matter what it involves will no doubt go a long way in weight reduction. Toby.
Hi Lucy
First of all well done with the weight loss you should be proud of yourself!!
I went from 17st 10 to 12st8 in just 4 months. (Great hey) not really i was diagnosed with type 1 its the only way i could lose weight, i was on the water drinking thing and thought it was working well. How little i knew. Well done and good luck for your future weight loss.
First of all well done with the weight loss you should be proud of yourself!!
I went from 17st 10 to 12st8 in just 4 months. (Great hey) not really i was diagnosed with type 1 its the only way i could lose weight, i was on the water drinking thing and thought it was working well. How little i knew. Well done and good luck for your future weight loss.
Hi Glenn,
Thank you so much for your kind words. I was about to say absolutely well done on your loss but I guess its not the way you would prefer to lose. Have you kept the weight off - if so well done to you. 🙂
Sheilagh1958
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Glad Glenn has brought this message back to life as I havent seen it before.
My tips
Are if there are some treats you can't do without entirely find a healthy replacements for the special times you need them.
I now have wotsits or quavers instead of crisps and if I really need chocolate I now have the little 99 calorie bars in. (I can now even managed to have both of these in my cupboards without being tempted everyday)
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caffeine_demon
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- Type 2
Just a bit of fun
A new weight loss tip: if it tastes nice, spit it out, it's bad for you!
Fantastic!!
if you're feeling hungry - have a bit of dust!
instead of a battered pie in a french stick, have half a ryvita, topped with a slice of cucumber
if you don't feel like death after exercise, you're doing it wrong! 😛
i found your posts very inspirational...can i ask if your weight loss was down to prtion size and eating the right things? or a diet club? and can i ask if many of you eat potatoes with them being high GI?
i am newly diagnosed and searching for answers...thanx again
michele x
i am newly diagnosed and searching for answers...thanx again
michele x
Mark T
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- Type 2
Most of my weight loss is down to portion control and moderate exercise. We tend to eat New Potatoes which are stated to be Low GI (at the border between low and medium really) and my current new potato portion size is 75g or slightly less (equivalent to 12g Carb).
KateXXXXXX
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My last High Fiber, Low Fat treat: 4m of fabric, which I made into this!
Teal fabric was ?1 a meter, the bling about 50p. Can't remember exactly as the roll was in the stash for years! The most expensive bit was the ?8 for the filigree ball buttons I put on the sleeves (not pictured as they came later).
Treats and rewards are great. Just make them not be food! 🙂
Teal fabric was ?1 a meter, the bling about 50p. Can't remember exactly as the roll was in the stash for years! The most expensive bit was the ?8 for the filigree ball buttons I put on the sleeves (not pictured as they came later).
Treats and rewards are great. Just make them not be food! 🙂
Very impressive
Hi this is very impressive work however i do not wish to try and eat it Regads andrew
Hi this is very impressive work however i do not wish to try and eat it Regads andrew
My last High Fiber, Low Fat treat: 4m of fabric, which I made into this!
Teal fabric was ?1 a meter, the bling about 50p. Can't remember exactly as the roll was in the stash for years! The most expensive bit was the ?8 for the filigree ball buttons I put on the sleeves (not pictured as they came later).
Treats and rewards are great. Just make them not be food! 🙂