Weight loss ups and downs - 800 Calorie - Newcastle

[Ditto]

Well done on getting back to it @ColinUK 🙂 I have no doubt that you'll get to where you want to be.

It's nearly 4, I have a bowl of sprouts and tuna next to me and I'm refusing to touch it till 4. My mouth is watering. I have decided to use my stubborness to help me get to 8stones this year. Do it or be damned!

 

[Leadinglights]

That's fine in usual times but these are unusual times. If I threw away all the old clothes I'd have nothing to wear! And it's nippy around these parts lol

I did think that after I had posted it, not easy to even order on line as when your weight changes your shape changes at least it seems to for women and sizing is never consistent.

 

[ColinUK]

I did think that after I had posted it, not easy to even order on line as when your weight changes your shape changes at least it seems to for women and sizing is never consistent.

It’s never consistent for men either. And for us it’s usually S, M, L, XL so there’s no hope of knowing it’ll fit until you try it on.

 

[Gwynn]

Fatxit? I presume you'll be introducing 'broader' checks. 🙂

 

[ColinUK]

This morning 95.1kg

It’s a step in the right direction that’s for sure. Quite a way to go though.

It’s odd really as I know I feel considerably better weighing less than 90kg and I tracked this weight increase but didn’t feel motivated to do anything about it. Now there’s more to shift so it’s harder. Sometimes we really are our own worst enemies I guess.

 

[ColinUK]

95

 

[Leadinglights]

I am getting very despondent with my weight loss as I initially lost weight steadily 12kg but the last 2 months I seem to have just stuck pivoting up and down by less than half a kilo. I have not changed what I am eating and I can't think what I can do in terms of food. I am walking 3-4 miles per day.
I am hoping once the weather gets better and we will be working on the allotment, I will see some downward movement.
I still have lots of weight I need to lose but it has been there a long time, I never remember being the weight I 'should' be for my height.
Any suggestions gratefully received.

 

[Eddy Edson]

I am getting very despondent with my weight loss as I initially lost weight steadily 12kg but the last 2 months I seem to have just stuck pivoting up and down by less than half a kilo. I have not changed what I am eating and I can't think what I can do in terms of food. I am walking 3-4 miles per day.
I am hoping once the weather gets better and we will be working on the allotment, I will see some downward movement.
I still have lots of weight I need to lose but it has been there a long time, I never remember being the weight I 'should' be for my height.
Any suggestions gratefully received.

Well, I guess the thing to do is cut down on intake?

I find this body weight planner tool from the US govt NIH very useful: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/bwp Put in your personal details, how much exercise you do, yr goal weight and how quickly you want to reach it, and it will estimate how many calories per day you should eat to get to yr target and how many you should eat to maintain. Only an estimate, but built on the science from Kevin Hall's group, and they are tip-top in this field.

Also: ignore all the messages like "only carbs matter, not calories". They're wrong. If cutting back on "carbs" means that you eat fewer calories, then you'll lose weight, but there's nothing specially weight-impacting about carbs as such.

 

[rebrascora]

@Leadinglights
Walking is great exercise but there is walking and there is WALKING.
I just wonder if you have room to up the ante with your walking.... For instance increase the pace ie swing your legs a bit faster or actually lengthen your stride a bit or both and/or incorporate a hill or flight of steps into your route and really push yourself on those uphill sections to get your muscles burning and your lungs working. You have to concentrate initially to maintain a brisker pace or longer stride but after a while it becomes your new normal. I tend to "yomp" everywhere now rather than stroll or saunter. For me this is what helps not only to burn the fat but also improve my BG levels.... they will usually go up during this exercise (particularly on the uphill sections) but come down lower later. I am quite "lucky" i that I live at the bottom of a mile long and quite steep hill and if I can find time and motivation to yomp up that hill and jog back down twice a day I feel great and lose weight and only need a third less than my normal insulin daily dose. I am not fit enough to jog up and back and not sure I really want to do that anyway but just powering away at a good walking pace up that hill really burns fat and builds muscle.

 

[ColinUK]

Maybe swing your arms a little as you walk. Or even invest in things like wrist or ankle weights maybe.

 

[grovesy]

Is it possible that you have been eating slight more than you were, sometimes portion size can creep up without realising.

 

[rebrascora]

Maybe swing your arms a little as you walk. Or even invest in things like wrist or ankle weights maybe.

I actually went so far as to do arm exercises whilst I was walking.... so punching the air above my head and out in front and then to the sides and alternating it with different arms in different directions. Keeps the mind agile as well as the body coordinating it all. I have also incorporated side skips like the footballers do. 4 one side then 4 the other and then 2s and then 4s again, particularly coming down the hill which really improves your flexibility. I used to get some really funny looks from people 😳 and a wide berth which is always good in the current climate! 😉

 

[Leadinglights]

Thanks for all your suggestions.
I have just looked back at my food diary from July and I don't think I have increased my portion size, reduced it if anything.
A quarter of a Nature Valley protein bar is the only 'snack' I have and 1 square of dark Choc at the weekend. Otherwise B, L and D.
Typically B: egg, bacon, mushrooms or tomato, scrambled egg and smoked salmon, or greek yoghurt and berries with sprinkling granola or all bran. L: homemade soup (sometimes), ryvita, ham or tin fish, cheese, salad veg, half apple or pear, few nuts. D: stirfry with chicken, omelette with mushrooms and cheese, veg and chicken tray bake, tuna or salmon, all with either salad or cauliflower cheese, brocolli, cabbage, kale or similar. sometimes half roll or thin slice bread. Dessert usually jelly with cream or mixed berries with cream or yoghurt or quark.
Does anything jump out as being a problem?
I walk with my other half but we will try to step up the pace of the walking, I normally takes us about an hour to do 3 miles, not sure if that is slow or not.

 

[ColinUK]

Thanks for all your suggestions.
I have just looked back at my food diary from July and I don't think I have increased my portion size, reduced it if anything.
A quarter of a Nature Valley protein bar is the only 'snack' I have and 1 square of dark Choc at the weekend. Otherwise B, L and D.
Typically B: egg, bacon, mushrooms or tomato, scrambled egg and smoked salmon, or greek yoghurt and berries with sprinkling granola or all bran. L: homemade soup (sometimes), ryvita, ham or tin fish, cheese, salad veg, half apple or pear, few nuts. D: stirfry with chicken, omelette with mushrooms and cheese, veg and chicken tray bake, tuna or salmon, all with either salad or cauliflower cheese, brocolli, cabbage, kale or similar. sometimes half roll or thin slice bread. Dessert usually jelly with cream or mixed berries with cream or yoghurt or quark.
Does anything jump out as being a problem?
I walk with my other half but we will try to step up the pace of the walking, I normally takes us about an hour to do 3 miles, not sure if that is slow or not.

Difficult to say if that’s fast or slow for you but for me that would be a very gentle stroll.
I’d expect to cover roughly 5 miles in an hour of not exceptionally strenuous walking I’d say.

 

[Leadinglights]

Difficult to say if that’s fast or slow for you but for me that would be a very gentle stroll.
I’d expect to cover roughly 5 miles in an hour of not exceptionally strenuous walking I’d say.

Thanks
I am only 5ft and a bit tall so haven't got very long legs and I am nearly 70

 

[grovesy]

Are your portion of berries, or the size of apple or pear the same?

 

[Leadinglights]

Are your portion of berries, or the size of apple or pear the same?

Pretty well, 2 desert spoons of berries, apples a bit random as they are home grown but down to the last 3 now.

 

[grovesy]

Was just a thought as it is easy to over do, and the size of apples and pears can vary.

 

[ColinUK]

A quick Google suggests that being able to walk a mile in around 16 minutes at 70 is good. So you're not far off that.
I know I walk quickly and I walk with intent rather than just for the sake of walking. That said I really ought to get out and walk more.

This makes interesting reading.... (it's a study into the impact of walking for distance or for time)

Europe PMC

Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.

europepmc.org

 

[Leadinglights]

A quick Google suggests that being able to walk a mile in around 16 minutes at 70 is good. So you're not far off that.
I know I walk quickly and I walk with intent rather than just for the sake of walking. That said I really ought to get out and walk more.

This makes interesting reading.... (it's a study into the impact of walking for distance or for time)

Europe PMC

Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.

europepmc.org

I think we almost do that on pavement but sometimes our route is on muddy footpaths so that slows us down a bit but good to know what to aim for. Thanks