How did the covid-19 lockdown effect your weight. General thread.

[GLC]

For me it was all about tracking what you eat. Means you can still have your treats but you just need to compensate for it elsewhere. Makes you be more mindful and connects back up that what you put in your gob does actually have an affect on your body fat. We all like to forget that connection when we are snacking/shoving the whole packet of biscuits away on the sofa.

Also steps are KEY! I got a fitbit and the difference in what I burnt in a day when I consistently hit my steps every day compared to just being at home was enormous. It isn't about beasting yourself in the gym 3 times a week.

 

[hrh89]

Does anyone have any favourite foods they use to help cut back?
I’m obsessed with Hartleys sugar free jelly. I make an entire sachet and eat the whole thing in a bowl it’s literally like 35 calories for the whole thing and it feels like a nice big treat.

I like foods you can eat in volume

 

[Tattlingpineapple]

Ahhh sorry I assumed the U.K.!! do you feel safe going for it? Not sure how I’m going to feel having one once we’re allowed in the UK

I'm a bit nervous but I'm also feeling relatively safe... we will both wear masks, he will wear gloves, they'll disinfect the chair after each client... And it's the first day they are open and I have an early appointment so I'm maybe the third customer.... They won't offer drinks, waiting area is closed, no magazines to read... Bigger distance between chairs / clients... I think I'm more at risk on the street when some morons don't keep enough distance and don't wear masks.

 

[LLJ]

Follow James Smith PT on Instagram and facebook. He simplifies fitness and makes losing weight easy to understand. He also offers a calorie calculator so you can see how your calories should be. Warning though, he can be quite straight to the point and hates SW, Keto, Herbalife etc... his basic message is move more than you eat! X

 

[Orange Creme]

Don't stress yourself with exercising if it's not something you enjoyed before lockdown. I echo what a few others here have said and increase your daily steps and be in a calorie deficit. You can use an online TDEE calculator to work out how many calories you should be eating to be in a deficit.

Don't overcomplicate it - life is stessful enough at the moment I've lost 70lbs (5 stone) in the last year and all I did was what I mentioned above - no fad diets, no extreme work out regime and no demonising foods or food groups!

Just be consistent and if you fuck up along the way make sure you get back on it!

This! Calorie deficit is the only way i have ever lost weight and even if you lose on slimming world (or whatever) it essentially comes down to the fact you were in a calorie deficit.

 

[eye_rolling_always]

Sending out an SOS (someone know the song?)

Anyway, TOTM has begun 5 days early. I put myself in a good mindset telling myself exercise, plenty of water and good food. Started the morning with a 3.5k run this morning....now the headache has creeped in and I've face planted two jam donuts and a wham bar.

Heeeeeelllp!!

 

[Cantdeal]

Happy I found this thread. I am on a mission to lose a stone (I am short so weight gain shows on me).
Thought I would give you all an insight to what I am doing:
Breakfast is overnight oats and that keeps me full for 3-4 hours. Mid afternoon, I eat 15g packet of dairy milk buttons. Dinner is around 4.30pm-5pm and I eat protein with vegetables or a Weight Watchers meal. After Dinner I drink cold coffee with 1 teaspoon of sugar.
I do intermittent fasting so I eat between the window of 10am to 6pm. I have been doing intermittent fasting for a couple of years on and off though so I am used to this way of eating and unless I am still awake at 11pm, I find I am not hungry after 6pm.
I used to be a yo-yo dieter and loved to comfort eat, but the book that helped was ‘How to have your cake and your skinny jeans too’ by Josie Spinardi. It’s all about hunger directed eating so now I ask myself if I am really hungry and go by if my stomach has rumbled.
I find having a food routine really helps.
I've also been doing YouTube exercise videos at home and going for walks daily in my local park

 

[Mercedes12]

Glad I found this thread! Like everyone I’ve been snacking massively during lockdown out of boredom, as it’s usually my routine and work that keeps me from eating bad stuff

I weighed myself this morning and it wasn’t as bad as I thought (I have been exercising) but I’m making a conscious effort now to try and lose a bit of weight (7-10 pounds).

what I’m gonna try is:

intermittent fasting - only eating within 8hour time frame and then fasting for the rest of the time (I find it really easy to skip breakfast).
daily walks - I have a Fitbit so I’m aiming for 10k steps everyday at least
Continue couch to 5k (I’m on week 3)
Online classes (I do a barre workout which I love)
Cut down on carbs
Healthier snacks - fruit instead of biscuits
More veg

really want to stick to it as I’ve been feeling really sluggish and just want to feel leaner and healthier!
Good luck everyone

 

[Annie65]

Gained a stone. But lost nearly half now. Would like to get back to my original weight before and if I go back to work. I’m a stress and boredom eater so this whole situation doesn’t help at all.

 

[Sshhimnothere]

Thank you

The app my fitness pal is a godsend if your interested. There is truly no quick fix for loosing weight, I laughed when one of my friends has posts up on Facebook now joined some slimming thing where you drink coffee or something, I havnt asked the ins and outs for a know for sure it's a sham, same girl on snap chat of garlic Kiev and 10baby potatoes with fried bacon threw it... yeah sure have a coffee after thatll wash it all away.. shame ppl get stucked so far with nonsense, dieting is one of the biggest money industry ie. Gyms, fitbits, juices, foods, diet plans, pt's. you can do it without gadgets if you want to.. but you HAVE to want to and do it, it's for you no1 else. Believe it or not mary across the road doesn't really give 2 fiddlers if you are size 10 or 20

 

[Say What]

I’ve lost a few pounds recently by swapping snacks for fruit, drinking more water and doing the couch to 5k. Don’t get sucked into the fad diets- a friend tried to get me on Herbalife and wanted over £100 for 3 weeks of the stuff! It has terrible reviews online as well! The best ones from the research I’ve done is Slimming World and for kick starting weight loss for a short time frame eg max of 3 weeks, Slim Fast. After that good diet and lots of exercise is the sensible way. Fitness Blender has loads of free home work outs with lots of variety and no equipment needed.

 

[JoeBloggs]

I’m also up for the weekly drop in. My husband is classed as underweight but eats like a pig and my mum just talks about diets constantly and I’d rather not talk to her about it to be honest. She got all high and mighty when we joined SW together a few years ago and got to target so left.

I’m trying my best to eat only when hungry. Find things to distract myself when bored and not deprive myself. My calorie goal is 1600 a day. I’m also in the Emma Drew lose 10lbs in June gang - on her thread.

 

[PurpleRox]

I love tae bo
Plus I’ve been doing the walking for weight loss currently up to 4 miles a day which takes about an hour (Leslie Sansone) - her voice is a tad annoying but music on and it becomes bearable

 

[Redwine]

Get walking for an hour a day.

Diet wise (I hate diets!!!!) but reducing carbs really helps me, you don’t need to go mad but you would be surprised at how baaaaaad some foods are.

But also... it is an absolutely awful time for every single one of us at the moment and if a family sized chocolate bar or a packet of crisps makes you feel better then fuck it... have it. Once normality resumes the weight will fall off. Try not to beat yourself up.

Yeah you are right xx

Right. Baby is in bed. Husband has cooked dinner but I am going for my walk while I can. Resisting all temptation to drink wine and eat sweets x

 

[hrh89]

Forgot how great ice pops are as a sweet treat! Found some vimto ones in Poundland they are literally 18 calories. Always forget how low cal these things are.

also if you crave pizza like me I found the NICEST pizza in Iceland. It’s microwave but doesn’t go soggy at all! It’s 350 calories and so bloody nice I was so surprised just how yummy it is. To me it’s tasted like Pizza Hut!

 

[emm]

I don't have scales but would imagine I have put on around 10kg, I've been furloughed since April and have become so lazy.. I wish I had used this time to become really in shape like so many people have seemed to, but as other people have said food and snacking is the only thing to look forward to atm

 

[hrh89]

My relationship with food is awful. Always has been. If I’m happy I eat if I’m sad I eat if I’m stressed I eat.
Last year I got down to 10 stone 2 which is the lightest I’ve ever been in my life and it was great. Then my mum got sick and it’s been so unbelievably stressful that I’ve gained about 16 pounds now. I feel gross. A dress size bigger and can’t fit into the nice clothes I bought last year. All that hard work just to end up back here is so depressing.

I can’t seem to get a hold on my eating. When I lost the weight last year I know I was verging unto ED territory. I wouldn’t eat until around 6pm and then would only eat about 700 calories. I loved the control of it so I know looking back that it was dangerously close to ED.

My issue is now that it seems like such a big task. I do okay throughout the day then I get upset or anxious and I end up literally binging in the night telling myself I’ll start again tomorrow. This has been going on three weeks now and I’m so angry with myself. Last night I was awake at 3am and went to the kitchen and within five minutes I’d had a sandwich crisps and two chocolate bars. Didn’t enjoy them. They were just gone like that!

If anyone wants to buddy up or do weekly updates I’d be up for that I think it might help me. I don’t mind sharing weight and losses/gains etc.

Sorry for double post but I found this in Sainsbury’s and it is amazing. I absolute hate those skinny syrups they taste so synthetic but this is amazing caramel flavour for making iced coffees and putting on porridge etc. If you can get it give it a try it really made my iced coffee taste like a proper coffee shop one!

 

[JenniferStano]

The opposite has happened to me during lockdown, ive lost over 2 stone. Has this happened to anyone else? Always lethargic, absolutely no appetite, where I won’t eat for days.
Outside of lockdown, I practice yoga daily and go on country walks, which I find helps keep my weight down.
Lots of free beginners vids of yoga on YouTube, and a lot of studios are doing online zoom classes where you can practice in the comfort of your own home

 

[Tattlingpineapple]

How are hairdressers open where you live out of curiosity? The government said they should be closed to adhere to social distancing? Bit ridiculous some are still open and blatantly flouting the rules in my opinion

Redirect Notice

Germany. They are allowed to open tomorrow. Masks are mandatory. Disposable capes... and you have to write down your contact details so they can track you down quickly in case another customer tests positive... I have needed a hair cut since February. Due to different circumstances, I couldn't do it back then, then lockdown came and now I look like a clown.

 

[Filterholic]

Joining as I have some timber to shift! Got married last May and have put on 2 and a half stone since - starting fresh today- redownloading MFP and stuck the Fitbit on charge after burying it in a draw some months ago

going to try and do 10000 steps and cut all the snacks and fizzy drinks (not quite ready to ditch the gin but it’s okay with a soda water right?)
Shall we do weekly report of lbs lost/gained - I need to be held accountable I give full permission to shout at me