Thanks I’ll go and look him up!I would recommend follow James Smith PT on social media. He can be quite blunt but he makes so much sense re weight loss. His general motto is calorie deficit (no weird crazy restrictive diets!), move more & Eat less. He simplifies it really well. He has a calorie calculator on his website if you want to work out how many calories you should be aiming for for weight loss/muscle gain. I generally aim for 10,000 steps a day minimum, high protein diet and lots of water x
Water doesn’t cause weight or fat loss. The only thing that does is a calorie deficit. Water does stop cravings though, if you are properly hydrated you don’t feel as hungry. I sleep better when I drink lots, which in turn means I’m less tired which means I don’t have god awful sugar cravings.Does drinking loads of water actually help weight loss or do people suggest it as it fills you up? Curious because it’s always mentioned (I mean, I know drinking water is good for you, just wondered the correlation between that and dieting).
I’m starting today! I’ve done loads of reading about and I’m going for calorie deficit and seeing if i can finally tackle my awful portion control. I’m also going to try some exercise.
That’s excellent! I did the couch to 5k a few years ago and I literally couldn’t believe it ‘worked’ and I could run 30 mins (albeit slowly!) by the end of it. I light take that up again.Water doesn’t cause weight or fat loss. The only thing that does is a calorie deficit. Water does stop cravings though, if you are properly hydrated you don’t feel as hungry. I sleep better when I drink lots, which in turn means I’m less tired which means I don’t have god awful sugar cravings.
I’ve lost 13lbs since 3rd June and in that time I’ve had a Pizza Hut and a few other fast food meals. Portion control is a big thing, I tend to have 60g rice and 75g pasta which actually is enough. You get a lot more quantity of potato for calories I find. If I do have a higher calorie meal I just adjust the rest of my day/week around it. I don’t see it as a cheat meal or anything like that. I also started Couch to 5K on the 3rd June and ran 20 minutes non stop the other day which I cannot believe I managed.
It’s a good way to get some movement in, and if you’re doing it then youl be using more energy which means you have more calories to play with. I’m not aiming for any specific target weight or anything. Just going to see how I feel as I go along. Once I’ve completely C25K my plan is to sign up for Lucy Mountains beginner at home plan, it looks great.That’s excellent! I did the couch to 5k a few years ago and I literally couldn’t believe it ‘worked’ and I could run 30 mins (albeit slowly!) by the end of it. I light take that up again.
Away to fill a water bottle!
It does work for some peopleFor those of you struggling with disordered eating after SW or those who are losing faith with it I thoroughly recommend following wearerebelfit and drjoshuawolrich on Instagram. They are huge eye openers x
I agree that Slimming World works when you are doing it, but it is not a realistic plan that you can follow for life (you could never go to a restaurant and have a 3 course meal for example), I found it just didn't teach me anything about balance as it was so all or nothing.It does work for some people
You just need to have the right frame of mind
I would be interested to hear if anyone’s used Noom too! I struggled bevause I found it very heavily targeted to Americans, which annoyed meHas anyone used noom? Or second nature?
I'm rubbish with ideas but I'd definitely be interested in watchingHi everyone
I have been thinking about creating a YouTube channel for a LONG time to document my health and fitness journey, and to give me some accountability. My main pain with other youtubers doing similar is it always seems to be retrospective, and they mention really expensive gyms/classes/food. I want to do it completely ‘normally’ and show it’s possible for anyone.
if there’s anything anyone would like to see personally I would really appreciate any ideas
I can't do eating when I'm hungry I feel ravenous all the time I think I need hypnosis or CBT. Or a gastric band real or hypnotic ...anyone experience of any of this cost wise and how to go about. Private or gp referralSo since May I’ve lost 2 stone (not much as I haven’t had much to lose) by:
Changing to kids size plates
Only eating when I’m actually hungry and listening to my body
Drinking diet drinks only and tea
Making my meals under 400 calories (mostly had pizza wraps with homemade chips, jacket potatos, roast dinners a lot, chilli, quesadillas, Bolognese, chicken with salad
Snacking on muller light, ice lollies, low cal jelly and fruit and rice cakes
But overall I’ve not actually thought much about my calories or eating just listened to my body. Before I’d just eat because it was 6pm dinner time, but now I’m often not hungry at dinner so I’ll just have a snack later in the evening rather than forcing myself to have a meal
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