Definitely. I donāt really think Iām āon a dietā doing like thisWoo under 190lbs
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Slowly is better than maintaining or a gain and hopefully you'll feel it's more sustainable this way
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Does weight go up before a period? When would it go down if so?
I think it can be different for everyone! For me, about 2/3 after Iām finished itās back to normal!
Yes, normally leading up to period (hormones/water retention) but should drop during bleed but can be different for everybody.
It can go up again during ovulation for some. But combine that with all the other factors, itās hard to really know what to attribute the fluctuations down to. If youāre ticking the boxes of being in a deficit, eating enough protein and fruit and veg, getting enough daily activity then fat loss will happen even if the scales donāt reflect it.
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Sorry, I know the second bit wasnāt what you asked but thought it might be useful for the thread x
I love this - the idea of working out when youāre going to be eating more and when itās important to rather than just scoffing mince pies from the 1 December.ThanksI'm going have few treats food and drink wise in Dec but not go mad.
Either Friday night when I'm super tired or sat as do park run so can burn some of it off.
Been asking before I do Xmas food shop as full on planning mode for Christmasnow I live writing lists.
Whats important
Xmas eve usually have buffet wine and chocs.
Xmas day crossents breakfast
Xmas lunch
Nice desert
Tea is leftovers
Boxing day I'm actually working which is bit depressing so might have few chocs and wine then.
At Xmas I get gifted a lot of choc in work so lots temptation.
Think there's possibly work Xmas meal not sure.
Then really new years eve sort of repeat Xmas eve so buffet and fizz with nice dessert
New years day not really massively special really think husband working it.
We may visit family in run up to Xmas and they usually do some sort of buffet.
So really 5 maybe 6 days of Xmas eating
I love satsuma and nuts at Xmas good off roses as kraft ruined them am partial to Terry's choc orange or matchmakers.
I'm planning maybe 3 meals out with friends and husband Dec
Maybe 2 takeaways.
So let's just say 10 days treat 20 days eat well
Keep up same level of exercise
Drink loads of water.
Hopefully can keep on track and not gain weight.
Them be ready get back on it new years day.
Best of luck with your weightloss.
Feeling so tired tonight dreading park run a little tommorow although always feel amazing when i have completed it.
been lurking for a while and youāre all inspiring me thank you
Hi all, time to join this thread as Iāve officially started the journey.
I was always a size 8, tiny waist girly all my life. Had 2 kids and developed severe PCOS as well as thyroid issues and in the past 5 years have ballooned to size 18, 91kg.
I feel awful in myself and have tried many diets and fitness plans but the only thing that has ever lost me any weight, no matter what I do, is starvation. Which isnāt at all sustainable.
My motivation is the end of January. My husband is Italian and goes home to Italy once or twice a year every year. For 18 years I went with him (and also the kids obviously once they came along), I even lived there for 3 years at one point. Had my first kid there.
I now havenāt been for 5 years. The problem is theyāre obsessed with thin people. Maybe not in places like Rome and Milan where there is more diversity, but in the south and the villages, there is an issue. My husbandās village has 2 clothes shops and you canāt buy anything over a size 8/10 in them. You just canāt be fat there. Husbandās family wouldnāt do or say anything directly, but they would struggle to look at me, they wouldnāt know what to make of me. When I lived there before, my mother-in-law would get out the tape measure and measure the waists of all us girls in the family to see whoās the smallest. Itās such a toxic culture but itās how theyāre raised and how they live. And while I know they wonāt say anything to me, I will feel it, and I donāt want to spend a week there feeling like that. But I want to go so badly; aside from this one toxic thing in their weird village culture, I love them. Theyāre my family. The older ones are getting very old and there are a lot of new babies I want to meet.
2 weeks and 2 days ago I started Orlistat. This week Iāve added the Boots appetite suppressant as well as black seed oil.
Exercise is difficult. I have ME and osteoarthritis. I canāt do 10k steps or any kind of impact exercise. Most days I canāt get the energy to do much of anything at all. I am pushing myself to 5k steps around the house, and playing around half hour or so a day with my teenage sonās 8kg dumbbells. Twice in the past 2 weeks Iāve walked to Tesco and back (an hourās walk) but it wiped me out for the days after (PEM, if you know about ME/CFS youāll know what I mean) so it hasnāt been worth it.
Food wise Iāve mostly been sticking to the same thing. Because of the Orlistat I have to stick to low fat. I have a small bowl of gluten-free cornflakes with low-fat milk somewhere between 11am-1pm (I am gluten intolerant), and then some kind of chicken/rice/veg meal at about 6pm. I know to most people Iām not eating nearly enough (and my hunger attests to this), but Iām not looking for advice on that. Trust me when I say I have tried every diet variation possible and the ONLY thing that ever works is triggering starvation mode in my body. The PCOS/thyroid/autoimmune/intolerance combo puts me in a different place than most dieters. I am not starving myself now but I do have to go deep into a calorie deficit.
Itās been 16 days. Stupidly I didnāt record my starting weight but it was about 91kg. I weigh myself every morning after the loo, and with clothes off. This morning I am at 87.9.
The plan is working, but itās very slow. I have until the end of January to lose my goal of at least 10kg, although 15kg would be better. I plan to take Christmas week off as I am a Christmas nut and I canāt fathom not getting involved in the food festivities.
If I lose 1kg (2lb) a week I will be down 11kg more by end of January, but my body fights me constantly, so we will see. I get a lot of infections (chest, kidney etc). I currently have a chest infection. My last 2 infections developed into tracheal bronchitis and pneumonia and if that happens again, I know the whole plan will go right out the window. So Iām just really hoping my body holds out for a few weeks to get me on this Italy trip. Thatās all I want.
Body size isnāt changing at all yet. I have body measure tape and take a look every few days. No movement at all. In fact my waist has bizarrely increased in size a tiny amount the past 2 weeks. Iām hoping itās some weird early stages phenomenon and will go away. Thereās no point to any of this if I donāt end up looking smaller by end of January.
I was always a size 8, tiny waist girly all my life. Had 2 kids and developed severe PCOS as well as thyroid issues and in the past 5 years have ballooned to size 18, 91kg.
I feel awful in myself and have tried many diets and fitness plans but the only thing that has ever lost me any weight, no matter what I do, is starvation. Which isnāt at all sustainable.
My motivation is the end of January. My husband is Italian and goes home to Italy once or twice a year every year. For 18 years I went with him (and also the kids obviously once they came along), I even lived there for 3 years at one point. Had my first kid there.
I now havenāt been for 5 years. The problem is theyāre obsessed with thin people. Maybe not in places like Rome and Milan where there is more diversity, but in the south and the villages, there is an issue. My husbandās village has 2 clothes shops and you canāt buy anything over a size 8/10 in them. You just canāt be fat there. Husbandās family wouldnāt do or say anything directly, but they would struggle to look at me, they wouldnāt know what to make of me. When I lived there before, my mother-in-law would get out the tape measure and measure the waists of all us girls in the family to see whoās the smallest. Itās such a toxic culture but itās how theyāre raised and how they live. And while I know they wonāt say anything to me, I will feel it, and I donāt want to spend a week there feeling like that. But I want to go so badly; aside from this one toxic thing in their weird village culture, I love them. Theyāre my family. The older ones are getting very old and there are a lot of new babies I want to meet.
2 weeks and 2 days ago I started Orlistat. This week Iāve added the Boots appetite suppressant as well as black seed oil.
Exercise is difficult. I have ME and osteoarthritis. I canāt do 10k steps or any kind of impact exercise. Most days I canāt get the energy to do much of anything at all. I am pushing myself to 5k steps around the house, and playing around half hour or so a day with my teenage sonās 8kg dumbbells. Twice in the past 2 weeks Iāve walked to Tesco and back (an hourās walk) but it wiped me out for the days after (PEM, if you know about ME/CFS youāll know what I mean) so it hasnāt been worth it.
Food wise Iāve mostly been sticking to the same thing. Because of the Orlistat I have to stick to low fat. I have a small bowl of gluten-free cornflakes with low-fat milk somewhere between 11am-1pm (I am gluten intolerant), and then some kind of chicken/rice/veg meal at about 6pm. I know to most people Iām not eating nearly enough (and my hunger attests to this), but Iām not looking for advice on that. Trust me when I say I have tried every diet variation possible and the ONLY thing that ever works is triggering starvation mode in my body. The PCOS/thyroid/autoimmune/intolerance combo puts me in a different place than most dieters. I am not starving myself now but I do have to go deep into a calorie deficit.
Itās been 16 days. Stupidly I didnāt record my starting weight but it was about 91kg. I weigh myself every morning after the loo, and with clothes off. This morning I am at 87.9.
The plan is working, but itās very slow. I have until the end of January to lose my goal of at least 10kg, although 15kg would be better. I plan to take Christmas week off as I am a Christmas nut and I canāt fathom not getting involved in the food festivities.
If I lose 1kg (2lb) a week I will be down 11kg more by end of January, but my body fights me constantly, so we will see. I get a lot of infections (chest, kidney etc). I currently have a chest infection. My last 2 infections developed into tracheal bronchitis and pneumonia and if that happens again, I know the whole plan will go right out the window. So Iām just really hoping my body holds out for a few weeks to get me on this Italy trip. Thatās all I want.
Body size isnāt changing at all yet. I have body measure tape and take a look every few days. No movement at all. In fact my waist has bizarrely increased in size a tiny amount the past 2 weeks. Iām hoping itās some weird early stages phenomenon and will go away. Thereās no point to any of this if I donāt end up looking smaller by end of January.
Mine goes up in the 2-3 days before the bleeding starts, then as soon as the bleeding happens it drops off again. From speaking to friends I think thatās a bit weird and not typical but mentioning in case you have the same pattern
Hi I just wanted to say your goal is not a bad thing to have but try not to put too much pressure on yourself in achieving a certain weight by end of January because what happens if you donāt meet it?Even though youāll have still likely lost weight and done wonders for your health, I wouldnāt want you to feel like thereās no point to it all cos there is!
I know you say you do better in a deep deficit but you still need to consume a certain amount, not only for health but adherence. Could you make your breakfast more satiating so you donāt feel as hungry? Iād also say be careful around Christmas if youāre going to have a week off. Thereās absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying Christmas but youāre going to be on so few calories that going back to eating what you want, you may struggle to get back into the routine of going back down to low calories again, then the restrict/ binge cycle begins and thatās where a lot of people fail.
Do remember that fat loss isnāt linear so if youāre not seeing much movement on the scales each week or hitting the 2lb loss, it doesnāt mean youāre not losing fat, it could be a whole host of reasons. Especially if you already have some conditions as they can cause inflammation in the body.
Good luck with your journey, just make sure youāre looking after yourself too x
You are doing so well. I relate to so much of your post although I don't have the health issues and I'm also bigger. Husband and his family are all tall and slender. I know it shouldn't matter but it does.
I also tend to get ill when I try to lose weight or increase exercise, it's so weird.
Not sure how but I'm still losing around (give or take) 1lb a week! I was 11 stone 10th October and I'm 10 stone 8 as of this morning 
finally got back to the gym this morning after pretty much 2 weeks off but I think I just needed a break from it!
finally got back to the gym this morning after pretty much 2 weeks off but I think I just needed a break from it!first time posting on this thread, be gentle with me please
I have 20 weeks to lose 2stone 4lbs
feeling a little overwhelmed with it all
I have 20 weeks to lose 2stone 4lbs
feeling a little overwhelmed with it all
since 19th May 2023 I've lost 3 stone 5 pounds.
going the gym 5-6 time a week, no takeaways, basically cut out alcohol, meal prepping!!!, I did eat out a few times but made sure I went the gym that day too. It was hard work but now I'm "slim" again, it's not hard work to maintain it!!
Break it into 0.5 to lose, then another 0.5.. at one point I was losing 2lbs a week but I was strict.
If you have PCOS then get off the orlistat and low fat food. You need the total opposite.
I was thinking the same. I've known a few people with PCOS have astonishing results with a low carb diet.
Itās not even about the weight loss. Stripping the fat out of the diet is going to wreck your hormones, in turn this will affect the metabolism, insulin levels, thyroid etc. Women with PCOS need healthy fats for our bodies to function.
Does anyone follow The Glucose Goddess method?
I bought the book yesterday. Itās a 4 week guide to help cut cravings by controlling your glucose spikes after meals.
I bought the book yesterday. Itās a 4 week guide to help cut cravings by controlling your glucose spikes after meals.
Sorry, didn't explain myself properly - amazing results as in periods becoming regular again, hair on their heads getting thicker, unwanted facial hair disappearing and so on.
Oh I know i wasnāt saying that what you said is wrong. Low carb high fat is the best way to do it, even better if in conjunction with medication such as metformin, semaglutide or supplements like inositol, berberine etc.
Not familiar with the book but Iād be sceptical as glucose spikes are a completely normal response to eating food. I think the current focus on glucose/ cortisol is just a new gimmick that most people in average population donāt need. Give it a go and see how it works for you, but donāt believe everything you read.
Hi everyone, I am on a loss journey after gaining 4 stone when I had my gallbladder removed despite low cals, healthy eating and exercise at the gym (also chronic diahorrea for 2 years!). I've lost 2.5st now with the help of orlistat as not changed anything major from what I was doing before, except adding in the tablets.
Anyway just wanted to day hi and I'm glad I've found others on a weight loss journey who may help keep me motivated!
Anyway just wanted to day hi and I'm glad I've found others on a weight loss journey who may help keep me motivated!
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