https://tdeecalculator.net/ - Total daily energy expenditure.@takhana I wouldn’t worry about 5/6lbs, the hot weather and hormones/TOTM could quite easily account for the majority of that
TDEE calculator?
I do macros and use the free MFP. It's not 100% accurate but close enough, I find the nutrients tab to be the best way to check the numbers, you can adjust %s to get pretty close. I can't bear to pay for an appGoing to have a try at IIFYM - any recommendations for good apps? I normally use MFP but it's £80 a year to get it to do IIFYM, I don't mind paying a little bit a month but I don't want to be paying more than a few quid.
I put my weight on in mid life and lost 5st when I was 50 + at about 1.5lbs a week so my age was not a problem.Hey there! I’m 30 and I’m finding it really hard to lose weight compared to when I was 23/24... is this normal?
Also...Anyone have any tips for constipation? Sorry if people think it’s a gross question lol
41 and lost 3 stone. Slow here, about 1lb a week but I didn't gain it overnight so it's not going to come off overnight either. Slow and steady!Hey there! I’m 30 and I’m finding it really hard to lose weight compared to when I was 23/24... is this normal?
Also...Anyone have any tips for constipation? Sorry if people think it’s a gross question lol
re constipation- increase your water intake and gradually add more foods such as pears/plums/ apples and fibrous vegetables/pulses and legumes. Try and eat less white and more whole grain carbs. Oh, and general increase of daily activity such as walking should help too.Hey there! I’m 30 and I’m finding it really hard to lose weight compared to when I was 23/24... is this normal?
Also...Anyone have any tips for constipation? Sorry if people think it’s a gross question lol
Sending hugs. Could you stay off the scales for a couple of weeks and just carry on as you are and go for feel? See how your clothes look and how you feel rather than what the scales say?I weighed this morning and im 13.2so that is up 2.6lb.
Weight goes on SO quickly for me. It is just so bloody unfair. I’ve done my exercise for 5-6 days a week as I have been. Done lots more walking.
I have had such a hard time doing this all and I really don’t understand what’s happening - I never seem to lose! Granted I’ve had a few days of not really counting but also not going overboard - it is just such a shame that I’m not getting anywhere !!
I should stop really I guess. My worry is that I’m putting on muscle but the fat isn’t going anywhere! It is so frustrating. I do fit in some clothes better but definitely not some that I thought I would be (I have several pairs of shorts that I love and would be great for the weather right now that I just can’t do up!)Sending hugs. Could you stay off the scales for a couple of weeks and just carry on as you are and go for feel? See how your clothes look and how you feel rather than what the scales say?
If you feel really miserable over that gain it could take off your momentum, which seems great…
There could be so many reasons why you have seen a bigger number (and it won’t necessarily mean more weight).
Just a thought.
I'm in the exact same boat! I've come to the conclusion I'll never be as small as I was at 23 / 24 but trying to get back to within 1 size of it! Hate looking back at old pictures comparing to what I am nowHey there! I’m 30 and I’m finding it really hard to lose weight compared to when I was 23/24... is this normal?
It is really hard to grieve that body isn’t it?I'm in the exact same boat! I've come to the conclusion I'll never be as small as I was at 23 / 24 but trying to get back to within 1 size of it! Hate looking back at old pictures comparing to what I am now
I should stop really I guess. My worry is that I’m putting on muscle but the fat isn’t going anywhere! It is so frustrating. I do fit in some clothes better but definitely not some that I thought I would be (I have several pairs of shorts that I love and would be great for the weather right now that I just can’t do up!)
If you don't mind me asking, what shorts did you order? I desperately need some longer shorts for running that won't ride up - trouble is I've got thick thighs that slim down around the top of my knees/bottom of my quads and at the very top of my legs (I've got a natural thigh gap even at 10lbs overweight) so anything I buy just ends up look like a pair of knickers on me.Try not to feel disheartened, Sven. It doesn't have to happen all at once (it shouldn't happen all at once) - increasing your muscle mass/strength first means that any fat loss happens slightly later on, rather than the saggy, deflating balloon effect I've always had from just not eating as much that makes a quick difference to measurements but does nothing to improve your health. And there's also the point that fat loss isn't just on the one bit you want it to be. Get into the habits and that makes it sustainable and the changes will come when you are too busy being active and healthy and happy to notice them.
I've got some more gym gear being delivered today at some point. Including some cycle shorts - not because I think they'll turn me into an IG Gym Bunny (laughs at the thought), but because they're going to be comfortable, cooler and are long enough to protect the softer bits of my legs from rubbing against one another. It might sound a bit weird, but there is something else to the purchases;
I've always just bought the cheapest thing that came in my size, so was generally in colours that I would never touch with a bargepole - even plain stuff seems to almost always come with pink and purple bits as though I can't be female and in a gym without them. This time, I've ordered stuff in 'my' colours (OK, what that actually means is green, dark green, forest green, dark army green, dark red....) to go with the other stuff I've got in the least offensive versions of black and with the smallest logos possible. In my head, that means I'm not putting on a costume to go and exercise, I'm me, putting on a specific variation of my normal clothes to do it, which means exercising/being healthier is also me. Trying to deliberately mess with my head, as it were.
Constipation - water, black coffee in the morning and abdominal work including stuff targeted at your obliques (so twisting, bending, stretching) and things to strengthen the muscles on your lower back (like laying on your stomach and lifting your upper half (Cobra yoga moves, for example) and lifting alternate legs and arms) to create a firm supporting girdle that helps things move along.
Fibre works because it provides bulk and something to absorb water. Without water, you just have more bulk sitting there and without muscles working, even with water, it all just sits there. And medicines can't work without water, something to move and muscles working.
Queenie Ke from Amazon. I like their stuff and that from Joyspell, as it's never too expensive and has shedloads of spandex in it...If you don't mind me asking, what shorts did you order? I desperately need some longer shorts for running that won't ride up - trouble is I've got thick thighs that slim down around the top of my knees/bottom of my quads and at the very top of my legs (I've got a natural thigh gap even at 10lbs overweight) so anything I buy just ends up look like a pair of knickers on me.
Most people I know have gained weight since last year. Try not to be too self conscious, everyone’s probably got their own stuff to worry about without judging what you look like! The important thing is you’re taking (literal) steps to make a changeI’m down 1lbs today. So pleased with that. I’ve been going for walks every day and feel better for it.
I’m back in work on Tuesday and dreading it. I had this vision of swagging in looking for fit and gorgeous, but I’m two stone heavier than when we all walked out in March 2020. I’m looking at my wardrobe and trying to work out what I can wear that hides the amount of fat I’ve put on. I will be seeing a lot of people I’ve not seen for 15months and I feel so embarrassed.
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