The battle with the weight

[overdrive]

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In a similar position. Up to 19st 7. I've somehow managed to gain nearly two stone since September. Started healthy eating and going to the gym again this week. I've also started back doing the Couch to 5k app. Absolutely appalled at myself that I couldn't even complete the first run on it given I was a semi-keen runner in the past.

Down to 19st 0.5 now. Really pleased. Struggling with the Couch to 5k but it will come. Although saying that, I must be getting fitter as according to my watch I burnt way less calories doing the third run of the week than the second run despite it being the same run/walk pattern and doing it at the same pace (I'm doing it on a treadmill so have been consistent with the speeds that I set it to).

[Jim44]

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A year ago I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I never considered myself ‘heavy’ but was about a stone and a half over my acceptable BMI. Because of the condition I started to eat more carefully, cutting out high carbohydrate food, like potatoes, white rice, pasta and bread. The aim was to control high Blood Glucose levels but the spin off was that the weight loss was inevitable. I lost the stone and a half within a few months and I have levelled out at that weight. To most folk, the thought of avoiding the foods I mentioned would be depressing but you can find tasty alternatives and still enjoy your food. By being careful with what I eat and watching portion sizes, I can enjoy, brown rice, wholewheat pasta and Burgen bread. I even enjoy sugar free home-made desserts. I still enjoy a glass or two of red wine and whisky but avoid beer and cider. Importantly, I play golf at least four times a week and often have a brisk walk after my evening meal.

Bumped a post I made a few years ago. I’m pleased to say I’ve managed to consistently keep my weight on 11 stone, give or take a pound or so. As folk have said already, diet fads are useless in the long term and, in my opinion, consistency and determination are the answer. Portion size, easy on the obvious high carb and high calorie food and regular exercise will shed the pounds and stabilise your weight. When I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, shortly after I lost my wife in 2016, I was determined to get to grips with the condition. I’m a decent cook and with a bit of effort and planning, batch cooking and freezing ( I now need and use two freezers ) individual portions and avoiding commercially processed food, as far as possible, I have a diet which works for me. I still enjoy my red wine and whisky ( normally in reasonable moderation) and, thankfully, manage to get round the golf course two or three times a week.

[J-C]

I dropped 2 stones but gained 3-4lb during Xmas, back to clean eating again, not easy at this time of year. We've been making big pots of veg soup and porridge every morning.

[CallumLaidlaw]

Been on a bit of a downhill spiral since my 40th in September 2021. Genuinely put the 5 stone back on that I’d lost. Got the euros for 5 days in the summer so on a mission to get as much off as possible for then. Know who to do it it’s just the motivation. So hopefully the euros, then 2 weddings later in the year will keep me focused.
Joined up to an overweight football team and had my first training session last week so hopefully that will help too. 11.5lbs off in the first 2 weeks but the first couple of weeks are always a bit of a gimme.


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[J-C]

Surprised when I weighed myself this morning to find out I've actually lost 4lbs since before Xmas, fully expected 3-4lbs to be added. Currently sitting at 14st 7lb, started at 16st 10lb, obviously my metabolism is higher than it was.

[Dmas]

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Been on a bit of a downhill spiral since my 40th in September 2021. Genuinely put the 5 stone back on that I’d lost. Got the euros for 5 days in the summer so on a mission to get as much off as possible for then. Know who to do it it’s just the motivation. So hopefully the euros, then 2 weddings later in the year will keep me focused.
Joined up to an overweight football team and had my first training session last week so hopefully that will help too. 11.5lbs off in the first 2 weeks but the first couple of weeks are always a bit of a gimme.


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Same boat as you lost a load put it back on, need to shift it as I have neglected buying clothes to fit this frame 😂 done really well reigning the eating and drinking in so far, just can’t get the motivation to leave my bed early for the gym struggling on that part of it just now, was actually considering just stopping my gym membership once I woke after pressing the snooze button at 5am this morning chucking money away

[CallumLaidlaw]

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Same boat as you lost a load put it back on, need to shift it as I have neglected buying clothes to fit this frame done really well raining the eating and drinking in so far, just can’t get the motivation to leave my bed early for the gym struggling on that part of it just now, was actually considering just stopping my gym membership once I woke after pressing the snooze button at 5am this morning chucking money away

Always the hardest part eh. I’ve been out in the garage at 6.30am the last 2 weeks and it’s flippin’ hard like.


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[Hibernian Verse]

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Always the hardest part eh. I’ve been out in the garage at 6.30am the last 2 weeks and it’s flippin’ hard like.


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[HH81]

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In a similar position. Up to 19st 7. I've somehow managed to gain nearly two stone since September. Started healthy eating and going to the gym again this week. I've also started back doing the Couch to 5k app. Absolutely appalled at myself that I couldn't even complete the first run on it given I was a semi-keen runner in the past.

Go do a park run even if you have to walk most of it. So glad I signed up last Feb. Done 37 now in first year.

[Del Boy]

I’d always been around the 85kg mark up until last couple years when I’ve been around 92-93kg. Decided at start of the month I’d work at getting back to 85kg by the summer. Just made a few changes - healthier meals, less alcohol, trying to do a wee bit more at the gym but nothing drastic- have also tried the 16/8 fasting idea where you only have an 8 hour window in which you eat each day. Haven’t been doing the 16/8 every day but aiming for 3-4 days a week. Have lost a couple of kg so far and still been having biscuits and odd bag of crisps so quite happy so far.

[Bridge hibs]

Lost 6lb last week and 2lb this week, completely changed what Im eating as well as getting shot of diet coke and replacing it with water

Im also T2 diabetic and it has knocked the **** out of me, I didn't take it seriously at first but I now know it can destroy you. My mental health took a pounding because of this but Im kicking its arse and Im heading in the right direction now

[Northernhibee]

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Lost 6lb last week and 2lb this week, completely changed what Im eating as well as getting shot of diet coke and replacing it with water

Im also T2 diabetic and it has knocked the **** out of me, I didn't take it seriously at first but I now know it can destroy you. My mental health took a pounding because of this but Im kicking its arse and Im heading in the right direction now

Superb stuff, keep it going!

[CropleyWasGod]

Cba trawling through the whole thread......

Has anyone tried the Chair Yoga thing that's infesting my feeds just now?

I do yoga anyways, but curious as to whether (and to what extent) this might help weight loss.

[Moulin Yarns]

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Cba trawling through the whole thread......

Has anyone tried the Chair Yoga thing that's infesting my feeds just now?

I do yoga anyways, but curious as to whether (and to what extent) this might help weight loss.

My wife is doing that. No idea if it's working.


I'm hovering between 11 and 12 stone but I was at the nurse practitioner last month and she said I was fit for my age, basically my stomach wasn't higher than my chest when I was on the bed as she did an ECG. 😁

[Bridge hibs]

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Superb stuff, keep it going!

Cheers mate and you 👍

[Northernhibee]

For motivation, entered a 21km obstacle course race in January 2025. Bricking it as 7km is the longest OCR I’ve done and 5km has usually been my jogging length but here we are.

[Bridge hibs]

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For motivation, entered a 21km obstacle course race in January 2025. Bricking it as 7km is the longest OCR I’ve done and 5km has usually been my jogging length but here we are.

Good luck mate, hope you smash it 👍

[Onceinawhile]

Down 15lb in the last 3 weeks.

Joined slimming world as I need the public shaming!

Still another 3 stone to go.

[Bridge hibs]

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Down 15lb in the last 3 weeks.

Joined slimming world as I need the public shaming!

Still another 3 stone to go.

Well done mate, I know a lot of folk are against such groups but many years ago I joined Scottish Slimmers in Musselburgh as more than anything I had zero motivation. Standing in front of fellow slimmers and having substantial weight loss when stepping onto the scales was brilliant and just the motivation I needed

Everyone in the group were so supportive and we all encouraged each other as well as sharing tips and recipes, I lost a fair chunk of weight along the way too as well as gaining fitness, mindfulness and confidence

[Northernhibee]

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Well done mate, I know a lot of folk are against such groups but many years ago I joined Scottish Slimmers in Musselburgh as more than anything I had zero motivation. Standing in front of fellow slimmers and having substantial weight loss when stepping onto the scales was brilliant and just the motivation I needed

Everyone in the group were so supportive and we all encouraged each other as well as sharing tips and recipes, I lost a fair chunk of weight along the way too as well as gaining fitness, mindfulness and confidence

Accountability is so important. It keeps you right even when you’re left to your own devices and have to make either the right choice or the easy choice.

[Bridge hibs]

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Accountability is so important. It keeps you right even when you’re left to your own devices and have to make either the right choice or the easy choice.

Agree mate, just me and my Wife now and we are both doing great, so much so Ive lost plenty around my waist etc and Im into smaller sizes already with the nice but sometimes frustrating point of being “inbetween sizes” previous tops are now kinda very loose fitting and smaller sizes are still a wee bit on the snug side

What have I changed ?

My physical health declined which triggered a decline in my mental health so after battling low mood/self esteem, anxiety and depression I seeked professional help which was brilliant from GP to community CPN who Im still seeing

I looked at all the triggers, what caused my T2 diabetes, weight increase, low mood, low energy/erratic sleep patterns, anxiety etc and worked on eliminating the causes one by one

I started on what I was drinking and to be honest literally gallons of diet coke as I used that as a replacement for alcohol, so I now only drink water. I also enjoy a glass of beetroot juice or carrot juice as a healthy treat and since that switch my sleeping has improved which has all but eliminated my anxiety, that was one big trigger

Diet, I cut down massively on carbs and sugars as I was a big carbaholic, so cutting carbs such as bread/rolls white pasta and rice/super noodles and replaced them with healthier options. I changed cereals to more fibre based and have added various fruits and a lot of veg as well as things such as pumpkin seeds etc

Ive eliminated a lot of processed foods/meats and replaced with fresh cuts such as chicken and turkey and have also introduced tuna, fresh fish and eggs to my diet for added protein

Energy wise I feel Ive got bags more energy now, I feel more mentally engaged/alert and my sleep has improved

For mindset and motivation I am planning on doing more walking (the dog will be happy) and aim to add more general exercise to my plans by sit ups, planking, press ups curl bar etc which I have set up in my spare room

So all in, I think Im on the right path

[LewysGot2]

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Not arguing with you, I'm a fully qualified PT with a background in sports nutrition, I competed for 7 years with the BNBF natural bodybuilding, getting two 2nd places in over 40's qualifiers and twice 5th in the British. So far in 2 months I've not once looked at calories in any food, only checking fat content and saturated sugars.

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What do you mean by saturated sugar? Heard of saturated fat before but never sugar?

[J-C]

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What do you mean by saturated sugar? Heard of saturated fat before but never sugar?

Yea sorry that should've been saturated fats and hidden sugars.

[Pretty Boy]

We have started doing a weekly weigh in at work. It's amazing how much a bit accountability focuses the mind.

I had piled on weight since October. I ran an ultra marathon in early October and had got in the habit of eating huge amounts of food to fuel the training, problem was when the training ended the eating didn't. Add to that copious numbers of pints over the Christmas period and just a general malaise with having no real goal in mind and weight didn't so much creep on as come running in announcing itself to the world. I've always been between a 30 and 32 waist but when a pair of size 34 jeans wouldn't fasten and the 36 was tight I knew it was time to do something. I had last weighed myself the first weekend in October and was bang on 14 stone, weighed myself last week and I was 16 stone 8lbs. I'm actually quite impressed how much weight I was able to pile on in such a short space of time.

I've never had any issue getting up in the morning to run but the gym is a different matter. The worst part is that actual act of getting up though, once I am up I'm fine. Been up at 5am since the start of last week and in the gym for 6am 5 days a week. I'm eating more at meal times but that has led to the destructive snacking being massively reduced. Also making sure I get out of work at lunchtime for a walk, even if it's only 15-20 minutes. I'm signed up for a few races in the autumn so will get back out running soon. Nothing overly complicated, not over thinking it, just common sense. Weighed in today and I'm 3.5lbs down in a week which is a good start.

[overdrive]

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Down to 19st 0.5 now. Really pleased. Struggling with the Couch to 5k but it will come. Although saying that, I must be getting fitter as according to my watch I burnt way less calories doing the third run of the week than the second run despite it being the same run/walk pattern and doing it at the same pace (I'm doing it on a treadmill so have been consistent with the speeds that I set it to).

So I've hit a plateau. I've not lost anything since that first week. I'm eating healthier stuff, I'm tracking what I eat/drink in MyFitnessPal and I'm definitely* in a calorie deficit, I've cut down massively on my alcohol intake. I'm going to the gym 5 days a week with a combination of weights and cardio. I generally go for at least one 30-60 minute walk a day. At the weekends I'll do at least one big walk (i.e. 2-3 hours) if not two depending what's on. If I'm not on a work call at 10 to the hour during the working day, I'll do a quick 5 minutes of kettlebell swings. I'm generally not eating into my exercise calories recorded on MFP. We are generally vegan Mon-Thu too.

I can't work out what's going on. Even if I'm gaining muscle, I should be losing a bit of weight - and my waist size isn't decreasing either.

*The only thing I can think of is that it is fine recording stuff in MFP when I'm cooking as I'm weighing and measuring stuff religiously. I'm pretty sure when my wife is cooking she just guestimates stuff as I've never seen the scales out unless its something that is normally weighed like a portion of pasta or rice. She has had a tendency in the past to not count the calories in some vegetables either like onion as "ach it will be negligble". I probably do 60% of the cooking though and given I'm burning calories exercising that I'm not eating, I still think I should be losing some weight. My wife has definitely lost weight and we are eating the same things by and large - except when she's in the office where she's having a Tesco meal deal which will be worse than what I'm having (soup generally). She's not going to the gym as much as me either and I have a lot more weight to shift than her.

[Since90+2]

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So I've hit a plateau. I've not lost anything since that first week. I'm eating healthier stuff, I'm tracking what I eat/drink in MyFitnessPal and I'm definitely* in a calorie deficit, I've cut down massively on my alcohol intake. I'm going to the gym 5 days a week with a combination of weights and cardio. I generally go for at least one 30-60 minute walk a day. At the weekends I'll do at least one big walk (i.e. 2-3 hours) if not two depending what's on. If I'm not on a work call at 10 to the hour during the working day, I'll do a quick 5 minutes of kettlebell swings. I'm generally not eating into my exercise calories recorded on MFP. We are generally vegan Mon-Thu too.

I can't work out what's going on. Even if I'm gaining muscle, I should be losing a bit of weight - and my waist size isn't decreasing either.

*The only thing I can think of is that it is fine recording stuff in MFP when I'm cooking as I'm weighing and measuring stuff religiously. I'm pretty sure when my wife is cooking she just guestimates stuff as I've never seen the scales out unless its something that is normally weighed like a portion of pasta or rice. She has had a tendency in the past to not count the calories in some vegetables either like onion as "ach it will be negligble". I probably do 60% of the cooking though and given I'm burning calories exercising that I'm not eating, I still think I should be losing some weight. My wife has definitely lost weight and we are eating the same things by and large - except when she's in the office where she's having a Tesco meal deal which will be worse than what I'm having (soup generally). She's not going to the gym as much as me either and I have a lot more weight to shift than her.

Weight management is as much about when you eat as what you eat. If you are eating constantly throughout the day, even if only small bites or snacking, you are going to struggle to lose much weight.

[overdrive]

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Weight management is as much about when you eat as what you eat. If you are eating constantly throughout the day, even if only small bites or snacking, you are going to struggle to lose much weight.

I’m not snacking either. Lunch and tea with maybe a banana mid-morning if I’m hungry which I rarely am until about 12.30/1pm.

[Stairway 2 7]

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So I've hit a plateau. I've not lost anything since that first week. I'm eating healthier stuff, I'm tracking what I eat/drink in MyFitnessPal and I'm definitely* in a calorie deficit, I've cut down massively on my alcohol intake. I'm going to the gym 5 days a week with a combination of weights and cardio. I generally go for at least one 30-60 minute walk a day. At the weekends I'll do at least one big walk (i.e. 2-3 hours) if not two depending what's on. If I'm not on a work call at 10 to the hour during the working day, I'll do a quick 5 minutes of kettlebell swings. I'm generally not eating into my exercise calories recorded on MFP. We are generally vegan Mon-Thu too.

I can't work out what's going on. Even if I'm gaining muscle, I should be losing a bit of weight - and my waist size isn't decreasing either.

*The only thing I can think of is that it is fine recording stuff in MFP when I'm cooking as I'm weighing and measuring stuff religiously. I'm pretty sure when my wife is cooking she just guestimates stuff as I've never seen the scales out unless its something that is normally weighed like a portion of pasta or rice. She has had a tendency in the past to not count the calories in some vegetables either like onion as "ach it will be negligble". I probably do 60% of the cooking though and given I'm burning calories exercising that I'm not eating, I still think I should be losing some weight. My wife has definitely lost weight and we are eating the same things by and large - except when she's in the office where she's having a Tesco meal deal which will be worse than what I'm having (soup generally). She's not going to the gym as much as me either and I have a lot more weight to shift than her.

Are you logging your exercise into mfp and then eating they calories because they can sometimes overestimate the exercise.

If you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight regardless of other factors. Ask the wife politely to measure as home cooked food can be nightmare to guesstimate.

[overdrive]

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Are you logging your exercise into mfp and then eating they calories because they can sometimes overestimate the exercise.

If you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight regardless of other factors. Ask the wife politely to measure as home cooked food can be nightmare to guesstimate.

My exercise calories are loaded into MFP from my Apple Watch. I very rarely eat any of those calories though and when I do it is double digits into it. It must be the nights my wife cooks that's the issue. A few times times when I've asked her what went into things she's made and what quantities, she'll list the stuff and quite often it is "about" 100g of xyz and then I'll query "what no oil went into the stir fry?". If she's neglecting that when I ask, I suspect she's neglecting stuff like oil (which is a pretty big omission) and guesstimating measurements when she's working out the calories of meals off her own back and telling me.

I think she hates the time it adds on by weighing stuff and recording it, etc.

[Stairway 2 7]

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My exercise calories are loaded into MFP from my Apple Watch. I very rarely eat any of those calories though and when I do it is double digits into it. It must be the nights my wife cooks that's the issue. A few times times when I've asked her what went into things she's made and what quantities, she'll list the stuff and quite often it is "about" 100g of xyz and then I'll query "what no oil went into the stir fry?". If she's neglecting that when I ask, I suspect she's neglecting stuff like oil (which is a pretty big omission) and guesstimating measurements when she's working out the calories of meals off her own back and telling me.

I think she hates the time it adds on by weighing stuff and recording it, etc.

She must be related to my wife. She sometimes will weigh a few of the ingredients then others not and her 100g is double my weighted 100g, pretty much never adds sauce or oil into the number. She can go there's 300cals of porridge and get arsey when I say what about the fruit seeds honey ect on top, they may be healthy but they have calories