The motivation weight loss thread
Just finished listening to this podcast
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Found it very informative and interesting how a few basic lifestyle changes can have such positive effect on someone’s health. Worth a listen.
The motivation weight loss thread
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Originally Posted by
sundial
Oh, hang on.
No not Keto !
It’s about reversing type 2 diabetes
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The motivation weight loss thread
Two months ago I purchased some scales, the beer belly was becoming a bit prominent. Having not weight myself for over a decade ( I’m aged 49 ) I thought I was still around 13 stone maybe a couple more pounds thrown in for for my advanced stomach appendage.
Unfortunately the scales brought me into the 2020s with a bang! A 14 stone 12 pounds bang.
I do a very physical job and had always been able to eat and drink what I wanted without giving it a thought however now I am older my calorie intake appears to be bit higher than the energy I am burning. I’m 6ft 1” government BMI says 13 stone 2 is the ideal weight.
So I changed my diet-
Before-
Breakfast- Large Bowl of frosted flakes
Dinner ( or luncheon for those with manners )
Two white bread cheese sandwiches, Two large chocolate bars
1 litre of Vimto
Tea- Large microwave meal, chips, two rounds of bread, two chocolate bars washed down with a lager.
Supper- Two small pork pies, cheese , bag of Crisps, two pints of lager.
Now-
Breakfast- A Banana with fat free natural yogurt and honey
Dinner- Feta cheese, grape, tomato, olive salad
Tea- One bowl of home made chilli/curry/salad or rice.
Overall Weekly beer drinking down from circa 25 pints to 12.
Drinking 3 pints water per day.
In two months I have now gone down to 13 stone 5 with 1 stone 7 pounds lost through dieting alone. No extra exercise as I already garden all day. I’ve reduced my weekly calorie intake by around 10,000.
I’ll now be my ideal weight of 13 stone in a couple of weeks without starving myself or stopping drinking beer.
*Update- now a consistent 12 stone 6-8 for the past 6 months.