Weight Watcher's Thread

[Longroad]

Ok here goes. I will update weekly (it's going to help me focus).

Week 1. 27.03.15
24st 8lbs - 156kg
Height 5ft 10" - 178cm
BMI - 49.3

Bike collected in morning

I know cycling is not magic so this will be combined with slimming world plan. Will charter what will hopefully be success on my rides elsewhere on the forum.

 

[Saluki]

Slimming World is good. I have a friend, known as Brandy, who lost 9lb on her first week and has lost 4.5lbs over the next 2 weeks. She has a good 5 stone to lose before she can have new knees. She is totally stunned at how much she gets to eat.

Good luck with SW and with the cycling. Welcome to the 'doing something about it' club

 

[Saluki]

I agree but I am having a big chunk of parkin or a large Bakewell tart with my afternoon coffee and often 100-120 g of chocolate in the evening!

Mmmmmm. Can I come to yours for tea?

 

[dst87]

Ok here goes. I will update weekly (it's going to help me focus).

Welcome to the group, and good luck with the weight loss. We're all in it together

 

[Longroad]

Yeah have done slimming world before and lost just shy of 4stone. Then a few life events threw me of track and I'm now at my heaviest ever. Been building up to being ready for a while now and feel I'm back in the zone so hopefully in a few months I will have some real progress to be pleased about.

 

[suzeworld]

Thanks for your kind words Colin and Saluki -- you raise a few smiles too, which is good therapy
x

 

[Orville]

For those enjoying success on the 5:2 diet, what does a typical day of eating look like and what does your fast day food intake look like?

I am working with a dietician that monitors resting metabolic rate and makes recommendations as to diet. So far, I have enjoyed reasonable success but the loss seems to be slowing down. My target is 1800 calories per day and I often find myself having to force myself to eat to reach that target while staying within the fat/carb/protein goals. I am currently losing about 1.5 pounds per week but would really like to increase that.

I am wondering if adding the two fast days will help. Any thoughts?

 

[ColinJ]

Typical non-fast day:

Breakfast - A big bowl of porridge made with 50% water, 50% skimmed milk, I add mixed seeds, raisins, a chopped strawberry or two. a chopped banana and sometimes a chilli or two (!)

Afternoon - An apple.

Afternoon treat - A huge coffee sweetened with some honey, and some skimmed milk. A piece of parkin (heavy Yorkshire ginger cake) or a Bakewell tart.

Evening meal - A baked sweet potato and a baked ordinary potato, both with either extra virgin olive oil drizzled on or butter added. A tin of baked beans. A 125 g tub of cottage cheese. Steamed broccoli, carrots, sprouts and cabbage.

Evening treat - 50-100 g of chocolate. A pint of 1/3 OJ, 2/3 sparkling mineral water.

Typical fast day:

Breakfast - A chopped banana and a couple of strawberries with 4 spoons of low fat natural yoghurt.

Afternoon: An apple.

Afternoon treat: The coffee, but no cake.

Evening: A large salad with either 125 g of cottage cheese, a tin of tuna (in brine), or 3 hard-boiled eggs.

Evening treat - A pint of tap water!


I would cycle up to 3 hours on a fasting day and if I did so, I would allow myself the afternoon parkin or Bakewell tart and 1/3 OJ in the bottle on my bike.

 

[Saluki]

For those enjoying success on the 5:2 diet, what does a typical day of eating look like and what does your fast day food intake look like?

I am working with a dietician that monitors resting metabolic rate and makes recommendations as to diet. So far, I have enjoyed reasonable success but the loss seems to be slowing down. My target is 1800 calories per day and I often find myself having to force myself to eat to reach that target while staying within the fat/carb/protein goals. I am currently losing about 1.5 pounds per week but would really like to increase that.

I am wondering if adding the two fast days will help. Any thoughts?

1.5lbs a week is a very healthy loss. Some of my friends eat up to 1800 calories 5 days a week and 5-600 calories on non consecutive fast days which speeds things up a tad but only to the tune of an additional .5 - 1lb a week.

 

[Orville]

Thanks very much Colin and Saluki!

 

[dst87]

Weekly weight in! I'm very pleased...

Date        Weight          Week loss        Change
02/03/15    19st 10.5lb     N/A                Starting weight
09/03/15    19st 8.0lb      -2.5lb            -2.5lb
23/03/15    19st 7.5lb      -0.5lb            -3.0lb
30/03/15    19st 2.5lb      -5.0lb            -8.0lb

I had success this week with lots of walking around, plus documenting EVERYTHING that went in my mouth. Tracking tracking tracking, and it paid off!

 

[Longroad]

Great week that compliments a nice month. Well done keep them minus numbers coming

 

[dst87]

I'm off to Florida on Saturday, so this could be a very challenging few weeks!!

 

[Saluki]

Date        Weight          Week loss        Change
02/03/15    19st 10.5lb     N/A                Starting weight
09/03/15    19st 8.0lb      -2.5lb            -2.5lb
23/03/15    19st 7.5lb      -0.5lb            -3.0lb
30/03/15    19st 2.5lb      -5.0lb            -8.0lb

I had success this week with lots of walking around, plus documenting EVERYTHING that went in my mouth. Tracking tracking tracking, and it paid off!

Well done. 5lb is a huge leap. I am so chuffed for you. These things go in fits and starts. Documenting everything that you eat and every bit of exercise is a really good thing to do. I track everything on www.sparkpeople.com it's an American social network site for health and fitness. Lots of Brits and Europeans on there too. Worth a look as there are lots of WWs on there too. I am Millie-Milou if you go for a look.

I'm off to Florida on Saturday, so this could be a very challenging few weeks!!

You will be fine. Keep track of everything you eat. There is healthy food in Florida. I've seen it. Just be choosy about what you eat and don't freak out if you have a bit of a gain. It's just a holiday blip, not the rest of your life.

 

[dst87]

Well done. 5lb is a huge leap. I am so chuffed for you. These things go in fits and starts. Documenting everything that you eat and every bit of exercise is a really good thing to do. I track everything on www.sparkpeople.com it's an American social network site for health and fitness. Lots of Brits and Europeans on there too. Worth a look as there are lots of WWs on there too. I am Millie-Milou if you go for a look.


You will be fine. Keep track of everything you eat. There is healthy food in Florida. I've seen it. Just be choosy about what you eat and don't freak out if you have a bit of a gain. It's just a holiday blip, not the rest of your life.

Thanks for that! I think I'm going to really enjoy the nice meals we go out for, but things like lunches in the parks and stuff I'm going to go for the healthier option, as none of it's that exciting. I guess it's balance, so hopefully with all of the walking about I won't put on too much

I'll have a look at SparkPeople and see. Don't know if I'll track somewhere else too though; as well as the WW app I also use MyFitnessPal from time to time too!