OK, how did you do it? I find it very hard to lose weight. There isn't much fat or sugar in my diet to start with, yet one glass of wine can stall weight loss.
I just stuck to the Weightwatchers points tracker and upped my exercise slightly, but basically haven't changed what I eat for main meals at all much (except for the cheese thing - sobs). I have to eat between meals though or I get blood sugar drops and awful headaches, dizziness etc. so I had to really sweat over making those as points free as poss' Also switching to diet soda and dropping my fruit juice intake - not a good strategy healthwise but OK in the short term I guess.
I spent a lot of time feeling mildly hungry though. I haven't managed to do that before. I crack. But I had enthusiastic support from a neighbour who is kindness itself. Also contact with my parents was suddenly angst-free, with no nagging, disappointed sighs, or criticism of my childrearing techniques; instead only positive noises from their end. That was like a tonne weight being lifted and very energizing, also did not drive me to the usual post-phonecall chocolate fix.
I eat no processed food anyway.A bar of chocolate can sit in my cupboard for weeks. I can't digest dairy, and I don't drink much juice (I probably should). And I am *always* hungry.
I think my problem is that my diet is so controlled anyway that even one more loss reduces it to utter puritanism. I've promised myself that once the potatoes in the cupboard are gone, that's it for three months, but I need the gluten free bread and crackers to survive work (that *is* where I tend to resort to chocolate and crisps).
Well, dropping the fruit intake generally also comes with this programme. Replacing them with veggie snacks means you take in less sugar. I tended to eat more junk/processed food at work or when depressed/stressed. Comfort eating is a big factor for me and would be easier to kick if it wasn't so damn comforting.
Potatoes are not evil and are a perfectly good food so long as you don't eat too many of them and don't slather them in butter (or cheese - sighs).
OTOH some people are just not meant to be thin metabolically. i saw one doctor on TV refer to it as a Steppe-dweller physique (i.e. tending towards the stockpiling to survive small famines style body). In that case it's fitness that is key not size, the health of your cardio-vascular system. How much do you exercise? More than me I bet. Some weeks those potatoes in your cupboard get more exercise than I do.
Definitely a steppe-dweller physique. I exercise three times a week (twice with a trainer) and mostly free weights. I was the first "plump" person he had trained who lost not one single pound in a year. I did convert a lot of weight to muscle tho.
Thgat fat : muscle ratio thing is very important. It sounds like you are doing everything right. You'll live longer than me probably, as I am plump (such a nice word) mainly through weakness rather than inherent design.
That's not what you mean, right? Ethanol is an alcohol, sucrose and fructose are sugars. But alcohol has about the same calories, weight for weight, as sugar.
What makes the difference for me is exercise. Yesterday was the first day in months where I both cycled to work, and did an aikido class. If I keep that up (cycling 5 hours per week, aikido 4 hours per week), I will lose a stone.
Yeah! my exercise levels are dismal. But, as the incident with the loppers and the Xmas tree showed, I had better build back up slowly or I will do myself a harm.
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I spent a lot of time feeling mildly hungry though. I haven't managed to do that before. I crack. But I had enthusiastic support from a neighbour who is kindness itself. Also contact with my parents was suddenly angst-free, with no nagging, disappointed sighs, or criticism of my childrearing techniques; instead only positive noises from their end. That was like a tonne weight being lifted and very energizing, also did not drive me to the usual post-phonecall chocolate fix.
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I eat no processed food anyway.A bar of chocolate can sit in my cupboard for weeks. I can't digest dairy, and I don't drink much juice (I probably should). And I am *always* hungry.
I think my problem is that my diet is so controlled anyway that even one more loss reduces it to utter puritanism. I've promised myself that once the potatoes in the cupboard are gone, that's it for three months, but I need the gluten free bread and crackers to survive work (that *is* where I tend to resort to chocolate and crisps).
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Potatoes are not evil and are a perfectly good food so long as you don't eat too many of them and don't slather them in butter (or cheese - sighs).
OTOH some people are just not meant to be thin metabolically. i saw one doctor on TV refer to it as a Steppe-dweller physique (i.e. tending towards the stockpiling to survive small famines style body). In that case it's fitness that is key not size, the health of your cardio-vascular system. How much do you exercise? More than me I bet. Some weeks those potatoes in your cupboard get more exercise than I do.
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