Right I'm Starting Again

[Ric.ror]

Just tried my big coats on and only one fits!!!!!
As I said I intended to have a 'dry' November - I only drink at the weekends so that's not really the problem. I might as well go the whole hog and try to drop a dress size by the end of the month. I have only started today though as I had to finish a bottle of wine on Saturday - left from Friday (that was October)
Anyway so far its been a bowl of malted wheat things and I'm about to have an apple or tangerine

Please feel free to ignore this thread but I have typed it so it WILL happen

[ummmm]

How much weight do you want to lose?

[Jomlett]

I started again months ago and lost 9 Kilos and s-l-o-w-l-y going down thanks to the Lo-Carb diet.. http://authoritynutrition.com/low-carb-diet-meal-plan-and-menu/

[janbee]

Jomlett , well done xx
Ric.. good luck. You CAN do it. xx

[Ric.ror]

I'm not sure how much but I would like to drop a dress size before Christmas.
I'm an odd shape - top heavy - so if it fits around the waist its too tight round the chest.

As for a low carb diet - I'd rather die than not have bread
Really glad it worked for you but never in a million years would that work for me

[Ric.ror]

Thanks Jan

[jennyjoan]

I'm like you Ric.Ror - I love my bread (all kinds) big time.

I stopped drinking about 2 weeks ago ie during the week and I have lost 4lbs so I am definitely giving it up - just 2or 3 at the weekends and maybe not.

However, my next door neighbour has given up bread for the last 6 months and he has lost about 1stone and half. Every diet book I encounter all have no carbs so it must work.

[Ric.ror]

It probably does work but I just cannot give them up
I prefer high fibre low fat - that should work
That and getting off my behind more

[Old_Geezer]

"just 2 or 3 at the weekends"
Bottles ?

[Ric.ror]

Guess who's just had half a bag of crisps and a Cadbury chocolate roll

[Mamyalynne]

Start again in half an hour.


Good luck.x

[LyndaB]

I started again three months ago. I realised that I was fed up of having aching legs, a bad back and generally feeling unwell and decided there and then to do something about it. On the spot I gave up the amber nectar (apart from when I'm on holiday) and instead of waiting till some Monday in the dim and distance future I started that very day. I use My Fitness Pal (I downloaded the app onto my iPad) which is totally free and very easy to use. It counts calories so you can basically have whatever you want providing you stay within your limit. It takes into account what kind of job you have, how much weight you need to lose, how active you are generally etc. So far, I have lost over three stones and dropped three sizes in as many months and feel fantastic. In that three months, I have been on holiday for two weeks and I am going again next week (can't wait for that first lovely pint lol). Good luck!

[jennyjoan]

Very well done Lynda - what a great achievement.

[Ric.ror]

Oh Lynda well done
You should be so proud
I need to lose 5 stone really but if I could drop a dress size before December id be happy for now at least
Again well done

[pastafreak]

Regarding a low carb diet...the fact that you'd rather die than not have bread is an indication that bread is *exactly* what you should give up.
I could eat bread til the cows come home,but since giving up wheat I have fewer aches in my joints, and am far less bloated. Last time I went on a bread frenzy...one weekend...I gained 5 pounds and felt awful. That says it all for me.
Oh...and those who do low carb/higher fat( which is how it should be done) usually lower their bad cholesterol,and keep the weight off better than the standard low cal diet.

[Zeuhl]

pasta is absolutely correct

the general rise in obesity correlates with a reduction of fat in our diets and a dramatic increase in sugars and carbs

just ask the Eskimos who gave up seal blubber for Big Macs, fries and a Cola

[pastafreak]

^^^^ true...every society that's adopted a typical western diet has seen a rise not only in obesity,but also diabetes and heart disease.

[237SJ]

Low carb is all very well if you`re sitting at a desk all day and don`t need the energy but it nearly killed me when I tried it. I felt utterly drained at work.

[pastafreak]

That's because you did not give your body the chance to switch from burning carbs to burning fat. There are plenty of elite athletes who don't live on carbs. I have a fairly physical job...as a cook I do a fair amount of lifting heavy pots. I have no problem eating few carbs.

[Ric.ror]

I wonder what the life expectancy of an inuit is though

[ummmm]

I gave up drinking about a month ago and have lost 5lb even though I'm eating more.