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Help! I have so much weight to lose

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Take it easy Zand

I noticed one of your posts was 4am today, so hope you can get a good night's sleep and feel better in the morning.

Pipp
 
zand said:
Yes you are right. You have nothing to be sorry for. It sounded harsh because it is harsh, but it's true all the same. The way forward has to be to get fitter and exercise more, much more, because I cannot eat much less, so that's the only bit of the equation I can work on. Sorry I was being so silly
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Not silly at If it was easy we would all be perfect.
 
Scandichic said:
There are arguably more beautiful places than Gothenburg but if We won the lottery, we'd move in a heart beat! It's my fave city in the world. There are some places I love visiting and some where I would choose to settle. I like being by the lakes, swimming in the sea, walking in the woods and across the rocky islands in the archipelago. Wish I was there now!
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You moving to Arran then lol

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Frustrated with weight loss this week. Have been losing 3lbs a week steadily (Newcastle diet), and decided to do serious exercise. Bought a second hand treadmill (I know!!!) and all last week and this week did 30 minutes a day very brisk walking. 5km per hr, gentle incline. Built up quite a sweat, reasonably breathless, and machine told me had walked more than 3 km, burned more than 200 cals. So convinced weight loss this past week would be great - but only 2lbs! How can this be? Have not eaten any more.
 
paulins said:
Frustrated with weight loss this week. Have been losing 3lbs a week steadily (Newcastle diet), and decided to do serious exercise. Bought a second hand treadmill (I know!!!) and all last week and this week did 30 minutes a day very brisk walking. 5km per hr, gentle incline. Built up quite a sweat, reasonably breathless, and machine told me had walked more than 3 km, burned more than 200 cals. So convinced weight loss this past week would be great - but only 2lbs! How can this be? Have not eaten any more.
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You are still losing weight so that's great.
 
zand said:
Tuesday again then. This week I have mostly been OK.

Food - I stuck to my plan perfectly for 5 out of the 7 days, with the other 2 being near perfect.
Exercise - a bit frustrated at not being able to do my morning walk for a few days. I think maybe my spine/pelvis is slightly misaligned again due to the fact that I have been wearing worn out trainers to walk mornings, I don't really think my knee or ankle is the real problem. I have a chiropractor appointment tomorrow anyway. I kept forgetting to tell you that for a couple of weeks I was waking in the night with leg cramps, I have been taking a magnesium supplement (advised to me by a naturopath a few years ago) and the cramps have stopped now. I notice a lot of you say potassium is the answer to cramps, with me it still seems to be magnesium.
Food Diary - awful, just can't make myself do it. Not such a problem right now as I am well into the swing of things at the moment, though it may be needed later.
Supplements - remembered (and took!) that disgusting fish oil every day. Stopped taking magnesium because I had diarrhoea once and this is usually a sign I don't need it anymore.
Drinking water - failed miserably yet again. This is where I most need to improve. I don't get why I can't do this, I like drinking water, I just don't ever drink enough. I know that if I don't drink enough I won't lose weight. I know that if I lose weight the amount of water I need to drink will decrease and therefore it will get easier for me to achieve this. I have gone to all this fuss creating a thread and I am still not drinking enough, some people really are their own worst enemy.

So my steps this week
Tues 14786
Weds 10661
Thurs 12835
Fri 12307
Sat 2891 *
Sun 13036 *
Mon 12263*
* all of these days were walking just the steps I needed to do that day, without a morning walk, because I was resting my knee.

I am not feeling brilliant now, tired lethargic and not thinking straight. I am missing the morning walks, but even when I was still doing them they weren't as exhilarating as previously. The songs in my head during my last 3 morning walks had changed from really energetic upbeat stuff to Passenger - Let Her Go, Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Coldplay - Fix You. I am really hoping tomorrow won't be James Blunt.

Now SW. I am glad I am going there because my own scales have let me down 2 weeks in a row in that they can't/won't decide what weight I am. The lady with the scales started to say 'I should take off your jump.....' but thought better of it. Very wise.

I lost just a pound this week making a total of 14lbs since April 1st. I had a target of losing a stone before my holiday and I have achieved that.
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You ve lost a stone since April !!!! I am jealous. It has taken me over 18 months to loose a stone and a half. I want to loose another half a stone but it seems to want to stick to my ribs and hold on. The last half a stone is always the hardest. , I will get there lol

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paulins said:
Frustrated with weight loss this week. Have been losing 3lbs a week steadily (Newcastle diet), and decided to do serious exercise. Bought a second hand treadmill (I know!!!) and all last week and this week did 30 minutes a day very brisk walking. 5km per hr, gentle incline. Built up quite a sweat, reasonably breathless, and machine told me had walked more than 3 km, burned more than 200 cals. So convinced weight loss this past week would be great - but only 2lbs! How can this be? Have not eaten any more.
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My son and I are thinking of getting a treadmill too, husband's not too keen though.
Yes, how can that be? you are on what is termed a starvation diet, you burn more cals and then lose less weight. It doesn't make sense does it? I think that's why I got silly earlier, I am just so scared that I won't manage to lose anymore and there's such a long way to go.
 
this is too difficult said:
You are still losing weight so that's great.
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My weight loss numbers have slowed down but to be honest I don't care really ( well maybe more because I want to be 10st something) anyway my clothes fit better , my double chins have gone. My sugars are normal and I feel good.

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Stress and worry stop weight loss. Chill out Zand, you didn't put the weight on quickly, and in the olden days, curvy women were classed as beautiful. xx
 
Andy12345 said:
lol, that would have helped, i may carry a guitar round from now on in case it happens again
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@andy 1234 How awful! Are you ok now?
@zand just playing some good old fashioned retro
And thinking of you too. Fear gals harken otherwise known as Fergal Sharkey when auto spelling not on. A good heart is hard to find!
Big hugx
 
Scandichic said:
@andy 1234 How awful! Are you ok now?
@zand just playing some good old fashioned retro
And thinking of you too. Fear gals harken otherwise known as Fergal Sharkey when auto spelling not on. A good heart is hard to find!
Big hugx
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yes i think so, i still feel a bit wonky but i just went out for a bike ride so i cant be too bad lol, dunno what it was, i couldnt focus my eyes, it was horrible, thanks for asking :)
 
Love it Scandi - Fear gals harken.!
Andy, glad you're better now.
 
Pipp said:
That does work if you find a way. Zand it is clearly working, whatever you are doing. A stone in a month is brilliant.
Imagine how I felt when I got back into that ruddy fitness pal to find I was 17kg heavier than when I last used it two years ago!

I get knocked down, but I get up again!
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And I thought that quoting Fergal sharkey was bad but tub thumping by chumbawumba whim paves really scraping the barrel!
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lunarlinda said:
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Stress and worry stop weight loss. Chill out Zand, you didn't put the weight on quickly, and in the olden days, curvy women were classed as beautiful. xx
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We still are!
 
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