RosieMaxwell
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100%/ Especially for me - a one-time yo yo dieter determined to be more stable this time around.
best thing of low carb is it's gone and it stays gone. give me 1kg of "never to be seen again" fat over any other value.
it's a game changer. both in a health sense and a psychological sense. that isn't x kg you've lost that's x kg that's gone for ever. anyone who's struggled with weight management will understand quite how powerful that is.more stable this time around
An old cliche but true all the same..100%/ Especially for me - a one-time yo yo dieter determined to be more stable this time around.
Brilliant Rosie, well done! Your experience with how low carb is a better type of diet is not unusual, and highlights how bizarre and even cruel the current official obsession with "Eat less, Move more" low fat high carb can be. Glad you discovered low carb and this forum!Hello everyone! I just wanted to celebrate my lifestyle change today on the forum that really helped me make it.
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BUT this time I feel like it's different because I NEVER knew carbs were the cause! When I dieted before it was usually some form of WW and I just restricted and restricted and I'm very disciplined so I did it for long enough to lose all the weight but I was hungry ALL the time so inevitably I lost control once losing weight stopped becoming important.
With my current low carb diet I genuinely do not feel hungry through the day. That's not to say I don't occasionally boredom-eat (hello Friday night Netflix sessions) but it's nothing like as bad as it used to be and I tend to snack on Seaweed or Pork Puffs - both of which are low or 0 carbs. I'm just so happy that I found this out. I hope that when I reach goal, it'll be easier to maintain because even if I let loose for special occasions, I will always control my carb intake.
Anyway NONE of this would have been possible without this amazing forum, so thank you!
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Are you getting adequate protein? Just a thought... (I take multi-vitamins and minerals)t was mainly to check for vitamin deficiencies bc I am losing a lot of hair on this diet.
Good that you have had blood test to rule out other causes of hair loss, @RosieMaxwell.
It is possibly due to your weight loss though, and if so, will resolve when weight stabilises.
https://www.bad.org.uk/for-the-public/patient-information-leaflets/telogen-effluvium/?showmore=1&returnlink=http://www.bad.org.uk/for-the-public/patient-information-leaflets#.Xz6OhS14Wf0
Are you getting adequate protein? Just a thought... (I take multi-vitamins and minerals)
I had hair loss after huge weight loss. It did panic me a bit, as I have thick wavy hair.Thank for sharing this. I hope it’s just part of the loss and will resolve itself when I stop. But doc seemed to want to rule things out and I wasn’t going to object. He seems like a really nice doc actually - hope I always see him!
This is encouraging. Paws crossed I have the same experience as you!I had hair loss after huge weight loss. It did panic me a bit, as I have thick wavy hair.
It did grow back..
Sounds like adequate protein. Well done on the great weight loss!I think so? I basically eat a portion of meat and a portion of veg for each meal (lunch and dinner). In between I snack on pork puffs or salami if anything. So it’s all primarily protein...
Started taking multi vitamins a couple of weeks ago but haven’t noticed any change yet.
Sorry to hear about your parents being hospitalised with COVID. Congratulations on continuing to lose weight, though, and for essentially sticking with the diet!Latest 4 week weigh in. 4.5kg down - taking my total to 42.2kg lost.
I can see a slight slowing down of the rate of loss. From over 5.5kg a month to now 4.5kg a month. Still it’s going pretty well - and to be honest I ate pretty badly over the last week due to stress. (If you’ve read my posts on other threads, my parents were both hospitalised with COVID.)
I’m hopeful of hitting a 50kg weight loss by November. That’s the first goal and it’s approx 7.8kg away (though getting to 49kg will take me into the healthy BMI category so that will be something to celebrate too.)
You're welcome.Thanks @pdmjoker - appreciate your words on my parents' recovery and the encouragement on my weight loss!
Nearly 50 kg?!
Thats nearly a whole person. !!!!
Well done
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