Weightloss Help.

TaurusDevil

I had my weight and height checked today as part of a health check. I'm in between 6ft and 6ft 1 and 14 stone 11. The woman said my ideal weight would be 13 stone 7. Can anyone give me any advice to achieve this? Thanks!

Mitchell38

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PSM1

Ideal weight based on what?
Did she know the know you body composition in terms of ?t, muscle etc? If not then a arbitory 'ideal weight' is just complete nonsense.
Do you feel you have some fat to lose? How active are you? How is your diet?
If you are carrying a bit too much fat then the simple equation of doing a bit more exercise and eating a little less will give you the desired outcome without having to resort to the latest fab diet etc. The benefit of this approach is that if you can include the exercise etc. into your daily life then it will be sustainable and so will your weight.

shodan

It is about time we abolished BMI as a guide. It was bought in nearly 200 years ago and does not take into consideration people history, lifestyle, genetics, muscle/fat/bone/water ratio's, energy levels of requirements, diets (everything is different today than it was in the 1830s) etc etc etc

What the nurse, the OP, me and you consider to be healthy, unhealthy, fat, normal, under weight and over weight may ask be very different things.
OP, how do you feel? What do you think? What is your diet, lifestyle, exercise and ability levels like?

nickC29

A good place to start would be taking a look at your nutrition and start getting more active. This forum has great resources for healthy eating. As far as activity, buy a fitbit and get walking!

Matt_C

I'm 6'-6'1" (I swear I used to be 6'2) and seven months ago I was just shy of 17 stone. After being diagnosed as Type2 diabetic, I decided to tackle it with diet rather than pills, so I changed my diet - amount, portion size, frequency, type of food, etc and along with regular, but not too in depth exercise (I upped my walking, and I was already swimming, so I just did a bit more of that when possible) I dropped to my lowest of 13st 7lbs a couple weeks ago. My original target was to get under 15st, then I wanted to get to 14.5 and then ideally under 14st. Now I've made 13.5 (although after a week of poor diet, BBQ, and some beers etc, I'm now teetering on 14st again), I've been told I look ill and shouldn't lose any more weight (not by a doctor, btw) I don't think I should lose anymore - 13 would probably be nice to get to, and another belt notch would be nice, but the lower you go the harder it gets, the longer it takes and the harder it is to maintain it. I'll be happy to stay under 14st, so I aim to be 13.5, as you bounce around  /- lbs every day.

Diet wise, obviously I had to cut out everything sugary. That goes right down to things like fruit juice, and changing the type of bread (and vastly reducing it) you eat - limit your white flour intake (granary bread instead of white), ease off on potatoes, eat more veg, more fruit, cut out almost everything with added sugar (harder than it sounds). Lots of protein, lay off the fats (especially saturated and trans fats). Hungry? Drink water. Still hungry? Have an apple. With anything sugary, even natural sugars, have something with fibre in - so for breakfast it's 2x weetabix and a banana - the weetabix is full of fibre, and the banana's natural sugar is offset by it's fibre (light green to "new" yellow is the best colour for bananas in terms is less sugar more fibre). One sandwich for lunch instead of two, and try to eliminate bread wherever possible by having a salad instead.

I made it from January to Easter having only 2 creme eggs in four months - a record for me since I'd often have about 6/8/10 a week in the years prior.

It's hard work, there's no two ways about it. There aren't any shortcuts. You have to have the will power, and the drive to do it. I had a goal (a job I was going for that was dependent on me not being put on medication) and that goal helped me achieve what I have. After that 3-4 months of doing it, it does become easier in as far as the mental conditioning; you break that habit and what you're doing becomes "normal" to an extent. If you're anything like me, and I'm not a competitive guy but I do like to better myself and hit targets, you'll push yourself to go one better and make that next milestone. The key is to not get obsessed with it, as that can lead to eating disorders and other issues.

Above all else, you've got to want to do it. If you don't want to do it, you won't do it. It's that simple.

Matt_C

If reading is your thing, check out the 8 week blood sugar diet book by Dr Michael Mosely, and get a copy of the G.I. Handbook (Barbara Ravage)

booyaka

Eat less/exercise more.

Not much more complicate than that. Avoid/limit sugar/alcohol etc.

Drink water

Wardy257

Diets are like religions, when people lose weight they become firm believers in whatever diet they used to lose weight. This is understandable, especially for people that may have tried several diets and failed previously or for people who where suffering negative health due to diet/obesity. Their diet change may have saved them so of course they become extremely attached to it.

BUT, for everyone else this religion gets in the way of objective advice. What works for one person may not work for another. What was an easy to follow diet for one person could be complicated for another. Work, money, kids etc can make some diets difficult to sustain even if you are finding the diet aspect easy.

Just understand that anyone who has lost weight did so by creating a calorific deficit. That is the only way you can lose weight. Excess calories make you fatter, eating less calories make you slimmer. How you achieve that calorie deficit has to be something that is achievable and most importantly sustainable. If you love bread and pasta then going low carb wont work for long. If you love steak then becoming vegan wont last. You may soon get bored of going to the gym 2 hours a day 7 days a week not matter how good it feels initially.

Start looking at food labels and you will see many foods have more calories then you think, especially from sugars and fats. Green veg has so little calories and so many vitamins and minerals you can eat big platefuls everyday with little chance of creating an excess. Lean meats and fish are packed with nutrients and protein and little fat so again its hard to eat too much. These are just examples, but look into the foods you eat and decide which one you can limit or do without; for years, not just a few weeks. Its no good dropping 10kg over 2 years and then 2 years later being 15kg heavier but sadly that is the reality for most dieters. They chose something they can not sustain.

Whatever you do try to keep protein intake at a decent level, perhaps 25-35g per meal or more. This will help you retain lean body mass (muscle, tendons, organs etc). This is important because we need muscle, its not only helps us move put it also helps protect joints and it also burns calories for free (not a huge amount but it all helps). If you add in at least 2 resistance training sessions a week you can probably gain muscle while losing fat.

Lastly, our bodies don't like losing hard earned fat, they fight it.

After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight

Good luck, just remember there is no magic pill or magic diet.

bones`

I was in a similar position to you a few years ago, looked in the mirror one day and thought I need to do something about this. I cut as much fat and junk as possible out of my diet and started walking round the 4 mile block three times a week.Over a period of time this lead to gentle jogging and then running and now some 10 years later I still run twice a week and try to walk as much as possible. Problem I had was I lost too much bulk from my frame, the diet was too extreme, and as you get older its hard to maintain muscle mass. I have settled around 2 stone lighter and generally don't even think about what I eat, eating well is just second nature but I feel so much better than I did 10 years ago. As someone said, eat less move more.