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Consume less calories. Do more exercise.
Forget your fads and hacks they’re just looking for the easy path.
You don’t need to count anything or have a smart watch.
You know what foods are bad and you know when you’re being lazy and using avoidance strategies with your exercise.
It’s as simple as that.
Looking forward to the excuses. |
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Consume less calories. Do more exercise.
Forget your fads and hacks they’re just looking for the easy path. "
So you are saying your way is the hard path ?
Totally agree , I generally prefer eating tasty food to being hungry. |
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By *sWyldWoman 12 weeks ago
Edinburgh |
Yup I'm sure it's the best way for some people but everyone is different!
In reality we all know what we need to do bit tasty, delicious things that are bad for us are just too damn tempting! |
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"Yup I'm sure it's the best way for some people but everyone is different!
In reality we all know what we need to do bit tasty, delicious things that are bad for us are just too damn tempting! "
Just have less of them in smaller portions. Eating healthy does not mean you have to sacrifice all the good things in life. |
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I have no self motivation after a hard day in work or a hard rugby/kickboxing session so a nandos is always so easy to pick up. Plus I love food as much as sex so I know why I'm fat but too stuck in my ways to do anything about it. |
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Totally agree with OP said and I’m going to add intermittent fasting to the mix. It’s so underrated yet so powerful tool, not only for weight loss, but for overall health and wellbeing. But I understand everyone is different and does what works for them best. |
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By *ty31Man 12 weeks ago
NW London |
I don't think of it as weight loss, I think of it as Fat Loss.
Cut back on the salt, sugar and processed foods etc but still enjoy them as an occasional treat. Everything is ok in moderation  |
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I lost 3 stone eating fish & frozen veg for dinner every night for 2 months. No potatoes pasta or crap. Microwave Thai green curry for lunch or chicken tikka masala & very little exercise. Worked for me. |
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By *assy69Man 12 weeks ago
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Consume less calories. Do more exercise.
Forget your fads and hacks they’re just looking for the easy path.
You don’t need to count anything or have a smart watch.
You know what foods are bad and you know when you’re being lazy and using avoidance strategies with your exercise.
It’s as simple as that.
Looking forward to the excuses. "
absolutely right....... am a grazer, but when i cut out the crisps, the chocolate etc and got back into a bit of walking, the weight fell off |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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Aside from medical conditions, this is absolutely true. You don't need a fancy (and often expensive) diet.
Any of these companies that have monthly subscriptions and a catalogue of expensive dieting foods and drinks are there for one thing only: profit.
Same goes for supplements. Unless you have a medical reason to take them (i.e. iron deficiency), absolute waste of money. You can get everything you need from normal food.
That also applies to gluten, carbs and all that stuff. There are NO benefits to your health for cutting out anything, unless you have medical reasons and have been advised by a GP or doctor to do so.
It's all a giant scam and any experienced and independent nutritionist (not on the payroll of one of these companies) will tell you the same thing.
I'm 42 and I lost roughly a stone in a month, purely by eating less and exercising more. Didn't even cut out "bad foods" or treats like fry-ups, crisps and chocolate. Simply ate less of it and got off my arse.
You don't need to follow any diet (unless you have specific reasons, such as religion or choosing to not eat meat). You don't need to fast either, because essentially you're forcing your body to operate without the things it needs to do so efficiently. |
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Some of the supercilious advice offered herein is brought to you from the University of the Bleedin' Obvious, but there are factors concerning disabilities, medical conditions (congenital or post-natal) and family/genetic traits that cannot be ignored or easily overcome. |
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One of my biggest factors that led to me putting on weight was my mental health. It's all well and good saying you need to fix your body by eating less and moving more. It's incredibly hard if just getting out of bed takes one all mighty effort. Sometimes that is as much one can manage in day.
People then saying it's so easy just do xyz, makes people with mental health issues feel even more guilty and leads to further downwards spiral.
So no I don't believe it is that easy for everyone. |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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"Some of the supercilious advice offered herein is brought to you from the University of the Bleedin' Obvious"
One would like to believe that everyone knows how obvious it is, but many people are often manipulated by celebrities, influencers and nonsense they see on social media. 😅 |
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By *equila89Man 12 weeks ago
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Don’t eat UPF. Intermittent fast. Eat actual food and you can pretty much eat as much as you like and not think all that much about it. I live on butter, nuts, fish, eggs vegetables, cream, cheese, olive oil and fruit. Occasionally sourdough bread. Just single ingredient foods. Swear off seed oil and emulsifiers and anything chemically engineered. Industrially produced food isn’t designed to make you full or healthy, it’s designed to sell and to keep you buying.
If somebody told me they want to change how they eat, I’d tell them to learn about the food industry until they no longer want to give money to mega corporations that basically sell poison. |
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By *ty31Man 12 weeks ago
NW London |
"Hmmm. The hospital diet this past 3wks has consisted of not at lot of calories. Yet, here I am. The same weight as before.
Never mind. "
The problem alot of people have is that visible change takes time- it takes a while for a body to realise what is happening to it! Also the annoying thing about trying to lose fat is that you tend to lose it from the top (face/neck) down instead of from the areas you want to get rid of it (belly!!!).
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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Do whatever you bloody want if weight loss is the goal you want to achieve 🤦🏽
There are a lot of professionals out there to suggest something which could work for each individual and also some very reputable and successful dieting groups (SW&WW) but ultimately do speak, if possible, to a GP who can do a body mot for recommendations to what your body can and should not do 😁
PS the foods we eat are categorised for different metabolisms so what’s considered bad to you may be not so bad to others 😁
PPS fuck it YOLO 😂😂😂😂 |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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"One of my biggest factors that led to me putting on weight was my mental health."
Mental health definitely plays a part too. I have ADHD, anxiety and depression. I know all too well how hard it is to get going and lose weight.
I wake up every day on a negative and have to force myself to do anything. But damn, it's absolutely worth it. There is a significant correlation between mental and physical health. One affects the other.
Even just doing something small, like a half hour walk, can have a huge positive effect on the brain. Start off small, as small as you feel capable of doing.
I struggle with very low dopamine levels, the "reward and motivation" chemical, so it's a neverending battle to get off my arse and do something beneficial. But after a short walk or a rave around the front room to my favourite tunes, it really does make a difference.
Seeing those numbers go down, being able to walk further without getting knackered, the boosts to my mental health are invaluable.
There is a thing I like to use: MEDS.
Mindfulness
Exercise
Diet
Sleep
Each of those has an effect on the other and if you can do something for each, as often as you can, over time it'll have such a positive influence on your life. All four daily would be most beneficial, but sometimes only 3/4 is possible. And that's okay, because it's the effort that counts most. |
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"One of my biggest factors that led to me putting on weight was my mental health.
Mental health definitely plays a part too. I have ADHD, anxiety and depression. I know all too well how hard it is to get going and lose weight.
I wake up every day on a negative and have to force myself to do anything. But damn, it's absolutely worth it. There is a significant correlation between mental and physical health. One affects the other.
Even just doing something small, like a half hour walk, can have a huge positive effect on the brain. Start off small, as small as you feel capable of doing.
I struggle with very low dopamine levels, the "reward and motivation" chemical, so it's a neverending battle to get off my arse and do something beneficial. But after a short walk or a rave around the front room to my favourite tunes, it really does make a difference.
Seeing those numbers go down, being able to walk further without getting knackered, the boosts to my mental health are invaluable.
There is a thing I like to use: MEDS.
Mindfulness
Exercise
Diet
Sleep
Each of those has an effect on the other and if you can do something for each, as often as you can, over time it'll have such a positive influence on your life. All four daily would be most beneficial, but sometimes only 3/4 is possible. And that's okay, because it's the effort that counts most."
I totally agree and doing what you've explained is exactly how I've lost over 1.5 stones since June. Yeah it's not huge amounts but it's all about consistency and avoiding quick fixes and those who say it's easy. |
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I do think getting yourself to the right mindset is a huge challenge that is often overlooked.
I've lost six stone over the last two years from eating less and moving more, but it isn't an easy thing to do and takes a lot of mental strength. So yes, it really is as easy as eat less and move more, but just because it is simple doesn't mean it is easy. |
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"Eat actual food and you can pretty much eat as much as you like and not think all that much about it. "
You'll still gain weight if you eat in a surplus. The notion you can eat as much as you like on certain regimes is nonsense. |
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Well online struggled with my weight for years and just had a gastric bypass. Some will see that as taking the easy route it's not my whole lifestyle has changed I eat 3 very small meals a day and if I over eat or eat to quickly I'm as sick as a dog. But I'm 6 stone down and wouldn't change it for anything |
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By *equila89Man 12 weeks ago
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"Eat actual food and you can pretty much eat as much as you like and not think all that much about it.
You'll still gain weight if you eat in a surplus. The notion you can eat as much as you like on certain regimes is nonsense."
This is true, I don’t believe you should eat an entire pack of butter everyday. I just believe actual food has an infinitely higher result when it comes to satiation so you’re eating to fullness rather than excess. There’s an actual nutritional outcome and you have a body designed to deal with what you’re putting into it. I don’t believe exercise really makes all that much difference, unless you’re good to walk 3 hours to burn off a donut. I’d just say don’t eat the donut.
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Keep the goals simple and achievable ..otherwise it can lead to disappointment when you don’t get to them when expected… which could in turn put you on the back foot.
Enough little changes can make a big difference 
And don’t beat yourself up …got to keep the balance |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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"I totally agree and doing what you've explained is exactly how I've lost over 1.5 stones since June. Yeah it's not huge amounts but it's all about consistency and avoiding quick fixes and those who say it's easy. "
Ah, that's good stuff. 😊 Yeah, it doesn't need to be huge amounts falling off every week. Whatever works for you! If you feel better about it, that's half the battle right there.
Any progress is good progress. If I only lose a little, it's far better than nothing. Not to mention weight fluctuates anyhow. Water retention, waste, muscle growth. So long as it goes down over a longer timeframe, you're winning. 😄 |
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Consume less calories. Do more exercise.
Forget your fads and hacks they’re just looking for the easy path.
You don’t need to count anything or have a smart watch.
You know what foods are bad and you know when you’re being lazy and using avoidance strategies with your exercise.
It’s as simple as that.
Looking forward to the excuses. "
Agreed. Weight loss/gain is a simple matter of how much you burn compared to how much you consume.
Fad diets appeal because they give people the impression that they can eat lots of a certain type of food and still lose weight. |
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I have an underactive thyroid. If my medication is incorrect even by 25mcg I will gain weight over a period of time whatever I eat or drastically lose it whatever I eat. Fortunately thanks to the persistence of a consultant it's correct at the moment so I maintain a steady weight.
That isn't an excuse it's a reason |
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I do think that for people with no health conditions, mobility problems or issues around food and eating the general advice to put less in your mouth and move more is sound.
I also think that most people know this.
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"You can eat what you want really, just spit it out once you chewed it and then you would have had all the taste too. "
My dad who has been the same weight since he was 18 advises people to make a large pot of stew and then eat 50% stew, 50% water at each meal. He has un overactive thyroid treated with radioactive iodine |
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I've been quite big at my biggest weight but I do know one thing that it's not all about dieting, weighing scales and food. It's also about state of mind.
I have changed what I eat, and started walking alot more, but I do have treats now only weekends where I have and eat what I fancy.
And still losing weight too. |
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Consume less calories. Do more exercise.
Forget your fads and hacks they’re just looking for the easy path.
You don’t need to count anything or have a smart watch.
You know what foods are bad and you know when you’re being lazy and using avoidance strategies with your exercise.
It’s as simple as that.
Looking forward to the excuses. "
Smoking crack helps with weight loss 🤣🤣
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Absolute zero excuses but giving broad brush statements that don’t take in to account people with medical conditions is for me at the best incorrect and could be considered dangerous
But each to their own |
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"Hmmm. The hospital diet this past 3wks has consisted of not at lot of calories. Yet, here I am. The same weight as before.
Never mind.
The problem alot of people have is that visible change takes time- it takes a while for a body to realise what is happening to it! Also the annoying thing about trying to lose fat is that you tend to lose it from the top (face/neck) down instead of from the areas you want to get rid of it (belly!!!).
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My total mass hasn't changed in the 3wks. They weighed us each week on a Thursday. |
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I can't be arsed.
I'm not one to be embarrassed about my weight gain.
I have reasons. I don't make excuses.
As someone who spent a lot of years being ribbed for being skinny, I can take the fat shaming.
If I lose weight it will be because I want to be healthier. Not so I can show my body off on a sex site.
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"I do think that for people with no health conditions, mobility problems or issues around food and eating the general advice to put less in your mouth and move more is sound.
I also think that most people know this.
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It's what you put in your mouth that matters.
You can eat cream cakes and still be under your calories for the day. You'll be thin but not healthy.
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By *essTTWoman 12 weeks ago
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"While risking being “That person” generalised statements really don’t account for individuals medical conditions, disabilities or other factors.
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Or those with hormone imbalances, PCOS, cortisol resistance, diabetes, depressiin ectect |
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"I do think that for people with no health conditions, mobility problems or issues around food and eating the general advice to put less in your mouth and move more is sound.
I also think that most people know this.
It's what you put in your mouth that matters.
You can eat cream cakes and still be under your calories for the day. You'll be thin but not healthy.
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If I'm taking too much levothyroxine I could eat cake, biscuits, drink beer, have lard sandwiches with sugar and still lose weight. The other side effects are pretty awful though. |
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By *acobCMan 12 weeks ago
Liverpool |
I lost 4.5 stone in 6 months and all I did was switch to brown bread/rice/pasta, followed the healthy plate model (Google it ), stopped buying chocolate (if it's not in the cupboard you can't eat it), drank between 4 and 6 Litres of water a day and tried to get my steps in every day. Frustrating that it was that simple and easy that I didn't do it in the past |
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"Is it just me, or is this post weirdly confrontational?"
Nope
Weight watchers is well worth trying, my mate was chuffed to discover that using it to identify good foods he could actually eat more yet lose the weight that the hospital had told him he needed to
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"One method of weight loss does not work for all, and it's a very dangerous thing to suggest/assume it does. "
How on earth can eating less and doing more exercise (even very light exercise in a wheelchair) harm anyone?
If it works as an excuse for you though |
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"Hmmm. The hospital diet this past 3wks has consisted of not at lot of calories. Yet, here I am. The same weight as before.
Never mind.
The problem alot of people have is that visible change takes time- it takes a while for a body to realise what is happening to it! Also the annoying thing about trying to lose fat is that you tend to lose it from the top (face/neck) down instead of from the areas you want to get rid of it (belly!!!).
My total mass hasn't changed in the 3wks. They weighed us each week on a Thursday. "
Are you moving as much as you would at home?.
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By *acobCMan 12 weeks ago
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"I tried intermittent fasting and it seriously fucked my stomach up haha
Did you keep stopping and starting ?  "
No I done it for a few weeks and had to give up. Not for me at all. A mate of mine done it and lost lots of weight but looked awful, like he was recovering from a serious illness |
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