Some tips on my weight loss?

Sky-Cherries · 03-09-2009, 06:54 PM

So I've lost 18 kilos since last November.

The weight has sped up quite a lot since I quit drinking ANYTHING but filtered water in the start of Feb, and started drinking 1 bottle of 65ml Yakult every morning.
And by sped up, I mean light speed.
I weighed myself last Wednesday. This morning, I was 2.3 kilos lighter.
Every week I'm between .9 of a kilo and 2 kilos lighter.

Trouble is, the diet I put myself onto 'strictly' has crashed and burned, since my two year old refuses to eat anything now that isn't exclusively chicken or pumpkin. And with very little money, I can't afford two different meals a night.

So, for breakfast I have one cup of plain porridge, with soy milk. Yakult follows.

Lunch is a cup of brown rice with chicken pieces and choice of either bit of pumpkin or bit of potato.

Dinner is a gourmet selection of chicken pieces, potato and pumpkin.
Depending on mood, peas, corn, beef, fish, and salad are add-on options.

I'm walking my high-energy Great Dane twice a day, at an hour each.
Doing various stuff on the Wii Fit for 1/2 hour, and going to the park and kicking a ball around with the toddler once a day.

Obviously my diet needs refining, but I feel good, I'm toileting regularly and my fiance {without being prompted} told me yesterday he's noticed I'm getting skinnier in the waist and my butt looks like something that should be covered in sequins and swinging around a pole {the respectable part of me is huffy about that, the wife part of me is giggling like a schoolgirl}.

Is all this enough to keep up my weight loss?

I'm aiming for a 30 kilo loss, no time limit.

Imissher · 03-09-2009, 08:14 PM

Have you heard of the weight loss program called "weight watchers"?

When I was playing football in High School, I weighed 131.5 kg (1.93 m), and I followed this program and got down to 99.7 kg, and now with more weight lifting I am currently sitting comfortably at 106.5 kg. I box avidly and it helps me maintain my weight for that. Weight in boxing and fighting is very important.

It's a great program. It doesn't make you eat from their menu. Just whatever you eat is calculated in a "points" system. Each food item has a certain number of points, and depending on your body weight, you have x number of points per day. You just plan your meals out to stay within your points range and it helps so much! I lost weight super fast using the program, and it helped me keep it off because I just stuck with the program and it didn't allow me to gain weight. It also has a certain number of "flex" points so you don't have to give up sweets if you like those. It gives you a certain number of extra points per week to use if you decide to eat out and get a big tasty burger or something.

I'm sure I sound like a salesman for the program now, but if you follow it, it works great and if you combine that with some exercise (30 minutes of walking a day, ect) it'll work even quicker.

If you have any more questions, just message me. It's really simple, I know it sounds complicated. You don't need to buy any weird stuff to use the program. Just pick up a book which will list how many points each food item is. Then look at the height/weight chart and decide how many food points a day you can have. That's pretty much it!

Balbina · 03-09-2009, 09:03 PM

Weight loss works like this: You burn more calories than you eat.

Cutting calories, or following a healthy diet won't work alone. At least not permanently. If you really want to start seeing results, you need to start doing some cardio exercise, along with light weight training. Otherwise you WILL hit a plateau where eating right won't do it for you anymore, and any weight you will or have lost will still leave you looking "skinny fat" - your pants may fit loser, but you're still flabby underneath.

Also, you should try mixing up your diet, lots of protein, "good" carbs and "good" fats. I find [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] a good resource for nutrition and training info - and I'm NOT a bodybuilder, I'm just a gym junkie who believes that the only way you get a stellar body is by working for it.

Sky-Cherries · 03-09-2009, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imissher

Have you heard of the weight loss program called "weight watchers"?

When I was playing football in High School, I weighed 131.5 kg (1.93 m), and I followed this program and got down to 99.7 kg, and now with more weight lifting I am currently sitting comfortably at 106.5 kg. I box avidly and it helps me maintain my weight for that. Weight in boxing and fighting is very important.

It's a great program. It doesn't make you eat from their menu. Just whatever you eat is calculated in a "points" system. Each food item has a certain number of points, and depending on your body weight, you have x number of points per day. You just plan your meals out to stay within your points range and it helps so much! I lost weight super fast using the program, and it helped me keep it off because I just stuck with the program and it didn't allow me to gain weight. It also has a certain number of "flex" points so you don't have to give up sweets if you like those. It gives you a certain number of extra points per week to use if you decide to eat out and get a big tasty burger or something.

I'm sure I sound like a salesman for the program now, but if you follow it, it works great and if you combine that with some exercise (30 minutes of walking a day, ect) it'll work even quicker.

If you have any more questions, just message me. It's really simple, I know it sounds complicated. You don't need to buy any weird stuff to use the program. Just pick up a book which will list how many points each food item is. Then look at the height/weight chart and decide how many food points a day you can have. That's pretty much it!

Yeah, I investigated that and I couldn't afford it.
I end up with about $20 a week out of my income to spend as I please, and their tiniest membership package doesn't allow a $20 a week fee.

That's why I devised my own 'diet', although it's not really a 'diet', as all I've done is thrown out all junk food and junky drinks and am sticking to water and healthier options.

I'm also not aiming for a super toned body. I just gained heaps after the birth of my daughter as I had very severe post natal depression, and just want to get back down to post-baby weight.

purpleJ · 03-09-2009, 10:37 PM

i have tried everything that is out there and only weight watchers works in the long run
I think it because it lets you eat anything but in the right portions and ive also learnt alot about nutrition value and portion sizes from them

I'm doing it now I can help you out with it..like let you know the point values of the basic things?

Sky-Cherries · 03-10-2009, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by purpleJ

i have tried everything that is out there and only weight watchers works in the long run
I think it because it lets you eat anything but in the right portions and ive also learnt alot about nutrition value and portion sizes from them

I'm doing it now I can help you out with it..like let you know the point values of the basic things?

Well I borrowed a book off my friend and worked out my Points allowance, then I buy the Weight Watchers foods that are within my 'points range'. {but only on my pay weeks, on poverty weeks I eat whatever I can scrape together}.

So I'm kindof doing the cheater's version of Weight Watchers, I'm not going to meetings or following a set plan, I'm just doing the Points thing.

I've also given up my dinner plates for entree plates so my serving sizes are downsized automatically, that's helped a lot.

sophie274 · 03-11-2009, 11:30 AM

You sound like you are doing really well Sky_Cherries!

A couple things:

I hope you can convince your two year old to start eating some different things soon ... I find the death of diets is when you're eating the same food over and over again and get sick of it! Maybe you could buy some spices so you could at least flavor your food differently every day (curry, soy, fresh herbs).

If you feel up to it, you could start jogging at intervals during the walk. That will boost your metabolism and give you a little weight loss boost (if your eating remains the same), plus give you some health benefits. You might also start doing some light weights and some ab work to tone up while you're losing the weight. There are some good free videos online - I like the "8 minute" series (find it on youtube): eight minute abs, eight minute legs, eight minute arms, eight minute buns. I find them pretty effective - but for arms you definitely need to have some weights (maybe 10 lbs), and you could add them in for the legs one too. A lot of people right now like the Jillian Michaels (from The Biggest Loser) videos as well, but you would have to pay for those, of course.

Good luck! 18 kilos already - that is impressive! You might want to start taking measurements as well in case the weight loss slows down - that way you will still be able to measure progress in inches and see how much waistline you have lost.

hear_her_roar · 03-12-2009, 01:40 AM

I think what you're doing, especially when having to deal with a child who's a picky eater (by the way, I find your child's choices of food kind of adorable... haha, but I'm weird like that), is on the right track.

However, one source of carbs per meal is all you need... for lunch, try substituting either the rice or the potato/pumpkin with some fruit or vegetable. From my experience, I've found that brown rice is a far better aid to weight loss than potato, but that may be because I have a preferance for it anyway.

Try to keep your meals to one source of meat, one of grain/carbs, and one to two of fruits and vegetables. If you're still hungry, fruits and veggies are the way to go.

Congrats on the weight loss so far! It really sounds like you're doing great!

03-09-2009, 06:54 PM	#1
Sky-Cherries Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Australia Gender: Female Posts: 164	Some tips on my weight loss? So I've lost 18 kilos since last November. The weight has sped up quite a lot since I quit drinking ANYTHING but filtered water in the start of Feb, and started drinking 1 bottle of 65ml Yakult every morning. And by sped up, I mean light speed. I weighed myself last Wednesday. This morning, I was 2.3 kilos lighter. Every week I'm between .9 of a kilo and 2 kilos lighter. Trouble is, the diet I put myself onto 'strictly' has crashed and burned, since my two year old refuses to eat anything now that isn't exclusively chicken or pumpkin. And with very little money, I can't afford two different meals a night. So, for breakfast I have one cup of plain porridge, with soy milk. Yakult follows. Lunch is a cup of brown rice with chicken pieces and choice of either bit of pumpkin or bit of potato. Dinner is a gourmet selection of chicken pieces, potato and pumpkin. Depending on mood, peas, corn, beef, fish, and salad are add-on options. I'm walking my high-energy Great Dane twice a day, at an hour each. Doing various stuff on the Wii Fit for 1/2 hour, and going to the park and kicking a ball around with the toddler once a day. Obviously my diet needs refining, but I feel good, I'm toileting regularly and my fiance {without being prompted} told me yesterday he's noticed I'm getting skinnier in the waist and my butt looks like something that should be covered in sequins and swinging around a pole {the respectable part of me is huffy about that, the wife part of me is giggling like a schoolgirl}. Is all this enough to keep up my weight loss? I'm aiming for a 30 kilo loss, no time limit.

03-09-2009, 09:03 PM	#3
Balbina Offline Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Local Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 459	Weight loss works like this: You burn more calories than you eat. Cutting calories, or following a healthy diet won't work alone. At least not permanently. If you really want to start seeing results, you need to start doing some cardio exercise, along with light weight training. Otherwise you WILL hit a plateau where eating right won't do it for you anymore, and any weight you will or have lost will still leave you looking "skinny fat" - your pants may fit loser, but you're still flabby underneath. Also, you should try mixing up your diet, lots of protein, "good" carbs and "good" fats. I find [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] a good resource for nutrition and training info - and I'm NOT a bodybuilder, I'm just a gym junkie who believes that the only way you get a stellar body is by working for it. __________________ Happiness can fill only as deep as your sorrow has carved you.

03-12-2009, 01:40 AM	#8
hear_her_roar Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada. Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 214	I think what you're doing, especially when having to deal with a child who's a picky eater (by the way, I find your child's choices of food kind of adorable... haha, but I'm weird like that), is on the right track. However, one source of carbs per meal is all you need... for lunch, try substituting either the rice or the potato/pumpkin with some fruit or vegetable. From my experience, I've found that brown rice is a far better aid to weight loss than potato, but that may be because I have a preferance for it anyway. Try to keep your meals to one source of meat, one of grain/carbs, and one to two of fruits and vegetables. If you're still hungry, fruits and veggies are the way to go. Congrats on the weight loss so far! It really sounds like you're doing great! __________________ "I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are that medium." -Maynard James Keenan.

03-09-2009, 08:14 PM	#2
Imissher Offline Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 121	Have you heard of the weight loss program called "weight watchers"? When I was playing football in High School, I weighed 131.5 kg (1.93 m), and I followed this program and got down to 99.7 kg, and now with more weight lifting I am currently sitting comfortably at 106.5 kg. I box avidly and it helps me maintain my weight for that. Weight in boxing and fighting is very important. It's a great program. It doesn't make you eat from their menu. Just whatever you eat is calculated in a "points" system. Each food item has a certain number of points, and depending on your body weight, you have x number of points per day. You just plan your meals out to stay within your points range and it helps so much! I lost weight super fast using the program, and it helped me keep it off because I just stuck with the program and it didn't allow me to gain weight. It also has a certain number of "flex" points so you don't have to give up sweets if you like those. It gives you a certain number of extra points per week to use if you decide to eat out and get a big tasty burger or something. I'm sure I sound like a salesman for the program now, but if you follow it, it works great and if you combine that with some exercise (30 minutes of walking a day, ect) it'll work even quicker. If you have any more questions, just message me. It's really simple, I know it sounds complicated. You don't need to buy any weird stuff to use the program. Just pick up a book which will list how many points each food item is. Then look at the height/weight chart and decide how many food points a day you can have. That's pretty much it!

03-09-2009, 10:37 PM	#5
purpleJ Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Australia Gender: Female Posts: 205	i have tried everything that is out there and only weight watchers works in the long run I think it because it lets you eat anything but in the right portions and ive also learnt alot about nutrition value and portion sizes from them I'm doing it now I can help you out with it..like let you know the point values of the basic things?

03-11-2009, 11:30 AM	#7
sophie274 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,059	You sound like you are doing really well Sky_Cherries! A couple things: I hope you can convince your two year old to start eating some different things soon ... I find the death of diets is when you're eating the same food over and over again and get sick of it! Maybe you could buy some spices so you could at least flavor your food differently every day (curry, soy, fresh herbs). If you feel up to it, you could start jogging at intervals during the walk. That will boost your metabolism and give you a little weight loss boost (if your eating remains the same), plus give you some health benefits. You might also start doing some light weights and some ab work to tone up while you're losing the weight. There are some good free videos online - I like the "8 minute" series (find it on youtube): eight minute abs, eight minute legs, eight minute arms, eight minute buns. I find them pretty effective - but for arms you definitely need to have some weights (maybe 10 lbs), and you could add them in for the legs one too. A lot of people right now like the Jillian Michaels (from The Biggest Loser) videos as well, but you would have to pay for those, of course. Good luck! 18 kilos already - that is impressive! You might want to start taking measurements as well in case the weight loss slows down - that way you will still be able to measure progress in inches and see how much waistline you have lost.