Diets!
Well, I for one have reached that age when the pounds gather around the lower regions almost secretly- you wake up one morning and realise that you are not what you were. You find that you are more tired, can't move so well and get out of breath a little
quicker than you used to. If you look down, you may see the reason why and if you havent got to that stage, grab your midriff and you'll discover the reason why. I lived with this for a number of years I suppose, telling myself that 'you put weight on as
you get older' and indeed you are more likely to but you can do something about it. Apart from a fantastic app I found called Nutracheck I also watched a programme by Dr Michael Moseley in which he was investigating 'fasting' To cut a long story short, I decided
to fast for three days just having tea, no sugar, lots of water some with the juice of a freshly squeezed lemon in and fruit. My daily intake of calories was 100 - 150 a day for 3 days. What happened next was amazing. I was dreading it and thought that on
the afternoon of the fist day I would be trying to eat anything I wasn't disciplined enough to say no to. Not a bit of it! Yes, I got hungry at the times I would have normally got hungry but then I found it passed and I wasn't bothered about eating. Into the
second day and exactly the same. The tiny bits I did eat were entered into the app to keep a check on the cals I was having. I was having my daily Kefir with fruit in it( see food and drink section) but very little else. But the thing that really amazed me
was that rather than feeling I wanted to sit around through lack of food, my energy levels went through the roof- I was actually working all day ( not hard physical work but very active) and I didn't find myself wanting 40 winks as had been the case before
I started this regime. On the evening of the second day, now two days without a meal I bent down to tie my boots and found I wasn't panting for breath!! in fact it was all pretty easy!! On the third day, much the same and I had lost about 7 lb! Fasting is
a fantastic way of cleansing the body and reducing weight. It's a natural thing and I have now moved on to 5 days eating normally( with reduced portions) followed by 2 days fasting. I havent felt this good for years!! It works for me.
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I had been putting it of for months but I finally did the fasting diet last summer, starting at 4/3 and then down to 5/2 of around 400 - 500 calories a day. The weight dropped off and I had no ill effects at all. But the really interesting thing is that,
even after a family Xmas of the usual indulgence and now at the end of 3 months inactivity and comfort eating with a broken ankle, the weight seems to have mostly stayed off! I am amazed as I've spent most of my life on and off diets and the gain is usually
short lived. I will certainly go back to it when I'm feeling less like an invalid, I would certainly recommend trying it if everything else has failed for you.0 -
I was summoned to my GP for a health check a couple of months back, first one I've attended, age 62.
Now, I knew that I'd put on a few pounds over the last few years, but was put out to be told that my blood pressure and cholesterol were both raised, and that my BMI was in the obese sector. This despite plenty of walking and a reasonably heathly diet, plenty
of salad and vegatables, olive oil etc.To cut a long story short, I'm now on statins. No ill effects, unless moring headache and thirst is not coincidental.
I have bought a blood pressure monitor, and satisfied myself that BP is fine, high readings at GP down to 'white coat syndrome'.
Diet wise. I've stopped eating any fried food, no pies, drastically reduced red meat consumption, no cheese, reduced amounts of bread and pasta. Increased consumption of fish and chicken. Already eat brown rice, wholemeal bread, swapped olive spread for
Benecol, swapped Activia yoghurt for Benecol version. Cut down on beer drinking, gave up red wine some time ago. Eat an apple at morning break, banana in afternoon. Salad for lunch, with Quorn instead of ham in my sandwich / roll.Changed my breakfast cereal to Shredded Wheat, like eating straw but not bothered. Already using fully skimmed milk.
I don't feel hungry, think about food less now than before. I try to finish eating by 7:00pm.
Started out at 80kg ( I'm 5'6"-5'7" ish), now down to 73.5kg. Rate of weight loss is not so rapid now, first few kilos dropped off very quickly. But at this rate, I shall weigh 0kg next year !
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Just started a strict eating regime last night. My weight has been gradually increasing over the last 3 months and I have no intention of going over 75 kgs. My normal weight is 72.5 kgs. Training weight was 69kgs.
No intention of stopping the glasses of wine with my evening meal or the dram or two, Beer is now rationed. I eat healty food thanks to my wife being such a great cook.
Where the problem has been is the grazing between meals and the biccys with coffee throughout the day. I reckon if my new regime stops the grazing and the biccys, I will soon get back to my usual weight. At the moment my BMI is 23.2. This will reduce.
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One thing you should never, ever do is "fasting", eg, liquid diet as Merve is doing. Its healthy, you are not getting your daily vitamins. You need a properly controlled diet. To diet, you need to eat about 1,000 calories a day not 150. You are actually
starving yourself to death. Those in the concentration camps were on more than you are eating (or drinking). You will have health issues in the not too distant future. I myself am attending Slimming World. You have a healthy diet, you eat 3 meals per day
(you can even have a full English breakfast) and still lose weight. If so, go to your GP and he will give you a diet sheet to lose weight and believe me, it will not include drinking only days0 -
I did a crash course in weight reduction after christmas.I cut out white bread and cakes altogether and stopped snacking inbetween meals have smaller portions and less beer and within eight weeks i lost one and a half stone and i,ve maintained that weight
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I did a crash course in weight reduction after christmas.I cut out white bread and cakes altogether and stopped snacking inbetween meals have smaller portions and less beer and within eight weeks i lost one and a half stone and i,ve maintained that weight
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That's perfect V9. Most often, that's all you need to do, just to cut out the inbetweeners to reduce weight.
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I don't think Merves suggestion of 2 days fasting followed by 5 days sensible eating will do any harm. I have been doing Sw for years and if at times I over indulge (holidays) I just do a couple of days of what SW call free food, a bit like Merves fasting.
Provided you drink plenty and have fruit or salad you won't starve your body. The trouble with being on diets is that the body gets used yo having less calories and you stop loosing weight if you don't up the exercise. So shaking it up from time to time helps.
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I have been on the 5-2 diet since Christmas. Two days of eating 600 calories and 5 days eating sensibly. It works for me. On you 600 day if you fancy something you cannot have you know you only have to wait till the next day. You do not have to do without
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Just eat lots of fruit and vegetables, lots of whole grains and nuts,a little bit of meat, poultry and fish (but modest portions), some dairy, (because as older people we need the calcium to avoid osteoporosis), a glass of wine per day (or slightly more
to maintain health!!!!) and you'll find that you're always full, don't need to diet, and maintain a steady weight. Mine has been the same since my youngest son was born thirty years ago!Just don't eat processed food - make your own - too much fried food, and lots of fizzy drinks or colas. Water is the best drink of all and is free!
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I did a crash course in weight reduction after christmas.I cut out white bread and cakes altogether and stopped snacking inbetween meals have smaller portions and less beer and within eight weeks i lost one and a half stone and i,ve maintained that weight
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It's ok Peter, I found your stone and a half and I 'm keeping it warm for you ,, ,, ,, ,,
Brian
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One thing you should never, ever do is "fasting", eg, liquid diet as Merve is doing. Its healthy, you are not getting your daily vitamins. You need a properly controlled diet. To diet, you need to eat about 1,000 calories a day not 150. You are actually
starving yourself to death. Those in the concentration camps were on more than you are eating (or drinking). You will have health issues in the not too distant future. I myself am attending Slimming World. You have a healthy diet, you eat 3 meals per day
(you can even have a full English breakfast) and still lose weight. If so, go to your GP and he will give you a diet sheet to lose weight and believe me, it will not include drinking only daysWrite your comments here..I'm sorry but that is.pure myth! The human body is perfectly capable of going without food for 3 days! Yes, I would agree that if I carried on like that I would starve myself to death but it's for 3 days for goodness sake. That
allows the body to cleanse and go into 'repair mode'. If I have health problems as you put it, it will have been ushered in by a period of feeling full of energy and health. I would rather believe a doctor who has studied and done it and my own experiences.0 -
The thing is that if you starve yourself, even for a couple of days, your body will shut down parts of your body to survive, and this is what is unhealthy about it
Write your comments here...Sorry, if that's the case, I'd like to know which parts? All that happened to me is I felt great- better than I had felt in months. I am now on the 5.2 diet. Fasting is good for the body, not bad. We eat far too much in the west
with the resulting health and obesity problems. That's what causes health issues- pie eating and filling your face to excess. A little discipline and restraint does wonders.0 -
About 12 years ago, after a period of ill health, we changed our eating regime. Aimed for a 'no fat' diet, but of course ate some. Made a determined effort to eat lots of fresh stuff and avoided the pies and the donuts and fried food. Over a year lost about
5 stone between us. In the main, weights stayed off. Put a bit back now retired and not quite so active.we put the success down to a change of eating habits that worked for us, rather than thinking of it as a diet.
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we put the success down to a change of eating habits that worked for us, rather than thinking of it as a diet.
Agree entirely, that's what I'm hoping to achieve. Not eating less, just differently.
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we put the success down to a change of eating habits that worked for us, rather than thinking of it as a diet.
Agree entirely, that's what I'm hoping to achieve. Not eating less, just differently.
..absolutely, that's why I like slimming world eating plan it's just sensible eating. Good food fresh products, not junk food. It has helped a lot of folk discover the joys of cooking from scratch, unfortunately there are many out there that don't know
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A variety of diets for a variety of folk - well done to all who are sticking to a regime and still benefitting from it. Sadly I cannot reccomend that you ever take a holiday in Bermuda. Have just got back from a week there, bloated by three meals a day
plus tea and biscuits in the afternoon. The portions were horrendous but I put that down to the nearby influence of Americans who frequently go there for holidays. Cannot pluck up enough courage to go and weigh myself yet.However if you can avoid temptation do go there, it is a super country, everyone speaks english and the natives are really friendly and it is a lot warmer than back home.
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A variety of diets for a variety of folk - well done to all who are sticking to a regime and still benefitting from it. Sadly I cannot reccomend that you ever take a holiday in Bermuda. Have just got back from a week there, bloated by three meals a day
plus tea and biscuits in the afternoon. The portions were horrendous but I put that down to the nearby influence of Americans who frequently go there for holidays. Cannot pluck up enough courage to go and weigh myself yet.However if you can avoid temptation do go there, it is a super country, everyone speaks english and the natives are really friendly and it is a lot warmer than back home.
bit like that when we go on a cruise, I keep telling OH you don't have to eat everything
they reckon on a pound a day you put on.
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we put the success down to a change of eating habits that worked for us, rather than thinking of it as a diet.
Agree entirely, that's what I'm hoping to achieve. Not eating less, just differently.
Write your comments here... I am eating less and differently. My OH has been ordered to cut the size of my meals down which, bless her, she has done. Loads of water, water with the juice of a fresh lemon every day( so good for the liver) kefir (learn about
it on YouTube- you'll be doing yourself a favour) Fruit and fresh veg. No longer wanting to sleep in the afternoon and the whole experience is a positive one. Thanks to all for your contributions.0
