That'll be it then, not having those hefty desserts. Though, I've not been big on dessert for many years. When we are out for a meal I am much more inclined to have another glass of wine for 'dessert' where my missus has her usual choc fudge or Baileys cheesecake. What I did do though, was eat half of her meal on top of mine when she was 'saving room for dessert'
I may have consumed a little bit of wine myself over the past two weeks
I've been drinking wine and vodka at weekends in place of the mounds of Bulmers I used to drink. And I'm losing weight, not rapidly, but steadily enough. Ill share a bottle with herself watching a movie or whatever, then I'll have a few voddies with either 7up free or soda water and lime. I find I'm not drinking near as much, after a few I'll feel more tired than tipsy, whereas I could drink cans of Bulmers like water, I've been known to down 18 cans over an evening and night! more if we have visitors/go to a party etc I would have had a few shorts on top. When you consider there's about 8 teaspoons of sugar in each can
I'll make up one of my salads to go with. I chop up some crisp lettuce, cucumber, pickled gherkins, green olives, mixed greens inc baby leaf spinach, apple cider vinegar poured over a huge dollop of Helmans and stir it all up ... mmmmm, goes well with any meat.
I noticed something similar - I was 23 stone in May and now seem to have levelled off at 19. I was becoming a bit disheartened as I've been careful about what I was eating, walking for an hour a day, doing 30minutes on an exercise bike and doing a lot of resistance exercises but didn't seem to be making any progress. Then, I bought one of those high tech scales that pass a small electric current through the body and can do more than just weigh you. What I noticed was that although my weight was fairly constant, body fat was coming down and muscle mass was increasing which was encouraging.
So don't be too upset if you reach a plateau, things are still going and changing for the better on the inside
Since I began intermittent fasting I've seen another drop, then back to plateauing, main thing is I have not put anything back on so far. I feel a lot more tired quicker and swing between bouts of mad energy then switching to complete fatigue without warning. I know it's all adjustment, my body is probably a bit peeved for what I'm putting it through. That sounds like the scales I originally tested in my sister's house, it wanted age/sex/other info input, confused me a bit
That does sound cool - if it worked properly
I can't do full days, I'm doing what they refer to as 16/8, basically I have an 8hr window where I can eat, and fast for 16. Atm I'm using 2pm to 10pm, I had a very bad habit of late night stuffing my face! I can shift that time about, I could stretch it to 12am, but then I can't eat until 4pm next day. I find this way easy enough, as I don't tend to eat in the mornings anyway, I'm allowed to have coffee during the fast period and as much water as I need - during the 8hr eat window I really only eat twice and don't over do it. Keep the snacking right down and I'm grand. Weekends ... fast or no fast I'm having me few bevvies
but if you wear runners or a heavy top, that can be a few lbs
I have big shoulders, I'm tall-ish at 6'1.5" and apart from the aqcuired belly from years on the beer, I'm actually quite lean/muscular. I think there's a couple stone alone in the mid section though And like you, I'm not torturing myself over Christmas, It's my favourite time of year for food and drink. I do all of the cooking, so at least I can keep on eye on what's going into the meals but I am making stuffing for that Turkey, I am glazing that ham with honey and mustard, I will be having cranberry sauce and creamed spuds and shall be enjoying a bottle or 3 of fine wine during too AT least I hope to be a lot closer to that target weight than I would have been without this diet. I will also possibly only eat 1/2 or less than what I would have as the ol' carb guzzler, I'll try not to polish off everyone else's left overs ... as I always have done
I reckon 16.5st would be fine for my height and build. I've never been what you would immediately call fat, as my mother used to say I'm "big boned"
Ideally I just want to get to 115kg. But I will likely keep to this way of eating and just introduce fruit back into my diet.
I can just look at a bottle of cider and put on fat
I can just look at a bottle of cider and put on fat
I strictly limit that to one bottle on a day of proper physical work,
even so ... losing fat is almost impossible while still drinking booze for me. Alcohol is like a super-sugar!
I'll get back to my whisky now.
I can just look at a bottle of cider and put on fat
I strictly limit that to one bottle on a day of proper physical work,
even so ... losing fat is almost impossible while still drinking booze for me. Alcohol is like a super-sugar!
I'll get back to my whisky now.
You are taking statins.
I’ve had health anxiety since having a panic attack in the late sixties,probably caused by amphetamines.
Never been overweight but been on every so called health diet since with quite a few bingeing eat what I want episodes.
Some of the systems were Macrobiotics.vegan
Vegetarian paleo,perfect health diet,high fat low carb,high carb low fat,Atkins.mucousless diet.raw food diet.no raw food diet,chines diet,Japanese diet.zone diet
Juice diet,only fruit before 12 diet.keeping carbs sep from protein etc diet and numerous more,fasting intermittent fasting,in fact I’ve being doing the 16/8 for ages,it’s a piece of p,,s,finish eating at 6pm,eat at 10am or later as I often don’t get hungry till later.
All of those are to try and avoid illness,I’ve done loads of the alternate practices too
Yoga tai chi Chi gong running cycling weights skipping rebounding swimming fast walking shiatsu reflexology do-in acupuncture hypnosis chiropractor osteopath physio
Herbs western Chinese,just about every well known form of meditation and lesser.known.and endless others.
Just about to start for about the umpteenth time food eating based on Chinese system of dietics.
Yes I have had therapy of the western medicine type but it’s just how I am so I just get on with doing stuff as and when I feel like a change.
Health wise I guess I’ve been ok so far as long as you don’t include Health aniexty,
Good work with the weight loss guys.
I learned to strengthen my mind, over time, not an easy thing to do. I learned that my anxieties were created by ME, those glancing looks those snarky words from others, they were all just in that moment, I didn't need to carry them around. I own my headspace, and I'm not looking for any lodgers.
You’ve done really well.thanks for sharing.unless you’ve been through experiences that are similar to another it’s often hard to get where they’re coming from .You've been around I've no doubt - panic attacks are no joke, our daughter suffers them, so does my missus to a lesser extent. During a course I did recently on social studies, I had to do a presentation - something that was enough to give me anxiety!! and that is precisely what I did the presentation on. Through research for it I learned so much, realised I suffer from it myself. Or at least, did, I'm much more confident in myself nowadays, but there was a dark time when I hated walking outside the front door. I was so paranoid and felt so weak minded, thought everyone everywhere was judging me. Now, well, I hope they still do, because they can lick my left testicle for a reaction
This diet I'm running right now is also for ME! well, my family too, I don't plan to leave them anytime soon, they need me right now. I've had a few scares, after piling on weight my cholesterol went through the roof, I've had irregular heart beat, I've had to go on inhalers because I ran out of breath just climbing one flight of stairs, I've woke up in vinegar sweats or not breathing etc ... Time to stomp all of that. Losing the bit of weight I have thus far has already improved things vastly. I'm breathing much better, especially at night, I've ditched the inhaler, no more weird sweating, I feel much fresher in the morning ... but, I'm still aching all over, so I'm not there quite yet.
Still doing 16/8, but I still like to eat a bit later than the average Joe, so it's more like 11pm cut off, and I don't eat until at least 3pm, I don't feel any the weaker for that.
the front door thing ,my bike is a big help there as it is a means to escape but I can’t travel on a motorway or long dual carriageway,,not nor will ever fly again since ‘84.i carry diazepam which I know is a crutch,but helps me enter some situations I wouldn’t if I wasn’t carrying it.,they are great companions.,life ain’t so bad 
You’ve done really well.thanks for sharing.unless you’ve been through experiences that are similar to another it’s often hard to get where they’re coming from .
No doubt you are a strength to your family and that can be a great stimulator to get into action as you have.
I’ve been through [ no pun intended]
You’ve done well to fight that nighttime breathing problem,can be a scary time in the middle of the night.ive currently got 8 cats in my room for company,the other 3 are around elsewhere
I only live round the corner from where I was born so will probably die here also,lifeswizzed by but I’ve been blessed with fun laughter great friends lovers and kids so am very grateful ,had a wild 10 years that were fulfilling.so thankful to Life.
Hope things continue to improve for you.today is a new day and the basmati rice fish and veg are calling,some meditation and chi gong and a visit to my Barbadian lady friend for a workout
Would you like 2 more cats? the ones we have here drive me cuckoo .... but then I'd miss them if they were gone. I hate flying too, was terrified of it for years before I met my missus, but she got me traveling again. I've seen more of the world and got to see more live gigs [another thing that used to make me nervous] in the 14yr I've known her, than the 28yrs prior. Sometimes all it takes is others to have a little confidence in you
Sorry for the late reply, not getting notifications.Bloody hell, I would have thought that such a rate of weight gain is impossible. It takes roughly 3000 surplus calories to gain one pound. You have had about 50,000 cals too many. Were you eating when you should have been sleeping.
Guiness book of records material
Can just see me bouncing up and down with me kettle bell, the kids would think I've finally cracked 
.............. Bigtime !!