best thing i've ever done to loose weight, I need to share it!

painful! I could barely walk gor a eeek after :s

Ooooh, is it fun though? ;D

well i started jillian michaels ripped in 30 yesterday and have done day 1 and 2 and also went out to do c25k today, i ache like mad now though 🙂

I bought myself a wii, and have been soing some boxing.......and today I ache sooooo much but hope it's working

If you eat less than 1200-1500 cals a day (depending on your height etc) you're likely to lose more muscle than fat. Your body will store the fat and the weight coming off will be muscle, so you could end up what some people call "skinny fat", where you could weigh 9 stone but you won't look it. You'll lose weight but you won't lose many inches from your body.

I found it SO hard to eat over 800 cals a day but I found out that eating peanuts and peanut butter is really good for upping your cal intake without eating another meal when you're not hungry. Peanut butter and sliced apples was my favourite snack 😀

This is so very true. I used to be very slim (UK size 6) and then I ate a lot and stopped exercising through my final year at uni and went up to a UK 12 and even though I did a sports degree and really should know better I barely ate anything, and drank a lot of water, but still didn't do much exercise other than my job. I'm a 10/12 18 months later and would describe myself as skinny fat, I look a lot larger than what the scales tell me and I'm pretty soft! There's not a lot of muscle there so I've had a little marshmallow belly 😛 Please please please make sure you eat your RDA allowance of calories, there's a very good reason the intake is recommended! (Empty calories i.e alcohol/fizzy pop is not included in that 😛 )

The healthy way to lose weight is to BURN more than you EAT, that's why apps etc like MFP are so helpful as it shows you exactly what you've put in your mouth and how much you need to burn to lose the weight you'd like/need. If you're a jogger or cycler there are apps that show you your distance, time spent and calories burnt I think it's called 'strata' but I could be wrong.

Sorry that sounded so preachy I didn't mean to but so many people unhealthily lose weight and it can be dangerous and lead to things such as eating disorders.

I've just joined, I'm Glitterpix87. I'm not one for counting calories but I figured I could use this to keep an eye on the types of food I'm eating - I'm one for snacking and not realising how much I've eaten! It'll stop me eating crisps all the time haha. I do want to lose a bit of weight though, I've put on a few stone in the last 12 months due to lazyness. Feel free to add me!

i use myfitnesspal ive been doing the 5:2 diet and it seems to be working lost 2ibs 😀 i just have extra junk on my hips and thighs (too much cake hehe)

Thought I'd resurrect this thread as I have just joined myfitnesspal, I'm ebonyrose83 if anyone wants to add me. It's a real eye-opener, showing me where I'm going wrong and helping me to both improve my eating habits and sort out a proper exercise regime 🙂

Ooh Im on there, feel free to add me, MissBee_

I use it more to log my workouts (I have too many Jillian Michaels DVD's) and having other people on there to keep me motivated. 🙂

I've been doing slimming world now for 10 weeks and have lost 2stone 1.5lbs, im really loving it and i will add some exercise at some point xx

I did use it but Im doing slimming world and i dont think the two work quite so well together 🙂

I'm another who used to use mfp but now doing slimming world. SW works better for me because self discipline is not a strong point - I actually need the accountability of a group to keep me going. I do think mfp is good though if you prefer keeping track of yourself. 🙂

This is an interesting thread to me, as I always yo-yo dieted for years... till I finally evened out, hovering around 8 stone (give or take a few lbs), at a short 5'3" (at least I think I'm short!)...

The best thing I've done (not counting any other forms of walking or exercise) is keeping up doing 20 minutes of light cardio every weekday morning - 20 minutes isn't loads, but 100 minutes a week, every week, does add up.  I've done this for quite a while now, but last year, I added another easy 10 minutes after work every weekday, and mentally, that's not too much to keep up.  It does take a 'push', but it's a good level of maintenance that's not easy to talk myself out of!

I started to eat as a pescetarian* beginning of last year, which made things even easier - not that I ever had loads of meat or poultry, but I've easily done without it, and I think my digestion is better off for it.  But no other food is off limits - I eat what I'm in the mood for and don't stress about it.

I admit, I still take comfort from lightly tallying calories so I know I'm keeping within the right range, and keeping consistent with some sort of regular activity has been the best thing I've learnt to finally maintain.

* I can't say I absolutely love any type of fish, but I don't have a problem eating most fish.  So I'm more like a "vegetarian who eats fish". 🙂

Ims till plodding on with slimming world and have lost over 3 stone now, im currently on week 4 of c25k too 🙂

I like it, but I only use it for food, as I dont know how many calories I burn on a pole session, it can really vary.