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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / June 2004Update after 8 weeks diet
Hello again...... 43 years old male at 6ft weighing 16st 10lbs at the start. Eating around 4000 calories a day before my diet. Sedentary lifestyle not helped by having numerous back operations. So my diet started and....... After first 4 weeks I then went from 16st 10lbs to 15st 4lbs Second 4 weeks.... Week 5 15st 2lbs Week 6 15st Week 7 14st 10lbs Week 8 14st 9lbs My average daily diet is now.... Breakfast... 50g of All Bran cereal and Skimmed milk. Small glass of fresh orange Lunch 150g of Tuna fish, drained from brine. Salad. Fresh juice Main Meal Salmon OR Chicken, boiled OR Quorn - vegetarian meat substitute. 2 Potions of fresh veg. Low Fat cottage cheese. Late night meal Tofu - high protein meat substitute OR Quork - dairy low fat type soft cheese, low carbs high protein. Low fat crackers 3 Potions of different fruit eaten during the day. Vit A+D in halibut liver oil taken when eating Salmon (fat soluble) Selenium + Vit E Zinc Vitamin C Yakult (Lactobacillus casei Shirota) drink Limited cycling, weights and walks are done every day. Caution applied during exercise due to back issues. So I now weigh 14st 9lbs after 8 weeks dieting and have lost 2st 1lb and look forward to reaching 13st 10/12 lbs and then increasing my calorie intake to maintain that weight. I am enjoying the experience and not found any difficulty with either the diet or the potions or type of food that I am eating, I suppose it does help being summer and my appetite would not be as big anyway. But I do get used to eating less and the desire to binge is no longer with me. One of my biggest successes with this diet has to be my wife. She too is dieting with me and to have a partner working along side of you makes the journey more pleasurable.  SignatureBest wishes Bob Congratulations Bob. 29 lbs in 8 weeks is excellent progress. janice >Hello again...... > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] >dieting with me and to have a partner working along side of you makes the >journey more pleasurable. > Congratulations Bob. 29 lbs in 8 weeks is excellent progress. > janice Thank you for your kind support :) SignatureBest wishes Bob > Congratulations Bob. 29 lbs in 8 weeks is excellent progress. Thanks for doing the math, janice. <G> Bravo Bob!!! SignatureWalking on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 >> Congratulations Bob. 29 lbs in 8 weeks is excellent progress. > >Thanks for doing the math, janice. <G> > >Bravo Bob!!! Well, I did it to avoid yet another of those "how many pounds in a stone" posts. I have trouble with kilos, and before I can tell anyone what my weight is in pounds I have to get out a calculator! janice Great job... Sounds like a pretty sane diet to me, although I would consider adding maybe 500 calories per day. one stone per month weight loss is not necessarily deadly, I lost at about same rate, but weight loss "authorities" advise going a little slower. (as I found out after I lost weight). Apparently, if you lose weight slower, it is easier to maintain weight loss. Do you feel much better now, physically? i > Sounds like a pretty sane diet to me, although I would consider adding > maybe 500 calories per day. one stone per month weight loss is not > necessarily deadly, I lost at about same rate, but weight loss > "authorities" advise going a little slower. (as I found out after I > lost weight). Apparently, if you lose weight slower, it is easier to > maintain weight loss. I know that it averages out at a stone per month (4 week month) but in fact the second month I lost 9lbs. I expect to lose around that, or a little less, until my taget is met. To me that gives assurance that my weight loss isn't too great, to cause concerns that my health or muscle loss could be compromised, and yet is continuing at a rate that equates to the correct calorie intake for me to continue losing weight at a rate of 1 to 2 lbs per week. If I do feel fatigued or find that my weight loss is too great then I will adjust my intake accordingly but as yet I am quite happy to continue in the method that I'm using. > Do you feel much better now, physically? Overall yes I do. It it nice to walk without sweating as much and be able to do things without being as out of breath as I was - although this is more to do with my general fitness level as I have been working on that also. I will continue to monitor and modify my diet as I get feedback from my body and whilst I continue to learn and read more about nutrition, usually from some excellent posts from within this group, for example Chris and her daily posts of her excercise and food :) BTW I found your website, and your pictures truely inspirational - I really mean that. Well done to you, you must be proud of what you achieved....!!! Best wishes Bob >> Sounds like a pretty sane diet to me, although I would consider adding >> maybe 500 calories per day. one stone per month weight loss is not [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the second month I lost 9lbs. I expect to lose around that, or a little > less, until my taget is met. Oh, that's very sensible! > To me that gives assurance that my weight loss isn't too great, to > cause concerns that my health or muscle loss could be compromised, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > great then I will adjust my intake accordingly but as yet I am quite > happy to continue in the method that I'm using. Sounds like a rational, reality based approach. By the way, what is your exercise regimen is like? I am sorry if you mentioned it before. Basically, it is necessary to do some strength training to preserve muscle... or else the dieter will end up looking pretty bad. All in all, the point of a diet normally should be becoming healthier, and good health requires good exercising, pretty much by definition. >> Do you feel much better now, physically? > > Overall yes I do. It it nice to walk without sweating as much and be > able to do things without being as out of breath as I was - although > this is more to do with my general fitness level as I have been > working on that also. I am happy for you... > BTW I found your website, and your pictures truely inspirational - I really > mean that. Well done to you, you must be proud of what you achieved....!!! Oh, I am glad to hear that, thanks! i > By the way, what is your exercise regimen is like? I am sorry if you > mentioned it before. Basically, it is necessary to do some strength > training to preserve muscle... or else the dieter will end up looking > pretty bad. All in all, the point of a diet normally should be > becoming healthier, and good health requires good exercising, pretty > much by definition. I agree with you. However I have to be aware that, due to some physical limitations, my ability to do to much in the way of weight work, and other forms of exercise, is a little compromised. Not impossible mind you but it does need consideration and thought otherwise I find myself having to use too many meds and be almost totally inactive for long periods of time. By reducing my weight this, hopefully, will have a beneficial effect on my back problems and cycling, walking and some light weights are, as yet, being beneficial too. I just have to remember that as focussed as my mental attitude now is I do have to apply a common sense approach and do these things slowly. Again congratulations to you. Best wishes Bob >> By the way, what is your exercise regimen is like? I am sorry if you >> mentioned it before. Basically, it is necessary to do some strength [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > consideration and thought otherwise I find myself having to use too many > meds and be almost totally inactive for long periods of time. There are so many exercises, that there are some exercises that can be done with a lot of illnesses, like bad back, for example. Obviously, you need some medical attention to be safe, just don't presume that there are no exercises fitting your health. For example, let's say with back problems, you can probably (!) do some bicep/tricep exercises, squats without weights, etc. Ask your doc for a referral. > By reducing my weight this, hopefully, will have a beneficial effect on my > back problems and cycling, walking and some light weights are, as yet, being > beneficial too. yeppers. > I just have to remember that as focussed as my mental attitude now is I do > have to apply a common sense approach and do these things slowly. My own opinion only, but being superconservative is the way to go with respect to health. There is no need to "get ripped in 6 weeks", you can as well take 6 years. i |
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