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So I thought I'd upload a couple of progress pics. There are no pics of me from when I started in September because I couldn't even bring myself to look at my body in a mirror never mind take a photograph. Too dispiriting. In the before pictures here I am about 7 weeks into losing weight and have already lost 8kg. The second pics are taken today, another 7kg down. I will be 49 in January. I am 5'7" / 1m 70 These photos show, according to BMI charts,1) low end obesity and 2) right at the high end of the 'overweight' category. I don't have anything to show off (!), and still a long way to go (in fact I'm only halfway: another 14kg to lose if I want to hit a 'normal' BMI) but I thought it might be interesting to post at this stage.
View Diet Calendar, 09 December 2020:
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818 kcal
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Fat: 34.64g | Prot: 67.34g | Carbs: 62.34g.
Breakfast: Sainsbury's Chia Seeds, Bio-Tiful Kefir, Blueberries. Lunch: Cherry Tomatoes, Olive Oil , Cooked Japanese (Daikon) Radish (Fat Not Added in Cooking), Rocket, Rump Steak, Parmesan Cheese (Grated) . Dinner: Tesco Frozen Green Beans, Tilda Brown Basmati Rice, Marks & Spencer Tenderstem Broccoli, Tesco Pork Chop. Snacks/Other: Clementines. more...
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2580 kcal
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Exercise:
Body Pump - 55 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 5 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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09 Dec 20 by member: osama samaraii
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Well done 👏 how have you managed to get to how you are now?...whatever it is your doing brilliantly
09 Dec 20 by member: Suesixty
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09 Dec 20 by member: JanusWoman
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Hi Sue, thanks! I started off with the Michael Mosley Fast 800 - 2 weeks on 800 calories a day, eating low carb. I think the main benefits of those two weeks were refocusing on nutrition and feeling full and understanding quite how much processed carbs spike my blood sugar and cause me to feel hungry and overeat.
Since then I have averaged 1300 cals a day. I do two non-consecutive days on 800 calories, high protein low carb, and the rest of the time I just eat normally but do count calories. Nothing is banned or cheat food, I can have what I like as long as I keep the average, so Fridays and Saturdays are higher cal days for me, with wine, cake if I want, just bearing in mind the effect of things that make me overeat.
I have done Body Pump (Les Mills) for years and really love it. I do it at home three days a week for full body strength training, and on weekends I walk with the family.
Because I cook for a family I have had to figure out, plan and insist on meals that are not always everyone's favourites, but which can adapt to what I need and what others need/want too. Sounds like an odd thing to say, but mums often give way to everyone else (unless you are prepared to cook two meals/eat separately) and try and diet on smaller portions of the wrong foods, so a big part of keeping on track has been putting my health needs up there as a priority.
Long answer to a short question, but thank you for your support. I'm about half way there according to BMI, and feeling motivated for it! :)
09 Dec 20 by member: JanusWoman
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Great job! Lovely legs and soon you will have a flat stomach. That is your years of body pump paying off, good structure built and maintained underneath just waiting to be revealed once the excess stripped off.
09 Dec 20 by member: Anne_145
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Thanks, Anne, that's very encouraging. I will be very happy when my boobs finally stick further forward than my tummy again :))
09 Dec 20 by member: JanusWoman
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wat a " big " 😉 difference, well down. You can be truly proud of your achievement so far.I wish you succes with your final goal. Good luck.🍀🤗
15 Dec 20 by member: Biene Mays
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Thank you, Biene! My big objective now is to get through xmas and back on the straight and narrow! Really enjoying the comfort of carrying less baggage about!
15 Dec 20 by member: JanusWoman
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