Tiaratara
Full Member
Hello all,
I'm Tara, 24 years old and in desperate need to lose weight. I feel so uncomfortable in my skin and my self- esteem went out in the rubbish about 3 years ago!!
I am 5ft 4 and currently weigh 11.7 stones and the lowest I ever got following Rosemary Conley and slimming world has been 10.7. I just can't seem to get past that weight for some reason and it's not good!!
My aim is to lose about 2 stone or become a easy size 10, whichever comes first!! I have hypothyroidism too so that doesn't help at all!
Anyways I've been eating healthy and going to the gym now for over 2 months and I have had no weight loss. My body fat % has gone up which is even worse to a whopping 36.1%!!
My bloods have been checked and they are showing my thyroid levels are in the "normal range" so I can't increase my dosage of 125mcg.
Anyways I've hit rock bottom and tried everything except no/low carb diets so I'm gonna give it a bash!!
I'm not planning on following a set diet, I don't really understand them and can't afford to join classes/online clubs so I'm doing it alone!! I've been reading up about the keto diet and want to give it a try! Really have nothing to lose (except weight! Lol!)
Anyways I need a bit of support and guidance to make sure I'm on the right lines. I was originally gonna try the cyclical ketogenic diet cos the thought of carbing up at weekends REALLY appealed to me but now thinking about it I'm worried I would keep feeling crappy all week every week cos my body would have to start ketosis again every week!!
So...I intend to:
Well I did some maths based on Ckd and after working it out I should have the following daily:
Protein 102 grams equivalent to 408 cals
Fat 54 grams equivalent to 492 cals
Thus giving me a total cal intake of 900 Cals a day!
My BMR from those machines at gym is apparently 1538 but cos I have hypothyroidism I just took 638 cals off that to compensate (500 being what they recommend u should take off!)
Firstly do you think this amount of cals is too low???
Now what was I planning to eat! typical day:
Multivitamin
Fibre supplement
Possibly a fat supplement (good fat!)
Bacon rashers
Eggs (lots!)
Protein whey isolate shake (low carb) 17g of protein per shake (maybe 2 of these a day)
Cheese
Chicken
Steak
Bacon etc etc
Salad leaves
Sugar free jelly
Am I on the right lines??
I'm also only drinking water and having one coke zero a day as a treat (nothing with citric acid!)
I'm awaiting some liquid sucralose for my morning brew but until then I'm not gonna drink tea or coffee.
I intend to do low intensity exercise every other day whether this be walking or resistance training.
What do u all think?? Am I wasting my time??
I've bought some ketostix and have them in my possession. I intend to start this tomorrow and will be going to the shop this evening to buy all the products.
This isn't an impulse decision, I've been reading for a while, tomorrow is a good day cos I'm off work now till Monday so I can be as cranky and lazy at home as I like! ?
Well that's me!! Hope someone can help!!
Look forward to hearing from u all!!
Tara xxx
I'm Tara, 24 years old and in desperate need to lose weight. I feel so uncomfortable in my skin and my self- esteem went out in the rubbish about 3 years ago!!
I am 5ft 4 and currently weigh 11.7 stones and the lowest I ever got following Rosemary Conley and slimming world has been 10.7. I just can't seem to get past that weight for some reason and it's not good!!
My aim is to lose about 2 stone or become a easy size 10, whichever comes first!! I have hypothyroidism too so that doesn't help at all!
Anyways I've been eating healthy and going to the gym now for over 2 months and I have had no weight loss. My body fat % has gone up which is even worse to a whopping 36.1%!!
My bloods have been checked and they are showing my thyroid levels are in the "normal range" so I can't increase my dosage of 125mcg.
Anyways I've hit rock bottom and tried everything except no/low carb diets so I'm gonna give it a bash!!
I'm not planning on following a set diet, I don't really understand them and can't afford to join classes/online clubs so I'm doing it alone!! I've been reading up about the keto diet and want to give it a try! Really have nothing to lose (except weight! Lol!)
Anyways I need a bit of support and guidance to make sure I'm on the right lines. I was originally gonna try the cyclical ketogenic diet cos the thought of carbing up at weekends REALLY appealed to me but now thinking about it I'm worried I would keep feeling crappy all week every week cos my body would have to start ketosis again every week!!
So...I intend to:
Well I did some maths based on Ckd and after working it out I should have the following daily:
Protein 102 grams equivalent to 408 cals
Fat 54 grams equivalent to 492 cals
Thus giving me a total cal intake of 900 Cals a day!
My BMR from those machines at gym is apparently 1538 but cos I have hypothyroidism I just took 638 cals off that to compensate (500 being what they recommend u should take off!)
Firstly do you think this amount of cals is too low???
Now what was I planning to eat! typical day:
Multivitamin
Fibre supplement
Possibly a fat supplement (good fat!)
Bacon rashers
Eggs (lots!)
Protein whey isolate shake (low carb) 17g of protein per shake (maybe 2 of these a day)
Cheese
Chicken
Steak
Bacon etc etc
Salad leaves
Sugar free jelly
Am I on the right lines??
I'm also only drinking water and having one coke zero a day as a treat (nothing with citric acid!)
I'm awaiting some liquid sucralose for my morning brew but until then I'm not gonna drink tea or coffee.
I intend to do low intensity exercise every other day whether this be walking or resistance training.
What do u all think?? Am I wasting my time??
I've bought some ketostix and have them in my possession. I intend to start this tomorrow and will be going to the shop this evening to buy all the products.
This isn't an impulse decision, I've been reading for a while, tomorrow is a good day cos I'm off work now till Monday so I can be as cranky and lazy at home as I like! ?
Well that's me!! Hope someone can help!!
Look forward to hearing from u all!!
Tara xxx