DellyLouLou
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Hi lovely people
I hope you don't mind, but Im after some advice.
I have been attempting Slimming World and Weight Watchers diets for about 18 months now and I have even tried meal replacement products such as Celebrity Slim and for the first few weeks, my losses are ok (3lbs here, 2lbs there) but seemingly after that, it stops completely. Once the losses stop, my motivation plummets and my diet goes down the toilet (I am trying to work very hard on eradicating this 'all or nothing' approach from my thought process)
Now, I must say that I suffer with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH - let's see how many of you google this ;-) lol) and as a result, I can't really do any exercise. Although I do have a fantabulous vibration power plate i use for 10 mins a day.
I have approximately 7 and a half stones to lose. I gained the weight as a result of depression and two pregnancies fairly close together, one of which was incredibly traumatic and caused me to massively comfort eat.
I haven't set myself a time limit as I don't want to put myself under too much pressure or lose weight too quickly (especially when I have this neurolgical condition goin on). I have bitter experience of losing too quickly. I lost 6 and a half stone by basically eating next to nothing and as a result, I have piled all of the weight I'd lost back on plus more. I have never told anyone this, but I think I need to say it out loud. I was bordeline eating disorder at my worst. I could go for 4 days at a time with literally nothing but Pepsi max and nicotine entering my system. I'm surprised I didn't kill myself. I know I've done serious damage to my insides. I have a suspected stomach ulcer, I got gall stones and had to have my gall bladder removed and on top of that, my hormones are totally out of control. Not good. Really, losing the weight so quickly wasn't worth the aggro it brought. People told me I looked fantastic but on the inside, I was very, very sick. I refuse to let myself go down that road again!
I want to do it healthily this time as I would like to keep it off for good. However, bare in mind I have quite alot to lose and I would still like significant weight loss, especially given the shear amount I have to lose and the major impact my weight is having on my mental health. Not to mention the fact that my neuro has told me that although weight doesn't CAUSE IIH, losing weight can help ease the awful symptoms.
So that was the long worded way of asking how many calories per day would you recommend for a 25 year old woman who literally does no exercise in order to produce decent results, without making myself ill in the process? I was thinking between 800-1000? Is this too much, or too little? Baring in mind I do no exercise at all, it hurts for me to stand for too long.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, I know you are all a supportive bunch from reading others posts
lotsa luv n huggles
I hope you don't mind, but Im after some advice.
I have been attempting Slimming World and Weight Watchers diets for about 18 months now and I have even tried meal replacement products such as Celebrity Slim and for the first few weeks, my losses are ok (3lbs here, 2lbs there) but seemingly after that, it stops completely. Once the losses stop, my motivation plummets and my diet goes down the toilet (I am trying to work very hard on eradicating this 'all or nothing' approach from my thought process)
Now, I must say that I suffer with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH - let's see how many of you google this ;-) lol) and as a result, I can't really do any exercise. Although I do have a fantabulous vibration power plate i use for 10 mins a day.
I have approximately 7 and a half stones to lose. I gained the weight as a result of depression and two pregnancies fairly close together, one of which was incredibly traumatic and caused me to massively comfort eat.
I haven't set myself a time limit as I don't want to put myself under too much pressure or lose weight too quickly (especially when I have this neurolgical condition goin on). I have bitter experience of losing too quickly. I lost 6 and a half stone by basically eating next to nothing and as a result, I have piled all of the weight I'd lost back on plus more. I have never told anyone this, but I think I need to say it out loud. I was bordeline eating disorder at my worst. I could go for 4 days at a time with literally nothing but Pepsi max and nicotine entering my system. I'm surprised I didn't kill myself. I know I've done serious damage to my insides. I have a suspected stomach ulcer, I got gall stones and had to have my gall bladder removed and on top of that, my hormones are totally out of control. Not good. Really, losing the weight so quickly wasn't worth the aggro it brought. People told me I looked fantastic but on the inside, I was very, very sick. I refuse to let myself go down that road again!
I want to do it healthily this time as I would like to keep it off for good. However, bare in mind I have quite alot to lose and I would still like significant weight loss, especially given the shear amount I have to lose and the major impact my weight is having on my mental health. Not to mention the fact that my neuro has told me that although weight doesn't CAUSE IIH, losing weight can help ease the awful symptoms.
So that was the long worded way of asking how many calories per day would you recommend for a 25 year old woman who literally does no exercise in order to produce decent results, without making myself ill in the process? I was thinking between 800-1000? Is this too much, or too little? Baring in mind I do no exercise at all, it hurts for me to stand for too long.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, I know you are all a supportive bunch from reading others posts
lotsa luv n huggles