Tiaratara
Full Member
Hello all,
Firstly I'll apologise if I've put this in the wrong place, I just didn't know where to put this thread and it was suggested you lot on here are the best for advice!! Lol!!
So anyways....here goes!!.....
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 to lose a pound a week!)
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 like evening primrose or cod liver enriched with omega 3.
Bacon rashers
Eggs (lots!)
Protein whey isolate shake (low carb) 17g of protein per shake (maybe 2 of these a day)
Cheese lots of it!!
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
Firstly I'll apologise if I've put this in the wrong place, I just didn't know where to put this thread and it was suggested you lot on here are the best for advice!! Lol!!
So anyways....here goes!!.....
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 to lose a pound a week!)
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 like evening primrose or cod liver enriched with omega 3.
Bacon rashers
Eggs (lots!)
Protein whey isolate shake (low carb) 17g of protein per shake (maybe 2 of these a day)
Cheese lots of it!!
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