Hi,
I thought I would introduce myself and say a little about why I was looking around for weight loss forums. I’m a 40 year old guy and I’ve been around 14 stone now for more years than I can remember. This wouldn’t be so bad if I wasn’t just 5ft 7, which makes me according to my BMI about 3 stone overweight.
Nothing I can do can ever seem to shift it, I go up and down a few pounds but always stay around the 14 mark. Because I am not an overly big guy, in terms of broad shoulders or muscular I mean, the weight is carried around as beer belly, double chin and man boobs. I know, sexy eh girls lol
The worst thing is I consider myself to have a pretty good diet. For a few weeks now I have been counting calories every day and even without changing my diet I am never more than 2100 calories a day. Here is a typical days diet for me.
* 1 x Toast first thing
* Muesli with nuts (unsalted) and semi skimmed milk
* 3 fruit a day, usually 2 Clementine and 1 banana
* Lunch of sandwiches, home made, bread butter and meat
* Snack on nuts (occasionally small bar of chocolate)
* Evening dinner (usually home made, always 500 calories or less)
* One or two glasses of wine most evenings.
I guess I drink around 4 to 5 cups of tea a day, no sugar and semi skimmed milk. I drink lots of water during the day.
Now that to me seems like a fairly balanced diet, apart from the wine maybe and the occasional chocolate bar. I really am at a loss how to shed some weight, I would love to lose about 2 stone. I am recently separated and at nearly 40, I realise I need to look and feel my best to be confident as well as look after my health.
Well that’s pretty much me anyway, hope everyone is having a good day
I thought I would introduce myself and say a little about why I was looking around for weight loss forums. I’m a 40 year old guy and I’ve been around 14 stone now for more years than I can remember. This wouldn’t be so bad if I wasn’t just 5ft 7, which makes me according to my BMI about 3 stone overweight.
Nothing I can do can ever seem to shift it, I go up and down a few pounds but always stay around the 14 mark. Because I am not an overly big guy, in terms of broad shoulders or muscular I mean, the weight is carried around as beer belly, double chin and man boobs. I know, sexy eh girls lol
The worst thing is I consider myself to have a pretty good diet. For a few weeks now I have been counting calories every day and even without changing my diet I am never more than 2100 calories a day. Here is a typical days diet for me.
* 1 x Toast first thing
* Muesli with nuts (unsalted) and semi skimmed milk
* 3 fruit a day, usually 2 Clementine and 1 banana
* Lunch of sandwiches, home made, bread butter and meat
* Snack on nuts (occasionally small bar of chocolate)
* Evening dinner (usually home made, always 500 calories or less)
* One or two glasses of wine most evenings.
I guess I drink around 4 to 5 cups of tea a day, no sugar and semi skimmed milk. I drink lots of water during the day.
Now that to me seems like a fairly balanced diet, apart from the wine maybe and the occasional chocolate bar. I really am at a loss how to shed some weight, I would love to lose about 2 stone. I am recently separated and at nearly 40, I realise I need to look and feel my best to be confident as well as look after my health.
Well that’s pretty much me anyway, hope everyone is having a good day