resisting_temptation
New Member
Hi everyone, hope some one can help! Am a newbie here, but unfortunately not a newbie at struggling to lose weight.
I am 21 years old, 5"3 and 154lbs. A couple of years ago I managed to lose about 2 stone on weight watchers, but didn't stick to the diet so have been maintaining at my current weight since. I am deeply unhappy with my weight - or more importantly the way I look, so i am constantly trying to find an easy simply way to lose weight.
A couple of months ago I started slimming world, and found it far from simple and easy. My weight loss was very slow, and I was getting very frustrated. Then, a few weeks ago my father in law suddenly passed away, so me and my fiancé went to stay with his mum for a while, and the diet was obviously the last thing on my mind.
Since returning home, I have been having a serious think about the best way for me to lose weight. I wasn't happy with the slimming world way - it was always at the back of my mind that I wasn't getting enough calories which could have been slowing down my weight loss. I am getting so discouraged and downtrodden because I just want to cut down what I eat and lose weight with some exercise, but it just isn't happening.
So I have been reading up on calorie counting, and it appeals to me because the control seems to be put back into my hands, rather than being constricted to a plan so to speak. However, I have a couple of questions.
Firstly - what about fat? Do you simply count calories? The thing that worries me is that I could think I am doing well, when I might be taking in a lot of fat or saturated fat. I am obviously aware which foods are better for me, so I will always try and make informed decisions. Also, dont you get extra calories from the fats in food? So when a biscuit has, for example 100 calories in it, yet has 3.2g of sat fat in, wont there be extra uncounted calories? Or are they taken into account on the food labeling? (Sorry if thats confusing!)
Secondly, I looked at that sticky that explains how to work out required calories etc (Which is great btw!) and it came out that I should eat about 1500 cals to lose a lb a week, and that to me just seems quite a lot! Is this a usual amount of cals to eat to lose weight? I work 5 days a week running around in a restaurant so I'm not sure how active that makes me?
Also, it would be great to get any tips or anything that you guys have picked up along the way
Thanks a lot for reading, sorry about the ramble!
Hannah x
I am 21 years old, 5"3 and 154lbs. A couple of years ago I managed to lose about 2 stone on weight watchers, but didn't stick to the diet so have been maintaining at my current weight since. I am deeply unhappy with my weight - or more importantly the way I look, so i am constantly trying to find an easy simply way to lose weight.
A couple of months ago I started slimming world, and found it far from simple and easy. My weight loss was very slow, and I was getting very frustrated. Then, a few weeks ago my father in law suddenly passed away, so me and my fiancé went to stay with his mum for a while, and the diet was obviously the last thing on my mind.
Since returning home, I have been having a serious think about the best way for me to lose weight. I wasn't happy with the slimming world way - it was always at the back of my mind that I wasn't getting enough calories which could have been slowing down my weight loss. I am getting so discouraged and downtrodden because I just want to cut down what I eat and lose weight with some exercise, but it just isn't happening.
So I have been reading up on calorie counting, and it appeals to me because the control seems to be put back into my hands, rather than being constricted to a plan so to speak. However, I have a couple of questions.
Firstly - what about fat? Do you simply count calories? The thing that worries me is that I could think I am doing well, when I might be taking in a lot of fat or saturated fat. I am obviously aware which foods are better for me, so I will always try and make informed decisions. Also, dont you get extra calories from the fats in food? So when a biscuit has, for example 100 calories in it, yet has 3.2g of sat fat in, wont there be extra uncounted calories? Or are they taken into account on the food labeling? (Sorry if thats confusing!)
Secondly, I looked at that sticky that explains how to work out required calories etc (Which is great btw!) and it came out that I should eat about 1500 cals to lose a lb a week, and that to me just seems quite a lot! Is this a usual amount of cals to eat to lose weight? I work 5 days a week running around in a restaurant so I'm not sure how active that makes me?
Also, it would be great to get any tips or anything that you guys have picked up along the way
Thanks a lot for reading, sorry about the ramble!
Hannah x