Any one else wonder why they are so fat?

[Georgie90]

maybe you should see a doc or someone hun, there might be a prob, to eat what you eat and be 20stone :donno:

 

[Logan's Mum]

A normal day for me is

Breakfast One packet of original oats so simple made with semi skimed milk.

Snack, a piece of fruit.

Lunch, a sandwich with 2 slices of wholemeal bread and some chicken or ham, a muller light yogurt and another bit of fruit.

Tea, Ether some sort of home made pasta, chilli,soup,curry, meat and veg or a walm salad. Every thing is made from scratch, no packets or jars. All visibal fat is cut of meat, i dont have sugar in my tea, i never eat crisps and ill have a bar of chocolate once a month when iv got pms. Il have a glass of wine about once every 3 weeks and a takeaway the same.

Sounds exactly what I eat and I reckon Im back to the same size I was pre-pregnancy (not counting the stretched stomach ) That sounds a great menu, Im not knowledgable on slimming world or anything though but surely thats all good food to have? Especially as you dont seem to snack and cook all meals yourself. Apparently snacking can sometimes be a good thing as it keeps your metabolism going, maybe you could have something light mid-afternoon? (pumpkin seeds are good!).
p.s couldnt agree more with the chocolate eating habit, Im like a woman posessed in the chocolate aisle when i get PMS, should have my bank card taken off me before I get into the supermarket

 

[lozzy21]

My GP is a load of crap georgie, she just keeps trying to put me on orlistat(sp?)

As for portion sizes i cant realy give an example but part of my job is to plan, buy and cook meals for 3 adults and there all a healthy weight and dont do any exercise at all, literaly nothing.

 

[Georgie90]

mine is too hun, you really done eat a lot...before i started my diet i ate at least 3 choc.cakes,biscuits a day

 

[Suz]

Do you drink soda?

 

[leeanne]

My GP is a load of crap georgie, she just keeps trying to put me on orlistat(sp?)

As for portion sizes i cant realy give an example but part of my job is to plan, buy and cook meals for 3 adults and there all a healthy weight and dont do any exercise at all, literaly nothing.

Seriously, has she checked your thyroid?

I think it should be checked to see if you have underactive thyroid. I have it, but am only borderline so don't have a problem with weight. However, if it was under anymore, then I would have an issue.

 

[Jkelmum]

I know why i am 15stone ...steroids

 

[leeanne]

^those damn steroids are a bitch, aren't they? Gosh, so many people I know who have been on them and have gained weight with them.

 

[tasha41]

Lozzy, I find using fitday.com to keep track of my calories is useful, if you enter the nutrition facts from a package of your own food if you can't find it on there it saves it for you as well.

It puts things on charts for you so you can see where your calories are going (to carbs, fats, etc).. you can even track your exercise, you can set a goal and a date to accomplish it by and it will tell you how much you need to lose every week to get there It will even tell you what nutrients you need to get more of I believe!

 

[bky]

I use this to keep track of my calories and vitamins (not so good about it since being pg as I've just gotten back into being able to eat veg and whole grains). https://spaz.ca/cronometer/
It downloads to your computer and you can make profiles for yourself or other people and adjust based on activity, or if you feel you want less/more protein/fat/carb etc.

Before being pg I generally ate around 1600cal/day (as recommended by a few professionals, some people have the opinion it's not enough), all carbs from whole grains, veg, legumes etc, plenty protein, gym 3-5 times a week for 40min-hour at a time with cardio and weights, for over a year...and lost nothing. Been to Dr, nutritionist, personal trainer etc and they either think I'm lying (*sigh*) or have no idea. I was pretty in shape for a BMI of 38 though.
I decided not to care anymore as I'm in fantastic health.

My personal opinion is that if you can get all your vitamins just from what you eat you are probably doing pretty good for yourself.

 

[Chaos]

I agree with others, that's a lot of carbs for one day.
You need at least 1500 calories a day to keep your body going.

Anything below that and you'll body will go in to starvation mode and keep anything you put in it and turn it to fat. You also must eat breakfast! I've also read on a lot of places you should not eat after 7pm and before you sit down and relax after dinner, to take a 20 minute walk to help the digestion and kick start your metabolism. Another way to kick start it is to eat 5 or 6 smaller meals thru out the day vs the 3 traditional large meals.

Hubs and I are on a loose weight thing as we're going to FL in April and I refuse to have baby belly in a swim suit!

At the moment I'm 176 which is 12.5 stone (I'm 5ft 6) (Normal weight is is 140 (10 stone), I went up to 200 (about 14.5 stone) with my pregnancy) so I've got 36lb to (about 2.5 stone). I'm not doing a "diet" .. as I'm really shit with it and end up obsession on food and it just sets me up to fail.

I'm not counting calories, cause it make me feel shit if I go over and I end up obsessing again. If I'm hungry, I will eat, but I'm making healthy choices ... Basically how I'm going about it is, cutting ALL junk, crisps chocolates, cakes, sugary snacks, pizzas, tv dinners. On Sunday, I plan my meals for the week, and go shopping and only get the stuff I need to make those meals. If it aint in the house, I can't eat it. If I don't do this, things magically jump in my shopping basket, like Pringles. You gotta watch those little buggers, they are like ninjas and you don't see them in the bags until you get home!!!!

Every meal is made from scratch, so I know whats going in it and rather than cooking veg, we're eating it raw (Broc, cauliflower, peas, carrots, sugar snaps, Toms, cuecumber etc etc) as it keeps the enzymes in the veg to help digestion.

For example, todays menu consisted of:

Breakfast (7am): 1 bowl oatmeal, 2 slices brown, sugar free toast and marmite. Pro-biotic drink.

11-ses: Raw broc, cauliflower with a bit of salad cream. 1 banana.

Lunch: 2 poached eggs, 2 slices of brown bread, strawberry's.

3-ses: Low fat yogurt, tomato, 5 whole wheat ritz crackers.

Dinner (6pm) Salmon, brown rice, raw carrots, broc and spinach.

Then every night about 645 the hubby, Autumn and I take a brisk 20 min walk around the estate. It actually helps knock Autumn out for the night too lol.

Then during the day, I generally take the baby out to different walking trails and walk around for an hour or so. (I HATE being stuck in the house!)

I do all the walking because I totally DETEST the gym. I can't frigging STAND working out. Hate hate HATE it. But I love to walk!

I also try and drink at least 10 glasses of water a day. (A nutritionist I used to work with time me you should drink at least half your body weight in oz a day. So for me half of 176 is 88oz, so that = 11, 8oz glasses a day) I pee more than when I was pregnant!!!!! I don't drink soda, tea, etc..but then I never have .. I've always preferred water. I know, I'm odd lol.

I hope somewhere in the ramblings you find something useful!! Remember, you just gotta find something that works for you, every body is different and will loose weight different ways. You'll get there, just keep at it!

 

[cooney]

^those damn steroids are a bitch, aren't they? Gosh, so many people I know who have been on them and have gained weight with them.

I gained 20lbs on steroids. I'm off them now but it was something like 20lbs in 7 months.

 

[Blah11]

If I were you, I'd have 3 meals of 500cals each, and I'd have 2 snacks inbetween lunch and dinner, and dinner and bedtime of a piece of fruit, handful of nuts etc etc.. something healthy. I'd also limit carbs (if you have scrambled egg on toast with smoked salmon for breakfast, have a chicken salad for lunch and meat + veg with no potatos for dinner).

 

[lozzy21]

Suz, ill have a small bottle of diet coke once a week, its ether no added sugar squash, water or tea.

My doc wont send me for a blood test, she just thinks im in denile (sp?) and just eat to much.

 

[netty]

Suz, ill have a small bottle of diet coke once a week, its ether no added sugar squash, water or tea.

My doc wont send me for a blood test, she just thinks im in denile (sp?) and just eat to much.

Lozzy can you see a different gp or a nurse practitioner?
I am a np and if you came to see me that is one of the first things i would do!!
Get a second opinion at least you will know yourself what you are dealing with.

 

[Pyrrhic]

Keep a food and exercise diary, then see a different GP.

 

[lozzy21]

Netty i have been to see my nurse and she is just as pants as my GP. All she dose is try to get me to go to this group where they tell you about healthy eating and do some exercise but its full of old people and i work full time, so i couldent go even if i wanted to.

 

[Suz]

Keep a food and exercise diary, then see a different GP.

I have to agree with this.... If it goes in your mouth, write it down. and watch portion size.

Example. 1 can of Progresso soup that says 0 points weight watchers... is really not 0 points if you eat the entire can. Its actually 2 points. if you read the lable... its 2 portions and if you double the cals and all that stuff on the lable it adds up....