Are there any vegetarians in the SFN group?
Mike, valid point but as Brian Furzer points out when you eat what makes a big difference. I am now eating later although a similar low fat, low sugar meal but the wasteline has increased to 35! never in my life have I been a 35 so meal changes are necessary with a light evening meal now.
I will just say this one more time before I stop following this thread -
Consume much less fat, sugar and alcohol. When you are hungry, fill up with raw vegetables and fruit. No magic, just as simple as that.
It is possible to learn not to like greasy, sugary foods - really! More of a problem with the alcohol, perhaps Try drinking more slowly......
Works for me - I am the same weight as I was 60 years ago. Admittedly not so neatly distributed!
Good luck! I wish you all a long and happy life.
Once our kitchen is finished in the next month, I will be going back to my juicing (look on my Pinterest board ‘Joe Cross’ + 'Drinks, healthy etc… Lots of suggestions to anybody who would be interested…
It’s been done time since I did juicing…I do breakfast yellow/orange coloured breakfast juice, afternoon green juice, then a light meal, often a chicken/meatball drap with lots of raw lettuce, tomatoes, cub umber or whatever takes my fancy, I smear the drap with mushed avocado…it’s easy and delicious…Indo this 3 days a week (as Joe Cross says, the juice will only last 72 hours (I make this in one go, too much work doing it every day!
I very quickly lost weight, skin, hair and feeling much better, energy and the rest…a lot of people have done the 5-2 diet, and that works very well too, but I just absolutely love the taste of the juices, and how quickly I see the result? 
Good luck to whatever works for you all…
Hi Catherine, I see this is an old post and I am sure that you are now close to your ideal weight:-) ! I am 1m82cm (6') and 92 kilos, I would like to lose some but winter is a bad time. However, I find the way that I eat helps. A decent breakfast and then a light lunch and a salad for later works. I found this when Linda went to the UK for a week. I lost 5 kilos but when she came back and we reverted to evening meals I gained 2 kilos - over the weekend she was back! As far as exercise is concerned, cycling is really good for me, after an ankle fusing I can't run anyway (and I found that boring!) Don't worry too much about "ideal weight" and obesity. When I was in my 30's I stopped drinking totally due to a kidney problem and I played a minimum of 12 squash games a week and the lowest weight I could reach was 83 kilos!
Good luck, I'm inspired now!
No graph but nearly 4kg up on last May and comment, Christmas is in there and a winter diet that has not been burned off by it being an exceptionally unwintery winter. Roll of 29 February when hunting ends and longer walks are reinstated every day.
79kg today, still working at it with a little help from my Withings Smart Body Analyser
You can spot the Christmas over indulgence in this graph!
I am stable at 71kg. A recent medical made me spot on for height, age and so on at 72kg. That was 6kg down over a few months. As the weather gets hotter, I shall step up the physical work and this summer might get me down to around 68kg. I lost up to 2kg a day last year, of which a large part went back on as I rehydrated but that is where the great part of the 6kg gradually went.That is where I will stop and work on keeping that.
I do 5:2 have done it for 2 years now. My weight is what I’m happy with and I fit into size 10 clothes, and the best thing is that I don’t have to make any sacrifices 5 days of the week. Fasting is easy once you understand what works for you. I don’t eat until evening and use my calories then, but that will not suit everyone. Whatever you both decide to do is right for you. Good luck
although was not particularly overweight at 84kg i felt at 70yrs old i was moving in the wrong direction.I decided 70kg would be ideal (i am 5'10") I achieved this simply by cutting out all snacks just eating breakfast lunch and supper..I drink wine not beer of fizzy drinks and do have the odd "treat"..i lost 14kg in four months and now find it easy to maintain that weight
wing-spread of the bone of your elbow is the indicator of how much your bone structure influences your body weight. So lets say the wing-spread, span or thickness is 11 cm, then the standard calculation for your normal weight is your total body hight minus 100 = the ideal weight. (e.g. 1,90 high: 190 cm - 100 = 0.90 = you ideal weight will be around 90 kg but if your elbow has a span of 12 cm, then your ideal weight will be between 84 and 96kg. Individually everybody must have his very own judgement where he feels best, a bit over, or a bit under-weight.
As James good example, using a rowing machine 30 min 5 times a week is good to go easy on his feet. There are always options to conserve those parts which are weak. Important is not to sit all your life in front of computers etc. They are responsible for over 75 % of spine problems…
I am 72kg at present, I get down to 70kg without too much effort and shall do once it gets warmer and I am no longer eating a winter diet to maintain rather than reduce 'insulating' body fat. Anyway, look at this article http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/apr/22/obesity-owes-more-to-bad-diet-than-lack-of-exercise-say-doctors or just jump to the article the story is based on http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2015/04/21/bjsports-2015-094911.full
It is in effect the way I 'diet' albeit it I do the hardest possible physical work I can in the hottest weather to literally sweat off weight. Last year I overdid it a couple of times, reducing by around 2kg in a single day but suffering from dehydration as a consequence.
The big problem is that at the end of the day, different people have very different metabolisms therefore there is probably no best solution thus no single diet exists that will be universally effective. As I have found experimenting to find my best route to the weight I want and allowing for age and health, it is best to take a look at a lot of ideas, perhaps try those that strike a chord but drop them if they fail. Medical studies tend to be more helpful information than diet specialists offer because they are often one dimensional and are worth looking at but also nutritional guidance rather than diet strictures help to find the personal needs and balance. That is not to knock diets but simply to say that whoever is 'selling' a particular method tends to advocate that to the exclusion of other possibilities, therefore probably own tailoring to suit with sound advice is probably the superior method.
84kg today, 21 down, 9 more to go! It helps that my GP has prescribed no wheat or dairy for a month (at least), plus I'm doing 30 minutes on the rowing machine 5 times a week. I have accepted that I am no longer 20 or even 30 something!
Don't know which diet that Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley used but I've heard that they're both losing loadsa weight!
Hi, the 5:2 really works, you eat 500/600 cals 2 days a week and normally on the others. No guilt if you don't fast one day you can do it the next. My friend has lost over 6 stone and I have lost 2. In fact my trousers got so loose they fell down whilst walking the dogs round the garden (luckily it didn't happen in public as it was hard to manage with 2 dogs pulling in different directions. They all need belts now. I joined the facebook group The 5:2 diet which is really supportive and has great information and recipes. It is an easy way of life not a diet.
Here's a question. I agree broadly with Susanne about avoiding processed foods and added sugars. I'm also enjoying eating a higher fat diet than I used to, with bacon and eggs making a comeback. :-) We now cook with coconut oil which seems to be going OK.
But my question was whether anyone had tried out the somewhat fashionable juice method, and if so to what degree. It appears to have a lot going for it, and the results can be surprisingly tasty given the inputs. :-)
Hi Catherine this should help, I hope!!!
By far the quickest and healthiest way to maintain weightloss I have come across in the last 20yrs is to simply eat in moderation, Replace high calorie things like, potatoes, pasta and white rice with a huge raw salad and green steamed vegetables, avoid processed foods, bought cakes, pastries etc which are devoid of any real and natural nutrition, and are the end product of the highly profitable “science” of artificial flavors, additives, and preservatives.
Whether you are eating this way for the taste or for the sake of convenience, know that you are inflicting a great deal of stress on your body and triggers fat storage.
Processed food consumption triggers a vicious cycle of addiction. These foods – typically chock-full of sugar, corn syrup, salt, and MSG – are usually chemically altered to increase their appeal to your taste buds, overriding your body’s signals that would tell you it’s time to stop eating.
Therefore once you add more high water, fibre and natural vegetables into your diet, you will never need to calorie control.
Hope this helps everyone
I just remembered, I reco'd him to you.
Anyway, my weight is OK as well.
Nothing at all Brian you just jogged a memorry
John, I know Michael. I was probably giving somebody info. In fact I just spoke to Michael last Saturday morning.... Which has what to do with our weight anyway?