Does anyone have any tips on how to lose weight?

Jordan_90

@steve51 thank you so much 

steve51

Hi @Jordan_90

Just found one for you.

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-living/chair-exercises-and-limited-mobility-fitness.htm

Please let me know if it’s any good?????

I can carry on looking for you if you need?

@steve51  

Tori_Scope

I second the article that @steve51 has sent @Jordan_90! I helped run some chair-based yoga, tai chi, dance, and aerobics sessions last year and everyone seemed to really enjoy them  

Jordan_90

Awesome thanks 

steve51

Hi @Tori_Scope @Jordan_90

Yes I have done Yoga & Tia Chi & I used go swimming once a week when I was a client at “Headway”

But as my health deteriorated these all came to a grinding halt. 

“Shame”

@steve51

Topkitten

The simple way to lose weight is to just eat and drink less. Almost everybody in this country eats too much and drinks too much alcohol and it is why we are being overrun with Diabetes and even some Cancer's are related to weight. Dieting is useless because people lose the weight then go back to what they did before and put it back on. It has to be a life change. Another point is that portions now are simply too large. In the last decade or two portion sizes have increased by 25% so just reduce them or don't eat it all.

Exercise is good for the body but doesn't contribute much to weight loss although it will help keep a person toned and looking better if they are losing weight as it tightens up muscles and turns fat into muscle. Remember though that if you stop exercising then the muscle goes to fat so it isn't something to cut down on after doing well.

Do not artificially cut things out (like meals) because you simply send the body into conservation mode and any benefit is offset by tiredness. Eating healthy can help but again it's benefit for weight loss is overrated. However, it's benefit for a healthy body can be immense.

I lost a lot of weight when I simply couldn't prepare meals properly or eat them before they got cold, so I ate less and didn't eat so much in between meals and over 6 or 7 years lost a massive amount of body fat. I don't now and never have eaten healthy food and I can barely walk and have taken 20+ tablets a day for more years than I can remember so eating and drinking less really does work but it MUST be a permanent change. It is very easy to use such things as an excuse when really it's just hard to not eat and drink so much. Try not to make excuses because it only makes losing weight harder. Be honest with yourself about it.

Always remember though, eating with others will tend to encourage you to eat more to be social and often people will ask if you are ok if you keep leaving stuff on the plate. You have to be strong and ignore such comments or make a joke out of it or maybe poke fun back.

TK

Tori_Scope

That is a shame @steve51 Have you been able to pick up anything new? 

Tori_Scope

You're right about not cutting out meals @Topkitten, and that consistency is key!

dowhatyoucant

Hi @Jordan_90 I saw your post and wanted to just add a few tidbits here...

Cutting out meals is actually a perfectly safe way to reduce caloric intake (which is how weight it lost). Going off the example of 3 meals a day, cutting out either breakfast or dinner at first (which takes time and usually starts with reducing the meal's size and a few weeks later completely removing it) is perfectly healthy and actually the only way to tap into our body's self-cleaning function called "autophagy" - great thing to learn about if you wanna read up on. But after seeing success and training your body to go those extra few hours a day without food you'll eventually be able (if you want to accelerate progress) to remove a second meal a day (or at least reduce its size) IF you want to. I don't recommend eating anything less than 1 meal a day, but it is in fact possible and perfectly healthy when you've allowed your body to adjust to going longer without food.

Exercise, while true that you won't burn "that" many calories from a workout, is still critical to maintaining a normal metabolism, but even more critical to maintain basic human health. Here in the States I go by the American College of Sports Medicine's most recent physical activity guidelines for adults that reports persons of nearly every age need 75-150 minutes of cardiovascular exercise a week, 2-3 days of resistance training for each major muscle group, 2-3 days of flexibility work, and 2-3 days of neuromotor training (agility, balance, etc.) each week. These obviously require doing some/all on the same days of the week, but that's what research has shown to be the MINIMUM required activity just to MAINTAIN a healthy body. When you think about how few people actually meet these activity requirements, it becomes more apparent why so many people struggle with weight, especially when food landscapes facilitate over-consumption as others have mentioned here.

All that is to say, reduce caloric intake over time, increase activity over that same time, and you'll certainly see continued progress in the long-run (don't fret over a week or two of stalled progress, focus on the month-to-month at a rate of ~2-3kg/month).

If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to answer them! Best of luck

poppy123456

I wouldn't recommend skipping meals to lose weight... https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/ten-weight-loss-myths/