people on diets?

do you have an diet chart?

what i have done is draw of where i want to end up and every week i mark where i am.

every time i eat something i write it down so i can find the right amount to have each day so if lose to much i can eat a bit more i want to lose weight but i dont want to make myself ill while doing it... so it be like day 1, day 2, day 3 and so on

this what i go by at the moment
2 shapes
3 apples
4 gherkins
700g of whatever i'm having curry, chill, sunday dinner and so on
2 tomates

also

when i get to the perfect weight i'm going make sure i eat enough to same at same weight. which i will weight myself for an month or two everyday so if i am over it i will drop an food intake an little and  if i'm under i will increase the food intake... till i find out the right amount of food i need everyday

Seems like you got it well sorted, I have never really gone down the diet route as don't put on too much weight. 

i need to lose weight and i going to do it this time... my sister has help me a lot you have to see her she look an stunner now let me find picture for you

Ooh that would be nice to see a pic of your sis.

i cant post any i think she removed her old one well she half her size now she go to slimming world

That's a pity, I understand slimming world is one of the better diets. I must say how nice a brother are you to say your sis is a stunner, my bro wouldn't even think that let alone say it! Well done to you both its not easy.

this was from the weekend with her other half i'm not sure about her hair then

Gosh she is lovely Steve what a gorgeous smile she has:) 

Nah, no charts for me. I don't like diets - makes it seem like a temporary thing. I'm just really strict about what I eat.

Oh Eleanor that picture! I am still tittering now!  

Eleanor wrote:Nah, no charts for me. I don't like diets - makes it seem like a temporary thing. I'm just really strict about what I eat.

the chart i am doing is an temporary thing but it will end up what i do for the rest of my life finding the right diet for me to stay at the perfect weight

Sounds like a good idea. Good luck with it!

That kind of chart wouldn't work for a girl lol

why wont it?

They can work for anyone, as long as it's what that particular person is able to work with.

i think just writing what you eat is good enough but i want to know how im doing if i'm losing to much weight or not losing it quick enough. i dont want to make myself ill by not eating enough but i dont want to be doing this for the next 10 years

It's a good way to keep track of it. Have you calculated your BMR? It's a good way of estimating how many calories you need to take in to lose/gain weight.

I think once you have lost what you want to, its a good idea to find out what you can eat to keep it at that level, far too many people lose just too much and end up looking quite ill.

yea about 14 maybe 13 stone for me will be perfect for me and my high

Eleanor wrote:It's a good way to keep track of it. Have you calculated your BMR? It's a good way of estimating how many calories you need to take in to lose/gain weight.

how do you do that?

Steve wrote:yea about 14 maybe 13 stone for me will be perfect for me and my high  

Sounds about right that.

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

The BMR is how many calories you burn just being alive each day.

Once you figure out your BMR, you can adjust it to how much exercise you do:

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/harris-benedict-equation/

And that gives you an estimation of how many calories you'd need to eat to lose weight. I find it really helpful.

cool thanks a lot

Hayley wrote:That kind of chart wouldn't work for a girl lol

A very sweeping statement - quantify?

Steve wrote:why wont it?

It will. Everybody has different levels of willpower/drive/motivation. If the chart helps you, then it's a great idea! Men or women, it doesn't matte - you do what works for you & keeps you healthy. 

P.S. Eleanor has done so much research on calorie/fat intake compared to calory requirements - believe me, she knows what she's talking about! 

i put weight on far to easy i'm sick of being extra pound club  so this is the time i'm going do it right and proper

Good for you! You'll notice your health improving as you go!

i lost 8 pound the last weigh in

That's a good start. I've lost a stone since March, but I'm taking it quite slowly cause my oh's dieting as well (high blood pressure) and he'd find it hard to cut back all at once.

haha i've never been on a diet in my life, love my food to much

Same here, but my oh has been told he has to lose weight because of his high blood pressure, so I've joined him so that he'll keep at it!

neither of us have any health problems and both happy with our weight so never done diets

Steve wrote:cool thanks a lot

No problem!

Caryll wrote:

Eleanor has done so much research on calorie/fat intake compared to calory requirements - believe me, she knows what she's talking about! 

Translation: Eleanor is an obsessive and very strange person, so don't disagree with her - she'll do strange things to your shoes.  

because your still an pup ella, i dont have any weight health problem but i could in 10/15 years so i'm dealing with it now

Steve wrote:because your still an pup ella, i dont have any weight health problem but i could in 10/15 years so i'm dealing with it now

yer but how many people my age or younger have been on diets for years?

I've been the same weight now for 8 years every since i started playing rugby (which i can't do now) doesn't matter how much i eat or not i stay the same. But i'm not the type of person to care about diets they just don't interest me but to each their own

I lost 3st in 7 months with slimming world and have now kept at target (+/- 3lb) for 8 months

For me to stay on it I had to keep a food diary just about being honest with yourself, and our group had a Facebook diary page to post pics for meal ideas etc which helped

Just losing the weight made exercise easier and now I can be much more relaxed with what I eat, if I fancy something I have it, as I know what I need to do to bring it back on track. I wouldn't say it was dieting as such i definitely eat more now and I can have pretty much all my favourite meals with slimming world it's just about preparing it the right way and planning meals/snack options