Tsunade wrote:I'm glad theres other people trying to lose weight on here, I've been trying for months to hardly any avail. I've only managed to lose a couple of pounds! I'm starting to think I must be sleep eating or something!
I'm a little different when it comes to my weight. I have a condition where my lymph nodes aren't working in my left leg. No idea where they've gone (I was fine till I was 14) but they are, and so I constantly have fluid on my leg, which makes gauging how heavy I am a bit difficult. It doesn't help that I don't seem to look as big as the scales say (I can fit into size 16 - 18 clothing) However even with that I am overweight (100kg+, not sure on the exact weight) so I've been trying to get rid of my excess weight for months. I've cut down on the carbs, sugar and cheese and I've been trying to walk a lot more when I get chance. I want to get to around 13 stone at the very least. I'm only 5'7 so I'd still be overweight but nowhere near as I am now. Hopefully I'll have lost some before I hit 32.
That lymph node thing sounds rough, and pretty annoying. Booo.
You've set yourself quite a target there, so best of luck with it.
Are you trying a specific calorie based or other diet?
I only ask because over the last week, I've tried to cut out carbs, rather than just reduce them. And I found it really difficult and quite a discipline to try that, and surprising the number of times that carbs are in things.
I've previously tried to cut down on carbs or sugar, but always tried not to be too militant about it. Because, real life gets in the way, apart from anything else. But that just doesn't seem to work as well. I don't actually know if cutting out sugar or carbs is even good for you, health wise.
The thing I did lose a lot of weight from about 10 years ago was intermittent fasting (the 5:2 diet). I lost about 4 stone that way and, once I got used to it, actually enjoyed the discipline. It's not for everyone, or probably most people, though.