Hi, I'm new to the forum but not to weight loss. I lost nearly a stone around a year ago but put a little of that back on over the last 6 months. I've lost about 3 or 4 pounds in the last 10 days or so. I've read the stickies and worked out my maintenance calories. I eat healthily and I exercise regularly. I have an exercise bike at home so I usually do about half an hour every day. I also have weights and home that I use. I plan to go to the gym once I get back to uni in September.
I think my main problem is calorie counting. I've cut out junk food and cut my portion sizes. I eat 4 or 5 times a day. Although this seems to be working just now, I know from experience (and the stickies) that there may be a point where I may experience a plateau and will need to either cut some more calories or increase the exercise. The problem is that I do not know precisely how many calories I am consuming, which I know is important. I live with my parents and while they approve of healthy eating and exercise they think that as soon as I start checking the calorie conent of everything I'm going overboard. There are no food scales in the house and I know if I got some and weighed everything I ate they would hate it and think I was being too controlling. My mum said that it wasn't necessary as she lost a stone just by ding it on her own. This is quite frustrating, and I know that if I stop losing weight I'm not really going to know where I'm going wrong. I even bought new body scales today as I wanted electronic ones (we have mechanical ones with a tiny dial that is almost impossible to read) and had to hide them from my parents because when I mentioned it before they said it was stupid and I didn't need to know exactly what I weighed as long as I have a rough idea. But I think than when you're trying to lose weight, every pound counts. And just because I believe that doesn't mean I'm about to suddenly develop and eating disorder!
Anyway-rant over. To conclude I'll just tell you a bit about myself. I am 19, I live in Scotland (and yes that means I use the annoying stones and pounds system
) and I weigh just over 9 and a half stone. I know I am not hugely over weight or anything but I was always quite slim when I was younger so I aim to get back to that. My aim is to lose around 8 pounds for now, and I am not in a rush to do it but I hope to achieve it by my birthday in mid-November. I work in a fast food restaraunt, full time during the summer but part-time once I'm back at uni. My very first step to lose weight was to stop eating food from work.
I think my main problem is calorie counting. I've cut out junk food and cut my portion sizes. I eat 4 or 5 times a day. Although this seems to be working just now, I know from experience (and the stickies) that there may be a point where I may experience a plateau and will need to either cut some more calories or increase the exercise. The problem is that I do not know precisely how many calories I am consuming, which I know is important. I live with my parents and while they approve of healthy eating and exercise they think that as soon as I start checking the calorie conent of everything I'm going overboard. There are no food scales in the house and I know if I got some and weighed everything I ate they would hate it and think I was being too controlling. My mum said that it wasn't necessary as she lost a stone just by ding it on her own. This is quite frustrating, and I know that if I stop losing weight I'm not really going to know where I'm going wrong. I even bought new body scales today as I wanted electronic ones (we have mechanical ones with a tiny dial that is almost impossible to read) and had to hide them from my parents because when I mentioned it before they said it was stupid and I didn't need to know exactly what I weighed as long as I have a rough idea. But I think than when you're trying to lose weight, every pound counts. And just because I believe that doesn't mean I'm about to suddenly develop and eating disorder!
Anyway-rant over. To conclude I'll just tell you a bit about myself. I am 19, I live in Scotland (and yes that means I use the annoying stones and pounds system
) and I weigh just over 9 and a half stone. I know I am not hugely over weight or anything but I was always quite slim when I was younger so I aim to get back to that. My aim is to lose around 8 pounds for now, and I am not in a rush to do it but I hope to achieve it by my birthday in mid-November. I work in a fast food restaraunt, full time during the summer but part-time once I'm back at uni. My very first step to lose weight was to stop eating food from work. 