Fat jabs

And there is my biggest issue. I am happy with fruit or nuts as a snack, but when I swerve off track they are quickly replaced by choc bars or crisps. I'm a serial nibbler. Visiting my Mum in hospital over the early part of this year often turned into a stop off at M&S to get her some bits; lethal for me as choc n crisps were replaced by a pork pie. Two or three times a week.

I just love food. Nice food. My hobby could easily be food, but the downside of my hobby is my other fault - greed. Mrs Mac is a great cook - I'm blessed - I have lots of nice food - just too much of it. Saving grace is apart from chocolate, I don't do much by the way of puddings or desert.

Pies now limited to once a fortnight, courtesy of Micky Finn on matchday. A pie a fortnight is an acceptable treat? I walk it off up Oakwell Lane and the endless bouts of jumping out of my seat to celebrate a goal (?). Have lost a few pounds in a month just by cutting out crap, cutting out sugar and lowering portions. Portions are a real struggle but I am slowly but surely winning that mental battle. Next step is to up the exercise, but I'm just getting to the ar5e end of a particularly bad bout of sinusitus. Onwards and upwards.

 

Intermittent fasting works for me and helps me maintain the body shape I feel comfortable with. I also follow a strength and fitness coach called Dan John and if you're wanting to live a healthier lifestyle (and are interested in longevity) then I recommend following him and subscribing to his Wandering Weights newsletter. His advice is very straightforward and based on 40 years of coaching. It's essentially common sense and the secret is, there is no secret.

On diet, the main points that resonate with me are;

• eat like an adult
• eat as many fruits and vegetables as you can
• drink a glass of water before meal time (to suppress the amount of food you consume) and in general drink more water

On exercise, what works for me - again taken from Dan John - is walking and walking with weights (rucking). Before you go out walking, raise your height rate to your optimal fat burning level and then go out for the walk. Essentially, your heart rate should maintain that level - if you walk with purpose - and this movement should burn calories at the most efficient level. Once you've started losing weight, add weight in a rucksack, to maintain this process.

I think the word exercise scares people and I think we should use the word movement instead. Think of moving more and you will lead a healthier lifestyle. Simple things, like getting off at an earlier bus or train stop or parking at the furthest most spot in the supermarket will help you move more and contribute to keeping weight off.

 

I think the old school way of eating 3 good meals a day but with no snacks works best for me. I am not tempted by work vending machines, because when I eat at lunch I eat well and until I am full. I'm 6 1 and 73kg. I see a lot of people eating lunch, then snacking at 3pm with crap from the vending machine to give themselves the energy to get through the day, then presumably going home and eating again, etc. Eating fewer meals but feeling properly satiated afterwards, fill up with nuts and good fats, works best I find. Exercise, running I do lots of but has been said, it doesn't do much for weight control, as you just up your calorie intake to recover and keep the same equilibrium. Drugs for weight loss - not sure about the long term effects, there's nearly always a trade off with these things on other parts of your health.

 

I was reading through the thread with interest.
As I was aware of the injections, have I missed something as anyone actually commented on trying these.
I have found that the diets exercise get tougher as the years go by.
Doctor says I have an over active knife and fork.

 

I’m on them and have been for over a year now to help control my diabetes.
That and the running I do, I’ve lost nearly 3 stone.

 

When you first go in it, it can make you feel sick and give you stomach issues but never had it make food taste bad.
After about the initial couple of weeks that goes away but you are just not hungry so your portion sizes reduce dramatically.

it basically works by slowing the food down so the pancreas has longer to work.

 

Yep this was always my issue, never actually ate a lot but when I did it was crap.
That and inconsistently eating (skipping meals etc) piled the weight on over years.

 

I eat like a pig to be honest but I’ve always exercised loads so it’s not a major issue.

When I say eat like a pig, I eat big meals & eat too much cooked food. I don’t tend to eat much junk, many desserts or fizzy drinks.

The biggest thing anyone can do is walk more. My old man & my father in law have both lost weight doing this. When we’ve dog sat & I’ve got out walking every day I lose weight & feel fitter.

Unless you’re disabled or in severe pain when you walk there’s no excuse for pretty much anyone else.

We can all kid ourselves we’re too busy but if we’re truthful with ourselves you can nearly always find some time to do it. It might be ‘boring’ but get the headphones in & go for it. If you live local to Barnsley then there’s more than enough nice walks round these parts.

 

If you work from home, have or get a small set of hand weights (or even use tin cans) and when you put the kettle on, power through some exercise reps til the kettle has boiled. Makes a big difference if you do that every day.

I love food and craft beer, but it has to be tasty. Don't go with processed stuff, there are loads of recipe apps, MOB is a pretty good one though subscription based.

Moderation. Variance. Bit of exercise and fresh air. Be happy.

 

Luckily, still young at 27 I can eat like a pig and not gain much weight. Been consuming 3500 calories since January and put on 3.7kg with 2.1kg being muscle mass, apparently. Now broke the 65kg mark so yes absolutely huge one of my biggest fears is getting fat though, partly for the aesthetics but mainly for the health consequences. I want to see my children, grandchildren and everyone else who I hope to meet grow up.

 

I started yesterday on the jab after a few friends of mine have given me advice.

I'm slightly overweight, 6ft 2 and 15 stone. Weight loss isn't the main contributing factor for me trying it.

I'm Diabetic and suffering with high blood pressure which is causing severe headaches. Mounjaro was designed for Diabetics and also reduces high blood pressure.

If I can lose weight as a result and get back to feeling healthy then, why not?

1 day in and my cravings for everything has dropped. This morning I had a small bowl of Melon and Grapes and couldn't finish it. No desire for biscuits or chocolate to get me through to lunch, which is a great start being Diabetic to fc uk after all.

Feel a bit nausious today but apparently thats normal on day 1.

 

2.5 or 5?
Presume you are starting on the 2.5 for 4 weeks?

 

2.5mg for 4 weeks.

 

I had no issues on that and moved upto 5 couple of weeks ago (started on Trulicity last year).
Take mine on Sunday PM after my long run and hits me on Tuesday where on toilet a lot.

 

MyFitnessPal is brilliant. I used it last summer for a few months when I was cycling loads and quickly lost half a stone. But it was actually a stone in fat with half a stone of muscle added. Have managed to keep the weight off over the winter with gym and swim 2-3 times a week and reasonably sensible food and beer intake. Now that the cycling season is nearly upon us I'll be upping my exercise and watching my food intake more carefully again. Hoping to get rid of another stone or two in fat over the summer.

 

Did the food you ate taste ok?

 

I find it very hard to eat part of something sweet, so kudos from me for being able to do that, so what has really helped me with treats is to go for something which is smaller and individual, e.g. chocolates rather than chocolate bars. For some reason I can eat a single Ferraro Rocher, say, at 75 calories, and find that's quite enough to satisfy my craving for something sweet, put the box back in the cupboard and not think about it until tomorrow, whereas a half-eaten Mars Bar or bar of chocolate calls out to me.

Edit: It's the same with alcohol - I have hundreds of bottles of wine in the house, but I don't even notice them most of the time, even on the 3+ days a week that I always abstain. If one is open though, I'm always aware of it (plus it spoils) so I make sure I have some piccolos (quarter-bottles) in for when a bottle isn't going to get drunk in a day or 2, to avoid what I call "open bottle syndrome". These days one of those often lasts me 2 nights!

 

Thanks for sharing this ,I'm considering these as I am getting very overweight.

 

That is a great shout ,as I find once opened there is an urgency to consume the whole bottle

 

I eat loads these days, now I've got the weight off. Probably about 2500-3000 kcal a day. Breakfast, no lunch (cos I'm out running), huge tea (with dessert) and snacks on a night. I love food, so a lot of exercise for me means I can eat what I like. Without the high level of exercise I'd have to go back to calorie counting.

For walking, get a dog, then you have to get out. As well as the running (and some weights sessions) I probably do about another 50km a week of walking with the pooch.

Good luck to everyone no matter how you're doing it.