weighttogo
Tue, May-13-14, 15:39
Hello everyone,
Just a short ok not so short post to say Hi and get some advice { I will be doing that a lot might as well get started :) } . I have been very overweight for many years now. I was fit muscular and sporty at school /Uni {rugby, martial arts, discus, javelin and shot-put} , as soon as I started working my sporting activities took a dive and my eating began in earnest. I went up to 25st , met my then future wife and lost 10st , put most of it back on over the next few years , lost it again when my daughter { now 19 ] was born and slowly pilled it all back on again.
I have tried many diets over the years since with little success. I am lucky that I have no diabetes, blood pressure, high cholesterol etc , probably helped a bit by being a non-smoker and possibly the only teetotal man ever in my family :) . I do have a destroyed knee that I first injured playing rugby, it is now damaged so badly that it will need to be replaced. Not surprisingly I am too fat for them to consider surgery and strangely enough at 49 I am too young { I don’t here that very often these days }
Reading up on the available data LCHF looks to be promising I have been on it for about a month now eating a max of 20g carbs a day. I typically eat 2 meals a day example menu below.
AM: 3 eggs + 40g butter
PM: 2 cans Tuna in brine , 300g Cauliflower , 30g butter , 40g strong cheese
Semi-skimmed milk 100mls per day {for tea}, some pickled onions for snack
The calorie count is around 1400cals per day. Although I have managed to lose weight and stick to the diet I am finding it very difficult. This balance is around 5% carbs, 30% protein and 60% fat. I can’t honestly say I feel full or any different to any other diet. I would be very grateful if you could give me suggestions {more fat, less fat, less calories etc} where I am going wrong. Obviously, I have a lot of weight to lose and I would like to get the eating planned out as best I can. I will be looking into the 100lb forum.Thanks for taking the time to read my post
Cheers
J
Just a short ok not so short post to say Hi and get some advice { I will be doing that a lot might as well get started :) } . I have been very overweight for many years now. I was fit muscular and sporty at school /Uni {rugby, martial arts, discus, javelin and shot-put} , as soon as I started working my sporting activities took a dive and my eating began in earnest. I went up to 25st , met my then future wife and lost 10st , put most of it back on over the next few years , lost it again when my daughter { now 19 ] was born and slowly pilled it all back on again.
I have tried many diets over the years since with little success. I am lucky that I have no diabetes, blood pressure, high cholesterol etc , probably helped a bit by being a non-smoker and possibly the only teetotal man ever in my family :) . I do have a destroyed knee that I first injured playing rugby, it is now damaged so badly that it will need to be replaced. Not surprisingly I am too fat for them to consider surgery and strangely enough at 49 I am too young { I don’t here that very often these days }
Reading up on the available data LCHF looks to be promising I have been on it for about a month now eating a max of 20g carbs a day. I typically eat 2 meals a day example menu below.
AM: 3 eggs + 40g butter
PM: 2 cans Tuna in brine , 300g Cauliflower , 30g butter , 40g strong cheese
Semi-skimmed milk 100mls per day {for tea}, some pickled onions for snack
The calorie count is around 1400cals per day. Although I have managed to lose weight and stick to the diet I am finding it very difficult. This balance is around 5% carbs, 30% protein and 60% fat. I can’t honestly say I feel full or any different to any other diet. I would be very grateful if you could give me suggestions {more fat, less fat, less calories etc} where I am going wrong. Obviously, I have a lot of weight to lose and I would like to get the eating planned out as best I can. I will be looking into the 100lb forum.Thanks for taking the time to read my post
Cheers
J