Share your experiences in the Weight Management community

Hi Patrice,



Welcome to Healthshare and the community. Please post your question in the “Weight Management” community by clicking on create (on the top navigation) and ‘starting a discussion’ or ‘asking a question’- put in there exactly your question in the reply above and I am sure one of our expert dietitians (one of whom is Joanna) will respond. You are not alone, I am sure there are many others in the same situation as you so thank you for sharing. I would also recommend you join the community as there is an expert panel of personal trainers and other experts who may be able to help you re your exercise regime as both diet and exercise and weight management are interlinked. 



Good luck and thanks for sharing!



Cheers,



Nicky

Hi Patrice,

Lets keep things really simple here. I have a strategy. I am surprised at the weight you have gained having reduced cakes and the like, unless you have compensated for that calorie deficit by increasing your intake of starches or other foods?? Anyway, do be a favour and cut alcohol from your diet completely for 3 weeks along with maintaining your HEALTHY eating habits and lets see how you go. Keep us posted



Mark Surdut APD

www.thenutritionist.com.au

Thanks Mark - thats exactly what I thought! I thought that just by cutting coke and choclate out that I would see a dif but I went further and cut pretty much all refined sugers and am eating much more salads, veg, nuts, etc. I have been mindful not to increase starchy carbs too. OK its a deal I will not touch a drop for 3 weeks and see if that helps! I will also go have some blood tests just to check. Thanks for taking the time to reply.



Cheers

Hi Simone,


Welcome to the Weight Mangement community and thanks for introducing yourself. Having just read your introduction you may also be interested in the and communities. Both of these communities have an expert panel. The Weight Management community has expert panellists who are constantly giving information and tips on diet and weightloss. These can be found in the ‘content’ tab of the community. Please feel free to ask specific questions to the community and engage in discussions. 



We hope you benefit from being a Healthshare member.



Please let me know if you need any help getting started.



Cheers,



Nicky

Hi Nicky



Thanks for the welcome, I did go into the Diabetes and Fitness communities.

And thanks for the support that you do.



Simone

My pleasure. Healthshare is a place where you can gain support from others, ask questions and share your experiences. Please feel free to start discussions and ask questions in any of the communities to ensure you and the community benefit. Please let me know if you need any help navigating around Healthshare. Have a great day

Hi Mary



Welcome to the community and thank you for sharing.



It would be great if you could please post this message as a seperate message/ discussion by clicking on ‘create’ at the top, this way the community and experts can respond to you!



Congratulations on your weight loss, and yes the key to successful weight loss is how to maintain it and keep it off. I often find that on holidays and weekends I tend to fall off the healthy wagon and get out of routine. I find on weekends its more so due to eating out, more snacking and indulging. I try to make healthier eating out choices like Japanese and stay away from fried foods and things like Pizza, and if we are eating somewhere like Italian for example, its best to get a side salad as an entree and a entree sized pasta as a main (without the creamy sauces). It's about choices and portions i find. Its also important not to restrict yourself and also ‘live a little’ but in moderation and balance it with physical activity- so if you have that gelato, make sure you balance it with a walk the next day or some type of physical activity! I find that indulging in a glass of wine or two not only increases your calorie intake but also reduces your will power and I then tend to have more indulgent foods….



I would be interested to know what others think and their tips so please repost your ‘how to stay on track on the weekend’ question as I am sure everyone here has a similar issue!



All the best,



Nicky

Hi Mary

Weekends tend to be the problem for many people. Often we are faced with parties and restaurants and alcohol.

It is important to think about what you are about to eat before you eat it.

Also it may be a good idea to only eat 1 hot meal per day - that is to have a salad or sandwich for one of the meals and cereal for breakfast to reduce calories. Looking for healthy options at restaurants is a good idea.

If you have already lost 12 kgs perhaps your body is hitting a plateau and you may need to make sure you are actually getting enough calories for your activity level. Eating well 90% of the time should be good enough.

You may want to look at your exercise routine and increase the amount that you do on the weekends to compensate for meals eaten out/alcohol.

Best wishes

Milena