Yeah same, slimming world not cutting it this time round, need to get rid of the last Christmas stuff too (crisps, chocolate, etc.)
Just need to convince the boss lady, sheās dead against it although on wegovy to treat IBS the hypocrite 
Mounjaro price comparison tool if you need it! Think after payday Iāll take the plunge
I promise you, MacroFactor is the GOAT.
really clever stuff. Just weigh regularly and make sure you track properly (or donāt ā just donāt track half a day). It constantly adjusts your calories based on what is actually happening and itās foolproof.
I was speaking to a member here (who will remain anonymous as we were talking via private message); every single diet out there works only because it enables you to maintain a calorie deficit.
I swear by Keto, but ultimately it works for me because it means I just donāt feel any hunger regardless of how little I eat, making that deficit easier to maintain. (Note that there are other arguments regarding insulin etc that I donāt really know the science well enough to discuss).
I havenāt used any of the weight-loss drugs (nor do I intend to), but speaking to people who have used them they appear to work in a similar way; they a) block hunger signals, meaning you can forget to eat and b) make you feel sick if you eat too much or the wrong thing, meaning you stop having too many calories.
Ultimately, different people need different tools to keep their calorie intake lower. For those with a food addiction issue particularly, the jabs can be very helpful. This chap speaks about that impact directly:
I struggle badly with food noise, if itās there Iāll eat it, if itās not then Iāll think about eating and evenings or anytime Iām a bit bored I try to find food as something to do
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Itās helpful that the issue is beginning to get more recognition; I think people until fairly recently saw it as something made up.
Iād argue food addiction is the worst addiction out there to stop, because the addictive substance canāt be avoided like it can be with other addictions. You can avoid alcohol, nicotine, gambling and keep living, but you have to have food for survival so the temptation never goes.
What youāve described is exactly what Iāve always struggled with, and itās only by setting rules for myself that other people often view as extreme that Iāve managed to make progress previously. Food noise has derailed previous attempts at maintaining a calorie deficit for me, including just within the part few months. So whilst itās not something I personally want to do, I completely understand people turning to the injections.
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This is 100% me!
I try and keep healthy things around so when Iām bored snacking, Iām at least eating things that are okay.
Itās not been as bad as it could have been:
Mostly looks as though it was the Londoners who decided it was too cold, given the concentration of those orange dots around the capital.
Was a bit nippy though. Wind-chill ended up around -8Ā°c for us, but there was no ice on the course.
An update 1 week into the year:
2.7kg down in 7 days. From my starting weight, that represents a 2.96% drop.
Quite amusing looking at the 1 year graph though, you can really see where this diet kicked in.
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Is anyone here a user of Gymproluxe
Gymprolapse?
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Yeah novelty wore off TBH
Iām surprised no-one else has picked this up; I seem to recall we have members who are either taking one of the jabs or strongly considering doing so.
Iād also like to add this video in from this.
As weāve discussed above, food noise is something Iāve massively struggled with over time. My time on Keto has seen it disappear completely (in a previous round, Iām too new into this round for that to have happened yet).
Hopefully itās helpful for someone else too:
I would have thought this would be an obvious factor. Itās the same as people dieting, if itās not a lifestyle change then the percentage chance of it sticking is almost none.
These jabs are an extreme of that, when you come off them your hormones will return and you will no doubt go back to the same habits if you donāt learn to alter your behaviour. Hopefully the jabs will show some that they donāt need food but I suspect for a large percentage this is a temp fix and they will return to previous.
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Seconded it doesnāt come as a surprise.
Situation 1 - creates a problem (patient is overweight)
Situation 2 - actions taken to reduce the weight
target weight is achieved
action taken to reduce weight are removed
by default Situation 1 returns by default.
after situation 2 there needs to be situation 3 which is the on going change (versus Situation 1) in culture of the patient on their attitude towards food, be that quantity, quality, frequency or all three to maintain the target weight.
else yo-yoing is the only outcome.
i know how to lose weight and do so when trousers etc get tight. while i donāt follow it closely to have a ātarget weightā i know which trousers need to fit comfortably.
having achieved my ātargetā i often return to Situation 1 with the best intentions to not put the weight back on as quickly this time around.
while my yo-yoing might only be 5kgs going between needing a belt to having a Bridget Jones style fight with the waist band on my trousers, the approach it is no different to those who fluctuate their weight by 25kgs (or more) as once i have reached ātargetā i return to the ways which resulted in the weight gain in the first place
The storm last night has had a pretty big impact along the coast down here. Promenades completely covered in stones and shingle, way more than I can remember seeing for quite some time!
Thereās already quite a lot of red on the map. Likely to be a number of events in the Midlands called off due to snow & ice, and even my local 3 will need an early morning check for suitability. Travelling further out isnāt an option this weekend due to uni deadlines.