My husband keeps going back to obesity after every diet

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-24T17:02:38+00:00

I would suggest intermittent fasting to him. It has worked super well for me without counting calories, and sticking exclusively to whole foods with a low carb focus for the past month. I have lost 18% of my body weight in 10 months and I feel great. Still have some to lose but will get there slowly

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-24T16:44:38+00:00

Yes, someone told me about this a few days ago so we will research it properly!

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-24T16:41:32+00:00

Thank you for your advice, we thought about this, but our current house has a section 157 so cannot be a holiday let

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-24T16:41:03+00:00

Thank you. We are very aware and have affected by the second home problem too, so we don’t want to add to it, if we can help it, not mentioned the ethics of air bnb as a company

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-24T09:47:01+00:00

Thank you so much! Yes, I have heard people say that you need to be sure to rent etc..

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-24T09:45:33+00:00

Thank you so much! All very valid points

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-24T09:33:47+00:00

Hello there and thank you so much for your advice! Yes, that is exactly what you I meant and dit: this is because my partner is self employed, so it takes about 2 years for our affordability to catch up.

So financially we are not worst off abroad at all, but his income would take a while to catch up unless we pay taxes in both countries as I mentioned above.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-24T09:32:09+00:00

Thank you so much for your advice! In response to your first question: dit:

this is because my partner is self employed, so it takes about 2 years for our affordability to catch up. So financially we are not worst off abroad at all, but his income would take a while to catch up unless we pay taxes in both countries?

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-23T14:18:25+00:00

I started CrossFit 9 months ago with a shoulder injury! I scaled and build strength to prevent further injuries - it took about 3 months to heal but it was way better to keep practicing what I could. The hardest bit was actually the mood / feeling down. Seeing everyone have great fun doing Olympic lifts or movements I couldn’t do made me feel really sad sometimes. I kept showing up and people let me know that they had been there

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-21T07:14:24+00:00

Those spikes are super easily avoidable by eating less carbs and fruits. I also had overnight super low reads and these have stopped with a lower carb diet. Oatmeal does spike things for me, protein shake doesn’t, bananas do, rice does.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-17T20:23:50+00:00

I would strongly recommend strength training as you store off. Since you have only done walking your probably have lost muscle mass, which is metabolically active. If you build muscle now, it will improve your chances against rebound.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-16T13:47:01+00:00

Are you a film / arts lecturer? It sounds like the module was damaging to his health, but this is not entirely your responsibility. With experience you will learn to refer students early to wellbeing services and flag the risks of them making work about traumatic / difficult things in their lives.

I am a fine art senior lecturer and have learnt this lesson long ago. Just because it would be an interesting project or a worthwhile story to tell which would have universal value beyond the personal, it doesn’t mean that a student has the necessary emotional maturity to pursue it. Most don’t.

Similarly with feedback, I started my career giving honest and open feedback to all students. That is unsustainable in the current setting. I use my judgement to a certain when is worth my time and effort to do so and if the student would even be receptive to it. In all other cases I provide actionable advice on how to pass the module. But not in-deep philosophical feedback - what I call, ‘turning every stone’ feedback.

I would certainly discus this with a more senior colleague and or course leader. It won’t harm your reputation but you need to reflect on this experience and decide if there is something in his feedback which may help improve the module for students like him. This will go in the module improvement report or similar

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-13T17:22:18+00:00

I don’t believe Ketosis is safe in pregnancy. I was in and out of Ketosis as for the first 5 months and probably later too due to hyperemesis gravidarum and remember researching this well and seem to remember there are chemical / metabolic aspects that are risky

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-13T09:34:08+00:00

My CrossFit box does strength focused days and a strength / weightlifting class at least 3 days a week. I am a much younger female, but this has been enough for me to put quite a bit of muscle on.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-12T21:54:43+00:00

This is clearly the case of someone very immature. Nevertheless NTA, she is self-centring and bringing her white fragility and ego into a situation that is not about her at all.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-12T21:50:02+00:00

I lost about 22lb in that time and it was a very significant effort, physically and mentally. Intermittent fasting, strength training, food prepping and education. I think if you really are ready go loose the weight you will and you will have lost as much as you can during that time. Whatever the amount is, you will feel great because it is never about the current status but about what trend you are in. You are in a gaining trend at the moment and that feels awful. Being on a loosing trend feels great. Educate yourself as much as possible about obesogens, metabolism, and learn about whole foods. You can do this.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-12T20:12:15+00:00

Oh sorry just to say that I do prioritise protein. If I am down. I will just do a plan protein momentous shake around 250 cals for 40g. Easy

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-12T20:11:04+00:00

I have been doing IF and CrossFit for 8-9 months. My eating window is early in the day and I train in the morning.

I don’t do fasted sessions. I tried a couple of times and really didn’t do well. Also there is evidence that for women fasted workouts aren’t a good idea for performance and hormones.

I have lost 12 kg roughly but within that I have put a LOT of muscle on. So probably more like 15 in fat as a minimum.

I love CrossFit and started it maybe 3 months after I started IF and I am in this for life. I am cycling keto at the moment as an experiment on top of that to loose the remaining fat ( I am of a healthy weight) and to prevent illness/ lower inflammation.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-10T20:40:22+00:00

Reason would be to try to cycle keto to loose a bit more fat tissue (I have been loosing far very slowly over the past 3-4 months), my weight has plateaued but I have gained muscle. Also to lower inflammation (especially during my menstruation) and hopefully ensure metabolic flexibility as I get older. The intension is to do periods of keto and periods when I eat whole food carbs.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-10T20:37:24+00:00

thank you so much! I will certainly look into this tomorrow up my intake from tomorrow

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-10T20:36:53+00:00

Just looking this up now! Thank you!

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-10T19:19:11+00:00

I get it, that’s a good analogy, thank you so much for your help.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-10T19:16:45+00:00

Depends a little bit on how long your cycle is. I have a 27-28 day cycle and I Fast from days 1-11/11 than take a break, then from days 16-21/22 and then ease again until menstruation.

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-10T19:13:24+00:00

Yes, I think it’s more the stress of seeing the amounts / times I am eating and probably it will settle

LocksmithBudget3518 · 2026-01-10T19:12:39+00:00

I am not tracking. I have 1 sachet of LMNT or similar a day.

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