Sometimes it's just hard to get your head back in the game. I'm currently experiencing this too. But every week is a new week! Here's to a positive week ahead.

Looking at the graph at 3:13 it looks like you were on a weight loss journey weeks 0-200, then were maintaining up and down between weeks 200-300 and now actually have been on a fairly steady weight gain journey since week 300. Its just baffling to think how long you have been trending in the wrong direction (3 years) but continue to stick to roughly the same plan, and seem convinced that its suddenly going to start giving you different results. If you were being honest with yourself do you really want to lose the weight at this point or is the RU-vid weight loss journey just something that you do now more out of habit to keep it going, because its been part of your life for so long. One thing for sure that's ruining your progress is black hole Saturday, so many weeks you would have had a good result if Saturday had just been at the 2500 calories instead of 3000-3500+. You would be so much better off working in a little treat most days within the calorie limit instead of having this free for all day that is constantly sabotaging your progress.

I believe in you, Stu, you can achieve that goal.

What kind of diet do you follow? Do you follow Slimming World and a calorie deficit?

It's been 8 years 😭

Woohoo! Keep going with the improvement, Stu!

Great job. You almost hit your fluid goal. My weight is fluctuating up by 1.5 lbs. have a great week Stu! Take care, Robin

It was sort of damage control when away and a 1lbs gain isn’t too bad Stu but your right it’s time to buckle down and get those steps in buddy

You should do 18/6 fasting with focus on protein and zero sugar. Do 10k steps and weight training. The snack doing the day can be an apple or banana. That will work.

Have you considered Mounjaro?

I wouldn’t go to extreme you say, but I agreed with his food choices. The orange juice a big no no. Pasta should be avoided and could be easily swapped for brown rice.. and cornflakes should only be a very occasional treat. Eggs would be much better, or any other protein source. He’s lack knowledge that will limit his success, because those small choices could’ve drastically changed the outcome of the week

Keto, Intermittent Fasting, exercise, willpower = weight loss.

You'll never loose weight eating these foods! Corn flakes, pasta, salad and orange juice will just cause your blood sugar to spike and you'll feel hungry all the time. Go on a zero carbohydrate high fat/protein diet (i.e. a carnivore diet). Cut out all processed foods, avoid plants (they make us fat). Only eat whole animal foods and plenty of animal fats. Eat as much as you want (until you are full), and eat as often as you want. Eat plenty of salt too, as you will lose a lot of water and minerals on a ketogenic diet. Dont bother counting calories, you will know when you've had enough food. I guarantee with 100% certainty that you'll lose a substantial amount of weight in 6 months. If you want to speed the process, combine with intermittent fasting (it's much easier than you think when eating a nutrient dense diet). I know this because I did it and know many others that have done the same. Truly, any other diet regime is going to be a complete failure.

this is the height of laziness, i want you to do this for twelve months because you are a joke atm. breakfast 50grams oats, 1 green bannana, 1 protein shake with water, 3 hours later - protein shake lunch - 1 chicken breast hundred grams of broccolli 3 hours later - protein shake tea - 1 chicken breast and 100 graks of broccolli. 3 hours later - nothing for you, your big enuf. 🌶️either do this or just admit your lasy and looking for excuses🌶️

this is the height of laziness, i want you to do this for twelve months because you are a joke atm. breakfast 50grams oats, 1 green bannana, 1 protein shake with water, 3 hours later - protein shake lunch - 1 chicken breast hundred grams of broccolli 3 hours later - protein shake tea - 1 chicken breast and 100 graks of broccolli. 3 hours later - nothing for you, your big enuf. 🌶️either do this or just admit your lasy and looking for excuses🌶️

You got this!

I think keeping close to 2500 calories was a significant achievement while you were away. It's really hard when you are out of your routine.

If you really like sour cream, a good substitution is greek yogurt. It may sound weird but in practice they're very similar. Greek yogurt works out to be about 1/3 the calories and mostly protein which will help you to feel more full.

Its a hard thing to keep going down a couple and up a couple lbs constantly. I’ve gained and lost the same 10 lbs for the last 3-6 months. Hang in there

I wonder if some of that was the extra sodium that gets added to restaurant meals too? You can do this! I hear your frustration and sympathise.

The year is on its way to winding down, have you thought at all about what a realistic goal is for the remainder, knowing that you like to let loose a bit during the holidays? I think it might be useful to focus on a shorter period of time and try to really tighten up and go into next year with some momentum. You've got about three months left (I'm not including the holiday period here) so what do you think you might be able to lose during that time? 20 pounds? 25? Just a thought.

I’m the same with bread buddy I’ve only gotta look at it and put weight on but I’ve found a sourdough bread that Tesco’s sells it’s a high protein bread and yes it’s expensive but it scratch’s that itch for bread

62 kg loss in the span of 8 years is wild work

Seems like the body priorities the fat closest to the organs. Which makes sense. This is why weight loss is less noticeable than expected especially early on. But the scale does not lie (unless it's broken), so don't give up if you are just starting out. Lost 4 kg myself so far but don't really feel like I've lost 4 kg.

Hope your weight loss journey isn't difficult. Unhealthy food's the devil. There's no point weighing in if u r too conscious of your DAILY WEIGHT. It's water weight if u get fat sometimes. Be happy if u r overweight if u can't control.

I would try crunching numbers on your calories mid week so you still have time to do course correction instead of waiting until the end and just seeing where the numbers fall. Good job on your loss. Keep your chin up.

If you want loose weight, eat only fatty beef steaks or minced beef meat. Do you like steaks ? Can you afford it ? And eggs, as much you want, some better salt, Himalayan, Celtic Sea Salt, drink lot of water. Because loosing weight is not about counting calories, its about eating things that will not allow you to gain weight. Your body wil correct weight automatically, but you must eat what you need to eat. Fatty meat, pork, lamb, lot of fat, fatty beef is best. Dont be scarred, fat will help you loose weight, not carbs.

A loss is great. I know it’s a challenge when you’re out of your normal routine. The weather is finally starting to cool down here. I got in some good steps yesterday. Have a safe trip! Take care. When you mentioned Germany, my first thought was Spaetzle! Now that’s a weakness of mine. Lol have a great week, Robin

Go pie chart go, you can go green! Hopefully you can get some good healthy food in Germany. Would you mind sharing what carbs you ate instead of bread? (I'm simply curious as to what you had.) I know that lately I've found that bread bloats me too, YUM bread, so have been having less bread but more potatoes and legumes and fruit instead for some of my bread portions per day. Funnily enough, adding a piece of fruit every day has curbed my sweets cravings too/ (Unless I'm hormonal and then all bets are off!)

Good onya, Stu ! It takes a long time to put ON weight....... and a long time to take it OFF. as well. Short term rewards vs. long term outcomes.

Hi Stu, we are having a long weekend here also. I didn’t realize Cornwall was so far from Sheffield. That’s a heck of a drive. Glad you made it safely. Hang in there. You will get back on track. Take care and have a great weekend and upcoming week. Robin

Im 5’7 male and started at 190 and have gone down to 180 in 5 months. I ate out very occasionally (3-4 times a month) as kinda socially required in my profession but in general are very healthy and exercised routinely. Even losing this 10lb was very hard for me and I really admire how you have lost so much! I want to lose 20lb more and I know it will take probably another year the way I’m doing it but……it has to get done or I just won’t get to where I want! You were very big aspiration and I understand how much effort you have put in. Please keep up the good work and I will check out future videos!

I'm glad it was a manageable gain.

The good news is that you probably didn't gain 3 actual pounds of fat. Some of that will just be carbs and salt that will come off. And you have 4 more months to make this a solid year where you make real progress, so that's good too. But you know that you did not make the greatest choices. In terms of getting your fluid in, you could get an insulated water bottle that you could bring with you in the car or even at the job site (assuming you're not in a very formal environment; though those usually have water provided.) In terms of your meals...yes you can't meal prep on a work trip but surely there were better choices than a cheeseburger Even small villages have things like grilled chicken or lean cuts of steak. Ready sandwiches are tougher but there are usually some not so bad choices like turkey or even egg salad. One week is one week and you'll be fine. But as I've said in the past you are currently in a longer term cycle of stagnation. It has been quite a while since you lost significant weight, and if you go back into your old videos months or even years you'll see you keep cycling up and down. That's the issue rather than one week. I'm not saying this to make you feel bad because you have lost a lot of weight and kept it off. That's impressive and has improved your quality of life and your health. A lot of people gain it all back and you haven't, so you should be proud of that. But you're also not where you want to be and the question I leave you with is: Do you think what you're doing is working given how long it has been since you've made sustained progress. And if it's not working is there something else you can do or some modification you can make so that it will start working again? At a certain point just "I need to be more consistent" may not be the answer because you've been trying that for a long time, right? I really am not trying to be a jerk. But I think you make these videos in part to get feedback and keep a record, and if what you're doing isn't working then it may be worth trying something else.

Wow you are doing so well, you are an inspiration- keep going!

Don't give up. You amazing. You motivate me

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A half pound is a step in the right direction. I lost 1.8 lbs this week. I’m pretty excited about it. Have a great week Stu, take care! Robin

You should make video more faster so we can really see. Make it faster please

Hi Stu, I realize that work trips can be challenging but what stops you from going for a walk either before the work day starts or after you get back to the hotel/Airbnb during these trips? Yes the days can be busy but unless you're in the middle of something that's all consuming like negotiating a merger (which doesn't seem to be your business) usually there is some time to yourself. If you're scheduled to meet at 7:30 for breakfast you can always get up at 6, go for an hour walk, then have half an hour to shave, brush, and dress. Or whatever your schedule requires. Nights can be more difficult because sometimes those work dinners can go into the wee hours, but if formal work ends at 5:30 and then you meet up for dinner at 8 that often gives you a window to go for a walk then too. Hotels also often have fitness centers with treadmills you can use. If this is important to you make it a priority. I say this because I want you to succeed and I believe you can.

I’ve started basically fasting i guess. i only eat 2 meals a day though school food hardly counts. school and then another meal at 8. But i do eat a snack or smth in between like at 5 or something. I’ve lost 20 pounds so far but still i feel better and more confident. even though im sacrificing food lmao

Hi Stu, keep at it. You’ve done it before, I know you can do it again! Keep the faith! Have a great week, take care, Robin

Definitely those steps in buddy if you can get in those 10k steps a day that’s when you see your best weight loss Stu

I'm glad to see a loss for you this week! Keep it up! You got this!

I pray for you brother, I swear by intermittent fasting!

Good loss buddy a bit weird with the lbs discrepancy though between scales how long usually is it from you weighing yourself at home to getting too slimming world Stu

Great job Stu! Keep it up! Have a great week, take care Robin😊

Well done, Stu!

Hi Stu, I have a tracker that uses the calorie in information and your weight changes week to week to find out what your calorie expenditure figure actually is. Running your last 8 weeks worth of data through it, its calculating your actual average calories out as 2,486 a day. So having your average calories in target/limit set at the 2,500 is the reason you are struggling to see progress currently. Realistically if you wanted to have a nice steady, sustainable weight loss (500 cals a day) you would want your average calories in for a week to be around 2,000 calories or as close to that as you can. Hope that helps. Like others here I just want to see you get moving in the right direction and build up some momentum again.

You clearly need help. Weight loss is only about eating foods what will not allow your body to gain weight, your body will manage your weight itself, if you will do it right. Its not about counting calories, its not about excercise, you must start eating right foods. Find video "butter will make your pants fall off" on youtube. And start eating right way - protein, fat and low or no sugars, but not only sugar - pastas, bakery, noodles, all processed foods (hidden sugar), sodas, especially glucose-fructose syrup... Weight loss is not about starving. You can loose weight and eat 5000 or more calories a day. Overfed (by energy) and malnutrished (by nutrients). Definition of obesity. What to eat to loose weight ? Eggs (50 a day if you want), fatty red meat (beef is the best), butter, lard, some fish, some white meat (but have low fat), bacon, animal organs. Carnivore diet. See some videos. Every (poly - di-) sacharide, fructose, starch, all ends in blood like higher glucose or higher insulin. Higher glucose in your blodd or high insulin and your burning of fatty acids (fat is made from them) ends. You must allow to your body use fatty acids as source of energy. Body burning fatty acids = body loosing weight. It ends whenever you gives your body sacharide of any kind, blocks your fat burning for few hours, it depends on how your insulin works. You have insulin resistance and metabolic dissease for sure. You seem like big guy. I dont know your optimal weight but your optimal weight multiplied by 1,75 grams of protein (minimum amount) a day or 2 grams (optimal amount). So if one pound of beef steak have approx 90-100 grams of protein, one egg have 6 grams of protein, use this two foods as your daily meal base for giving enough protein to your body every single day. Eat this every day plus something above, but minimum of carbs and carbs not in every meal. Eggs prepared on butter, lot of butter every morning. You dont need single gram of exogenous carbs a day, you dont need single gram of fiber. Stop this two things, dont trust these lies about "bad animal cholesterol", its nonsense. Body knows exactly how much cholesterol your body needs. Find "prof Bart Kay" on youtube, this man is a beast.