A good friend of mine had after the birth of her children and various life circumstances 130 kilos on the scale with a height of 1.71. She used to do a lot of sports, but for many years then nothing at all. When we met, she was down to about 100 kilos through a lot of hard work in the gym. And there it has stagnated. One of the reasons is surely that cycling in the gym is one of the most boring things you can imagine. Another reason is that you should take a closer look at your diet and exercise.
When it came to nutrition, I clearly saw that there was a striving for (supposedly) good food. Muesli for breakfast, for example. But then also two plates full. I couldn't easily dissuade her from "needing" this. We then installed an app for her to record and analyze her meals and that was a real eye-opener. Of course, you have to be careful not to let yourself be enslaved by such apps. After all, eating is and remains a pleasure! But to see where you've had enough and where you're still missing something - that's what they're good for.
When it comes to sport, we started small. With jogging. At first we were told "I can't" or "I've never done it before". But then we just started. I ran along slowly, initially only 1 km with breaks. It hurt her in many ways - she had blisters on her feet and her muscles were sore for the first time! But: she did it and tasted blood. By the time we reached 10 km (!). And at a very acceptable average of 6:30 min/km. We are now in "give me more" mode.
We have supplemented the endurance with self-weight exercises. And we had and still have to this day the issue of maintaining the desired weight (today no less than 79 kg). Because maintaining a target weight is much more difficult than losing weight itself. Topics for the next articles ...