2012 Weight Loss Thread

I should be back to 100% in 6-8 weeks all being well with infection and all that. I intend to eat well without eating rubbish. My base fitness is going to go out of the window which is the most annoying part.
 
Izi said:
I ate less than 20gs/carbs a day for 3 months, lost a ton of weight.

My calories were 60% fat, 35% protein and 5% carb
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Yea, I've not noticed any difference when on low carb diets. I still manage to get my lifts done and seem to be ok energy wise.
 
guys im looking for some advice

i was always skinny through high school and college, now since uni ive gained a belly/'love handles?' or whatever people call them and its starting to get me down as i just look a funny shape, now i dont need to 'lose weight' i need 'tone' it as it were

ive never really done much exercise before so i dont know where to start, is it as simple as going running or is there some stuff i can do at home?
 
Week 7 weigh-in.
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I was looking forward to weighing myself today. This week i'v been very strict with my diet and done a lot of cardio as well. Looking at myself in the mirror, i had expected this week to be the biggest loss so far as i am noticeably thinner.

So, im quite confused as to how i am exactly the same weight as this time last week :confused:
I suppose the options are:
1- I'm not any thinner and i'm imagining changes in the mirror.
2- I'v put on some muscle which has cancelled out the loss of fat.

I dont think i'm imagining it, because my jeans are looser around my waist as well.
I didnt think i'd much muscle either? I am eating more protein than i used to on my diet, but with the exception of 1 squat session (3sets*8reps) i havnt done any strength work and have only been doing cardio. Is it possible that i have built up muscle through running? I havnt really done much running before and i'v run at least 5k for 5 days this week.

Anyway, i'm going to stick with it for now because i'm liking the changes (although the goal of my diet was to lose as much weight as possible so i can cycle up hills faster - i was never too bothered about how i looked :()
But i'm going to revise my goal weight. My dad has around the bodyfat % that i'm aiming for, but less muscle mass and i found out today that he weighs 12stone (i always thought he was 10.5, thats why i set my target weight of 12) so i'v realised i'll probably never be 12 stone. I need to do a bit more research before i decide on my target weight. There's a few calculators online that can work out ideal race weight, but they all need to know my power output or my bodyfat%, neither of which i can measure accurately just now.
 
Posted in the Gym Rats thread as i never even saw this.
Hopefully you guys can help me more specifically. Apok has done in the other thread however :)

Hi Guys,
I posted a few weeks ago asking advice on the 5x5 stronglifts and received some great help. Unfortunately I cannot afford to go to the gym at the moment so it is on the back burner for a while.

At the moment I am sorting my diet first and I am struggling to work out what quantities I want to be having and so on. I have an idea of what kind of food etc but some ideas on portion sizes/times to eat and so on. I am also wondering about how best to put protein shakes in my diet.

Once that is sorted until I can get to the gym I will take advantage of the local park and quiet roads to do some long running and HIIT.

I am also going to sort out a small plan to do things like chin/sit/press ups.

So if anyone could get in touch with me regarding sorting out a plan for my diet and the shakes firstly that would be fantastic

Thanks
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Was down to 97.1 kg on Friday morning, but had a heavy drinking session Friday evening, so retaining water like crazy for a few days. Usually finally all goes by Wednesday/Thursday. Hopefully might get to sub 96kg by the end of the month.
 
Today's weigh in was not great. Put a kilo on so back at 101kg.

Thankfully today is my last day of bread before the doctors tomorrow so then I can ditch the wheat and get back on track.
 
Had a good week this week, managed to shed 4lbs, although I did a LOT of cardio this week. I've actually started to eat back some of the calories I've been burning through cardio. Thats 17lb so far.
 
rogan said:
guys im looking for some advice

i was always skinny through high school and college, now since uni ive gained a belly/'love handles?' or whatever people call them and its starting to get me down as i just look a funny shape, now i dont need to 'lose weight' i need 'tone' it as it were
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The word 'toning' gets some people on here riled up - be careful you don't go saying that in the gym thread :)

Simply put you have fat and you need to lose it by eating less and / or doing more. You can't tone fat, only burn it. Once the fat is gone you'll see more of your old shape - toned if you will - and a decent set of chin-ups, push-ups, sit-ups will surely help (there's an army recruits routine which doesn't need any equipment iirc - ahh someit about it here).

Find a calorie defecit that works for you, eat RDA (or more) of protein and fats filling the rest of your calories with carbs. Don't over-estimate what calories exercise burns and don't ignore snacks and drinks - it all counts. Don't forget veggies for your vitamins of course.
 
Week 6 Weigh in:

Starting weight beginning of January 14st 6lb
Target weight end of June 11st

Last Monday 13st 5lb
This Monday 13st 2lb

3lb lost

To lose anything at all this week as come as a real bonus, I went out on a colleagues leaving do on Friday and felt pretty bloated this week (too much white bread me thinks!) I can only put my loss down to more running/Walking. I still can't run the whole 2.8 mile of my route but I am getting round quicker each time.

This week I'm replacing white bread with Wholemeal Brown and see if that helps.

Tip: Carling and carlsberg are around 50 calories less than Fosters per pint ;)

Keep it up everyone :)
 
Sixth week weigh in:

Last Sunday - 21st 5lb
This Sunday - 21st 1lb

4lb loss

(Total loss since September '11 - 4st 12lb )
 
Congrats on how well your all doing fellas. Anyone fancy passing on some help and guidance to me? i posted a little further up the page something which will explain more :) Thanks
 
Biz.Kid09 said:
At the moment I am sorting my diet first and I am struggling to work out what quantities I want to be having and so on. I have an idea of what kind of food etc but some ideas on portion sizes/times to eat and so on. I am also wondering about how best to put protein shakes in my diet.
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Are you trying to bulk up or lose weight?

I'm a big fan of the myfitnesspal app for keeping track of what i'm eating. Log everything you eat and that will help you work out what portion sizes you need. It can also show a breakdown of the amount of protein/fat/carbs you're eating so you can work out where is best to put in some extra protein.

It's designed to help people trying to lose weight (by mentioning protein shakes and stronglifts, i'm going to guess you're trying to bulk) so i'm not sure how the targets would work if you're trying to bulk. To set it up, you enter your current weight and your target weight and it will calculate how many calories you need each day to reach your goal, i'm not sure how it would work if your goal weight is bigger than your target.
 
touch said:
Are you trying to bulk up or lose weight?

I'm a big fan of the myfitnesspal app for keeping track of what i'm eating. Log everything you eat and that will help you work out what portion sizes you need. It can also show a breakdown of the amount of protein/fat/carbs you're eating so you can work out where is best to put in some extra protein.

It's designed to help people trying to lose weight (by mentioning protein shakes and stronglifts, i'm going to guess you're trying to bulk) so i'm not sure how the targets would work if you're trying to bulk. To set it up, you enter your current weight and your target weight and it will calculate how many calories you need each day to reach your goal, i'm not sure how it would work if your goal weight is bigger than your target.
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Lose weight!
I am not massive but since i stopped football i am now at around 72kg. So i would like to get some of this stomach off and then work on getting the golden "6 pack"! :p.

Any plans or if anyone can help me create one to follow to get the weight off firstly that would be fantastic :)

I have a Blackberry unfortunately but i think my old HTC is lying around somewhere. Will have a look at that.

Well the protein shakes etc is what was suggested in Gym Rats, it isnt what i need?

PS- I have sorted a few things and can now go to the gym :D, So i will be able to add more than running around the park into a plan to chop the weight.

Anymore details anyone needs to offer some advice let me know :)
 
I think I might need to start adding more exercises to my routine to get more Calories out. I usually do SL 5x5 routine in the morning (fasted). So, I might add Complexes and few other workouts to evening.
 
pumaz said:
Week 6 Weigh in:

Starting weight beginning of January 14st 6lb
Target weight end of June 11st

Last Monday 13st 5lb
This Monday 13st 2lb

3lb lost

To lose anything at all this week as come as a real bonus, I went out on a colleagues leaving do on Friday and felt pretty bloated this week (too much white bread me thinks!) I can only put my loss down to more running/Walking. I still can't run the whole 2.8 mile of my route but I am getting round quicker each time.

This week I'm replacing white bread with Wholemeal Brown and see if that helps.

Tip: Carling and carlsberg are around 50 calories less than Fosters per pint ;)

Keep it up everyone :)
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Bloating has zero affect on weight loss.
 
touch said:
It's designed to help people trying to lose weight (by mentioning protein shakes and stronglifts, i'm going to guess you're trying to bulk) so i'm not sure how the targets would work if you're trying to bulk.
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Weight lifting and protein shakes doesn't mean that someone is trying to bulk, even when losing weight you should be keeping your protein consumption high, now getting all you need via food is preferable but if that's not possible nothing wrong with taking a shake or two a day also and lifting weights just helps you try and keep as much lean muscle mass as possible whilst losing, since ideally you don't want to lose just weight, you want to lose fat.
 
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