*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

The several that I've looked at seem to be quite close in calorie estimates, though, of course, they're only a guide or starting point.

Unfortunately, I find the calorie suggestion in the link I posted to be a little too generous, so I can see at some point, that I'll probably need to drop below 2000.

At least, doing it very slowly allows you to acclimatise to what, I would have once thought, to be an unrealistic long-term value.
 
Somehow down to 93.2kg this morning. I’d had a plateau the last couple of weeks, so this is encouraging. I do think I’ll stick to this past my original goal of 93kg as it seems to be working well, I don’t feel terrible and I get to eat nice things. I’d have to get to 88kg to get into the upper range of normal BMI, but I’m not sure I’ll push for that. I’ll let the mirror do the talking for the next bit. I’m not exactly pushing my PBs in the gym, but strength doesn’t seem to be falling off.
 
Lol 94.7 kg this morning. Demonstrates how important daily weigh ins are due to fluid shifts. I’m pretty sure I retain more water after the gym and a protein shake.
 
Finished my Christmas/New year/Stag do/being ill period last week at 231lbs, diet has been tidied up and I've been getting half an hour of cardio in every other day or so and I'm down to 225lbs already.
That'll do pig, that'll do. Should be back to pre Christmas weight in the next couple of weeks.
 
Yeah, i knew things fluctuated based on water etc, but jumping 2kg from one day to the next is outrageous (i know yours is 1.5kg, but i've seen bigger movements day to day)

I'm going for a Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule. Hoping that stops me being obsessive, figure Monday gives me a good starting value after the weekend, Wednesday shows if i'm on track and then Friday is where i try and pay most attention knowing it'll likely increase over the weekend. Its also currently holding me back from buying the Garmin Index scales which i would really like for full integration into Garmin!
 
I've been weight tracking for several years now. I can see quite big swings in weight from day today. In November, after a food intollerance test, I went dairy free due to the test flagging up cows milk as being bad for me.

Christmas was tough but i'm nearly three months in now and havent had a drop of milk or eaten anything containing milk.

It's been really beneficial for my weight loss. I'm a few lbs away from lightest on record.

 
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Guys, what's the website for working out your maintain/lose/gain cals? I used to use a good one, but it got shut down.
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There're loads out there, I've not used one personally but they are generally termed TDEE calculators.

If you want to also track detailed macro and micronutrient details, I've heard Chronometer is good.
For ease of use myfitnesspal is good as you can just directly scan product barcodes in to it (have used this years ago and was good).

My understanding though, is that rather than 'working out' target calorie goals, you should aim to track as accurately as you can and adjust based on how fast you are losing weight (or not) for a truer figure for yourself (aim for 1-2% of total body weight per week at most!).
 
Back in late October I arranged with friends that we'd go Skiing/Snowboarding next week and I decided that this was a good spur to start doing something about my slowly spreading girth and lose a serious amount of weight. I initially set myself a target of dropping from my weight that day of 93.2kg (14st 9) and about the heaviest I've ever been to 82.5kg (a hair under 13st) by today. My plan was to use a combination of two day fasts, a modestly healthier diet in between, and some extra exercise. Things were going pretty well on that target before Christmas and getting ill hit, so I changed it to a slightly more achievable 85kg. Today I weighed in at 84.6kg (13st 4), a loss of 8.6kg (1st 4) in just over 100 days. Pretty damn happy with that.

I still have more gut than I like, which I'd like to lose by the end of the year, but I think I'm going to just aim at maintaining the current loss over the next few months and think about having another push later in the year.
 
93.7kg this morning. Bad eating last week has stalled things a bit, but haven’t ballooned. Was back up at 95 pre weekend, d’oh! Onwards and upwards… or downwards, whatever.
 
I'm getting utterly annoyed by PrepKitchen not sending the right order every week. Does anyone have a recommendation as to what other similar meal prep services are out there that actually do what they are supposed to?
 
I'm after some good meal replacement stuff. I've been using MyVegan (my proteins) mre but its fairly bland and just thought I'd cast a net out and see if anyone has any they actually enjoy. I know protein drinks are a bit polarising in terms of taste but worth a shot.
 
platypus said:
I'm after some good meal replacement stuff. I've been using MyVegan (my proteins) mre but its fairly bland and just thought I'd cast a net out and see if anyone has any they actually enjoy. I know protein drinks are a bit polarising in terms of taste but worth a shot.
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Huel?

Not tried it myself, but there's a decent thread on it in this section of the forum.

Thread 'Huel: The Future of Food ..' https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/huel-the-future-of-food.18714211/
 
platypus said:
I'm after some good meal replacement stuff. I've been using MyVegan (my proteins) mre but its fairly bland and just thought I'd cast a net out and see if anyone has any they actually enjoy. I know protein drinks are a bit polarising in terms of taste but worth a shot.
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I've been using this, i have the strawberry one which is ok, if a little sweet. Would likely try another flavour as i seem to have gone off Strawberry flavoured things recently.

I'm pretty cheap, so the cost factor is a big thing for me!

Worth nothing that "40 servings" only gives each serving around 250ish kcal.
 
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Yeah, I've been using Huel for about 4 years, one meal a day. I actually really look forward to it after exercising. If it's a morning ride, then I have it for lunch when I get home. If it's an evening indoor training session after work, I have it as dinner. Drinking your meal when you're exhausted and thirsty works well for me.

Weight loss is working slowely since Xmas. It's rather annoying how easily the weight goes on and how hard it is to come off... I was around 15st 6 or 7lbs a week before Xmas. A week after Xmas I was around 15st 10 or 11lbs and I've only just now really got back down to 15st 6lbs this week. I'm not going super hard on the calorie deficit, but working quite hard on the bike. I'm hoping that will bring me to my Mallorca trip in better form, rather than really cutting cals out and losing some power.
 
Yeah, my weight loss seems to be non existent, although i keep having good Monday-Thursdays and then just fall apart on the weekend.

Finally managed to run last night for the first time in a month, and so hoping the start of this helps me mentally. I do think how much better my recovery could've been if i lost weight from October to now. With effort i could probably be sub 90kg which is a lot less weight for my dodgy foot to have to contend with!
 
Thanks for the responses, I've heard about Huel but never really considered it. Do any of these places do samples? I don't mind paying a few £ to try out a few different flavours.
 
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