*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***
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I've not really weighed myself much the last few weeks as it's not been so much a focus recently, so I'm glad the few times I have stepped on, I've been surprised it's kept reasonably in check. In some ways I have some breathing room as I'm around the weight I want to be and my next target/reason to actually drop some weight is now a Girona cycling trip at the end of June, so plenty of time to drop another 5 or 6 lbs before that.
Do any of you guys take protein powders or whatever is in these days? I need to find some way of upping my protein intake to about 140g but I'm only averaging around 80g odd by eating "normal" food. Looking for some recommendations. I very nearly bought a bag of Snickers protein powder in Asda but decided that was probably full of muck and put it back.
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4 meals a day at 35g pr meal should be a piece of cake to reach 140g.
That being said, as long as it's protein isolate, I think you're good to go.
Thorne would be my Go to, not cheap or easy to get hold of though
I think it will just take a bit of thought at each meal, two of my three main meals generally are carb heavy at the moment so I need to make some swaps.
Absolutely no need to get robbed paying for isolate.
Although I do agree, especially with the prices these days unless you can pick up a bag when there's a serious sale on that just eating proper food is as good. Especially if you're trying to lose weight the more actual solid food you can chew the better.
The reason I say isolate is it has less calories and more protein by volume. that's why it's more expensive. 90% protein or better in isolate instead of 70-80% with the rest being fat / lactose etc in concentrate
100% this though
True but the difference is minimal, we're talking 10kcals and 2g of protein difference per serving.
A higher protein diet is definitely more expensive. For example, when I started a meal would be followed by a yogurt and a protein bar. Compare a protein bar to a Mars bar, it's like £2 vs 40p... When you're having 3 or 4 a day, that soon adds up. Now I mix them a little and I have a few cheaper protein bars, like £1-1.20 each (Amfit for example)
90kg on the dot this morning! Another 2 kg until I’m a normal BMI! 25.4 today. That’s 10kg down from when I started Noom in October. Some nice plateaus over Christmas and skiing with a few big weekends thrown in!
Increasing protein intake and weighing carbs out to reset portion sizes has helped massively. Have also been weighing things like chocolate and ice cream which are very easy to overindulge in. Booze hasn’t gone completely, don’t really drink in the week and I’ll not really open a beer, opting for white wine instead.
Foods that have really helped the journey include Kvarg protein yoghurts (at 85p a pot they’re not far off a protein powder shake for value and have 18g of protein for about 90 calories) and Oppo ice cream which have helpfully been on offer in Sainsbury’s pretty much throughout the last few months. The ice cream in particular is remarkably low calorie and satisfies the sweet after dinner craving. Apparently it contains inulin as well which will help to reduce the BM spikes.
Gym strength is just about maintained but I can feel that dropping slightly, although that might be lack of frequency as much as anything.
Anyway, hooray for me and I’m off to buy a new pair of trousers. Downside is that my bottom is much less comfortable than it used to be.
Increasing protein intake and weighing carbs out to reset portion sizes has helped massively. Have also been weighing things like chocolate and ice cream which are very easy to overindulge in. Booze hasn’t gone completely, don’t really drink in the week and I’ll not really open a beer, opting for white wine instead.
Foods that have really helped the journey include Kvarg protein yoghurts (at 85p a pot they’re not far off a protein powder shake for value and have 18g of protein for about 90 calories) and Oppo ice cream which have helpfully been on offer in Sainsbury’s pretty much throughout the last few months. The ice cream in particular is remarkably low calorie and satisfies the sweet after dinner craving. Apparently it contains inulin as well which will help to reduce the BM spikes.
Gym strength is just about maintained but I can feel that dropping slightly, although that might be lack of frequency as much as anything.
Anyway, hooray for me and I’m off to buy a new pair of trousers. Downside is that my bottom is much less comfortable than it used to be.
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It's like you've just been inside my fridge & freezer! I like the Kvarg Lemon Cheesecake and the choc chip (stratta something). Actually, I've not had Oppo for a little while, but I have some Jude mini tubs at the moment which are only like 70 cals and take me a good 5 mins to go through, so work really well.
The banoffee ones aren’t half bad either! Glad my diet hasn’t become too off the wall. Will have a look at the Jude’s range - we had a substitute for their normal salted caramel which was delicious but twice the calories of Oppo. Eating less of it is probably the answer, but ice cream is delicious.
Curious how things are going for me, my diet has been "ok", with probably smaller portions than at home and much more salad for dinners and less bread. Snacking is also greatly reduced, although alcohol increase is up. Along with some extra meals out which are usually higher calories than at home.
Activity is also much increased with more steps outside of specific activity, and also more regular running/cycling. No scales here though so hard to quantity it. Hopefully i get back in June and find i'm 90kg
Activity is also much increased with more steps outside of specific activity, and also more regular running/cycling. No scales here though so hard to quantity it. Hopefully i get back in June and find i'm 90kg
Post a picture here every day and we'll all guess for you...
Maybe start in a few days. It was cloudy on Monday so i was lying around doing nothing but didn't use sun cream due to the clouds. My stomach looks like a lobster. Least i'm filling in the designated English male role
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@ic1male Jumping in on the protein powder discussion, £ per g it is still the cheapest source of protein even when you factor in the higher prices being seen now. You can still pick up a good deal from myprotein, bulk, bodybuilding warehouse etc. I would just go for their own brand concentrates (normally the 80% ish stuff).
I personally find that 1 scoop per day sometimes 2 really helps me stick to my protein goals which are 160-175g per day while staying within my calorie goals and without it breaking the bank. This is consistent regardless of cutting weight or bulking, and in fact when i am cutting weight i increase my protein in take just a little more to between 170-200g per day purely to do as much as i can to preserve muscle during weight loss phases.
If i stuck to just food, then it would make things like breakfast much harder to get a good hit of protein in while keeping costs sensible, and also the amount of extra meat i would need to make up the gap would quickly add up! Not to mention the added calories from other sources.
I personally find that 1 scoop per day sometimes 2 really helps me stick to my protein goals which are 160-175g per day while staying within my calorie goals and without it breaking the bank. This is consistent regardless of cutting weight or bulking, and in fact when i am cutting weight i increase my protein in take just a little more to between 170-200g per day purely to do as much as i can to preserve muscle during weight loss phases.
If i stuck to just food, then it would make things like breakfast much harder to get a good hit of protein in while keeping costs sensible, and also the amount of extra meat i would need to make up the gap would quickly add up! Not to mention the added calories from other sources.
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Been a while since i posted a graph update, down to 12.5 stone(79kg) now.
Upped my gym game ideals on Saturdays session with PT, will now be doing 6 days a week, see how I get on as with all the stuff I've been consuming online I asked if he could try to fit in about 180mins a week of zone 2 cardio, on top of the progressive overload stuff, so I suspect my step count will be up round your levels by next weekend as well @Uther .
On a side note, who was it mentioning blood pressure issues in here or was that in another thread as I have this to C+P.
On a side note, who was it mentioning blood pressure issues in here or was that in another thread as I have this to C+P.