Hovering around the 78kg mark still, no real overall weight loss in a few weeks, however wife got taken to hospital urgently last Thursday morning and when i'm stressed/anxious, I eat crap, any willpower and care goes out the window. She was out Saturday night but i'd eaten a fair amount of really poor quality food by then and scuppered a week or two of progress. it's evened out now though and will focus on being good again. I'm basically back at the point I was about 4 weeks ago - just a blip.
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Enjoyed myself foodwise over the past couple of weeks or so, since collapsing at work, and had 'jumped up' to just shy of 76kg. Weighed myself today and am back to 74.9kg.
with my weight loss, ive lost a fair amount of strenght and muscle - not that I had much any of that in the first place.
I've noticed in the gym that back squats and deadlifts are tougher and i might not get to my previous PBs
but im okay with this as long as i will maintain what is left and slowly start buidling it up.
migth have to start taking some vitamins as supplements and start eating some veg LOL
Definetelly need to go back on my protein powder to help muscle fight the losing battle of disappearing
I've noticed in the gym that back squats and deadlifts are tougher and i might not get to my previous PBs
but im okay with this as long as i will maintain what is left and slowly start buidling it up.
migth have to start taking some vitamins as supplements and start eating some veg LOL
Definetelly need to go back on my protein powder to help muscle fight the losing battle of disappearing
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Good thanks. Hasn't happened again, so there's that. Still saying it was a combination of walking 15-20 miles per shift and not eating properly or drinking enough water.
Glad you’re ok! CCU not a bad place to collapse though!
My dad recently had a triple heart bypass due to coronary artery disease. It spooked me into making some changes. So here I am, just over a week into my weight loss journey. Unfortunately I don't have a starting weight as the scales at home were broken. But I'm now 16st 2lb/103kg (Which sucks a bit, as I didn't think I weighed that much. Given a lot of my Size L clothes no longer fit, I guess I shouldn't have been as surprised by this as I was). I'm using Fitbit Premium to track calories in and calories out using a daily 750 calorie deficit.
I've cut my alcohol consumption from around 20 pints of ~5% beer a week to maybe half that number of low alcohol (<0.5%) beers. I thought that would be tougher than it has been, but I haven't really missed it.
The first week has yielded interesting insights. I thought that working in a restaurant and eating restaurant food all the time was a large part of the problem. But on work days I'm moving a lot & tend to only have two meals (breakfast and then an early dinner). Turns out these are the easy days. The danger days are days off. Yesterday I drove everywhere and was largely sedentary, so my calorie target was really tight.
I've cut my alcohol consumption from around 20 pints of ~5% beer a week to maybe half that number of low alcohol (<0.5%) beers. I thought that would be tougher than it has been, but I haven't really missed it.
The first week has yielded interesting insights. I thought that working in a restaurant and eating restaurant food all the time was a large part of the problem. But on work days I'm moving a lot & tend to only have two meals (breakfast and then an early dinner). Turns out these are the easy days. The danger days are days off. Yesterday I drove everywhere and was largely sedentary, so my calorie target was really tight.
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May aswell post my weight woes here!
Ive been going through a bad phase mentally over the last few years, nothing major, just enough for me to comfort eat. Last few years the weight has steadily gone up. At 5ft7 i tipped the scales at 115kg at the end of summer, along with the weight, for the 1st time ive felt terrible, unfit on another level, walking was starting to become difficult.
Im 46 with High BP since i was 19, food was my way out of difficult situations, sweet food especially. End of summer it all ended, decided to stop look at food as something to enjoy and just look at is as fuel. I started couch to 5k as a way of getting moving, and thankfully ive managed to dump some weight, im 100kg now, long way to go, but my mindset is hugely different, walking instead of the car, more gym work and importantly, thinking twice before i put something in my mouth. Im at 1500 cals a day and not hungry, no real cravings either. More importantly, I can run again, joints feel better, muscles feel better.
Theres just one thing i have to make sure i do, get down the gym 6am Monday, that sorts my week out with no glitches. Im taking it 10kg at a time, but im determined too make it work. My wife has helped me control my portions, as she would bring me huge plates of food, and say, just eat what you want, and i would oblige by bingeing the lot. Now after a few heated exchanges she understands how my mind works
Keep up the good work folks
Ive been going through a bad phase mentally over the last few years, nothing major, just enough for me to comfort eat. Last few years the weight has steadily gone up. At 5ft7 i tipped the scales at 115kg at the end of summer, along with the weight, for the 1st time ive felt terrible, unfit on another level, walking was starting to become difficult.
Im 46 with High BP since i was 19, food was my way out of difficult situations, sweet food especially. End of summer it all ended, decided to stop look at food as something to enjoy and just look at is as fuel. I started couch to 5k as a way of getting moving, and thankfully ive managed to dump some weight, im 100kg now, long way to go, but my mindset is hugely different, walking instead of the car, more gym work and importantly, thinking twice before i put something in my mouth. Im at 1500 cals a day and not hungry, no real cravings either. More importantly, I can run again, joints feel better, muscles feel better.
Theres just one thing i have to make sure i do, get down the gym 6am Monday, that sorts my week out with no glitches. Im taking it 10kg at a time, but im determined too make it work. My wife has helped me control my portions, as she would bring me huge plates of food, and say, just eat what you want, and i would oblige by bingeing the lot. Now after a few heated exchanges she understands how my mind works
Keep up the good work folks
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@Tinders My partner is a feeder too.
We have these square plates which can accommodate tons of food, so I've now got my own normal sized circular plate which takes less food!
Glad to hear you've shifted a fair bit of weight already, keep going!
We have these square plates which can accommodate tons of food, so I've now got my own normal sized circular plate which takes less food!
Glad to hear you've shifted a fair bit of weight already, keep going!
How do you guys cut calories so extremely to 2000 or under? I start feeling super hungry and can't get to sleep if I don't eat around 2700-3000 calories a day at 112KG, Do I need to cut my white carbs and eat more vegetables?
Carbs will raise your blood sugar higher than protein or fats, especially the processed/refined ones, e.g. the white stuff — that's had so much stripped away from it.
I would eat more foods that you find trigger your hunger less/and aren't so addictive, so most likely carbs. Cut the processed stuff out at home and only have it when eating out/special occasions, when there's less choice.
And then set a realistic number of calories that you can maintain and simply get used to being consistent. After a while, when things seem to be stable and consistent, try lowering your current value from, say, 3K to 2750 or 2500, and repeat the process.
Eventually, you should be able to find a happy medium. Then, once in a while, you can eat your fill until you're 'comfortably stuffed', since what you put back on will be insignificant in the long run. Consistency is very important, IMO.
If you get an attack of the munchies, then a portion of protein is probably the best thing as, although it's adding a few more calories, your body will burn more calories during digestion than compared to fats or carbs.
Hope this helps.
Personally, I feel better on lower carbs. I'm so used to it now. If I eat healthier, wholefood carbs, then it only takes a relatively short amount of time before I find temptation to be too strong.
Where I'm concerned, nighttime is by far the worst time of day for a potential relapse, so I try to eat plenty of protein for dinner.
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I’m on around ~1600 kcal a day.
I’ll have a couple of black coffees in the morning until I first eat at around 11-12. I think it’s much easier to be hungrier in the morning, rather than the evening. If I’m particularly knackered I’ll eat earlier.
Then I’ll have a huel / protein shake mix (325-450 kcals).
In the early after noon I’ll have a pack of quorn sausages, a soup or another shake. (300-400 kcals)
I’ll have a beef jerky / protein yogurt as a snack at some point (100-200 kcals)
Dinner will typically be a Gousto meal, not overall fussy with what it is as I enjoy the variety. Followed by another protein yog and maybe a satsuma (650-800 kcals).
I find this all pretty easy to follow. Once a week I’ll have a ‘cheat meal’ which is me basically eating enough until I feel 100% satiated, whatever I fancy. So a big meal of something… I had a pizza this week. That probably helps stave off any cravings throughout the week.
I’m around 85kg so you might want to add a couple of hundred kcals onto that for your size.
As for my own progress, I finally made it into the ‘healthy’ zone on BMI, having been ‘obese’ earlier in the year.
So that’s a 3 stone drop \o/
Going to try and drop another 2/3 to drop my body fat % before building on the lean muscle (target end weight 12 stone).
So that’s a 3 stone drop \o/
Going to try and drop another 2/3 to drop my body fat % before building on the lean muscle (target end weight 12 stone).
Quite honestly, for me it's a willpower thing. If I simply eat when I'm hungry, I would eat around 3k to 3,400 cals a day. Sleeping while hungry is a challenge for me, hence every night before bed I have two apples, a bowl of cereal and a protein bar (about 550 cals in all). My battle is then not to eat something when I wake hungry around 2am or 3am.
The other trick is to exercise. So, if you can burn 500-1,500 cals during the day, you have license to eat a little more in the evening!
So personally, I'm hitting about 2,400 cals most days, 3,200 on heavy exercise days (big cycle rides). Exercise in a week is twice to the gym, one indoor cycle session, 3 or 4 x 25 minute walks at lunch, 2 x 50 mile rides.
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I would suggest that you don’t cut your intake so extremely. Get yourself down to a regular 2200-2400 intake and you’ll see progress from where you’re at now.
Edit - just to add, you definitely should look at what you’re eating. Increase protein and cut simple carbs will help with satiety. Get on top of your snacking game too. Super easy to have an extra 500 calories in one sitting from a “snack” (I’m guilty of this).
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Cutting calories, dieting , exercise etc is a mind over matter thing. At my lowest point I’d be consuming 3k cals, I was constantly craving food, it was all I thought about. I felt terrible, bad heartburn etc all the time.
Im now at 1500 cals, unless I’m down the gym, on those days I’m at 2k cals. But I had to get my head right 1st, ie only eat when you are actually hungry not when u think you are hungry etc etc. it’s a demon I have to battle. I’m struggling this week, not feeling 100%. I’m craving pizza, chips, milkshakes etc.
Im doing my final week of C25K at the mo and it’s the one thing that spurring me on, 8 weeks ago I was 17.5st and could barely run for 30sec I’m now 10kg lighter and running for 30 mins without the heart rate even getting above 160
Im now at 1500 cals, unless I’m down the gym, on those days I’m at 2k cals. But I had to get my head right 1st, ie only eat when you are actually hungry not when u think you are hungry etc etc. it’s a demon I have to battle. I’m struggling this week, not feeling 100%. I’m craving pizza, chips, milkshakes etc.
Im doing my final week of C25K at the mo and it’s the one thing that spurring me on, 8 weeks ago I was 17.5st and could barely run for 30sec I’m now 10kg lighter and running for 30 mins without the heart rate even getting above 160