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*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***
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You understand, we're looking at a graph of my weight over the year, I went to Girona in June... for the second time (and going back next November!) so I know it reasonably well.
Yes, it was crazy hot. Most of my times were way down due to dealing with the heat. Rocacorba in 36 degrees wasn't easy!
Hmm, with how much I ate yesterday, it's not started well.
Haha it’s always hard to be restrained.
I’ve been awful all month as we went to a Makro and my wife bought loads of snacks for the kids at Christmas that I just slowly worked my way through as soon as she opened them early.
Yesterday probably wasn’t too bad for food but booze was expectantly horrific.
Wife and kids still in bed. Think I might go and try a bike ride/hike.
I’ve been awful all month as we went to a Makro and my wife bought loads of snacks for the kids at Christmas that I just slowly worked my way through as soon as she opened them early.
Yesterday probably wasn’t too bad for food but booze was expectantly horrific.
Wife and kids still in bed. Think I might go and try a bike ride/hike.
Boxing day and I'm already fed up of Christmas, and the house is full of cake and boxes of biscuits.
Decided to step things up a notch for next year so have ordered David Goggins book.I shall never be David Goggins as the man is a machine and I am too old, and more importantly too lazy, but hoping to get my mindset in a better place going forward.
Decided to step things up a notch for next year so have ordered David Goggins book.I shall never be David Goggins as the man is a machine and I am too old, and more importantly too lazy, but hoping to get my mindset in a better place going forward.
aaahhh
misread it LOL
maybe i should be asking you for tips and routes
Roca was not pleasant...
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I’m not a doctor but my understanding is your insulin response will have kicked in about 15 mins after eating which will ultimately act to normalise your blood sugar levels. What it can mean is your blood sugar actually falls below normal then rises back up. If you’re setting off before it’s had chance to level off then you’ll feel hypo (aka bonking). A gel will obviously boost your sugar levels to overcome that. It can take 60-120 mins for blood sugar to level off so really you want to be eating stuff that is absorbed more slowly, or having it soon before leaving.
So first check in having buried my head in the sand following my post due to lack of progress.Just getting started on finally trying to get my weight, eating habits and exercise on an even keel. Trigger for this is hitting the big 40 and realised I’ve been consistently over 100kg and unfit for too long having left uni more like 85 kg. I’m 105 kg and 188cm now and starting to fear what long term damage I’m doing to my health (work medical said marginally high cholesterol) with two young kids and a stressful job. Having seen my dad’s health get worse from being consistently over weight I want to avoid that. I’d like to get down to 90 kg but more importantly stick at a weight around that number. I’ve tried exercise and diets (fasting and huel) in the past and usually manage 3 months max and then it all goes horribly wrong usually starting with off the diet with a bad week at work and then the exercise slips.
Self assessing:
Diet - I over eat and snack particularly late at night and during the work day. I’ve a terrible sweet tooth for snacks (prets chocolate bars etc) at work particularly when days are stressful (too often). I also travel a lot with work so eat out a lot. Diets been the thing I’ve never really tackled as I like food too much and stress eat. This time I’m going to tackle the diet as I think that’s been the real issue previously as I could only ever tolerate doing huel during the day. I think I need to finally have a go at proper calorie counting so looking at that now to make it easy. I’m tempted to try one of these meal prep services (Lionprep maybe) to make calorie counting easier and also control portions generally kick start things.
Drinking - I’m basically tee total so no quick wins heredon’t drink sugary soft drinks either.
Exercise - Used to swim a lot and enjoyed that but struggle to fit it in around kids and work now. Have a peloton and peloton guide which my wife’s addicted to but I have struggled to get addicted to but when I get going I can get into good habits for a few months and find it helps with stress at work as well. I’m less worried about getting consistent on exercise. I’m going to potentially find some sports to do for the social aspect more than anything And maybe over time look at cycling to work or the station.
Anyway. Really here to give myself some accountability by starting to check in regularly with my progress (all my mates are fitness addicts so don’t get my struggle) and making some sustained changes this time.
105kg. 0kg lost.
Currently 103kg. So no real progress in 2 months overall but least i didn't gain any more having added 10kg in last 12 months.
i have been calorie counting and found my real issue is snacks at work during the week and post dinner snacking pushing near to 3-3500 per day. So I’m working to cut those down but definitely not easy.
Exercise wise has been streaky through a lot of work travel (3 weeks in the US = lot of dinners with clients + no exercise) so the focus now is on consistency and also exercising whilst away from home with work.
@Alex_L - 2 kg down over the festive season is not to be sniffed at!
You’ve identified problem areas and have an action plan to address it. Rather than cutting out snacks, look carefully at what you’re snacking on and see if you can make sensible substitutions. Good luck!
You’ve identified problem areas and have an action plan to address it. Rather than cutting out snacks, look carefully at what you’re snacking on and see if you can make sensible substitutions. Good luck!
Good challenge on the progress. I’m trying to cut the after dinner snacking where possible or switch to fruits when I’d normally reach for something sugary or peanut butter from the tub (a weird high calorie habit!)
Daytime snacks I’m adopting the kids snacks of lentil crackers and fruit vs. Pret’s sugary treats.
On the calorie counting - have people found things like lions prep good for making it easy? I live on a diet of pret a manager etc during the week at work so interested in alternatives
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I have come to the realisation that at 108kg with more clothing in the wardrobe that doesn't fit then does I need to act.
In 2020 I ran the Southampton marathon in a respectable 4:28 and was fit. Since then it's been nothing but downhill.
Plan is to improve my diet and get back into regular exercise.
In 2020 I ran the Southampton marathon in a respectable 4:28 and was fit. Since then it's been nothing but downhill.
Plan is to improve my diet and get back into regular exercise.
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I did the same as you and gave all the unopened treats to my neighbour.
Not a good start to the new year. I told people I was trying to sort myself out and got more boxes of biscuits and chocolate this year than ever before.
I'm very happy it's all gone. Going to do 'Dry January' for me this year too, first time ever.
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Im in the middle. Spent the last few days shovelling all the biscuits available down my throat to allow for a “clean” start tomorrow.
Todays weigh in was 103.5kg. I’m optimistically hoping that a few kgs fall off quickly once a normal diet resumes.
January is usually a horrific work month for me so just need to make sure I find time for exercise.
Todays weigh in was 103.5kg. I’m optimistically hoping that a few kgs fall off quickly once a normal diet resumes.
January is usually a horrific work month for me so just need to make sure I find time for exercise.
Not sure what my weight is at the moment but it's not going to be less than 30st, for context I'm 6ft 8 and disabled thanks to my leg being completely ******!
I struggle with weight loss, especially as its all through diet alone. Basically, the more I try to be physically active, the more my becomes painful and swollen and the more I risk ending up in hospital again with a dvt. It's infuriating!
But, I have had success. At my heaviest I'd hit 38st (no need to comment I was disgusted with myself) and at my lowest since my Injury I got down to 26st 11. So still a long way off but evidence I can do it when determined.
My goal is to get to my weight to 15st. I fell off the wagon hard before after I was told even if I hit my target weight they wouldn't do the surgery I'd been told I could have previously because of a 75% chance I'd lose my leg for only a 5% chance of it fixing the problem. I got very depressed knowing this disability is sodding permanent.
But, I'm determined to get healthier again for my missus and for my daughters. How I do it though is a little controversial. I do carnivore. Eating mostly fatty red meat until I'm full and nothing else. I'll add stuff like chicken wings, pork belly, bacon, eggs etc but fatty red meat is the lions share.
People think I'm nuts but I honestly feel better than I did before my injury and subsequent disability while doing it. So, basically once I can get my missus to head to the butchers for me on Tuesday I'm back on the meat wagon and hoping you lot can help keep me on track.
I struggle with weight loss, especially as its all through diet alone. Basically, the more I try to be physically active, the more my becomes painful and swollen and the more I risk ending up in hospital again with a dvt. It's infuriating!
But, I have had success. At my heaviest I'd hit 38st (no need to comment I was disgusted with myself) and at my lowest since my Injury I got down to 26st 11. So still a long way off but evidence I can do it when determined.
My goal is to get to my weight to 15st. I fell off the wagon hard before after I was told even if I hit my target weight they wouldn't do the surgery I'd been told I could have previously because of a 75% chance I'd lose my leg for only a 5% chance of it fixing the problem. I got very depressed knowing this disability is sodding permanent.
But, I'm determined to get healthier again for my missus and for my daughters. How I do it though is a little controversial. I do carnivore. Eating mostly fatty red meat until I'm full and nothing else. I'll add stuff like chicken wings, pork belly, bacon, eggs etc but fatty red meat is the lions share.
People think I'm nuts but I honestly feel better than I did before my injury and subsequent disability while doing it. So, basically once I can get my missus to head to the butchers for me on Tuesday I'm back on the meat wagon and hoping you lot can help keep me on track.
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That sounds a fantastic diet! I love meat!
If it works for you and you feel better for it though then that's all that matters.
Seems like you have some good inspiration to work with so hopefully you'll get to a place where you feel happier.
Clearly you're in quite a different position to most of us, so I am literally asking a question, rather than commenting on your approach. Do you know how many calories this is? Are you saying this is your approach to losing weight?
I ask, because I've commented on here, if I eat until I feel like I'm full/don't need to eat more, I'm definitely going to put weight on.
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Yes, this is my approach to losing weight as it really works for me. I started it after it was recommended to me when my health really started to decline starting with type 2 diabetes which in 3 months of doing it I'd put into remission along with suspected Crohns. The weight loss helped a lot as well, naturally.
Honestly mate, doing it I've never once thought about how many calories I was getting in a meal. But, I can guess it was a lot when I was packing away a 1kg slab of pork belly or a 1lb rib eye cooked in butter with 4-6 eggs and probably some streaky bacon on the side. If I wasn't losing weight it was either I wasn't eating enough or I was eating dairy (I bloody love cheese) what I found though is while I was eating massive meals and feeling stuffed after the first few weeks I was only really eating once a day as I just wasn't hungry outside of that. So I guess I was getting benefits of fasting aswell? Without ever being hungry.