*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

Not as much as a drop from Monday to today as i'd have liked, but not particularly concerned. Been a decent week so far, with 3x days out on the bike and relatively decent food intake. Have arranged to meet a local guy on Sunday morning for a longish ride too so hopefully that keeps the weekend alcohol demons at bay :D

Keep thinking how nice it'd be to have some nicer scales. I currently have some Eufy ones, but really dislike the app and the lack of Garmin integration is annoying. The Garmin scales are extortionate and by all reviews pretty crap and old now. The dream is a replacement to be released but no-one seems confident of that. Odd to neglect that product range but not allow more integrations. I know it can read from Apple/MFP, but the process never seems to work very nicely/consistently.

Withings have released their new model which looks great with a full body scanner. It's expensive at €400 but some of the metrics look awesome! Vitality offers 20% off Withings but annoyingly not the Body Scan. The Body Comp seems to include a lot of cool stuff though at a more wallet friendly price point. Anyone got one?

EDIT - Hadn't realised Withings also had a subscription model. Need to try and work out what isn't offered without it.
 
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Yeah, not remotely tempted by it. The Withings Body Comp however looks pretty sweet.

EDIT - Actually i've got the Xiomi Mi Scale 2 i think rather than the Eufy. Just dislike the app and it doesn't make trending data easy
 
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jonneymendoza said:
I think it's the amount of suger in them. It's mental. I thought these drinks are healthier than Fanta or ribena
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Noooo, fruit juice like OJ is like drinking full fat coke. There is actually more calories per 100ml in OJ than Coke.

If you must, drink it with bits, at least there is more fibre. Eating whole fruit is different, the fibre is what counts and a whole orange will get you perhaps 100ml of juice anyway and nobody sits down and eat 3 oranges in 1 go, but easily can drink 300ml of OJ quite easily.

If you love Pineapple, I suggest getting a fresh one, cut it all up then freeze it. Each 1 piece at a time during the summer, it is fantastic. Like a lollipop. I remember buying these in Hong Kong as street food as a kid on a stick.
 
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jonneymendoza said:
******* hell.

What if I squeeze an actual orange and drink that?
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In comparison, per 100ml, quick google search

Orange Juice 47cal
Apple Juice 47cal
Pineapple Juice 60cal
Cranberry Juice 51 cal
Grapefruit 41 cal
Coke 42cal

I find 50/50 ratio for Pineapple with water plenty enough for sweetness and taste, so now you just halved it. Or, if you don't mind artificial sweetener, mix it with diet lemonade or something, then you can even dilute it further to like 1:3, 1 part Pineapple, and 3 part lemonade.

If you do some quick maths.

60 calories per 100ml, that is 600 cal per litre.

3500 calories = 1 lb of fat.

Meaning just about 6 Litres of Pineapple juice = 1 lb of fat.

You were on 3 cartons a week, and if everything stays the same in your life and you were maintaining your weight then just cutting out pineapple juice can lose 1 lb after 2 weeks. (on paper)
 
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I appreciate understanding your body composition is interesting, but surely the mirror and your belt buckle gives you all the information that you need over and above normal scales? £400 plus a subscription?! I guess throwing money at a problem is one way of making us feel like we’re addressing it!

Gail’s bakery in Euston did themselves out of a sale today - 777kcal for an almond and chocolate croissant!! I had already bought a wicked peanut M&M brownie from a stall outside Euston station :D

Fruit juice makes beer seem like good value calorie wise!
 
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I appreciate understanding your body composition is interesting, but surely the mirror and your belt buckle gives you all the information that you need over and above normal scales? £400 plus a subscription?! I guess throwing money at a problem is one way of making us feel like we’re addressing it!

Gail’s bakery in Euston did themselves out of a sale today - 777kcal for an almond and chocolate croissant!! I had already bought a wicked peanut M&M brownie from a stall outside Euston station :D

Fruit juice makes beer seem like good value calorie wise!
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The same size almond vs chocolate croissants, I find that the almond one always have like 30% more calories!

I suspect this one is at LEAST 600 cal, perhaps even 800. It weighed as much as a proper sandwich. It has an almond sugar paste with chocolate and almond flakes on top and layered.

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Raymond Lin said:
Noooo, fruit juice like OJ is like drinking full fat coke. There is actually more calories per 100ml in OJ than Coke.

If you must, drink it with bits, at least there is more fibre. Eating whole fruit is different, the fibre is what counts and a whole orange will get you perhaps 100ml of juice anyway and nobody sits down and eat 3 oranges in 1 go, but easily can drink 300ml of OJ quite easily.

If you love Pineapple, I suggest getting a fresh one, cut it all up then freeze it. Each 1 piece at a time during the summer, it is fantastic. Like a lollipop. I remember buying these in Hong Kong as street food as a kid on a stick.
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Yea I use to peel 2 or 3 small oranges and then put them in a blender with a bit of water and drink it after. Is that OK?
 
tom_nieto said:
I appreciate understanding your body composition is interesting, but surely the mirror and your belt buckle gives you all the information that you need over and above normal scales? £400 plus a subscription?! I guess throwing money at a problem is one way of making us feel like we’re addressing it!
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If i can throw a gadget into the mix then i'm all over it!

The Body Comp is €160ish which seems more acceptable
 
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