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@Martynt74 - nice steady progress! Keep working on the alcohol chart. It’s not a huge intake, but if you want to make a step change you know what you need to do!

Speaking of change, got back from the land of sunshine, wine and buffets yesterday. You think you’re making sensible choices by not having a plate full of carbs (why waste the plate space?!) and then BOOM! A thousand tiny desserts! Anyway, it’s great to have a break, it was great to have gone away in decent shape and I can focus for the next few weeks and crack on. It was fabulous to swim in the Ionian Sea and reminds me how much it helps my back. Open water swimming is a LOT harder than in the pool. Hoping most of the gain is water weight and will have a better idea once I’m back in a routine over the week.
 
I'm back on low carb for a bit. The first time I did it I lost nearly a stone in a month, a bit extreme. I'm being a bit more sensible this time,
just losing the weight I gained on holiday. The thing I most miss is beer, however I've bought a bottle of Woodford Reserve for Saturday nights in :)
 
tom_nieto said:
@Martynt74 - nice steady progress! Keep working on the alcohol chart. It’s not a huge intake, but if you want to make a step change you know what you need to do!

Speaking of change, got back from the land of sunshine, wine and buffets yesterday. You think you’re making sensible choices by not having a plate full of carbs (why waste the plate space?!) and then BOOM! A thousand tiny desserts! Anyway, it’s great to have a break, it was great to have gone away in decent shape and I can focus for the next few weeks and crack on. It was fabulous to swim in the Ionian Sea and reminds me how much it helps my back. Open water swimming is a LOT harder than in the pool. Hoping most of the gain is water weight and will have a better idea once I’m back in a routine over the week.
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I think the main shock for me is that the suggested intake is ~14 units, but i'm around 250% even though i didn't think my intake was particularly high!

I keep wanting to get into swimming, but it just bores me so much. Not helped by being awful at it!
 
Martynt74 said:
I think the main shock for me is that the suggested intake is ~14 units, but i'm around 250% even though i didn't think my intake was particularly high!

I keep wanting to get into swimming, but it just bores me so much. Not helped by being awful at it!
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I think you've covered what was going to be my comment to your pictures... you're averaging over 30 units a week which will be doing nothing for your health or weight! Though it does seem a fairly spread out intake like you said rather than the british binge!

Weighed in at 84.1 on the dot this morning which puts me at 35KG lost since I started sorting my self out on the 1st October 2022!
 
Yeah 100% I wanted to give it around 2 months just to see if June was a one off but the fact it's continued the pattern into July shows it's a routine now rather than a freak occurrence. Not helped by finding a decent bar in the local town which just opened which has some fantastic craft beer which i've missed massively since moving here!

Down to 101.3kg today which gives me a nice starting point for August. We've got a pretty hectic month with moving house again and some friends coming to visit for a weekend. So my goal is just to keep an eye on those relaxing beers after a day of work and an evening of moving stuff and sorting the next house and accept i'll drink a bit more on specific days when the lads are out and just being conscious of the ones inbetween.
 
ic1male said:
That’s very kind of you, sir.

I’ve not even got going yet. :( I’m pretty much waiting for the stars to align (diet, exercise, etc.) And I have to wait for a Monday to start. And if I eat something wrong on Monday, I have the rest of the week off to eat what I want until the next Monday.

I’ve set up Strava, I’ve set up Runna but not got the motivation to lace up my trainers either. What a pickle!
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I've not read any previous posts of yours in this, so I have no context but just go today, think of it as though something is better than nothing.

I see plenty of people in the gym doing technically incorrect stuff or things that are sub optimal but it works (to some degree) because they're consistent. It could just be consistently once a week, over the years that will add up.

So yeah, just go today. Perfection is the enemy here (I'm an expert on this!).

It doesn't even have to be a run, just go for a long walk. Even a short walk.
 
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sigma said:
I've not read any previous posts of yours in this, so I have no context but just go today, think of it as though something is better than nothing.

I see plenty of people in the gym doing technically incorrect stuff or things that are sub optimal but it works (to some degree) because they're consistent. It could just be consistently once a week, over the years that will add up.

So yeah, just go today. Perfection is the enemy here (I'm an expert on this!).

It doesn't even have to be a run, just go for a long walk. Even a short walk.
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This is it 100% - paralysis by analysis is a big thing. Searching for the optimal routine, the exact calorie intake, swapping programmes and methods to find the “one”. Meanwhile the stupidest person you know from school is jacked / shredded because they just show up and do the work
 
Yeah. A bit like the “diet starts Monday” or “starts 1st of the month” mentality which I’ve been guilty of in the past.
Just start doing it.


Also unsure it really fits in here but I bought a kettlebell recently for a few quick exercises in my office throughout the day. Did 20 mins on Monday after a relatively hard bike effort and my legs have only felt better today! Fairly crazy considering I’ve been doing some strength work with a bar for the last month or so and assumed I’d got past that very initial DOMS part unless I went heavy.
 
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blairw said:
This is it 100% - paralysis by analysis is a big thing. Searching for the optimal routine, the exact calorie intake, swapping programmes and methods to find the “one”. Meanwhile the stupidest person you know from school is jacked / shredded because they just show up and do the work
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So true :cry:
 
Martynt74 said:
Yeah. A bit like the “diet starts Monday” or “starts 1st of the month” mentality which I’ve been guilty of in the past.
Just start doing it.


Also unsure it really fits in here but I bought a kettlebell recently for a few quick exercises in my office throughout the day. Did 20 mins on Monday after a relatively hard bike effort and my legs have only felt better today! Fairly crazy considering I’ve been doing some strength work with a bar for the last month or so and assumed I’d got past that very initial DOMS part unless I went heavy.
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You hit the muscle in a different way I guess. That highlights why it's good to do a variety of exercises, for general health.
 
Yeah, must've been the swings, as the only other things i did were goblet squats and single leg deadlifts, although it's the SLDL that might be what too it over the edge!
 
I wouldn't even bother with the apps to begin with, easiest thing to do is to log it on here or pen and paper. Just the date and what you did.
 
Martynt74 said:
Yeah, must've been the swings, as the only other things i did were goblet squats and single leg deadlifts, although it's the SLDL that might be what too it over the edge!
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If you did that after a hard ride then it's no surprise as your legs were probably still recovering from the ride when you hit them
 
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If you did that after a hard ride then it's no surprise as your legs were probably still recovering from the ride when you hit them
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True, although i might've overegged the hardness of the ride! It was only an hour hardish ride with some sprints to finish.

I might stick with the KB though. Unsure if i have space in the next house for my rack which would be a shame but i think with just dumbells and the KB i can do most things
 
Martynt74 said:
True, although i might've overegged the hardness of the ride! It was only an hour hardish ride with some sprints to finish.

I might stick with the KB though. Unsure if i have space in the next house for my rack which would be a shame but i think with just dumbells and the KB i can do most things
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I guess it depends on your level of fitness but effectively doing 60 minute hard cycling and sprints isn't your typical warm up for lifting weights.

I think the general consensus is to do cardio and weights on different days ideally. Ideally being the key word. Especially if you're not in your teens or 20s.
 
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tom_nieto said:
After a slightly stalled attempt over the weekend, I logged my calories properly today. Keep going, one foot in front of the other or something like that…!
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Good effort.

Impressively after all my comments above, we were out on Friday night where i had around 4 pints and then we got the keys for our new rental and the landlords had left a lovely bottle of red wine.

Impossible to not drink over here!
 
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