*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

Walked straight past the village bakery with the delicious cakes in the window on my worning walk, decided a Danish pastry wasn't worth an hour on the treadmill to burn off. :(
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Think I last posted late last year, so felt an update was in order. With Christmas etc 'diet' (although I wouldn't say I'm dieting, just cut out the biscuits/chocolate I'd have with most cups of tea) went by the wayside and my daily walks stopped with the weather being so bad. This week the weather has finally improved enough to allow me out every day and finally seeing the scales steadily dip again. I'd been hovering around 84kg since Christmas, and was 84.9kg on Monday. With a walk every day (just under 8km) and increased water intake I weighed in at 83.8kg this morning. Still a bit to go (my lowest was 81.6kg, I'd like to get to 80kg and go from there)

I've also got a holiday coming up in April including a transatlantic cruise which will probably dent progress but I'll try keep the daily walks up at least.
 
Uther said:
Walked straight past the village bakery with the delicious cakes in the window on my worning walk, decided a Danish pastry wasn't worth an hour on the treadmill to burn off. :(
Maybe next time...
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I am lucky that I don't crave cake and if I eat it, I would have pastry for breakfast, as opposed to a snack. I used to buy a box (x24 pack) of Two Farmers and keep it at my desk and work through it slowly either a packet with my sandwich at lunch or afternoon snack. Crisps are my weakness.

I haven't done that in ages and we get free fruit at work so to make it more enjoyable I bought a japanese utility knife so I can make the whole fruit eating experience a little more fun. Complete unnecessary, but it slows down my eating since I need to be careful using it.

As for my weight, been sticking to around 700 calories on the treadmill despite the weight not shifting for like 10 days now....but today it went under 78kg again down to 77.8kg. Not as low as 77.5kg the sunday before last but hey ho. I will get there.

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Unfortunately I have always had a horrendous sweet tooth, but have found I'm not so bothered by cravings since I stopped eating junk food and upped my protein intake a lot. My idea of a sweet treat now is some greek yoghurt with (defrosted) frozen blueberries, and a square of finely chopped 85% dark chocolate on top. And making the effort to put it all together is strangely a lot more satisfying than shoving a cake in my face in 5 seconds or ripping open a packet of biscuits!
 
It looks like Withings. I use the same as my scales report directly in.

I just started on Creatine, so expecting a couple of lbs increase next week.
 
I think my scales or my body is broken or something....all week has been really disciplined with food and gym and hitting my calorie burnt on the treadmill....ZERO change in weight. I took a MASSIVE turd on Thursday, thinking "That has to shift something!" Nope!

I rested last night (Friday night) as I felt tiredness on my legs, woke up this morning and didn't poop, stepped on the scales and I lost a kilo (I was still wearing my watch which weighs 167g.

I don't think I am dehydrated because the night before I drank a lot of water in the evening and i went to bed I had to take 2 back to back pee and it was very clear.

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Uther said:
12 stone 12.5 lb this morning, so still going in the right direction. More importantly, as I started measuring a couple of weeks ago, and lost an inch off my waist!
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So I have this leather belt I have had for a long time. Last time I was this weight (and under), it had got past all the notches on the belt to the point that I had to make a new one for it to be tight enough. Side point, it is very hard to make a hole in a leather belt with the tip of a kitchen knife, without proper tools! Anyway, I am now back at that notch again!

I remember not long ago i was like 2 notches OVER the factory made one, so I am like 3 notches tighter.
 
Not a great weekend for me with a few meals out. Somewhat frustrated with yesterday as I could have cut the chocolate down, never mind. Have the opportunity to re-focus in the week, although gym opportunities limited with work. Going to try to get my back stretches going every day this again.

Some great progress @Raymond Lin and @Uther
 
I'm still bouncing around the 100-101kg mark, which is frustrating. I've switched from Huel type drinks for just breakfast to breakfast/lunch to be more specific with calories and for the last 2 weeks have had very few alcoholic drinks or snacks, both of which are easy to measure/record when i do have them. Exercise has also ramped up yet no movement on the scales.

I'm reluctant to drop intake any more because i need to focus on exercise volume ahead of the Traka, but maybe after that i can be more aggressive. At the moment i'm confident i'm easily in a ~10,000kcal deficit most weeks based on measurable food intake and activity calculated with HR/Power data, yet absolutely no movement on weight which is getting annoying.
 
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I'm still bouncing around the 100-101kg mark, which is frustrating. I've switched from Huel type drinks for just breakfast to breakfast/lunch to be more specific with calories and for the last 2 weeks have had very few alcoholic drinks or snacks, both of which are easy to measure/record when i do have them. Exercise has also ramped up yet no movement on the scales.

I'm reluctant to drop intake any more because i need to focus on exercise volume ahead of the Traka, but maybe after that i can be more aggressive. At the moment i'm confident i'm easily in a ~10,000kcal deficit most weeks based on measurable food intake and activity calculated with HR/Power data, yet absolutely no movement on weight which is getting annoying.
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If the maths don't work, you need to change something...

1 - I would drop the Huel, eat normal food.

Huel contains maltodextrin, which triggers an insulin response in the body like sugar does and causes the body to store fat. It counts as carbs in the nutrition ingredients but its effect behaves more like sugar.

2 - Drop alcohol completely, cold turkey for a month. You can still snack, but I snack on fruit these days.

3 - Glass of water first thing, walk for 30mins before breakfast.

4 - After a heavy meal, go for a walk.

You can do this!

I don't calorie count, not at all. I don't know how much calories I eat, but my diet is pretty constant (boring), don't eat out, and I don't really have cheat days. If I eat something bad, I work extra hard at the gym that day to offset it.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
Huel contains maltodextrin, which triggers an insulin response in the body like sugar does and causes the body to store fat. It counts as carbs in the nutrition ingredients but its effect behaves more like sugar.
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Does it? Can't see it in the ingredients for the powders
 
tom_e said:
Does it? Can't see it in the ingredients for the powders
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Food Carrier Ingredients in Huel

Discover how Huel uses carriers—like corn starch, maltodextrin, coconut flour—to blend vitamins, flavours, oils, probiotics securely and effectively.
uk.huel.com uk.huel.com

It has small amounts, but I try my BEST to avoid processed food from my diet.
 
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