*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

I'm reading (listening to) Why We Sleep at the moment and have just listened to a chapter about sleep and weight loss. Very interesting. The short version of things, there are three reasons sleep can affect your weight -
  1. Sleep helps your body deal with sugar
  2. Sleep helps reset something that controls your desire to eat
  3. Sleep helps control something that tells your body you're satiated
So, with bad sleep you want to eat more and keep eating! It also referenced a study of groups that were limiting calories, those with 5.5 hours lost weight but 75% of the loss was lean mass (muscle) compared to those that slept 8.5 hours whose weight loss was over 50% fat. Interesting stuff!
 
Currently on annual leave, had to use it or lose it, which means I'm not walking as many kms per day and I'm definitely not humping ~250kg beds around. Just weighed myself and to be honest I thought it'd be a lot worse, have only gone up from 74.9 to 75.1kg. Could probably work that off by simply dropping the kids off at the pool. :eek: :D
 
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I'm 44 & 192cm, 2nd Dec I was 99.4kg and it was like a switch was flipped mentally and I decided to take action.

Today I'm down to 91.4kg and it's basically down to the following primarily:

1. Intermittent fasting, kind of close to the 16:8 way.
2. Strict calorie counting with myfitnesspal and much healthier meal planning.
3. Huel Black for breakfast.
4. Lots of zone2 training timed before I come out of the fast.

I'm not working currently so I've got plenty of spare time for training and batch cooking soups and healthy dinners etc. Not decided yet how I'll adapt this when I'm back at work.

I managed to lose a bit through Christmas as well as I did the rapha festive 500 on zwift which meant I could have a few more calories.

So that's me back to my pre-pandemic weight which is nice. I'm going to keep this going to see if I can get closer to 85ish kg
 
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Under 90kg again - 89.2 kg this morning. Got a bit of work still to do. Bad sleep, busy work and kids aren’t helping matters. Pleased with any progress and swimming / gym when I can get there is keeping me sane.

Some nice progress being made by others. Things gone a bit quiet in this thread lately. Hope everyone’s getting on ok. January is a rubbish month!
 
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I've not lost a lot of weight in the past couple months but I've dropped another clothes size so I think I may have swapped a bit of fat for muscle.

I've just started with a personal trainer at the gym, it's definitely been worth it as I haven't ached nearly as much as this since I first started!
 
arc@css said:
Has anyone here tried using a blood glucose monitor, and if so, what does a decent/accurate one cost? My interest for getting one is purely curiosity, as I am interested to see how much certain foods affect my blood sugar. Ta.
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I used one for two weeks on Zoe, it gave me some interesting insights and definitely changed my way of eating.

Oats caused me a big spike and crash. I’d often eat 2 hours before riding and feel like I needed a snack before leaving the house because I’d gone a bit hypo. I have barley flakes now and I don’t get that anymore.

Potatoes were also a total disaster. Regardless of how I prepared them or what I ate them with, they would push my blood sugar higher than pretty much anything. Considering I ate potatoes for lunch nearly every day, that was an eye opener.

I eat a lot less white rice and pasta now, and also have increased my fat and fibre intake to moderate the impact of higher carb foods.
 
@One More Solo - really interesting insight with Zoe. I eat oats for breakfast almost every day and find that they’re about the only thing that keeps me full beyond about 0930! Does make me wonder how I can better regulate dietary intake as my Noom diet and logging has really helped me reset and regulate my appetite… although I can still eat ridiculous quantities if I let myself!!
 
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I used one for two weeks on Zoe, it gave me some interesting insights and definitely changed my way of eating.

Oats caused me a big spike and crash. I’d often eat 2 hours before riding and feel like I needed a snack before leaving the house because I’d gone a bit hypo. I have barley flakes now and I don’t get that anymore.

Potatoes were also a total disaster. Regardless of how I prepared them or what I ate them with, they would push my blood sugar higher than pretty much anything. Considering I ate potatoes for lunch nearly every day, that was an eye opener.

I eat a lot less white rice and pasta now, and also have increased my fat and fibre intake to moderate the impact of higher carb foods.
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Thanks for the feedback. What glucose monitor did you use that came with Zoe?
 
Hmm… I’m concerned a lack of sleep and heightened stress might have been hindering progress somewhat. Had a great session in the pool this morning after a decent sleep. Will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks if I can get some better quality sleep (kids and on call may well get in the way).
 
ic1male said:
Wow, famous at last! They used my body in the start of Alan Wake 2! :D
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Haha looks freakishly like me too. Same hair any everything!

I was at 102.1kg today. Still not dropped off as quick as i'd hoped, but at least it's downward. I've been pretty poor with exercise this month, but at least done a decent job of reducing alcohol and snacking.
 
January has been a mixed month. First couple of weeks were good - 3x a week on the peloton and really watching the diet saw me lose about 5kg. Downside was I got a new set of smart scales which increased my weight by 2kg :(.

Since then I’ve hit a wall on the exercise as works blown up so it’s been 7-8 in the office every day the last few weeks. Trying to get better at doing 10 minutes exercise even on days when I just end up slumping into bed after the kids are down. Positive is I’ve been mostly holding off the sweet snacks at work. I’ve found switching to kefir yoghurt and home made granola for breakfast has been a really positive change.

Weight is static at the moment which is good given the work situation. Onwards and upwards.
 
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January has been a mixed month. First couple of weeks were good - 3x a week on the peloton and really watching the diet saw me lose about 5kg. Downside was I got a new set of smart scales which increased my weight by 2kg :(.

Since then I’ve hit a wall on the exercise as works blown up so it’s been 7-8 in the office every day the last few weeks. Trying to get better at doing 10 minutes exercise even on days when I just end up slumping into bed after the kids are down. Positive is I’ve been mostly holding off the sweet snacks at work. I’ve found switching to kefir yoghurt and home made granola for breakfast has been a really positive change.

Weight is static at the moment which is good given the work situation. Onwards and upwards.
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Are you taking your lunch break and getting in some steps then?
 
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