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I need to work on standing up on the hills.
I only really get in that position when I’m tired and so my legs feel wobbly and unnatural when I try.
I’m sure I’ll get there. It just goes back to my point of not having the inclination to put in the work to get to where I want to be.
I only really get in that position when I’m tired and so my legs feel wobbly and unnatural when I try.
I’m sure I’ll get there. It just goes back to my point of not having the inclination to put in the work to get to where I want to be.
@Martynt74 - Living in a delightful hot location is tricky with food and booze. An easy win for calories would be to switch to zero alcohol beer. Still absolutely delicious on a hot sunny terrace. I resisted it for ages, preferring not to have beer at all if it wasn't "proper" beer. However, the options are quite good these days and very refreshing. I hope you manage to get yourself on the bike. Use it as a leisurely sightseeing exercise and explore those new bars and restaurants in the local area. Everyone will have highs and lows with this, it sounds like you're really enjoying life and that's not something that you should beat yourself up about.
Yeah, and i think you said similar when i posted a similar post around December. I think i just need to try and find my routine here to stop 3 months becoming 6 months becoming 12 months and still feeling like i'm disappointed in myself. I'll admit it's not helped that tomorrow we move into the 3rd house since we arrived and it's definitely the smallest and most limiting. This makes certain things harder to be able to do quickly. For example the first place i set the squat rack up in the Naya (covered terrace thing), but weights is usually my indoor activity when my wifes gone to bed, but it was close enough to the bedroom that my wife could hear clanging of metal. Same with the noise of the rowing machine.
The bike was fairly easy because there was a big garage i could use, so that was easy to grab. The place tomorrow doesn't have outdoor storage, so i need to work out where i can store bike stuff to make it accessible easily without it being in the way. One day i'll have my own place, set up how i want and i'd like to think that will make it easier, but often it's mindset that's the crucial part, and it's too easy to say "i'll be better in X scenario", then that scenario happens and you're exactly the same.
I do try and choose 0% beer. Especially at home. A proper beer is nice when out and you get the frosted glass, but sometimes the 0% beer comes in real cold bottles too so it does sometimes help. The benefit is that "proper" beer isn't readily available out here, so a 0% Mahou isn't much different from a 5% Mahou. It's when you start getting to proper DIPA's etc that the difference really opens up.
I guess i need to probably caveat the above post. I am still getting out 3-4 times a week in various activities, just not enough to out train the number of food binge days i'm having and also lose weight. Looking at Strava over the last 2 months i''ve done 41 activities of 32 hours. In 60 days that's probably more active than most people could hope to be (admittedly those stats are padded by multiple activity days where i've cycled somewhere, walked, then cycled home which is recorded as 3 activities). My current "problem" is i don't have the goals/motivation to push those 3 activities a week and drag me out the other days.
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Started last Wednesday at 92kg, first couple of days are water.
This morning (Thursday), 89.06kg
This morning (Thursday), 89.06kg
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I can't do that. I find simply eating less is easier (for me).
1 - I can eat everything I want, just less of it
2 - I don't need to pop any pills to supplement missing nutrients
3 - It's cheaper....carbs are cheaper, even good carbs are cheaper than meat
4 - I don't need to modify recipes to accommodate
5 - I can go out to dinner with friends and order anything on the menu and not asking the waiter for substitutions
6 - I get to treat myself with things that I like. (in moderation)
7 - Much easier to follow from day to day. I don't need to plan any meals, I don't need to think about whether this food has carbs.
I simply eat normally, in a portion size that causes weight loss. If I feel hungry, I suck it up, or eat a carrot. It works for me. I mean I might be hungry but by that point, the next meal is often an hour away anyway. Don't need to fast for 24hrs to lose weight, I get to eat at regular times, good food, all the food that I like and lose weight. I see that as win-win-win.
Moreover, I enjoy food, and I don't mean Steak and Cheese, or chicken breast. I mean like Cantonese cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Italian food, a good burger (and I mean with the bun), a real pizza with a good crust. I enjoy the texture of food as well as the flavours. I get to experience all that still, which is why Keto never worked for me. Not because Keto doesn't work, I just find it incredibly boring.*
*yes I know you can cook meat in all kinds of flavours, but I like to cook mean with different kind of sauce, which often have cornstarch, and I like cook it with vegetables. The texture contrast is amazing when it's with the right vegetable. I like to serve it with some rice, bite of meat, some peppers, a bit of rice. Yum. More than just flavour, texture for me is very important.
1 - I can eat everything I want, just less of it
2 - I don't need to pop any pills to supplement missing nutrients
3 - It's cheaper....carbs are cheaper, even good carbs are cheaper than meat
4 - I don't need to modify recipes to accommodate
5 - I can go out to dinner with friends and order anything on the menu and not asking the waiter for substitutions
6 - I get to treat myself with things that I like. (in moderation)
7 - Much easier to follow from day to day. I don't need to plan any meals, I don't need to think about whether this food has carbs.
I simply eat normally, in a portion size that causes weight loss. If I feel hungry, I suck it up, or eat a carrot. It works for me. I mean I might be hungry but by that point, the next meal is often an hour away anyway. Don't need to fast for 24hrs to lose weight, I get to eat at regular times, good food, all the food that I like and lose weight. I see that as win-win-win.
Moreover, I enjoy food, and I don't mean Steak and Cheese, or chicken breast. I mean like Cantonese cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Italian food, a good burger (and I mean with the bun), a real pizza with a good crust. I enjoy the texture of food as well as the flavours. I get to experience all that still, which is why Keto never worked for me. Not because Keto doesn't work, I just find it incredibly boring.*
*yes I know you can cook meat in all kinds of flavours, but I like to cook mean with different kind of sauce, which often have cornstarch, and I like cook it with vegetables. The texture contrast is amazing when it's with the right vegetable. I like to serve it with some rice, bite of meat, some peppers, a bit of rice. Yum. More than just flavour, texture for me is very important.
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Oh god, did I choose the wrong thread?! Sorry!
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Start of this work week, down to 72.2kg
overnight oats have become my go to now for a week, so quick, simple , cheap & tasty aswell . using lidls really thick protein greek style yogurt mixed with some milk and flavoured protiein, frozen fruit and cheap oats. sometimes add a drizzle of honey, i actually look forward to eating it every morning.
in the gym it was weights and cardio was pretty much just using the eliptical machine and rower a little, now its some running now the man moobs have gone , and also the stepper machine which really really sucs the energy out of you.
in the gym it was weights and cardio was pretty much just using the eliptical machine and rower a little, now its some running now the man moobs have gone , and also the stepper machine which really really sucs the energy out of you.
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Ok, so it's been a week and i have meticulously counted every calorie eaten or drank. Over the last seven days I have consumed a total of 10,961 calories, which divided by seven is an average of 1,565 per day.
I have just weighed in at 113.3kg, so I've lost a further 1.1kg over the past week.
I am happy enough with a weight loss of just over 2 pounds per week and I'm now more determined than ever to stick with this!
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I aim for 1lb a week, slow and steady wins the race, as they say. Some weeks it's 2lbs and that's a bonus, but as long as it is trending in the right direction it's all that matters. Too fast, too soon is not healthy anyway.
Well weighed today at 102.9kg which is about the same as when i went up to my parents. Don't mind that too much, and yesterday i ate around 2 pizzas (1 of my own, half a garlic bread and then half of my wifes that she didn't finish) so that's probably caused a short spike that i'd hope drops off during the week.
From today, need to start looking more what i'm eating and plan is to cut out sugar as much as I can...defo no snacks even when wife insists 
She has set herself a goal - class reunion in 3 months...
I have my cycling holiday in 98 days...
time to start shreading again , Xmas is over
after we hvae decided on that last night, i made a pasta bake that could feel family of 4 and ofc we ate it all! no food goes to waste here ..and that was a great pasta bake!!
weather is dry, so back to commute.
220lbs is interim 1st goal ! i was there before Xmas.
She has set herself a goal - class reunion in 3 months...
I have my cycling holiday in 98 days...
time to start shreading again , Xmas is over
after we hvae decided on that last night, i made a pasta bake that could feel family of 4
and ofc we ate it all! no food goes to waste here ..and that was a great pasta bake!!weather is dry, so back to commute.
220lbs is interim 1st goal ! i was there before Xmas.
Despite a HUGE lunch at work last Thursday, I'm definitely/consistently on the good side of 15 st now (under 95kg) which I've not been for about 4 years. Only 17 days now to my cycling trip, so would love to drop another 3 or 4lbs before that, although usually the week (maybe 3 to 5 days) running into a trip, I intentionally up the calories to ensure I'm ready for the effort needed! So maybe only 10 to 14 days to drop what I can.
Posting to hold myself accountable and to get some input from others as my habits/routine are shocking.
Essentially i need to "do a Feek" in terms of weight loss and I have a long way to go. I was really motivated at the start of the year and then issues with family and a few other things it got pushed to the back burner. Over the year i've not really made any effort other than change some of the food i eat, my exercise is very minimal and my meal times/habits are shocking and arent good for me. Typically I eat 1 sometimes 2 meals a day which is know bad for me and i eat primarily at dinner, dont bother with lunch and occasionaly have breakfast.
So far this year though im down 2st 11lb (nearly 17.7kg, not that you can tell!) but in all honesty this is probably only down to me passively consuming less calories than i need compared to my "advised BMR." I think my weight has been more in the forefront of my mind this last few weeks and the need to do something about it.
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Well after my last post it went all to ****. I've now started to get back on this but I had a bit of a mini meltdown right before Christmas, work and a few other things got to me and I went through a bit of an angry and **** it phase and food organisation and plans went off the rails.
I've only just starting to make the effort to get back on it. Bizarrely I lost 8lb over Christmas when visiting family before putting it back on when I got home which is the first dip on the below pic and the most recent one is me trying to get back on and this is the least heavy I’ve been for maybe 10 years.
Overall since I started tracking it at the start of last year I’m down 45lbs (20.4kg/3.2 stone) although this has only been through consuming less calories than my "advised BMR" and no additional exercise. I’m still very sedentary exercise wise and I need to change that, although I’m not comfortable enough at the moment to hit the gym.(stupid I know). My eating habits are still ****. I'm trying to have banana and low fat Greek yoghurt in the morning when typically I dont normally have breakfast. I’m still not eating lunch (haven’t done for years) and then only eating dinner. IM starting to cut back my dinner portions now as realistically I was over eating at the worst time of the day.
I have a hell of a mission ahead of me and need to lose a large amount. Realistically I want to comfortably aim for 2lbs or more week.
It's a marathon not a race so just go with it. I've eaten too much junk the last week as my wife was in hospital, and for me, stress=eating, so now back to being sensible. Try to get over the embarrassment of walking into the gym, I started in January and felt incredibly self conscious, being both fat and old, but nobody cares, everyone is on their own journey in there. Over 20kg weight loss in a year is nothing to be upset about so well done.
How about doing some weights at home? Resistance training is all round good for you; and you can get a reasonable workout with a few props at home. Even if you do 10 minutes twice a week that's better than nothing.
Stupid is irrelevant. Work with who you are.
Or perhaps just body-weight exercises; planks, crunches, squats, push-ups - even 100 lateral arm raises every day can be quite challenging to start with.