something i have found out is that to much cardio has a negative effect for me, it ends up making me so hungry ill just eat what cals i used plus maybe more, unless i go into body building diet mind set of starving my self to get lean then thanks but no thanks lol
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weekend wasn't good with food for me .. i blame the other half hahaha
had heavy gym session on saturday morning which took the life out of me..moved most weight ever..over 10tones - session took almost 2h LOL with warmup
scales this morning showed 222.8lbs so back on track
101kg
had heavy gym session on saturday morning which took the life out of me..moved most weight ever..over 10tones - session took almost 2h LOL with warmup
scales this morning showed 222.8lbs so back on track
101kg
weekend wasn't good with food for me .. i blame the other half hahaha
had heavy gym session on saturday morning which took the life out of me..moved most weight ever..over 10tones - session took almost 2h LOL with warmup
scales this morning showed 222.8lbs so back on track
Feel like i need to use you as my competition buddy! I was 103.5kg this morning. Not seeing much movement at all in the last month despite increased activity. My main issue is the whole "be good for 6 days, then day 7 destroys it all"
I do still think i should've lost "something" by now though which i guess shows how little awareness i have of what i eat. For example, MFP shows 2762kcal for yesterday vs my target of 1500kcal. I didn't really do any exercise and only ~6000steps. Breakfast and Lunch were reasonable at 500-600 per meal, but then i had a pizza for tea (maybe even a bit more since i ate some of the wifes) and half a bottle of red wine.
No snacks throughout the day, but the pizza/wine absolutely destroyed it!
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MFP has been instrumental in my weight loss, and I'd definitely recommend weighing most things (especially anything calorie dense, I don't bother with stuff like lettuce) as it's very easy to underestimate calories.
TDEE calculator (always set to sedentary and I never add exercise to my calorie budget) and MFP are the consistent tools that I've used for the last year.
Yeah agreed, and i think it'd be much better if i did weigh stuff out. I just know 100% i'm not committed enough and wouldn't carry on with it, as such it makes no sense to start for a few days and then give up entirely. I know myself well enough for that.
At the moment i seem to be in that phase of getting back to lots of cardio and feeling hungry a lot and i just need to find the will power to not snack. I know it's a phase that'll pass. Especially as i'm one of the stupid people who can't just have 2 biscuits as a snack. It's either none or six! Or if i do feel hungry i need to target something that'll fill me up like a Huel drink to remove the cravings of "just one more biscuit"
At the moment i seem to be in that phase of getting back to lots of cardio and feeling hungry a lot and i just need to find the will power to not snack. I know it's a phase that'll pass. Especially as i'm one of the stupid people who can't just have 2 biscuits as a snack. It's either none or six! Or if i do feel hungry i need to target something that'll fill me up like a Huel drink to remove the cravings of "just one more biscuit"
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I'm the same with biscuits, especially ginger nuts! It's not the most environmentally friendly or economically sensible things to do but I'll buy individually wrapped biscuity things for the week, take one and leave the rest in the cupboard and try not to immediately eat it as I sort of forget that the rest are there.
If my wife wasn't also counting calories I may have given up on weighing stuff myself, being responsible for someone else is quite motivating.
If my wife wasn't also counting calories I may have given up on weighing stuff myself, being responsible for someone else is quite motivating.
Ah that's a good idea on the individual packets. The big issue over here is crisps. You can't buy single packs so everything is big 200g bags and it's easy to put way too many into a bowl.
@Martynt74 - you’d be surprised at how quickly your brain adapts to portion size. You won’t need to weigh things for long before you take a look and think “nah, I need to take a few spoons off that portion”. Nuts and chocolate can be eaten, but again getting the scales helps with portion control. In fact, with snacks, getting the scales out adds to the faff of it and might serve to reduce consumption.
I've had to avoid share bags of Disco's they feel like the old size packs of crisps but not good on the hips!
I buy 'Popchips' (Sour Cream) as even the big sharing bag (85g) is only 370 calls.
Wednesday I was in the office with my team. Everyone brought sweets and choccies. I ate far too much. Thursday I flew to Mallorca with my bike, but 6lbs heavier than I've been on Monday! Tbf, this happens while I'm away anyway. All you can eat breakfast and dinner, but burning loads of calories. I usually add about 6lbs then it drops back off when I come home.
Wednesday I was in the office with my team. Everyone brought sweets and choccies. I ate far too much. Thursday I flew to Mallorca with my bike, but 6lbs heavier than I've been on Monday! Tbf, this happens while I'm away anyway. All you can eat breakfast and dinner, but burning loads of calories. I usually add about 6lbs then it drops back off when I come home.
One bag a week over maintenance is almost 9lbs of added fat mass a year. It's just far too easy to put away a whole bag on top of normal daily food which is where the issue lies.
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Started on 21st Feb, so 1 month progress.
Next target is to hit 85kg end of April.
Next target is to hit 85kg end of April.
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sounds like a good idea !!
my wife stopped me from ordering chineese last night ...cycling back home i was thinking of spicy ribs and spicy wings with house special fried rice...
luckliy she was the voice of reason hahah
this morning 223.6 so still around 101 mark...ate a lot of peanuts on wednesday after sports massage/physio and that moved me to 225
salt et all...big deadlift session again tomorrow...so weight wont shift - and longer cycle on Sunday planned
lets go for 99kg @Martynt74
wife dragged me to gym yesterday...so even though i wasnt ready in head i went and went for the session planned for tomorrow.
that didnt go well at all...my signature side pain came back... eneded up on 5x130kg and stopped whole session.
few hours later came to the conclusion that its my quad pulling. tense as F...
better this morning but still not there
so break from gym to make sure i recover and stretching the quads...
i just hope i will be able to cycle tomorrow - whole day on bike in the position wont help.
that didnt go well at all...my signature side pain came back... eneded up on 5x130kg and stopped whole session.
few hours later came to the conclusion that its my quad pulling. tense as F...
better this morning but still not there
so break from gym to make sure i recover and stretching the quads...
i just hope i will be able to cycle tomorrow - whole day on bike in the position wont help.
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Been back in the gym after a 4 year hiatus since Jan 1st. Started a weight gain/weight loss challenge with a Gen Z colleague who weighed 75kg and I weighed 107kg so the goal was to meet in the middle at 91kg. He's added 3kg so far, I've lost 10.5kg with a mixture of weights, tennis, 10,000+ steps a day and a calorie deficit I've been incredibly strict with.
I've got a family history of high blood pressure and strokes on both sides of the family and it was as high as 167/98 in November when I weighed 113.4kg but I've got it down to 134/77 as of a couple of Sundays ago. Resting heart rate's also dropped 20 BPM and is now 49 BPM and it's the lightest I've been since I started lifting in 2005.
Gonna beat my colleague and then focus on strength again and put around a stone back on. My deadlift's are progressing nicely but my squat and bench are puny compared to my PBs and my ego can't handle it
I've got a family history of high blood pressure and strokes on both sides of the family and it was as high as 167/98 in November when I weighed 113.4kg but I've got it down to 134/77 as of a couple of Sundays ago. Resting heart rate's also dropped 20 BPM and is now 49 BPM and it's the lightest I've been since I started lifting in 2005.
Gonna beat my colleague and then focus on strength again and put around a stone back on. My deadlift's are progressing nicely but my squat and bench are puny compared to my PBs and my ego can't handle it