*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

Lowest weight of 2024 - 88.2kg

Weirdness though - I swapped back to almond milk porridge and uncorked the sauerkraut and appear to have dropped between 2 and 4 kg in a week. This is almost certainly water weight, but it’s left me feeling less bloated around the abdomen and my waistband is looser. Not sure if this is microbiome, random effect or something else. Annoyingly I’ve changed 2 variables at the same time. I have been slightly stricter with calorie logging, but last week there was plenty of cake for my wife’s birthday and whilst I don’t think I had a blowout, I wasn’t restricted either.

Whatever it is, it’s perfect timing for carb fest 2024 (holiday to Italy!).
 
A belated Happy birthday!

Last weekend was a trip to Stoke-on-Trent for a football tournament. I literally waved at OCUK as I went over the flyover on the way past the sign! :D I live in the south west so this was a rare occurrence for me!

My 8 year old got to play at the Bet365 stadium with tour of changing rooms, player's tunnel entrance etc, and I got to eat 2 mornings of Premier Inn unlimited breakfast, cafes with stacks of pancakes with bacon & maple syrup, and a fair few cappuccinos. I am NOT getting the scales out until the beginning of next week. :p

I didn't feel hungry the morning after the night before, which I saw as a good thing, and have started regulating breakfast and snacks based on the previous day's intake, rather than a rigid routine of sticking to a calorie deficit. If I'm not hungry, I don't eat as much, but if I had a lean day the day before and am hungry at breakfast time, I know it's time for some oats.
 
im stuck in one point again, so have to wait untill all settles in...heavier sessions in gym again so thats what's stopping loss as well.

10 days until my trip...might starve myself to speed up the process LOL
 
So, today was 102.3kg. Although i forgot when i woke up to weigh at the usual point, so this was post bike ride/banana. Not sure that should've impacted it much though.

Beer/Snack intake this week has certainly been reduced, which bodes well, although activity has dropped a little. Need to get back to some longer rides as those have reduced recently. We're off for a meal tonight to say thanks to our estate agents as they've gone above and beyond. Especially helping us find a rental whilst the house is built. Have picked a place which does a set menu and we're planning on making home made pizzas tomorrow. Hopefully a long bike ride tomorrow/Sunday can counteract that. If i can get 2 x 2-3hr rides in i'll be happy.

Also decided that if June is as crap a month for me as other months (aiming sub 100kg by the end of June). In July i'm setting a target and if i don't stick to it (barring any freak out of control events), i'm going to make a bet with myself and give the top 5 posters of this thread £20 as an incentive because i'm a cheapskate so i'll hit myself where it hurts :D
 
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Martynt74 said:
So, today was 102.3kg. Although i forgot when i woke up to weigh at the usual point, so this was post bike ride/banana. Not sure that should've impacted it much though.

Beer/Snack intake this week has certainly been reduced, which bodes well, although activity has dropped a little. Need to get back to some longer rides as those have reduced recently. We're off for a meal tonight to say thanks to our estate agents as they've gone above and beyond. Especially helping us find a rental whilst the house is built. Have picked a place which does a set menu and we're planning on making home made pizzas tomorrow. Hopefully a long bike ride tomorrow/Sunday can counteract that. If i can get 2 x 2-3hr rides in i'll be happy.

Also decided that if June is as crap a month for me as other months (aiming sub 100kg by the end of June). In July i'm setting a target and if i don't stick to it (barring any freak out of control events), i'm going to make a bet with myself and give the top 5 posters of this thread £20 as an incentive because i'm a cheapskate so i'll hit myself where it hurts :D
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change £20 to £100 and as this would sting more, gives you better incentive LOL
 
bastic said:
10 days until my trip...might starve myself to speed up the process LOL
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Personally, I up the calories about 4 or 5 days out. I think about my body a bit like a fuel tank of a car. When I'm trying to lose weight, the tank is mainly empty, even when I eat, I'm only putting 5ltrs in at a time, which is how you start burning body fat. When I go on a cycling trip I want to start with a nice full tank!

So, maybe starve yourself for 4 or 5 days, but then make sure you get that tank full!

Martynt74 said:
Also decided that if June is as crap a month for me as other months (aiming sub 100kg by the end of June). In July i'm setting a target and if i don't stick to it (barring any freak out of control events), i'm going to make a bet with myself and give the top 5 posters of this thread £20 as an incentive because i'm a cheapskate so i'll hit myself where it hurts :D
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It's funny. I don't look at thread stats very often and I know I started this thread and all, but it often feels like I read more than I post, so I was a little surprised to see myself sitting in the #1 position :cry: You're only just behind, but then there's quite a gap. (Do you qualify for one of the £20's? :cry: )

As I set off to the Alps tomorrow, I thought for fun I would check what weight I have been when going on cycling trips. I was a little surprised to see that my first Mallorca trip in 2022 is tied with this morning at 15st as my lightest European trip. Most have been around 15st 7 and the New Forrest a few weeks back was the lightest of all at 14st 10, but as I've just said above, I up my cals and volume the week running in to a big trip, so I've put a bit on in the last few days.
 
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As I set off to the Alps tomorrow, I thought for fun I would check what weight I have been when going on cycling trips. I was a little surprised to see that my first Mallorca trip in 2022 is tied with this morning at 15st as my lightest European trip. Most have been around 15st 7 and the New Forrest a few weeks back was the lightest of all at 14st 10, but as I've just said above, I up my cals and volume the week running in to a big trip, so I've put a bit on in the last few days.
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Enjoy your trip!
 
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Well, we did Bourg D'Orsains two years ago, so this time it's Morzine, not far from Geneva.
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Nice.
Been to Bourg twice...us idiots stayed over the top of Ornon, so had to climb it back each day back :cry::cry:
if Huez and others would not be enough in one day ;)

Roads there are so nice, and drivers behave :)
 
AndyCr15 said:
It's funny. I don't look at thread stats very often and I know I started this thread and all, but it often feels like I read more than I post, so I was a little surprised to see myself sitting in the #1 position :cry: You're only just behind, but then there's quite a gap. (Do you qualify for one of the £20's? :cry: )
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Haha maybe i should do!

I guess you'll have been more prolific when you were actively dropping, whereas now it's just maintenance
 
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Delicious.

I went out Friday as expected. Pleased with myself for having the Foie Salad as opposed to the big pile of calamari that some others had. However i then proceeded to eat my bread, half my wifes bread, then my main, part of my wifes main, drink a bottle of red followed by a large rum and then realised one of the other guests didn't eat their bread roll so polished that off too :D

Yesterday was the wifes birthday which involved cake for breakfast. Although we then didn't have dinner and then had a meaty bbq for tea.

Still have cake left for today, but i feel a slightly renewed intention to be good this month.....we'll see.
 
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