*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

Last effort before Christmas season starts. Back down to 87.9kg this morning after being away for a course for a couple of days last week.

On reflection, whilst I’m a bit frustrated about the start of the year being so tough with no progress and a bit of backward movement, I’m pleased that I’m back to a similar state to pre-Christmas 2023. If I can maintain things that would be a win in itself.
 
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Mines crept back up a bit, i've been feeling better which has meant drinking a little more. The wife was away with work last week, and portion control also went out the window. I didn't eat unhealthy stuff, but had big portions and boredom drank after work! On Sunday my wife decided she wanted to make around 1kg of fudge too which was never a good idea for my waist line!

In other news i've signed up with a local PT. I initially went about a sports massage, but after a chat he mentioned he does blocks of sessions which can incorporate either PT or massage and signing up for 20 brings it down to €16/session which feels silly cheap. Had my first session this morning and was surprised at my lack of strength. Hoping that a weekly session focusing on general conditioning and core work with the odd massage every other week will help generally.

Also debating switching my work hours. Currently do 8:30-5 with the goal of getting out on the bike at dinner. The issue being that if work is busy then that gets skipped, then i finish (often late) and then make tea and relax with the wife till she goes to bed between 9-10 which is then too late to do anything. If i switch to 9-5:30 i can try and get out before work and get exercise out of the way. I rarely finish before 5:30 anyway due to US colleagues so wouldn't change much anyway.
 
Yeah same, but i'm generally rubbish at actually doing it, so hoping pushing it a little makes it more likely to happen. Plus at least there's no stress of missing the day when things happen
 
Martynt74 said:
Maybe we need to change the thread title to Weight Management thread :D
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That's not a bad idea. Just done my first shake, and it's not bad at all.

  • 500ml Whole milk
  • 250ml Greek yoghurt
  • 2 scoops whey protein powder (banana cream)
  • 2x bananas
  • 3tbsp peanut butter
  • 1tbsp honey
  • 50g porridge oats
  • Handful frozen summer berries
 
Malevolence said:
That's not a bad idea. Just done my first shake, and it's not bad at all.

  • 500ml Whole milk
  • 250ml Greek yoghurt
  • 2 scoops whey protein powder (banana cream)
  • 2x bananas
  • 3tbsp peanut butter
  • 1tbsp honey
  • 50g porridge oats
  • Handful frozen summer berries
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Holy mother of god that sounds good! I’d be tempted to skip the berries and add some dark chocolate instead, but wow that basically captures all my ideal sweet flavours!

I’d be so good at bulking if my metabolism allowed :cry:
 
Malevolence said:
That's not a bad idea. Just done my first shake, and it's not bad at all.

  • 500ml Whole milk
  • 250ml Greek yoghurt
  • 2 scoops whey protein powder (banana cream)
  • 2x bananas
  • 3tbsp peanut butter
  • 1tbsp honey
  • 50g porridge oats
  • Handful frozen summer berries
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What're the calories in that bad boy?
 
Ah gotcha.

I woke up 13st 8lbs this morning, which is a bit heavier than usual.

I've been nomming a lot more lately, and walking in to a lot more situations where there's more noms available, and much less exercise than usual. It's been hugely detrimental, and the exercise stuff has been largely out of my control, so hoping to wrestle that back in to my court now.
 
Martynt74 said:
Hospital Porter irrc, so lots of walking around and probably pushing gurneys etc
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Yep, you're correct. Gurneys all day when I'm working in the ED, you definitely know you've done a shift at the end of the day. It's when you're working on the main hospital that you get the full workout though, hospital beds weigh in at 150kg unladen so you can imagine what they're like to push and manoeuvre around when they have a patient and all the associated kit and caboodle on there. Cardio is not an issue. :D
 
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ic1male said:
I'm going to try the 75 HARD thingy
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I'd not heard of this before. I think I could do it/not far from currently doing it, except two 45 minute workouts is pretty tough to fit into every day, especially one being outdoor now we're getting cold and wet.

Follow a diet - Yep
Complete two 45-minute workouts, one of which must be outdoors - Well, my weekly total averaged out beats this and its probably more outdoor than in, but not 90 minutes every day
Take a progress picture - this is an interesting one. I don't do this, but I guess could. I'm not sure why though? That's a lot of photos of me looking the same.
Drink 1 gallon of water - I probably don't drink this much, I probably should make more effort.
Read 10 pages of a book - Yep (although one link said this was a self-help/self-improvement book)

It will be interesting to hear how you get on @ic1male
 
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