*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***
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Soldato
Hospital Porter irrc, so lots of walking around and probably pushing gurneys etc
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.
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.
Soldato
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.
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Caporegime
I'm going to try the 75 HARD thingy from Monday. I reckon I'll be done by Tuesday.
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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Caporegime
Time I have plenty of but I’m just a lazy git. Hoping this will get my backside into shape although Christmas is going to be snap bang in the middle.
Soldato
Diet finishing this weekend. Lost about 8kg in total. Next improvement season I’ll throw in a mini-cut here and there so I don’t get as sloppy this time round and have to diet for so long at the end.
Caporegime
Jesus H. Got on the scales for the first time in a few months today and I'm back up to 104kg. Nearly fell of the scales in shock. That's almost back to my heaviest weight. Four years work all down the pan. What a bummer. I've been eating chocolate every day for the last two years as if it's going out of stock.
Starting 75 Hard is definitely the fresh start I need it seems.
Starting 75 Hard is definitely the fresh start I need it seems.
Soldato
Mines been creeping up too. Since i recovered from covid and lost a couple kilos my brain has switched back to shoveling anything and everything. Think this morning i was 103kg which was a bit shocking at how quickly it's jumped.
Been on the bike the last 4 days so hoping to build on that consistency. Might also start on some meal replacement drinks for lunch. That's probably my worst meal for overeating.
Been on the bike the last 4 days so hoping to build on that consistency. Might also start on some meal replacement drinks for lunch. That's probably my worst meal for overeating.
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Just in the past couple of days I've seen A LOT about Mounjaro. Seems we finally have a 'wonder drug' for weight loss?
Soldato
Yeah i've heard a few things about all of these drugs. Not sure i want to try them though
nothing special about it compared to other ones https://www.webmd.com/obesity/mounjaro-ozempic-wegovy-zepbound-difference
these are wonder drugs that are making these companies billions. They can afford some cents on promotion
and its an area of very fast research. Heard next gen drugs are coming that are much better both in effect an dlack of side effects
Caporegime
Went to Morocco for 3 weeks, lived on croissants, Shawarma, pizza, burgers, chips. With a bottle of pop costing 60p and food generally cheap I ate quite a lot.
Then about 12 days in I had a prawn and avocado salad (I think it’s this, the other thing I ate was a pizza) for dinner. About midnight I started to get what can be described as a relationship with the toilet for the next 6hrs.
Next day I had a 4hr train ride to Marrakesh and the only way of not have the **** was not give it any ammo so I didn’t eat until late afternoon.
For the next 2 weeks I basically did not eat until dinner time, every time I eat something, it would go straight through in about 3hrs.
Got back to the UK last week and went to the doctors, sent poop to a lab and confirmed I got food poisoning and now on antibiotics.
I also didn’t put on any weight either as a result.
Then about 12 days in I had a prawn and avocado salad (I think it’s this, the other thing I ate was a pizza) for dinner. About midnight I started to get what can be described as a relationship with the toilet for the next 6hrs.
Next day I had a 4hr train ride to Marrakesh and the only way of not have the **** was not give it any ammo so I didn’t eat until late afternoon.
For the next 2 weeks I basically did not eat until dinner time, every time I eat something, it would go straight through in about 3hrs.
Got back to the UK last week and went to the doctors, sent poop to a lab and confirmed I got food poisoning and now on antibiotics.
I also didn’t put on any weight either as a result.
Soldato
Ouch, sounds nasty.
I feel like I've been hitting the wall in the gym recently. I've been going about 4 times a week, usually after work so I don't get much time to eat anything before then.
What do people generally eat before a workout? Carb loading or caffeine?
What do people generally eat before a workout? Carb loading or caffeine?
Soldato
Generally i don't eat anything specific, but it depends on general intake throughout the day i guess as to whether you're then underfueled at the gym.
Sounds like some kind of carb drink would likely be most beneficial though
Sounds like some kind of carb drink would likely be most beneficial though
Man of Honour
If I eat anything specific before the gym then it's generally easy digesting carbs 60-90 minutes before, although at the minute the gym doesn't come too long after lunch so I'll just have a nutrigrain style bar on my drive from the office to keep me going.
Soldato
87.3kg on Saturday morning. Back up to 88.2kg this morning. Definitely feeling fitter, overall shape is improving. Need to resist the temptation to switch back to weight training as a primary focus, as I think cycling is helping calorie deficit more effectively. Hoping that a few sensible choices over the weekend and business at work this will will create progress too.
Last push before every man and his dog gets on the New Year’s resolution bandwagon!!
Last push before every man and his dog gets on the New Year’s resolution bandwagon!!