*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***
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Down to 103.2kg. Genuinely feeling pretty motivated this time around (sure i must've said this before!) but i've been getting the wife biscuits and not having any myself the last few days which feels like a good mental shift.
You're a better man than me.
I still haven't plucked up the courage to weigh in. Will do on Friday. Food hasn't been *too* bad, but I know I'm not in deficit. It's just an improvement on Xmas food, and I'm trying to get down the gym a couple of times a week at least, if for no other reason than if I don't, I get back & neck pain. Back to football tonight as well which will probably be hard going, but I'm looking forward to getting back to it.
I still haven't plucked up the courage to weigh in. Will do on Friday. Food hasn't been *too* bad, but I know I'm not in deficit. It's just an improvement on Xmas food, and I'm trying to get down the gym a couple of times a week at least, if for no other reason than if I don't, I get back & neck pain. Back to football tonight as well which will probably be hard going, but I'm looking forward to getting back to it.
Awesome work.
I've been so busy with work and late nights till near midnight that i've barely had time to even think about jumping on the indoor turbo, and then the weekend i was generally exhausted and didn't eat particularly well. The busyness is dying down now so hoping to get out at lunch.
I've been so busy with work and late nights till near midnight that i've barely had time to even think about jumping on the indoor turbo, and then the weekend i was generally exhausted and didn't eat particularly well. The busyness is dying down now so hoping to get out at lunch.
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Worth it. Also at 650 calories it’s not exactly like going down to Spoons and having a large breakfast and a pint of Guinness!
*not saying you can’t have a Guinness with McDonalds!!
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Much as I’d love a Wattbike, I’m concerned that I’d find myself in the same scenario! I’m fortunate (or not!) that if work is busy it means limited time to eat and I need to bring in meals. Apple Watch said I was standing for 8 hours on two occasions last week so I’m on my feet an awful lot.
Hope you manage to get some miles in.
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Have definitely done this in the past after working nights
Peaked at 110 kilos backend of last year. I have managed to lose 4kgs in the last 6 weeks watching what I eat and trying to do some weights at home. Struggling with weight after my leg broke last year, now I am scheduled for hip surgery so losing weight can only help!
Held at 89.something over the weekend. Hasn’t been the best in eating terms… too much chocolate for sure.
Interestingly Apple Watch got me this evening. It dangled the opportunity for a “perfect week” with the activity rings and I got the skipping rope out and did the extra 10 minutes to please the watch.
Interestingly Apple Watch got me this evening. It dangled the opportunity for a “perfect week” with the activity rings and I got the skipping rope out and did the extra 10 minutes to please the watch.
Good work. I genuinely thought i'd had a decent weekend. 2x 90ish minute bike rides, only around 1litre of beer over the Friday/Saturday/Sunday and whilst my meal choices weren't brilliant, MFP still shows a decent deficit across the weekend, and yet i'm 1.5kg up from Friday!
I was reasonably surprised last week that I'd come back down to pre Christmas weight of 15st 7, but the weekend just gone was a big birthday so enjoyed myself, take out, eating out with family etc... then I have a day out on Wednesday were I'll possibly over eat a little, so I'll wait until next weekend before another weigh-in.
Next target is cycling trip in mid March, so would like to get down around 15 4 or a stretch goal of 15 2 for then.
Next target is cycling trip in mid March, so would like to get down around 15 4 or a stretch goal of 15 2 for then.
I think i need to try and find out what's going on with me! Yesterday i was up to 104.7kg from 103 on Friday. MFP is also showing a fairly healthy deficit against their calculated target calories and that's without their already built in ~800kcal per day deficit from my baseline.
I've been pretty good without booze during January bar a couple of spikes. I was down around 102kg in mid January and since then my activity has ramped up a decent amount with my Garmin showing that i did almost 10hrs of activity last week including 2x 3+ hr bike rides. I kept assuming my weight was just water gain after some heavy activity days and assumed a correction would happen but it seems to be increasing.
Snacking has been at a minimum and breakfast has generally been fruit/yoghurt/homemade granola. Lunch is a huel shake and then tea is just a regular meal (chilli/curry/chicken and rice etc). Most days i actually seem to be having an additional huel as MFP says i'm considerably under my calorie goal and i'm conscious of the impact on exercise if i don't have enough.
The assumption would be i'm over estimating calories in, but the huel is easily calculated. My breakfasts are consistent (half banana, maybe a bit of kiwi, 2 tablespoons of Greek yoghurt and then a tablespoon or 2 of homemade granola). I know the granola isn't especially healthy, but with it being homemade there's no huge amount of sugar like shop bought stuff.
Evening meal is then usually guessed at, but i usually go for an input of around 800kcal which "feels" right for the kind of meals i mention above in a normal to large sized portion. If i have any wraps with it then they're also easily calculated.
Calories burnt is calculated by my Garmin, and whilst i know these apps have a reputation for overestimating. Most activity is through bike rides with both HR and Power data and also updated weight/height entered. The deficit above i mention is i usually try and only eat back 50% of the "burnt calories".
To be putting on ~2kg in as many weeks suggests i'm miscalculating by around 30,000kcal (assuming i'm working towards losing 1kg a week at 7,700kcal deficit and seeing the swing the opposite way). Surely even the worst guess based estimates can't be that far out!
Going to be interesting over the next few weeks. I'm not going to change what i'm doing quite yet because i fully believe i'm on the right track with activity/diet and putting this down to a freak few readings, but will be interesting to see if there isn't a correction and then i need to really try delving into things.
I've been pretty good without booze during January bar a couple of spikes. I was down around 102kg in mid January and since then my activity has ramped up a decent amount with my Garmin showing that i did almost 10hrs of activity last week including 2x 3+ hr bike rides. I kept assuming my weight was just water gain after some heavy activity days and assumed a correction would happen but it seems to be increasing.
Snacking has been at a minimum and breakfast has generally been fruit/yoghurt/homemade granola. Lunch is a huel shake and then tea is just a regular meal (chilli/curry/chicken and rice etc). Most days i actually seem to be having an additional huel as MFP says i'm considerably under my calorie goal and i'm conscious of the impact on exercise if i don't have enough.
The assumption would be i'm over estimating calories in, but the huel is easily calculated. My breakfasts are consistent (half banana, maybe a bit of kiwi, 2 tablespoons of Greek yoghurt and then a tablespoon or 2 of homemade granola). I know the granola isn't especially healthy, but with it being homemade there's no huge amount of sugar like shop bought stuff.
Evening meal is then usually guessed at, but i usually go for an input of around 800kcal which "feels" right for the kind of meals i mention above in a normal to large sized portion. If i have any wraps with it then they're also easily calculated.
Calories burnt is calculated by my Garmin, and whilst i know these apps have a reputation for overestimating. Most activity is through bike rides with both HR and Power data and also updated weight/height entered. The deficit above i mention is i usually try and only eat back 50% of the "burnt calories".
To be putting on ~2kg in as many weeks suggests i'm miscalculating by around 30,000kcal (assuming i'm working towards losing 1kg a week at 7,700kcal deficit and seeing the swing the opposite way). Surely even the worst guess based estimates can't be that far out!
Going to be interesting over the next few weeks. I'm not going to change what i'm doing quite yet because i fully believe i'm on the right track with activity/diet and putting this down to a freak few readings, but will be interesting to see if there isn't a correction and then i need to really try delving into things.
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I would imagine you can lower that, no? I don't think I ever go over a third, at most. I wouldn't eat more on any ride less than 40 miles (as if I go over 20, I'm going to at least 40). If I do 40-50 miles, about 1.8-3k cals, I would only have a brownie and coffee, so maybe 500 cals. If I did 60+ miles (3-3.5k cals) I might have two stops, so maybe 1k cals. I guess I might be a bit hungrier in the afternoon, so maybe another protein bar at 200cals.
I doubt this is 'the problem', just something I noticed.
I usually aim for half because i already have my daily goal set pretty low at 1770kcal (basically the MFP suggested target for 1kg weight loss a week at my weight and with "no activity"). I'm then conscious i'm already running around an 800kcal deficit so if i do a 1hr ride and Garmin suggests i've burnt around 800kcal. I try and add back a decent chunk of them as otherwise i'm potentially putting myself into a 1500kcal deficit a day, and more on longer activity days. Doesn't "feel" sustainable. I'd say my preference is to make sure i'm adequately fuelled and recovered with weight loss second.
What i would say is that from the basic macro review each day. I seem to be low in protein and high in fat. This is pretty common on a daily basis. Annoyingly it doesn't detail the items which are increasing the fat intake, but i suppose there is often elements of nuts for snacks which have a high fat content and generally using whole milk and lots of cooking with olive oil so not necessarily "bad fat".
I've always been pretty adament that i don't want to be too micro in my calorie counting. For example i don't count every cup of coffee with a splash of milk. My general belief is that if i'm targeting an 800kcal daily deficit then by not including those items i'm probably running around a "true" deficit of 500 or so. That level of tracking feels more realistic to me and more manageable rather than turning it into something i give up with after a day.
Going to give it a few weeks and then accept i'm over/under recording various metrics and scale up on my assumed calories per meal and maybe aim to not eat back as many calories but it definitely feels i should be on a decent track.
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I'm hoping someone can explain this to me. 
If following a low-carb or keto way of eating in the U.K., when attempting to work out the net carbs, I understand that you subtract the fibre from the total carb amount.
So, in some situations, this seems fairly self-explanatory, e.g. a carrots (Sainsbury's) per 100g: carbohydrate 7.3; sugars 6.9; fibre 2.1, so 7.3 - 2.1 = 5.2 net carbs (per 100g).
However, in other examples, it doesn't make sense to me, e.g. flaxseed per 100g: total carbohydrate 2g; sugars 1.6g; fibre 27g. If I subtract the fibre, then I end up with a minus value?
Does anyone know the correct way to work this out?
If following a low-carb or keto way of eating in the U.K., when attempting to work out the net carbs, I understand that you subtract the fibre from the total carb amount.
So, in some situations, this seems fairly self-explanatory, e.g. a carrots (Sainsbury's) per 100g: carbohydrate 7.3; sugars 6.9; fibre 2.1, so 7.3 - 2.1 = 5.2 net carbs (per 100g).
However, in other examples, it doesn't make sense to me, e.g. flaxseed per 100g: total carbohydrate 2g; sugars 1.6g; fibre 27g. If I subtract the fibre, then I end up with a minus value?
Does anyone know the correct way to work this out?
Thanks.
In that case, I'll just look for the larger number and use that, e.g. 7.3 for the carrots.