*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

Hitting the scales on Monday but I think I will just be shy of 100KG. My low this year was 93 so first steps are to get right back to that then it's time to get into the low 80s. I'm running Amsterdam Marathon this year but don't want to be dieting during marathon training so looking at getting to the low 80s by the end of June with a view to maintain around that level throughout the full training block (Marathon training makes you HUNGRY!)
 
blairw said:
Hitting the scales on Monday but I think I will just be shy of 100KG. My low this year was 93 so first steps are to get right back to that then it's time to get into the low 80s. I'm running Amsterdam Marathon this year but don't want to be dieting during marathon training so looking at getting to the low 80s by the end of June with a view to maintain around that level throughout the full training block (Marathon training makes you HUNGRY!)
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Yeah, i've made that mistake in the past and you just end up compromising the training too much. Definitely possible to be in a slight deficit whilst making sure you're adequately fueled though.
 
Peaked at 104.2kg on Friday morning after finishing off various leftovers and down to 103.9kg today. Weekend was fairly healthy. Went out for lunch Saturday and they had some delicious cake but the rest of the day was low enough calories/enough exercise to absorb it. Yesterday probably underate as only really had a banana for breakfast and then a (very large) roast dinner around 6pm and some snacks during a bike ride, but MFP says i was around 2000kcal under.

What was also saddening is MFP has upped my daily base calories from 1500 to 1770 because of the increased weight since i last regularly used the app :( .Note i set it to "Not Very Active" and then add back exercise (always measured with HR and power meter so should be fairly accurate) as otherwise setting it to active ends up with huge target calories on exercise days. Think there's an option to turn off adding back exercise but it requires premium.

Does anyone pay for premium? I can never really be sure what benefits you get as the subscription cost seems quite high for what it is!
 
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Martynt74 said:
Peaked at 104.2kg on Friday morning after finishing off various leftovers and down to 103.9kg today. Weekend was fairly healthy. Went out for lunch Saturday and they had some delicious cake but the rest of the day was low enough calories/enough exercise to absorb it. Yesterday probably underate as only really had a banana for breakfast and then a (very large) roast dinner around 6pm and some snacks during a bike ride, but MFP says i was around 2000kcal under.

What was also saddening is MFP has upped my daily base calories from 1500 to 1770 because of the increased weight since i last regularly used the app :( .Note i set it to "Not Very Active" and then add back exercise (always measured with HR and power meter so should be fairly accurate) as otherwise setting it to active ends up with huge target calories on exercise days. Think there's an option to turn off adding back exercise but it requires premium.

Does anyone pay for premium? I can never really be sure what benefits you get as the subscription cost seems quite high for what it is!
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I've paid for the year, and as I log a lot of food, I find the best benefit is the ad removal because while I'm trying to log stuff quickly on the desktop browser version, ads load after the page renders and it makes my checkboxes jump all over the place.

Depends how closely you track macros and whether you want all that stuff as well, or just keeping a bead on the calorie total for the day / week.
 
blairw said:
As predicted, 99.98KG this morning for my first weigh in of the year - time to get absolutely dialled in and win the first half of the year to set me up for success in the second.
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My training/diet starts properly today as well. Hoping to hit 80kg by April.
 
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