It was free through the NHS. She told me they will now do it every 5 years.
I don't know if it's obvious or not, but I think some folk think if they eat X and exercise Y, then they will lose weight. In fact, you'll change your body to someone that does X and Y. (This also works if X is too high and Y is too low as we will surely have seen with a lot of Joe public) To move it again, lower X or increase Y. My X is quite high because I like eating too much I think. Thankfully, because I cycle my Y is really high too, so I'm reasonably okay.
Have you tried logging food in an app like MyFitnessPal. I think that really opened my eyes, when you realise how many calories you should be eating and how many you actually are.
Mind you, I've got another trip away in 2 weeks, but at least it's a cycling trip so I can usually burn off enough that I can just about break even.
I think it's a few things. The main one is it is a holiday, so almost a reward in that I'm just going to enjoy myself. If I fancy a biscuit, I'm having a biscuit... As I said in the post, I'm 'allowing myself'. It's a conscious decision. It's partly because of a second reason in that it just is harder to log when you're eating out or people are making things for you etc. When at home, I control everything myself, I know how many cals everything is and it is just easier to do. For one day, I would maybe make the effort, but for five days I'd rather just enjoy my holiday.
Most weekends I will be about 1,500 in deficit both days without too much trouble. I think maybe I got more used to it as I went on. I do remember some days I really struggled, but I think that was when I was pushing a harder/lower target.
I wouldn't worry too much. Each time I go away I tend to put 6kg on in 5 days. Give it a week or so (eating well) and most of it will drop off again.
Yeah, setting norms is really handy. I think I mentioned it before, it's funny sometimes I feel bad for having an extra protein bar between meals and I think back to times when that was the norm and it makes me feel better about it. Just don't let that come back to be the norm.
I was 137kg and now I'm around 97kg. We've argued about this previously, but I'll just say... I've been going to a gym since I was about 13, so that has made zero difference to me losing weight. That's not to say it's not very important, but IMO it's for general health rather than losing weight.
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.
