*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

I went back on the scales for the first time in a while and was a bit shocked that it was just over 14, so I've put half a stone in the 2nd half of the year.
Just been eating way too much to be honest lol. Trying to go back to hitting cardio hard and have reduced my chocolate intake from with 3 meals a day to 1. :p
I'm also doing dry January, don't drink a massive amount but it helps the weight loss and doing more cardio on the weekend.
 
Bit confused at my scales this week. I know it’s early days so can’t read too much into it, but my calorie goal is set to 1500 with the plan to eat any exercise calories.

However this week I’m down around 1500 calories over the week even on the 1500 a day due to not quite eating my burnt calories.

My weight is down around 1kg but I think I’d have expected it to be more than that. Especially with the usual first week boost from a few weeks of over indulging!

Not bothered/worried in any way, but still think it’s strange!
 
Are the conditions you weigh yourself exactly the same?
Same time, day in the week, gone to the toilet etc?
Even if this is the same what you have eaten the day before could make a difference. Even if you have eaten under your calorie target the day before, eating more salty foods than usual for example could cause a bit of extra water weight. If you don't exercise a lot normally either and suddenly start doing quite a bit this can also cause a you to retain water.
It's still down so no need to worry. 1kg in a week is still a decent effort to be honest.
 
Yeah, i've been weighing myself daily since i got some smart scales just to get into the routine of it as it's easy with it auto syncing to my phone. Always first thing. Get out of bed, stumble into the bathroom, have a wee and then get on the scales.

Yeah, as i say i'm not overly worried, and as you say it's a decent enough loss, just i'd have expected it to be a bit higher, as there's usually that first week drop where you've gone from overeating to suddenly going back to normal. Although i suppose i'm probably down ~6000kcal for the week and people say it's 2500kcl per lb so i guess that's probably about right.

Exercise wise i'm pretty constant with running ~30-40 miles a week.
 
Depends how bad your diet/overeating was before I suppose.
I know someone who did no exercise and ate like crap, they were quite a bit overweight as well, their first week they lost 4lbs. As for me, my excessive level is always good, diet still decent even when overeating (and then it's not by too much) so I never get that first week massive drop.
 
Martynt74 said:
people say it's 2500kcl per lb
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For some reason I had in my head it was 7,000 calories per lb. When I do a google, it says 3,500 cals, so somewhere around 3,000 then. I guess that's good, I'm often generating a 1,000+ deficit at the moment (on a 2,200 cal target) although I am noticing I think it might be effecting my cycling. Day 1 I cycle 50 miles, day 2 I really struggle over 20 or 30 miles, which isn't like me... It's an interesting balance perhaps to fuel well enough to cycle, but not too much to lose the weight still.
 
AndyCr15 said:
For some reason I had in my head it was 7,000 calories per lb. When I do a google, it says 3,500 cals, so somewhere around 3,000 then. I guess that's good, I'm often generating a 1,000+ deficit at the moment (on a 2,200 cal target) although I am noticing I think it might be effecting my cycling. Day 1 I cycle 50 miles, day 2 I really struggle over 20 or 30 miles, which isn't like me... It's an interesting balance perhaps to fuel well enough to cycle, but not too much to lose the weight still.
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Agreed, i had this issue around 2 years ago when i was upping my running but trying to lose weight at the same time and so not eating enough, especially for longer runs over 2 hours where natural energy stores are depleted quite quickly.

I sometimes wonder if i'm better to pick a daily target based on an average of calories burnt and stick to that rather than eat calories on active days. As at the moment i can alternate between some days eating 1500 and other days eating 6000 depending on activity!
 
Yeah, I definitely don't eat as many as I burn, but not sure exactly where the balance is, or even when's best to eat the extra? Is it as simple as the day of, or is it better the day before, or the day after? It's often the day after I really feel it I think.
 
Rejoining this thread, having got down to about 92kg about 2 years ago, I am now dangerously close to hitting 100kg again. I am only 5'6" so my BMI is 33.5 thing is I am not a wobbly mess as I am quite built/stocky so the weight/BMI thing seems worst than it is.

Age: 43
Height: 1.71m
Body Weight currently: 97.9kg
BMI: 33.5
Fat Free Mass: 67
Muscle: 63.7kg (65.1%)
Water: 47.3kg (31.6%)
Fat: 30.9kg (31.6%)
Bone: 3.3kg (3.4%)
BMR is 1996
My metabolic age is 58 !!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: My aim is to get to 80kg by end of the year. I have access to gym, bike and plenty of countryside walks.
 
AndyCr15 said:
Definitely BMI doesn't work for some people, but are you actually muscular, go to the gym, lift serious weights, exercise etc?
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I go to the gym but don't do any serious weights. I prefer to sweat out with a run/bike/cross trainer, then press ups, sit ups, squats etc. I tend to only use the machines and some free weights. I want to lose weight not gains.

Edit: I just have a rotund belly, which seems to be where most of my weight sits.
 
Okay, I might be way off and this might sound brutal/harsh, but I guess I would say don't give yourself that 'out' saying 'its just my build'. I think I did that for years as a 6'3 138kg man. My chest measurement was bigger than my waist, I went the gym and lifted some weights etc and I just said I was a big guy/big build. Looking back, no, I was fat... :(
 
Liquid_Entity said:
I go to the gym but don't do any serious weights. I prefer to sweat out with a run/bike/cross trainer, then press ups, sit ups, squats etc. I tend to only use the machines and some free weights. I want to lose weight not gains.

Edit: I just have a rotund belly, which seems to be where most of my weight sits.
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It's the worst place to carry weight in terms of being a precursor to later issues so your BMI probably isn't far off in terms of it telling you it could do with reducing.
 
AndyCr15 said:
Okay, I might be way off and this might sound brutal/harsh, but I guess I would say don't give yourself that 'out' saying 'its just my build'. I think I did that for years as a 6'3 138kg man. My chest measurement was bigger than my waist, I went the gym and lifted some weights etc and I just said I was a big guy/big build. Looking back, no, I was fat... :(
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No offence taken, its what I need to hear.

I've also got a blood test on wednesday to check for diabetes. Doc doesn't think I'm at risk yet but this is for my own peace of mind.
 
Liquid_Entity said:
No offence taken, its what I need to hear.

I've also got a blood test on wednesday to check for diabetes. Doc doesn't think I'm at risk yet but this is for my own peace of mind.
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test results back, 2 days after test, very efficient.

"your Diabetes screening test was in the non diabetic range, with an Hba1c 39. Your cholesterol level is raised at 5.8. Your cholesterol/HDL ratio is 4.8. Dietary modification is advised."

So at least I know what to work on now, cut out the crap and eat better overall + all the gym/exercise.
 
Weight has slowly creep back up over the last year after getting into fairly decent shape at the start of last year 199lbs. Currently at 219lbs and aim is 190, I’m a postman and did get back to lifting weights end of last year before covid hit me so exercise is never my problem.
 
Joeyuk said:
Weight has slowly creep back up over the last year after getting into fairly decent shape at the start of last year 199lbs. Currently at 219lbs and aim is 190, I’m a postman and did get back to lifting weights end of last year before covid hit me so exercise is never my problem.
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Out of curiosity, what kind of steps do you hit on a regular day? It's something i always wonder, but then recently there seems to be a lot of 2 person teams where one seems to drive the van short distances and the other delivers.
 
Martynt74 said:
Out of curiosity, what kind of steps do you hit on a regular day? It's something i always wonder, but then recently there seems to be a lot of 2 person teams where one seems to drive the van short distances and the other delivers.
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Between 15-20k steps for my round. Most walks are van shares now, basically 2 walks added together to cut down on the amount of vans used. Both still do roughly a full walk each but the driver has smaller loops so they do larger packets in between each loop.
 
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