*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

Milkybk said:
He's the same in every thread. He believes he can speak his opinion into fact, it's painful. You've made the correct choice ignoring him.
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Megahurtz400 said:
Get him on the ignore list and this place is much better! :D
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Oh don't worry, I'm well aware. The only reason I don't have him actually set on ignore is because he's actually amusing with some of the rubbish he talks, which is the territory we're getting into now.

Psycho Sonny said:
Lol at people backing up that you should still eat doner kebabs and just do more cardio because fixing your diet is the lazy way to do it.
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Like this. No-one has said this at all and now we've moved into the 'him being amusing' territory, rather than someone to discuss something with. Maybe I finally should move him onto the growing list... especially if he's going to be posting rubbish in this thread now. :(
 
OldCoals said:
even though I am walking 10km a day and going to the gym twice a week.
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Is that actually heading out and walking 10k a day, or just through the course of your workday or something? How active are you outside of the 10k? Also, what do you do in the gym. Most folk I see in the gym aren't burning many calories is all. Are you able to up the intensity of your exercise perhaps? I guess it also depends on what shape you're in at the moment? If you're 'quite large' still, then 10k walk a day is great and maybe you need to monitor the calories in a bit more/tighter?
 
Ha ha, yeah, I notice that a lot. Just like when I have a big meal, I will be up a few lbs for a couple of days, if I cycle 60 miles or something, I would be down a couple of days, but it will (mostly) come back.
 
I had been getting worried that I was putting a bit of weight back on. Then this morning I realised it perhaps co-insides with the gyms closing and opening again?

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The start of this graph is Jan 1st, I think they closed around the end of December? Then they opened again around April? Or am I remembering it wrong? I don't lift a lot, so I don't think it's the whole reason, but I'm hopeful that 4 to 6lbs is muscle that left and then came back :)
 
bakes0310 said:
I will try and add cardio into my daily life as I'm sure that will help.
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I would agree with @Martynt74 that this is what you're likely missing. Long, fast walks, jogging or cycling. You can add it into MyFP and it will credit you with the calories burnt.

bakes0310 said:
Daft question should I be aiming to meet that 2000 calories or should I pat myself on the back that i don't feel hungry despite being 800 short.
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I went pretty hard core with restricting calories and it worked okay for me (not as low as 1,200 tbf). I think there's a balance of staying fuelled to allow the cardio work, but doing it efficiently and not consuming too many. IMO the short answer is, if you can cope on 1,200, go for it, but that might not be the healthiest way and it might not be sustainable?
 
Martynt74 said:
The other day i ate a full cake at 1700 calories because it was out of date and would've been thrown away otherwise!
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Love it :cry: This is the problem though, isn't it. You make reasons for yourself to eat things you shouldn't.

"Well, it's the Euros, I'll have an ice cream and some chocolate. It's a special event"

"Well, I've had a good few days, it's fine to eat this entire bag of giant chocolate buttons..."

"Well, I just stubbed my toe, I deserve something nice to balance things, I'll order a kebab"
 
ic1male said:
I am in awe of people who do weights. I just have zero motivation to do any kind of strength training, which has probably hobbled my success somewhat.
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I'm not sure I've ever particularly enjoyed doing weights, but to me it's not something I do for fun, it's something I do to stay healthy. Then it's just a willpower thing I guess.
 
I've crept up to around 218lbs / 99kg myself, considering I was down at 205 / 93kg at one point. I'm reasonably happy with my weight though, so happy to keep eating as I am and monitoring it. I'd always said 15½ stone (218lbs) was the marker I'd set myself, if I went over I would do something to get it back down. I was briefly 221 a couple of weeks back, but stripped off the few extra lbs to come back within limits. I'm enjoying food a bit more again at this weight, allowing myself more treats, but managing to maintain the weight with the cycling. This could get tricky as the weather gets worse into winter and long 5 or 6 hour rides will become much less likely.
 
tom_e said:
You've even said yourself you don't want to live like that for the rest of your life so why live like that at all?

Use the time spent ploughing on with a diet you know you won't stick with to build a healthy relationship with a balanced diet and sensible portions.
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Personally, I agree with this. The list of things you can't eat is too long for my liking...
 
Again, agreed. I track with digital scales and sometimes weigh myself two or three days in a row (but certainly wouldn't after I know I ate a lot, like last night which was kebab night. To weigh myself this morning would be pointless) Thankfully my app gives me a 'trend' line, which is much more useful than my actual weight this morning.

nlel1975 said:
I don’t need exercise on top as well.
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Don't forget, being the right weight and being healthy are not the same thing...
 
I've had a terrible few weeks and was 15st 11 before the weekend, then had a weekend away with friends eating fast food and lots of it. I dread to think what I weigh right now. I've not even exercised much, but at least got out for a 56 mile ride this morning. I'll try and spend a few weeks being good and bringing the weight back down.
 
For me, install MyFitnessPal and keep track of every calorie you consume. Set yourself a target (the app can help with this) and stick to it as best you can.

What shape are you in now? What can you do exercise wise? Walk, run, cycle?
 
Personally I would say it just wasn't the right exercise for weight loss. I don't really understand weight training as a part of a plan specifically to lose weight? That's what I would do to gain weight. When the gyms closed last year my weight gradually dropped. When they reopened you can see my weight gradually go up...

For me, I cycled everyday for an hour to hour and a half, at a high intensity level (burning around 700 to 1,000 cals) and it did wonders for my weight loss.
 
barmyllama said:
But it's still easier not to stick the food in your mouth in the first.

I mean an hour of intense cycling to burn just 700 calories isn't something that would appeal to your average overweight, sedentary person. Not to begin with anyway. Particularly when you equate that 700 calories to something like a Big Mac and small fries at 770 calories.
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But that's personal choice really. Is other to exercise and easy what I want.

Also, to me this is part of the problem, people want an easy way to do it, not the best way. So many people noticed me rapidly losing weight and asked how I did it. You could see the disappointment when I basically said 'through lots of hard work'. There are other benefits of exercising aside listing weight. I personally would recommend it as the way to do it, but again, it's personal preference isn't it :)
 
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