*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

tom_nieto said:
Logging meals and weight seems to help, but again, I don’t foresee myself doing this forever.
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This is what annoys me. I almost wish I hadn't started, I don't think I can stop now :cry:

On the graph I posted, the rise in weight from Aug to the start of Nov was when I thought "I'm going to try not logging and just eating when I'm hungry and trying to be sensible." :(
 
I’d been a fairly steady 98kg since moving to the Midlands and cycling more. There have been a few peaks and troughs - was cycling 100 miles a week around our wedding which helped, ate a lot of Korean chicken when I was living away in Manchester which did not!

I do worry that I slip back into bad habits without logging, but this is the longest period of sustained calorie counting that I’ve ever done and it seems to be effective. What I haven’t done this time is dramatically increase the amount of exercise that I’m doing. I’ve historically used cycling as a way of eating what I want so that might be the trade off.

@AndyCr15 - an increase of 3 lb when eating freely doesn’t seem dramatic and you’ve drifted back down with some gentle changes which is really positive! I definitely don’t automatically think about what I’m actually consuming so maybe I’ll have to be a long term logger too.
 
New low weight of 94.9 kg this morning. I seem to plateau then drop a kg, then plateau again. Have been consistently in the 95’s this week which is good.

On call next week which again could be tough. Just need to keep focused and not have too much takeaway!
 
I seem to have settled to around 222lbs without needing to be too mindful of what I'm eating, 7lbs up on my wedding low but I can live with that. Still a vast improvement on last years 260lb high.
 
Was out at the Liverpool Christmas markets on Sunday. Then got home with the intention of watching the England game whilst sat on my indoor bike, which would've likely worked out around 1500kcal burned.

However, the ITV app doesn't allow casting to a TV from the phone (no aerial in the shed), and so i gave up and ordered a pizza and opened a bottle of wine :D. Probably a swing of around 4000kcal!
 
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Even though I've tried to be quite good for a month or two now, not a lot of weight seemed to move, then in the last two days, 3lbs have dropped off! Sunday is my optional kebab night, but now I'm thinking to stay good, as I feel like I need a weigh-in in the morning to verify my weight :cry: :rolleyes: (And I guess is why I don't just weigh myself once a week) I expect it might bounce back up a lb or so, but still, I've not weighed in this light (15 st 2.4 lbs) since May, so pleased with that, especially as we head into Xmas, when I will definitely eat all I want :cry:

I remember last year I came out of Xmas just over 16st, but managed to get down to under 15st for my cycling trip in late March. I've got the same trip in March again this year, so I figure as long as I can stay under last year through Xmas, it should be fine. Last year on this day I was 15st 13, so it's looking good at present!
 
Currently at around 13.75 stone - down from at least 15.5.

At first, the number of calories allowed seemed quite generous, and I wasn't sure much was even happening. It appeared that I was either breaking even or losing very slightly.

Then fast-forward about two months or so, and things started to move. Definitely better to be the tortoise when losing weight. Slow and steady wins the race, more likely to succeed, too.
 
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Tipped 99.9kg today. Looks very likely to see over 100kg for the first time since probably this time last year in the next few days.
 
Stopped measuring at 95.2kg just before Christmas. Pleased with my progress but shame I didn’t quite hit the 93kg target before the new year. Horrible lurgy has probably helped keep the weight down but there has been a LOT of cheese.

Oh well, back on the wagon soon! Cycling is going to be the key to the last bit of weight loss I think! Have definitely cemented some good eating habits over the last couple of months.
 
Ok, lets get those New Year figures in since today is the "real" first day if we're all honest :)

99.30kg for me

Have sorted going to Spain for 3 months in March which is a fairly fixed date (~8th), That gives me 10 weeks. I want to be sub 94kg i think by then, which should be properly achievable as long as i can get my impulses under control. The wife is in agreement on no takeaways till then too to help with saving as much as we can given we'll still be paying all the UK bills as well as rent etc in Spain.
 
Will do my first weigh in of the year tomorrow, but if my blood pressure this morning is anything to go by then I'm carrying a huge amount of bloat :eek:
 
I was going to start today but Toby carvery is doing half price for next 3 weeks and spoons is doing 99p a pint, so maybe next month :)
 
tom_e said:
7lb gain over Christmas, bloat face achieved :cry:
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5kg for me over the ten days I've been off work.

Currently on a 72 hour fast which ends at 6pm on Thursday. Not really for weight loss, but the other benefits. Such as autophagy and cell regeneration.
 
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After eating so much a 72hr fast must be a massive mental achievement. I'm usually still in bed yet i'm already thinking about food having been up 2 hours!
 
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