*** Big Fat Weight Loss Thread ***

Martynt74 said:
If i can throw a gadget into the mix then i'm all over it!

The Body Comp is €160ish which seems more acceptable
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I have a Withings scale, not the full body scanner, but does weight, heart rate, fat percentage (body composition). It was like £80 when I got it.

The app shows more stats which it pulls from the phone, and Apple Watch, so it shows sleep quality and stuff. I don't look at it for that, everything gets collated in the Health app anyway so I just use the health app which pulls all the stats together.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
The same size almond vs chocolate croissants, I find that the almond one always have like 30% more calories!

I suspect this one is at LEAST 600 cal, perhaps even 800. It weighed as much as a proper sandwich. It has an almond sugar paste with chocolate and almond flakes on top and layered.

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I’m Gail’s you don’t have to choose… it was almond AND chocolate!
 
Decided to have a go at loosing weight properly.
15 stone 7, and a 38” waist. Keen to get to 14 kilos but mainly keen to get to a 32/34” waist. I’ve cut out all snacks, eating much healthier lunches and whilst I’ve always eaten good dinners the portion sizes are massive.
Cut down on booze, won’t quit it, but definitely cut down a huge amount.
Also, going to BodyPump twice a week and a swim once a week.
I’m enjoying it, and I enjoy the exercise class. I’m a bit intimidated to just go to the gym but the class is good.

Would it be better to skip the class and just do weights and machine at the gym?

Hopefully writing this out keeps me on track!
 
Ahleckz said:
Decided to have a go at loosing weight properly.
15 stone 7, and a 38” waist. Keen to get to 14 kilos but mainly keen to get to a 32/34” waist. I’ve cut out all snacks, eating much healthier lunches and whilst I’ve always eaten good dinners the portion sizes are massive.
Cut down on booze, won’t quit it, but definitely cut down a huge amount.
Also, going to BodyPump twice a week and a swim once a week.
I’m enjoying it, and I enjoy the exercise class. I’m a bit intimidated to just go to the gym but the class is good.

Would it be better to skip the class and just do weights and machine at the gym?

Hopefully writing this out keeps me on track!
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The biggest effect on weight loss is less calories in. I would combine lower calorie with weights, so the weight loss is from fat and not muscles.
 
Martynt74 said:
I think it makes sense to do whichever you prefer and would stick to.

You’ll likely burn more in the class and doing cardio is good for calories and general health.
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Yea, this makes sense. I’ll keep going to the classes and making my exclusive female class mates feel even older than they are!
 
Ahleckz said:
Yea, this makes sense. I’ll keep going to the classes and making my exclusive female class mates feel even older than they are!
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If your gym offers a free personal trainer taster session for the weights and machines I'd definitely recommend it; it can be daunting at first but some sort of resistance training is good as increased muscle mass allows you to eat more calories and still be in a deficit (or at the very least maintain the lean mass you have and not see your maintenance calories drop substantially as you lose weight).
 
Sheff said:
If your gym offers a free personal trainer taster session for the weights and machines I'd definitely recommend it; it can be daunting at first but some sort of resistance training is good as increased muscle mass allows you to eat more calories and still be in a deficit (or at the very least maintain the lean mass you have and not see your maintenance calories drop substantially as you lose weight).
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That's a good shout too. Although given Body Pump still uses weights it should still work as a method of increasing muscle mass.
 
Raymond Lin said:
The biggest effect on weight loss is less calories in. I would combine lower calorie with weights, so the weight loss is from fat and not muscles.
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there will be a loss of muscle and can be significant.
noticed myself in my process.
strenght can be rebuilt and muscles will adapt
took me few months to go back to same weights in gym, and then go even further :)
 
I've been prioritising cardio rather than weights for a few weeks now, seems to be more effective for me. I don't mind getting skinny fat then building up muscle again.
It's a bit miserable sweating away on the treadmill for an hour though whilst everyone else is just staring at their phones in between sets. :mad:
 
Uther said:
I've been prioritising cardio rather than weights for a few weeks now, seems to be more effective for me. I don't mind getting skinny fat then building up muscle again.
It's a bit miserable sweating away on the treadmill for an hour though whilst everyone else is just staring at their phones in between sets. :mad:
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Any form of indoor cardio is just mind numbing though. I could happily run 50 miles outside, but put me on a treadmill and i'm done after a mile!
 
Martynt74 said:
Any form of indoor cardio is just mind numbing though. I could happily run 50 miles outside, but put me on a treadmill and i'm done after a mile!
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Luckily there's music in the gym, and depending on what way I'm facing some nice views... ;)
 
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Me too, I will set a target in my head, like "Go get a bag of coffee beans", and then once I got that, I will set a different target to just go see, whatever it is. A visual destination and aim is much more palatable than a distance target with numbers on a LCD.
 
Martynt74 said:
That's a good shout too. Although given Body Pump still uses weights it should still work as a method of increasing muscle mass.
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I'm a little uneasy about Body Pump, mixing cardio with weights seems like a recipe for injury - although to be fair I did injure myself slightly doing some single arm rows recently.
 
Not lost any weight for a few of weeks. Need to get back on the wagon, but at least not put it back on. I've been eating ice cream too in the evening! The difference between today and the lowest is only 200g, less than a cup of coffee.

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Sheff said:
I'm a little uneasy about Body Pump, mixing cardio with weights seems like a recipe for injury - although to be fair I did injure myself slightly doing some single arm rows recently.
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The class teacher should be teaching proper technique, instructing attendees on the correct weights to use, and to stop if they feel any sharp discomfort, just the same as doing any running, etc. If the class is run properly, it's no different to circuit training or crossfit, both of which have significant proven benefits to functional fitness.
 
Slightly disappointing morning weigh for me. I've had a decent week (little snacking, decent amount of exercise and little booze) Pretty much the same as i was Monday which whilst not a big deal, is still a jump from this time last week.

I'm just taking the positive that i know i've been well enough behaved. Probably due to the 10litres of water i keep having to drink because of the heat!
 
Martynt74 said:
Slightly disappointing morning weigh for me. I've had a decent week (little snacking, decent amount of exercise and little booze) Pretty much the same as i was Monday which whilst not a big deal, is still a jump from this time last week.

I'm just taking the positive that i know i've been well enough behaved. Probably due to the 10litres of water i keep having to drink because of the heat!
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I've had weeks like that, and it is quite demoralising. Keep at it mate!
 
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