I'm down by 140 pounds.

Ayahuasca said:
He was six foot four and full of muscles
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Don't think he's a man from down under though?

I was 17 stone after leaving university and dropped to 14st 6lb; that in itself was a huge bout of fitness as I felt far more agile.

i'm now 13st12lb and carrying a bit around the middle, and upper thighs which i've been wanting to get rid of for a while, but dodgy sleep patterns due to work really sap energy levels.

I'm also debating the pros/cons of joining a gym over getting a rowing machine and some freeweights at home.
 
Massive well done Feek. I'm on a much more modest eight loss journey trying to get from 90kg down to about 75kg. Started last year, got to 80kg, fell off the bandwagon for a while and went back to 85kg. Started back at it a month ago today actually and am back around 80.5kgs now.
 
Brian18741 said:
Massive well done Feek. I'm on a much more modest eight loss journey trying to get from 90kg down to about 75kg. Started last year, got to 80kg, fell off the bandwagon for a while and went back to 85kg. Started back at it a month ago today actually and am back around 80.5kgs now.
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It's not about weight, but body composition. :D
 
Mat said:
What lengths did you go to to make sure what you were recording was as close as possible to being correct, in particular for things that you had no input in during their making?
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I tried to avoid situations where I had no control but on the occasions that it did happen, I estimated but I used common sense. If I had lasagne and searched the MFP database for it, I'd find multiple entries. I picked one that I thought was closest and always went for an over-estimate.

In time, you start to get a more accurate feeling of what's right. For example, when on holiday with some friends last October, we had a home-made curry. I looked at the packets and worked it out exactly. One of my friends who is also using MFP just searched for chicken curry and picked a low figure. I think the calorie count I worked out was around 850 for the rice, sauce and meat but he just logged about 300 calories even though common sense said that it's wrong because to start with, a 100g portion of rice is around 360 calories.

A lot of restaurants (specifically the large chains) have their full menus and nutritional info available online so it's worth a look.

When I'm in control, I weigh everything, easy.
 
Last week was the Maritime Festival in Ipswich and I went to the beer festival on Wednesday lunchtime for an hour, Thursday lunchtime for an hour and Friday lunchtime where I stayed there until about half seven. A combination of beer and extra food (because one always eats more at a beer festival) meant that I put on 7.5lb between Wednesday morning and Saturday morning! I guess it was largely water retention rather than fat.

However, I was back on the wagon on Saturday and by this morning, I've already dropped that 7.5lb plus a little bit more, taking me to this:

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RedvGreen said:
Don't think he's a man from down under though?

I was 17 stone after leaving university and dropped to 14st 6lb; that in itself was a huge bout of fitness as I felt far more agile.

i'm now 13st12lb and carrying a bit around the middle, and upper thighs which i've been wanting to get rid of for a while, but dodgy sleep patterns due to work really sap energy levels.

I'm also debating the pros/cons of joining a gym over getting a rowing machine and some freeweights at home.
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FWIW - as far as I know, there's little correlation between being overweight, and exercise - that is - in order to be at a healthy weight (and size), you don't need to exercise.

That doesn't meant it doesn't help, or indeed that you won't be healthier with it - but to lose weight, exercise isn't the biggest factor.

What you eat, your stress levels, and how good your sleep is will have a huge effect though.

Exercise will change your body composition though - so if you want to look muscular, you won't grow muscle without effort.
 
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