Personal Log to losing weight

D.P. · 16 Feb 2017 at 19:32

Glaucus said:
could also be lack of electrolytes, especially with the very bad government advice of reducing salt intake.

Cramping has little to do with electrolytes or hydration
https://runnersconnect.net/running-...ion-electrolytes-help-treat-avoid-leg-cramps/

I suffer from very bad calve cramps, screaming out in the middle of the night and rolling around on the floor in a spams of pain. Night after night. But for me it only occurs a few days after I have stopped running, so I run every day. Been to several doctors and a couple od specialists, none of them suggest anything about hydration or electrolyte issues and suggest its a neural muscular issue, liekly form an impacted nerve in my spine. Exercise and running in particular compress the affected nerve which both causes the problem but is also the solution ironically. If I stop running for long enough the cramps go away but I'll get 10 days of hell. I normally have about 48 before onset after stopping daily exercising.

I never get leg cramps running but have when swimming, especially when kicking off the wall. Again, this points to impacted nerves and neuromuscular cause.

D.P. · 16 Feb 2017 at 19:34

Kamerad said:
I get the calf cramps/locking up when I've been exercising hard over a few days and havent drank enough, absolute agony when it happens. I had it happen whilst swimming when I was half way across the pool once, that was an experience

If your pee is normal colored then its not hydration, and as i said above, no real evidence that hydration has anything to do with it. It is liekly that doing the heavy exercises is affecting muscles and your neural system and at some point there is a failure of one of the nerves used to relax the muscle.

m@rty · 18 Feb 2017 at 16:20

I used to get really bad calf cramps, however plenty of stretching before and after cycling or running seems to have done the trick for me.

D.P. · 22 Feb 2017 at 17:27

m@rty said:
I used to get really bad calf cramps, however plenty of stretching before and after cycling or running seems to have done the trick for me.

strecthing does indeed help, again because cramps come about by neuromuscular issues so stretching can stimulate these.

PermaChanged · 27 Feb 2017 at 14:35

Ace Modder said:
Pretty good, still eating healthy ( i have had one day this week though where I had pub lunch, burger and chips) but overall mostly great.

I feel much better not eating crap all the time too. The weight is coming off at a steady pace.

9lb so far.

Still losing? I'm gonna keep checking you know

Ace Modder · 27 Feb 2017 at 17:11

Yes, but only 2lb more lost, this is mostly due to a couple of meals out with family for my wifes birthday.

EDIT: Last week was bad for me.

Tuesday = Pizza
Thursday = Indian Curry from takeaway
Friday = Chinese resturant
Saturday = triple oatcake, with 3 sausage, 3 bacon, 2 fried eggs, cheese. Eton Mess Milkshake - made with proper ice-cream.

SHEDDER1uk · 27 Feb 2017 at 17:26

Broken Hope said:
You lost a massive amount of weight previously though right? How did your get back up to 28st?

I lost 10 stone in 10 months before doing the Cambridge diet. Pretty much everyone told me I was way to thin and needed to put a bit of weight on as I looked gaunt. Didn't need telling twice.

This time I have changed my lifestyle completely even currently sitting in a hotel room in spain and having salads etc instead of kebabs etc. Weight loss is going well still and I have just hit a 8 Stone loss.

Ace Modder · 28 Feb 2017 at 12:12

My lunch today....

randomshenans · 28 Feb 2017 at 15:09

That looks sad.

SHEDDER1uk · 28 Feb 2017 at 23:52

Looks like a decent bit of lunch there.

R.O.S.S.I · 1 Mar 2017 at 11:17

Lacking in carbs for me that dinner really. Id whack all that in a pitta or tortilla wrap to give it a bit of balls. Dash of mayo and sprinkle of smoked paprika too.

Ace Modder · 1 Mar 2017 at 12:25

2nd Jan I was 17stone 10lb
Today I'm 17 stone 3lb.

It's going ok. 2 months so far and I've lost 7lb, would liek to have it a bit quicker, but Feb was not the best for me. Wifes birthday meant I had 3 big meals out with family etc.
Most of the weight loss was from Jan.
Feb I think I maintained and didn't drop/rise.

But now I'm back on it!

Today for brekkie was 1 brown bread toasted with cheese and ham.
Lunch is a chilli con carne & rice pot (250ish cals)
Dinner will be chicken and veg and mashed potato.

BennyC · 1 Mar 2017 at 19:34

Why do you insist on eating massively below your BMR?

D.P. · 2 Mar 2017 at 14:47

BennyC said:
Why do you insist on eating massively below your BMR?

The funny thing is that several of told him it simply wouldn't be sustainable and effective long term. 2 months later and the warnings are verified. It's a shame people ask for advice, ignore it, and then make their life harder.

tom_e · 2 Mar 2017 at 14:48

I still don't believe the excessively low intake being written down is what is actually being taken in considering the rate of weight loss.

FrenchTart · 2 Mar 2017 at 15:32

tom_e said:
I still don't believe the excessively low intake being written down is what is actually being taken in considering the rate of weight loss.

Exactly.

BennyC · 2 Mar 2017 at 16:09

tom_e said:
I still don't believe the excessively low intake being written down is what is actually being taken in considering the rate of weight loss.

FrenchTart said:
Exactly.

True but even still it's a severe self sabotage. Especially with 1 hours 'upper body based' exercised evidenced as we've seen in SA

1lb a week is not particularly slow but a greater loss could have been achieved sustainably but OP looks to have plateaued already.

booyaka · 2 Mar 2017 at 16:11

looks like your trying to starve yourself to lose weight which is not the way to go.

7lbs off is good, but 7lbs in two months isn't great and blaming that on 3 big meals out shows that your really not taking on board the advice and help people have offered.