Weight loss diary

245. I've started taking creatine this week, from what I've read I expect my weight to plateau at best for the next couple weeks.

The second week of supersets is going well, I've either increased my weight or reps on most exercises.
 
245 again, I thought it best to continue to record my weight so that I don't use creatine as an excuse to eat a bunch of crap.

For each superset, I've continued to increase my weight or reps for at least one of the exercises. I don't know if it's the creatine, a placebo or if it's my body adjusting to the extra endurance require to do them, but I'm feeling a lot better and quicker when it comes to the second and third set.
 
247, I didn't have a perfect weekend last week despite my last post but I'm still within my 1 pound calorie limit for the week so I think this may be water retention due to the creatine (or some salty meals!).

I'm definitely at that stage of the programme where I'm comfortable with the exercises I'm doing - still increasing reps and/or load incrementally but I'm getting the itch to switch things up again.

I'm down to a 36 inch waist - it's a good thing that I still prefer baggy clothes!
 
And back to 245, I'll be glad for the Easter holiday to be over so that I can get back into my routine days at the gym!

I've not been perfect again this week- I definitely need to be stricter but it's been good to take a break from weighing absolutely everything, and eating the occasional bit of chocolate etc.
 
244, the last week of supersets felt really good, so far my single sets have been great too!

I'm up to 20kg for the barbell curl which is nice as I can incrementally increase it now that I'm curling a proper bar and not the fixed weights at the gym.

I'm up to about 65kg on the assisted pull-ups so unless my weight drops drastically I think my goal of unassisted pull-ups will have to be delayed.
 
242! That's officially 6 stone lost since I started about a year ago. It's definitely a lot easier to lose weight when it's warmer as I've been enjoying protein milkshakes and salads.

I'm eating more regularly at a 500 calorie deficit, still based on a sedentary lifestyle and I don't add in any of my exercise calories.
 
This week my weight has been all over the place but I've averaged 242 again, I've felt really bloated which I think is due to the proper bakery sourdough loaf I've been eating!

Fitness-wise it's been another great week, I've managed proper sit-ups for the first time ever and I decided to do legs with my PT to check my deadlift form etc. which helped me lift 98kg - only 10 more to go until I'm pretty much lifting my bodyweight.
 
Thanks! It's definitely helped that I've been doing this with my wife, she's lost four and a half so far (she's also much stronger than I am :cry:).
 
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I've averaged 243 this week, I've just been to use an impedance body analyser which had me at 251 and 23% body fat with 44% lean mass.

It calculated my BMR to be 2245 calories which might explain why I've been on a bit of a plateau, weight-wise.

Because I'm still making good progress with my weight training, I'm tempted to carry on with what I've been doing for a month but dropping my calorie intake very slightly to avoid gaining weight.
 
It's been a very busy week - I've not really been tracking calories and my weight has been averaging closer to 244/245.

I did my wife's fully body workout on Tuesday as we were at a new gym and I wanted to try out the various types of machines etc. It was good but I really struggled with leg day on Thursday; I improved on my leg press and goblet squats but when it came to the deadlift I was done.

Time to get serious again! I've got two and a half months until my holiday so I'm going to aim for at least another sixteen pounds.
 
On Saturday I hurt my lower back with a new exercise at the gym, at the time it just felt like the usual tightening and soreness I'd feel after a good workout but it got worse over the rest of the day.

On Sunday I woke up and my hips and lower back were wonky, and sitting upright is quite painful - it's improving a little each day but I don't think I'll be going back to the gym for a week or two.

I was on track to losing a couple pounds but that's halted until I recover, I'll continue to eat healthily but I'm not going to eat at a large deficit.
 
Thanks! I'm mostly back to normal except for a little discomfort in my lower back, especially if I'm sat down for long periods.

I saw a GP who thinks it was just a muscle spasm rather than anything spine related, they've recommended continuing with cardio until I'm fully recovered so I've been doing at least 10k steps each day and going to the gym for the cardio machines.
 
Back down to 243, from initially rising quickly after my injury; some of that is possibly muscle since I've not been training but I've kept my protein intake up and walked 10,000+ steps each day, so hopefully it's mostly fat and water.

I start training with my PT again tomorrow, he's been checking up on my recovery in person in order to work out a new plan if needed.
 
I did two workouts over the weekend, in both of them I dropped the weights down a bit to start with and/or did some warmup sets.

I've also removed the exercise which we think caused the injury (single arm row kneeling on a bench) and I'm concentrating on keeping my core engaged and in a stable position. It felt really good to be back moving weights around and despite taking everything to failure for at least the last set, I was able to recover enough between each exercise that I made some decent progress in my reps and form.
 
241 averaged for the week, unless things go sideways this should drop down to 240 at least next week.

I've kept up my steps every day, ate at a 500 deficit apart from one day at a slight (250) surplus.
 
I did get down to 238 for a couple days but I've averaged just under 240 so I'll leave it at that.

I wanted to make some overnight oats but accidentally made it as if it was porridge, so when I opened the pot in the morning I was presented with cold oat soup! Adding frozen berries then turned this into almost a sorbet consistency, and it ate quite nicely - so I just carried making it like that for the week.

My walking is still going strong with at least 10k steps a day and my training is going quite well, I've got a mini goal of getting to 233 pounds as that'll take me under a BMI of 30 (I know I keep changing my mind about recomp or just cutting but I seem to be progressing with my weights while in a deficit right now so I'll stick with it).
 
Thanks! It's definitely been my most successful attempt at losing weight and I think this time it's helped develop habits I'll (hopefully) stick with for life.
 
238 for the week, I'm finding that the more I walk the more my bodyweight fluctuates overnight - although I am getting up during the night for a pee. I've hit 236 a couple times this week so if I keep at it I should reach that next week.

Assisted pull-ups are going well, I'm at 69 kg so about 64% of my bodyweight.
 
After an unintended week and a half off (family visiting and bringing the lurgy with them) I'm at around 239 - not too bad considering!

I've worked out at home but I'm back at the gym properly this week, 74 kg on the assisted pull-ups.
 
So the lurgy turned out to be COVID, I've felt pretty terrible apart from a few days around my last update - walking up steps etc. has felt like a bit of a struggle when previously I'd taken them with ease.

My eating hasn't been great; more ready meals and takeaways in the last two weeks than I've had all year bringing me up to 243.

I'm feeling better but I'm easing back into it, last time I think I jumped back in too quickly which probably made my symptoms worse.
 
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