Weight Loss (Problem)

MikGriff

MikGriff

MikGriff

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I decided in January that I'd had enough and wanted to lose weight, I was over 20st, and Im currently stuck at 17.5st I've been stuck here for around a month and it's really frustrating me, I work nights Fri-Sat-Sun and this keeps my sleep pattern interesting.

My average food for a day consists of:

Breakfast: 3 Weetabix with Semi-Skimmed Milk

Lunch: Low-Fat Super Noodles, with Chicken breast, onion, and some chilli.

Dinner: Pasta, Tin of Tuna, Sweetcorn, Onion, Beetroot, Tablespoon of Low-Fat Salad Cream

Snacks consist of bananas, and usually a fat-free yoghurt and a go-ahead bar.

Now I'm not doing anything differently than before, and I can understand that my diet isn't perfect, but I'm really not a big meat/fish person so Chicken is really the only option on that side of things, I've cut out bread completely.

Basically I'm looking for some advice, where do I go from here, what can I do to kick-start the weight loss again? Even meal advice, I'm starting to feel desperate!

I do some weight-training at home Mon-Thu, I also have a cross trainer which I've neglected recently.

Just in from work, heading off to bed now, I await some replies when I awake.

Cheers,
Michael.
 
reiyushin said:
You'll need to up the cardio and cut out some carbs and when you do have carbs try keep them as complex as possible (brown pasta + rice, sweet potatoes)

Proteins and fibres keep you fuller for longer; chicken + a load of veg is my go-to meal when I want to drop body fat.
Snacks would be an apple and some cottage cheese or a protein shake post workout.

Cardio is straight calories burned and will be (alongside your diet) the cornerstone of your weight loss. Try get it in your regieme as much as possible.

A couple of questions:
What sort of weight training are you doing?
What sort of body fat are you?
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Weight training consists mainly of Side Bends, Curls, Squats etc. I don't have anything set in stone as I really don't know where to start as far as a "regime" goes, how long I should be doing it for etc, I do reps of 12 which is basic as far as I can gather.

As for body fat, i honestly don't know, what's the easiest way to find this out?

And on the cutting out carbs, I'd love to be able to eat a chicken breast and a load of veg, but me and veg don't really get on, I can do carrots, potato's, sweetcorn, onions etc, but other than that, it's not great, so suggestions on this dilemma are welcome, I generally eat pasta because it's filling, and it's something I can do quickly and easily. I'm toying with the idea of going to the gym during the week atm.
 
Pretty much the same diet, yes.

As for the noodles, any suggestions for lunch? I'd normally stump for a sandwich but I've cut out bread.


As for HIIT, I looked at it but it confused the hell out of me.
 
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Cheers guys, I'm gonna make a change to my diet starting Monday, and try and cut out most carbs, Try going the Chicken & Veg route for dinner. Maybe go the brown bread route for lunch (sandwich), we'll see.
 
Bit of an update:

My day now consists of:

Breakfast : 2 Weetabix with Semi-Skimmed Milk

Lunch : Bowl of Home-Made Lentil/Carrot Soup

Dinner: Chicken Breast, Carrot's & Sweetcorn

I have a couple of bananas through the day, maybe the odd apple, But I'm finding I still get hungry.

I've done 45 Minutes on the Cross-Trainer Tue/Wed and Today, And going off what it says, I'd burnt off over 500 Calories. I wont be doing any over the weekend (Fri/Sat/Sun) As I work 10pm-6am filling shelves at Asda, so it's physical in itself, and I'm just too tired.

Feedback Welcome as usual !
 
As I said, I've been doing 45 mins (I think It's 10/11K, stupid display doesn't show the unit of distance) on the Cross-Trainer for the past 3 days, and working Fri/Sat/Sun nights means im knackered Sat/Sun/Mon usually :p
 
Well after getting on the scales just now, I'm slightly under 17 Stones, I feel awesome! :D

This week was a good week !
 
Quick Update!

Bought a bike on Monday, so have been using that instead of the Cross-Trainer (Which bores me right now tbh!) Did 8.25 Miles today on the route I recorded (Cardio Trainer - on my HTC Desire) Which burned 555 Calories, My arse is a little sore atm but I'm sure I'll cope ;)

And as for the weight, 16½ Stones. Chuffed :)
 
Thanks for the input, I've been taking Multivitamin Tablets for about a month now, I figured it couldn't hurt to help my intake of them. As for the fish oil capsules, I'll look into those also.
 
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