I think commuting by bike is a somewhat redundant option for Stoner.

😈

eggs are filling and yummy and full of protein and fat and no carbs.
eat eggs.

A plus one for myfitnesspal and link it to Endomondo. Worked a treat for me last year. Lost 17kg without too much faffing with food types. I was down to 76.5kg by the end of the year I seem to have gained some weight when the kidney infection laid me low in March so I’m steadily losing some again.

Do longer rides, the Malverns ain’t big enough.

10 years older, 6’2″ and 80kg.

Hopefully, Stoner is cracking on with his healthy eating this morning, and eschewed his usual double helping of pop tarts dipped in treacle for breakfast.

One boiled egg and a coffee and Im ready to go.

I put yesterday into myfitnesspal.

Does it matter that 60% of my calorie intake comes from beer and nuts? 😀

In fact I feel pretty gratified that myfitensspal DEMANDS that I drink beer and eat nuts otherwise apparently I will go into starvation mode and start nibbling my children or something.

He’s ridden into town to look for gram flour.

EDIT: he’s back already. I bet he drove.

Does it matter that 60% of my calorie intake comes from beer and nuts?

Not really. In fact it’s a good thing. As you know exactly what to knock on the head to drop your calorie intake by 60%.

He’s ridden into town to look for gram flour.

Force of habit has him looking for it near the pik ‘n mix.

I tried gram flour a few years ago, dear god it’s foul stuff.

IME substitute ingredients are universally shit

IME substitute ingredients are universally shit

I agree, hence Lager is off the list.

Oy. Fatty.

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I have also been avoiding riding etc with real life, comfy sofas and excuses. I rode with a much fitter friend on trails he knows backwards and got my arse handed to me on a plate. My lungs felt like rejected transplants and it was the wake up call I needed.
Ride, fatboy, ride!

I went for a ride with Mrs Stoner yesterday.
After the first 2 miles I said “if you keep up that work rate, you’re doing the next 20 miles on your own”.

To be fair, she had just come second in a local triathlon last weekend, whereas I had managed to polish off a Morrisions Special Offer lattice pork pie. I reckon it wasnt a fair fight from the start, she didnt stand a chance.

That’s the thing I’ve missed most this week. Pork pies. The ‘mericans just don’t understand them 😥

Stoner – Member
I went for a ride with Mrs Stoner yesterday.
After the first 2 miles I said “if you keep up that work rate, I’m doing the next 20 miles in the car”.

FIFY

A bit of the 5/2 diet, or more realistically the 6/1 or 5.5/1.5 diet always works wonders for me if I’m trying to lose a few pounds. That in combination with getting out on the bike of course.

I went for a ride with Mrs Stoner yesterday.
….. blah blah blah…….
I had managed to polish off a Morrisions Special Offer lattice pork pie.

This is not going to go well is it Stoner? 😕

Try two eggs for breakfast. Just had a omlette – two eggs, little cheese, tomato and a bit of chorizo. That will see me through to lunchtime with just the addition of a couple of coffee’s.
Favourite breakfast is kippers (nothing added). Two of those will fill me up until about 3pm

porkpie was a weekend event.
Since then my body has been a temple: I leave the shoes on the outside.
bdumtish.

So, have you lost any weight since yesterday’s weighmageddon?

200g, but I might need a poo soon.

When you next weigh in, don’t forget to have a pee, poo, shave, clip your finger and toenails, take off your wedding ring and hold your breath 😆

and hold your breath

Exhale surely?

Unless you had just inhaled some helium.

Not really. In fact it’s a good thing. As you know exactly what to knock on the head to drop your calorie intake by 60%.[/quote]

The nuts?

Im interested in this to as I realistically need to lose around 25kgs over the next couple of years.

people mention cutting out carbs but what do you replace them with??

This is me……

If Im on days at work..

I have cereal for breakfast.cup of tea and a glass of orange juice.

A sandwich at lunch if Im on days (ham cheese and coleslaw)bag of crisps and a 2 finger kitkat.

plus an evening meal.

I drink lots of water through the day.

On nights…..

cereal around 13:00 plus cup of tea.

normal meal consisting of rice or pasta with veg and either tuna or chicken(quite a big meal)between 19:30 and 21:30

cup of tea when I get in around 03:00

What can I cut out there and what can I replace it with??

Lunch today was lettuce, beetroot, tomato and slices of ham. SO according to myfitnesspal 400g for only 186 calories.

I had no idea you could consume so few calories without trying.

Breakfast came to 83 calories.

after my ride just now, apparently Im -492 calories for the day – i.e. I need to go and consume a further 2712 calories at dinner tonight. That’s 12 pints and a bag of nuts! Woohoo!
What am I missing?

(PS nickc, we know where this is going to end up, don’t we 😉 )

people mention cutting out carbs but what do you replace them with??

You don’t cut them out, you cut out *high GI* carbs. Which is anything starchy, really.

There’s carbs in vegetables, including root veg, and beans and lentils. That’s where you get them from.

A sandwich at lunch if Im on days (ham cheese and coleslaw)bag of crisps and a 2 finger kitkat.

Hmmm 😕 If I’m right then the only decent bits in there are the cheese and ham!
Cereal is a no-no also as it’s just wheat so the same as bread and pasta 🙁
How about a tin of soup of lunch, or some salad with salad beans, tuna, chicken, etc?
If you just cut out the lunchtime bread you’re eating 30g less carbs immediately. Crisps are probably another 30g also.
I’m not really fussed about calories too much now – but I do look at the carbs in pretty much everything.

Cheers for the info.

Are wholemeal pasta and rice etc a no no then ?

what can I have at breakfast instead of cereal? needs to be quick really

we know where this is going to end up, don’t we

A really detailed, graph-laden but energy efficient homebrew setup to be able to afford 12 pints a night? Win!

In case you haven’t worked it out, MFP exercise calories are a tad optimistic 😉

Breakfast came to 83 calories.

What was that then?

a boiled egg and 3 cups of coffee.

Normally I just have coffee. The egg was a terrible, terrible mistake. I feel so fat, I hate myself now 😉

Far too much milk there bear…think of the Calorie and Sugar content!

Eggs are fine, eat as many as you can.

Stoner in 6 months:

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I had no idea you could consume so few calories without trying.

I used MyFitnessPal while doing the iDiet a couple of years ago; despite stuffing myself silly it said I was eating way under the calories I needed and that I’d weigh next to nothing in no time.

Instead, I dropped to 65kg and then stayed there regardless of how much (iDiet) food I ate or how much exercise I did.

Boiled eggs, pair of for brekkie. Keeps you going till lunch time, and even then I find I eat less at lunch.

<whispers> I do have a couple of slices of Vogel with them though. Boiled eggs need toast.

That and running. It’s a harsh truth, but it works.

you need to ride the bike more – go further not faster

porridge made with water for the best diet breakfast option

drink halves in the pub

ditch the pies, takeaways, fast food