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I don't do 16/8 as such but don't eat after my evening meal and don't usually eat before 9.30am/10am sometimes later, so usually 14-16 hours 'fasted'. With that time I have 3 meals and try not to snack between them, but I will fuel before and during a ride.
AFAIK the general benefit from IF comes in at around 12hours and after 16 hours you can get less positive things like cortisol affected negatively. But also any down time from eating, or not snacking between meals is beneficial. So I'd say your plan will certainly be beneficial and any flexibility won't screw anything up really.
Certainly fueling before and during your ride will help with your ride and enjoyment, and you're not likely to over fuel your ride unless you're going super super easy.
Managed to lose my target of 0.7kg this week, despite the wife going on a bake-a-thon every weekend.
And today I will... wait for it... go for a bike ride! Crazy huh?
Hoping it will improve my mood too 🙂
Technically, i am not doing 16/8. However due to a baby, we are eating in the evening at approx 5pm every day and trying not to eat anything after 6 at the latest. I normally have breakfast between about 7 and 8 atm (WFH), so I guess i am doing 10/14. It is working and I am losing weight so I reckon 16/8 would be even better. Cycling once a week (again the baby), but generally trying to eat better.
Down 1kg this week!
100.9kg which is 0.2kg down. Mainly lack of exercise as it's been raining for 4 days straight so I Don't feel like leaving the house. Not far until I'm below 100kg.
Just small loss Friday to Friday this week but my rolling average is actually down 0.5kg which is on track.
Slow and steady...
Good week this week - 1.8kg off and I am finally starting not to just feel hungry for the sake of eating if that makes sense. I am treating myself here and there also and tend to blow out a bit at the weekend and put a lb or so back on and then tighten the belt for the week so I do not feel I am missing out. Plus, whilst I love chocolate and could eat my own body weight in it daily, I have discovered it is soooo much nicer as a real treat :).
My Fitness Pal is working well for me and I am upping the exercise load now as well. Still mindful of overdoing it or taking my eye off the ball. I've got this far before and then just let it all go and I really don't want to do that again.
Pah! Put 0.2kg on this week!
Not sure how that happened... I've ridden the bike loads more than usual. Suppose I did have a couple of takeaways and a few beers too though.
Feeling fitter and stronger though 🙂
Still the same but not too down about it as I'm only riding once a week at the moment and even that's in doubt when the weather is so bad.
Held steady at 79kg so that's a 0.2kg loss in 2 weeks. Not surprised at the lack of progress this week as it's been a hard week looking after my parents (ie mum has baked lots of cake...) so had to resort to grabbing food at McDonald's twice this week. I've also curbed the amount of exercise I've done as I was starting to fatigue, still kept the 30 mins a day up but lowered the intensity by a large amount. Back to it this week though and I had to use a hole shorter in my belt yesterday so there is a tangible result to all of this.
Hoping the plateau effect has finished now, hoping for a big drop next week.
About half a kilo off so back to the Xmas Eve weight ... trouble is, now I weigh less, anything I do uses fewer calories (and I suspect metabolism may have slowed too) so it's harder to shed more weight. Taking a real effort now. Used to be able to have just whatever for Sunday brunch, now, treats are " a teaspoon of marmalade" " a single pancake with some strawberry yoghurt " " a weekly slice of toast " .
Still, I look back to my old running photos, and remember how good it felt to, you know, have a choice of speeds...
I'm up 1.4kg overall - what have I won?
Another week of staying the same at 81kg. I suppose I should be pleased as I'm not making any special effort diet wise and I've been chained to my desk for work all week so havent done any exercise either. As soon as I start making some form of effort to cut out a bit of food, or to go for a daily walk or run I should be able to trim some
Lost 1lb this week- not too bad since I haven’t had a proper number two since Monday (doing keto during the week ) .
Been on the magnesium tablets with no effect ,so upping it to something more effective next week.
Happy enough with a pound a week but my stomach feels constantly full .
doing keto during the week
You either do Keto or you don't. It's not something you can do Monday to Friday and then eat normally at the weekend.
I managed 0.6kg this week, although I put 0.5 on last week so only lost 0.1kg relative to my lowest since starting to try and lose weight.
Quite pleased though as I have eaten quite a bit this week and drank more booze than I probably should have.
Working from home and home schooling means I am not really doing much exercise. I'm doing 2x Zwift workouts with a few from here and then the race on a Tuesday, but not actually doing anything else. I need to try and get some regular steady exercise in at some point in the week.
I know I’m not tbh doomanic , but I’ve done it the same way before and lost weight ok . The wife is on it ( pretty much) full time so I just go along with it to help out meal wise & it usually kicks in on a Wednesday....just seem to be clogging up this time for some reason (?)
I can't offer any advice with the clogging as I never suffered from it other than eat more fibre.
My metabolism isn’t the fastest anyway to be honest- just hoping everything gets a good shake about on the bike in the morning
Late to the party but have added my name and target and a weigh in this week. Have been mainly trying to cut down on the snacking that has increased over the various lock downs
0.5kg down this week and feeling good at this rate of descent 😁
Decent loss week this week "1.3kg" considering the crap weather and limited mileage on the road bike. Additionally sticking with walking every day which i now really look forward, and hitting my 5hrs weekly target, .
Is anyone else using "Pinch of Nom" cookbooks? Finding some really quick/easy/tasty recipes that fill me up and are low on the calorie count.
Forgotten it was weigh in day. Lockdown v2.2 is really not going well. Wondering if I ought to take a pregnancy test having caught myself in the mirror last night.
0.9kg list this week and last, good to see the weight continue to drop after a few week of stalling. I'm still not managing any exercise though ☹️
Only 0.6kg of this week but took my foot off the gas a little and was a little freer with food but back on it this coming week and still well within my overall target range. Started the week off back up 1.5kg though so happy to still have made a loss by today.
Recommend My Fitness Pal to anyone who's struggling and wants to give it a go. Log everything though as there's lots of sneaky calories hidden away!
After the slight blip last week, I've managed to lose 0.6kg this week.
I'd taken some other metrics at the beginning... some good progress:
Blood pressure before 133/91, BP now 124/74
Average resting heart rate before 58bpm, now 49bpm
Qualitatively, my trousers are much looser and I've gone in a notch on the belt!
Managed to do a fair bit more riding this last couple of weeks; seems to be paying off 🙂
0.3kg lost this week. Not ground-breaking, but the numbers seem to be consistently going in the right direction, which is great.
I haven't been trying particularly hard; just conscious of not shovelling everything I fancy into my mouth.
Not shifted anything this week, I've also not put anything on so there is that.
2lb. OK with that. 16/8 going quite well, although my meal at 1pm today kind of defeats the object (start of half term so sweet chilli chicken by Deliveroo, as the kids were getting something)
Now 15-3
2Kg in the last week, which I'm really pleased with considering last week was static. 5.5 Kg down from New Years eve so really pleased with that. Still a long way to go. Feeling stronger in the legs though, bending down, and crucially getting back up is easier. Be nice to be back under 100Kg which is looking likely next week, next milestone will be 97 KG which gets me back below the magic BMI of 30, at this rate should be end of March.
Still not ridden my bike, been too windy (and I mean windy, not light breeze) or icy to ride since new year, I can cope with cold or wet but not wind and ice. Given the altitude and time of year though both are fairly likely so its more mind numbing exercise bike for the time being. Should be in good shape when I finally get the road bike out though.
3rd week in a row that I'm stuck at 79kg! Was up to 80 earlier in the week as my resolve started to wane so had a Maccy D's plus a few choccy bars but got that back down for today. Considering having a day or two to blow out the cravings seeing as it's coming up to Pancake Day, usually do anyway so hopefully it'll help me get things moving in the right direction again numbers-wise. I'm still visibly getting thinner but it's slowed right down and my muscle mass is getting better, especially my calves from all the Zwifting and walking, so going to try upping the weights sessions a bit and see if targeting a different part of the body gets things moving again. The weather improving will help too as I haven't been out on the bikes in the real world for over a month, far too easy to just hit the turbo instead. Would be different if I could go to any of the local trail centres, the local trails are just too tame and busy to drag me out the door right now. Must be just bored of them!
After 4 weeks holding steady at 81kg with not much effort this week I cut out a bit of food, and when I did have a takeaway it was just chicken wings for the superbowl. Also got out for a few walks and did some time on the rowing machine so was active most days, scales today showing 79.3kg. Original target was 79 but will now try to get to 75 with the time we have left.
Not sure if its just me, but i cant see any data on the spreadsheet.
Not just you, appears the content has been deleted, was there this morning.
Not just you, but the good thing about Google sheets is that you can see who did the deleting and wind back to that point.
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I have restored it to 2PM - I hope no-one minds - Data is back.
Who was it! Own up. 3.22pm...
Before the pitchforks are sharpened - can I point out I am only a Muppet with a very rudimentary Google sheet knowledge who does not work in IT.
my edits from about 2pm are still there
Hope it wasn’t me. I added to it this afternoon but not sure the exact time! 😬
How is it even possible to delete an entire spreadsheet when all you need to do it type a number into a single cell? 😆
Impressive!
I’m still off the booze, eating well with a slight deficit and running/cycling 5/6 days per week. Weight is going down steadily. Just under a kg per week. No mad hunger or cravings.
My Fitness Pal (and my digital scales)are absolute essential tools for me. Really stops me eating for the sake of it and manage portions
With everything going on and hectic ness of work I am amazed I haven’t cracked on the booze front yet.
I put the 100g I lost last week back on. It’s baffling me as I’m definitely not overeating (constant rumbling tum) but after bonking on a ride a couple of weeks ago I’ve come off Keto and am trying low carb instead. I haven’t been logging my food for the last couple of weeks though so I need to get back on top of that.
How is it even possible to delete an entire spreadsheet
Control + A, then Del. Whoops. (Wasn't me, I did mine early Friday morning 🙂 )
Edit...I just checked to see if my weight was still there...it did a refresh as soon as it opened... There are no names but all the weights are there. I tried the undo button with no luck. Pretty sure it wasn't me, perhaps someone is playing games?
EditEdit... Names seem be have been moved to column B, and worrying, my start weight has been removed but I haven't edited anything since entering my weight yesterday about 6am! I'm not going to fiddle as I presume it needs restoring again.
I can see "Anonymous Iguana" browsing the spreadsheet... don't be playing games/framing me 🙂
Same hackers who hit CDPR? The STW chub club data must be worth a fair few bob on the blackmarket...
Hi all - I have fixed the spreadsheet, should be correct now. Some fat bastard has definitely meddled with it... anyway all good now. 7 weeks to go, all the best 🙂
Depressingly no weight shifted this week. I feel grumpy and resentful. No booze, vanishingly little bread. B****s I'm going to have to ask the OH to cut down on any fat when they're cooking aren't I ...
Couldn't sleep so an early weigh-in and 1.2kg down 😁. Keep on keeping on.
0.9 up!!! I've been desk bound all week due to a colleague being on holiday, but so busy I've not had time for much snacking! Balls
P.S Was it during last weeks 'hack' that the spreadsheet was renamed as 'Brown Chub Club 2021'?
Another 0.5kg off this week.
Need to up the game to hit my target in the remaining time.... I WILL get to my target, it just might take a little longer!