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Cheers Rob, my starting weight is in, hopefully I'll not plateau after 3 weeks and then give up as I did last year.
I am listed twice by the way, so you can delete the second. It's probably because I emailed and PM'd.
Thanks Rob.
Just weighed myself 😲 Not the heaviest I've been but pretty accurate to what I've been telling people I've put on over the past few years through comfort eating (especially the last 18 months). I'm by far the biggest chub there lol.
Conservative target put in but hopefully a bit more too. Just hope I have the motivation to do this now, I know I need to 🤞
Good luck to everyone 🙂
Have a feeling I may add to my login weight of 190lbs over the next 2 days though, cos everyone knows diets dont start till Mondays, and theres a fair amount of cheese/chocolate/alcohol still to consume 🙂
Wow I can’t believe how much I weigh. 😞😞😞
No wonder I’ve been feeling terrible recently.
Anyway body is fixed now I hope so here’s to a good start.
Heaviest I can ever remember being mostly down to hardly riding for a month and a half due to injury and coinciding with my annual increase in Stella consumption.
Bought another zwift set up over Christmas so will be getting in the miles on that as well as at least one proper ride a week. Also due to changing job in Nov, which means I no longer have to be up at 3:30am, I can now get back to karate a couple of evenings a week.
BTW myfitnesspal recommended that I consume 128g of protein yesterday (I did a pretty tough 20 mile zwift workout). Is it even possible to consume that much protein and not be way over on calories?
easily.....
Chicken breast is about 150cals per 100g, and 30% protein so two of them gets you most of the way there (working on the basis that a Tesco pack of two breasts is 300g)
Anyone got any good recipes for chicken that don’t add too many calories? Chargrilled chicken and broccoli will only do for so long before boredom has me reaching for the sauces.
Oh bugger I surely need new scales or a battery, that can't be right 😤
Oh well, onwards and downwards, I hope!
easily…..
Chicken breast is about 150cals per 100g, and 30% protein so two of them gets you most of the way there (working on the basis that a Tesco pack of two breasts is 300g)
Thanks but I don’t eat meat. I’ve done a bit of research and looks like it isn’t too hard. Tofu, Greek yogurt, nuts and eggs are all stuff I enjoy.
Weighed in. Gone for losing 1.5lb a week which I reckon is doable if I have a big poo before weigh in time.
I'm in, if not too late. Always fail at Christmas!!
Done. Not massively heavy but a a nice a-cup with an impressive belly.
Got me a fitness tracker too.
Is anyone doing before and after pics?
Where's the link to the spread sheet?
Seem to have missed it somewhere.
Hopefully not going to fall at the first hurdle, but now unexpectedly away in a hotel 3 days this week before a long awaited hospital appointment 😖
No cycling available, so will just have to walk as much as my knee will allow and try not to eat too much or any junk.
The hotel stays are fatal. I have two nights coming up. I might have to just starve myself.
5:2 worked for me when I was 3 or 4 nights away in a hotel per week with work. Although 5:2 is 'eat normally' for the non-fast days, if you want to still be good you can usually find something relatively healthy, ask for extra veg instead of chips etc. so you aren't overeating too bad. And then 2 days a week really be strict - bowl of porridge or weetabix or scrambled egg in the morning, and then ask for something like grilled chicken or fish and veggies for dinner, and just drink a lot of water in the daytime instead. Warm water for me seems to trigger the 'I'm full' feeling but drinking warm water is crap so I usually put a bit of stock in as well to give it some taste.
I’m over the 100kg peak for the first time in my life, need some serious weight loss action sharpish
Have recently finished an 18 month spell of 4/5 hotel nights each and every week; thank goodness the employer expressly disallowed booze on expenses - the extortionate hotel prices limited my consumption.
dirkpitt - see Rob's post at top of page 1; follow his instructions.
Pm'd 👍 want to try to shift some chub and try to get the blood pressure back I a normal range. Hopefully work on making changes I can stick at rather than jumping in and bailing out the usual health kick.
Pm sent, needing a bit of incentive to get back on the straight and narrow. Only need to lose a few Kilos but seem to be heading in the wrong direction, the batch of marzipan topped mince pies my wife just made are not helping matters at all!
Just added in about 10 peeps. Either I missed the messages or you're a noob.
If you still haven't heard from me, try agen 🙂
Yeh I think I'll atleast need to be intermittent fasting while away. Luckily drink isn't an issue, but access to takeaways is. I'm a sucker for a kebab or a burger even sober 😂
Well I'm not quite as heavy as I thought I was - but still heavier than I have been for a couple of years.
Weighed in at 101 kg. Have to say for an obese person I feel tip top 🙂
Nevertheless, hope to shave some kilos and arrive at very overweight - 95 would be a triumph tbh.
Did you know when you get fat you increase the amount of fat cells, when you diet they don't disappear they just reduce in size, then when you put weight back on more cells are produced, this is why it's so difficult to lose weight and keep it off.
Did you know when you get fat you increase the amount of fat cells, when you diet they don’t disappear they just reduce in size
I don't think that's true after adolescence is it?
Hi Rob, I havent heard from you so I've sent another pm.
I weighed myself Wednesday and feel confident that I can lay claim to the 'chubbiest of chub club 2020 members'.
Cut out all the crap food for the last few days and been doing 30 mins a day activity which turned into run 1 of week 1 couch to 5k today. Had to leave it until after dark to run or I'd have been in for abuse from the locals.
If anyone is interested, I've started an Instagram page to chart my progress and maybe inspire other fatties to get more active too. Feel free to follow '30_mins_a_day' on Instagram.
Concerted effort today to get back on track. I'd tried intermittent fasting before and it worked well, only eating from 10-6. Also managed the gym this morning even though the legs were a bit stiff from a walk yesterday. Boys birthday today so out for dinner tonight, I'll maybe pass on the cake....maybe.
I hate Mondays. I hate them even more when some absolute arsehole brings in a tub of quality street. Giving up smoking (again) is making me want to eat anything in sight. Doesn't help that I'm feeling a bit shit which also makes me want to eat.
6 days in and diet-wise it's going well. No sweet things or other unhealthy snacks. No alcohol either. 1kg lost already with barely any exercise.
I’m 5:2 ing with Monday’s and Thursday’s as my days - tgituesday!
Any appetite for a chub club 2020 WhatsApp group?
1kg lost already with barely any exercise.
Don't weigh between Fridays as you'll be narked when that 1kg loss has reduced.
I've forgotten to eat healthy so far.
But I did get a fitness watch that nags me to do things like go for a run.
10000 to form a habit and hopefully the eating will follow. It generally does improve when I feel more active.
I’ve forgotten to eat healthy so far.
The year is still young, don't see it as a short term fix, more a long term work.
I started in Jan last year and I' went down 15 kg by June, I've maintained, +/-2kg since then.
I am lucky in that I have a 15mile commute on a bike each day, plus some weights and a run once a week and I'm not eating and drinking well (still a lot less than I was) and everything seems pretty stable at the moment, although Christmas has seen a slight increase again).
I could be a bit lighter, but as it stands I'm happy with where I am and am hoping to keep up a regular weigh-in to stay there.
Good luck all, remember some weeks you will expect to lose lots and will gain, some you will expect to gain and will lose, so look at the longer term figures and don't sweat the small variances!
Yeah not stressing it.
Just being active is a good start for me.
I've also started tracking my snoring with a snore lab.
It's pretty anti social and I'm pretty sure it's flab related.
i want a snore lab (this is what you mean, I assume)
Just made macaroni cheese for dinner to use up the remaining cheese mountain. I shudder to think of the calories...
Going good for me.
90 min free weights session then a 10 mile walk to eat some sushi yesterday.
Weight is a little high (88kg, 5' 11") but compared to other times I've been this weight the composition is better - waist is still on bottom belt notch. To be fair, am lifting 10,000 kg a month in the gym so a couple of kg will be muscle.
Got the fitness tracker on every day and tracking kcals to 1800/day gross, regardless of exercise unless I do a big bike ride.
Aiming for 83kg by mid February
Could I just drop in to this thread to offer a word of encouragement.
Was a fit pointy end cycling type. Then my job changed , Then my hip blew up. 2 years of pain, one operation, a year to recover from the operation and then I'd lost the exercise habit. Then I got heavy and lost the habit even more because it was now hard work.
9 weeks on the Fast 800 diet 7 days a week in September and October saw my weight drop by 24kg. (106kg-82kg or 16.5st to 13st dead in old money). Bought the book, used the recipes. Bought premium myfitnesspal and used it religiously. Made 50g protein and a vitamin tablet every day a must. Ate my calories in 2 intakes a day - a protien smoothie at 1130 and a small meal at 1900. Water and black coffee only apart from that. A minimum of 20mins exercise every day using TRX straps and/or the turbo and a couple of 2hr rides a week.
It was hell for the first week - headaches and feeling light headed but then something weird happened and it got easy. Yes, thought about it a lot and was quite obsessed about food and the daily post morning piss weigh in. But much easier than I thought it was going to be.
It has been genuinely life changing. I lift a 24kg kettlebell and can't believe I used to be dragging that around with me. I have fallen back in love with biking because it is fun again. I am full of energy. I have rediscovered all my old clothes and have some newer comedy trousers I can now put on without unbuttoning! My blood pressure has dropped by 20mmHg in both measurements and my blood sugar levels are no longer edging towards type 2 diabetes. Random women flirt with me again (this is of no consequence but maybe an indication I no longer looked like a shambling mess). Life is a load better in pretty much every way. Now I'm just working hard on making sure it sticks (actually the hard bit I think).
I hope that is a little positive encouragement. Good luck and I hope you meet your goals.
1st week weigh in and Ive dropped 5lb so im pleased with that.
Did fall off the wagon a bit last night and ate a packet of Oaties biscuits.
I had a McDonald's followed by a KFC at my next meal. Epic fail
Depends...
What did you have?