[Closed] Day 1 on iDave today

Take the middle road probably. I've spent the best part of 20 years not really thinking about what I eat, all of a sudden I can see how food impacts my physioligy, my strength and how I feel. Once I hit target I'll start to balance my diet with a little more thought. Blimey but it feels good... Not going back to feeling flumpy after each meal.

Idave, I work in a supermarket and I see what people choose to eat. The more educated middle class types have a better idea how to feed themselves. But it's not a question of money it's a question of education I agree. More important to adjust your diet for the long term attainable thing rather than a short term weight goal I think though. For a lot of people your diet, although brilliant and realistic, is not a real-world life-time option. People are too ingrained in their eating habits. It's fine for a nice healthy bicycling forum.

"More important to adjust your diet for the long term attainable thing rather than a short term weight goal I think though."

I know - but this isn't a 'diet' it's a change in diet to bring about better body fat levels and more energy, and results seem to suggest, better health.

At the minute I'm at a training camp with one of the top cycling teams in the world and lots of the riders are avoiding grains. for health and performance reasons.

I work in a supermarket and I see what people choose to eat.

So, end of week one on the iDave lifestyle
I'm down to 85kg so 3.1 kilos lost
Ive not been hungry once and I've enjoyed some delicious meals
I've found it pretty easy to turn down cakes and doughnuts at works because I know I can have them today
I've had plenty energy during the day
When I've exercised I've found it easier and I've performed better

Let the munch day commence!!

🙂 end of week 2 and 4kg down. Could definitely feel the difference on my run today, though, was lacking a bit of energy Thursday night for 5 Aside... maybe the carbs on my day off on sat loaded me for today's exercise?

Is there something specific about no dairy? Im really missing my Yorkshire tea with just a dash o milk so thinking about reintroducing this unless there is a valid reason not to.

Blimey but it feels good... Not going back to feeling flumpy after each meal.

Is there something specific about no dairy? Im really missing my Yorkshire tea with just a dash o milk so thinking about reintroducing this unless there is a valid reason not to.

Do insulin spikes affect the way you lose weight though or just make you more prone to wanting a snack? 🙂 I have the will power to resist snacks you see, just love me tea and don't want to give it up forever:)

Quick update,

11.5lbs / 5.2kg down and my trousers are actually hanging off me for the first time in a while.... !! 😀

Thats in 29 days 😀

Sum total excercise in that time:
1hr Sufferfest Turbo session
2 hr "Play" ride at Thetford
about 4 or 5 10-15 minute kettlebell swing sessions with a light weight

Which is less excercise than I was doing before starting the diet, so the weight loss is all down to the diet.

Nice work Cr500

re' tea and milk, do what you want to do, but try tea without milk 21 times, then see how it goes.

Do insulin spikes affect the way you lose weight

Yes. Insulin does lot of things, read the wiki article on it.

Which is less excercise than I was doing before starting the diet, so the weight loss is all down to the diet.

Well, weight loss is 80%-ish diet, so that in itself is not surprising.

but try tea without milk 21 times

I am just going to have a play around, find what suits me. This week same as before with the addition of a couple of cups of tea each day, will see what impact it has.

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Can't see that it would be, given that it's made from milk!

Tea without milk is wrong.

3 weeks of iDave plus heavy training schedule. My week currently looks like this:

Monday: Boxing - pad and bag work

Tuesday: MMA training

Wednesday: Boxing bodyweight session

Thursday: Rest

Friday: Strength and conditioning training

Saturday: Boxing - pad work and sparring

Sunday: Bike

[b]Results so far:[/b]

8lbs lost

Body fat reduced by 4%

Muscle increased by 6.5%

Lost 1 inch off my chest

Lost 3 inches off my waist and hips

At the start of the fight camp I'm half way through, we did a fitness test: as many burpees, with a press up, in 5 minutes. I managed 22 on the first night and thought I was going to die.

Last night was the mid-point test and I managed 50 easily and didn't feel tired at all.

Can't see that it would be, given that it's made from milk!

...but its tasty and full of protein!

BB, did you struggle at any point doing all that exercise?

Last night, no. I did sets of 10 with maybe 10-15 seconds rest between sets so I could have pushed past 50 if I'd really upped the pace. Before the test last night I had a target of doubling my original score so I was pacing myself for that but in hindsight I could have hit 60 - 70.

...but its tasty and full of protein!

So is what, DS? You kinda tailed off there.

Sorry Jamie.... Nuts, of course, or to complete the sentence, a handful of nuts. 😕

So week 2 was less dramatic than the first. I put on 1.5kg last Saturday and felt rotten all day Sunday, I think it was the massive home made pizza that did it. It was mid week before I started to feel light again and in the end I'm down another 1.1kg to make 4.2kg overall. More importantly I'm 2 places down on my belt and I'll need to get the centre punch out if I drop any more. That's simply never happened EVER before.
The stuff I've seen and wanted this week that's made it onto my "having that on Saturday list" are Belgian choc chip shortbread and toast with butter. Had those already this morning and there's a creme egg in the fridge with my. And on it

Momentous update! As of today, I'm no longer "overweight"

Considering I was borderline obese 6 weeks ago, I'm pretty happy with that.

Thanks iDave!!!

How much have you lost, then?

Edit: And congratulations, of course! 🙂

dropped from 88.1kg to 80.4kg (I'm 5'11") - more importantly i feel like i could leap buildings in a single bound!!

Mrs Petrieboy had lost weight too (although she only had a bit of baby weight to shift) and everyone who's asked her what she's doing diet wise she's responded "iDave" - me thinks STW might get a few more Google hits......