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I think the truth is exercise for fitness, but to shift the lard it's all diet. For me it's been cutting out the carbs. Completely initially, now I'm having some brown rice, 2 beers a week, some dark chocolate, but staying off cakes/bread/biscuits.
Blitz - go fully carb free for a week I reckon you'll definitely hit your target.
I got a bit of abuse for an extreme diet - all the old adages rolled out:
"If you lost it quickly you'll put it all back on"
"It's only water weight"
"You will lose all your muscle"
Well, I've been monitoring my fat content, muscle mass and water content as I go.
Muscle mass the same.
Water ratio the same,
Fat content now down to 16%. In the fitness/athletic bracket!!
Now to keep it off!
Fitness is going up, just dropped my 5k PB below 21 minutes. Absolutely loving life at the moment.
Dants, feels good! Looking forward to being a lot lighter now! Although It is getting much harder...
How about you? Feel better now?
Anyone got tips on what works for them once the weight plateaus?
Just keep on keeping on,
took me 4 weeks before it started to come off again
GS - certainly am. Sleeping better too.
Bad and good news today, got to buy a nice new motorbike jacket which is very nice and fits awesome but a bit tight so I can slim into it (size is a large) - I'm chuffed that I needed to buy it, old jackets are like riding wearing a tent! Bad news is I had to buy a new motorbike jacket today! - they ain't cheap!
Luckily I bought some Kevlar jeans in the wrong size about 4 years ago and they fit great now. 🙂
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Congrats. Whatever you're doing, appears to be providing the desired result. Keep going.
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Yes, definitely not cheap this dieting malarkey, but so worth it!
Luckily I can just fit back into all the the clothes from a year or so ago I'd 'outgrown'.
So tomorrow is the penultimate goal date. Hope everyone is doing well 🙂
Just weighed in. Missed my goal weight by 2lb but still pretty happy to have dropped from 194lb to 183lb since the start. Feeling good on it which is the main thing. I think I would've made it but for the weeks holiday in Feb where I put on 4lb.
8lb to go for my goal weight. 1lb a week should be doable but we'll see!
Hope everyone is doing well.
Just weighed in and just got under the wire. 0.6lbs spare from target, however I had a dramatic early loss and now finding the next 50% tough. Discovering your exact poundage of morning ablutions is more than I needed to know.
Also wishing everyone well and welcoming new wardrobes.
Crap, didn't realise it was a weigh in day. Jon I'll do it tomorrow morning if that's ok?
Official end March weigh in today - usual format.
Focus will then switch to your end Jun target (which is another 13 weeks away, blitz) So we're only halfway, for those that are plateauing (me) the better weather will give more incentive to get out and exercise and also an incentive to get our bodies beach ready. Photos will not be necessary on that point.
If anyone wants a reset of their end Jun target based on this result then now's the time to do it. Equally, if anyone wants out let me know.
Will also do a cumulative add up of the collective results, and hand out kudos prizes for the big achievers, etc.
Sent weight in. Beat target by 5lbs, but due to reasons that's not quite the win one would think.
Have also sent revised end goal.
Thanks again for sorting this out, Jon.
2 weeks enforced rest after an operation means I'm back up to 15st.... booooo. Still this op may mean I can get back on a bike pain free so fingers crossed
2lbs up 😯
So target missed by a country mile (6LBS) 🙁
...But overall I'm very happy with progress...waist is an inch smaller
Some great work and pics up there.
Me - less so. Not been taking it as seriously as I should have been. Been on a course this week and not been near a bike or any other exercise.
1lb down on last week which is disappointing after a great start, missed March target by 9lbs! It was always a little ambitious but I don't want to change overall target so best get taking this a bit more serious. I'm still lighter than January so overall a positive, just been back to old habits the past couple of weeks
I've flatlined for a few weeks now. Not that I'm doing too bad. Theres still 10lb less of me than there was at the start.
But as Jon noted in his mail, with now being able to come out of hibernation I can start putting more miles in on the bike. I've been quite uncharacteristically good and been going to the gym, but dear god, thats a soul destroying experience.
The main thing for me is how I've changed my eating habits. I've stopped grazing like a heifer through the day, which is far too easy to fall into when you work from home most of the time
83.8kg against an 85kg target (and whatever that all is in jonv's 1950's units 😉 ), so happy with that.
Total loss to date of about 5kg. I have found that a weigh-in on a morning when slightly dehydrated after the previous evening's ride works wonders 🙂
Last weeks weigh in wasn't that good for me, probably due to not riding much the week before and eating loads of carbs on Thurs/Fri to fuel up for HTN.
Seems to have caught up this week though, 3.8 lbs down from last Friday. 🙂 I'll take that!
I'm not in the Chubb club but well done to everyone Dantsw13 looking good man. Reducing carbs and sugar is the way to go. Trying to maintain my muscle mass or improve it is my goal now and keeping the weight down to under 15 st. I am 6ft 4 though. Keep it up boys.
Another 2 lbs down - only 3 to go!
whatever that all is in jonv's 1950's units
You'll all be using them in this post-brexit utopia. The past is the future.
(also coming back, coal fired everything, workhouses, scurvy)
I thought it was the beginning of June not the end! I'll stick to the same goal though. Anything else would be a bonus.
Another 1 down - 194lbs today. Total loss this year now 34lbs
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Now go try and cycle up a hill while carrying them
I've found my uphill speed has increased a bit, but I'm definitely less tired at the top! Now I need to adjust my mentality to push harder.
Lost 23lb since Jan. Despite being under March target by 10lb, I'm upset that I'm 3lb over June's!
If you're eating you might want to look away...
Has anyone who's cut down food intake noticed any toilet regularity changes? I used to be once a day for the last few weeks it's been about twice a week. I suppose some would say I'm full of s***!
Plenty of water and plenty of salad should keep you regular. I'm now high protein low carb, to start with I was bunged up, but much better now.
Most of my water comes with coffee, so might have to change that. Have salad with about 3-4 meals a week. Don't feel bloated but if there's a way to get rid if extra weight...!
A few years a go, when I was single and a fairly regular visitor to my local (in other words, every night), I did dry January for the first time.
I had similar 'no poo' issues, and it turned out to be my drastically reduced fluid intake. I realise your situation is different but it might be worth getting into the habit of drinking more water throughout the day. If nowt else, it's a cheap solution!
Coffee is a diuretic, so if that's all you are drinking dehydration could well be an issue.
I thought the amount of caffeine causing the diuretic effect was more than offset by the quantity of water in a decent sized mug. Worth a try tho- nothing to loose, apart from a few extra lbs hopefully!!
That's my understanding too; the issue is that if you are drinking coffee in volume then you aren't drinking anywhere near as much as you think. You're still in positive fluid intake, but behind where you'd be for the same volume of water or other drinks.
Has been a week of strict diet and lots of exercise, so had a cheeky unofficial weigh in.
Stasis. Doh! 🙂
I now have a moral dilemma.
Just become a brand ambassador for Fat Lad At the Back. Feel I should stop trying to to lose weight to avoid a conflict of interest 😐
Caffeine is not a diuretic so much as a bladder-irritant. This means more visits to the urinal but not necessarily any more volume. Point is if you stop drinking it yes you will need some other liquid i.e. council pop.
I've gone up a lb as been comfort eating this week.
**** it...back on it Monday.
Managing to keep it off so far......... weighing regularly, staying off refined carbs and less beer, but no calorie counting.
Is it weigh day today?
Hope not, feel like I'm plateauing now despite cutting food intake. Don't mind it when you see results but after eating sparingly and there's little or change its a bit disheartening. Starting to regret revising my June target down.
Is it weigh day today?
Hope not. I have stuck this baby into reverse, and put the pedal down over the last 2-3 weeks. Need a couple of weeks to get back on track methinks.
Yes it is, but went out early so haven't had chance to email yet.
Will do it once car unpacked and I've had a bath