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After 9 months of procrastination and comfort eating I dragged my fat again arse to the scales two weeks ago; 98.6KG, up 16KG from my best last July. Ouch! Two solid weeks of Keto see me at 95.3KG so 3.3KG down so far, which I'm not particularly happy with but it's better than nothing.
Not much actual exercise in that time though; I'm struggling with motivation in the gym (three sessions in the last two weeks, instead of five sessions a week), no cycling and I currently hate running again. Hopefully the gym downer will go once I'm adapted to the low carbs.
Put my back out gardening last weekend and have been unable to do any more this week than hobble around with my pelvis locked at a jaunty/camp angle. I fear the scales are about to reveal the folly of continuing to eat as though I'm still doing 10 hours of riding a week.....
Up 200g - I'll call that a win then!
Three or four pints of ale and a few bags of fried body-parts early in the week meant having to work stupid extra-hard to barely squeeze over the line this weigh-in. Water, teas and good things beckon. I've noticed that snacking causes gain (naturally) which (for me) sets up a rebound effect where I then react/attempt to correct by cutting back on my ‘good’ meals. That then leads to feeling hungry between meals and then ‘double-snacking’ and/or going ‘**** it! and giving into grabbing fast food for a meal instead.
Meal-planning helps with that, I found. And setting a little thought aside for stoicism/grownup chats to self 🫐🍉🍌🥗🥙🍲🥬🥦🌽🥑🧅🧄🥕🍠
I've found that my weight isn't dropping as much now as it was when my weightloss journey started but I am lifting bigger weights and definitely building muscle and it feels like there is slightly less insulation so as someone previously mentioned weight loss is not the only KPI.
The thing I normally suffer with is longevity of a health kick. Work, nights out or soemthing else will get in the way and I'll drift off plan and not get back on it. This time I am really trying hard not to fall into that trap.
Flat week for me.
Whilst the gaining has stopped, it is time to be honest with myself, get serious and start shifting some mass.
From tomorrow I will be adding at least 30 minutes walking into every day, and continue to record foods.
edit - Just checking I wrote what I thought I did 😉
Marginal loss this week but at least no gain. Thanks to Father's day and then annual midsummer solstice shenags, both with plenty beer and beige food involved. Next week need to pull a doublewin.
Another week of being barely able to walk further than the fridge and I'm up 1kg to 83.8.
Physio on Monday had better bloody fix my back!
Flattish couple of weeks. But I was on holiday last week so I consider that a result
A small loss this week, but have finally dropped below 73kg. Only down to 72.8kg, but I'll take that.
I've had a great week this week - with a bit of extra concerted effort I've managed to drop 3lb (1.4kg) after a few weeks of losing just under or just over a pound. Extra exercise and being careful about what I'm eating (via the Nutracheck app) has been the key to it this week.
Psychologically it's an important week for me as it's the first time I've been below 15st. Next milestone will be when I can lose another 4lb which will take my total weight loss since last year 4 stone (25kg) then I'll be counting down to what I think will be my ideal weight of just under 14. 1 stone, 1.8lb to go 🙂
Good luck to everyone weighing in today, a small loss is good, a small gain is OK provided you're aware of it - same with staying the same! My big thing is the weekly weigh in, whichever way it goes I know the goal I'm aiming for and avoiding the scales will see me stealthily put weight back on until I'm back where I started.
One is latterly given reason to rejoice. Completion of early stool had the corrective effect of maintaining my weekly target (within tolerable deviation rate)
So that’s a load off 😅 Onwards and upwards! Obviously emergency midweek adjustments (read: acknowledged the crime, did the time) to calorific intake (read: increased deficit + exercise) worked out this time. I’m not wanting to make a habit of that though, too stressful. Slow and steady does it.
well done @chrispoffer, those psychological milestones are a boost I agree. Two weeks away from being where I was two years ago. Shifting two years of lard in 12 weeks feels fantastic, even moreso on account of a kilo a week being seemingly a sustainable loss for me. Sure I’ll plateau along the road again somewhere but so far the only notable instance of that so far has been because of eating way too few calories and also being sedentary for five days. I’m assuming that period slowed my metabolism which halted weight-loss, as the trend picked up again as soon after I began eating more?
Up a bit this week, suspect same next as got some meals which regardless of choices made have an impact, on the positive my weight is pretty stable.
0.4kg down this week which is surprising as I've done sod all exercise!
Botheration.
Forgot to put my weight in last week so just had a look back at the tracker and found it to be going up.
If the trend continues, I'll be back where I don't want to be tomorrow 🙁
It's easy this weight loss, do more - eat less... sigh..
It’s easy this weight loss, do more – eat less… sigh..
Eat better? I still lose weight when moderately active as long as I keep off bread and beer and instead make up the calories with other foods like veg, lean proteins, grains etc.
However, last Friday I caved in to a chip-shop pizza with beer and chips and then a Chinese curry on Sat. Utter meltdown. What an idiot. So I put on a kilo by Tuesday’s reckoning 😩
Have had to work hard since. Not feeling good about tomorrow. Chalk it up to a blip.
Argh - struggling at the moment. Lots going on at home and in a bit of a dip with the depression which always sees me put weight back on. However, I am back on the exercise having fallen off the waggon when I had Covid before Easter and am trying to get back to healthier eating.
The good news is I have not put on as much as I lost in round one so hopefully I can still hit the target weight or close to it. Will update the spreadsheet when I get chance 🙂
Physio on Monday has eased my back so walking and steady rides are restarting.
Had new club jerseys delivered this morning - even going up a size I still daren't breathe out.
I really messed up this last two weeks. So with three weeks left, my target is impossible to achieve on 1kg loss per week.
Do I go hell for leather and try lose 2kg a week for three weeks or would that be inadvisable? The other options is to just carry on try and hit 1kg p/w and come in approx 4kg over target (do not want/is unacceptable)
I’m thinking that more exercise, fluids and some intermittent fasting may help me nearer the goal?
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Free MemberDo I go hell for leather and try lose 2kg a week for three weeks or would that be inadvisable? The other options is to just carry on try and hit 1kg p/w and come in approx 4kg over target (do not want/is unacceptable)
I’m thinking that more exercise, fluids and some intermittent fasting may help me nearer the goal?
It's got to be what works for you. I like the idea of 1kg a week - but it's a toughie to do week in week out, you're looking for over 2lb every week. Going for 4.4lb a week sounds like a step too far to me. You've had an awesome result so far - if you went imperial it would be achievable to get to a stone off in the 10 weeks if you like round numbers, and that's really impressive.
I've found over the last year or so that I've been able to make sustainable changes to my diet, what feels normal now would have left me in a hungry grumpy mess in July'20. The trouble (for me) of going liquid only/fasting/whatever for a short period is that I might meet that weeks self imposed target but what happens when you stop? It piles straight on, that's what. And more in my experience over the years.
So if it was me I'd move the end date back for your target weight (if you can't bring yourself to bring the target down), revise the weekly loss you're aiming for downwards to a level where you don't have to go without to achieve it, and moderate what's going in rather than not eating. But that's what I would do, not you. Mind you, I have managed to drop 24kg in the last year so while it's not been quick for me, slow and steady's what works for this porker.
Yay! Back down to 83kg - a little discipline and a gentle return to exercise paying off
Stayed the same but as I have tweeked my back and ot done a lot I'll take it
@chrispoffer. Thanks so much for the reply/thoughtful advice, much appreciated. Sensible-sounding, and I like the idea of changing my target for this summer chub club. Disappointed in self, but not massively as you say it’s still an achievement and chub club is helping massively keeping me focused and on track with my overall target (losing 80lb in 40 weeks) Agree about going slow and steady as it's a permanent lifestyle change that I’m struggling towards after all.
Funnily enough re fasting and then gaining, I accidentally fasted while camping a couple of days and then on return I piled weight on even before I hitting the chips and beer! 🤭
On the plus side am finally getting ahead of a few stubborn disabling injuries injury that basically stopped me doing any meaningful cycling, swimming or gym for last 5 years, and I also seem now to be surfacing from depression which was about the same time frame. Injury + no exercise + depression + obesity + stress + covid isolation + family griefs + unemployment + relationship probs + being defacto primary carer = a codependent menagerie of challenges - and were (even up until April this year) seemingly impenetrable by me from ‘inside’, but then this recent weight-loss and resolve has since opened up a big chink of light, somehow allowing me to breath, think and move better. Onwards and upwards one and all, strugglers, smugglers and jugglers!
*Quite literally. Wheezing less already.
I have managed to drop 24kg in the last year so while it’s not been quick for me, slow and steady’s what works for this porker.
Ace! I’m going to celebrate now with an Itsu seaweed sheet 🙂 (Secret weapon snack, ie no fat - all taste)
Onwards and upwards one and all, ye strugglers, smugglers and jugglers. 3 weeks now, steady as she goes…
*Edit - Oops 😳 feeling so gung-ho that I said it twice!
Day late but a week of eating out despite exercise has netted a 1.2kg gain 😂
Not able to weigh myself this week as I'm on a MTB road trip. However, as I walked into Morrison's for a cooked breakfast (the small one!) this morning I had to hold my trousers up, so something's gone (probably all the blood the Welsh midges and mozzies helped themselves to!). Will trouble the scales in a couple of days.
Not joined the club, but am on a weight loss routine at the moment.
Got to 14st 13 with a decent sized gut.
Got down to 14st 4 and shaping up.
Cut down bread, pasta, potatoes, generally eating les and moving a bit more. Started going back to the gym to do weights
Got told a couple of weeks ago my cholestrol was high at 7, so cut out processed meat, crisps, fried food, dairy products alltogether. Down to 13st 12 now and been hitting the gym, so some of that is muscle gain countering the fat loss
I've been pleasantly suprised with my progress and since March I've dropped 2st 2lb. My diet is pretty strict until the weekends but it feels pretty maintainable. The issue is I have signed up to learn to Sky Dive at the end of next month and need to drop another 12lb to get under their BMI ruling. I've been hitting the weights hard so my BMI is quite high for my height due to muscle mass. A bit worried if I can keep losing 2lb a week going forwards. I have not a lot extra to cut out mid week and have no more time to increase my activity so I guess I need to lay off the beer/wine at the weekends and keep focussed on the end goal, shame as I bloody love the booze....
I’m struggling to get access to the sheet at the mo, so haven’t updated for a couple of weeks.
Was 77.4 last week so holding steady at -4kg. I’ve had a good week so far so not dreading this fridays weigh in for once!
Am optimistic about hitting my 76kg target by week 10 (-5.5kg overall). Just a couple more weeks to go!
Overall quite happy too slowly losing weight feeling the looseness on trousers is a good guide.
Weight has been yoyoing a bit but trend is going down. Started out at nearly 15st Jan 2020 and nearly down to 13st.
The big thing, has been changing habits, no more bowls of cereal before bed etc, did start going to bed a little hungry but that soon went away after a week or two.
Still see a bit of belly wobble hanging around so gonna keep on it. Surprised how much I still have to lose thought it was only a stone I needed to lose but appears much more than anticipated.
Keep it up everyone.
I'm finding that my lizard brain is demanding food and overwhelming the faint cries of, "but you're trying to control your weight" and so I've found the weight creeping back on.
I am mainly still exercising and that seems to trigger the EAT EAT EAT mode - has anyone got tips on when and what to eat while trying to control weight when you're doing extensive exercise (e.g. spending 2+ hours running, 3+ hours cycling or walking)?
The EAT EAT EAT danger period appears to be evening when I'm tuckered out from the day.
I am mainly still exercising and that seems to trigger the EAT EAT EAT mode – has anyone got tips on when and what to eat while trying to control weight when you’re doing extensive exercise (e.g. spending 2+ hours running, 3+ hours cycling or walking)?
I've started having protein shakes after hard exercise. I find it helpful to kill that inner voice shouting "carb me carb me". I think it's a combination of protein, liquid/volume and because I rely don't like the taste (especially the Vegan ones).
I didn't start drinking them for this, it was actually to up protein intake as I've been bouldering loads and looking to support strength development. The killing appetite was just a welcome side effect.
... and I'm vegetarian so getting in significant protein whilst minimising calories is just easier with shakes
Work sent me a tin of Quality street this week as part of an internal celebration, I ate the lot pretty much! Weight is definitely on the increase recently!
Stayed the same for a few weeks now.
200 grams less than start weight still a loss, two weeks holiday wasn’t kind, though a clean week has helped loose some, 6 weeks to go will see what I can achieve 🙂
Morning all - For those who wishing to carry on, there is another 5 weeks added to the spreadsheet. You have the option of meeting the original end date next week - 23rd July, or on 27th Aug.... I'm going for August.
400g this week after flatlinig. I'm in for the extra weeks- cheers coconut
has anyone got tips on when and what to eat while trying to control weight when you’re doing extensive exercise (e.g. spending 2+ hours running, 3+ hours cycling or walking)?
Drink more water? sometimes it's easy to mistake your bodys desire for fluids as a feeling of hunger. Get loads of fluids in, at the very least it'll take the edge off the hunger.
83.2.
So an overall gain, and another Chub Club wasted.
I really think I need some psychological help to sort my relationship with food.
Well that was a shambles. Just had two weeks off and despite cycling a few days in CYB and some more this week, I have lost a magnificent 0.4KG since joining.
On a positive spin, at least it has stopped the weight increase rot and the line on 'health mate' app is heading down.
As above, ultimately I need to change my relationship with food. It's fuel not pleasure - just I can't stop enjoying the rush of good feeling that some (mainly bad) foods give.
Another good week in the Chrispoffer house, another couple of lbs off.
I LOVE eating the bad food - I'm just getting better at moderating what goes in and that's really because I keep on using the app.
Had a meal out last Saturday and stuffed myself with an enourmous pizza, half a garlic bread and a bottle of wine. Blew my calories for the day obviously, nearly 3k calories instead of my current daily target of 1,918. Was pretty good for the rest of the week, made sure I was doing plenty of exercise and ended last week with a food deficit (according to Nutracheck) of around 1000 calories, including pizzafest.
Another 13 lb to go to get where I'd like to be.......
My weight loss is ongoing but very "steady". One big night and I flatline for a week. Two nights and I'm going backwards.
What has helped me is massively cutting down on the beer - both directly but also the secondary calories from eating shite when pissed and recovery breakfasts.
I do miss it though...
@Morecashthandash I feel your pain, I was doing ok but have put on half a stone in the most recent phase of chub club. Bummer.
It's like the bit of my brain which goes "just think how happy your crumbling joints would be if they had less of a burden to bear" is torpid and powerless in the face of the bit of me that walks over to the kitchen for a handful of peanuts / slice of toast / etc. I feel like I'm sitting there like a passenger in my own body. I know I do it, I don't know the ultimate reason why nor do I really know how to steer myself into better ways. Sound familiar?
Wonder if there's also some unconscious resentment at the current pandemic-related situation and so lizard brain is compensating thru snax.
Anyway next week:
- buy absolute shedloads of NICE fruit. Grapes strawberries nectarines bananas blueberries grapefruit ... Anything that's a treat.
- moah running and cycling.
The "big" (for me!) events (50 mile sportive, long distance walks @ 14 mi/day, a half marathon) will all be ticked off by tomorrow afternoon so I won't be semi-consciously "saving myself" and so can do an hour or two a day. Running in particular seems to help control the snacking!brain
- look up more interesting salad recipes - salad & falafel does fill me up and is actually satisfying but not every blooming day - something with a mix of textures and tastes, that takes a while to chomp through.
At least I'm still weighing myself rather than giving up and going full ostrich.
I feel like I’m sitting there like a passenger in my own body. I know I do it, I don’t know the ultimate reason why nor do I really know how to steer myself into better ways. Sound familiar?
Painfully familiar. I'd like to blame some of it on lockdown but I've been like this for years.
The ads for Noom suggest it works by changing your mindset - there was a thread on here that didn't really give any experience as to whether it worked.