[Closed] Weight loss hints/tips?

Swap your lardy afternoon snack for a Graze box perhaps?

Swap out the afternoon snack for fruit and slightly adjust your meals to have a higher protein content. You should be fine.

I have found losing weight is easy. It is keeping it off that is tricky 😉

Google 'intermittent fasting'. might not be for you but worth looking into.

thats still a lot of food.

your breakfast (the first one) is made entirely of sugar!

average day for me (or at least trying to):

breakfast: cereal & 2 toast.
lunch: 2 rolls / 6 ryvita marmite
afternoon: 3 rice cakes/ piece of fruit
dinner

and try and drink more water.

Take an objective look at what you eat for a few weeks. Write down everything.

Look at where you are getting empty calories and substitute those items.

600m in 20 minutes is a warm up. Go less and longer/faster. Just pootling around usesvery little energy. Same for commuting, up the tempo or take a scenic route to make it up to 15 miles.

Afternoon snack is usualy healthy, quite often dried fruit/nut mix, but is equaly often tea with biscuits/toast/cake (small slice), its my one treat of the day and is usualy folowed by the commute and swim so there is a need for at least some calories, or at least I'm burning them off even if theyr enot strictly nececary!

I've a shoulder injury so limited to breastroke (no crawl and backstroke is a bit antisocial in a busy pool), agreed, I'd normaly think of a swim session as 2500m+/hour of crawl minimum but I've not been in a while and the injury is stopping me doing crawl.

Lose the afternoon snack completely and up the swimming, 24 lengths is bugger all, double it at least and you may burn around 300 cals, nowt wrong with breaststroke it's great for all over toning and far more sociable if you are not lane swimming.

Chuff me I would be a stick insect if I only ate that amount!

Then adding on doing that much exercise and I'd be passing out.

I'm getting into stews atm. I figure they're pretty low fat, have loads of veg in and you can control the protein pretty easily. As it's a complete meal in a bowl it's also easy to control portion size. Takes a bit of hassle to prepare (although apparently you can get frozen prepared stew veg packs...) but if you make a big pot up it will last a couple of days for two people.

Not sure I agree with your no sugary drinks during exercise thing - not needed if you're exercising under 1.5 hours but unless you're exercising at a very low intensity you're going to need something more than water to be able sustain the exercise after about 2 hours.

I drink 50/50 orange juice and water with a hint of salt during rides, better to start eating once on bike rather than have the fruit before the training rides.

Try and only have fruit after excersize and during, your breakfast as mentioned is very sugary and better to have some oats with nuts mixed in with full fat milk in mornings with some scrambled eggs.

Overall try and cut out refined carbs, such as white pasta/bread etc during normal days but can be eaten after a long ride to help replenish the energy stores in the body to help recovery.

Incidentally, was listening to R4 in the car today, and Women's Hour was a diet special so might be worth a listen on [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00x76vm/Womans_Hour_05_01_2011/ ]iPlayer[/url].

I tell you what's helped me is eating 2 poached eggs on toast in the morning. I no longer get hunger at 11.

I actually don't feel hungry till 2 or 3

Also get the idave diet.. very good info

dont confuse your words, your healthy afternoon snack of dried fruit or nuts is sugar or fat.

if you like the idea of eating 6 times a day rather than 3, your 3 snacks should be removed from the 3 meals, not in addition to.

I do quite a bit of exercise and dont eat really enough which has the effect of making me not very fat at all. I am 6'2" and used to weigh a steady 12.5 stone I think (this was based on a diet of eating whatever I liked, apart from animals) but I've fair kained the road riding this year and I also decided not to eat sugary/fatty food cos I imagined they were bad for me.

Consequently I now weigh about 10.5 stone without really putting any thought into it.

Whenever I go road cycling I do about 30miles in about 1.5 hours so I fairly push myself. I never drink any energy drinks or take any gels or out. I dont think you need to.

So to sum up, fairly short, hard road miles combined with not eating much chocolate or sweets.

So to sum up, fairly short, hard road miles combined with not eating much chocolate or sweets.

This makes me think even more I need to get a road bike.

*heads off to ebay/classifieds*

dried fruit or nuts is sugar or fat.

True but its got to be better than a mars bar?

Not sure I agree with your no sugary drinks during exercise thing

I was thinking allong the lines of the average gym session or evening ride so <1.5hours.

This makes me think even more I need to get a road bike.

I damaged the ligaments in my left leg and a physio told me to do more cycling to strengthen my knee. I got a road bike because i wanted to fix my knee basically. It requires less effort/motivation to go for a road ride than a mtb ride.

My knee feels better and I also lost quite alot of weight that i didnt really need to.

dried fruit or nuts is sugar or fat.

True but its got to be better than a mars bar?

Thats what I thought

nookie .... lots of it 😉

Road bikes are good but you still need to use them so that's still either boring turbo sessions or getting out in the cold/wet/snow/dark :p

Road bikes are more motivating for fitness rides as you're going faster and don't have draggy tyres slowing you down. Get something singlespeed, will force you to work harder but may be slower than someone on a geared bike.

What worked for me is a minimum of 6 road miles a day on the bike and cutting down portions considerably. It's not really that hard and just takes ages the way I've done it, but it's sustainable for me and I've not put on any weight in 2-3 years I've been doing it (and lost just over 6 stone).

Yeah true dat. Last winter I rode my bike 3 nights per week (whatever the weather) and at least one ride at the weekend, because I wanted to fix my leg.

This winter I havent ridden at night much at all.

Its still far easier cycling from your door than loading mtb into the car, getting to the trails, getting mtb out of the car, riding, loading the car with muddy mtb, driving home, unloading the car, showering, washing mtb clothes etc. etc.

exactly, you wouldnt justify a mars mid afternoon if you wanted to lose weight, fruit and nuts might be better*, but not much

do you mean better, or healthier?

Id say get a geared road bike unless you live somewhere flat. If I cycle over wrynose pass it requires alot of effort, if I had a single speed I would be walking and not putting in much effort.

Dont drink suggary energy drinks during excercise, drining water (or electrolyte) encourages the body to burn somethign like 40% more fat.

That's a bit of rubbish. Your body will always choose to burn fat as much as it can. If you demand more exertion than it can supply from fat then that's when you'll burn carbs. If you run out of those carbs you'll

Drinking or eating carbs when riding can help you ride further and a lot faster, and hence burn more fat in the process. Not least from post-exercise metabolism boost.

But really it all depends on what kind of riding you are doing.

goog:

nookie .... lots of it

Whoops...wrong thread 😉

Might sell the turbo as it seems to be a tripple whammy.

1) Can't motivate myself to use it
2) It ties up my road bike as I can't find my spare rear wheel and don't want the faff of swaping tyres.
3) When I do use it it just puts me off cycling in general, I'd rather do 8 miles on the road in the rain than 30 minutes on the Turbo and probably be more likely to go out again in the rain!

I dont have a turbo trainer, but I reckon the key to it would be some sort of training routine/programme.

If you just go on it and ride till your bored then you'll be off it in 10 minutes.

If you have some sort of plan like, 5 mins warm up, 3 mins as hard as you can, 5 minute breather, another hard 3 minutes etc. your more likely to do it i would say

Turbos are crap. I'd rather ride in the p*ssing rain. Don't you live Reading way? Hundreds of miles of beautiful road riding down there, get on with it 🙂

rollers for me.. weirdly i actually quite enjoy them. Much moreinteresting than turbos and i only spend a max of 30 - 40 mins on them

Oh.. and the thing about nuts. Yes they have fat but they are high in unsaturated fats. You need fat in your diet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsaturated_fat

Jamie - Member

goog:

nookie .... lots of it

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUILJZgmVyg

Whoops...wrong thread

I dunno it'd prolly help .....you ever see a fat raver 😉

what do you do on the turbo? you need an interesting plan to keep you entertained.

Id say get a geared road bike unless you live somewhere flat. If I cycle over wrynose pass it requires alot of effort, if I had a single speed I would be walking and not putting in much effort.

Good point actually, I forgot not everyone lives in the east mids where our hills are virtually non existant 😆

in no particluar order.

amphetatimes and happy hardcore.

yeah ditch the turbo.

think you will find there is already plenty of fat in that diet.

I am 6'2" and used to weigh a steady 12.5 stone I think (this was based on a diet of eating whatever I liked, apart from animals) but I've fair kained the road riding this year and I also decided not to eat sugary/fatty food cos I imagined they were bad for me.

Consequently I now weigh about 10.5 stone without really putting any thought into it.

Duck me that's light i'm 6ft 2 and weight 13.5 could do with losing 1/2 stone but any more and i'd disappear

10.5 stone and 6'2"... seriously?!

Duck me that's light i'm 6ft 2 and weight 13.5 could do with losing 1/2 stone but any more and i'd disappear

When i had a fitness test a while back. The guy said Oli becknigsale is 6ft and weighs 65kg!!!

A full cycle to work is 23miles tho i currently split it with a train so it is 6 miles. So would you be better doing a big ride at the start of the day ro the end of the day from a weight loss perspective or would there be no difference?

6' on the dot and if i weighed 10.5 stone i'd have people worrying about my health constantly... you ok dude? 😯

10.5 stone and 6'2"... seriously?!

It was about that last time I weighed myself, but I havent done that for a while so I may have put on 1, or maybe even 2 lb's over winter!

Exercise is important but its virtually all diet with regard to weight loss. Depending on how serious you are about it then reading up on the subject is a very good idea.

Do your scales work properly? That is bloody light for someone of your height...

If I'm really dehydrated I can drop a couple of lb below 12 stone, and I'm 5'10"!

10.5 stone and 6'2"... seriously?!

I am a dwarf like 5'7" and anything under 10.5 stone* I get asked if I am ill.

*Currently a festive 12 stone.

Do your scales work properly?

I dont know for sure, maybe not?

Fatties.

5’10” and 62kg here and still carrying a little spare on the waist. Down from 85kg in October ’09, all done through a huge reduction in calorie intake.

God I’m hungry.

trickydisco - Member
I tell you what's helped me is eating 2 poached eggs on toast in the morning. I no longer get hunger at 11.

That is basically what used to be the technique in the 50s & 60s for cyclists who wanted to lose weight for climbs.

1. Go out before breakfast on the bike. Take nothing but plain water.
2. Ride a route so that you arrive home at the edge of bonk.
3. Multiple eggs on toast and a couple of cups of sweet tea. Orange juice.

Do this for a few weeks and you'll see a difference even if you don't change anything else.

I've tried it and it worked for me.

5’10” and 62kg

Must be a bugger not being able to go outside on a windy day.

...or do you wear a pair of these? 😉

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Must be a bugger not being able to go outside on a windy day.

worth a few windy days indoors for the skinnyness of the jeans I can now wear. 😀

Another skinny b*****d here.. 5'11" and 60kg last week (admittedly after the flu, more like 62kg now)

**** me! I was about to ask some of you for your vital stats... how on earth can someone who's 5'11" weigh 62kg?!

how on earth can someone who's 5'11" weigh 62kg?!

Not eating very much or excercising a lot. Not eating is far easier.

I'm realtively lean, to achieve that weight I'd need to cut a limb off!

I think I should abandon any thought of racing XC, ever.

The thing is your natural body shape has a big influence on this. I am, stop laughing at the back, a naturally stocky build and will never be skinny enough to carry off wearing my sisters jeans. Whereas Huw and Joey are obviously skinny emo types with long fringes and drainpipes tucked into their converse 8)

5'11 and 59kg. XC race whippet build but neither the fitness or enthusiasm. Having said that, a lot of climbing recently means I might not weigh much but at least I look a fairly normal.

Apart from, annoyingly, looking about 12. Haven't figured out a way to fix that other than sarcastic replies when someone asks.

flaxseed oil

181cm and 67kg here and approx 15% body fat.

I was having a read through [url= http://www.healthfitness.com.au/articles/weights/weightloss.html ]this[/url] lastnight and generally seems to make sense.

as some people here say and numerous other threads and articles have already said you need to eat less rather than exercise more. You definitely need to cut out your mid morning and mid afternoon snacks. If you aren't feeling hungry for 60-90 minutes leading up to each proper meal you aren't trying hard enough. All day grazing is great for carbo loading but not losing weight!!

Whereas Huw and Joey are obviously skinny emo types with long fringes and drainpipes tucked into their converse

No converse here, Supra Vaider high tops in black leather. The rest is suprisingly accurate though.

Back to the original question, thisisnotaspoon can either, eat less and exercise the same, eat the same and exercise an awful lot more or eat much less and do no exercise. Each will have roughly the same result as long as you don’t have a snack after exercise “because you’ve earned it”.

Im another light weighing one. Around 5'11" and weigh about 10 stone. Im quite lean though really. But after studying things in college on my sport course, looking at national averages, I think I'm just above 'under-weight'.

On the weight loss front. Apparently eating more helps you loose weight, as if you eat less, your body stores it as fat basically and uses fat as an energy source instead of carbohydrates. So when you eat more, your body doesn't store it as fat, as such, and therefore you burn off your calories. I think that makes sense.. 🙄

TSY: Have always been pretty skinny.. xc race whippet type proportions though haven't raced in a fair few years.. I eat a lot, though v healthily, and ride pretty much every day, though only about 10 miles a day (usually flat out tho).. think it's my natural weight, struggle to lose / gain weight really..

Jamie: kinda got my look, except for my lack of hair!

I thought blokes weren't suppose to care about this stuff?

(5'3" six and a half stone)

Fruit and dried fruit is technically sugar, but it's not bad for you. Medium or low GI, so it's good carbs.

Turbos are crap

i beg to differ. when combined with spinervals dvds (or similar) they are, imho, an excellent winter resource especially for the lazy and largely unplanned (like me). since getting one last year i have never in my adult life been fitter or thinner. i also like the fact that if i have a very limited time to spare i can still grab a decent bit of exercise easily.

with regards to weight loss hints etc... for me it was a combination of tweaking my diet (not too horrifically bad to begin with) and more importantly measuring portion size. for instance rice, which i eat a lot, went from around 225g for both of us to now around 115g and even that now feels like heaps. pasta similar.

i eat a lot of lentils/beans curries etc (tonight lentil dahl with spinach - cheap and super quick to make), my diet is largely vegetarian but i'm planning to slip some grilled oily fish in once a week or so.

one key thing is that mon-fri i do not eat bread or dairy except a spot of skimmed in my coffee once a day. beyond that no bisciuts, no cake, no choccy bars... nothing processed really.

i try to live 5 good clean days, have a decent but not unhealthy meal on friday, indulge a bit on sat and then start to clean up on sun. alcohol in the evenings after dinner is my achillies heel, i try not to drink in the week but i slip all to easily. just back off it after xmas and its hard hard hard.

weighing is also very good motivation. same time each week. i never ever weighed myself believing that the fit of my trousers was sufficient but on that one i would say i was utterly wrong. mind you after xmas i'm too scared to weigh myself, figure that i'll knuckle down in jan then check in 1st feb when hopefully i'll be back to where i was in the autumn.

this months cycling plus is worth picking up, lots of good fitness info in there. matt fitzgerald's 'racing weight' is also very worth buying.

Turbos are crap
i beg to differ. when combined with spinervals dvds (or similar) they are, imho, an excellent winter resource especially for the lazy and largely unplanned (like me). since getting one last year i have never in my adult life been fitter or thinner

Oh yes they can get you fit, but if it was that or nothing I'd rather be unfit ta. Sheer hell.

I must be one confused person, as the thought of going out and riding road bores me to tears, but I can happily blast an hour out on the turbo with a sufferfest on the telly.

I try and get 3 a week in now alternating with the different video's, and and XC ride at the weekend one day & DH the other if time permits.

In an ideal world I'd love to able to 'back to back' two sessions but I'm not fit enough yet, hopefully in the next 5 or 6 weeks I'll give it a try.

It helps having a goal though, mine is getting fitter for another sport, and also I'm hoping/aiming to do rather well at the Mega and other DH races so its time to stop being a slacker and knuckle down for me. Going well so far, I feel fitter and have more energy & my diet has also improved. Having a Mrs who is doing the same makes life easier too, as there is more motivation not to give in for fear of ridicule!

Regarding the diet side of things, I was always told "a sixpack is earnt in the kitchen, not the gym". Sort the diet and the rest will follow. Start tracking everything you eat, you might be surprised with the hidden calories in there...

I suppose you lot have never had a power meter on. One reason I hate turbo so much is that achieving what would be a very easy power on the road is hard bloody work on the turbo, and threshold intervals are utter agony.