I going to join the club late too but I was following the chub clubs last year as inspiration and lost a stone and a half in 2020.

Been going the wrong direction since Christmas.

Things that have worked for me are my fitness pal, seeing how much I eat was an eye opener. Feeling hungry is OK,cut out the late night bowls of cereal and had to retune the mind and ask do I need this food as opposed to want it.

I found my weight fluctuated as I went along but there was a downward trend, don’t beat yourself up about a little gain here or there.

The old adage – “you can’t out-train a bad diet” – is very typically very true.

You don’t need to exercise every day to lose weight if you manage what you eat and drink properly.

A big poo before weigh in will get that 0.5kg off

It WAS after a big poo!

Well week 1 and target loss achieved. I’ve take that for now but most of the loss was early on in the week and stalled a bit Weds onwards so need to work on that.

Have cut down fairly significantly on the crap intake though and exercise is up. Just trying not to do too much too soon whilst still nibbling away at the weight.

It’s cold and I’m tired so I’m eating pizza. It’s got veg on it 😉

Signed back up with My Fitness Pal as I realised whilst I am definitely eating less I am not properly aware of my calorie intake and in the past, particularly when exercising as well, I sometimes under-ate and this led to a kind of build up of hunger and I would then binge for a few days and undo the all the hard work. Then I would get de-motivated and give up for another year.

See how it goes and if it helps maintain a steady, sensible downward trend then all is good 🙂

@dantsw13 – I am also interested to see how accurate it is in terms of determining what my calorie intake should be to lose a certain amount of weight and also how accurate is my Garmin is in awarding me extra calories following workouts.

I know it isn’t going to be absolutely bang on, particularly the Garmin side but it would be good to know if it’s in the ballpark – especially when it comes to maintaining a weight once I achieve my target 🙂

Garmin calorie counts can be way off. The Garmin says twice what Strava does.

I see my diet as a series of small choices that adds up. Every good choice I make means I’m better off than I would otherwise be.

@dantsw13 – Is there a way of telling whether it is Garmin that is off or Strava? I suspect if you averaged the two you’d be close to the mark.

So far though my Garmin seems to be pretty close to what my Apple Watch gave so will be interesting to see how it pans out. I will put it up against my Wahoo Elemnt as well and see how they match up 🙂

I ve just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I’m therefore on a low sugar low fat diet with complex carbs. I’m finding porridge really good for filling me up. I’ve cut out butter/spread as well as white bread. The diabetic nurse told me that fruit was ok and specially citrus, but bananas and grapes were full of sugar. I was weighed in the surgery and it was over what I thought but three weeks in to the new diet and I feel like I’ve lost weight but not going to weigh again until I’m in to the diet for a bit longer. I’ve got a couple of frames to build but feel safer on the spin bike for the moment.

@longdog. Yes I am similarly pleased with how this week has gone now I’m tracking intake via MFP. 1.4kg down and haven’t felt overly hungry during the day and when I have I’ve grabbed an apple or satsuma.

I still allow myself the odd treat too, a snack sized snickers or something but the big cut back for me is cereal. I used to have a huge bowl in the morning and, having looked on MFP it must have been coming on for 1000 calories so I’ve halved that for starters.

The key for me will be keeping this up for me than a few weeks. I’m good at doing this kind of thing in fits and starts but sustaining it and really hunkering down to get to my year end target of 82kg is not something I’ve yet achieved.

Cheers Dannybegoode and well done you two. Busy day today out on the hill for work, so probably a post weigh in takeaway treat for tea tonight

Lost 0.8kg this week so down to 79.2kg, puts me back on track if I can keep it up.

I used to have a huge bowl in the morning and, having looked on MFP it must have been coming on for 1000 calories so I’ve halved that for starters.

I spotted the same so have cut back from 3 Weetabix to 2 and I don’t feel any more hungry so that 3rd biscuit wasn’t doing anything worthwhile.

I’m up 0.9 KG this week…

At least all the Xmas snack food has gone and there’s no more ice cream in the freezer. Hopefully I’ll actually lose some weight next week.

Managed another 1kg this week, but somehow I doubt my scales seeing as on wednesday I had gained 3kg since last friday.

0.7kg this week, not bad considering still no exercise.
The urge to drink myself into a stupor due to the weather, darkness and the news is very hard to fight but I’m managing it so far.

Lost a bit, without the assistance of the trots 🙂

I did weaken yesterday and bought a tub of those small Tunnocks biscuits, then I felt so guilty I’ve only eaten half of them – a miracle of self control. Part of which is leaving them in the car so I limit my exposure to temptation 🙂

Well that was a pleasant surprise. Been so good the last couple of weeks I treated myself to a curry and thought stuff it, I’m gong I eat the lot.

Dished it up and got half way through before deciding I was absolutely stuffed. That’s never happened to me before! Guess my body really is getting used to less food…

Down a bit. It’s a start 🙂