been on a diet change of lifestyle for a month.

and when i got weighed today……….i have lost a stone and 4lbs.

8)

WOW thats impressive

Last year I shed some

this year Im just holding ground

What dya wehey now then big fella 😉

Well done.

Was it a dramatic diet or just small changes that did this?

Nicely done! Thats a lot to lose!

fair play Ton!
thought you'd been up to something when you posted the self portrait shot on your picture thread 😉

Good going, can I have it?

Well done ton, I remember the thread when you started, impressive start, hope you keep on keeping on!

started at 22stone 4lbs, got weighed today, 21stone dead.

just stopped being a greedy sod.. 😆

typical day now
mueseli for breakfast
fruit mid morning
salad/meat sandwhich at lunch
fruit mid afternoon
normal evening meal, meat and 3/4 veg, loads less potatoes/bread/pasta.

some mornings beans and poached eggs on toast, and a salad box at dinner istead of sandwhich.

think the main culprit was lots carbs with every meal.

also started lifting weights again every other day, which is nice too.

Good work ton.

How long before you have to change your forum name then. 8)

Excellent, well done to you!

Come on Ton, Join us on the iDave diet

Fat is dropping off me – 6 days in, 4kg's gone.

OK if you never get bored of veg and meat and salad and dust.

vic, too much like the atkins, which i have tried before.
it mad me very bad tempered and it made me pong………. 😉

wow, that's a lot! well done Ton.

I really need to shed some weight after a 3 weeks all inclusive honeymoon, I came home having put on nearly a stone!! Got my monies worth though I guess. First ride out and it was like I had never ridden before in my life, I can't believe the difference 3 weeks can make and how much harder things are when you are carrying some extra baggage.

Tons diet:

Breakfast: 3 double expresso's, 3 marlboro lights. One Rock star sized line of coke
Lunch: More coke, more coffee, more malboro lights, Red Bull
Tea: Salad. More coke. Vodka tonic (x 10)

You is like Kate Moss innit?

if I lost that much weight I would have lost a limb….just think this time next year you could be the same weight as me.
Seriously well done [less] big guy

It's all gone on to you mrsflash 😉

Keep going ton.

Good work.

think the main culprit was lots carbs with every meal.

Yep my downfall as well, when I realised this my weight dropped and is now fairly consistent.

serious question to someone who may know……
why do you crave carbs and starchy stuff when you change your eating habits??

Lack of serotonin produced by high carb / sugar diet, also increased insulin levels so when cut down you simply crave them more, like a drug because that's what your body produces when on them. A drug.

Well done Ton, am up to 15lbs lost in 6 weeks myself on primal diet.

got a target weight of 18stone, which is what i weighed on my wedding day 20yrs ago.
set myself 1 year to do it.
one reason is cos i had a knee op 2 years ago. the surgeon told me i would need a knee replacemant before i was 50 if i did not lose some weight.
about 6 week ago the knee gave way, but today my knee no longer hurts, so that is a good thing. 8)

Primal diet??

Our friend recently had a premature baby thanks to a massive fibroid. It then shut off her stomach function and she lost two stone in 12 days. A bit dramatic but it worked pretty well 😉

I spent two years desperately trying to GAIN weight – almost three stone in the end (9.25 to 12.25 stone, same bodyfat %age) – it was a hard slog though.

Well done Ton.

I started cycling seriously in Jan and have lost 3 stone since then.

Keep going it is very very rewarding 🙂

Well done metric Ton (like imperial, but with a few percent less!).

nice one chunk 😆

For the last 3 months Ive been hitting the gym 3 times a week, riding more than I used to, cut out (ish) fatty foods and put on 2 kgs 😯

You're an inspiration, Ton! I should get my brain into gear and follow suit. But I wasn't the slowest on the ride last night… 😆

wow thats well impressive ton…in just a month too…excellent…. yeah tis the carbs that bang the weight on….keep up with your diet ..hope you can stick with it (thats the hardest part..cos soon you will start to crave agin…good luck tho.. 😉

if you're lifting weights, even just a bit, that will be a good fat burner

Top work Fella…

I'm doing the same myself…

nick, you lost much yet?

Keep at it Ton, i made the same decision myself & after nearly two years i have gone from 19st 12 to 14 st 13. Its hard work, but as you say its a lifestyle change & not just a crash diet!

I'm down 1.5 stone in 7 weeks…

Still a long way to go.. 😳

A long way.

well done mate………… 8)

Ton:

think the main culprit was lots carbs with every meal

I think you're spot on there. I had a go at the Dukan diet* and lost 7lbs in a week a fortnight ago, I've now 'adjusted' the diet to suit my needs but the main thing I learnt is that cutting back on the carbs is the key.
I've kept the weight off and I'm eating normally/sensibly without the pasta, bread and potatoes in anything like the quantities I used to. Will have another 'push' in the next week, could do with another stone off to get up them there hills a bit quicker.

*I'm not normally a 'dieter' but I'd read a couple of articles about this diet and for £6 off amazon it was worth a look at the book. Its got a great tagline btw: '5 million French can't be wrong'. Errr, excuse-moi, monsieur…