iDave diet, who done it?

I did perform similarly when I did this before on a calorie counting diet, but I had to do twice as much gruelling base cycling and half starve myself, and it was bloody grim. Plus I couldn’t keep up the half-starving whilst doing speed work so I plateaued at 84. It was too grim to continue so the weight gradually came back over a few years despite all my cycling and attempts to stay on top of it. A few other factors came together to mess things up.

This diet is way way easier I’ve been doing speed work the whole time and now I’m at the interesting part. If I can continue losing in weight then I am definitely onto a winner. I’ve not been 100% observant this last couple of weeks but I’m firmly back on the wagon this week and it’s showing.

Dunno Jamie. Considering the number of people that go to back to back classes down my gum I was extremely dissapointed at the turn. I’m guessing a couple of hundred.

Molly – Pictures.

Yeah yeah yeah

Dunno Jamie. Considering the number of people that go to back to back classes down my gum I was extremely dissapointed at the turn. I’m guessing a couple of hundred.

Today’s missing words were gym and up.

….but yeah, if people do that stuff anyway, then why not do an extra hour for charidee.

I have been a member of my gym for 3 months now and only been to one class…..should really make an effort.

On the subject of diet and whatnot, I have been 162/164lbs (73/74kg) this whole year. My fighting weight is 150lbs (68kg) Bit annoying that despite not really drinking and doing 750 miles on the road bike since getting it beginning of April, weight training 3x a week and running/badminton weekly I have not actually lost any weight.

Very strange. Guess you cannot out train a bad diet…..

*gets daim bar out of draw*

You should Jamie – they’re a hell of a lot harder than you’d imagine.

Plus there’s a high proportion of feminine lycra clad lovelies… not something you get in your average freeweights area.

dont have scales at home… dont think they’d appreciate a naked tubby phil down at the gym before it opens either 🙁

saying that when i’ve weighed myself at the gym its been fairly consistant in that i’ve been dressed, usually in the same clothing and its a similar time of day (after work – so after breakfast, lunch, snacks and 3ish litres of liquid)

i’ve been doing my own diet, well change of diet…. its not quite iDave but certain principles are similar… its a lot more forgiving though. no increase in exercise.. in fact a decrease over winter and then injury keeping me off the bike.

my stats are the same as mol’s. started of about 91-92kg similar time he posted the photo, and down to 83kg (sometimes 84kg depending on if i’ve downed 750mls-1ltr of water on the way)

Jamie – cut back on the weights. 2 total body workouts a week with minimal rest between exercises… or even try Bodypump/
Do HIIT and swimming instead?

I’m down to 73kg from 81kg, since 22nd April (When I last bothered to weigh myself) 181cm tall. On an iDave lite: no pasta, rice or bread, but 4 pieces of fruit per day, and museli/milk in the mornings + small glass of fruit juice.

No probs cycling the 6.5 mile each way commute or playing squash either.

Abs beginning to appear 🙂

Jamie – cut back on the weights.

Not going to happen at this point in time, as i’m quite enjoying it at the moment.

Might give box-fit a go on Thursday tho.

I’m guessing box-fit is like body combat… be prepared for feeling like a goon on your first class.

….be prepared for feeling like a goon on your first class.

…it’s how I go through life, so will not be an alien feeling.

Bit annoying that despite not really drinking and doing 750 miles on the road bike.. *snip*

Funny old business this. When I worked in Bristol I rode in up to 4 times a week at 42 miles each way and gained 3-4kg. I didn’t go mental with food, I just ate more carbs as is traditionally recommended… I wish I’d been on iDave then!

Anyway….Molgrips…pics. You can even be flexin’ 😉

I’m down to 73kg from 81kg, since 22nd April (When I last bothered to weigh myself) 181cm tall. On an iDave lite: no pasta, rice or bread, but 4 pieces of fruit per day, and museli/milk in the mornings + small glass of fruit juice.

No probs cycling the 6.5 mile each way commute or playing squash either.

Abs beginning to appear

Congrats….I think if I did change my diet it would be similar to yours.

Ok, I’ll do them tonight 🙂 Be warned though I am no Michael Rasmussen yet.

Congrats….I think if I did change my diet it would be similar to yours.

There’s nothing like an acrimonious break up to motivate one to improve oneself 😉

Molgrips… if you ever get to looking like this…

I’ll go on the iDiet myself.

There’s nothing like an acrimonious break up to motivate one to improve oneself

Really? Right….new plan:

1) Get girlfriend
2) Have long walks on beaches, go cinemas and choose ‘our song’
3) Get chucked by girlfriend (acrimoniously as possible)
4) ???????
5) Lose weight

i’d be loosing much more weight if i was single, puddings, chocolate and take-aways are the work of mrsconsequence. gotta wait until my shoulder heals before i can turn my flab into muscle 🙁

Start doing one armed weights on your good side.

There is evidence that suggest this will promote muscular development on both sides of the body.

Oh, and use the leg machines at the gym. Biggest muscles = best way to lose weight.

i’d be loosing much more weight if i was single, puddings, chocolate and take-aways are the work of mrsconsequence. gotta wait until my shoulder heals before i can turn my flab into muscle

Yup, I’d have lost more if my parents didn’t keep visiting, mum’s a bit of a feeder.

gotta wait until my shoulder heals before i can turn my flab into muscle

[pedant] Flab doesn’t turn into muscle. Two different things[/pedant]

I’m having some real issues with this. I lose loads of weight during the week, and while I know it’s not a calorie controlled diet I don’t tend to eat 2500 cals a day when on it as it’s filling, then pile it all back on in the off-day and the next day. I went from 16 9 to 16 4 during a week, then went back to 16 8 in the day of my food carnage and the day after. I’m taking 3 steps forward and 2 back.

@ jamie – is some of your weight not muscle though? i know when i started doing more weights (x2 a week of full body) and road riding more, i went from 49kgs (oh those were the days!) to 54kgs where i seem to sit pretty much consistently – the expection being when i run which is 52kgs as i lose muscle, and just now where i can’t seem to maintain speed/power if i drop below what i am now (55kgs).

@ yeti, that’s a disturbing photo 😥

DirtyG – that was a professional athlete… just 17kg to go…

I’m having some real issues with this. I lose loads of weight during the week, and while I know it’s not a calorie controlled diet I don’t tend to eat 2500 cals a day when on it as it’s filling, then pile it all back on in the off-day and the next day. I went from 16 9 to 16 4 during a week, then went back to 16 8 in the day of my food carnage and the day after. I’m taking 3 steps forward and 2 back.

It could just be the case, that like every diet/training method etc, this approach may not work for you.

haha jamie, i knew posting such a well known myth would get a response after nobody commented on my post describing my weight loss 😛 it even says “Remember, muscle will not turn into fat and fat will not turn into muscle” on a plaque on the wall in front of the X-trainer in the gym.

mums very much a feeder, mrsconsequence isnt a feeder, but she’s a chocoholic and dinner without a pudding is her idea of torture.

@ jamie – is some of your weight not muscle though? i know when i started doing more weights (x2 a week of full body) and road riding more, i went from 49kgs (oh those were the days!) to 54kgs where i seem to sit pretty much consistently – the expection being when i run which is 52kgs as i lose muscle, and just now where i can’t seem to maintain speed/power if i drop below what i am now (55kgs).

Some should be, put only 1-2kg max I would say.

I work on the wok method though.

If side on it looks like I am smuggling a wok under my t-shirt, I need to lose some weight. Muscle gained or not.

haha jamie, i knew posting such a well known myth would get a response after nobody commented on my post describing my weight loss it even says “Remember, muscle will not turn into fat and fat will not turn into muscle” on a plaque on the wall in front of the X-trainer in the gym.

Which post on your weight loss?

Molgrips.

Congrats on cracking the 84Kg barrier. Question now is, can you continue eating this way…. 😉

Don’t post a pic until you’re ready / have plateaued. Otherwise, whats the point ?, it would be a before and during, not before and after.

TSY.
Mate, please don’t post that pic again, its nasty.
🙂

And I always liked you, Jamie.
🙁

Someone pass the me mind bleach.

philconsequence – Member
dont have scales at home… dont think they’d appreciate a naked tubby phil down at the gym before it opens either

saying that when i’ve weighed myself at the gym its been fairly consistant in that i’ve been dressed, usually in the same clothing and its a similar time of day (after work – so after breakfast, lunch, snacks and 3ish litres of liquid)

i’ve been doing my own diet, well change of diet…. its not quite iDave but certain principles are similar… its a lot more forgiving though. no increase in exercise.. in fact a decrease over winter and then injury keeping me off the bike.

my stats are the same as mol’s. started of about 91-92kg similar time he posted the photo, and down to 83kg (sometimes 84kg depending on if i’ve downed 750mls-1ltr of water on the way)

POSTED 38 MINUTES AGO #

EDIT – looks like he’s peeling his skin off in that photo.

Question now is, can you continue eating this way….

Yep. The bigger question is will it continue to result in weight loss.. it’s definitely getting harder.

Don’t post a pic until you’re ready / have plateaued

Well that’s what I was thinking. One vote yes, one vote no.. hmm

Oh and it’s now time for my carb snack. Cereal bar, haribo or cake?

Crap Molly, you’ve got 2 yes votes…. and you promised pics after 3 weeks!

philconsequence – Member
dont have scales at home… dont think they’d appreciate a naked tubby phil down at the gym before it opens either
saying that when i’ve weighed myself at the gym its been fairly consistant in that i’ve been dressed, usually in the same clothing and its a similar time of day (after work – so after breakfast, lunch, snacks and 3ish litres of liquid)

i’ve been doing my own diet, well change of diet…. its not quite iDave but certain principles are similar… its a lot more forgiving though. no increase in exercise.. in fact a decrease over winter and then injury keeping me off the bike.

my stats are the same as mol’s. started of about 91-92kg similar time he posted the photo, and down to 83kg (sometimes 84kg depending on if i’ve downed 750mls-1ltr of water on the way)

TL;DR 😉

Crap Molly, you’ve got 2 yes votes…. and you promised pics after 3 weeks!

Ahem !, I shall pull rank here as I is a fellow iDave disciple, unlike you TSY 😉
And you can not deny the logic of an after picture being….err, after and not during.
🙂

Yep. The bigger question is will it continue to result in weight loss.. it’s definitely getting harder.

What ?, going to try and crack the 0Kg barrier ?. Of course the weight loss is going to stop. Most important thing is not putting it all back on, no ?.

I is a fellow iDave diciple

You cannot be, what you cannot speel 8)

Oh, and while I remeber.

Any scales recommendations, I think I’m going to buy a set as I doesn’t have a clue what I iz weighinz

You cannot be, what you cannot speel

Sorry.

iDisciple
😉

I had to dig out my Wii fit board!