Losing around 6kg in 3 weeks, feasible? Tips & tricks invited :-)

Is that caramel popcorn? Gi’us some!

mmmmm… pop corn… went into tesco to grab some more salad and chook, had to go past the bakery aisle, was salivating at the thought of a cookie or two! 😆

Feeling good though, light headedness has faded away, so that’s nice!

How’s your diet going? Lost any weight yet or not jumped on the scales?

well, gave myself a morning off from the gym today (was feeling a little flat and tired, so thought it best!), though will be going this evening after work.

Re. weight loss… well, Sunday night I weighed in at 96.8kg, yesterday morning was 94.1kg, but 95kg even at last nights weigh in (pre-gym). Either way, a bit of weight has come off in less than 4 days, shall see what the scales say tonight 🙂

More interestingly, I’ve been taking a picture every day so as to be able to put together a wee little ‘time lapse’ animation thing at the end. Had a play with it last night, and there’s definitely an improvement in my physique already, looking noticeably ‘tauter’… will be interesting to see the whole thing over 3 weeks (though, me standing in my jocks might scare a few folk! 😯 Maybe I should post on CG’s man thread tomorrow 😆 )

If you cut out the white carbs (bread, pasta rice, spuds) for 3 weeks the weight will rocket off but perhaps not 6kg. Good luck!

night clubbing. 3 heavy sessions should see you shed a nice load and dull your appetite. although you might have grown a massive jaw and developed a twitch.

Did something similar a few months back. I was a bit bigger than you (6’1″ & 120Kg) so my calorie burn rates would have been higher.

It might be worth adding in some weights sessions every other day. Might seem like you burn more cals doing cardio, but lifting weights breaks down your muscle tissue and the rebuilding process raises your basal metabolic rate. Essentially, while you do cardio you burn cals at a higher rate but this rate drops off as soon as you stop, but by lifting weights you keep burning long after you’ve left the gym.

It will also have an accelerated effect of changing your body shape as the muscle becomes more toned, so you get a more immediate change in appearance than losing weight alone.

If your gym has one, use a cross trainer. Its burn rate is higher than running as you have to work all major muscle groups and its a low impact exercise so easy on the joints.

Finally, your BMR (the calories you would use in a day if you didn’t get out of bed) is 2000. A pound of fat contains 3500 calories. At your weight an average hour on a cross trainer will burn 750 cals. So two hours gym work, plus your BMR, plus a bit of other day to day moving around will have you burning in the region of 4000 cals a day. By restricting your calorie intake to half this amount then in 7 days you create a calorie defecit of 14000 cals, the equivalent of 4 pounds of fat.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

I lost 8kg in a week and a half so I guess so.

I’ve just lost 10.2kg in 8 weeks.

Sounds pretty naff, but sign up to Bootsdiets.com and religiously record what you’re eating. You soon get the hang of hitting calorie targets. No eating of crap, no weird diets etc – just eat normal stuff, but less of it.

That and get out and ride.

It was actually a doddle to be honest – I was surprised how quickly the weight dropped off.

It was actually a doddle to be honest

shhh, you can’t tell every-one that…millions of pounds are invested in the diet industry annually, if they all find out it just needs the right mental attitude they’re all f**ked

93.8kg today at the gym today 🙂 So that’s down from 96.8kg last Sunday evening. 3kg in a week 8)

You know, I reckon I will get below 90kg by the 24th, just need to keep the exercise up and the food intake reasonably low. Have noticed after a week that I really don’t need to eat much to feel full, and I’m used to feeling just a little hungry all day, it’s actually not that hard… now, why didn’t I start this earlier eh? 😆

Time lapse animation thing is coming along well, you can see a definite improvement in just the one week, will be good to see what the final result is! 🙂 Ya’ll are going to be treated to a video of a hairy man standing in one spot in flickering undies (as I wear a different colour pair each day!), lucky you!

Your new way of life will become normal. Nice one psychle, well done.

I have a time lapse of my beard lol….

I have a time lapse of my beard lol…

I too am growing a beard at the same time, may shave it off at the end for dramatic effect, along with a bit of ‘manscaping’ (ie. a back and shoulder wax! 😯 )

Go psychle…Go psychle…Go psychle…Go psychle…

I lost 3kg in about 3 days once. Buy a chicken sandwich, leave it somewhere warm all day. Eat it. Spend the next three days unable to stray more than 3 feet from the toilet. Sudocrem helps.

I’ve lost 2 stone in 8 weeks.

I am on around 1000 cals a day. Eat fruit and raisins during the day, every lunchtime do 50 mins in the gym, 20 mins hard level on the cross trainer, 10 minutes jog to cool down and 20 minutes mixed weight machines at home in evenings it’s fish, brown rice, prawns, odd bit of lean chicken veggies etc, no white carbs, little fat.

Got into my target shorts today have bought another pair as my next target. 105kg now looking to get to 90kg by Christmas.

Odd side effect is that I ate a pizza last night (a supposed treat) and hurled it up 10 mins later. Can’t seem to eat normal (for me) meals at all…

lol

PS – I hope you haven’t told your wife – it’ll be a brilliant surpise.

something about that beard’s not right…can’t quite put my finger on it.

Psychle, I weighed in at around 16 and half stone 5 weeks ago. Followed someone’s advice on bike radar about loosing weight quickly. Basically exercise first thing as this speeds up the metabolism for the day thus burning more, eat FA except the basics and if you have the energy exercise again at night, no carbs after 1pm. No idea if this has any scientific grounding but..

Tried this for a week and ate fat free onken yoghurt for brekkie with peach and melon, same for lunch and a light salad for dinner. Got up early and done a hard hilly mtb ride and most days an easy road ride at night.

Week 1 I lost 11 lbs according to the wii fit, it told me to back off and tbh I felt utterly crud, but thinner. Week 2 I ate a tad more and lost 7 lbs, since then i’ve lost between 4-6 lbs a week.

I’m sure this isn’t healthy and i may inflate like a balloon at xmas but I feel fine so far apart from the odd pang of hunger.

Keep at it. Chicks dig emancipated guys

whadyamean! eh eh eeeeeeh! took me weeks that did!

You know, I reckon I will get below 90kg by the 24th,

That’ll slow down I reckon.

Joolsburger – all the experts say that weight loss that rapid with a diet that meagre, you’re not doing yourself any favours. Not good for you.

Joolsburger – all the experts say that weight loss that rapid with a diet that meagre, you’re not doing yourself any favours. Not good for you.

Joolsburger – all the some people experts say that weight loss that rapid with a diet that meagre, you’re not doing yourself any favours. Not good for you, it’s still far from an exact science, counter intuitive is often effective.

MG I have to say I feel great on it and it’s been two months. Feel full of energy, sleeping well and no issues. I want to lose another 30lbs that’s 115,000 calories. I don’t need to be eating 2000 a day!! I think the danger is putting it back on but I’m happy to chance it.

Oh sorry iDave – no-one’s an expert, everything written on the ‘net is false and anything I’ve been told is rubbish. Sorry 🙂

(Yes I know it’s a controversial and conflicting area of science, hence the wording of my post, and why I didn’t wade in saying ‘don’t do that’ – although I should’ve said ‘many’ not ‘all’)

Impressed that you can live on 1000 calories a day. I most definitely can not – at least, not very well at all.

If you own a Turner then sell it, they make you look fat, at least i’ve never seen a thin person riding one.

Go hiking. Every year I do a long distance trail of about 200 miles and every year I’ve lost between a half and three quarters of a stone by the time I get home and I’m only eleven stone to begin with. The weight just seems to fall off.