Help loosing that last bit

googlehead

I have come down from 12 stone 4lbs to 10 stone 13lbs in the last 2.5-3 months. I am 5'8" Basically once I got to around 11stone I did not eat as healthy as before, but I was still eating pretty well. now I want to bring myself down to 10.5stone and then I will do some weights from their. But I am finding it tough to shift the last few pounds.
I lost the first stone basically by cycling. and now I have added running. This is my training this week.

wenseday 1hour running training. stretches, exercises, 400*2 800*2 100*2
Thursday 1 hour hard enough pace on the bike
Friday 5k race 18mins 40secs
Saturday 22miles on the Bike and a 4 mile run straight after the bike

But I eat some junk last night. I was hungry all day yesterday and could not seem to get rid of the hunger. I am finding myself now being very hungry at times with all the training.

My diet is

Breakfast: Muesli and few oats, Coffee maybe a Yogurt if I am really hungry
10-11 apple or banana

Lunch: 2 slices Soya linseed bread with peanut butter and 2 eggs
or Soup and 2 eggs and coffee

1-4 yogurt apple

Dinner: Always usually a tomato based curry and a small nan bread, sometimes a tiny bit of rice

Evening: Coffee, yogurt maybe low fat cottage cheese on ryvita

recently I have been eating some chocolate and sweets( kind of treating myself a bit, But will kick that now until I can reach
my target)

ragg

Sounds like you answered your own question, tidy back up your diet.

You are doing a lot of cardio, you might benefit from some weight training too

googlehead

ragg wrote: »

Sounds like you answered your own question, tidy back up your diet.

You are doing a lot of cardio, you might benefit from some weight training too

yeah going to cut out the crap, I am just finding it harder now as I am more hungier at times than before with all the training and that's where I eat crap.but I will just need to make sure I don't go hungry and eat regularly to avoid late night snacking.It was easy before to drop 1-2 a week, now it is a real struggle to take a lb off. going to leave the weight training until I reach my weight goal as I find it very hard to do cardio and weights together,

corkcomp

googlehead wrote: »

yeah going to cut out the crap, I am just finding it harder now as I am more hungier at times than before with all the training and that's where I eat crap.but I will just need to make sure I don't go hungry and eat regularly to avoid late night snacking.It was easy before to drop 1-2 a week, now it is a real struggle to take a lb off. going to leave the weight training until I reach my weight goal as I find it very hard to do cardio and weights together,

just one thing on the diet, it doesnt seem too bad BUT you could maybe do with adding in some foods which are low calorie but filling like fruit and vegetables, that way you would have something to fall back on without damaging your results .. you should have a LOT of green veg with evening meal to avoid snacking later on ... have salad with lunch too?

googlehead

corkcomp wrote: »

just one thing on the diet, it doesnt seem too bad BUT you could maybe do with adding in some foods which are low calorie but filling like fruit and vegetables, that way you would have something to fall back on without damaging your results .. you should have a LOT of green veg with evening meal to avoid snacking later on ... have salad with lunch too?

I eat usually 2-3 bits of fruit a day. not too much veg apart from peppers etc. in curries. good idea about the salad. As I am training more I need to eat more and the salad might do the trick.need to look for some salad recipes now!

ragg

googlehead wrote: »

yeah going to cut out the crap, I am just finding it harder now as I am more hungier at times than before with all the training and that's where I eat crap.but I will just need to make sure I don't go hungry and eat regularly to avoid late night snacking.It was easy before to drop 1-2 a week, now it is a real struggle to take a lb off. going to leave the weight training until I reach my weight goal as I find it very hard to do cardio and weights together,

To be honest, all the cardio is making you far more hungry.
The weight training wont make you get big, it is a super effective fat burner, if taken with the right diet.

There is a dude that posts here, called neilmct.com, he wrote a great diet & weight training book. I lost over 6 inches off my waist within a coule of months of buying it. Might be worth a look at his website...
It might just change it up for you and help keep things interesting.

corkcomp

ragg wrote: »

To be honest, all the cardio is making you far more hungry.
The weight training wont make you get big, it is a super effective fat burner, if taken with the right diet.

There is a dude that posts here, called neilmct.com, he wrote a great diet & weight training book. I lost over 6 inches off my waist within a coule of months of buying it. Might be worth a look at his website...
It might just change it up for you and help keep things interesting.

bottom line, cardio or weights (or ideally both) will be effective if the diet is on track .. there is nothing wrong with being hungry after exercise, your metabolism is elevated but you just gotta eat the right foods! Ive always found I can eat anything in sight for the rest of the day after a heavy weights session but the hunger after an hour running is normally sorted with the first meal after the run .. maybe others find weight training doesnt induce as much hunger though ...

ragg

I don't want to start a cardio \ weights flame war.
I was offering my opinion on how GH can break his plateaux.
Personally, I think he would do well to add weights. Especially as he must be quite lean at this stage, he must be, im the same height as him and probably only 2kgs lighter so there can't be too much difference.

googlehead

ragg wrote: »

I don't want to start a cardio \ weights flame war.
I was offering my opinion on how GH can break his plateaux.
Personally, I think he would do well to add weights. Especially as he must be quite lean at this stage, he must be, im the same height as him and probably only 2kgs lighter so there can't be too much difference.

Yeah I'd say you are definetly right there. The only problem with me is I am training for 5k's and a half marathon.I don't think I could give that up at the moment as I have just gotten into it and I am really enjoying it. Also If I love my bike. This time last year I was sat on my arse so it can't be a bad thing.
I think I will try again with the weights 3 days a week for upper body but definetly no legs.

ragg

Cant see what probems you'd have adding weights for the legs. Apart from the initial DOMS phase, you will be fine to mix it up a couple of times a week, including legs.

Myself and the missus (& the dog :pac: ) do our cardio outside the gym too. We are both training for a 5k run.

corkcomp

googlehead wrote: »

Yeah I'd say you are definetly right there. The only problem with me is I am training for 5k's and a half marathon.I don't think I could give that up at the moment as I have just gotten into it and I am really enjoying it. Also If I love my bike. This time last year I was sat on my arse so it can't be a bad thing.
I think I will try again with the weights 3 days a week for upper body but definetly no legs.

dont let out the legs completely man .. I do a lot of running and the leg press and squats are GREAT for building power + strength in the legs especially for sprinting

googlehead

ragg wrote: »

Cant see what probems you'd have adding weights for the legs. Apart from the initial DOMS phase, you will be fine to mix it up a couple of times a week, including legs.

Myself and the missus (& the dog :pac: ) do our cardio outside the gym too. We are both training for a 5k run.

Try that when you are doing cardio maybe 4 times a week.

googlehead

corkcomp wrote: »

dont let out the legs completely man .. I do a lot of running and the leg press and squats are GREAT for building power + strength in the legs especially for sprinting

last time i did some leg stuff I had to stop it because of the pain

ragg

googlehead wrote: »

last time i did some leg stuff I had to stop it because of the pain

you probably need to do some leg weights then :pac:

corkcomp

googlehead wrote: »

last time i did some leg stuff I had to stop it because of the pain

dunno man, Ive always found hitting the legs hard twice a week really helps my running / sprinting and probaby vice versa .. As for the cardio - I do it 6 days a week and have no problems .. I wouldnt go running the same day ive done leg work but the next morning is no prob, just run thru the doms!

googlehead

I bloody hate doing weights:mad: hoovering the house is more fun

ragg

im the opposite, Cardio bores me

googlehead

ragg wrote: »

im the opposite, Cardio bores me

I don't mind it prefer the bike, but If I was running on a treadmill I would be
bored sh*tless. I hate gyms.