Lost two stone in six weeks.

2qk4u

After feeling very unwell and tired for a long time I went to the doctor and found out I have high cholestoral, 7.3 . I came home and read all about the dangers and it frightened me. It was that day that I made the change. I was 19.5 stone at 5ft 9.
I changed my diet and started to walk although I have not been walking as much as I should. I cut out all junk food and fast food, no chips or red meat, no fried food and no dairy, no fizzy drinks, no white bread and no sugar or salt.
My diet consists of porridge with honey in the morning, sandwich of wholemeal bread or sub with either chicken or turkey with a banana for lunch and veg and chicken or rice and chicken for dinner, and an apple in there at some stage. Every sunday I have something different as a treat, this week was meat balls in tomatoe and garlic sauce with pasta and one can of beer.
It was hard to start with but im enjoying my diet now. I feel much better and have more energy.
Im shocked at how much ive lost by changing my food and a little excersice, my weight loss has started to slow down so I bought a bike and plan to go cycling as often as I can. Next will be weights.
Im happy with my progress so far and a 17.5 stone I know I have a long way to go.

Canis Lupus

Well done. I used to be 16ish stone and you're right, just changing your diet and reducing/cutting out the junk can have dramatic effects.

Your weight loss will slow down but you're taking the right steps in getting a bike and getting active. It will take some time but small changes can have big effects so keep at it.

p4ddyv

fair play, I was in a similar situation a few years ago.

but why no red meat? I couldn't imagine my life without steak!

2qk4u

p4ddyv wrote: »

fair play, I was in a similar situation a few years ago.

but why no red meat? I couldn't imagine my life without steak!

The red meat is more about lowering my cholestoral level than loosing weight. Once I get that down to a normal level Ill be having a steak to celebrate.

2qk4u

Thanks for the comments, hope I can stick to it long term. Just back from a 40 minute cycle, feel good after doing it. Was a bit hard on the uphill bits but I made it,im a bit saddle sore..

Canis Lupus

The saddle soreness goes after a bit But if you plan on going for looong cycles consider investing in a pair of cycling shorts. They make all the difference.

2qk4u

Canis Lupus wrote: »

The saddle soreness goes after a bit But if you plan on going for looong cycles consider investing in a pair of cycling shorts. They make all the difference.

Thanks for the advice, are the shorts padded ?

2qk4u

Back from another trip, including a hill this time. T shirt was fairly wet when I was finished, I didnt sweat much last time, maybe it was going uphill twice that did it. I wasnt as out of breath today as I was two days ago.

Canis Lupus

2qk4u wrote: »

Thanks for the advice, are the shorts padded ?

Yeah padded shorts. If you cycle outside I find once you get to the 10k mark your ass starts to remind you it's there but padded cycling shorts makes everything happy

Noxin

You can also buy a padded saddle cover. Helps somewhat for the beginning so you don't end up walking like John Wayne the day after a long cycle.

2qk4u

Thanks for the advice, Im not as sore as I thought I would be but I did find the last 10 minutes quite hard. Im sure Ill get use to it.

feck sake lads

good for you i hope you make your target weight.im a cyclist myself well i've been cycling near enough all my life.one thing get to know your bike as in gears the more the merrier;) don't go using hero gears, trick is if you feel under pressure your in the wrong gear be sure to bring water with you and stick a banana in your jersey pocket .
anyway im sure you know all this. best of luck and don't over do it.

arybvtcw0eolkf

2qk4u wrote: »

Thanks for the advice, Im not as sore as I thought I would be but I did find the last 10 minutes quite hard. Im sure Ill get use to it.

I won't reply to the rest of your post, but just to say.

If your on the northside of Dublin and fancy company I'll go along with you for abit.

Most heavy lads don't make great climbers so take it easy on the hills, and here's something I recommend to everyone - get yourself a heart rate monitor, it doesn't have to be an expensive one. You'll be amazed at the difference it will make to your motivation and training.

Well done on the life style change, oh I'd once got a cholestoral reading of

9.4 !!!

:eek:

shootermacg

2qk4u wrote: »

Thanks for the comments, hope I can stick to it long term. Just back from a 40 minute cycle, feel good after doing it. Was a bit hard on the uphill bits but I made it,im a bit saddle sore..

This does go away ^ ^. I bought a bike last year for cycling to work. The saddle was like something out of the inquisition, my arse was real sore for a bit, but give it a bit and you'll be fine.
I took up jogging for a bit so I didn't bother cycling I'm now starting to cycle to work and my arse is back to killing me ^ ^, but I know it won't last.

Congrats on the weight loss mate. Still a bit to go but it actually gets easier the more you lose because you'll be able to do more. Jogging isn't realistic with a lot of weight so it was definately a good idea to get the bike.

RobAMerc

Congrats on the weight loss 2qk4u - its fantastic.

biking is an excellent way to loose weight as long low intensity work outs seem to be the best way to do it. Its alos alot less boring than running in that the scenery is changing alot quicker so your seeing lots !

There is a few guys here on boards who meet up regularly for rides - they are a nice bunch and are very open to all levels of rider. - check them out on the cycling forum.

one thing I would point out is - slow off seems to stay off, loosing it too fast may make it easier to put back on ( I'm no expert mind so take with a pinch of salt ! )

internelligent

RobAMerc wrote: »

Congrats on the weight loss 2qk4u - its fantastic.

biking is an excellent way to loose weight as long low intensity work outs seem to be the best way to do it. Its alos alot less boring than running in that the scenery is changing alot quicker so your seeing lots !

There is a few guys here on boards who meet up regularly for rides - they are a nice bunch and are very open to all levels of rider. - check them out on the cycling forum.

one thing I would point out is - slow off seems to stay off, loosing it too fast may make it easier to put back on ( I'm no expert mind so take with a pinch of salt ! )

I don't think he eats salt;)

Love hearing stories like this. I've never had a weight issue but still, great to hear it. Also want to get into cycling more. I did the Dublin Wexford cycle with little or no training. Extremely painful but definitely cycling is a great exercise to get into and socialable too. Gonna start loking into the cycling forum now.
Best of luck in the future 2qk4u!

2qk4u

Thanks for all the advice and support, im enjoying the bike even though its a struggle getting started, im going cycling with the kids on sunday in a park just taking it easy as a break from the hard work ill be doing on my own.
My weight seems to be stuck at the moment but ill keep at it. This week has been the hardest, Im hungry all week and have cravings for all the things that used to eat.

2qk4u

Zaire Hot Rattrap wrote: »

I won't reply to the rest of your post, but just to say.

If your on the northside of Dublin and fancy company I'll go along with you for abit.

Most heavy lads don't make great climbers so take it easy on the hills, and here's something I recommend to everyone - get yourself a heart rate monitor, it doesn't have to be an expensive one. You'll be amazed at the difference it will make to your motivation and training.

Well done on the life style change, oh I'd once got a cholestoral reading of

9.4 !!!

:eek:

Thanks for the offer but Im in Navan. maybe ill be fit enough to cycle to Dublin one day...

Canis Lupus

2qk4u wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice and support, im enjoying the bike even though its a struggle getting started, im going cycling with the kids on sunday in a park just taking it easy as a break from the hard work ill be doing on my own.
My weight seems to be stuck at the moment but ill keep at it. This week has been the hardest, Im hungry all week and have cravings for all the things that used to eat.

To be fair you should get out of the habit of weighing yourself. I find it's as demotivating as it is the opposite.

Look, you've made awesome changes to your life and these changes are for life, not just for christmas so if you don't lose weight this week it doesn't matter in the long term.

What matters is your diet stays roughly healthy and that exercise becomes a regular thing. Don't JUST focus on cycling as unless you get the bug and have a thing for wearing toight, stretchy brightly coloured clothes, it can get bloody boring :P

Do these things and your body size will drop to a normal? and comfortable size. If you live near a gym add in weights ie starting strength or stronglifts and you'll only help improve all this.

Agent J

2qk4u wrote: »

Thanks for the offer but Im in Navan. maybe ill be fit enough to cycle to Dublin one day...

Make that a goal to achieve at some point over the summer.(If i might suggest)

I used to be a much bigger lad and cycling was a major stepping stone to helping me drop weight. I found it really helped my motivation when i could say "I cycled to Dublin and back" ( Round trip of over 50k or so). From there I went to 100k and further on a day.

Well done on your progress to date. Its is a very hard first few steps to take.

cremeegg

well done chief

keep it up... have no idea how to resist food... ...its my achillles heel...

Pugsley

2qk4u wrote: »

My weight seems to be stuck at the moment but ill keep at it. This week has been the hardest, Im hungry all week and have cravings for all the things that used to eat.

When I lost most of my weight (went from 20st-15st over 9months) I found that drinking a lot of water and bulking my meals up with lots of veg dealt with the hunger problems. Currently going through about 1-2kg of veg a week, and would drink 3-4 L a day. My weight hasn't really changed much over the last year and a half and I'm pretty happy at my current weight at 6'2".

digme

2qk4u wrote: »

After feeling very unwell and tired for a long time I went to the doctor and found out I have high cholestoral, 7.3 . I came home and read all about the dangers and it frightened me. It was that day that I made the change. I was 19.5 stone at 5ft 9.
I changed my diet and started to walk although I have not been walking as much as I should. I cut out all junk food and fast food, no chips or red meat, no fried food and no dairy, no fizzy drinks, no white bread and no sugar or salt.
My diet consists of porridge with honey in the morning, sandwich of wholemeal bread or sub with either chicken or turkey with a banana for lunch and veg and chicken or rice and chicken for dinner, and an apple in there at some stage. Every sunday I have something different as a treat, this week was meat balls in tomatoe and garlic sauce with pasta and one can of beer.
It was hard to start with but im enjoying my diet now. I feel much better and have more energy.
Im shocked at how much ive lost by changing my food and a little excersice, my weight loss has started to slow down so I bought a bike and plan to go cycling as often as I can. Next will be weights.
Im happy with my progress so far and a 17.5 stone I know I have a long way to go.

Eat the food you enjoy too or else you won't be able to sustain that "diet" for very long.You will of course still lose weight,be realistic.Eat something nice everyday,be it a bag of tayto and a can of coke or something,no need to be anal about it cause if you are you will just fall off the wagon again.
Good luck with it