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Another 'Losing Weight' Thread

  • 09-03-2016 3:07pm
    #1
    rowingperson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi, so I'm trying to loose weight.

    A little bit of background. I've lost weight before, from September until Feb/March of 2014/15 I went from 90kg to 75kg. I just kind of got into a frame of mind where all I could think about when picking food to eat was how much it would affect my weight loss. I then lost the motivation I guess and my weight levelled off at around 77kg. Then when I got back to school last September I just kind of forgot about it and have steadily gained weight up to now. I'm struggling to get back to that frame of mind again and its killing me.

    Stats are as follows - Male, 16, 82kg, 5' 9". I'm quite heavy set with broad shoulders, big legs etc. Absolute goal weight is 68/69 kg but that might be pushing it a bit for my stature but that would get me comfortably under the lightweight limits for rowing of 70kg. This

    I train A LOT! I am a rower and my program is usually anywhere from 10-15 hours of long aerobic cardio a week (rowing machines/ rowing), plus a couple of higher intensity workouts and lifting twice a week. This is what really kills me, I burn loads of calories a day and I still struggle to lose weight! I wasn't training nearly as much back in 2014 too.

    My base diet is very good and I know the fat would fall off me if I could just stick to it. A typical day of planned food is like this

    7:30 Porridge made with almond milk and blueberries/raisins
    11:00 Apple
    1:00 Home made soup (Tomato/Bean and tomato/butternut squash/vegetable) with two slices of home made brown soda bread with butter
    4:00 Either and Apple or another slice of brown bread
    6:00 Whichever option I didnt eat at 4:00
    9:00 Usually a curry made with 1 chicken breast and lots of veg (broccoli, cauliflower, peas, sweetcorn, green beans) and a sauce made of Greek yoghurt and spices.

    This ads up to around 1500 calories with 215g carbs, 40g fat and 75g protein. I track my calories with MFP.

    Of course this inst making me gain any weight but nearly everyday without fail I will eat way more than this through compulsion, the main culprits are chocolate (if I have any money in school undoubtedly I will be buying some), biscuits (cookies, figrolls etc which are always around) and toast in the evenings (sometimes 6-8 slices with butter). I just cant stop myself from eating all of this, I don't think before hand and only afterwards do I think that I shouldn't have. How can I stop? It is probably just a question of being strict with myself but I just struggle so much with it. Is there anything that could make it easier? I have tried upping my calorie intake at breakfast and lunch, but I still binge later on in the day which just leaves me with an even higher calorie total.

    Any advice would be appreciated greatly because at this stage I'm desperate. I know all the excess fat I carry is slowing me down in the boat (power to weight ratios etc) and I just want to get faster.


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  • #2
    Bunny Colvin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,048 ✭✭✭Bunny Colvin


    Your stats are identical to mine. I was around 82kg a year ago and today I'm just over your goal weight at 69.5kg.

    You know what has to be done here:
    rowingperson wrote: »
    Of course this inst making me gain any weight but nearly everyday without fail I will eat way more than this through compulsion, the main culprits are chocolate (if I have any money in school undoubtedly I will be buying some), biscuits (cookies, figrolls etc which are always around) and toast in the evenings (sometimes 6-8 slices with butter). I just cant stop myself from eating all of this

    You absolutely can stop yourself. It seems to me that you must still be starving after your dinner. There's many things you can do to fix that.

    -Buy a Nutribullet! The juice tastes grand once you get used to them and you're filling yourself up on fresh fruit and veg, which are great for you and are low on calories. If you're not keen on that then eat more fruit and veg but don't go too crazy on fruit.
    -Drink more water. Have a pint before your dinner and another one with it.
    -Tea and coffee were a necessity for me. They helped suppress hunger cravings.
    -Eat a couple of squares of dark chocolate if you're really craving sweet stuff. I didn't do this myself but there's plenty who do and I see it mentioned on here all the time.
    -Fight the cravings inside, think why you're doing this and try to look at the bigger picture (easier said than done but it helped me).
    And the most valuable piece of advice:
    - Under no circumstance buy any of that crap. If it's not in the house then you won't eat it. See, if I load up my trolly with **** then guess what? I'm eating it, all of it but if it isn't there then I don't even miss it. If it's not yourself doing the shopping then maybe get your own press in the kitchen and eat from that press only. You've got to be strict with that.

    One year from now you can have all of that weight gone without killing yourself. Let the weight come off slow and steady, you've got the fundamentals like MyFitnessPal and you know what you're at. Now it's time to get moving. Best of luck with it mate!


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