artvanderlay wrote: » Week 9: 14st 4lb Week 10: 14st 4lb For the past 2 weeks I have plateaued. Now I'm thinking this is because my body needs less calories than at the start, so I need to reduce them even more (starting today!). Also, for the past 3 weeks I have upped the classes, so I am doing circuits 6 times a week, as well as skipping 3-4 times a week for half an hour: is it possible that I am putting on muscle and this is why I'm not losing weight for the past few weeks? (please say yes! ) The pants are feeling looser, even if the scales don't reflect this.
Xzavier Limited Teamwork wrote: » Week 1 - 96.1 kg Week 2 - 95.7 kg Week 3 - 95.2 kg Week 4 - 94.8 kg Week 5 - 94.3 kg Week 6 - 93.4 kg Week 7 - missed Week 8 - 96.0! Week 9 - 94.8 Week 10 - hols Week 11 - afraid to check Week 12 Friday 94.5 Week 13 94.0 Week 14 94.0 Stuck for now. Off on Holidays to Ibiza next weekend, will try to be good!
iamtony wrote: » I think it's very hard to gain muscle mass faster that you would loose weight, but I would get there's a few things at play. I'd say your muscles are holding more water during the repair process and if your getting dehydrated a lot from all the exercise your digestive system may have slowed down and your holding onto a lot more eh, waste:o Try up your daily water intake by an extra litre a day to get things moving and eat more fibre. Also protein to help with the muscle repair. Apples are good for keeping the system moving. It's a common trap for people to over eat after exercising so watch out for that.
rhubarbcustard wrote: » I have fallen off the Wagon since Wednesday morning after already having a few days of taking the foot off the pedal over Easter too and I am back to all the old habits. All the old habits come back so quickly! I need to get back on track. I Will make a pot of Soup (Slimming World Super Speed Soup recipie) tonight to have on demand for Weekend snacking and I'm going for a run tonight & sunday. My other option was to not get back on the Wagon until Monday and go mad over the weekend but I cant let that happen!
Mellor wrote: » For something with a subjective element, say 30mins swimming/boxing/rowing. Yeah, they'll pull some numbers that most likely corresponds with athletes. But running seems to be one it gets close enough. Possibly because running is less subjective. Either you ran 5km or you didn't.
artvanderlay wrote: » There are going to be slips: that is inevitable. Ride it out and get back on the horse as soon as you can. It's a marathon, not a sprint. You are aware of the problem and are figuring ways to solve it; give it time. I'm making a big pot of soup today too, and I'm doing a 3 bean mexican chilli, just to have them in the fridge for when I am too lazy to cook (https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/477649/three-bean-mexican-chilli). I find when I have a break from exercise, it's a mental thing to get back to it. I force myself to put on my workout clothes (battle gear!) and say I will just do 5 minutes. Usually if I get through that, I will do a lot more. Even with the circuit training classes, my brain's instinct is to avoid them, so I force myself to get dressed, and just keep moving towards the class, even when I am saying in my head "I don't want to go". Even before I turn into the car park, I'm fighting against myself. Once I'm in the door, I'm good to go though. Lower the expectations, and try to do the right thing 80% of the time.
iamtony wrote: » we all do it, if you read through this thread I started trying to loose weight last July, I was 101.5kg. then I lost weight then I completely fell off the wagon, then I started again for over 103kg this year and since then I've even had times where I dropped out for a while but I knew I'd get back into it. Now I'm at a stage where it's easy for me to loose weight. After about 6 weeks you will start to crave healthy food. It's all about addiction and your body has been trained to want these foods over years and now you need to train it to need the good stuff. I would recommend reading up on addiction in general and listening to some good podcasts. Joe Rogan does have some great nutrition experts on and it's really motivational.
Alanstrainor wrote: » Log all your food in a diary. Download myfitnesspal and use that to log what you eat. You can then track calories and make better dietary choices. Ultimately it's going to involve cooking your own meals more, and weighing portions. Which is honestly a complete pain in the hole, but it's the best way to know exactly what you're eating. Often people think they eat 'grand', when there's just enough surplus to gain weight and maintain it. And honestly, you might be eating healthy stuff, but just too much of it.
rhubarbcustard wrote: » Started at 24st 1lb Week 1 24st 0lb Week 2 23st 11 1/2 lb Week 3 23st 8lb Week 4 23st 2 1/2 lb Week 5 23st 1 1/2 lb Week 6 23st 2lb Had to work at undoing the damage of a few bad food days last week. Couch to 10K still going well. I am now at Run 20 of 42 and can jog for 25 mins. I could barely jog 1 minute 6 weeks ago.
stefanovich wrote: » You are not going to fix that with exercise alone. I recommend serious dietary changes. No sugar. No alcohol. No white bread/pasta. No cheese. No red meat. Vegetables, beans, brown rice, salad, sardines. This should be what you should live on.
Alf Veedersane wrote: » It's possible to be very successful losing weight with a diet that includes cheese, pasta, red meat and that doesn't involve brown rice and sardines. Find a means to limit the caloric intake that is sustainable and you're golden. I would question the sustainability of a diet based solely on vegetables, beans, brown rice, salad and sardines. Nothing wrong with any of those but suggesting this is all someone should have in order to lose weight is incorrect.
stefanovich wrote: » You can mix it up of course but there should be foods that are treated as luxury only. Over consumption of red meat and dairy and sugar and alcohol is just unhealthy. I lost 20kg with diet and moderate exercise and I just continue to eat healthily and it's staying off. I see people here who appear to be putting a lot of effort into exercise and not making much progress and I can only theorize that diet is where they are falling over.
Alf Veedersane wrote: » Over consumption is generally a bad idea anyway not least because it's an over consumption of calories. No question that it's the diet that will dictate the weight loss - can't outrun a bad diet and all that. But you can include things like pasta, cheese, white rice etc etc in your diet and lose weight if you're managing your diet. It's the dose that makes the poison.
stefanovich wrote: » Don't disagree. I've found though that focusing on increasing my intake of good food is more productive than trying to decrease the consumption of bad. Also if presented with options in the supermarket read the labels carefully. Raisins for instance. Are the just grapes or are they saturated in oil? Has sugar been added unnecessarily? etc etc. Eating out is dangerous as you are nearly guaranteed they will choose the cheapest ingredients.
Alf Veedersane wrote: » General awareness of what you're eating is definitely the way forward. That's why MyFitnessPal is recommended...to help understand what is in what you eat and inform better decisions
corcaigh1 wrote: » Going to the cinema to see Avengers, ill find it very difficult to sit and watch a three hour movie without some munchies! Any suggestions for some healthy cinema tuck folks!?
Heres Johnny wrote: » Haven't been documenting as much as some on here but my weight is now at 102kgs from 118kgs in Sept/Oct when I started. Combining a bit of running with some gym work in my local rugby club so I'm very active. Walk short distances now never drive. Have done a good few 5km parkruns now in prep for Dublin marathon. The increase in activity has obviously created a calorie deficit. If I'm being honest I could have probably gone to 90kgs already if I was really trying my hardest which would have been my bottom target weight at the outset. Still have a big dinner generally full of potatoes or pasta, meat, Bolognese sauces, but I'm not eating as much bread, have a takeaway once a week and have a good sup of beer once a week too (10 pints plus). So I'm not denying myself anything which is helping. Don't snack also which helps, very rare I'd have crisps or chocolate. Things working in my favour - quite heavily muscled from years of rugby and strength training so I think I burn more calories than most just to maintain. Fitness - I'm used to hard training and I can push myself and go heavy on the weights room. So 16kgs in about 4 months I'm happy with, I thought 100kg would see me at my optimal weight but I think it's closer to 90kgs now. So short term is the drive to 100kgs in 2 weeks then 90kgs in 2 months. Will be delighted when I get there. In old money I've gone from 260 lbs which is 18 stone 8 to 224 lbs which is 16 stone on the button and I look and feel much better. Target weight old money is 200 lbs which is 14 stone 4. So 4 stone 4 lbs loss total.
jaykhunter wrote: » Alpen light bars are great, coke zero (raspberry or vanilla are pretty great!), Manhattan blue (cheese) popcorn is my go-to. Pop chips, or the equivalent 85cal crisp packets too
jim o doom wrote: » insulin causes your body to store fat, and having a consistently high amount of insulin in your body adds to your bodies insulin resistance.
Alf Veedersane wrote: » There's a slight misrepresentation of the impact of insulin there. Insulin doesn't just store fat and consequently make you fat. Overconsumption of calories makes you fat. Similarly, consistently high levels of insulin in your body is usually because of overeating. TL;dr if you're in a caloric deficit, Coke Zero won't make you fat.
