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From a Christmas Pudding to a Christmas Cracker - Weight Loss Motivation

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,042 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    Trousers are unforgiving. You could probably get a stretchy pair to fall back on when you’re “bulking” 😅

    Some going man. I’m going 5 or 6 times a week at the moment when I can. The only reason I keep going back is it’s only 35mins. Any more than that and I’d struggle to motivate myself. I feel guilty if I don’t go any day now



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Didn't get down after training tonight as we had to rearrange fixtures, pitches and throw in times with the age groups under and over our one. Will get down tomorrow for another 1k cal session though.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    01 Sept, going to do a dry month like last year (which turned in to 3.5 months dry). Have a client lunch today which I will order a nice salad at. I have my gym gear in the car. I still can't run, do squats or deadlifts as my metatarsal is still too sore plus my shoulder is at me.


    Had the dog barking at a cat at about 2am, then the little onw in at 5 to tell me she needed a nappy change. Pretty tired today.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,042 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    Gym good, food good (during the week anyway) I woke up this morning starving so if the scales weren’t down I’d have been annoyed. Thankfully they were. Down 2 weeks in a row which is great. Next week will be a big test because since I’ve started this log I’ve never lost 3 weeks in a row 🙈


    6 months: -7.6lbs

    Week 27: -2.0lbs



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Week 1: -3lbs

    Week 2: -2.5lbs

    Week 3: -4lbs

    Week 4: +1.5lb

    Week 5: -3lbs

    Week 6: -0.5lb

    Week 7: -3lbs

    Week 8: +2.5lbs

    Week 9: -2.5lbs

    And my hotel break away gain is gone. My 10 PT sessions are finished now. So I’m on my own and in terms of keeping myself accountable. I’ll still be going to the classes and hopefully I can keep the food on track without the dread of a weigh in with a PT.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    So jealous of all the losses, well done everyone.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Top work guys, keep it up.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Serious work Loughc.

    I had the physio this am and had dry needling done. I can now lift my arm above my head!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,573 ✭✭✭tscul32


    Last March I first recorded my weight on my smart watch. Since then I've had periods of working really hard to lose all the way down to you'd swear I was trying to put it on. But this morning I finally hit my first stone gone. I'm really hoping that because it went off so slowly that it'll stay off. Another stone and I won't be "overweight" any more. So that's my Christmas goal. It would also mean that I could fit back into my nicer clothes again.

    Walking a lot more these days now that we have the dog and my son's swimming lessons are back tomorrow so I'll swim too, first time since covid arrived, and that's my exercise of choice so hoping that will get me back into the pool properly.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Great work tscul32, you should be proud of yourself. Keep it going.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Got back in the gym this morning. I had shoulder / neck rehab weights and did some arms (which I rarely ever do). Then I went on the ski erg for 5km. I had to really go to the well for the last 1km and nearly passed out. all for 287 kcals. To all who record 800-1000 kcals of hard cardio, I tip my hat to you.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    @Jude13 when I do a hard session on the cross trainer I've had a few hairy moments where I thought I was going to pass out myself... even after finishing I've had to sit down more than once to take some deep breaths to get my head sorted... I'm awful for pushing hard, my wife who's at the gym most of the time with me says I definitely push too hard... honestly though I don't know any other way to train and there's a part of me that still see's the cardio in the gym not being as difficult as cardio when outdoors so I tend to try & push harder & for longer to make up for that... some of the machines are definitely harder than others for burning calories though, thats why the core of my cardio is always running (500 cal minimum per session is on the treadmill) for me they're the easy calories, the cross trainer, rower, stepper etc. hurt like hell & for far less reward too!!

    Have to say though, I'm getting into the weights more now, hated them when I was younger but definitely seeing the difference now as I creep towards the big 5-0!!

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,042 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    I’m definitely enjoying weights now far more than I ever have. Even though my body weight isn’t dropping too fast, the flubber around my chest area is melting away at a steady pace. The gym that I’m in is all machine weights too so I never have any issues with injuries from poor technique


    I also love logging into the gym app and seeing that I’ve lifted 13 tonnes in a session 💪😆



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Our gym has both, but I prefer to use the machine weights, have seen far too many injuries caused by poor technique on free weights & I've enough legacy injuries to deal with without getting any new ones!

    I'm similar in that the weight on the scales isn't really changing but my shape is, feeling it in my clothes now so I'm not as concerned about the scale so much as the change in routine is clearly having some benefit.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    It felt good to get to that exhaustoin. When I had the training 3 days a week last year it was the same, dizzy or puking or both. Just didn't see the point not going hell for leather whilst paying for it (my OH paid in fairness). It was the way I used to to preseason and worked.

    I use free weights as I am used to it, if you are not used to is machines are the way to go. I use dumbbells' for bench, and incline, and kettle bells with a vest for squats/split squats as when benching my shoulder doesn't have the range for the bar and for squatting I cant get my arm to reach back to hold the bar (range of motion again). Also using dumbbells' really helps with stabilisation and works the core.

    TLDR been back to the gym once, still fat as a fool but feeling slightly better, more mentally than physically, which is what really matters.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,042 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    Another good week for me. I've been good with food during the week and haven't gone completely off the rails at the weekend. I'm still off my cumulative goal by a few lbs but I'm at my lowest weight since starting this log and it's the first time I've lost weight 3 weeks in a row for almost a year. Gym is still going well. Weights went up again this week so I'm happy to see the progress there too. I'm averaging 4.7 sessions in the gym since it reopened 3 months ago. I'm due to check my measurements again this evening so hoping for a nice drop there too


    6 months: -7.6lbs

    Week 27: -2.0lbs

    Week 28: -3.4lbs



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Week 1: -3lbs

    Week 2: -2.5lbs

    Week 3: -4lbs

    Week 4: +1.5lb

    Week 5: -3lbs

    Week 6: -0.5lb

    Week 7: -3lbs

    Week 8: +2.5lbs

    Week 9: -2.5lbs

    Week 10: -1lb

    Forgot about this last week. One pound down. I’m happy with that. Had a family thing last weekend and dinner out during the week. But pushed myself hard on the gym.

    Pushing myself harder in the gym and the instructors are making the classes harder meaning I’m averaging just north of 600kcals per 45mins class. I’m suffering from DOMS this morning from the Saturday class. Class this morning helped loosen me up a bit but still sore enough.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    A loss is a loss Loughc, well done.

    With the physical training it does become harder to maintain the level of calorie burn as the intensity needs to be upped to continue to burn cals at the same rate, so thats normal so don't be too hard on yourself on that score. I've started mixing up my sessions now to do more weights some days, longer slower runs, shorter faster runs etc. to try & keep it going and giving myself time to recover also. So try & mix it up a little and see how you get on.

    Good work though, you're going great.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Good work Lough C

    I did a big saturday as I had two hours to spare, did my rehab weights, then cross trainer for 45 mins and killed myself on the bike for 30 mins, machines said it was 450 cals, only 223 of that on the bike and i was doing tabata style, minute flat out, 30 secs going 50-75%. My foot was pretty sore after it.


    Went for a walk around the lake with the mutt to get up to 10K steps last night, again sore foot. Also a little too humid for the mutt.

    Still to afraid to weigh myself this morning.



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    The classes are definitely getting tougher 650kcals this morning in 45mins. Rest day tomorrow and already looking forward to it.

    Will need to get a walk in later to loosen up.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,042 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    bad gym and food this week. Felt like crap for a couple of days so I couldn’t resist temptation and ate all the things 🙄🤷‍♂️


    6 months: -7.6lbs

    Week 27: -2.0lbs

    Week 28: -3.4lbs

    Week 29: +3.4lbs



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Haven't been to the gym since Saturday, heading down after work this evening though & will do so again Friday & Saturday again. Have been good with food though and have been avoiding all snacking between my 3 meals so don't feel like I've done any damage.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Managed to squeeze in another gym session after hurling training and managed 980cals in cardio and about 40 minutes weight training... arms are in bits this morning. Off work today as we were planning a trip to the local dump but don't fancy that in the lashing rain so will head down the gym again today... just in time for my weekly weigh in tomorrow morning so fingers crossed it'll be a better week than expected.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    I still call the recycling center the dump 😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    after a weekend of two take aways and a boozy brunch I got to the gym this am. I only did rowing and the ski erg to try and get some cals to disappear. I am on day 2 of a processo and rum hangover.



  • Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭Segotias


    Wrong thread

    Post edited by Segotias on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,042 ✭✭✭✭L'prof



    This is how my weekend is going anyway 😝



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Will pick one of them up when I get a chance.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,042 ✭✭✭✭L'prof




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    I don't feel like I have the energy/will to start again but I weighed myself this morning and Ive gone from 88 a few weeks back to 90.8kg. My warning weight was meant to be 84kg.

    Went to the gym and was pretty down from the weight, tough to motivate myself. Did 4 sets of incline press, and fly, Ski erg for only 1km and them assault bike for 10 mins doing HIT. Had the physio after on my shoulder.

    Got the okay to do a minutes skipping on my foot to see if the bone is set and not aching.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    @Jude13 don't be too hard on yourself, to be fair it sounds like you're up to your eyes with work these days & as I've said many many times when under stress like that you need to concentrate on the here & now & just get through it as best you can. Your mental health is just as important as your physical.

    Its very easy when under a heavy workload to look at the eating & exercising going south quickly, but it wont stay like that, you'll recover from the injury & get back to training regularly and once started will start to feel better. I've been that person who hasn't been training regularly, eating the wrong foods at the wrong times etc. and allowing myself to get into a funk of sorts, but it passes, (usually when you get through a bad spell in work or suchlike) yours will too.

    Listen, I feel your frustration, I was the same after getting back to my fittest since retiring from competitive sport only to slowly allow that to drift & my weight to sneak upwards, and if an old creak like me can get back into a decent place someone with your background & history of achievement will definitely do it too. Try to stay positive, & remember, you're not alone, we've all been there (& will be again, of that I'm sure) so look after yourself & remember we're always here to help, even if its just waffling to one another on a christmas forum!!! 😉

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    I know what that is like. I've gone from my lowest of 77kg (after a bad stomach bug) mid summer back up to 83kg. I can see it in the mirror and feel it in my clothes. I usually don't hit this weight or a bit more till around New Years so will have to be careful from now on.

    Been hit with work, family stuff and now have youngest home due to Covid case in childcare. With a weekend away coming up and birthdays, anniversaries etc will lots of temptation and little time to work it off.

    All we can do is the best we can, keep things in perspective and as DvB said mental health is as important physical.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Cheers for the motivation, its depressing stuff. I was 77kg last Christmas, which was too low. It killed me, killed me to get to that from 95kg.

    Best weight should be 80-82kg with my panic to start at 84kg. Since last Christmas I have let myself steadily go. When I was 88kg a few weeks back I was astounded. Now I'm 90+ and none of flipping suits fit, its depressing. I know how hard it is to get to lose 1kg a week, and I want to lose 8kg.

    In the past with a strict 1,200 cals a day, three massive gym sessions a week, 2-3 10kms runs a week, no booze and 12k steps a day is what it took to lose 18kg over aprox. 14 weeks. It was hell. SO realistically it will take me that long to loose half that weight as I cannot get the runs or steps in and I haven't knocked the booze on the head.

    I need to fight my inner bitch and just get on with it by making today my day 1.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    To be fair, as magnificent that achievement was the most glaringly obvious thing is that it was totally unsustainable. You already know yourself you'd pushed too hard to get to a weight you couldn't possibly maintain in your normal lifestyle. That was really the key for me, it was finding a balance that meant having got to my ideal weight (well, not ideal, but close enough to be realistic) that I could live a reasonably normal enough life without having to take drastic lifestyle altering actions to address when it inevitably went awry, at touching 50 the days of crash diets & 5 days of exercise a week are done. Even now I try to do everything in moderation, eating, drinking, exercise etc. and the funny thing is I feel much happier that way (okay when I exercise I still push hard, but allow myself time to recover), I've stopped really caring so much about my weight & judge it by how I feel, fitness wise & in my clothes' wise (if that makes sense?) My suggestion (& feel free to tell me to fook off btw) would be to not aim for a huge result in a short time and try to get something manageable with small changes, like 1-2lbs a week or suchlike, at least then if you have a bad week your targets wont really change, just get back on the horse and aim for the same the week after... life is hard enough as it is, no need to take on another herculean task IMO.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Yup, I got to the 77kg as a bet really. goal was 82ishkg. I think 82-84 is attainable, just hard to get to now as I have let it slip. Quicker I start, quicker I get there



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    You'll get there, no need to kill yourself on the way though 😉

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    I just want to get back running, then I will be a happy elf. It's just about cool enough, about 30c at 5-6am now.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    We are very similar that low 80s is our 'walk around' weight. I usually go up and down +/- 5kg depending on the time of the year.

    Will have to put the effort in to keep where I am over the next few months or will be in a world of hurt early next year.

    You got there once, you know what you have to do and have set yourself a realistic goal/target so no reason at all you wouldn't do it again.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    If I tried running in 30 degree heat I'd be done after 1 or 2k tops. As much as i love the heat, running in it... nah!! Fair play Jude.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Have to wait until my broken bone in my foot is fully set. I have been told I can skip a bit so will start with that this pm.


    Cheers all, it really helps.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,042 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    Don’t worry @Jude13 I’m sure my Guinness surger fuelled binge hasn’t been kind to me either 🙈



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,827 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Here we go again


    Week 1 at 90.4kg

    Week 2: 89.7kg - -0.7kg/1.54lbs

    Week 3: 88.2kg - -1.5kg/3.01lbs

    Week 4: Pints, Pints Pints and no weigh in

    Week 5: 90.8kg - +1.6kg/3.53lbs



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Haven't been to the gym since last Friday morning (Migraine left me in no fit state to do much) so heading this evening... dont know what to expect as its the longest I've gone between gym sessions since rejoining back in the first week of July...

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Good warm up and you'll be fine. Muscle memory will kick in and look after you.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,042 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    Gym good, Guinness bad. 3 steps forward, 2 steps back


    6 months: -7.6lbs

    Week 27: -2.0lbs

    Week 28: -3.4lbs

    Week 29: +3.4lbs

    Week 30: +2.0lbs



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    more worried about my head than my legs & lungs 😃

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Not that i need to tell you, pull the plug straight away if you start to feel even a little light headed, pain etc.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    No fear on that score... thankfully anytime I have had a Migraine attack I get the aura in my vision about an hour before so do get a warning its coming & prepare for it accordingly. The Mrs will be in the gym with me anyway so if anything does go pete tong at least I know I'll get home safely. Suspect I'll be grand though, probably struggle with the lethargy of the last few days anyway so a good work out will help clear that out methinks.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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