Sick of being fat

Minime2.5 · 22-05-2020 5:53pm

iamtony wrote: »

What's wrong with eggs? They are nutritious and low carb and low calorie, you would be hard pushed to over eat eggs.
In my house my missus prefers slimming world to my low carb approach. Both methods work, one is a low fat diet and the other a low carb diet.
P. S my weight loss has failed miserably. Im now the heaviest ive ever beem weighting a whopping 109kg:eek:

There's nothing wrong with eggs and your correct they are highly nutritious . The problem is thinking you can have them in unlimited amounts . Eggs have a significant amount of fat so the calories do add up . Also the fact they are low carb is irrelevant. You can lose fat eating a high carb diet

iamtony · 22-05-2020 6:13pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Unlimited anything is a disaster for any healthy diet plan, it’s all about moderation.

They only allow unlimited on items your not going to pig out on. Its usually low calorie things that will fill you up.
Its more of a physiological thing for people. Im sure if you werent loosing weight they would look at your meal plan and say limit your egg intake to less than the 10 a day your currently comsuming or whatever your overdoing it on.

Minime2.5 · 22-05-2020 6:29pm

iamtony wrote: »

They only allow unlimited on items your not going to pig out on. Its usually low calorie things that will fill you up.
Its more of a physiological thing for people. Im sure if you werent loosing weight they would look at your meal plan and say limit your egg intake to less than the 10 a day your currently comsuming or whatever your overdoing it on.

you don't have to pig out on stuff for fatloss not to happen

Minime2.5 · 22-05-2020 6:29pm

Hiitsme wrote: »

Snack on unlimited "speed" fruit (apples, oranges, berries etc). Not pineapple, grapes, mangoes (full of sugar).

Eat unlimited amounts of meat, poultry, fish.

Potatoes, rice, plain noodles are unlimited.

Eggs are unlimited and a life saver on the plan.

Same with baked beans, unlimited and a great filler.

This is utter garbage

This is basically the mindset a lot of people get into, just eat unlimited amounts of healthy food without sticking within a budget of calories and the weight will just magically fall off you. The fact remains if you have fat on your body you have to create a deficit or it will be there until the day you die, its like paying back a debt. Your borrowed too much(eating too much and gotten fat and now its pay back time by eating less.)
Protein and carbs have 4 calories per gram whilst fat has 9 calories per gram, a lot of the foods you mention on the unlimited are a combination of all 3 macro nutrients. You cant say you can have these foods in unlimited quantities when to lose weight you have to stay within a calorie budget.
6 large eggs have around 500 calories. 3 cups of cooked rice has 600 calories. 2 large baked potatoes have 500-600 calories . We are already at 1600-1700 calories and gone no where near unlimited here, There's not many women going to be dieting on more than that unless they are training a lot which they probably aren't because they wouldn't be fat in the first place , 1300-1500 is a good starting number for a female to start dieting on who hasnt been very active and you very much have to be mindful what you eat at these calorie levels

The only foods that can be unlimited are vegetables because they are very low in calories and are full of fibre so fill you up

Payton · 23-05-2020 8:04am

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Week 0: 301.6.
Week 1: 290.6 lbs (-11).
Week 2: 282.8 lbs (-18.8).
Week 3: 279.9 lbs (-21.7).
Week 4: 276.3 lbs (-25.3).
Week 5: 269.8 lbs (-31.8).
Week 6: 265.3 lbs (-36.3).
Week 7: 262.2 lbs (-39.4).
Week 8: 257.6 lbs (-44).
Week 9: 251.9 lbs (-49.7).
Week 10: 249.1 lbs (-52.5).
Week 11: 249 lbs (-52.6).
Week 12: 246.1 lbs (-55.5).
Week 13: 245 lbs (-56.6).
Week 14: 243.3 lbs (-58.3).
Week 15: 237.2 lbs (-64.4).
Week 16: 236.9 lbs (-64.7).
Week 17: 235.7 lbs (-65.9).
Week 18: 233.4 lbs (-68.2).
Week 19: 231.6 lbs (-70).

Down five stone on the nose! Another ~2.5 and we'll see where we go from there (slowly I'd imagine....).

That is a remarkable achievement, well done. How did you manage that?

Padraig Mor · 24-05-2020 6:43pm

Payton wrote: »

That is a remarkable achievement, well done. How did you manage that?

Mainly intermittent fasting and a keto diet. Have supplanted this with exercise for the last while as well (and also supplanted with crap I shouldn't be having, he said supping a Bulmers!).

abc2304 · 25-05-2020 10:34am

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Mainly intermittent fasting and a keto diet. Have supplanted this with exercise for the last while as well (and also supplanted with crap I shouldn't be having, he said supping a Bulmers!).

I love Intermittent Fasting. I find it great for weight-loss, for energy, for mental clarity, and I'll also fast if I've been bloated for a prolonged period. I tend to do a 14-16hr fast twice a week, and 12hr-minimum fast all other days

Cazale · 25-05-2020 12:13pm

Usually hover around 125-130kg because I'm at the gym 3-4 times a week lifting heavy weights. Two months of no gym but the same appetite have taken it's toll. Working out from home isn't an option. I'm going to try lose 15kg until the gym reopens.

redzerdrog · 26-05-2020 11:15am

Week 1 15st 3.5lbs
Week 2 14st 10.5lbs
Week 3 14st 10lbs
Week 4 14st 10.5 lbs
Week 5 14st 10.5lbs
Week 6 14st 9.5lbs
Week 7 14st 11lbs
Week 8 14st 10lbs
Week 9 14st 8.5lbs
Week 10 missed weigh in
Week 11 missed weigh in
Week 12 missed weigh in
Week 13 14st 12lbs
Week 14 14st 7.5lbs
Week 15 14st 8.25lbs
Week 16 no weigh in
Week 17 no weigh in
Week 18 no weigh in
Week 19 15st 1.5lbs
Week 20 no weigh in

Week 21 14st 13.5lbs

Been 6 weeks since last posted, I have basically been eating what I want with some small bits of exercise thrown in.

With the reduction in working from home and being back in the routine of going into work I am hoping to get back on track. Downloaded IF app again and I am currently 17 hours into an 18+ hour fast to help kick start this again

MilfordBud · 29-05-2020 8:47am

MilfordBud wrote: »

1st Jan 243 lbs
....
5th Feb 229 lbs
....
17th April 223lbs
24th April 222lbs

...
8th May 220 lbs
15th May 218lbs
22nd May 216lbs

2lbs, a bit of that thanks to the previous week losing closer to 2.5 and being around 217.7 starting off.

I'm after getting a deep laceration my left hand which took a decent enough bit of meat away with it, so lifting weights/pushups/pullups are out for the foreseeable. 1 in a million accident, seems to happen me often when I get near my goals! Had to go to A&E with and Doc said it could be a few months before I'll be able to grip anything on that side. So lots of cycling and running for the foreseeable.

215lbs. That's more to do with dehydration I'd say but I'll take it.

Diet not great. Minimal exercise because of my hand. Long weekend now so hoping to go on a hike or two about 4.9 kms away from my house.

redzerdrog · 29-05-2020 2:28pm

Week 1 15st 3.5lbs
Week 2 14st 10.5lbs
Week 3 14st 10lbs
Week 4 14st 10.5 lbs
Week 5 14st 10.5lbs
Week 6 14st 9.5lbs
Week 7 14st 11lbs
Week 8 14st 10lbs
Week 9 14st 8.5lbs
Week 10 missed weigh in
Week 11 missed weigh in
Week 12 missed weigh in
Week 13 14st 12lbs
Week 14 14st 7.5lbs
Week 15 14st 8.25lbs
Week 16 no weigh in
Week 17 no weigh in
Week 18 no weigh in
Week 19 15st 1.5lbs
Week 20 no weigh in
Week 21 14st 13.5lbs last friday

Week 22 14st 11.5lbs

Down 2lbs but happy as I weighed in last Friday but only got my finger out since tuesday

artvanderlay · 30-05-2020 11:10pm

It's been a bad few months weight-wise. I got down from 214lbs to 186 lbs last year, so it would be nice to see that again. Ideally I'd like to get down to 175lbs, but things are not ideal at the moment :pac: I used to do 3-4 circuit training classes in the week, but that seems a distant memory now.

Starting again:

Week 0: 200lbs

I'm also struggling with mild to moderate depression, and working out like I used to makes my mood plummet, so I'm going to have to improve the diet, and do reduced workouts for the time being. I'll aim for 1-2lb loss per week

Padraig Mor · 31-05-2020 10:12pm

Week 0: 301.6.
Week 1: 290.6 lbs (-11).
Week 2: 282.8 lbs (-18.8).
Week 3: 279.9 lbs (-21.7).
Week 4: 276.3 lbs (-25.3).
Week 5: 269.8 lbs (-31.8).
Week 6: 265.3 lbs (-36.3).
Week 7: 262.2 lbs (-39.4).
Week 8: 257.6 lbs (-44).
Week 9: 251.9 lbs (-49.7).
Week 10: 249.1 lbs (-52.5).
Week 11: 249 lbs (-52.6).
Week 12: 246.1 lbs (-55.5).
Week 13: 245 lbs (-56.6).
Week 14: 243.3 lbs (-58.3).
Week 15: 237.2 lbs (-64.4).
Week 16: 236.9 lbs (-64.7).
Week 17: 235.7 lbs (-65.9).
Week 18: 233.4 lbs (-68.2).
Week 19: 231.6 lbs (-70).
Week 20: 234 lbs (-67.6) (29th May).

Yoinks - my first Friday to Friday weight increase since I started

Not surprised TBH - weekends have been 'loose' for a while now and this week I added a right session into the mix Wednesday too! Y'see I loves the ol' barbeque (proper bbqing - smoking meat etc) and with the weather during the week, bbq was a must......and of course cider is legally required if the bbq is going! Unsurprisingly, with this bank holiday weekend's weather I've been bbqing (and drinking...) non stop so am fully expecting another increase next Friday..... Having said that, I've rebooked summer holidays for August so had better get beach bod ready! :pac:

banoffe2 · 01-06-2020 1:58am

can you drink water during intermittent fasting?

redzerdrog · 01-06-2020 11:56am

banoffe2 wrote: »

can you drink water during intermittent fasting?

Yes

Padraig Mor · 05-06-2020 1:19pm

Week 0: 301.6.
Week 1: 290.6 lbs (-11).
Week 2: 282.8 lbs (-18.8).
Week 3: 279.9 lbs (-21.7).
Week 4: 276.3 lbs (-25.3).
Week 5: 269.8 lbs (-31.8).
Week 6: 265.3 lbs (-36.3).
Week 7: 262.2 lbs (-39.4).
Week 8: 257.6 lbs (-44).
Week 9: 251.9 lbs (-49.7).
Week 10: 249.1 lbs (-52.5).
Week 11: 249 lbs (-52.6).
Week 12: 246.1 lbs (-55.5).
Week 13: 245 lbs (-56.6).
Week 14: 243.3 lbs (-58.3).
Week 15: 237.2 lbs (-64.4).
Week 16: 236.9 lbs (-64.7).
Week 17: 235.7 lbs (-65.9).
Week 18: 233.4 lbs (-68.2).
Week 19: 231.6 lbs (-70).
Week 20: 234 lbs (-67.6).
Week 21: 230.9 lbs (-70.7).

Genuinely amazed I wasn't up this week given gluttony, abandonment of fasting, and cider swilling Fri - Tues. Clamped down hard from Wednesday - harder than expected obviously!

rhubarbcustard · 10-06-2020 11:50am

Hi all, I'm back again for another crack at losing the weight. It all went out the window with lockdown! Some great progress here from you all, esp padraig mor.

Jason Fung Book on the way in the post!!

This is day 3 of IF for me. Doing 18 / 6.
Intermittent fasting didn't work last time for me as it was affecting my work in the mornings with foggy brain etc but this time I'm eating early, with main meal of the day at 1.00pm and fasting until 7.30am the following morning. Sunday to Friday 18 / 6 is the plan with Saturdays off plan / cheat day.

Week 0 152.1kg

Cork Lass · 10-06-2020 3:06pm

rhubarbcustard wrote: »

Hi all, I'm back again for another crack at losing the weight. It all went out the window with lockdown! Some great progress here from you all, esp padraig mor.

Jason Fung Book on the way in the post!!

This is day 3 of IF for me. Doing 18 / 6.
Intermittent fasting didn't work last time for me as it was affecting my work in the mornings with foggy brain etc but this time I'm eating early, with main meal of the day at 1.00pm and fasting until 7.30am the following morning. Sunday to Friday 18 / 6 is the plan with Saturdays off plan / cheat day.

Week 0 152.1kg

Hi rhubarbcustard. I’ve been using the Zero fasting app for logging my fasts - it’s a handy way of keeping track and keeping on track. Good luck.

rhubarbcustard · 10-06-2020 6:25pm

Cork Lass wrote: »

Hi rhubarbcustard. I’ve been using the Zero fasting app for logging my fasts - it’s a handy way of keeping track and keeping on track. Good luck.

Hi Cork lass, thanks a mill. I had already download "Life" App but ill check out Zero too.

Padraig Mor · 12-06-2020 9:56am

Week 0: 301.6.
Week 1: 290.6 lbs (-11).
Week 2: 282.8 lbs (-18.8).
Week 3: 279.9 lbs (-21.7).
Week 4: 276.3 lbs (-25.3).
Week 5: 269.8 lbs (-31.8).
Week 6: 265.3 lbs (-36.3).
Week 7: 262.2 lbs (-39.4).
Week 8: 257.6 lbs (-44).
Week 9: 251.9 lbs (-49.7).
Week 10: 249.1 lbs (-52.5).
Week 11: 249 lbs (-52.6).
Week 12: 246.1 lbs (-55.5).
Week 13: 245 lbs (-56.6).
Week 14: 243.3 lbs (-58.3).
Week 15: 237.2 lbs (-64.4).
Week 16: 236.9 lbs (-64.7).
Week 17: 235.7 lbs (-65.9).
Week 18: 233.4 lbs (-68.2).
Week 19: 231.6 lbs (-70).
Week 20: 234 lbs (-67.6).
Week 21: 230.9 lbs (-70.7).
Week 22: 227.3 lbs (-74.3).

redzerdrog · 12-06-2020 9:56am

Week 1 15st 3.5lbs
Week 2 14st 10.5lbs
Week 3 14st 10lbs
Week 4 14st 10.5 lbs
Week 5 14st 10.5lbs
Week 6 14st 9.5lbs
Week 7 14st 11lbs
Week 8 14st 10lbs
Week 9 14st 8.5lbs
Week 10 missed weigh in
Week 11 missed weigh in
Week 12 missed weigh in
Week 13 14st 12lbs
Week 14 14st 7.5lbs
Week 15 14st 8.25lbs
Week 16 no weigh in
Week 17 no weigh in
Week 18 no weigh in
Week 19 15st 1.5lbs
Week 20 no weigh in
Week 21 14st 13.5lbs last friday
Week 22 14st 11.5lbs
Week 23 no weigh in
Week 24 14st 9.75lbs

Have been doing 4 18hour fasts a week but finding I am eating too much when the fast is over. Might try do 5 16 hour fasts next week and see if that makes much difference

Padraig Mor · 12-06-2020 11:27am

rhubarbcustard wrote: »

Hi all, I'm back again for another crack at losing the weight. It all went out the window with lockdown! Some great progress here from you all, esp padraig mor.

Jason Fung Book on the way in the post!!

This is day 3 of IF for me. Doing 18 / 6.
Intermittent fasting didn't work last time for me as it was affecting my work in the mornings with foggy brain etc but this time I'm eating early, with main meal of the day at 1.00pm and fasting until 7.30am the following morning. Sunday to Friday 18 / 6 is the plan with Saturdays off plan / cheat day.

Week 0 152.1kg

That's actually a good plan. There's recent research showing extra benefits of IF on insulin levels if the eating period is comparatively early in the day - from memory, the study used 07.00 - 13.00 or similar. Seems to hook in well with the body's circadian rhythm that way.

iamtony · 12-06-2020 7:26pm

Im back aswell. Some great weight loss going on their padraig.

Starting weight 108.9kg

rhubarbcustard · 17-06-2020 8:15am

Week 0 152.1kg
Week 1 150.2 kg

2 fast · 17-06-2020 11:35pm

Week 1 12st 3.5lbs

iamtony · 19-06-2020 8:29am

iamtony wrote: »

Im back aswell. Some great weight loss going on their padraig.

Starting weight 108.9kg

Week 1: 108.9kg
Week 2: 107.6kg

Its a start. Did quite a bit of exercise and stayed off the booze.

redzerdrog · 19-06-2020 9:15am

Week 1 15st 3.5lbs
Week 2 14st 10.5lbs
Week 3 14st 10lbs
Week 4 14st 10.5 lbs
Week 5 14st 10.5lbs
Week 6 14st 9.5lbs
Week 7 14st 11lbs
Week 8 14st 10lbs
Week 9 14st 8.5lbs
Week 10 missed weigh in
Week 11 missed weigh in
Week 12 missed weigh in
Week 13 14st 12lbs
Week 14 14st 7.5lbs
Week 15 14st 8.25lbs
Week 16 no weigh in
Week 17 no weigh in
Week 18 no weigh in
Week 19 15st 1.5lbs
Week 20 no weigh in
Week 21 14st 13.5lbs last friday
Week 22 14st 11.5lbs
Week 23 no weigh in
Week 24 14st 9.75lbs

Week 25 14st 10.75lbs

Something gone a bit pear shaped, no pun intended!

19-06-2020 9:23am

redzerdrog wrote: »

...........

Something gone a bit pear shaped, no pun intended!

What's your approach to trying to lose weight?
IF, calorie counting, exercise, eating salads for lunch, not eating biscuits?????

Padraig Mor · 19-06-2020 11:23am

Week 0: 301.6.
Week 1: 290.6 lbs (-11).
Week 2: 282.8 lbs (-18.8).
Week 3: 279.9 lbs (-21.7).
Week 4: 276.3 lbs (-25.3).
Week 5: 269.8 lbs (-31.8).
Week 6: 265.3 lbs (-36.3).
Week 7: 262.2 lbs (-39.4).
Week 8: 257.6 lbs (-44).
Week 9: 251.9 lbs (-49.7).
Week 10: 249.1 lbs (-52.5).
Week 11: 249 lbs (-52.6).
Week 12: 246.1 lbs (-55.5).
Week 13: 245 lbs (-56.6).
Week 14: 243.3 lbs (-58.3).
Week 15: 237.2 lbs (-64.4).
Week 16: 236.9 lbs (-64.7).
Week 17: 235.7 lbs (-65.9).
Week 18: 233.4 lbs (-68.2).
Week 19: 231.6 lbs (-70).
Week 20: 234 lbs (-67.6).
Week 21: 230.9 lbs (-70.7).
Week 22: 227.3 lbs (-74.3).
Week 23: 228.2 lbs (-73.4).

Bloody weekends are killing me - finding it hard to resist pigging out! I was actually up a whopping 6.6 lbs on Tuesday but managed to get most of that (water weight presumably) off for today.

iamtony · 19-06-2020 4:27pm

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Week 0: 301.6.
Week 1: 290.6 lbs (-11).
Week 2: 282.8 lbs (-18.8).
Week 3: 279.9 lbs (-21.7).
Week 4: 276.3 lbs (-25.3).
Week 5: 269.8 lbs (-31.8).
Week 6: 265.3 lbs (-36.3).
Week 7: 262.2 lbs (-39.4).
Week 8: 257.6 lbs (-44).
Week 9: 251.9 lbs (-49.7).
Week 10: 249.1 lbs (-52.5).
Week 11: 249 lbs (-52.6).
Week 12: 246.1 lbs (-55.5).
Week 13: 245 lbs (-56.6).
Week 14: 243.3 lbs (-58.3).
Week 15: 237.2 lbs (-64.4).
Week 16: 236.9 lbs (-64.7).
Week 17: 235.7 lbs (-65.9).
Week 18: 233.4 lbs (-68.2).
Week 19: 231.6 lbs (-70).
Week 20: 234 lbs (-67.6).
Week 21: 230.9 lbs (-70.7).
Week 22: 227.3 lbs (-74.3).
Week 23: 228.2 lbs (-73.4).

Bloody weekends are killing me - finding it hard to resist pigging out! I was actually up a whopping 6.6 lbs on Tuesday but managed to get most of that (water weight presumably) off for today.

Dont be so hard on yourself your doing amazing. You went from 300lbs and now you lighter than me who has actually gained weight since you started your journey:o

Sick of being fat

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