Weight Loss Discussion Thread

[Marmitegeoff]

Bad day today as I am over my target on MFP,  but had to get the paperwork done, and reduce the piles a bit.

Never mind off to the Cotswolds walking tomorrow.  That will shift some calories.

Geoff

[Feline]

Bad day today as I am over my target on MFP,  but had to get the paperwork done, and reduce the piles a bit.

Never mind off to the Cotswolds walking tomorrow.  That will shift some calories.

Geoff

I wish sometimes I could spread my calorie input and output over 2 days not 1, to enable me to pig out the day before I do a lot of exercise and not go over the limit!

[hellymedic]

Bad day today as I am over my target on MFP,  but had to get the paperwork done, and reduce the piles a bit.

Never mind off to the Cotswolds walking tomorrow.  That will shift some calories.

Geoff

I wish sometimes I could spread my calorie input and output over 2 days not 1, to enable me to pig out the day before I do a lot of exercise and not go over the limit!

Pigging out before exercise could help build some nice glycogen stores, enabling more calories to burn the next day. You would have to be stricter on your exercise day though...

[Feline]

Bad day today as I am over my target on MFP,  but had to get the paperwork done, and reduce the piles a bit.

Never mind off to the Cotswolds walking tomorrow.  That will shift some calories.

Geoff

I wish sometimes I could spread my calorie input and output over 2 days not 1, to enable me to pig out the day before I do a lot of exercise and not go over the limit!

Pigging out before exercise could help build some nice glycogen stores, enabling more calories to burn the next day. You would have to be stricter on your exercise day though...

It often works out that way anyway, since if I'm riding the bike all day I have limited chances to snack, and then I CBA to cook much to eat afterwards!

[hellymedic]

Bad day today as I am over my target on MFP,  but had to get the paperwork done, and reduce the piles a bit.

Never mind off to the Cotswolds walking tomorrow.  That will shift some calories.

Geoff

I wish sometimes I could spread my calorie input and output over 2 days not 1, to enable me to pig out the day before I do a lot of exercise and not go over the limit!

Pigging out before exercise could help build some nice glycogen stores, enabling more calories to burn the next day. You would have to be stricter on your exercise day though...

It often works out that way anyway, since if I'm riding the bike all day I have limited chances to snack, and then I CBA to cook much to eat afterwards!

That's fine until The Vorax¹ emerges midweek. Please not to eat your mother or children.

1) The animal whose voracious appetite knows no bounds...

[Feline]

Bad day today as I am over my target on MFP,  but had to get the paperwork done, and reduce the piles a bit.

Never mind off to the Cotswolds walking tomorrow.  That will shift some calories.

Geoff

I wish sometimes I could spread my calorie input and output over 2 days not 1, to enable me to pig out the day before I do a lot of exercise and not go over the limit!

Pigging out before exercise could help build some nice glycogen stores, enabling more calories to burn the next day. You would have to be stricter on your exercise day though...

It often works out that way anyway, since if I'm riding the bike all day I have limited chances to snack, and then I CBA to cook much to eat afterwards!

That's fine until The Vorax¹ emerges midweek. Please not to eat your mother or children.

1) The animal whose voracious appetite knows no bounds...

 

[Marmitegeoff]

Bad day today as I am over my target on MFP,  but had to get the paperwork done, and reduce the piles a bit.

Never mind off to the Cotswolds walking tomorrow.  That will shift some calories.

Geoff

I wish sometimes I could spread my calorie input and output over 2 days not 1, to enable me to pig out the day before I do a lot of exercise and not go over the limit!

Pigging out before exercise could help build some nice glycogen stores, enabling more calories to burn the next day. You would have to be stricter on your exercise day though...

I did that on the Poor Student, but did not eat enough at the first control, and by the second one it was to late, even though I pigged a bit in Chipping Camden, I was still short of energy for the last leg.

Geoff

[Notsototalnewbie]

Spinning evenings are also quite good because going to one, showering after, and cycling home take up a lot of potential snacking time. Also, if I keep my heart rate down in the 'fat burning' zone, I don't get the 'Vorax' effect days later either. But I don't always manage that.

Went to a birthday party last night. I think I was ever so good; I had two vodka, lime and sodas and thereafter just fizzy water. I also ignored the table of fried foodstuffs apart from one solitary prawn cracker (I'd cooked us a proper dinner beforehand). We did cycle to and from the party which gave a further incentive to keep the alcohol levels down as well as a small handful of extra calories burned (it was only 2 miles each way!).

I have another birthday party today though, more strength needed.

[jogler]

The downward trend continues.It encourages the continued abstinence of biscuits , ice creams & other snack-crap combined with smaller portions at meal times.
I've re-learned that drinking water can combat hunger pains.
I'm also eating more fruit.

[Butterfly]

The downward trend continues.It encourages the continued abstinence of biscuits , ice creams & other snack-crap combined with smaller portions at meal times.
I've re-learned that drinking water can combat hunger pains.
I'm also eating more fruit.

That sounds good jogler! I'm following a similar plan .

[jimbhoy]

Same also applies to me  by giving the biscuits/chocolate and crisps a miss it has helped me continue the small loss per week plan.

[DrMekon]

No booze, choc, or ice cream. Min of 2 litres of water per day and ludicrous quantities of oats is my recipe.

Despite running at a minimum of 1200kcal deficit, I continue to lose .5kg a week. At least my running legs are coming back.

[essexian]

No weight loss for me this week, which given that I lost 7lb in the first two weeks, isn't unexpected really.

Will try harder this week, although with weight loss, you can not starve yourself or things go wrong.

Managed to stay away from the chip shop for 28 days now..... its been hard.

[Wowbagger]

Only 400 grammes this week. As I mentioned last week, this is where it starts to get tough. The easy bit is cutting out the evening snacks. Deciding to stop eating at meal times when I'm still hungry is the bit I really hate.

[RichForrest]

Still sat at 15st here, been around that mark for weeks. Though that is an overall loss of 2.5st since July, more would go if I stopped snacking crap and drinking at the weekends 

[clarion]

Linear progress since new year, pretty much.  No chocolate, or crisps or fried breakfasts.  A few biscuits

But I'm wary of going too far under my target each day in case I blow it by getting fatigued.

[mcshroom]

Well not a good week for me this week, up 400g Spending the whole week off the bike and two days in hotels (and not overcoming the lure of the biscuit tin a couple times)with work didn't help.

Oh well, time to get back onto the plan, and I'm off to buy some better food scales to get my portions sizes back under control. Since my digital ones died a couple weeks back and I stopped measuring things the weight loss has been noticable by its absence, so I think I now know my main problem.

[Auntie Helen]

I'm still finding it relatively easy and have lost 4kg since the beginning of January (haven't weighed myself for a week so here's hoping there's some more lost as well). However, the only reason I am succeeding is that I am, without fail, cycling 20 miles per day to earn myself 700-800 calories, plus walking the dog (good for another 100). I can't exist on just 1660 calories a day, but with the extra that I earn I am managing to finish each day with a reasonable calorie deficit (usually 400-500) which seems to be working. This is a deficit over the amount MyFitnessPal says I should eat to lose 1lb a week, which is I think a 500 calorie deficit over 'remain the same'.

What's been fascinating to me is realising HOW MUCH I was eating during the day in the run-up to Christmas. Not portion sizes particularly (they are still huge - I like my spuds and veg) but biscuits, nuts, other nibbles. I reckon I was taking on board at least 1000 calories per day in nibbles. And having lots of cake.

Thank God for bicycles!

[Feline]

Thank God for bicycles!

Amen!

[Feline]

Well I put on weight this week despite having 1000 uneaten calories on MFP some days. But this is my 'fat week' of the month always so I look forward to seeing it disappear over the next few days.

[jezzasnr]

heading down again this week. Not by much, but that was the plan.
Also have tidied up my double posts in the thread as requested Feline.
Sorry Miss....

[clarion]

Oh bloody hell!  There's a huuuge tube of jaffa cakes in the kitchen! *wibble*

[Feline]

heading down again this week. Not by much, but that was the plan.
Also have tidied up my double posts in the thread as requested Feline.
Sorry Miss....

Didn't mean to tell anyone off, was just concerned the thread would be mahoosive by the end of December!

[simonp]

It's traditional at work to buy donuts / cakes etc on your birthday. My birthday is on Saturday this year and I'm on holiday Friday and Monday.

I might buy 40 donuts. That will teach 'em.

[Jacomus]

I was highly fatigued last week, due to overdoing my calorie deficit, which meant that I only went to the gym once

This week I have been to the gym once and am going again today, though I have been over eating. D'oh! I expect about another week or so of fettling my diet + exercise + sleep regime to get it sorted to something I can sustain.

Something that is really bugging me at the moment is my (unusual) inability to wake up early enough to go the to the gym before work. I blame my body getting used to exercise again, hopefully it will sort itself out asap.