I did this a couple of years back, only thing I used was health tracker cheapie thing, just to more accurately get an idea of calories burnt per day, I then just cut crap out and reduced alcohol intake, we eat pretty healthy so just cutting the junk out was enough, I'm extremely active at work so burning calories ain't a problem, move more eat less, sounds easy.....
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Iam normally 10 stone and over Xmas with all the food and drink and sitting around iam now 11 stone but by the end of January I will be back at 10 stone without any exercise or dieting. It's just the weight I seem to stay at. In fact I've been 10 stone since I was 18 and iam now 59.
When I met you before you didn't look over weight! Have you been eating nothing but pies since?
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When I met you before you didn't look over weight! Have you been eating nothing but pies since?
No but I am well into the obese category on charts have been for years. Although many argue the BMI charts are not a great measure either. I'd like to get down into optimum weight for my height etc.
When I had a couple stone off 3 years back I felt so much better for it. So it's time to get it off again and try to keep it like that for years to come. Which is the hardest bit to be fair.
I've needed to lose a stone for the past couple of years. I was a 32 waist for years, now a 34 is getting tight! Recently saw a photo taken of me 4 years ago and I looked so much leaner, expecially around the head.
I took a selfie last week and I could not believe the double chin I seem to have acquired, and that was with it hidden by my beard!
Got an incentive today, I'll be getting long awaited surgery on my shoulder sometime in the next few months.
Problem is that I got some unhealthy snacks for Xmas pressies, I guess they could be my treats?
I took a selfie last week and I could not believe the double chin I seem to have acquired, and that was with it hidden by my beard!
Got an incentive today, I'll be getting long awaited surgery on my shoulder sometime in the next few months.
Problem is that I got some unhealthy snacks for Xmas pressies, I guess they could be my treats?
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I bet his insides tell a different story, probably have a fatty liver amongst other organs
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I am very slowly losing weight, about 3kg in the past 6 months, and about 2" off my waist.
Currently 112kg (17 st 9 lb) at 6'4", which is still a lot heavier than I was before my first mountaineering accident, and I have never lost the "keep eating like you're an athlete whilst laid up in bed" weight.
I don't have a specific weight goal, but would like to reduce my body fat %.
I'm never going to get back to the shape I was in my mid 20's (8% body fat and a 34" waist paired with a 50" chest, and ¾" taller due to an uncompressed spine).
I think it's realistic to aim to get down to about 13% before it takes too much work to maintain.
That goal is not so terribly far from my current 18% body fat (which is actually not awful, considering my BMI is on the Overweight - Obese border).
Assuming I don't lose or gain any muscle that goal would mean losing another 10kg (1st 8lb), which would take about 18 months.
But if I can get back to regular strength and conditioning exercises this year I can probably meet my goal faster whilst losing less weight, by forcing a fairly significant re-adjustment of my body composition.
I haven't been (and won't be) dieting as such, but don't snack regularly, and tend to eat a single meal a day of 2500-3100 calories... Which means some days I am just above a maintenance level, and others I'm running a fairly significant calorie deficit.
Currently 112kg (17 st 9 lb) at 6'4", which is still a lot heavier than I was before my first mountaineering accident, and I have never lost the "keep eating like you're an athlete whilst laid up in bed" weight.
I don't have a specific weight goal, but would like to reduce my body fat %.
I'm never going to get back to the shape I was in my mid 20's (8% body fat and a 34" waist paired with a 50" chest, and ¾" taller due to an uncompressed spine).
I think it's realistic to aim to get down to about 13% before it takes too much work to maintain.
That goal is not so terribly far from my current 18% body fat (which is actually not awful, considering my BMI is on the Overweight - Obese border).
Assuming I don't lose or gain any muscle that goal would mean losing another 10kg (1st 8lb), which would take about 18 months.
But if I can get back to regular strength and conditioning exercises this year I can probably meet my goal faster whilst losing less weight, by forcing a fairly significant re-adjustment of my body composition.
I haven't been (and won't be) dieting as such, but don't snack regularly, and tend to eat a single meal a day of 2500-3100 calories... Which means some days I am just above a maintenance level, and others I'm running a fairly significant calorie deficit.
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Just weighed myself, I thought I was about 81kg, I'm 80.2kg which isn't far off. BMI is 25.3 and according to the Garmin scales, my body fat is 28.6% but I think the machine is telling porkies! 
To have that amount of body fat I would need serious bingo wings and gut which I haven't got. I'm pretty active averaging over 13k steps a day, and about 500ft of ascent/descent daily. I guess I could have some visceral fat, but again, I don't have a big gut so can't be much. I'll be getting my body fat checked at the end of December by the nutritionist. I know the scales can be way off in terms of fat/muscle/bone mass figures so not too worried about that.
Yesterday, I was well on track calorie wise, until I found the last bit of Christmas chocolate, but that wasn't a massive amount so still on course, just. My drinking buddy neighbour is laid up with a chest infection which should help keep the calories down, I intend to have one evening in the pub per week and no beer/snacks in front of the telly.
Next is exercise, its lethal here frost wise so dog walking is shortened a bit, so I'll be adding some resistance training and a bit of exercise bike later today,
To have that amount of body fat I would need serious bingo wings and gut which I haven't got. I'm pretty active averaging over 13k steps a day, and about 500ft of ascent/descent daily. I guess I could have some visceral fat, but again, I don't have a big gut so can't be much. I'll be getting my body fat checked at the end of December by the nutritionist. I know the scales can be way off in terms of fat/muscle/bone mass figures so not too worried about that.Yesterday, I was well on track calorie wise, until I found the last bit of Christmas chocolate, but that wasn't a massive amount so still on course, just. My drinking buddy neighbour is laid up with a chest infection which should help keep the calories down, I intend to have one evening in the pub per week and no beer/snacks in front of the telly.
Next is exercise, its lethal here frost wise so dog walking is shortened a bit, so I'll be adding some resistance training and a bit of exercise bike later today,
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I had a blood test last year and my cholesterol was way up, mainly due to bacon and sausages. Doctor wanted me on statins but I wanted to change my diet to get it down and we have been eating less meat, more fish and light alternatives when available and it has come down drastically in four months plus I also lost 7kg in weight, now down to 70kg.
Iam not sure how much bacon and sausages affect cholesterol. Mine was 6 after 5 years of cutting out red meat and dairy it is 7. My sisters was 11 and she was told to cut carbs which reduced it to 8.
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Gone full bore into xmas snacking mode, with xmas pud and turkey dinners, etc.
Loads of crisps, snacks, nuts, blah...
Thing is, the weight gain was fairly miniscule most days, but at the end of the period I'd shot well over 100kg, so gained 5kg in a fortnight.
This is with the daily measuring in the morning, so got to thinking, "Ah well, hardly anything and for xmas it's fine, soon get rid of that again."
The bastard thing is, for me 100kg is one of those weight points thats really hard to break back down beneath - must really pull the finger out to get below it.
Loads of crisps, snacks, nuts, blah...
Thing is, the weight gain was fairly miniscule most days, but at the end of the period I'd shot well over 100kg, so gained 5kg in a fortnight.
This is with the daily measuring in the morning, so got to thinking, "Ah well, hardly anything and for xmas it's fine, soon get rid of that again."
The bastard thing is, for me 100kg is one of those weight points thats really hard to break back down beneath - must really pull the finger out to get below it.
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I doubt it, given fatty liver is primarily caused by too much sugar with nowhere for it to go. Keeping a high blood sugar, carb addiction whilst being over weight and not doing excersise would be the way to get FL.
Similarly the best time to have large amounts of alcohol is whilst doing excersise, as it can be burnt off and also makes running a lot more fun - my preffered form of running, it allows me to do longer distances like 21km without getting excessively bored.
Drinking a lot, with or after a meal is the worst thing you can do for liver - blood sugar already high and nowhere for it to go.
Not getting off to good start!
We've eaten up my sisters delicious home made mince pies, even makes her own filling.
Now onto the box of tesco 'extra special' pies, no where as good as home made.
But when these are gone the diet starts! Honestly. I swear.
I have to get myself focused on this too, and I need to get to 85-90 I reckon. I'm 6'3 and built like the proverbial outhouse, and I was at 126kg and went on a no carb diet/lifestyle change for 12 months about 6 years ago for a health circumstances and got down to 85kg but various things happened and Ive slid back up to my current weight of 117, and the health thing will return if I let it slide any longer. My wife and kids all need to loose a few kg too, they wont mind me saying, so we'll do it together, and it'll make my bike faster, power to weight ratio and all that. If you ride, think of the amount of work you'd have to do to make your bike 20kg lighter, and this is free and better for you!
What did get to me was at 85kg, everyone kept asking me if I was really ill or had cancer etc and that I should put on a few kg's and people being sarcastic about my body being a temple when I refused food. No I felt great, just they weren't used to seeing the changed me & that they probably were just being a bit bitter because they needed to do the same or thought that some kind of horrible reverse psychology would work, or were just horrible people inside. I need to treat the worst of those comments with the ignorance they deserve and stop using that as a partial excuse to revert to old ways this time.
Also in this day and age, and I write this as someone obese, but being significantly overweight is a mental thing. People struggling with their weight know enough about calories and nutrition and carbs and intake vs expenditure because we've been living it for years but last time I tried the paul mckenna weight loss hypnosis audios that came with his books, and I felt they did something for a few months. Maybe it was just me taking the step of listening to them at night that kicked off my brain to have a good look at myself and a reckoning and helped me prepare my mental focus better to stick to it, IDK I'm really not big on alternative therapy or things like that, but it did help me face the reality.
And that, right there is now what I have to do, face the reality of what I'm trying to re-achieve, why and for who, remind myself daily of the benefits to keep myself locked in.
We'll see how this thread goes in a few months
What did get to me was at 85kg, everyone kept asking me if I was really ill or had cancer etc and that I should put on a few kg's and people being sarcastic about my body being a temple when I refused food. No I felt great, just they weren't used to seeing the changed me & that they probably were just being a bit bitter because they needed to do the same or thought that some kind of horrible reverse psychology would work, or were just horrible people inside. I need to treat the worst of those comments with the ignorance they deserve and stop using that as a partial excuse to revert to old ways this time.
Also in this day and age, and I write this as someone obese, but being significantly overweight is a mental thing. People struggling with their weight know enough about calories and nutrition and carbs and intake vs expenditure because we've been living it for years but last time I tried the paul mckenna weight loss hypnosis audios that came with his books, and I felt they did something for a few months. Maybe it was just me taking the step of listening to them at night that kicked off my brain to have a good look at myself and a reckoning and helped me prepare my mental focus better to stick to it, IDK I'm really not big on alternative therapy or things like that, but it did help me face the reality.
And that, right there is now what I have to do, face the reality of what I'm trying to re-achieve, why and for who, remind myself daily of the benefits to keep myself locked in.
We'll see how this thread goes in a few months
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