Weight / Fat loss

Cheers man, I've been trying with portion control as well, problem is I'm in catered halls so it's a little ropey for the moment, hoping to lose more over the summer when I'm cooking for myself.

Who knew that not drinking loads of beer would help me lose a bit of my beer belly?

Who knew that [being in a calorie deficit] would help me lose a bit of my beer belly?

Amazeballs.

74.8 after regionals, 78.3 before going to bed (yes I ate and drank everything), 76.8 this morning. Amazed how much swing, dehydration, refuelling and sleep can cause.

Worried about eating increased levels of saturated fats, will probably
check cholesterol levels next month, but think it involves a blood
test and I don't do needles.

"Cholesterol" Levels don't work like that.

So relax.

http://www.popsci.com/make-your-smartplate-count-calories-you

Thats just depressing. Carrying around the same plate all the time.

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I eat most of my meals in the same two places - work or home.

Time for new scales, if you haven't pissed or shat the bed in the night you really shouldn't see a difference in the morning. My Salter ones are on the blink, when I first step on they read 85.5kg, step off step on, they read 84.1kg. Obvs I step off step on again in hope I break 80.

I'm thinking of getting a Tanita model with BF% capabilities, quite a choice though!

Sweating = weightloss

He also doesn't say 'immediately on waking' - it might've been after a morning piss/dump.

Hmmm, I thought I'd read a study saying that was a common misconception but Google says it's trufax so I must have dreamt it. Odd.

Anyone else read Racing Weight? Currently half way through and I'm a believer, especially the chapter on managing appetite. The Diet Quality Score system isn't as precise as a calorie counter but is less faffy. The recipie book has some nice ideas, 2kg down in two weeks without feeling drowsy or hungry, they extol the virtues of carbohydrates if you're going to use them!

Played Ingress at lunch today, viva la resistance!

Stopped playing ingress after 1 day as it turned me into one of those idiots that walks around looking at their phone, which I hate.

So far have walked 16 miles this week.

New scales arrived from Wiggle, where's me Haribo?!? You calling me fat, eh EH?!?

Good. Resistance sucks, Enlightened rule!

Out of interest, anyone on here on a Ketogenic diet, or ever tried it?

Several things have got my interest recently. A few talks I've watched online, and then today hearing Billy Rice is doing Tour Divide, twice, on a carb free diet (I'm assuming high fat, adequate protein) He's riding North Bound right now, on his own, then turning around on a tandem with his daughter and riding back south. That's 5400 miles and > 400,000 feet of climbing. He claimed in a call-in from New mexico today to have done 100 miles without extra food, and to be feeling great!

I am on a ketogenic diet and it is brilliant lost 2 and half stone in 3 months fitter than when in my early 20s I am 45 now lost all problems with joint and back ache . It is possible to go for longer periods of time without food . Also I enjoy seeing the look on people's faces when I tell them what I eat and that I have a 30 inch waist pre diet 36 inch.

They improve fat metabolism at the expense of carbohydrate metabolism and according to most studies I've read, basically, you go slower. Not sure if much has been studied in ultra terms though so there might be benefits but it's a pretty extreme option.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/training/cyclical-ketogenic-diets-and-endurance-performance-qa.html/

Yeah, it seems to benefit ultra type athletes, not power/speed freaks.

Ha. I might have a go at a keto adaption after I'm back from Tour Divide, and I really like eating fat, so it shouldn't be too hard!

Haven't tested it scientiffically bu have not noticed a reduction in speed also feel physically much stronger . Combine diet short high intensity exercise for even better results .There is a book available in called Eat Bacon don't jog which covers both diet and exercise. The diet does not feel particularly extreme but initially for about a week or so took a while to get out of the habit of eating carbs . Completely altered the way I view nutrition and exercise . I appreciate I probably sound as though i am trying to sell something here but this way of eating has changed my life and I feel passionately that it could help others.

Popped up on my timeline.

A friend keeps mentioning that blood volume increases, generally at the end of a bklock of training, can effect your weight? Any truth in that? I'd of thought maybe grams, rather than 100s of, or even KGs?

Blood volume does increase due to training. It would make sense that this would see a small amount of weight increase as you've got a bit more fluid in your system. How much though, I don't know.

"Blood is a significant mass within the body, with an average volume for an adult of 51. liters (1); blood typically represents approximately 8% of body mass. For an elite-level endurance athlete, the blood volume may be 30% greater than that of the average adult."
http://www.faqs.org/sports-science/Ba-Ca/Blood-Volume.html

This morning I grabbed a pair of trousers and put them on. They fitted round my waist but not my thighs - not something I have felt in a while. They are one size smaller than what I have been wearing for a while, a receipt in the pocket indicates they were last worn in 2013.