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@TotalShanner
Good reading in here. Seems a lot of us are similar weight and size looking to loose similar amount.
I’ve just turned 36, 1.89m and right now I’m 95kg which is about the heaviest I’ve been. I’ve hit 95 before but don’t think I’ve been over.
When I was proper fit I was 80 to 83kg just before pandemic started.
10 years ago I was 75kg but had no kids then and was very active in terms on miles per week.
I started squatting and doing Olympic lifts about 5 years ago and my body shape has changed a bit since then.
I’m Glaswegian and formerly drank more fizzy juice than a mother fucker. An embarrassing amount. I also love snacking on shite like crisps and biscuits. But for the first time in my life I went cold turkey with fizzy juice and crisps last week. It’s been 7 days with none at all.
It’s strange but the first few days I felt like a right grumpy cunt. I think my body was craving the sugar.
Tap water and sparkling water from here on out.
I’m not going to dramatically change what I eat for dinner much. I just love good food too much and enjoy cooking at home.
Before the pandemic I managed to maintain a healthy weight while feeling quite fit and strong without cutting too much from my diet, so I’m hopeful I can get back to that place.
I don’t think I’ll ever be under 80kg again but aiming for around 83kg this year. Longer term goal is to get back into squatting more and try for 1.5 times body weight. Baby steps first though.