Weight loss accountability/support 2022 edition

Crisps were my downfall this week them and biscuits....so many biscuits

I’m going low-carb/carb-free for a few days to try and reset.

I feel like I’m genetically 70% pastry today. That was the other main thing I ate. My mum makes pork pie with loads of lard in the crust and I really really intended to leave it but gobbled it all up. Had about four slices too. Ahhhh well.

My mum makes pork pie with loads of lard in the crust

This sounds excellent. Worth it!

Slowing down. Hopefully not stopping anytime soon

Makes a pleasing curve on the weight graph anyway :-)

10/01 - 115.3kg
17/01 - 113.3kg
24/01 - 112.6kg
31/01 - 112.7kg
07/02 - 111.9kg
14/02 - 112.2kg
21/02 - 111.9kg
28/02 - 112.5kg
07/03 - 112kg

Intermission

09/05 - 114kg
16/05 - 111.2kg
23/05 - 109.5kg
30/05 - 108.9kg
06/06 - 108.6kg

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A bit disappointed with progress this week, I struggled a bit mentally earlier on in the week but was in a good place by the weekend but some late meals and picking at the kids leftovers after disappointing portions of food I could eat at restaurants seems to had quite a big impact…

Weight 88.5kg to 72.7kg to 72.2kg
Waist 93cm to 76cm to 75cm
Body fat 27.8% to 18.3% to 19%

Big week this week with an 24 relay run thing on Saturday/sunday, aiming for 40ish miles, will relax and eat what I fancy and then next week London marathon training starts in earnest!

Very close to getting to 70kg for me now, close to 68 goal weight.
However, had a big night out on Saturday, drank loads, ate large pizza yesterday, and tested positive for Covid last night, so not exactly ideal for progress.

Went for a bike ride on Saturday, felt ok, other than lung irritation from pollen. Felt fine yesterday morning, barely a hangover. Started thinking something was wrong when I was painting the garden fence and I was shivering in the 22 degree sun.

Aiming to eat healthy and high protein at maintenance calories this week, try and fuel recovery as best I can.

Cheat day on Saturday, involving beer and pastry. Thankfully still heading in the right direction though

10/01 - 115.3kg
17/01 - 113.3kg
24/01 - 112.6kg
31/01 - 112.7kg
07/02 - 111.9kg
14/02 - 112.2kg
21/02 - 111.9kg
28/02 - 112.5kg
07/03 - 112kg

Intermission

09/05 - 114kg
16/05 - 111.2kg
23/05 - 109.5kg
30/05 - 108.9kg
06/06 - 108.6kg
13/06 - 108.1kg

Come to the conclusion that Mondays weigh in was a dodgy reading/blip as down at 71kg this morning, 3kg to go to target which seems unbelievable to be 17.5kg down!

Beginning to up calories closer to a maintenance level now but plan to stay low carb, apart from actual racing as it seems to work well for me.

Got down briefly to 68.5kg
Stabilised at 70kg on the nose for the past week
6 months to lose 3kg…not amazing, but getting the last few kg off is always hard.
I’m a healthy weight…do I wanna be hungry all the time just to go lower?

After a huge amount of indiscipline over the last few months (which tbh has just seen me mostly maintaining my weight at about 75kg so that’s not too bad) have found a bit of extra focus by doing some strength training. Chucked the chin up bar up on the door to the spare room, throwing in a few daily reps of pull ups and whatever you call it when you effectively do a sit up whilst doing a pull up. Seems to make a difference to my mentality when I’m opening the fridge and considering my options.

Also decided to finally take some advice from this thread and up the protein intake during the day, dropping some carbs and replacing with eggs.

Mostly I’m looking to lose weight in the week and take a relaxed approach at the weekends, so reckon the next few kg of loss will be slow, but aiming to go quick has not worked out so going to try a different approach.

On protein - have been making shakes using protein powder from the organic whey company, which is actually surprisingly tasty but unsustainably expensive. Any recommendations for a decent but cheaper powder?

My protein

After 9 months of continuous working from home, sitting at a desk for 10 hours a day, rewarding myself with pizza, beer, and bottles of wine my weight ballooned to 103kg and I’ve ridden my bike just once this year.
I’m just finishing a contract and was planning several very active months of gardening, house renovation, kayaking, cycling and other good things when my body had other ideas and I had a stroke. At the age of 49, a few weeks before my 50th birthday.

This has made weight loss that much more urgent if I am to avoid another, and I’ll also need to make major dietary adjustments, and massively reduce my booze consumption to lower my risk factor.
Proper exercise is out for a while but I wonder if all the work I’ll be doing just to regain full use of my left side will burn enough calories to count?
Anyway let’s start:
19/06/22: 103kg

Holy shit, that’s a dramatic way to kick start a diet… Hope you’re generally ok?

Because of your recovery, I’d suggest keeping what you eat as simple as possible. Chose a small selection of breakfasts, lunch and dinner options and repeat them to the point of boredom.
No huge calorie deficit to stress your body while you recover.

And probably cut out the beer and wine (though cutting that, fatty foods and red meat might have been medically advised?)

New to the thread (well I've been lurking). I'm 80kg and am at my best 75kg. I drink too much and eat what I want/skip meals etc. So I wish to reset my brain and body as only have 3.5 years till the big 50 and @bq 's post just scared me (I hope you are on the mend and you are able to get fit quickly). It's probably been mentioned, but 34 pages to look through is a bit daunting - is there a decent/preferred app that people use to input info/help motivate? Thanks.

Nowhere is really cheap any more, but myprotein is fine.

5 days of diet and 2 days relaxed can work well, especially if you load a workout or two at the weekend (long bike ride, weight session etc)

I have a doorframe chin-up bar on my home office door on the ground floor. I do some reps every time I think about it, and hang off the bar to stretch my back to offset the sitting down.
I’ve been doing that consistently since January, and I just hit 25 L-sit chin-ups in one set.

Thanks. I should be alright in the end. I’m not completely paralysed but I have ataxia, especially in my arm, which is now slow, heavy, unresponsive and wildly inaccurate.
I’m dyspraxic anyway so I know I can reprogram my brain through repetitive physical activity. I’ve done it before.

I don’t want to go teetotal because I love wine but I was drinking a bottle a day, maybe two, and often having a beer or two during the day. I’ve got plenty of scope for reducing my intake to a small, sane and healthy level. That’s what will undoubtedly make the biggest single difference to my weight.

Myprotein appears to be roughly half the price of the organic whey stuff, so I’ll take that, cheers

@bq grim stuff, hope you are on the mend soon. Easy to lose weight with changes to diet alone, so would concentrate on that and let the exercise come when it can.

@bq that was a scary read, get well eh.

Glass or two of wine in an evening is a pleasure.
Might be of help, though you might have them already, is vacuum wine stoppers?
Keeps the wine in good condition over multiple days.

is there a decent/preferred app that people use to input info/help motivate?

Nutracheck

Thank you, I'll check it out.

Take it easy, but don’t if you know what I mean. My uncle had a stroke two months ago, he’s pretty much back to normal now with physio and now gym.
It’s doable and you can do it.

10/01 - 115.3kg
17/01 - 113.3kg
24/01 - 112.6kg
31/01 - 112.7kg
07/02 - 111.9kg
14/02 - 112.2kg
21/02 - 111.9kg
28/02 - 112.5kg
07/03 - 112kg

Intermission

09/05 - 114kg
16/05 - 111.2kg
23/05 - 109.5kg
30/05 - 108.9kg
06/06 - 108.6kg
13/06 - 108.1kg
20/06 - 107.4kg

After a weekend running 72km of fairly hilly trails and eating all the carbs as well as a few beers last night I feel mentally refreshed but my weight has been a little negatively affected! Back on it today, ready to push on to 68 target!

Weight 72.2kg to 74.4kg
Waist 75cm to 75cm
Body fat 19% to 19.2%

Not worried by any of that data as at least 2kg of the gain is just water from having fully stocked glycogen stores as well as damaged muscles.

Half way point in the year - I've stayed around 77-79kg for the last 4m. The last month I've stopped drinking and think this has made quite a difference. It's helped with my running and in general got me into a routine which lockdowns/baby had messed up. I think 77kg is about right but hoping to continue to trade muscle for fat. I'm not sure I'll have a six pack for holiday but I'll be happy enough.