Weight loss accountability/support 2024 edition

Haha. While I categorically think that low carbing is a cheat code for weightloss, I’m a lot more conscious about trying to avoid low quality and processed foods now.

I just have a coffee, cheap berocca in a pint of water, my supplements, and then another pint of water before I leave the house around 615am, couple of coffees at 7am and 9am. Lunch at 12: whatever main course is at the canteen (curry and rice, meat and veg etc), then dinner at 530pm. I try not to eat after that, with the exception of a protein bar or two if I go climbing or running after dinner.
We have a breakfast bought for us on Fridays so I tend to just keep it veggie - beans, tomatoes, eggs, mushrooms, toast. Feels like a massive treat tbh, and you don’t feel grim after having super cheap breakfast meat.

Weekends are more laid back, maybe a beer or two, but generally still happy to not eat until lunchtime.

So training for the week is:
Monday: climb + weights + treadmill
Wednesday: climb + circuits (chin-ups, sit ups, dips, press-ups, and very low weight shoulder stuff like lateral raises to keep my shoulders happy)
Thursday: 5km with warm up and warm down.
And then try and get a run and a climb between Friday and Sunday (happy enough with a climbing wall session and some treadmill).

Adding 20-40 mins of cardio or circuits after climbing has definitely added some much needed calorie expenditure.

I’m going to try and get a quick climb today, and have a fell race on Sunday, which seems like a pretty decent bit of exercise for the week, paired with a minimal enough diet. Fortunately my working day isn’t too taxing, so getting through the hunger to lunch time is manageable. If I’m starving I’ll snack in the afternoon on some nuts. Calorific as they are, they’re at least very nutrient dense.

/csb