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My top tips for new dad lyfe (having recently been there/still there/ do you ever rly leave?!)
- Stop drinking calories. I pretty much stopped drinking, you sleep better and it's easy calories to give up. 0% beers are pretty good and like 30cals.
- Don't kill yourself trying to get more exercise in. You'll be more tired/frenzied, your partner will potentially be left with the little one more and as long as you're doing consistent exercise then your bmr shouldn't be a problem.
- Diet will be your friend here and consistently being in a calorie deficit.
- I've found having a few go to meals which taste good but are really simple helps and once you know the calories of them its easy.
- Volume food is good - I've mentioned Skyr above but leafy greens and veg are the same. Fill your plate up with these.
- Chicken breast or turkey is obvs low in cals but I find red meat can help with satiaty so I tend to eat a mix of the two + plenty of veggie days.
if you are 88pounds today and want to get down to 82 in the next 90days then you're looking at a deficit of 21000 calories. So work out what you think you're using per day and then what a manageable daily deficit is going to be. And count the calories.
- Stop drinking calories. I pretty much stopped drinking, you sleep better and it's easy calories to give up. 0% beers are pretty good and like 30cals.
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Just thought I'd stick my head out for accountability/support/seeing it written out. Been wanting to shed some timber for a while, currently in the upper 80s (will start an actual morning measurement tomorrow), but would love to lose that extra stone. I think aiming for about 82 is realistic and a decent marker at 189cm tall.
Main problem is, recently become a dad, went through a month of literally not touching the bike and currently only doing my 10km each way commute 2/3 times a week. Hoping to integrate some shorter weekend rides again soon, but definitely feeling as unfit as I've been in years, probably due to sleep deprivation as much as the enforced break.
Will try to cut crap from my diet, perhaps add a cheeky Regents lap on the way to/from work to up the mileage somewhat (already add a Swains or other way up the hill on the way home, maybe extra rep?), but feeling so low and energy and short on time has me wondering what the best way might be in my situation... 🤔