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stop saying cucke
but yeah, me too.
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Made some banging pork meatballs last night. Pork mince, garlic, chilli, corriander seed, cinnamon, lemon zest, chopped pistachios and dried apricot. I added breadcrumbs, which you could easily leave out I think. Baked in the oven in a little olive oil for 25 mins and served with chopped salad and yogurt dressing. Jazz cooking at its best.
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My lo carb regime such as it is has kinda settled in now with typical day being:
Breakfast - usually just black coffee (or three) and sometimes a small fruit juice. Once or twice a week if i'm absolutely starving i'll have greek yoghurt with fruit and some seeds.
Lunch go-to's are:
Eggs of some description. Plain or cheese omlettete, some chorizo with a fried egg, turkish eggs (poached eggs on garlicky yoghurt with chilli brown butter).Or i'll have a simple salad. Really into pear and blue-cheese at the moment. Or make an old fashioned ploughmans-style plate with some leaves, few bits of cheese, some cold meat, apple, celery, tomato, pickles and mustard. Smoked fish is good. I love tinned fish but haven't found anything to replace the toast with sardines yet. Soup is another good one. Mmmm. Soup. If i'm in London I'll grab a couple of those little snack pot things from M&S. Chicken with chilli peanut sauce and the crushed pea and chilli prawn ones are good. Expensive habit tho. If i'm desperate for a snack i'll have some dried fruit or a few nuts. I drink water and black coffee.
Evenings are usually some combination of protein and veg. I'll complile a list to some of my faves later but lots of roast veg, grilled meat, salads and one-pot or roasting tray things. Lettuce hand wraps are good thing too. Lots of spice and citrus and chilli. Big flavours are your friends. Fish tacos with homemade picked onions, and charred corn but with lettuce instead of the tortillas is on regular rotation.
I'm a sunday roast fiend so usually let myself have a couple of roasties with that. I'm only human.
No booze at home till at least Thursday and just generally stay away from wine and the pints. I do still partake in the brew, but I try to stick to one or two evenings a week. When i do go out I stick to two or three halves (or better still a couple of punchy Belgians).
I drink way less than I used to but do still like a tipple so have got into the habit of having nice gin with diet tonic, sipping tequilla or mezcal or some half decent scotch and bourbon in, so i can have a variety of things to reach down if the mood for a nip strikes.
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So damage from having December off is ~4kg, not surprised as that’s probably 2kg from low carb to all the carb and 2kg in many many Christmas parties and basically no exercise in the weeks of Christmas and new year…
Feel like I’m back in the groove again already which is great, exercise and food all ticking away….
Have also finally ordered the new treadmill I’ve been thinking about since August, when I confirmed my old one was buggered.. debating some upgrades to the home gym as well, but the relative cost vs joining the local pure gym membership I could take out is off putting…
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As per the previous thread, after 4+ years of minimal exercise, I was 110kg around August 2024. Changed nothing apart from buying another road bike and endeavoured to get out on that as much as possible. Pictured is me at about 105/106kg in mid-November after my second Box Hill ride in as many weeks. Starting 2025 at 103kg (6'2"), current goal is 95kg but in reality I'd settle on being able to buy cycling kit that only has one X on the label. Lightest adult weight was 84kg when I got married, but folks just thought I was ill.
Plan is to just ride as much as I can, helped out in these months by picking up a used turbo trainer off ebay and being able to go for an hour in the shed either during gaps in the working day or when mini_com has gone to bed. I haven't really curtailed the booze much but another thing is that I got Invisalign fitted in November, which makes eating a bit of a production (brush teeth and clean aligners every time you eat). So snacking has pretty much disappeared or is at least mindful by necessity and I can't be arsed at lunch time so have been making protein shakes (2 bananas, low-carb protein power, pint of milk and either oats or muesli in the blender). I don't eat breakfast 90% of days either.
2025 start - 103kg
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Weighing oats is always so depressing- that is 30g 🥹
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Mind you blast it for 5mins in the microwave with some water and frozen blueberries and it get some volume but still y so smol?!
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Beadle’s hand.
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How would I fit 400g of skyr, berries annd protein powder into a small bowl?!?
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2024 was probably the best year I’ve had for consistency with my weight. Managed to stay active and never went too bonkers with my diet - got as low as 77kg and was the leanest I’d ever been at one stage. And then happily maintained around 80-81kg. A few injuries popped up in November and I’ve had a little slide and I porked up to 84kg. The tummy has come back, and activity has dropped off so I’m keen to get it sorted. Being back at work has got the good habits going again - fasting until 12, and hopefully doing better with healthier dinners. I’ve also got a place on the Fred Whitton Challenge for May, so I’ll need to start cycling to work once the weather isn’t -5 degrees, and doing weekend miles. And considering all the climbing on the route, getting the pounds off seems like a good idea!
Just need to take a “before” photo now (which never feels good).
Goal weight, sub 80kg?
4/1/25 - 84kg
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I make a very similar thing but with black vinegar rather than mirin and with some gochugaru flakes, roasted sesame seeds and some chili oil. Very tasty, goes great with stir fries etc to add some flavour without adding too many calories.