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Can anyone help me out here...
I just can't shift any weight.
I have been trying for a year or so to get rid of some of my gut with limited success, but yesterday I saw a picture of me seven years ago with my shirt off and was thoroughly ashamed.
So 30yr old male, 5ft 9", 80kg, carrying it all round the middle.
My routine is thus;
Cycle the 12miles to work at pace from Greenwich to Hampstead (85GSI up and over the Heath = hard graft)
Eat breakfast at my desk - usually banana, apple, orange and a pint of water.
Black coffee 1 sugar
Lunch is usually a sandwich from the local sandwich shop (eg: ham salad no butter no mayo)
Cycle 12 miles home.
Dinner is always made from scratch - no packets,ready meals etc.
Usually a risotto, pasta, lentil kind of thing. Sometimes with meat sometimes with fish often just veggie.
I know I eat well, getting enough fruit and veg etc, and I should the commute should be helping me shed some but I feel that my eating routine is not the best for shedding some pounds.
That said - cycling is now the only exercise I do apart from the odd weights set at home when I feel inclined (about once a month!)
I do drink. Probably have three pints 2 or 3 times a week and a blow out on the weekend. I know this is bad.
I need to shake things up, but am struggling to.
Any advice or opinions from you guys would be appreciated.