Weight / Fat loss

FYI: My ratio is:

very fucking wasted : hippy

Don't pretend you're not already on there.

Yesterday was final day of maffetone 2 week test so can slowly re-introduce carbs into my diet but now need to switch to calorie counting as well as 2-week test is an eat til you're full type dealio. No movements on the scales this morning but that was probably due to no movements in the bathroom either (i'm saying i didn't have a poo first).

Weight Loss:
31/01: 125KG (29.8% BF) //Starting Weight
08/02: 120.07KG (28% BF)
13/02: 120.06KG (29.9% BF)

Hoping to be well under 120KG by next monday.

I own a tape measure, could do this.

Of course, anyone can, That's the beauty of it. Well, except me because obviously there's no string that long... #hippyisfat

One week of dieting: 67 down from 68.5
One card refeed: Back to 68.5 even though I lost inches.

Edit both in morning before brekkie after a nr. 3

Weight with no pics or tape measure is pretty irrelevant. Unless you have to make a weight class but even then you want to lose lard not muscle :)

If you didn't expect to gain a bit on a carb feed, watch this video...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155090248814295&id=505504294

leave Norfolk!

#dragons

Oh I totally did...Just an example to show weight is only one metric. And a refeed probably screws tanita fat measurements too.

Carb refeeds after full depletion are A Thing. I don't think I'm fully depleted but not yet at the fat loss is huge torture stage yet :)

Right, am starting with the oversharing as I think I need a public log to force me to actually do this.

I weighed in a range of 75-80kgs back in 2008 when I was in pretty good shape, before a bunch of stupid injuries took me off the bike but didn't stop me eating.

I was about 110kg after my knee ops a few years back. I managed to get down to 90-95kg within about 9 months but have mostly plateaued there ever since. Managed to get down to about 85kg in late 2015, but some personal stuff went off the rails just before that Christmas, so I put it all back on and more in a couple of months of self-indulgent bingeing. Which was of course a really smart move.

I'm aiming to get back to my 75-80kg range by the end of the summer. I doubt I'll make it before LEL, but equally I wouldn't mind lugging 15kg less weight to Edinburgh and back.

Plus I've promised myself that I'm not allowed to spend money buying the shiny new bike I've been lusting after that's maybe 2kg lighter than my current steed when I can shed far more weight by eating better and riding more.

Anyway, today's 91.2kg.

Where are you?

Good luck :)

So you eat when you are stressed? Then put it back on?

London, mostly, unless I'm doing a performing monkey routine somewhere in Europe's industrial heartlands.

I wasn't sure if your carb fest weight bounce was expected or not. But I'd figured you wouldn't be too disheartened as you also mentioned having lost inches on the tape measure.

Question is, unless your cutting for a comp, why are you going very low carb that you need to re-feed from.

Motivated by my scales simply screaming until I got off them again I went to the gym after work tonight, outside of that though I also quite like running at lunch and laps of Regents (when it's a bit warmer for that one due to Reynauds-feet-of-doom though). So if you fancied running at lunch, and a) your knee can take it and b) you're somewhat close to the OXO tower, let me know.

Eat badly and drink too much - I think a lot of the calories are probably from beer. I'm less likely to cook something healthy when I'm stressed, also, which means I end up eating too much bread and cheese and cured meat.

Thanks, appreciate it. Working back up to running - been doing some treadmill stuff - so if I think my knee's ready for some tarmac, I'll give you a shout.

Hmmm alcomohol :)

Yeah that's very common. Do you have a big fridge? I've a couple of staple ingredients and recipes that are microwave and freeze ready.

The trick with all this is to make it easy ^_^

Best post in this thread in a long while!

I'm not going very low carb, but I am in a calorie deficit. Which means carb stores are low as well.

So a refeed day is probably beneficial (until I need to be super strict) to keep my metabolism humming/keep hunger at bay.

But a junk food refeed may hurt my goals, so rice and sushi and 350 grams of carbs up from 150 it was :)

I'm aiming to get back to my 75-80kg range by the end of the summer. I doubt I'll make it before LEL, but equally I wouldn't mind lugging 15kg less weight to Edinburgh and back.
0.5kg per week is realistic if you make sure your eating less than your body is burning. With 22 weeks before LEL you could be at your goal weight by then 😀

Although you would need to be quite strict counting your calories and realise that you need to reduce the calories further as you get lighter (why you plateaud).

It's a bit of a ball ache at first, but download the my fitness pal app and log everything. After a couple of days it gets a bit easier as you get quick add options from your recent foods. Keep an eye on your calories and the macros (protein/carbs/fat) where the calories come from and focus on a balanced percentage.

Giving up beer would be a great start as beer makes up a load of calories without any use, except for getting pished and skint. It can quickly undo days worth of progress... especially if you add on an extra kebab supper.

You don't need to give up anything else so long as your calories and macros work against your bodies daily usage. You'll smash it and deserve your new bike 😀

I went down to 75kg quite rapidly by logging everything that I was eating and aiming for a sustained (and quite sharp) calorie deficit. It was far from fun, however.

Last year training for a marathon at a very aggressive pace also dropped a lot of weight, but all wobble and I was eating like a horse. Much more fun.

A calorie deficit is needed for fat loss, but too much of a deficit for a sustained period will mess with your metabolism. Plateau then bounce being the usual problems with an unsustainable diet.

Any re-feed, be it sushi and extra rice or a kebab could hurt your goals as you've just undone some of your unsustainable progress.

Having slightly less deficit consistently, would stop you feeling like your running on empty and in need of a cheat. More consistent loss and less emotional turmoil.

Have a look at the link earlier and watch the other videos on Richies page

Creating a calorie deficit by exercising more is always best :)

Ultra running 😀
Eat everything!

Except when you've got a cold and don't run for five days... +2.5kg average and back to counting cals for a bit 😣