Weight / Fat loss

Try reverse dieting perhaps? Slowly bring calories up to find your new maintenance. Relax a bit and then try to cut again.

Unless Hippy is right and you miscount and your real deficit is lower, but even so, the bodybuilding crowd advices against dieting for more than 12 weeks. So if you are dieting and it's off a bit, it's still dieting.

Hippy is right

#hippyisalwaysright

I'm back on FTP build last 2 weeks so doing climbing repeats and O/U intervals with a couple of longer steady state/ endurance rides.

Moar beer?

What do you think about diet breaks? I honestly can't diet for too long, the general lifting people consensus is that it's counterproductive.

Maybe you can diet for very long though with no ill effects.

I don't diet properly or long enough to need breaks :)

I only diet in between meals.

I haven't got time to diet in between meals, I'm too busy snacking.

Haha yeah I guess, reading your weekend stories :)

Ha! What weight do you reckon you'll be at for TCR?

Assuming I ramp my volume up again after beating 50 for the 25mi I should be 85-90kg.
Let's go with 88.8kg. Anything lighter would be a bonus but unlikely given my rockstarlyf

To recap on weight loss. I have not had time to research the point about building a bank of calories up following exercise. I still have doubts about it as a long term solution.

If you work out your intake and your output (exercise) if weight goes up or remains the same - drop intake and vice versa.

My high level of activity last week combined with a reduction of intake dropped my weight by 6lbs (over 8 days). I will continue with my activity but may increase intake slightly to prevent further weight loss.

Weights and squash (footie for 1 hour too) worked wonders. I also did a bit of walking - averaging around 15,000 steps per day. The walking was brisk and not a dander.

I’m keeping at the weights for the foreseeable future so if muscle builds, weight may go up. I’m thinking about taking measurements - waist, thighs etc. To see if there are noticeable differences.

Has anyone done this? Pointers would be helpful. (Ms Westland??) Where exactly do you measure etc.
Also, is it worthwhile using calipers to measure body fat?

Thanks all.

I'd definitely use calipers to measure fat, as muscle weight is fine. Otherwise you may freak out when your weight goes up while it could be gainz.

A lot of lifters use carb cycling, so you eat more and more carbs on day of high intensity exercise. On walking days you don't have to.

I'll use this going forward, my carb storage and use is so-so, so I'll eat extra carbs after training and before, and eat less on "arse on seat" days.

Re measurements not sure, I guess arms / quads etc no doubt bodybuilding sites have tips :)

And congrats on the loss! :)

Ready for Whitehead beach then! 😂 Suns out, guns out.

Thanks for the tips. I’ll try the calipers out. Might get a shock with my skinny fatness though.

I might be mad, but not Whitehead beach mad!!!!😀

1/1 - 78.5kg
31/1 - 79kg
7/2 - 79kg
14/2 - 77.7kg
21/2 - 77.4kg
28/2 - 74.8kg

I am severely dehydrated and havent eaten since saturday, shitting out every attempt at food or water since then. Really helping the goal tho.

Gone up in weight and gone up in BF. Clearly something wrong.
Really fucking pissed off.
Also my Tacx and Zwift have fallen out so missed intervals this morning.
Bi weekly weigh ins:
72.1-70.2-71 kg
BF:
13.6-13.2-14!!!!! FUCK

(Have never gained weight whilst trying to lose it).
New plan. Daily weights. Daily photos. Expect some embarrassing shots come May 27th.

Before you panic, what are you using to measure bodyfat?

Scales that fluctuate a lot (more water/carbs in system = less bodyfat on scale)
And even the calipers can vary by a millimeter or so (holding on to water)

Embarassing shots always welcome ;)

Food poisoning or a bug? Rest up and keep hydrating

Dont panic, Is it not possible to do a turbo session without Zwift?

Of course it is.

I get those variations from morning to night. Relax, fatso.

I thought food poisoning but im tempted to say both... i never ever get ill and i think i ate something dodgy at a hipster food market on saturday that lowered my immune system and then i just generally got ill

In reference to body measurements, I stumbled across a chart I started a couple of years ago... Back then I was a regular cyclist 85.2KG 22% BF, now I’m a regular runner 81.5KG 18.3%BF. Lost 4cm on shoulders, 1cm on both biceps, 2cm on hips, 4.5cm on thighs, 2 cm on ‘knee’ (just above). Have gained 2cm on calves and nearly 1cm on ankle (probably inflamed tendons!). Conclusion: do some weights, getting weedy.
Pleased with the fat loss though, I was 91.4kg in June 2017 just before I started running and other than a bit less booze and bread (not pizza) I’ve made very little life style changes.

That is helpful as I was wondering where to actually measure to monitor my progress.

Thanks

Last 3 days have been at or lower than the previous days measurements, so finally a smidgen of progress.