Weight / Fat loss

My uber high protein diet, has seen me gain a decent amount of weight. :)

It has also made me stink, I feel like a smoker, taking every opertunity to pop outside for a quick blow. :(

Make a pair of underpants out of some activated charcoal?

Not a bad idea. I have some CSC (coconut shell charcoal) in the lab somewhere. I could even desorbe the resulting contents in carbon disulphide, and run it through the gas chromatograph. These results could then be reviewed paralell to my food diary.....

.....or I could just eat less protein and fibre.

or get a dog and blame it on him.

My uber high protein diet, has seen me gain a decent amount of weight. :)

It has also made me stink, I feel like a smoker, taking every opertunity to pop outside for a quick blow. :(

I've just upped my protein intake and am noticing a similar side effect, girlfriend is not impressed with my SBD releases. On a side note I've just started using a Pre-workout energy mix that is not suitable for dry tested athletes, I'm finding it very good for getting a bit of extra pep to work properly at the gym in between rugby training and rides.

Any recommendations for a gym in the bloomsbury area? I used to be at the University of London Union place, and have dropped into the UCL gym as well and was wondering if there were any other options. Preferably with a power rack.

76.3kg/10%

This DIY lark seems to be good for losing tub.

Meh, three days on- 76.3/10%

Going nowhere!

1.3kg to go, time for a run.

Does anyone use runkeeper.com to trasck their progress?

If so, feel free to add me to your street team:

http://runkeeper.com/user/JacquesPistard

I started off six weeks ago at 12st and I'm down to 11st 3.5lbs so far. Hoping to get under 11st by the end of July so I'm well on track.

Following my big 3-0 last weekend I've now resolved to get back onto my healthy eating regime properly and get to the goal weight I set myself last year (12st 7lbs / 175lbs / 79kg).

A quick weigh in this morning puts me at 15st 3.5lbs / 213lbs / 97kg. :(

So the plan is to knock the drinking on the head, start running again (even if it's only 5k twice a week for the moment) and eat a strict calorie/fat controlled diet.

The issue I have is now I cycle everywhere it's not quite as 'safe' to just ignore being hungry and get on with it so I want to 'top up' my base diet to compensate for my commute etc.

here's an example of my typical commute

[ame]http://connect.garmin.com/activity/83643133[/ame]

obviously I didn't burn 800 odd calories in a single 6 mile ride in rush hour traffic so my question is what metric should I use to determine how much more food I should be taking on board to keep me from dipping below a safe calorific deficit without undoing my hard work watching what I eat by cancelling out the 'dieting' I've been doing by overcompensating?

I shouldn't think 5.78 miles is enough to worry about bonking if that's what you mean?

not really, more that if i'm already putting myself right at the low-end of calorie intake for me to lose weight 'healthily' then the additional exercise is in danger of pushing me into the crash-diet area in terms of calorific deficit which is unhealthy and will probably lead to the weight coming straight back again when I ease off the diet.

put simply when I was just dieting last year I would eat 1800 calories a day. because I didn't really exercise I knew that it was safe for me to do that.

now I cycle say I burn 250 calories each way cycling to work I end up with a net intake of 1300 which is much too low for a healthy adult male to be eating.

but on the other end if i were to take garmin at their word (which I wouldn't) and eat an additional 1400 calories a day to 'balance' out my 12 miles of commuting I'd probably be eating about 700-900 calories too much.

somewhere in between those two points is the sweet spot, but I'm not sure how to find it.

It's obv person specific but I tend to work to roughly 600 calories per hour for cycling.

There is such a thing as junk caleries as well. Beer contains loads of calories, that your body will not use wisely.

Sugary foods make you roller coaster.

Complex carbs are your friend.

to be fair I think 80% of the weight I've gained back since dec is down to forum drinks.

it's all your fault forum. hang your head in shame!

Basically I'm saying eat a decent breakfast.

When I was dieting before I used to have oatmeal (made with water) with a teaspoon of milled flaxseed & nuts in it, maybe some blueberries. that decent enough?

Spot on.

My current breakfast:

600ml of protein shake
1 1/2 tablespoons cod liver oil
I glass orange juice
I male specific multi vitamin

Sounds good, that's what I'd normally have, just some oats and water.

My breakfast at the moment

Protein shake,
Cod liver oil tablets,
a pint of water

The protein shakes keep you fill until lunch time when I usually have a sandwich (brown bread) and pate.

Snack is normally 1 apple throughout the day.

Evening meals are normally small as Mrs. Spenceey is dieting as well.

This may be a dumb question but do you find that protein shakes keep you full?

This may be a dumb question but do you find that protein shakes keep you full?

A pint of the stuff, made with 5 decent scoops of whey protein, keeps me feeling full for an hour or so.

....and I am a glutenous bastard (at the moment).

Glutinous? Eww.

Cheers,

Another dumb question are the diet / fat burning protein shakes any good? Was told by a mate to stay away from them as they are loaded with caffeine (large amount of caffeine + me = bouncing off the wall and angry girlfriend) to up your metabolism but he frequently talks shit.

Following my big 3-0 last weekend I've now resolved to get back onto my healthy eating regime properly and get to the goal weight I set myself last year (12st 7lbs / 175lbs / 79kg).

Will you have a HatBeard FatBurned diary?

Cheers,

Another dumb question are the diet / fat burning protein shakes any good? Was told by a mate to stay away from them as they are loaded with caffeine (large amount of caffeine + me = bouncing off the wall and angry girlfriend) to up your metabolism but he frequently talks shit.

I find they are great, the promax one as long as you only use 2 scoops as opposed to 2x 2 scoops (I'd be buzzing) I take one for breakfast and it keeps me full until lunchtime.