Weight / Fat loss

Don't keep us on the edge of our seats and complete the sentence,

There is a reason:

There is a reason for everything...

Bought a banana in for my mid morning snack and nuts & raisins for my late noon one. Have already devoured them all :(

Ooh, goody. There are ribs and doughnuts at the Kings Cross street food market today!

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I have always struggled with my weight since I was a kid and have done fanatical running, fanatical cycling, fanatical dieting etc.

Cheers dude - will give the above a try. And ditto re permanant struggle with weight. The only time I've weighed below 10stone as an adult (and I'm a shortarse) was a summer I was running most mornings and mostly living on porridge and MDMA. Ah! Halcyon days.

I've known for ages that I can't eat whatever I want and get away with it, but if I do some decent exercise it gives me a bit of leeway as it were...

Poots, give me a shout when you're next going to the gym. I basically live next door to it so have no excuse not to go. Yet, weirdly, am amazing at finding excuses not to...

I've been mostly going to Peckham again atm. Spinning couple of mornings a week - going to have a retro work out at Dulwich monday am and go to Step....6pm Body Pump Tues but will keep you on the DL, innit.

Doing my best to stay hydrated.
Reasons to stay well hydrated;
1 - a lot of feelings of hunger are actually misinterpreted feelings of thirst
2 - staying well hydrated also diminishes my urge to get in the pub after work and bang a pint or two. A lot of my after work pint cravings are a result of that fact that I am dehydrated.

^^ Step! Ha, count me in!

^ Yeah, I'm drinking tons of water. 3 litres yesterday. Already over a litre today. STILL HUNGRY.

It is lunchtime, though, so I imagine that's you being actually hungry rather than imaginary hungry. I know I am.

Right then...

What are your office luncheon tips then guys?

HUGE salads.

Giant bags of raw carrots/broccoli/cauliflower!

Cheap compared to sarnies and you can eat 400gs of the stuff for 150 calories, add that to a sanwich and you can have a filling and testy lunch for c500 calories!

Now if I can just avoid alcohol this weekend I should be at the weight where I'm allowed to buy myself some wheels that make wom wom sounds before my tri in June!

Chocolate croissant, packet of crisps, bacon baguette, tick.

Dammit, you're an inspiration. I might go to the vending machine and get a couple of 5-finger kitkats to doff in your general direction, before eating them.

Bag of salad
Two tomatoes
Tin of tuna
Coupla of olives.

Might treat myself to an apple later

Nice one Poots.

FWIW, IMHO etc...
I have lost about a stone and a half since November by simply doing these.

As I have got better I have started throwing in some burpees and sprawls and swiss ball type exercises, as well as other floor exercises like mountain climbers etc.

I have always struggled with my weight since I was a kid and have done fanatical running, fanatical cycling, fanatical dieting etc.
However, the best results I have ever seen in my life of weight battles is by doing 90 seconds on each of the above exercises, and running through them 2 or 3 times, 3 or 4 times a week.
I don't know owt about science me, but if you go for these (and you go for them HARD) then it has an all over work out and toning effect which just seems to shed fat!
It seems to shock your whole body into change every time you run through them.

I am not a doctor.
I am not a scientist.
I am, however, a stone and half lighter then I was 8 months ago and it is staying off.
Worked for me anyhow.

Great post. Nice selection of excercises too. Might see if I can get these done with the missus.

Right, I'm a big fan of this sharing thing so:
What I shove in my face each day:
Porridge/ Protein shake
2 x fruit.
Bowl of yoghurt (Rhubarb and Vanilla Asda Fat Free is winning)
Big Ass salad- which is massive and includes tuna and bulgur and a variety of other stuff
'Nother protein Shake.
Random dinner as cooked by housemates/ me (last night I cooked aubergine chickpea coconut curry with jeweled rice).
I've engineered it to be somewhere under 2000 calories a day, give or take.
No alcohol till exams- so that's easy.

What I do to my Body each week- sort of nicked from Hal Higdon/ Men's Running/ other places I forget:
Monday: 10k running @ pace AM, Circuit session PM
Tuesday: HoP cycling AM.
Wednesday: 10k intervals AM (1 fast 1 chilled), Circuit Session PM
Thursday: HoP cycling AM, Special Circuit PM (skipping, sprints and leg strengthening for running)
Friday: Rest Day
Weekend: 2 of Cardio from: Long run, Long ride, Swim. 1 Circuit session.

Henry, I'd be worried about low level calories you are taking in for the level of activity you are doing. You may be unwittingly hammering your adrenals.

Giant bags of raw carrots/broccoli/cauliflower!

Cheap compared to sarnies and you can eat 400gs of the stuff for 150 calories, add that to a sanwich and you can have a filling and testy lunch for c500 calories!

^This^

All calories are not equal.

Best tip I can recommend wanting to shift fat is to up their intake of dietary fibre (35g+)and start taking cod liver oil.

Maybe a bit early to call but this week is going well. If I make it past the weekend I'll be posting Jordan numbers on Monday.

Last night I discovered what happens if you restrict yourself to a maximum of 1400 calories per day all week and then go for a 60 mile cycle. The answer - entirely predictably - is that you spend the entire time on the edge of a bonk. What I wasn't expecting was hallucinating doritos, that bit was quite fun...

I totally fucked up my calorie requirements once due to being shit at maths, and fainted after going for a run. Do not recommend.

Not something to brag about but I've done that a couple of times, once was at uni standing at the check out at a supermarket trying to finish the transaction in order to eat something! Doh!

76.2 this morning after a pint of water and the love handles have shrunk noticeably, if I can be sensible with alcohol and food over the weekend I should be in a good place on monday morning...

77.5, but I have since had a poo.

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I'm currently the heaviest i've been for 10 years, so I really need to get back in the habit of regular training. My health is perfect according to my latest wellness test, but after a few years of being too lazy and greedy, combined with quitting smoking at new year, i'm now four stone away from my former healthy weight.

I'm not after any advice, but here's a simplified outline of my weekly plans for anyone interested.

Exercise
Mon: Back, Biceps / Swim
Tue: Chest, Triceps / Run
Wed: Shoulders, Abs / Yoga
Thu: Back, Biceps / Run
Fri: Chest, Triceps / Rower
Sat: Cycle / Abs
Sun: Swim / Abs

Diet
06:00 Aloe Vera, Lemon Tea
08:00 Protein Shake
11:00 Fruit
12:00 Salad, Brown Rice
15:00 Protein Shake
17:00 Fruit, Soya Nuts
20:30 Omlette or Lean Meat + Salad

One day per week off from exercise, depending on social plans / mood, and one day off from diet without any real junk.

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Hurrah... another normal sized person!