Weight / Fat loss

Properly hydrated maybe?
I managed to regain control over the end of last week and the weekend- 66.4 this morning, after a cup of coffee. Pretty happy with no change considering my general inactivity at the beginning of last week.

That's probably about right, although yesterday I ate a tonne of food, cake and beer so I was expecting to be a lot higher, but I predict by tomorrow morning I'll be back around 73.5....

Oh well, my weight is heading fairly steadily in the right direction, and I feel myself getting stronger and faster...

Excellent work. I'm very jealous of your motivation. Mine has somewhat left me.

Down quite a bit. I suppose not eating anything but booze and a bag of pistachios on Saturday helped. Would have been good to do some exercise though, will try and rectify that this week.

Ah the ever popular beer and nuts diet!

Can't see the spreadsheet on my phone so what do the numbers say?

The spreadsheet is making me more competitive, I'm hoping that hats has spent the weekend eating cake...

Do you guys have a link to the new spreadsheet?

Here you go

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuvyQkPlnDY5dDVsUWJZOXpfTlQtZjUwenZSTDJrbGc#gid=0

Ed, you are currently almost winning at 4.49% lost to date. You've got another couple of .00s to go before you take hats to the cleaners, though.

I'm actually amazed I only put on 0.3kg last week. Yesterday I ate a mars bar, chips, donuts, beer and scones (and that is all), and there may have been an incident with some chocolate covered pretzels earlier in the week too.

I know, its what got me out of bed at 6 on both saturday and sunday to go swimming in an oversized pond...

In fairness yesterdays food for me started well and went bad quite quickly..

Banana

Protein shake

4 beers
2 glasses of champagne
Kettle chips
Pringles
Dips
Steak
Chicken
Ribs
New potatoes
Coleslaw
Salad
Salted caramel and apple tart with ice cream x2
Birthday cake x2

I still felt uncomfortably full at bed time despite finishing eating at about 3..

The salted caramel and apple tart was a highlight...

My Sunday:

1 X Pain au chocolat
2 X Slice of bread with Taramasalata
1 X Lamb Dhansak/Pilau rice/Keema Naan
2 X ice-cream lolly

15K sprint on the bike, 15K run.

Today I have mostly been eating brioche... Just finished a whole one :-/

From now I have three weeks to get fit, stretches, strength work and sprints on the rollers... Might add myself to the spreadsheet.

If I do, I apologise to Ed and hats, I have a massive advantage in that I have a lot of spare tyre to loose.

Ha, I'm looking at percentage loss as my competition! But either way, more competition can only help me!

Here you go

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuvyQkPlnDY5dDVsUWJZOXpfTlQtZjUwenZSTDJrbGc#gid=0

I need to be on here... can i just add myself?

all neg repped for unhelpful suggestions...

this recipie any good?

http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/no-bake-energy-bites/

Ed, did you ever make these? They sound pretty ace (with the addition of some whey perhaps).

Want snacks for after the gym that are both tasty and protein-y. Sick of protein shakes now.

I need to be on here... can i just add myself?

Yep- should be able to!
Good to have you aboard!

Added... i was 79 and change at the end of the summer last year but have managed to end up tipping 86 after getting back from holiday last week. Moving house and general laziness have contributed.

Diet, exercise etc all planned out for an assault on my belly.

Sitting at home after a nightshift and can't sleep so obvious next choice is to eat. Went chippy and got a large portion of chips and smothered them in everyday seasoning.

What's for dinner?

Hoping to shift 5kg in 8-10 weeks is this possible?

Currently have my fitness pal set to around 1800 calories a day, have had a couple of chocolate eclairs today and a lot of fruit with beef for dinner.

Still well under the total.

I've averaged .85kg per week over the last 5 weeks so it sounds doable, it depends how much you have spare and how much discipline you have...

I don't think I'll be anything at the level you are Ed!

Doing those circuit training exercises posted a few pages back - 4-6 times a week 3 sets.

Also cycling to work and back each day (about 7 miles)

Hello all, long time lurker, occasional poster but this thread has made for very interesting reading.

I live in Japan and haven't had the opportunity to ride much since moving here last summer, so have recently started weight training at my 'arse end of nowhere' gym in order to shift some of the beer weight. Im 180cm and about 84.5kg with a bit of a gut, and have been weight training about a month now.

Anyone got any tips on which weights/resistance machines have worked well for them in the past? The outdated gym equipment and significant language barrier are proving tricky. I am aiming to lift 3 times a week with cardio twice or three times a week but recently sprained my ankle pretty bad so laying off that for a while.

Also, diet wise I get fed school lunches every day which makes it a little tricky to plan my diet around, food shopping in Japan is sometimes pretty difficult! Will try and keep an eye on this thread as i go forward!

If you are a novice (like me) go for big compound moves. Squat and deadlift are very good. research the proper form online the practice in the gym with little weight before you start.

Some info:
http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Starting_Strength_Wiki

There is loads more out there.

^ good advice that.

Would go for free weights and slowly and safely build the amount you are lifting going for deadlift, squat and benchpress as a core group.

I do below and have been surprised at the gains in strength. I have gained weight and lost a bit of fat. not too much though. I am looking better tho and I put that down to improved posture.

Workout A
3x5 Squat
3x5 Press
1x5 Deadlift
3 times dips to fail

Workout B
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench Press
1x5 Deadlift
3 times pull up to fail.

one week I do ABA on Mon, Wed and Fri morning and the next BAB and so on. I have only just added the dips and pull ups and I don't do many.

Problem I have had is adding cardio. You need a lot of rest at the start as you body adjusts. You get a lot of gain for the 2-3 hours gym time but I found I went backwards quickly if I tried to add my normal cardio of running or longish bike rides. I plan to attempt to swim on tue/thu mornings but that's all week early out of bed. when my strength gains plateau I'm gonna try to do something, i don't know what, that will get me fitter again whilst maintaining the strength. hopefully I have another month or 2 of gains.