Weight / Fat loss

I'm gearing up for easter and had two hot cross buns for breakfast.

Noooo.... Don't mention hot cross buns, there are two in the kitchen calling my name and telling me to eat them. I bought them on impulse yesterday.

I have a list of foods I should be eating pinned to the fridge. I don't feel inclined to eat any of them. I'm starting to wonder if a bit of reverse psychology would work, and If i changed the list to read

Bread
Cakes
Sticky buns
Burgers
Chips
Sweets
Ice cream
Coca cola
Roast potatoes

I would start craving the healthy stuff.

Has anyone else tried this? If so, did it work?

Myprotein are being fucking useless. Any other recommendations?

Mine's all over the shop. Binge and purge baby, binge and purge!

When everything settles down I'm going to actually try and lose some this year. No, really..

Well, you fat fuck, you've started strong. 3kg off in a couple of weeks isn't too bad. You're back to September's weight. Keep it up fat boy.

3kg off in two weeks is right at the upper edge of healthy weight loss, I think. More than that - or that rate sustained for a long period - and you may be damaging yourself.

I know Ed claims to have done more but that surely proves my point.

Did a body balance class last night, can hardly fucking walk today ughhhh

It's not extreme or anything - remember I weighed over 90kg.
I'm using MFP now to note cals it/out.
I reckon the initial loss is just a result of reducing the (fairly huge amount of pre-xmas) beer and junk intake.

I had a softshell crab burger with mac n' cheese for lunch.

I'm not sure i've got the hang of this.

^^Ah, the steep initial dip before the slower long haul. Aye. The shift to healthier intake/behaviour reduces some bloat, to be sure.

I had a softshell crab burger with mac n' cheese for lunch.

I'm not sure i've got the hang of this.

That doesn't sound unreasonable. If you had've said "I had six burgers", well, that would be different.

^^Ah, the steep initial dip before the slower long haul. Aye. The shift to healthier intake/behaviour reduces some bloat, to be sure.

Yep. Usually I'd expect to drop 5-8kg going from winter to my peak. That's without any focus on dieting. This year I'm actually trying to monitor calories and see what that does for me. It could all backfire and turn me into an even more evil sonofabitch than normal, causing me to throw my bike under a train before I even make it to summer but we'll see.

Hmph @ lack of initial steep dip.

Though I have lost 200g :/

Come on though, what weight did you start at? (I'm Australian, I'm allowed to ask that). If you were a massive lard arse like moi, you'd probably have dropped more.

Myprotein are being fucking useless. Any other recommendations?

What's up ? never had a issue with them over 10+ order , the protein works , http://www.musclefood.com , http://www.probeef.co.uk/ and http://uk.bodybuilding.com/store/ should have pretty much everything though

Myprotein are being fucking useless. Any other recommendations?

What's up ? never had a issue with them over 10+ orders , the protein works , http://www.musclefood.com , http://www.probeef.co.uk/ and http://uk.bodybuilding.com/store/ should have pretty much everything though

Think I need to learn portion control.

I'm the smallest guy at my table in the work canteen. Yet I have twice as much food on my tray.

I only get 3 bowls out of a box of cereal (2.5 for alpen).

Blah.

Think I need to learn portion control.

I'm the smallest guy at my table in the work canteen. Yet I have twice as much food on my tray.

I only get 3 bowls out of a box of cereal (2.5 for alpen).

Blah.

Very much this. I've gone back to cereal for lunch at work. 1kg bag of Tesco's own brand no added salt or sugar muesli does 4 lunches. Milk is supplied by work so at least it's cheap. Only about £3 for a bag.

I occasionally relearn what a portion is by weighing it, I usually them double it anyway, but a normal 30g serving of cereal is comical!

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=265537322

There's no fucking way I could cope with a 5th of what I usually have. It would be like 4 or 5 spoonfuls.

If you're calorie counting it does't matter what 'they' think a portion is.

900+ calories for lunch. Meh. It doesn't half keep you regular though.

If you're calorie counting it does't matter what 'they' think a portion is.

It does if you put in 1 potion of cereal and in fact you've had 15 portions...

Cereals are quite calorie and carb dense, making it possible to overeat by quite some margin before feeling full, particularly if you are a fast eater. Stevo, you're putting away nearly 900 calories in each lunch bowl - that's counting just the cereal; the milk will put it over that. The "no added sugar" thing you see on many muesli varieties is really a bit of a con - they just up the dried fruit content a bit, delivering just as much sugar if not more. 2 cereal meals a day sounds like something Michael Phelps would do to give more space for his between-meal mars bar pizza.

Want a cheap idea for a bulky, nutritious but healthier lunch? I make large batches of coleslaw (with no mayo, just a dressing of vinegar, mustard and olive oil, sometimes with some plain yoghurt). It's mostly cabbage, with added selection from grated carrot/apple/swede and a small sprinkling of sunflower seeds or pine nuts or similar. Quick to make, very filling, bit less of a carb load than a bowl of muesli. Doesn't take long to make a batch that will last several days. For variety, I change to a Thai-style dressing, adding some crushed cashew nuts or peanuts, dash of soy sauce and a chopped chilli or two. I might add a small (and I really do mean small) portion of cheese or pickled herring or something of that kind to the plate.

All 3 of you sound as if you're going over the top there on cereals, even for keen cyclists (unless you're doing an audax every day). Try adding a half/whole grapefruit or an apple to breakfast and cutting back on the amount of cereal. You could also try switching to porridge, which is more filling than most other cereals, practically zero sugar (except what you might add), low GI etc. But really, get some proper fibre in there. Most of the cereals marketed at us would be barely more nutritious than their packaging material if it weren't for the added vitamins (which you can get just by adding some fresh fruit or veg).

Edit: Oh, replied too soon and I see Stevo has done the same calculation ;)

It does if you put in 1 potion of cereal and in fact you've had 15 portions...

especially since a lot of MFP users are borderline mentally retarded and seem incapable of entering foods nutritional information using correct units.

and recommended cereal serving sizes are bollocks. any child who was simultaneously lucky/unlucky enough for their parents to buy them the kellogs variety pack knew you had to double box... at least.

I am massively greedy with cereal, but just about happy with 50g if I use fat free yoghurt instead of milk and fruit (currently eating an awful lot of pomegranate seeds).

Chubbies complaining about misleading portion sizes has about the same ring of truth as bankers lamenting the small size of their bonuses.

Edit: Rosie, check the fat-free yoghurt doesn't have added sugar. Personally, I'm unconvinced of the benefit of fat-free yoghurt and low-fat foods in general. Fat makes you feel full. People who switch to low-fat versions of foods are often just making life harder and unhappier for themselves, actually eating more while still feeling hungry all the time. You could probably switch to full fat yoghurt, reduce the cereal portion size slightly and win.