Weight / Fat loss

I can't personally vouch for the service or quality, but a friend had this tailors on The Cut make him a couple of suits for work last year and was really pleased with the results for not much monies. It might be worth calling in or calling as they do have some promotions that do not make it to their website.

http://www.dress2kill.com/#home

4inches is a bit much to have taken in...

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I ignored the fact that my suit no longer fitted when I came for interview for my current job and have heard since that I looked an utter state. Despite this I got the job, then sent me to Texas for a month, which made it fit again.

Just fought back down again. 17 stone 2 at my worst. 12 12 or so now and a good way to go. Every pound off makes me quicker up Archway Hill.

I am so tempted to spunk cash on a dexa scan for pure geek insets

George

I have just eaten half a tub or icecream. Tasty, tasty icecream.

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for fucks sake

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Dammit dammit

What's he trying to do?

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^That.

https://www.marcwallace.com/made-to-measure/

He's this guy's favourite tailor (what could go wrong?):

Did make me a very good suit.

On the other hand, I think you're probably now of a shape where Adam Shener's stuff would fit you (and suit you) without adjustment. He doesn't do made to measure but there's a good (and inexpensive) atelier next door.

Time to resurrect the tailoring thread: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/182490/

Bugger, sticking to low carbs, which has always worked before but slowly putting on weight. I've been starting doing some mild weightlifting and jogging, so maybe water retention/swelling?

If you keep well hydrated, water retention will not be more than a temporary issue. You're probably just eating more in response to the extra exercise. Truth is, vigorous exercise is good for keeping you fit but not for helping you lose weight; it makes you hungry and it takes discipline and experience to tune your intake to not just gain weight as a result. Also, strength training doesn't work well on a calorie deficit.

Effective weight loss is all about controlling your diet. Exercise can help indirectly, because improving your fitness makes you feel better and may improve your discipline and morale. The kinds of exercise which actually help in real terms with short term weight lose are the stealth exercises (walking, sedate cycling); they expend energy without ramping up your hunger. But even so, the most important thing is your eating habits.

Jogging? Jogging is shit. Run.

I've been sticking to eating the amount that's worked before to lose weight, so not eating any more than usual. I'm not running at a calorie deficit, but cutting out carbs worked fantastically before a summer or travelling and eating shit.

Also, only calling it jogging because my running pace is probably really a jogging pace.

since then I've lost 1kg a week

@Velocio, what were you doing to manage that, and how sustainable is it?

I was maintaining a similar rate for approx two months from jan to march before things slowed (I got tired of watching what I was eating religiously, behaviour had changed so was happier to take it a little slowly) - 1800 calories a day, + two hours of riding most days, upping the calories to compensate. lots of feeling hungry, but happy with the payoff. I'm now 12+kg down from my weight on Jan 1st.

It's been sustainable for almost 8 weeks now, and unfortunately isn't abating. I think I'll need to increase calorie intake to slow it down.

To be fair... I'd done nothing to manage my diet or exercise ever. I ate whatever I felt like eating, I commuted by bike most days, I occasionally did longer rides, just your average really. I enjoyed ice cream, lots of wine, cake, etc.

I'm, 6'2" tall and when I was racing crits 9 years ago, I was around 68kg... thin for my height. 5 years ago I was around 75kg... slim but perfectly normal for my height. This summer I peaked at 84.9kg having put on 4kg after 2 weeks in Italy.

My goal was simply to get back to BMI 22, it's as good as any other goal I could conjure. I hit this a couple of days ago... 84.9kg down to 77.6kg in just over 7 weeks.

I did no additional exercise, all I did was:

1. Weigh everything, never exceeding recommended portion sizes on packaging or from recipes.
   
2. Avoid carb heavy meals... this basically means not focusing too heavily on potatoes or pasta. Once or twice a week = fine, just not every night.
   
3. Max 1 glass of wine, no more than twice a week.
   
4. Avoid all processed foods, including cured meats, smoked salmon, etc.
   
5. No snacks, biscuits or cakes... except at the weekend, in moderation.
   
   

What this looks like:

Breakfast: 40-45g of granola with 2-3 spoons of yoghurt.
Lunch: Baguette from Paul or burrito from Benitos, no soft drink, no meat or fish in the lunch... Nuun for office drinks.
Dinner: Fresh salmon with a rice or bean based salad, or tuna steak with cous cous, or butternut squash curry with rice... occasionally a fresh pasta with pesto or something with new potatoes.

That's it. Just 2 measured and regulated good meals per day and a single portion of lunch with no snacks.

And I think it's extremely sustainable... I eat cake and ice cream at the weekend (but only ever to a single portion size with the lunch or evening meal).

I've just stopped treating food as a comfort item I can reach out and consume whenever I wanted.

I was hungry for the first week, but then I adapted and it's fine. I've also not had the post-lunch slump for the last 6-7 weeks... so the lack of sugary snacks has made me way more alert and productive.

All good.

I've been tracking this in an Android app called Libra, and it tells me that the weight loss is equivalent to me consuming 823 calories fewer per day. But I find that hard to believe, I think that changing what I ate as well as watching the quantity is what did it.

^I remember the first time I weighed out 40g of granola. I was outraged that it was considered a portion.

Yeah... or buying a lemon tart from Sainbury's and thinking "quarters look good" and realising the portion size is an eighth.

But actually... the portion sizes are fine, just my eyes and belly were too greedy.

The electronic scales in our kitchen have never been used so much.

823 calories fewer per day

823kcal/day * 7days = 5761kcal/week

3500 kcal in a lb of fat

5761kcal/week / 3500kcal/lb * 0.454g/lb =~ 750g/week

(Caveat: Obviously this doesn't take into account any changes in BMR or increased exercise regimes.)