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Halo top ice cream, a bit pricey but I stock up when its on offer. Peanut butter and sea salt caramel my favourites. Approx 320 calories for the tub. Nice treat.
In October 2017 I decided to get back into the gym to get back into shape. I was around 106 kg (16 stone, 9 pounds). Initially I wanted to drop some weight and started cardio, weights and boxing. Things were progressing OK and I was seeing small but steady drop in my weight. By June 2018 my weight was still hovering around the 100 kg mark...I need to lose about 2 1/2 to 3 stone this year to get back into a reasonable shape - I am a tall guy but now fat as well and noticing the effort it takes to move about.
My job is sedentary and I have a young daughter so time to exercise is limited. I used to box and play rugby a lot - and I expect I still eat the same volume but burn a lot fewer calories.
So here's the deal, everyone has hints and advice (appreciated) but what I need is somewhere to record progress and perhaps if a couple of others were interested somewhere to get a bit competitive.
Anyone interested in taking up the challenge? I have given myself the arbitrary date of Cereals 2019 (12/June) to have dropped 2 stone - 'Slim for Cereals'
Will
impressive stuffIn October 2017 I decided to get back into the gym to get back into shape. I was around 106 kg (16 stone, 9 pounds). Initially I wanted to drop some weight and started cardio, weights and boxing. Things were progressing OK and I was seeing small but steady drop in my weight. By June 2018 my weight was still hovering around the 100 kg mark...
I decided then that I seriously wanted to shed some kilos and agreed a regime with one of the trainers at the gym, who came to be my 'mentor' for want of a better description.
From June onwards the regime basically involved starting to keep a daily food diary, dietary improvements, daily weigh ins, and regular boxing, cardio and weights/strength and conditioning exercise. In total since I started training, I've dropped more than 24kg (3.5 stone, in the old money). Since things got properly serious, in June, I've lost about 19kg.
I'm now just over 82 kg. People that haven't seen me in a while, can't believe the physical change in my appearance. I feel really great too. It's not just been about weight loss but a total lifestyle change.
The key things for me have been:
Keeping a food diary. Yes its a pain in the ballcocks, but I will guarantee that if you are honest with yourself, the sheer act of recording what you are eating, as or soon after you eat it, will eventually pay dividends. There will be false starts and missing days (weeks even for me!) too, but you need to persevere with it. Ideally someone else need to be monitoring it with you and helping you improve your diet.
Weigh yourself every morning. First thing, do a pee and ya number two and get on those scales! Make sure they are digital to be accurate as possible. Record the weight in the food diary (I also use my Fitbit app for this)
Cut out unnecessary carb's (pasta, rice, potatoes etc). Especially in the evening, it's hard, but eventually reduce them and pretty much cut them out in the evenings completely. Eat higher protein foods, more meat, fish and vegetables!
No large meals / eating late in the evening. Even if you've had a very disciplined day, you will ruin all your efforts by either eating late (after 8pm) or eating a very big, heavy evening meal. If you want to have a larger meal do it during the day, when your body is burning it.
Reduce your calorie intake. Gradual but vital. There is no easy way to say this, but you just need to reduce your calorie intake. If you are sedentary, then you wont be burning the cals, so less cals need to go in there. It's basic arithmetic. As a guide, for my level of activity I've found that under 2000 calories a day and I will drop weight. Between 2000 and 2500 seems to see me static and generally more than 2500 calories a day will up my weight.
Good luck! You will get there!!!
What’s your daily calorie intake like?I dropped a kilo a week for first 3 now only lost 1in last 2 weeks
Trying to keep under 2kWhat’s your daily calorie intake like?
That’s good I found I needed to burn somewhere around 1000 cals a day more than I was taking in to actually drop. Also it’s not a straight line, some days more, some days less. Timing and spacing of food intake also has a lot to do with it. Get enough sleep too. Don’t eat late.Trying to keep under 2k
I am swimming 3 mile a week and doing about 20k on excessive bike
Thinking about it I might be getting closer to 2.5k calories some daysThat’s good I found I needed to burn somewhere around 1000 cals a day more than I was taking in to actually drop. Also it’s not a straight line, some days more, some days less. Timing and spacing of food intake also has a lot to do with it. Get enough sleep too. Don’t eat late.
You’ll get there.
Relax. Don’t worry.Thinking about it I might be getting closer to 2.5k calories some days
Need to get on my wifes treadmill.