Ashtonian
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lol that is my biggest problem. i didnt look grossly overweight, just fat. and it didn;t make me massively unfit either. But down to 16 now already.
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lol that is my biggest problem. i didnt look grossly overweight, just fat. and it didn;t make me massively unfit either. But down to 16 now already.
Well done! 2 stone is a lot!
Ashtonian
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cheers. Plenty more to go though.
Looking at my BMI then and i am apparantly obese quite a bit. I dont look it, and it says my recommended weight is as low as 8 stone? I would be annorexic if i ever weighted that lol
BMI is total bollocks in my opinion.. when I was at 17 stone is said I was obese! I had a 36 inch waste at 6 foot 7.. ridiculous chart.
Ashtonian
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In true light of the thread, just posting some thoughts on here. not the type i can tell anyone else without them think i'm fishing for sympathy which is entirely not the intention.
I am starting to think this whole thing is getting quite hard now. I noticed yesterday eating my salad at lunch that as much as they were great 2 weeks ago, it is starting to hit the repetition point now. I have little motivation to do workouts and when i do have it, other factors such as family get in the way of that. Avoiding so many different types of food as well that i would normally eat, or at least normal people eat no problem is a little grating now, It isn;t the eating better as such but being as careful as possible on what i eat, i don;t know, just getting to me a bit and making me feel a little lousy because i'd rather grab a butty rather than eat yet another salad. it creates a little vicious cycle because when i can't work out then i feel lousy and not getting anywhere yet i feel like i am not going out my way enough either.
But yeah, as much as i am made up at what i have done so far, i think it is the instant results not being quick enough that is the hardest part. If i can push myself to do the 4 pounds a week then i know its only going to be around 8 weeks before i hav
I am starting to think this whole thing is getting quite hard now. I noticed yesterday eating my salad at lunch that as much as they were great 2 weeks ago, it is starting to hit the repetition point now. I have little motivation to do workouts and when i do have it, other factors such as family get in the way of that. Avoiding so many different types of food as well that i would normally eat, or at least normal people eat no problem is a little grating now, It isn;t the eating better as such but being as careful as possible on what i eat, i don;t know, just getting to me a bit and making me feel a little lousy because i'd rather grab a butty rather than eat yet another salad. it creates a little vicious cycle because when i can't work out then i feel lousy and not getting anywhere yet i feel like i am not going out my way enough either.
But yeah, as much as i am made up at what i have done so far, i think it is the instant results not being quick enough that is the hardest part. If i can push myself to do the 4 pounds a week then i know its only going to be around 8 weeks before i hav
Nil Satis Niasse Optimum
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I think I can relate to this thread a little.
At 5 foot 9 I think my ideal weight is around 80/82kg (sorry, where I live we work in kg not stones - but it's 12.7 stone), but I've always been a bit over that and had a bit of a belly. Over the past year, pretty much without realising it until I weighed myself a month ago, I've somehow put on 10kg (1.5 stone) and was horrified to look down and see 92.5kg (14.5 stone) staring back at me on the scales.
It's funny because the people I have told about how much I weigh were all genuinely shocked and couldn't believe it. I don't look fat, I play sport, I am quick on the football pitch, etc. But facts are facts and I don't want to weigh that much.
Determined to get back to my 'ideal' weight (and lose the belly) I've started doing a lot more sport and eating healthier over the past 3 weeks.
In work (it's hard because so many people are always bringing in sweets, chocolate, cakes, etc and it's right there in front of you the whole time) I have cut out the sweet stuff and have a salad, a roll and two cups of milky (1.5% fat) coffee a day, and that's it. So far it hasn't got too boring so not finding that too difficult. Occasionally treat myself to a piece of chocolate or two, but only if I am doing sport that evening.
I cycle to and from work every day, 9.5km each way (around 6 miles), and play 5 a side an hour a week, do a one-hour spinning class where I burn around 820 calories in 45 minutes, and also an hour crossfit on a Tuesday evening. I also play squash for an hour a week.
Down to 88kg (13.8 stone) after 2.5 weeks, and determined to keep it up, reach my ideal weight of 12 and a half stone, and continue living healthily.
Oh yeah, also cut the beer out completely, big help.
In all fairness it's only just under a stone and a half I want to lose, which isn't that much, but it's a stone and a half directly from the belly, and that's solid to get rid of. Let's see how it goes, am trying hard!
At 5 foot 9 I think my ideal weight is around 80/82kg (sorry, where I live we work in kg not stones - but it's 12.7 stone), but I've always been a bit over that and had a bit of a belly. Over the past year, pretty much without realising it until I weighed myself a month ago, I've somehow put on 10kg (1.5 stone) and was horrified to look down and see 92.5kg (14.5 stone) staring back at me on the scales.
It's funny because the people I have told about how much I weigh were all genuinely shocked and couldn't believe it. I don't look fat, I play sport, I am quick on the football pitch, etc. But facts are facts and I don't want to weigh that much.
Determined to get back to my 'ideal' weight (and lose the belly) I've started doing a lot more sport and eating healthier over the past 3 weeks.
In work (it's hard because so many people are always bringing in sweets, chocolate, cakes, etc and it's right there in front of you the whole time) I have cut out the sweet stuff and have a salad, a roll and two cups of milky (1.5% fat) coffee a day, and that's it. So far it hasn't got too boring so not finding that too difficult. Occasionally treat myself to a piece of chocolate or two, but only if I am doing sport that evening.
I cycle to and from work every day, 9.5km each way (around 6 miles), and play 5 a side an hour a week, do a one-hour spinning class where I burn around 820 calories in 45 minutes, and also an hour crossfit on a Tuesday evening. I also play squash for an hour a week.
Down to 88kg (13.8 stone) after 2.5 weeks, and determined to keep it up, reach my ideal weight of 12 and a half stone, and continue living healthily.
Oh yeah, also cut the beer out completely, big help.
In all fairness it's only just under a stone and a half I want to lose, which isn't that much, but it's a stone and a half directly from the belly, and that's solid to get rid of. Let's see how it goes, am trying hard!
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I think I can relate to this thread a little.
At 5 foot 9 I think my ideal weight is around 80/82kg (sorry, where I live we work in kg not stones - but it's 12.7 stone), but I've always been a bit over that and had a bit of a belly. Over the past year, pretty much without realising it until I weighed myself a month ago, I've somehow put on 10kg (1.5 stone) and was horrified to look down and see 92.5kg (14.5 stone) staring back at me on the scales.
It's funny because the people I have told about how much I weigh were all genuinely shocked and couldn't believe it. I don't look fat, I play sport, I am quick on the football pitch, etc. But facts are facts and I don't want to weigh that much.
Determined to get back to my 'ideal' weight (and lose the belly) I've started doing a lot more sport and eating healthier over the past 3 weeks.
In work (it's hard because so many people are always bringing in sweets, chocolate, cakes, etc and it's right there in front of you the whole time) I have cut out the sweet stuff and have a salad, a roll and two cups of milky (1.5% fat) coffee a day, and that's it. So far it hasn't got too boring so not finding that too difficult. Occasionally treat myself to a piece of chocolate or two, but only if I am doing sport that evening.
I cycle to and from work every day, 9.5km each way (around 6 miles), and play 5 a side an hour a week, do a one-hour spinning class where I burn around 820 calories in 45 minutes, and also an hour crossfit on a Tuesday evening. I also play squash for an hour a week.
Down to 88kg (13.8 stone) after 2.5 weeks, and determined to keep it up, reach my ideal weight of 12 and a half stone, and continue living healthily.
Oh yeah, also cut the beer out completely, big help.
Dafuq is a spinning class?
Nil Satis Niasse Optimum
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You don't half sweat I tell you. Turn up the resistance using the little red knob on the frame and it gets difficult.
The instructor is good, plays good music and really pushes you.
Ashtonian
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Congrats mate for committing so much to it. I would assume you are at the point where your weight loss is slowed down so i would imagine the cycling alone is going to do wonders. Especially considering you may be 88kg now but muscle build in your legs alone will probably account for a fair few of them.I think I can relate to this thread a little.
At 5 foot 9 I think my ideal weight is around 80/82kg (sorry, where I live we work in kg not stones - but it's 12.7 stone), but I've always been a bit over that and had a bit of a belly. Over the past year, pretty much without realising it until I weighed myself a month ago, I've somehow put on 10kg (1.5 stone) and was horrified to look down and see 92.5kg (14.5 stone) staring back at me on the scales.
It's funny because the people I have told about how much I weigh were all genuinely shocked and couldn't believe it. I don't look fat, I play sport, I am quick on the football pitch, etc. But facts are facts and I don't want to weigh that much.
Determined to get back to my 'ideal' weight (and lose the belly) I've started doing a lot more sport and eating healthier over the past 3 weeks.
In work (it's hard because so many people are always bringing in sweets, chocolate, cakes, etc and it's right there in front of you the whole time) I have cut out the sweet stuff and have a salad, a roll and two cups of milky (1.5% fat) coffee a day, and that's it. So far it hasn't got too boring so not finding that too difficult. Occasionally treat myself to a piece of chocolate or two, but only if I am doing sport that evening.
I cycle to and from work every day, 9.5km each way (around 6 miles), and play 5 a side an hour a week, do a one-hour spinning class where I burn around 820 calories in 45 minutes, and also an hour crossfit on a Tuesday evening. I also play squash for an hour a week.
Down to 88kg (13.8 stone) after 2.5 weeks, and determined to keep it up, reach my ideal weight of 12 and a half stone, and continue living healthily.
Oh yeah, also cut the beer out completely, big help.
If i was doing what you do then i would probably already be around 4 stone lighter haha but it seems to me you have the focus you need yeah, what i am stuttering with at the minute. Harder not to eat things i wouldn't rather than just even treat myself. Sounds like you are clearly on your way to sorting it, and i'd suggest getting down to around 80 kg on the scales because guarantee you mate, you won;t be 80kg in fat but packed a bit of muscle on as well at the same time which is not too bad.
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Thanks mate, and all the best to you too in your goals. It's always good to know there are others on the same path as you.
To be fair I think a lot of the reason why people can't believe I am so heavy is because I do have a lot of muscles in my legs, so that combined with a stone too much on the belly and it's no big surprise the scales are showing what they are.
I've given myself a rough goal of 3 months to reach 80kg, so 4kg a month (just over half a stone).
Def hear you with the food; that's difficult to cut out all the good stuff. We've (my gf and I) stopped eating loads of carbs in the evening and have stopped the takeaways. Last night for example we had salmon, baked in the oven with a Asian marinade, on top of loads of veggies. We allowed ourselves a treat on Saturday which was amazing - all you can eat Mongolian buffet where we swerved the rice and just had loads of veg and meat/fish - then went for an hour jog Sunday morning, split up with 25 sit ups every 10 minutes, so we didn't feel too guilty.
Would love nothing more than a massive pizza right now, tbh. lol
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How can you be 5 foot 6 and 16 stone and NOT look obese?
Ashtonian
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because a) i am a chubby person to begin with. even going as low as 10-11 stone i have a slight belly on me. Going back to when i was 15 i had a little belly forming but was stick thin at the same time.
and b) it was more of a beer belly than round. Bit of fat in other places sure, but mainly the belly and my thighs.
Ashtonian
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Yeah that is what i try to do, compensate if i haven't eat fantastically well with exercise. but where you can over compensate with the whole cycling and stuff, it is harder for me to do that, which then directly has the knock on effect on what i eat. I mean 5 days a week i am literally having porridge in the monring (currently plain), 3 fruit, subway salad (everything but gherkins), then a veg themed tea. So always make sure veg is involved. As for treats, perhaps one or two a week but i'm finding i am getting to a point of the night where i have eaten then it is too late to eat anything else. I have got 4 muller light yoghurts in the fridge since saturday untouched, because i don;t want to eat too late.
But after 4-5 weeks of the same routine it does get harder to keep up with. Not in the sense i am slipping in terms of food, but less enjoyment out of it.
the most important thing for me is next monday. Whatever i weigh, if i have lost anything then i can directly track what i did well or wrong. If i lose the 4 pounds i am hoping then i know to keep going, weigh more excercise leading to more loss, albeit with muscle gain.
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