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Gwagon111
3,381 posts
30 months
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Hoofy said: Most people underestimate their intake and overestimate their output (or just aren't as committed as you). It isn't helped by some food packaging. For example a well known brand, who sell snacks and nuts etc. have adhered nicely to the requirements of telling people how many calories are in their Jumbo cashew nuts. The problem is, the figure that you see (in dirty great print) is actually for 25g (as explained by tiny little print underneath). If you ate the whole bag in one sitting you would be consuming nearly 1200 calories in one hit. The whole 'tell 'em how many calories your food has' rule needs to be tightened up IMHO.
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z4chris99
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48 months
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paulmon
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110 months
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Gwagon111 said: You carry on the good work there. If you want to lose more than a couple of grams per decade you'll have to lower your calorie intake, and cut out the booze. Funny I would consider a stone in just over 8 weeks not too bad but maybe i'll take your advice or I'll just ignore it and carry on with what I'm doing.
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DuncanM
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148 months
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Gwagon111 said: 5 weeks is a very short time frame. Starve yourself (no more than 700Kcals a day) do loads of squats, and run. It will hurt, but it should work. I went from a frankly quite powerfully built 6ft 2, 106-110Kgs about a year ago, to a svelt 65Kgs at present. I started the ball rolling with a balanced but (relatively tiny portioned) low cal diet.
6ft 2 and 65kgs sounds painfully thin rather than svelt? It's an interesting thread this, for quality of life I'm liking Paulmon's plan best 
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Gwagon111
3,381 posts
30 months
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paulmon said: Funny I would consider a stone in just over 8 weeks not too bad but maybe i'll take your advice or I'll just ignore it and carry on with what I'm doing. You do that if it makes you happy. What I can tell you from experience however, is that unless you now cut your calorie intake by about another 20 or so percent and cut the booze out, and / or increase your excercise, you will plateau very soon, then the weight will creep back on, and you will have wasted all the time and effort you put in. It's your shout.
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z4chris99
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48 months
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what booze is ok to drink?
no beer of course, but what about slimline g&t ?
don't say none
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Digger
5,752 posts
60 months
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How about treating yourself of an evening with your diet coke & spirit of choice, instead of downing the cokes during the day? Or, if you can control yourself a smallish glass of red wine (not white).
Also as has been mentioned above have a gander at the Harcombe Diet, which at first glance does seem eminently sensible, and very manageable, with the bonus of potentially losing a reasonable starter chunk of weight over the first 5 days. I am going to give it a shot!
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Gwagon111
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30 months
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z4chris99 said: what booze is ok to drink?
no beer of course, but what about slimline g&t ?
don't say none A little of what you fancy is fine, just be mindful of the calorific content of the various drinks you have. Obviously steer clear of pints of beer and cider where possible, if not possible be mindful of the calories you've just consumed.
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davepoth
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68 months
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z4chris99 said: what booze is ok to drink?
no beer of course, but what about slimline g&t ?
don't say none None is the answer, sadly. There are lots of calories in pretty much any booze. http://www.nutracheck.co.uk/calories/calories_in_a...A slimline G&T is about equivalent to a finger of kit-kat. It really isn't that hard to not drink for five weeks.
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Halb
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52 months
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Yeah, but if you can stop. I recall a budweiser (bottle) was a 1.5 points, and there was a local beer which was either 1.5 points or 1 point.
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Hoofy
47,981 posts
151 months
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z4chris99 said: what booze is ok to drink?
no beer of course, but what about slimline g&t ?
don't say none Anything. You can have 10 pints today. Just don't eat or drink anything else!
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z4chris99
Original Poster
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48 months
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pints have carbs.
no carbs in g&t I hear.
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Hoofy
47,981 posts
151 months
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z4chris99 said: pints have carbs. So what. 
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Paddy_N_Murphy
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53 months
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z4chris99 said: off on holiday with some friends to sunnier shores on what will be mainly pool / beach based laziness. davepoth said: It really isn't that hard to not drink for five weeks. 5 weeks off of the grog and you will be clattered and in bed after 2 drinks whilst the lads are out boffing til dawn .....
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z4chris99
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Paddy_N_Murphy said: 5 weeks off of the grog and you will be clattered and in bed after 2 drinks whilst the lads are out boffing til dawn ..... less of a lads holiday, more a mixed group at a villa for some nice food and decent wine. but yeh , 5 weeks no booze I'll be mashed after 2
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fatpasty
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35 months
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z4chris99 said: fid said: Seriously, 3 cans of coke a day? Why why why. because I'm addicted. it's normally alot more, upto 3/4l so 10+ cans Just reading through. This is insane!! 10 cans
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Hoofy
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151 months
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fatpasty said: z4chris99 said: fid said: Seriously, 3 cans of coke a day? Why why why. because I'm addicted. it's normally alot more, upto 3/4l so 10+ cans Just reading through. This is insane!! 10 cans When he goes to piss, you hear a "tssss" when the urine starts to flow.
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Odie
3,675 posts
51 months
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Im currently trying to lose weight (well flab, belly and handles) too, using an iphone app, ive dropped my calorie intake to 1200 a day, cut out carbs (as much as possbile, still having fruit etc but avoiding pasta, bread and potatoes)
run/walk every other day and doing some strength and core exercises too.
My goal is to try to get a 6 pack and general look trim similar to a jason stratham type look, would i need to drop my calorie intake lower or will ramping up my cardio surfice in a few weeks?
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Halb
17,870 posts
52 months
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Odie said: Im currently trying to lose weight (well flab, belly and handles) too, using an iphone app, ive dropped my calorie intake to 1200 a day, cut out carbs (as much as possbile, still having fruit etc but avoiding pasta, bread and potatoes)
run/walk every other day and doing some strength and core exercises too.
My goal is to try to get a 6 pack and general look trim similar to a jason stratham type look, would i need to drop my calorie intake lower or will ramping up my cardio surfice in a few weeks? 1200 seems low. You don't wanna push your body into fat saving mode. http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/Is your diet clean or full of crap? "For men, the average BMR in the United States is 1,662 calories." http://www.livestrong.com/article/315121-how-many-...
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Hoofy
47,981 posts
151 months
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Wot 'e sed. Aim for 1700 and lift weights plus do HIIT.
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