The 2023 weight loss thread - all welcome
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Ambleton said:
LJF_97 said:
Last night I decided enough is enough.
The lifestyle choices start this weekend.....
At the risk of sounding like a tThe lifestyle choices start this weekend.....
t, with this attitude you've already failed. If you REALLY want to stop shovelling it in, you stop at that point. Not "maybe at some point in the future".
It takes less effort to not eat crisps and cakes than it does to eat them... So it's got nothing to do with effort. It's just sheer will power.
My next available time slot to do some exercise is Friday night after I finish work & the shopping gets done on Saturday, hence why the weekend is the effective 'start date' of this change.
It is not an easy thing to do. If it was, no one would be fatties. I include myself in this. I was a chubster for years and years until I bksed my knee and realised just how fat I was. Change NEEDED to happen.
All I was suggesting is that the driver is not what you buy at the supermarket or how much you excersise.
The driver for change is a switch in your mind. Saying you'll flick the switch at some point in the future means there's a chance you might not.
You need to flick that switch now.
It's a clear mental decision that starts with what do YOU want. If you're putting it off, it means you've not made that decision yet.
Do you want that cake or biscuit? If you do that's fine, but it might mean sacrificing something else later on and you will be more hungry for a bit.
It's the easiest thing in the world to make excuses.
ksed my knee and realised just how fat I was. Change NEEDED to happen.All I was suggesting is that the driver is not what you buy at the supermarket or how much you excersise.
The driver for change is a switch in your mind. Saying you'll flick the switch at some point in the future means there's a chance you might not.
You need to flick that switch now.
It's a clear mental decision that starts with what do YOU want. If you're putting it off, it means you've not made that decision yet.
Do you want that cake or biscuit? If you do that's fine, but it might mean sacrificing something else later on and you will be more hungry for a bit.
It's the easiest thing in the world to make excuses.
Raccaccoonie said:
When you lose 3 kilos in a week, what are you losing?
I wondered that. If you take fat at 9 kcal per gram, you have to create a calorie deficit of 9,000 to lose a kilo of fat. There's no way you can create a calorie deficit of 27,000 in a week unless you're training for the Olympic rowing events and not eating at all, so it must be an amount of fluid and digestion 'work in progress' too.Although the body scanner thing at my gym reckoned it was mainly fat gone, including 10 cubic cm of visceral fat, which is the real bad guy here, but I retain a healthy scepticism about the accuracy of those things.
Interestingly, when you lose fat, where does it go? I read something that said the byproducts of burning the fat are mainly exhaled, rather than being flushed out in urine or faeces. Breathe yourself slimmer!
Ambleton said:
It is not an easy thing to do. If it was, no one would be fatties. I include myself in this. I was a chubster for years and years until I bksed my knee and realised just how fat I was. Change NEEDED to happen.
All I was suggesting is that the driver is not what you buy at the supermarket or how much you excersise.
The driver for change is a switch in your mind. Saying you'll flick the switch at some point in the future means there's a chance you might not.
You need to flick that switch now.
It's a clear mental decision that starts with what do YOU want. If you're putting it off, it means you've not made that decision yet.
Do you want that cake or biscuit? If you do that's fine, but it might mean sacrificing something else later on and you will be more hungry for a bit.
It's the easiest thing in the world to make excuses.
Why is it any different from all the people - a lot on this thread - who decided to start making a change on 1st Jan? I do get what you're saying, but he's talking in 48 hours time, not 3 weeks or maybe next month etc.ksed my knee and realised just how fat I was. Change NEEDED to happen.All I was suggesting is that the driver is not what you buy at the supermarket or how much you excersise.
The driver for change is a switch in your mind. Saying you'll flick the switch at some point in the future means there's a chance you might not.
You need to flick that switch now.
It's a clear mental decision that starts with what do YOU want. If you're putting it off, it means you've not made that decision yet.
Do you want that cake or biscuit? If you do that's fine, but it might mean sacrificing something else later on and you will be more hungry for a bit.
It's the easiest thing in the world to make excuses.
mooseracer said:
Why is it any different from all the people - a lot on this thread - who decided to start making a change on 1st Jan? I do get what you're saying, but he's talking in 48 hours time, not 3 weeks or maybe next month etc.
Agreed, the reaction to this poster has been unnecessarily harsh imo. We should be encouraging, not saying they've failed already.LJF_97 said:
Ambleton said:
LJF_97 said:
Last night I decided enough is enough.
The lifestyle choices start this weekend.....
At the risk of sounding like a tThe lifestyle choices start this weekend.....
t, with this attitude you've already failed. If you REALLY want to stop shovelling it in, you stop at that point. Not "maybe at some point in the future".
It takes less effort to not eat crisps and cakes than it does to eat them... So it's got nothing to do with effort. It's just sheer will power.
My next available time slot to do some exercise is Friday night after I finish work & the shopping gets done on Saturday, hence why the weekend is the effective 'start date' of this change.
LJF_97I'm sorry. I wasn't meaning to be harsh or to alienate anyone. Lots of people react differently to different inputs.
So apologies if I stepped over the line.
I wrongly assume everyone needs kicking into shape, others do not. I'm a stubborn bar steward so if I say I'll do something, and someone says "I don't believe you", I feel the need to prove them wrong. I react to a "good kicking".
This thread is for support and all I really want to do is get people on board and the point of the thread is to get people to lose weight and be healthier.
So....
Welcome aboard!
What's your plans, long term goals and preferred methods to get there?!
Colleagues at work have restarted their monthly curry evening at the local 'all-you-can-eat' Indian restaurant. I'm following a keto diet somewhat successfully, so avoided the rice, naans, poppadums, etc. I did allow myself one pint of gassy restaurant lager to accompany the selection of very tasty main dishes on offer, avoided the dessert of all-you-can-eat ice cream, and then proceeded to go out and walk eight miles to help burn it all off. A quick check back at base suggests my ketones are at level 5 of 6 on the measurement device, so hopefully I'll remain on track. Lamb jalfrezi was delicious.
1kg exactly for me this week. 8 weigh-ins straight of losing weight. I'm fking delighted. Should break the 10kg barrier next week or two, then 10% of body weight, then onwards and downwards.
I'm considering attempting a half-marathon on the rowing machine tomorrow. Diet is Slimming World style. Find something that works for you.
Thanks guys. 100% the thread plays a part.
king delighted. Should break the 10kg barrier next week or two, then 10% of body weight, then onwards and downwards. I'm considering attempting a half-marathon on the rowing machine tomorrow. Diet is Slimming World style. Find something that works for you.
Thanks guys. 100% the thread plays a part.
Ambleton said:
LJF_97I'm sorry. I wasn't meaning to be harsh or to alienate anyone. Lots of people react differently to different inputs.
So apologies if I stepped over the line.
I wrongly assume everyone needs kicking into shape, others do not. I'm a stubborn bar steward so if I say I'll do something, and someone says "I don't believe you", I feel the need to prove them wrong. I react to a "good kicking".
This thread is for support and all I really want to do is get people on board and the point of the thread is to get people to lose weight and be healthier.
So....
Welcome aboard!
What's your plans, long term goals and preferred methods to get there?!
I do appreciate what you are saying, but last night I had agreed to help my technophobe mum to set up her new phone, which took till 9pm. I did have a lean tea though so that's an improvement over recent habits.
My long-term goal is to get to 100kg and lose body fat, currently sat at high 120's so I need to weight in and track my loss.
Diet wise I have tried loads of different ones, the only common theme was they failed after about 2 months, hopefully this intermittent fasting combined with the reduction of 'bad' foods will lead to a more organised situation that is easier to stick to. Apparently allowing one 'cheat' meal per week, note - not an entire day, means you still get to experience the foods you like whilst not destroying the good works you've been doing all week.
Tonight I'm going to the gym and jumping on a bike as I'm trying to re-build my leg strength a little before I try to take the road bike out as it has been ages since I have been on a bike. I also need to plan my push/pull/leg gym routine around what days work best and when the gym is quiet.
LJF_97 said:
Ambleton said:
LJF_97I'm sorry. I wasn't meaning to be harsh or to alienate anyone. Lots of people react differently to different inputs.
So apologies if I stepped over the line.
Welcome aboard!
What's your plans, long term goals and preferred methods to get there?!
I do appreciate what you are saying... I did have a lean tea though so that's an improvement over recent habits.
My long-term goal is to get to 100kg and lose body fat, currently sat at high 120's so I need to weight in and track my loss.
Diet wise I have tried loads of different ones, the only common theme was they failed after about 2 months, hopefully this intermittent fasting combined with the reduction of 'bad' foods will lead to a more organised situation that is easier to stick to. Apparently allowing one 'cheat' meal per week, note - not an entire day, means you still get to experience the foods you like whilst not destroying the good works you've been doing all week.
Tonight I'm going to the gym and jumping on a bike as I'm trying to re-build my leg strength a little before I try to take the road bike out as it has been ages since I have been on a bike. I also need to plan my push/pull/leg gym routine around what days work best and when the gym is quiet.
For me, the best thing to do is to track all calories. Everything.
This really opened my eyes as to what I was putting in my body. It's actually fairly shocking. I like to think I'm fairly smart but it was a real education. It's tough for a few weeks as everything is weighed, measured and added individually but it doesn't take long to readjust your eyes and cooking style.
After this I set a target and just stuck to it, almost religiously. It takes serious will power, but the scales prove that for me it was the right thing to do.
Add yourself to the Wiki and get the ball rolling!
andburg said:
danpalmer1993 said:
Weighed in again and another 1.9kg down over the last 2 weeks, even with 5 pints and a greasy burger and chips on Sunday which was my first treat of the year!
Brings me to 11.3kg down so far and heading towards 2 stone down.
Impressive work!Brings me to 11.3kg down so far and heading towards 2 stone down.
Always helps when you have more to lose to start with!
Raccaccoonie said:
I don't think you would lose muscle, usually last thing to be used. Just wondered really.
The first week I lost 10lvs. I expect that it was mostly water weight and whatever was in my gut. That was a revelation. I have lost some muscle strength since going on keto but as I said, I'm not worried about it. Ambleton said:
LJF_97 said:
Last night I decided enough is enough.
The lifestyle choices start this weekend.....
At the risk of sounding like a tThe lifestyle choices start this weekend.....
t, with this attitude you've already failed. If you REALLY want to stop shovelling it in, you stop at that point. Not "maybe at some point in the future".
It takes less effort to not eat crisps and cakes than it does to eat them... So it's got nothing to do with effort. It's just sheer will power.
I was overweight at the turn of the year, had a holiday booked and chose to start after that. I've lost nearly 17lbs so far in around 5 weeks.
Last time I lost weight I lost around 3.5stone also choosing a date in the future - on that occasion it was New Years as I always find Christmas and Winter a hard time.
Not everyone is the same of course, but for me personally, I always like the feeling of a fresh start. E.g. a Monday of a new week, or the start of a new month, or some other point which to me is the start of a something new.
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