The 2025 Weight Loss Thread

[Mr Roper]

AB said:

Not weighed myself for a while but tonight I'm 1kg down from the last time at 68kg, I don't want to lose any more but it seems to still be happening, which is weird. That's 39kg in total. Over 1/3 of my bodyweight.

I'm currently cycling 10 miles a day for charity for 3 months, a month in, and I'm playing sports 4 nights a week

Excellent.

[22]

22 said:

The thread absolutely plays a part in keeping me on it (although it's taken a few goes!).

Have lost my head a bit this week. Waiting on an additional scan for Mrs 22, but need to not use that as an excuse as we don't get results until ~7th November and that's a long meltdown!

Added to generally being a clown, I was out for dinner last night, kids will want a takeaway tonight and it's my mum's 80th meal tomorrow. Writing this down will hopefully be a reminder of how far I've come this year with some of you guys, and not to let it unravel.

[Mr Roper]

22 said:

Have lost my head a bit this week. Waiting on an additional scan for Mrs 22, but need to not use that as an excuse as we don't get results until ~7th November and that's a long meltdown!

Added to generally being a clown, I was out for dinner last night, kids will want a takeaway tonight and it's my mum's 80th meal tomorrow. Writing this down will hopefully be a reminder of how far I've come this year with some of you guys, and not to let it unravel.

You've lost a huge 17kg and now only 2kg from hitting your goal! This is a huge achievement.....Call these last few weeks the Championship rounds, dial it in and get on with it.

[AB]

I think you've got to allow yourself some time off or it's not sustainable. Remember this is a long term lifestyle change you're looking at not a quick fix.

[yellowjack]

AB said:

I think you've got to allow yourself some time off or it's not sustainable. Remember this is a long term lifestyle change you're looking at not a quick fix.

I gave myself a night off last night. I ate about two thirds of a 'Family Circle' box of assorted biscuits. 1,960 calories for the box.

Today I am half a kilo up from yesterday, but that's quite a normal variation day-to-day. More worrying was what it did to my body fat percentage.

That said, I'm active every day, so I'm not concerned too much. Sure, any setback is a setback, but so long as it doesn't turn into a consistent backside then I'll be OK. And my fitness is now the focus, since I've got myself under my target weight and managed to stay there for a few months now. I'll be shooting for a sub 22 minute 5k at parkrun this weekend. At the start of this year sub 25 minutes was a distant dream.

[Mr Roper]

AB said:

I think you've got to allow yourself some time off or it's not sustainable. Remember this is a long term lifestyle change you're looking at not a quick fix.

I agree to a point.... eating clean 24/7/365 could be taxing so 'time off' can be good to reset the noggin. But I wouldn't encourage it as I don't know the person because what is time off? One meal, one day, one week, one month? Lifestyle change imo is having structure, routine and discipline until you no longer need structure, routine and discipline...It's just another day of the week.

22 is conscious of where he's at so I'm sure he'll be just fine...It's the achingly close to the goal that makes my teeth itch but that's more a reflection on me and not 22.

[22]

Thanks folks. I've been under target earlier this year - double-stacked summer holidays put paid to that. This year I seem to be better than usual in dusting myself down and going again, so hoping that sticks.

Appreciate the support!

[AB]

For me, time off is a meal I wouldn't normally eat. Tonight I fancy a curry so I'll have one, with a naan bread and some poppadoms. I've been looking forward to it all week so it's been helping me not snack on other stuff, saving myself.

[Harry Flashman]

Weight is plateauing at around 84-85kg which is still too heavy for my height.

However, waist has narrowed and now wearing 33 inch waist trousers.

That said, I am on holiday, and I cannot seem to stay away from desserts. But the advantage is that I have time, and a gym, so if my calories are higher, I am at least spending a good hour in the gym every day.

I'm at the stage where looking fine in clothes is OK, but shirt off, there is still a small belly and love handles. Its annoying, as muscular definition is great absolutely everywhere but my middle! Food, dammit. To get to Mr Roper's amazing transformation, I would have to start calorie counting and paying proper attention to macros. Or fasting. And I just am not there yet with lifestyle change...

One year ago, same holiday.





Today. Going is slow, but worth it. I may not be the most "in shape" I have ever been in my life (yet!) but at 48, overall fitness and mobility are better than I can remember since my early 30s.

Just need to be able to have some food discipline. Argh!!!

Edited by Harry Flashman on Sunday 19th October 20:23

[Harry Flashman]

AB said:

I think you've got to allow yourself some time off or it's not sustainable. Remember this is a long term lifestyle change you're looking at not a quick fix.

Agree with this, but my problem is that I haven't really built any true structure in. Sure, I don't drink as much anymore, and have largely swapped out sweets, eat better (oats, veg etc.) and now avoid takeaways, but I still am not tracking calories or even being terribly disciplined about food.

I really don't know why - it's almost as if I have a phobia of going to this last step. It's as if I feel as if I would be giving up a lot, rather than gaining a lot...I have always had a dodgy relationship with food, looking back.

Going to keep using this thread for inspiration, and maybe get to the food part of things properly. Thanks, everyone.

Edited by Harry Flashman on Sunday 19th October 20:21

[yellowjack]

Hmmm.

Too early to crow about it, but today I dipped back below 65.0kg for the first time in a month. Before our summer holidays I was below 65.0kg daily for weeks.

So it's just 64.9kg, and just for one day so far, but I've been stuck between 65kg and 66kg for a while. I've tried to persuade myself I was happy there, but in honesty I don't think I can be. The trouble is, it is difficult to consistently weigh the same, with daily fluctuations, and one day at 64.9kg isn't going to drag the weekly average down by much.

I know my struggle is going to be to keep up the better habits that lost me all the weight in the first place. I've had a couple of blowouts in the last couple of weeks, but it has certainly been quicker and easier getting back on track after a blowout. I think the toughest test will be the Christmas seasonal fayre. Is there a 'Mince Pie Addicts Anonymous' group I can sign up to...?

[TheHeadhunter]

AB said:

Not weighed myself for a while but tonight I'm 1kg down from the last time at 68kg, I don't want to lose any more but it seems to still be happening, which is weird. That's 39kg in total. Over 1/3 of my bodyweight.

I'm currently cycling 10 miles a day for charity for 3 months, a month in, and I'm playing sports 4 nights a week and I'm clearly not fuelling myself enough

Thats amazing. Well done.

What is the charity? And how can we get involved?

[TheHeadhunter]

yellowjack said:

I gave myself a night off last night. I ate about two thirds of a 'Family Circle' box of assorted biscuits. 1,960 calories for the box.

To me this is why ongoing balance is important. Periodic small treats prevent massive binges like eating 2000Kcal of empty energy calories.

[Speed Badger]

Well I've stopped drinking wine for 3 weeks, been mostly eating fish, vegetables, rice and salad for lunch and dinners, granola or croissant (plain) for brekkie and no snacks apart from carrot sticks, dry roasted edamame beans and grapes. Managed to put on 2kg, way to go! FFS.

I'm not sure how this is physiologically possible, but hopefully it's a reaction to stopping drinking stloads, my body grabbing sugars and storing them elsewhere because it's not getting its usual 'wine' sugars.

[yellowjack]

OK. I don't usually do stuff like this. And it's probably pointless because I don't have any "before" pictures for comparison. But here goes...

2 years on from my decision to make changes to my weight, health, and fitness, and (currently) I'm 14 kilograms lighter than when I started.

Please excuse the lack of colour. I've got a great "cycling tan", but I'm not much of a fan of lying around in the sunshine getting a more extensive tan.

I'm also very conscious, since I lost some of my "padding", of the shape of my ribs on the left. A collision while cycling (a van driver failed to give way at a roundabout) left me with a fractured Scapula and several broken ribs on my left side. An earlier solo MTB crash left me with a "sticky-outy" Sternum, too, after I fractured that and my C6 and C7 Vertebrae. Sometimes, when you add in the plated Tib/Fib fractures from 2018's fall down stairs at home, I'm surprised I'm even still here, let alone able to run and make significant improvements to my PBs from 5k to Half Marathon as I prepare to enter the second half of my fifties next month. This is all from running and cycling, too. I've not set foot in a gym since my rehab physiotherapy classes after the Tib/Fib fractures seven years ago. I keep thinking I should start some gym sessions, but I'm not keen on gyms, really...

[Harry Flashman]

I use pictures for accountability. To remind me where I have come from, and that I am not yet where I want to get to, but to remind myself that progress has been made.

And we all have things about our bodies that we don't like. I have incredibly skinny calves that give the impression that I never do leg days (I do!). But they work fine.

Your ribs are just, well, part of you and your journey.

Also, on not loving gyms, exercise is exercise. You seem to get lots of it. Sure, strength training is important for us as we get older, but you don't need to do it with weights, in a gym. I like the gym, but many do not!

Congratulations on getting healthy again, and staying there!

[Mr Roper]

Speed Badger said:

Well I've stopped drinking wine for 3 weeks, been mostly eating fish, vegetables, rice and salad for lunch and dinners, granola or croissant (plain) for brekkie and no snacks apart from carrot sticks, dry roasted edamame beans and grapes. Managed to put on 2kg, way to go! FFS.

I'm not sure how this is physiologically possible, but hopefully it's a reaction to stopping drinking stloads, my body grabbing sugars and storing them elsewhere because it's not getting its usual 'wine' sugars.

Well done for pausing the wine.

I hate to be that guy by saying calories in calories out but eating clean doesn't equal weight loss. If you've been in a deficit for the past 3 weeks you shouldn't be putting on weight as you know.
Granola is super high in calories if you're eating a bowl of it.. Are you eating a punnet of grapes every day? A large butter croissant could have over 300 calories, portion size of rice etc etc..

I think what you're eating is ok from a nutritional point of view but maybe look at the amount. Also..little changes make a big difference...I.e. Blueberry's are nearly half the calories of grapes (I think it's 45 per 100g as opposed to 80 per 100g), The type of granola is also important..Bio & Me granola is about the best 'off the shelf' variety I've found...
... I have 35g of granola per day with 200g 0.0% Fage with 80g blueberry's and 8g of manuka honey...That's 323g of good food that keeps me satisfied as opposed to an 80g croissant that won't but they share similar calories.


Given that you're determined enough that you paused the wine I would really focus on counting calories, even for short while, just to get an idea of what you're eating.

Good luck SB, I think with a little fine tuning you'll be set.

Edited by Mr Roper on Wednesday 22 October 11:22

[TheHeadhunter]

Mr Roper said:

Speed Badger said:

Well I've stopped drinking wine for 3 weeks, been mostly eating fish, vegetables, rice and salad for lunch and dinners, granola or croissant (plain) for brekkie and no snacks apart from carrot sticks, dry roasted edamame beans and grapes. Managed to put on 2kg, way to go! FFS.

I'm not sure how this is physiologically possible, but hopefully it's a reaction to stopping drinking stloads, my body grabbing sugars and storing them elsewhere because it's not getting its usual 'wine' sugars.

Well done for pausing the wine.

I hate to be that guy by saying calories in calories out but eating clean doesn't equal weight loss. If you've been in a deficit for the past 3 weeks you shouldn't be putting on weight as you know.
Granola is super high in calories if you're eating a bowl of it.. Are you eating a punnet of grapes every day? A large butter croissant could have over 300 calories, portion size of rice etc etc..

I think what you're eating is ok from a nutritional point of view but maybe look at the amount. Also..little changes make a big difference...I.e. Blueberry's are nearly half the calories of grapes (I think it's 45 per 100g as opposed to 80 per 100g), The type of granola is also important..Bio & Me granola is about the best 'off the shelf' variety I've found...
... I have 35g of granola per day with 200g 0.0% Fage with 80g blueberry's and 8g of manuka honey...That's 323g of good food that keeps me satisfied as opposed to an 80g croissant that won't but they share similar calories.


Given that you're determined enough that you paused the wine I would really focus on counting calories, even for short while, just to get an idea of what you're eating.

Good luck SB, I think with a little fine tuning you'll be set.

Edited by Mr Roper on Wednesday 22 October 11:22

Echo that, you need to understand the macronutrients in everything you eat. And also don't blindly go to fat free options, they are often higher sugar and higher calorie with less nutritional benefit and less chance of satisfying hunger.

[22]

Dwindling thread participants is not a new thing and I'm usually gone by now so I guess I should be pleased I've hung on this long.

I fully expect my weight to creep over 100kg over Christmas, but at the end of October? +2.6kg over a couple of weeks taking me to 99.6kg

Self-destruct is my superpower.

I know if I get my diet back in check I'll be rewarded with a quick dip in that number, but not sure I'm quite there at the mo.

Was a bit nervous getting on the scales today so it shows I still care. Writing it down rather than quietly disappearing off the thread. Maybe it'll stick. I'll see you next week or the 1st Jan

[carlove]

Had my grandmas birthday at the weekend just gone, and really over ate, had my body weight in fish and chips, plus a costa on the drive down, and again on the way home, but back on it this week. Nervous Friday weight in today, lost 1lbs, which puts me exactly 5 stone loss from my very heaviest. 5lbs from my target weight now.