The 2025 Weight Loss Thread

[gazza285]

I’m in. Not looking to lose that much, but I do a fair bit of fell running and carrying more than I need to uphill is hard work. I’ve put a bit of weight on after firstly knackering my knee a few years back, then suffering from nerve trouble in my back early last year.

Now fully fit and able again, and looking to do more racing this year.

[indigostr]

After an absolute ste 2024 personally , going to give my best to losing some timber again in 2025.
I’ve managed to maintain my end of 2023 weight loss through end of year training but it’s not enough.
Good luck everyone in reaching your goals.

[beambeam1]

Back once again like the renegade master...

Started off pretty strong last year and had lost 8.2kg within 6 weeks I think, then my 40th birthday and second child came along and I never really got back on it properly. I'm thoroughly annoyed at myself this time, I have all the tools and knowledge I need and I want to be around for the kids for years, don't I? There's nothing else in my life I have issues with except my weight and I've been moaning about that for 20 years now. Furious.

165.9kg on 26/12/23

162.6kg on 01/01/25

130kg by 01/01/26

There was a bit of debate last year about training and activity v food intake and those arguing the latter were absolutely correct. All diets, all research articles supporting them, all lean towards calorie deficit as the key to success in weight loss.

But that doesn't mean I'm going to avoid exercise, far from it. Going to try and really boost my fitness this year. Despite the weight I can actually shift myself if I want to, 20km cycle to work in an hour sort of thing. I have a decent garage gym, two bikes, stationary bike and a masters in sports science FFS. I've decided to stop going for short-term wins and sticking to my comfort zone which is being good at martial arts and doing what's necessary to win competitions... this year I'm going to enter a sprint triathlon after some encouragement from a mate. I haven't swum much since I was a teenager so not sure how 750m in a pool will feel but I know I can nail the 20km cycle. It's the 5km run I am apprehensive about... I can't run nor enjoy even attempting to so it's going to be a few horrible months of building up to decent distance without stopping.

Here we go.

[Hodgie]

I've disappeared from the wiki again so will post starting weights etc. below for the record!

Starting Weight 113.6kg (01/01/25) Target Weight 100kg Notes Stop drinking, 10k daily steps, Intermittent fasting

Back at work today and 18 hours into a 20 hour fast and feeling pretty motivated so will see how long I can do!

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Hodgie said:

I've disappeared from the wiki again so will post starting weights etc. below for the record!

If someone leaves the Wiki open on their browser and it gets updated by someone else during that time - their edit starts from their (now old) screen version. LosingGrip also disappeared, but added himself back.

You're back on there now, I'm happy to check edit histories if it happens to anyone again - small price to pay if lots of PHers get onboard. People at the bottom most likely to get zapped - or possibly updating a weight may be lost.

[Tisy]

Hodgie said:

Back at work today and 18 hours into a 20 hour fast and feeling pretty motivated so will see how long I can do!

I am coming up to 24 hrs and am going to continue - why not? .

I've just picked up an exercise step for a fiver off Facebook marketplace. My legs are so knackered and weak it's embarrassing. Lots of beginner and pro stepper work-outs on youtube to get quads, glutes, hamstrings, calves and hip muscles working again, and a good cardio' work-out too .

[Hodgie]

22 said:

Hodgie said:

I've disappeared from the wiki again so will post starting weights etc. below for the record!

If someone leaves the Wiki open on their browser and it gets updated by someone else during that time - their edit starts from their (now old) screen version. LosingGrip also disappeared, but added himself back.

You're back on there now, I'm happy to check edit histories if it happens to anyone again - small price to pay if lots of PHers get onboard. People at the bottom most likely to get zapped - or possibly updating a weight may be lost.

Thanks 22 much appreciated, apologies for creating additional work

[Fas1975]

Would like to jump in and use this thread to be held accountable

Turning 50, I'm the heaviest I've been. I know the theory and I'm actually quite active. I hit the gym 4-5 times a week with proper sweaty sessions, I box 2 times and if I have time, also do a bit of Muay Thai, but my diet is just trash.

I'll wake up and get through the day fine, healthy, it's the dead time before bed, around 8.30 - 10.30 that I have daily cases of "the fk it's" and then it's cake, biscuits, chocs and never just one. Enough is enough

I'm 142.5kg as of 31st December, my target goal is 110kg as that was my fighting weight when I competed in my early 20's. Even if I can get sub 120kg, that'll be a huge win for me. I'm 6ft 2in and allegedly carry my weight well, but I hate seeing what is looking back at me in the mirror.

Time to be accountable

[interstellar]

Day 2 and I have just done a combination of running and walking the 5 k route I did yesterday.

Some progress, I was 12 mins quicker than just a constant walk so I’ll take that on day 2.

It took me 44mins.

Once I get running the whole way in a couple of months I hope to be sub 35.

[fiatpower]

I completely failed in 2024 and ended up heavier than i've ever been. I had a good start to the year, then plateaued for a few months a bit. I then got plagued with injuries and illness almost continuously from July. Various calf and hamstring muscle strains, food poisoning, colds etc impacted my ability to train with my average weekly mileage dropping quite a bit (ignoring the odd spike of a good week). I also started travelling a lot more with work (roughly 1 week per month) where I typically eat and drink quite poorly.





I started the year at 105.3 kg. My original target last year was to get to 90kg which is still my target now, i'm just further away to begin with!

I have a 100k ultra marathon booked in for September with a few half marathons in the run up. I also have a hyrox style race in August. So hoping with those races in mind that will certainly sharpen the concentration!

Edited by fiatpower on Thursday 2nd January 15:37

[Ambleton]

I need to be back in here!

In '21 and '22, due a lot to these threads, I went from 114kg to 90kg. This was done by cycling, swimming and calorie control. It was kicked off by a knee injury because i became a bit of a fatty.

In '23 my life changed and the wheels came off my self care regime as I had other priorities that were more important. I kept ~95kg for pretty much all of 2023.

2024 came with another load of personal and family challenges which meant my dedication to exercise and looking after my diet wasn't top of the list. Emergency surgery in the middle of summer didn't help.

Ive ballooned back up to 109kg, and we now have a baby. This will add an additional challenge but I'm hopeful that with some careful management I can drop to sub 100kgs by the summer. One way I hope to achieve this is by cycling to and from work at least once a week, but hopefully more (4miles each way).

[Hoofy]

22 said:

This is a positive thread, there is no right way and wrong way, we're all wired differently

Except you've eaten more so you're heavier. Is there anyone out there who has eaten more and lost weight over December? No, didn't think so.

Well, ok, there are many right ways and a righter way...

Eat less, move more.

Just fast. It's easy, simple and works.

You can fast all day and watch TV. If you insist on going to the gym then crack on but it's optional and for different reasons.

I've done less exercise in the last 3 weeks but kept up my fasting routine so I'm still in decent shape. And haven't had to eat before going to the gym so I've probably ate less!

[Tisy]

Fasting is definitely not easy for everyone! If you are used to munching pies, pasties, cake and other sugary goodness comfort food then the withdrawal cravings are pretty severe. I am 29 hours in now and feel I can continue, but I started after eating half a cooked chicken which I understand is a good starting poing as the high protein content keeps you feeling full.

[Hoofy]

Tisy said:

Fasting is definitely not easy for everyone! If you are used to munching pies, pasties, cake and other sugary goodness comfort food then the withdrawal cravings are pretty severe.

I fking love food. If I didn't fast regularly, I'd be fat.

Just do something else. Watch TV, play a game, masturbate, go for a drive, play a sport, go for a walk. Keep food away from your gob.

You just need to decide you're going to do it and get on with it. The "it" being doing nothing.

Been doing it regularly for about 18 months now and it's easy. I wouldn't do a 3 dayer because I love food too much. I love eating. Eating's my favourite. I'll binge eat over the weekend and then fast 3 times a week during the week. Ok, I am a bit mean because me eating a lot encourages others to eat a lot and as they have no routine for dealing with the excess food, they all get fatter. But they know I fast. They just make noises for why they can't do it. It's the same old, tedious noises that everyone else who refuses to try fasting makes. And they continue to convince themselves that they're right. I wouldn't mind so much if they just shut up about being fat and accepted it but they insist on saying things like "I shouldn't eat that" or "I need to go on a diet" or etc etc. Yawn. Just get on with it or enjoy getting fat.

PS You'll love my breakfast for later. It's a whole sharebag of tortilla chips. I can't wait. I'll have it with a beer and maybe follow up with a whisky. It's Christmas, right?

Edited by Hoofy on Thursday 2nd January 17:32

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Hoofy said:

Stuff

Someone asked about setting up the Wiki/thread - I'm no motivational speaker and certainly no role model. If many of us weren't flawed, we wouldn't need these threads. Nor would there be fat clubs, fat-busting jabs, C25K, keto diets and whatever. Maybe this thread leads to some people finding fasting is their answer.

I had a quit smoking thread years ago. If only someone had posted how easy it was on day 1, it could have saved me loads of time & money. Humans are complicated and flawed!

However you intend to lose weight, hopefully you'll find support here.

[Hoofy]

22 said:

Hoofy said:

Stuff

Someone asked about setting up the Wiki/thread - I'm no motivational speaker and certainly no role model. If many of us weren't flawed, we wouldn't need these threads. Nor would there be fat clubs, fat-busting jabs, C25K, keto diets and whatever. Maybe this thread leads to some people finding fasting is their answer.

I had a quit smoking thread years ago. If only someone had posted how easy it was on day 1, it could have saved me loads of time & money. Humans are complicated and flawed!

However you intend to lose weight, hopefully you'll find support here.

It is "easy", just don't eat.

Thing is, I've tried many weight loss protocols. They all work if you stick to them. Some are more sensible than others, some more complicated than others. I put fasting under "easy" because the rule is simple: don't eat.

You can throw excuses in your way if you want. That's entirely your choice. Just like it was your choice to put a cigarette in your mouth.

PS "fat clubs, fat-busting jabs, C25K, keto diets" <--- hard work and/or expensive.

Edited by Hoofy on Thursday 2nd January 18:15

[Robmarriott]

Hoofy said:

Is there anyone out there who has eaten more and lost weight over December? No, didn't think so.

Yep, me.

Started December at 111.6kg, now down to 109.4. At work basically every day we ordered lunch from some crappy fast food place. I ate more cheese and more chocolate than I have the rest of the year combined. I had 3 portions of dessert on Christmas day, plus more cheese.

The only thing I did differently to the rest of the year was bother going to the gym 3 or 4 times a week.

This thread, as with all the previous ones, is about encouraging other people along their way to enlightenment. Telling people their method is wrong and 'don't eat' is the only answer is just plain stty advice.

[Blue_star]

beambeam1 said:

Back once again like the renegade master...

Started off pretty strong last year and had lost 8.2kg within 6 weeks I think, then my 40th birthday and second child came along and I never really got back on it properly. I'm thoroughly annoyed at myself this time, I have all the tools and knowledge I need and I want to be around for the kids for years, don't I? There's nothing else in my life I have issues with except my weight and I've been moaning about that for 20 years now. Furious.

165.9kg on 26/12/23

162.6kg on 01/01/25

130kg by 01/01/26

There was a bit of debate last year about training and activity v food intake and those arguing the latter were absolutely correct. All diets, all research articles supporting them, all lean towards calorie deficit as the key to success in weight loss.

But that doesn't mean I'm going to avoid exercise, far from it. Going to try and really boost my fitness this year. Despite the weight I can actually shift myself if I want to, 20km cycle to work in an hour sort of thing. I have a decent garage gym, two bikes, stationary bike and a masters in sports science FFS. I've decided to stop going for short-term wins and sticking to my comfort zone which is being good at martial arts and doing what's necessary to win competitions... this year I'm going to enter a sprint triathlon after some encouragement from a mate. I haven't swum much since I was a teenager so not sure how 750m in a pool will feel but I know I can nail the 20km cycle. It's the 5km run I am apprehensive about... I can't run nor enjoy even attempting to so it's going to be a few horrible months of building up to decent distance without stopping.

Here we go.

I think with all this cycling and exercise you will end up adding 4-5 kg of muscle. This is great.

However, don't forget this if the weighting scale doesn't move some weeks.

[Hoofy]

Robmarriott said:

Hoofy said:

Is there anyone out there who has eaten more and lost weight over December? No, didn't think so.

Yep, me.

Started December at 111.6kg, now down to 109.4. At work basically every day we ordered lunch from some crappy fast food place. I ate more cheese and more chocolate than I have the rest of the year combined. I had 3 portions of dessert on Christmas day, plus more cheese.

The only thing I did differently to the rest of the year was bother going to the gym 3 or 4 times a week.

This thread, as with all the previous ones, is about encouraging other people along their way to enlightenment. Telling people their method is wrong and 'don't eat' is the only answer is just plain stty advice.

It's not stty advice. It's great advice but you're right, it's not encouraging. Also, I didn't say anyone's way was wrong.

I'm just trying to inform people that there is a really easy way of losing weight and that is to eat a lot less. I should say that I'd just put up with hearing the usual painful stuff talked about on LBC; had to switch off as people just sounded like they wanted to do things the hard way.

And FWIW I have nothing to sell so it's genuine frustration over how people seem to prefer to do things the hard way over fasting. I have nothing to gain and nothing to lose by telling people about fasting.

It's funny because any time the subject of weight loss comes up, whether down the pub, the sports club, family groups or online, it's the same tedious stuff. And as soon as I mention fasting, the usual non-valid arguments come up, even though I walk the walk.

Well, enjoy doing it the hard way. I'm sure it'll work if you stick to it.

Back to my crisps because the sharebag won't eat itself.

[Jimjimhim]

Hoofy is right in that if you want to lose weight then you need to eat less, I personally don't want to fast as I don't like that way of doing it, I eat every day and eat whatever I want, I just don't eat so much, but the results are the same as fasting.

The gym is great, but the gym is where you go for exercise rather than weight loss.