The 2020 Weight Loss Thread!

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agustino said:
There is something interested on this thread

Most of the participants are concetrating on physical exercise

Cutting food no
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I wonder if that has more to do with a lifestyle change, in the beginning people go on these radical diets, post for a month and the diets fail. I honestly wouldn't be able to do some of these diets.

The people who start doing exercise slowly change their lifestyle e.g walking twice a week - 4 times a week - jog - run then you don't want to eat as much junk. Maybe gradual changes work better over a longer time but I'm just guessing.
 
Still lurking here, but unemployment and sitting at home for close on a year put my diet/lifestyle focus very much on the back burner. Started a new job recently and I'm giving essentially OMAD a go 5 days a week (work) and then usual eating over weekends but with a focus on mostly low carb high-fat foods. I'm less strict about some carbs during OMAD days, but pay close attention to them on non-fasting days (weekend). It's been 2 and a half weeks, and I'm feeling better overall, but I'm still too terrified to get on a scale. I'd like to be able to see a visible difference myself before I get back on a scale. Pretty much kept the daily walking up 80% of the last year, and that continues. Just over 5km a day now before work in the mornings, and slightly longer walks on weekends. Slowly getting back into kettlebell now as well.
 
agustino said:
There is something interested on this thread

Most of the participants are concetrating on physical exercise

Cutting food no
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Exercise is a big part of my life now but I'm 7 years into my "journey." Originally in 2013, I went from 96kg to 78kg in 6 months purely on diet with no additional exercise (even though I knew I should have been adding in Exercise.) I relapsed in 2015 to 89kg and began 2016 redoubling efforts on my diet and then a couple of months later we had a Wellness program at work with exercise classes and everything suddenly clicked into place fitness-wise.

Suffice to say, I am pretty deep down the rabbit hole that @Scary_Turtle mentioned.

In terms of weight loss, diet will achieve 80% of your potential with no exercise and if you have a lot of weight to lose, diet will be more effective and most likely less risky than focusing on exercise alone but the two always complement each other.

Community is also incredibly powerful when it comes to this sort of lifestyle change -whether it's a class, a club, online forum or whatever, your journey is richer and stronger when you walk your road with, and for others.
 
PoppieChoffel said:
Still lurking here, but unemployment and sitting at home for close on a year put my diet/lifestyle focus very much on the back burner. Started a new job recently and I'm giving essentially OMAD a go 5 days a week (work) and then usual eating over weekends but with a focus on mostly low carb high-fat foods. I'm less strict about some carbs during OMAD days, but pay close attention to them on non-fasting days (weekend). It's been 2 and a half weeks, and I'm feeling better overall, but I'm still too terrified to get on a scale. I'd like to be able to see a visible difference myself before I get back on a scale. Pretty much kept the daily walking up 80% of the last year, and that continues. Just over 5km a day now before work in the mornings, and slightly longer walks on weekends. Slowly getting back into kettlebell now as well.
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You were very consistent judging by your participation in the work out thread last year. Glad you are picking up your kettlebell again. Here is a new kettlebell program from Darebee - even if you don't want to try the whole thing, maybe you will get some ideas to spice up your workouts.

Stay strong ;-)
 
InvisibleJim said:
You were very consistent judging by your participation in the work out thread last year. Glad you are picking up your kettlebell again. Here is a new kettlebell program from Darebee - even if you don't want to try the whole thing, maybe you will get some ideas to spice up your workouts.

Stay strong ;-)
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Thank you, appreciate it!
 
InvisibleJim said:
Exercise is a big part of my life now but I'm 7 years into my "journey." Originally in 2013, I went from 96kg to 78kg in 6 months purely on diet with no additional exercise (even though I knew I should have been adding in Exercise.) I relapsed in 2015 to 89kg and began 2016 redoubling efforts on my diet and then a couple of months later we had a Wellness program at work with exercise classes and everything suddenly clicked into place fitness-wise.

Suffice to say, I am pretty deep down the rabbit hole that @Scary_Turtle mentioned.

In terms of weight loss, diet will achieve 80% of your potential with no exercise and if you have a lot of weight to lose, diet will be more effective and most likely less risky than focusing on exercise alone but the two always complement each other.

Community is also incredibly powerful when it comes to this sort of lifestyle change -whether it's a class, a club, online forum or whatever, your journey is richer and stronger when you walk your road with, and for others.
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I agree with your views by hundred per cent
 
Gamer said:
One of the things I've figured out in my 47kg loss in 11 months journey, I can't out exercise a bad diet.
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Pretty much and it's those late night night snacks that kill any plans for weight loss.

Stagnated mid year and picked up a couple of kilos.
 
Seems Ive stalled the last 6 months. No progress but also no weight gain. I'm ok with that for now, but need to get back into the swing of things.

I havent been cutting out sugar and carbs and portion sizes like I used to so I only have myself to blame...but at least I have a working formula...just need to stick to it.
 
agustino said:
"snacks" How about calories in snacks
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A large bag of potato chips for instance could have four or five hundred calories. Depending on your what you ate on that day and how much energy you expended that could be enough to take you from a calorie deficit to an excess on a given day. It's also enough to negate the energy expenditure of a decent workout or 5k run.

Also snacking late at night when you energy expenditure is going to be low for the next few hours, I imagine would be conducive to weight gain, especially if that snack were high GI/GL food.
 
First time poster but have followed this thread with interest this year..

So thought I would share my weight loss story..

Before lockdown I did a lot of excersice but not always super high intensity, due to work with a canteen I found it hard to keep weight off. Was hovering at about a 28 BMI, 87 kg at 177cm. Playing squash about 5 times a week but drinking beer after and eating out, some take away and some canteen lunches at work. Managed to drop 7kg about two years ago but slowly put it all back on. Was always keen to get healthy but always caved to eating too often too much.

Come lockdown I made no firm plans to lose, just made a promise to exercise 30 minutes a day 6 days a week. 3 of these days was high intensity-running 5km with intervals..)(squash is great fitness but unless opponent skill levels are similar you don't always maintain intensity) The big change was that I never keep a lot of snacks at home and pretty much moved to one major meal per day(dinner). Breakfast and lunch both very small portions (breakfast oatmeal with one teaspoon of maple Syrup and either cinnamon or cocoa, lunch a toasted hot cross bun).

Still had crisps every other day but small amounts to cut the hunger.. Not travelling to work and not being tempted by a canteen just down the corridor has helped a huge amount...

So moved from 87 kg in January to hovering at 76kg now, bought a decent scale and I find I can control my weight between 75 and 77 kg and 24 - 25 bmi. Exercise intensity helps but end of the day it's mostly about portion size and how often you eat.

Haven't really changed what I eat at dinner(protein and some carbs), it's the amount that seems most important. Anyway feels really good even if most of my clothes now look like I inherited them from someone one size bigger.. :X3:
 
I've always been a lurker of this thread and never really bothered to get involved. I recently started binge watching My 600-lb life and realised that I'm probably half way there and here I sit shocked at some of these images.

At 135kg it's my highest weight I have ever been and does not look like it's going down. Drastic measures are required and it's easy for me as I don't feel like I'm addicted to food but rather sugar. I do like energy drinks a lot and that is likely the biggest contributor to my weight. I can do 4 or 5 energy drinks in a weekend without issues and now that I'm working from home and no longer doing a physically demanding job like before things are taking a turn for the worse in terms of my weight.

My Goal weight is 100kg for now and so I have to lose 35kg to reach that goal. I'm not to bothered with the actual weight than my pants and shirt size so obviously when I drop the 35kg I'm hoping to have gone down at least 2 pant sizes not sure if that is a realistic number but that is the hope.
 
cavedog said:
I've always been a lurker of this thread and never really bothered to get involved. I recently started binge watching My 600-lb life and realised that I'm probably half way there and here I sit shocked at some of these images.

At 135kg it's my highest weight I have ever been and does not look like it's going down. Drastic measures are required and it's easy for me as I don't feel like I'm addicted to food but rather sugar. I do like energy drinks a lot and that is likely the biggest contributor to my weight. I can do 4 or 5 energy drinks in a weekend without issues and now that I'm working from home and no longer doing a physically demanding job like before things are taking a turn for the worse in terms of my weight.

My Goal weight is 100kg for now and so I have to lose 35kg to reach that goal. I'm not to bothered with the actual weight than my pants and shirt size so obviously when I drop the 35kg I'm hoping to have gone down at least 2 pant sizes not sure if that is a realistic number but that is the hope.
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Good luck :) Keto is great and if you through in some 16:8 fasts you should drop 35Kgs fairly easily.
I am starting with my weight loss/gym regime again tomorrow. Lockdown has not been good for me...
 
Deadmanza said:
Good luck :) Keto is great and if you through in some 16:8 fasts you should drop 35Kgs fairly easily.
I am starting with my weight loss/gym regime again tomorrow. Lockdown has not been good for me...
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I tried the fasting and it's pretty for me to handle it. The only issue is I have this craving for something sugary. This is no doubt the dependence I had on sugar for such a while now so my main issue is with the taste in my mouth that I want something with sugar.

I found these Simply Delish Sugar Free jellies. Super low in calories and I think they can help me get over that sugar dependence. Will see I got a bunch of them from Dischem for cheap.
 
cavedog said:
I've always been a lurker of this thread and never really bothered to get involved. I recently started binge watching My 600-lb life and realised that I'm probably half way there and here I sit shocked at some of these images.

At 135kg it's my highest weight I have ever been and does not look like it's going down. Drastic measures are required and it's easy for me as I don't feel like I'm addicted to food but rather sugar. I do like energy drinks a lot and that is likely the biggest contributor to my weight. I can do 4 or 5 energy drinks in a weekend without issues and now that I'm working from home and no longer doing a physically demanding job like before things are taking a turn for the worse in terms of my weight.

My Goal weight is 100kg for now and so I have to lose 35kg to reach that goal. I'm not to bothered with the actual weight than my pants and shirt size so obviously when I drop the 35kg I'm hoping to have gone down at least 2 pant sizes not sure if that is a realistic number but that is the hope.
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Apart from the energy drinks, does your diet contain a lot of processed, convenience/fast food or junk foods? Most of these types of foods (including sugary drinks) contain high levels of sugars, other refined carbs, unhealthy fats, excess salt and/or undesirable additives which can contribute to weight gain and other health issues.

If this is the case for you, consider an approach that includes mostly natural/whole foods over the foods above as these tend to be less calorie dense and more nutritious. It helps if you can cook and don't mind preparing food yourself.

In your case, perhaps you could get your sugar fix from moderate quantities of fruit or honey in your diet (but be careful as you can still pack on the calories quickly if you go overboard especially with fruit juices or dried fruits.)

I tend to be a bit dubious of artificial sweeteners and mostly avoid them. Low calorie cool drinks such as Coke Zero or Sprite Zero contain very little calories but as far as I can see they have practically no nutritional value and certain sweeteners may be linked to other health issues.
 
InvisibleJim said:
Apart from the energy drinks, does your diet contain a lot of processed, convenience/fast food or junk foods? Most of these types of foods (including sugary drinks) contain high levels of sugars, other refined carbs, unhealthy fats, excess salt and/or undesirable additives which can contribute to weight gain and other health issues.

If this is the case for you, consider an approach that includes mostly natural/whole foods over the foods above as these tend to be less calorie dense and more nutritious. It helps if you can cook and don't mind preparing food yourself.

In your case, perhaps you could get your sugar fix from moderate quantities of fruit or honey in your diet (but be careful as you can still pack on the calories quickly if you go overboard especially with fruit juices or dried fruits.)

I tend to be a bit dubious of artificial sweeteners and mostly avoid them. Low calorie cool drinks such as Coke Zero or Sprite Zero contain very little calories but as far as I can see they have practically no nutritional value and certain sweeteners may be linked to other health issues.
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It used to. With my previous job it wasn't easy to cook and prepare meals when I get home after a long day at work. For works lunch it would contain mostly bread also.

Now that I'm working from home I have plenty of time to cook proper meals for myself. I just don't know what exactly is considered a proper meal and what quantity to portion the meals. Calculating calories is not that simple. You might think that a single medium sausage cut into pieces into a salad is healthy and end up with way to much calories.

I know what my main problem is with my weight. It's sugar and Fast food. Not necessarily the amount because I don't eat that much. I don't snack. Apart from the Energy drinks when it comes to foo I might get a takeaway like a KFC streetwise 2 and split it into 2 meals for the day. I would cook pasta and only eat around 1pm and that would be enough for the day so I don't think the quantity is the issue it's the type of food and the sugars and carbs it contain and then sugar in general from everything.
 
I'm doing Fitchef at the moment and actually enjoying the meals. We just got a 21 day trial between two of us to test the waters and see what the meals are like. Very good... and suitable for exercising / weight training as well (though you might want to suppliment a little more protein if you're weight training).
Now what I have found about lockdown is that it was easy to get into bad eating habits (boredom - same surroundings) and my occasional insomnia was, I believe, directly linked to overeating. Excess calories to burn while I slept... The minute I started FItchef and cut the calories (carbs in particular I think), I was no longer waking up and staying awake from 3/4am. Even if I wake up at 3 fpr a p, I am now able to get back to sleep again. I had one cheat day this weekend and found the next morning it was back to 3/4am insomnia. Interesting...
 
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