Weight Loss Thread 2014

FlashSA said:
Spar had Lindt 85% on special this weekend. Bagged 8 slabs @ R26.99 for the cupboard. It really cures my sweet tooth but I am pretty good and only have 2-4 blocks once a week or so.

Also, Food Lovers has just added macadamia nuts to their assortment of self service tubes. Bought a kg of them today :-)
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Yeah...think Checkers also have a promo running atm of 2 for R50.

One of the main things I'm buying it for is the occasional treat when I make choc chip peanut butter cookies...got the recipe off my friends site/blog :D
http://www.deerdelights.com/2014/07/chocolate-chip-peanut-butter-cookies.html?m=1
 
I just went to the Spar to look at their fish options.

In all the fish I checked, the fat content was basically 0. Which fish should I look out for - other than Salmon?
 
I'm climbing aboard here folks. Better late than never?


Current weight 110.8 :(
Goal: 90
 
Staying away from all the fad-diets like LCHF and trying to have a decent life-style of good balanced food and fitness. Since May 2013 I dropped from 99kg to 72kg and dropped from a size 44 to a size 32 (which are now getting to big).

I think people should really ask themselves the question: Is your diet a quick-fix or can it become a healthy and sustainable life-style? Many people on LCHF have lost a lot of weight but are incapable of passing the most basic fitness test. I think there should be a good balance of both. Would love to hear comments from people who went on LCHF without the intention of exercise (or perhaps to hear the opposite, that at some point in time physical activity starts playing a role as it becomes easier to do).
 
Please, LCHF is not a fad. It is totally sustainable. And yes, you need a decent exercise program as well, there is no dispute of that.
 
MagicDude4Eva said:
Staying away from all the fad-diets like LCHF and trying to have a decent life-style of good balanced food and fitness. Since May 2013 I dropped from 99kg to 72kg and dropped from a size 44 to a size 32 (which are now getting to big).

I think people should really ask themselves the question: Is your diet a quick-fix or can it become a healthy and sustainable life-style? Many people on LCHF have lost a lot of weight but are incapable of passing the most basic fitness test. I think there should be a good balance of both. Would love to hear comments from people who went on LCHF without the intention of exercise (or perhaps to hear the opposite, that at some point in time physical activity starts playing a role as it becomes easier to do).
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LCHF here. Very unfit due to procrastination, mostly.

Went up Lion's Head the other day - Was tiring, but I made it up and down just fine. Haven't exercised at all for about 8 years (which is terrible, I know).

I don't really see why LCHF would be called a fad diet?
 
MagicDude4Eva said:
Staying away from all the fad-diets like LCHF and trying to have a decent life-style of good balanced food and fitness. Since May 2013 I dropped from 99kg to 72kg and dropped from a size 44 to a size 32 (which are now getting to big).

I think people should really ask themselves the question: Is your diet a quick-fix or can it become a healthy and sustainable life-style? Many people on LCHF have lost a lot of weight but are incapable of passing the most basic fitness test. I think there should be a good balance of both. Would love to hear comments from people who went on LCHF without the intention of exercise (or perhaps to hear the opposite, that at some point in time physical activity starts playing a role as it becomes easier to do).
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LCHF is not a fad and it's very sustainable.

People can embark on any diet or eating programme and be totally unfit, unfortunately you can't eat your way to fitness, fitness requires an exercise regime, so you can't blame what people eat for the fact that they're unfit. Personally I don't see the 2 of them as mutually dependant although they are mutually beneficial.
 
I guess I need to join up here. I really need to lose weight. It's scary looking at yourself in photo's and not recognising yourself! I've done step one - joined the gym and I'm going to try the Forever Living 9 days detox, and then start monitoring what I'm eating. Any tips would be appreciated.
 
Ol' Mean Bastid said:
LCHF is not a fad and it's very sustainable.

People can embark on any diet or eating programme and be totally unfit, unfortunately you can't eat your way to fitness, fitness requires an exercise regime, so you can't blame what people eat for the fact that they're unfit. Personally I don't see the 2 of them as mutually dependant although they are mutually beneficial.
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Man, you are everywhere. If I didn't know better I would think you are Noakes himself :whistle:

I would think that with the exception of a few, endurance athletes would not embrace a LCHF. While I have read that some marathon/ironman runners are burning insane amounts of fat and manage to sustain it, I doubt that the regular guy wanting to do a 21km or marathon would really struggle finishing without going with carbs during the race (I am totally ignorant here, but I would not see myself at the half-mark chowing down some HF over carbs to refuel the tank and have immediate access to energy). I agree, for the regular guy, casually running at 6:30/km this would make zero difference.
 
MagicDude4Eva said:
Man, you are everywhere. If I didn't know better I would think you are Noakes himself :whistle:

I would think that with the exception of a few, endurance athletes would not embrace a LCHF. While I have read that some marathon/ironman runners are burning insane amounts of fat and manage to sustain it, I doubt that the regular guy wanting to do a 21km or marathon would really struggle finishing without going with carbs during the race (I am totally ignorant here, but I would not see myself at the half-mark chowing down some HF over carbs to refuel the tank and have immediate access to energy). I agree, for the regular guy, casually running at 6:30/km this would make zero difference.
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Busy with this. Will give feedback as soon as I know more. So far I have no problems with only eating in the morning, and then doing some training in the late afternoon. Will be entering the 2015 51-50's, 2016 70.3 iron-man and 2016 full iron man.
To date I have completed 2 70.3 iron man's.

Seems I am one of the unfortunate men who train for these events and still carry some fat. You would actually be surprised to see how many overweight people actually participate and complete these events...
 
drnaphtali said:
Busy with this. Will give feedback as soon as I know more. So far I have no problems with only eating in the morning, and then doing some training in the late afternoon. Will be entering the 2015 51-50's, 2016 70.3 iron-man and 2016 full iron man.
To date I have completed 2 70.3 iron man's.

Seems I am one of the unfortunate men who train for these events and still carry some fat. You would actually be surprised to see how many overweight people actually participate and complete these events...
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I would love to do an ironman, if it was not for a complete dislike of swimming and cycling :D. I am not sure how true some of those Mens Health/Runnersworld success stories are, but in one of the mags a guy starting off at 217kg dropped to 120kg and then completed an ironman and missed the cut-off by a few minutes. I am already getting super-frustrated that my running pace is not improving as fast as I like (just can't break the 4:30 barrier over 10km - TBH after a few injuries I started at 5:20/km in Jan)
 
FlashSA said:
Those on LCHF - anyone had a cholesterol test done?
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I did when I was lchfing ages ago. Doctor was very surprised and pleased. Good cholesterol up, bad cholesterol way down

Is lchfing a word?
 
FlashSA said:
Those on LCHF - anyone had a cholesterol test done?
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No. I've never had a cholesterol test in my life.

I am curious though, to see what my figure are, although you need the right test.

Total cholesterol won't do, nor will just HDL/LDL.

You need to get into the particle size of the LDL to know what's going on.
 
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