Lose weight 27

grannynise

1.5 lb off this week,please Raph. I was getting a bit fed up about trying to be very positive half a pound at a time. So now even if it goes back to smaller losses each week I've had a bit of a boost. (I wonder if it's anything to do with not having a glass of wine every evening .....:think: :whistle:)

I'll take the chart for July if you like Raph, if I'm not stopping anyone else having a go. I'll be away right at the end of July/beginning of August and a couple of days later in August but I guess we can work round that. I'm sure someone would cover for the odd week. If I don't do it again soon I'll completely forget how to do it.

Missy™

FFM - glad to hear you're recovered after the big climb! I'm just being nosey really and wondering if a significant proportion of the gain was due to muscle? I would have thought that sort of climbing would be excellent resistance/muscle work. Having said that, it often works the other way around for me (extra exercise = fat gain, muscle loss :rotfl:)

Granny well done on your loss :j Raph good news on your improved body composition! KPC - that gain is already in the past, good luck this week.

Yesterday I beat my PB for 10K run - new PB 56:40. That was nearly 3 mins off my previous, set in January. I'm always amazed how much faster I can go on pavement, compared to cross country - but I still much prefer the trails

kennyparkroad

Hey.

For those that are interested then.

Yesterdays Food journal.

Breakfast - 50g bowl of shredded wheat (bitesize) with semi skimmed milk.

Cup of tea

water

Lunch - 3 slives of wholemeal bread - with Tuna, pepper (no mayo etc)

water

Dinner - 2 portions of Youngs Fish in parsley sauce (91 calories a portion) with green beans and sweetcorn.


Cup of tea

water till 10pm.




Today

breakfast - Breakfast - 50g bowl of shredded wheat (bitesize) with semi skimmed milk.

cup of tea.

Lunch will be 3 slices of wholemeal bread, with waferthin turkey ham and salad

Dinner - to be decided, probably Lean Turkey mince with peas




thats pretty much all im eating, im 100% sure its way below my calorie intake when im exercising

did 40 mins cardio last night (cause of a fire alarm at gym)

weights tonight.

but i just cant eat for the sake of eating, and i know i have to burn more calories than i consume to lose weight and tone up.

Any help appreciated.

and grats to the losses so far! not been on scales myself

xxx

katiepoppycat

have thought abou building in some snacks kenny - fruit, yoghurt, things like that?

Bananasplit

Afternoon everyone.
Just wondering if I can join you?

I'm looking to lose at least a stone this summer. Following on from losing almost 2 stone last summer!
Currently I run 3/4 times a week and do a boxing class on Tuesdays. I also play a high standard of netball but am in off season rn, so the exercise will be changing come Augsut/September.
I have just signed up at foodfocus.co.uk thanks to some advice given to kenny! So hoping this will help me keep track of whether I should be eating more or less!

kennyparkroad

hi Katie i remember you too.

im not a huge yoghurt fan.

i like apples, bananas, pears, but worried about the sugars, albeit natural, yes i know sometimes i think i take things TOO serious.

going to have a look at foodfocus now.

thanks gang and welcome banana

kennyparkroad

just had a look at food focus and spent an hour inputting some days food, im lucky if im reaching 1200 calories.

thats before i burn 400 or 500 in the gym a couple of days a week

its no wonder im not seeing any results of fat loss.......

again today ive had

Today

breakfast - Breakfast - 50g bowl of shredded wheat (bitesize) with semi skimmed milk.

cup of tea.

Lunch 3 slices of wholemeal bread, with waferthin turkey ham, i didnt add salad

Dinner - Lean Turkey mince (defrosting for when i get home) with peas

i know thats the old idea of the 3 square meals a day, but obviously its not enough for my calorie intake, and again this is before i burn calories in the gym.

serioulsy at a loss, thinking about going to GP and asking for a consultation with nutritionist............

sarymclary

Kenny - I've just logged in your food intake for yesterday on foodfocus, and it comes out at an alarming 886 cals for the day. That is way under what the average person would need as a basal burn rate. If you keep eating too far under your body's needs, it will stop losing any weight, and will hang onto every bit of nutrient you put into it. Combine that with doing your exercise, and you will end up being over 1000 calories deficient on your daily needs. The foods you're choosing are lovely and healthy, but also very low calorie options on the whole. There's very little fat in there too, and you need healthy fats to keep your body healthy. The key to it all is 'balance'. Easy to say, tricky to achieve sometimes.

Like you I try to keep my carbs low or complex, and to keep my protein high, as I find that stops my cravings, but you need to keep your diet sufficient to be healthy, otherwise you'll end up deficient.

I would recommend playing around with foodfocus to work out some daily menu plans, and introduce those high energy snacks, which you won't find over-filling.

How is your new way of eating different from how it was before? I ask this from the point of view tht if you were eating so little previously, you'd struggle to gain any weight. If your sugars are natural, then you shouldn't worry unnecessarily, unless you are diabetic. Are you following a low GI plan? I know that those plans can be rather restrictive on all sugars, but you have to think long-term about the practicalities. Do you like smoothies, or milkshakes? They could replace your cups of tea, or some of your water intake (any fluid is good, it doesn't have to be just water), and you could use the high protein shakes, as I mentioned before.

My BF is into his bodybuilding, and keeping his body fat very low, and like you avoids high carb, high sugar foods, but he does snack and eat at very regular (regimented, even!) intervals, and is very strict about fuelling his body properly for his workouts. He's made big improvements, and is lifting his heaviest ever weights, dropped his bodyfat down to about 8%, and increased his muscle mass, he's also gone from a 36" to a 31" waist, and he wasn't really that big to begin with I reckon, but his weight has come off, without him even trying to lose weight, but the change in his diet, and increasing the intensity of his workouts has done that for him. He said last week that he considers his body is now in the best condition it's ever been in, despite working out during his 20's & 30's, and he's now in his early 40's, which just proves that you're never too old to make big changes.

Banana - hello! :wave: Welcome to the happy throng. Well done on your weightloss so far, and I'm sure we'll be more than able to support and encourge you with the next stone.

Vikki - hello, and welcome along too :wave:. Plenty of other peeps using WW here - Victory, who's on holiday this week has lost 7 stone on it, just following their plans, eating their meals, reading their magazine, and without going along to the meetings! She's got their points down to a fine art!:rotfl:

sarymclary

kennyparkroad wrote: »

just had a look at food focus and spent an hour inputting some days food, im lucky if im reaching 1200 calories.

thats before i burn 400 or 500 in the gym a couple of days a week

its no wonder im not seeing any results of fat loss.......

again today ive had

Today

breakfast - Breakfast - 50g bowl of shredded wheat (bitesize) with semi skimmed milk.

cup of tea.

Lunch 3 slices of wholemeal bread, with waferthin turkey ham, i didnt add salad

Dinner - Lean Turkey mince (defrosting for when i get home) with peas

i know thats the old idea of the 3 square meals a day, but obviously its not enough for my calorie intake, and again this is before i burn calories in the gym.

serioulsy at a loss, thinking about going to GP and asking for a consultation with nutritionist............

We cross-posted! I think a nutritionist would need to look at what you're currently doing and just say eat more! :rotfl:

I'm sure there is a way of tailoring something for your needs. I've asked some questions in my previous post, so tell us what/how you're looking achieve your loss, and then I'm sure as a group there will be lots of good suggestions. What's blazingly obvious is that you need to eat more, and if you struggle to fit that into 3 meals a day, then snacking is the only way you can do it, and do it healthily.

kennyparkroad

Sary.

Well my eating and exercise before was rotten.

Little to no exercise, and all my foods were processed, fatty things, chips, pizza, pies, burgers, chips chips chips, bread with chips, cheese, lots and lots of cheers and on the weekends, take aways and lots of beer!, no veg at all, it was crap, all entire crap.

when i put my stuff into food focus it came out as that as well......... really scared me, im just glad i aint been eating like this for very long.

i dont know what to do to bump up my calories heathily, nuts could be the option, but my breakfast is sound, my shredded wheat bitesize (or wholemeal porridge oats with milk)

im usually not hungry between 8.30 after breakfast until 12 noon when i have my 3 slices of bread with whatever usually protein based filling.

i dont snack in the afternoon at all usually which is bad, and then by the time i finish work go to gym and get home its about 6.15pm, washed, showered eat is usually about 7.30pm.

i thought i was doing well with my choices of eating, and i am, just not the frequency or how to bulk my calories a wee bit up.

how easy it is to get deflated!