GreyPilgrims LardLoss Chronicles

eden37

Good luck G P , you seem to be getting off to a really good start despite starting your regime just before Christmas! I will be joining you in the New Year as I aim to lose a stone. I went out for a run with OH on Thursday morning and my legs are still aching! My plan is to eat healthily and do more exersize- its not rocket science is it , so why is it so hard to do! My own downfall is chocolate- if I could cut it out or down I know I could do it. I lost 2 stone 4 years ago but a stone has crept on :eek:

GreyPilgrim

Snaggles wrote:

If I desperately want to eat something that I know I shouldn't really be eating, I will allow myself to eat it, but only if I eat an apple (could substitute any other fruit/veg etc) and have a glass of water first. If after eating the apple & drinking the water, I still desperately want it, I'll have it.

I'm trying to analyze why I eat the way I do and change my habits a little bit. If I have a plate full of food, I always feel like it's a bit of an insult to leave stuff on the plate. Maybe it's a throwback to being told as a kid that 'you can't leave the table until you've eaten everything'. Plus there's always the 'starving kids in the world' guilt trip too. I also find myself eating out of routine which is pretty illogical...surely you should only eat when you need to, not when the clock strikes a certain hour (although I do acknowledge that you a good way to lose weight is to eat lots of small, healthy meals at regular intervals rather than one big blow out).

Small plates are apparently a good idea, then you give your mind the illusion that you're having a big meal but you're actually having a smaller portion than you would.

clarab wrote:

Remember, muscle burns calories faster, so trying to build a little muscle rather than just aerobic exercise should bring faster results (although muscle weighs more than fat... it is a whole lot healthier)

I reckon I do about 75% cardio stuff in the gym, and about 20% heavier stuff, like bench pressing, free weights. the other 5% is usually spend trying to find a decent channel on the tv / drinking water / gasping for breath.

elantan

gp would you mind if i joined you? i was doing one with scottish ff mol and ali but somehow we lost our way ..then i just lost my way and started eating like there was no tomorrow...i'm going on holiday myself in july to cyprus but i mainly want to loose it for my health..let me know if it's ok ? cheers el

GreyPilgrim

elantan wrote:

gp would you mind if i joined you? i was doing one with scottish ff mol and ali but somehow we lost our way ..then i just lost my way and started eating like there was no tomorrow...i'm going on holiday myself in july to cyprus but i mainly want to loose it for my health..let me know if it's ok ? cheers el

God yes! I could do with the moral support! Get yourself (selves?) psyched up and we'll start another combined thread if you like.

I can feel the earth getting lighter already! :rotfl:

elantan

i'll weigh myself tomorrow and start on monday then if that's ok although my family celebrate chrimbo we dont go over the top ..i think i need to do the cutting out of alcohol myself aswell too much guinness becks and pernod ..thanks very much for the invite

cathybird

hi greypilgrim, forgive me for being nosey, but is flamingmango.com your own website?? ... I had a poke around and came on some family pics (which I assume include you) and some pics of some deeply unconvincing transvestites (which I assume don't... though of course I could be wrong)

GreyPilgrim

cathybird wrote:

hi greypilgrim, forgive me for being nosey, but is flamingmango.com your own website?? ... I had a poke around and came on some family pics (which I assume include you) and some pics of some deeply unconvincing transvestites (which I assume don't... though of course I could be wrong)

It is, yeah. Feel free to poke around. The transvestite thing I can explain. Honestly. Someone sent me a link to a transvestite website and told me it looked like a friend of ours (and oddly enough it did). But I couldn't stop looking around the gallery. (I'll probably get told off now for finding humour at people who have taken the brave step of expressing their innermost feelings). I admit its a bit wrong and not very PC to laugh....but I couldn't help it. Does that make me a bad person?

cathybird

so GreyPilgrim, would you be the burly chap who looks a bit like Ricky Gervais? ...

& are you SURE you're not one of the transvestites?

GreyPilgrim

cathybird wrote:

so GreyPilgrim, would you be the burly chap who looks a bit like Ricky Gervais? ...

Oh great, I'll add "burly" to "stocky", "chunky", "portly", "big boned" etc etc :rotfl:

Yeah, couple of other people have mentioned the Ricky Gervais thing. Thats one of the reasons I had my hair shaved off. (also to hide the grey hair)

GreyPilgrim

Hit a new low of 20 stone 5 pounds this morning which is 8 pounds down from the official 'weigh in' on the first of december. I know it seems like a lot to lose in just 12 days, but I'm thinking maybe that then I weighed in on day one, I was at the height of one of those rollercoaster 'blips', and this morning I happened to be at a low.

But I don't care - the up and down rollercoasters are generally heading in a downwards direction which is great. And the lack of lager is definately paying off too. As is the gym, and the badminton. And the walking. And the fruit.

I still crave a big mac though.