NPR

dpedin wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:09 pm

Sandstorm wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:25 am White bread is the worst for putting on weight. Bagel for breakfast, those "bake your own baguette" jobbies for lunch, thick white bread with butter and soup....

Avoid anything white!

Porridge for breakfast - it is the food of the gods! 'Scott's Porridge Oats - Old Fashioned' made with salt and water. Add some fruit/dried fruit or home made jam for a little sweetness if you want. Sets you up for the day. Low cal, high fibre, filling ... brilliant.

Biffer wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:42 pm

dpedin wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:09 pm

Sandstorm wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:25 am White bread is the worst for putting on weight. Bagel for breakfast, those "bake your own baguette" jobbies for lunch, thick white bread with butter and soup....

Avoid anything white!

Porridge for breakfast - it is the food of the gods! 'Scott's Porridge Oats - Old Fashioned' made with salt and water. Add some fruit/dried fruit or home made jam for a little sweetness if you want. Sets you up for the day. Low cal, high fibre, filling ... brilliant.

I make it with semi skimmed milk and water 50/50, chuck in some frozen blueberries and a teaspoon of honey on top.

Sandstorm wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:08 pm

Biffer wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:42 pm

dpedin wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:09 pm

Avoid anything white!

Porridge for breakfast - it is the food of the gods! 'Scott's Porridge Oats - Old Fashioned' made with salt and water. Add some fruit/dried fruit or home made jam for a little sweetness if you want. Sets you up for the day. Low cal, high fibre, filling ... brilliant.

I make it with semi skimmed milk and water 50/50, chuck in some frozen blueberries and a teaspoon of honey on top.

I like porridge, but not every day. In fact I like a very varied choice of foods for all my meals. My wife will eat the same thing for lunch for weeks.

Niegs wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:53 pm Is anyone doing anything 'different' for cardio/exercise?

I took a tip from some army friends and 'amp up' my hour long morning hike by carrying a 30lb pack (looked up weights for this online but figured I could spend a fiver on plastic-sealed bag of winter driveway salt! )

I've been cross country skiing a lot since Christmas as well (what a lung-burner!) and am now thinking of getting a set of these for spring....

Saint wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:32 am I too seem to have stalled a bit at around 18stone 4 pounds (116-ish kg).

Bought some body composition scales and I'm not really sure how accurate they are, but they seem to indicate my fat % dropping and muscle mass increasing, which more or less goes along with what I'm seeing - my waist size is still dropping and clothes are getting a bit looser still

dkm57 wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:40 am Yeah, I find myself having a bit of an energy slump sometimes, just cut myself some slack but occasionally I really have to kick myself out of the house to go do something. I also seem to have a bit of a plateau every week, I have strictly limited myself to only stepping on the scales on a Monday and a Friday which I find helps. No idea what my calorie intake is but must be less than I'm burning.

Raggs wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:46 am

dkm57 wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:40 am Yeah, I find myself having a bit of an energy slump sometimes, just cut myself some slack but occasionally I really have to kick myself out of the house to go do something. I also seem to have a bit of a plateau every week, I have strictly limited myself to only stepping on the scales on a Monday and a Friday which I find helps. No idea what my calorie intake is but must be less than I'm burning.

Have to say this is where the vr headset has made a big difference for me. Fun silly game that really gets my arms moving. OK, it's not as good as a fast jog, or a game of rugby etc, but it's half decent activity, fun, convenient and I want to do it, even on fasting days.

ASMO wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:29 pm

Raggs wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:46 am

dkm57 wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:40 am Yeah, I find myself having a bit of an energy slump sometimes, just cut myself some slack but occasionally I really have to kick myself out of the house to go do something. I also seem to have a bit of a plateau every week, I have strictly limited myself to only stepping on the scales on a Monday and a Friday which I find helps. No idea what my calorie intake is but must be less than I'm burning.

Have to say this is where the vr headset has made a big difference for me. Fun silly game that really gets my arms moving. OK, it's not as good as a fast jog, or a game of rugby etc, but it's half decent activity, fun, convenient and I want to do it, even on fasting days.

BeatSaber? if you havent got it, get it, great fun and on the harder levels will get you sweating like a blind lesbian in a fishmongers.

Raggs wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:49 pm Could probably run it on a potato

Enzedder wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:53 am I have a great soup recipe that I live on for 2 weeks at a time (it has additional food like fruit, veges and steak once a week) that generally leads to a 5kg weight loss if you can exercise as well.

Anyone want me to copy it (it is a strong tomato flavour)?

notfatcat wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:46 am Fat cunt reporting for duty. My weight has yo-yoed over the last 2 years. I was 19st 11 in Feb 2019, which was the heaviest I've ever weighed myself at. Can't help thinking I would have been even heavier prior to that. I got down to about 17st 12 by September the same year but by Feb 2020 I was back up to 19st 8 (I'm just under 6'5 tall). I weighed 16st 12 on new year's day just gone which is my lowest for around 15 years, however I've been eating like a fat greedy cunt since then and am currently at 17st 8. I'm naturally quite a skinny twat so really should be 15st max and ideally around 14st I reckon. My weight loss strategy is the same breakfast every day (handful of nuts and raisins, blueberries, banana, Greek yoghurt, psyllium husk), sod all for lunch apart from maybe 1 or 2 small cans of mackerel late in the day, and a generally healthy meal of moderate proportion in the evening. The only rules I gave myself were no sweet stuff (I'm a chocoholic), no processed meals, and no bags of nuts (other than the breakfast stuff). I'm back on all of those things so today I'm putting an end to them. Again.

What I noticed from months of eating this healthier way is that if I mentally embrace that empty/hungry feeling then it's easier. To be honest, from Sept to new year was a piece of piss. I'm very disappointed in myself for letting things go recently.

notfatcat wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:46 am Fat cunt reporting for duty. My weight has yo-yoed over the last 2 years. I was 19st 11 in Feb 2019, which was the heaviest I've ever weighed myself at. Can't help thinking I would have been even heavier prior to that. I got down to about 17st 12 by September the same year but by Feb 2020 I was back up to 19st 8 (I'm just under 6'5 tall). I weighed 16st 12 on new year's day just gone which is my lowest for around 15 years, however I've been eating like a fat greedy cunt since then and am currently at 17st 8. I'm naturally quite a skinny twat so really should be 15st max and ideally around 14st I reckon. My weight loss strategy is the same breakfast every day (handful of nuts and raisins, blueberries, banana, Greek yoghurt, psyllium husk), sod all for lunch apart from maybe 1 or 2 small cans of mackerel late in the day, and a generally healthy meal of moderate proportion in the evening. The only rules I gave myself were no sweet stuff (I'm a chocoholic), no processed meals, and no bags of nuts (other than the breakfast stuff). I'm back on all of those things so today I'm putting an end to them. Again.

What I noticed from months of eating this healthier way is that if I mentally embrace that empty/hungry feeling then it's easier. To be honest, from Sept to new year was a piece of piss. I'm very disappointed in myself for letting things go recently.

notfatcat wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:46 am Fat cunt reporting for duty. My weight has yo-yoed over the last 2 years. I was 19st 11 in Feb 2019, which was the heaviest I've ever weighed myself at. Can't help thinking I would have been even heavier prior to that. I got down to about 17st 12 by September the same year but by Feb 2020 I was back up to 19st 8 (I'm just under 6'5 tall). I weighed 16st 12 on new year's day just gone which is my lowest for around 15 years, however I've been eating like a fat greedy cunt since then and am currently at 17st 8. I'm naturally quite a skinny twat so really should be 15st max and ideally around 14st I reckon. My weight loss strategy is the same breakfast every day (handful of nuts and raisins, blueberries, banana, Greek yoghurt, psyllium husk), sod all for lunch apart from maybe 1 or 2 small cans of mackerel late in the day, and a generally healthy meal of moderate proportion in the evening. The only rules I gave myself were no sweet stuff (I'm a chocoholic), no processed meals, and no bags of nuts (other than the breakfast stuff). I'm back on all of those things so today I'm putting an end to them. Again.

What I noticed from months of eating this healthier way is that if I mentally embrace that empty/hungry feeling then it's easier. To be honest, from Sept to new year was a piece of piss. I'm very disappointed in myself for letting things go recently.

Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:09 pm In a bit of a bind as I have developed a hip complaint at the same time I need to exercise and lose weight.

Went and saw the great orthopaedic surgeon John O'Donnell (he of fixed Andy Murray fame) here in Mellers and he is rightfully of the belief it's a relatively minor complaint.

Problem is I need to lose weight at the same time as doing less exercise.

And drinking the same amount of beer.

Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:20 pm If I were on Dr Christian Janssen's or Anna Richardson's shows I reckon they would be perplexed at my constant weight until Friday night.

On Monday morning a slightly ashen version of themselves would say " do you know how many beers you had on the weekend?"

I would say "About 40 units"

They would say "Yes! 40 units! It's way too much!".

notfatcat wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:51 pm Not exercising specifically, but my work means when I'm out doing jobs I'm carrying two backpacks weighing just over 30 lb combined and walk for probably 40 to 60 minutes during the day carrying them, plus I'm on my feet for my work as opposed to sitting down. Exercise has been the least of my problems I reckon.

Raggs wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:13 pm

Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:09 pm In a bit of a bind as I have developed a hip complaint at the same time I need to exercise and lose weight.

Went and saw the great orthopaedic surgeon John O'Donnell (he of fixed Andy Murray fame) here in Mellers and he is rightfully of the belief it's a relatively minor complaint.

Problem is I need to lose weight at the same time as doing less exercise.

And drinking the same amount of beer.

Is just standing and moving a little a problem? Honestly, try a quest 2 headset and VR, there are experiences that will get you squating and moving, but others where you can be more stable, but still waving your arms around like a lunatic. And it's fun.

Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:09 pm Problem is I need to lose weight at the same time as doing less exercise.

And drinking the same amount of beer.

Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:09 pm In a bit of a bind as I have developed a hip complaint at the same time I need to exercise and lose weight.

Went and saw the great orthopaedic surgeon John O'Donnell (he of fixed Andy Murray fame) here in Mellers and he is rightfully of the belief it's a relatively minor complaint.

Problem is I need to lose weight at the same time as doing less exercise.

And drinking the same amount of beer.

ASMO wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:58 pm

Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:09 pm In a bit of a bind as I have developed a hip complaint at the same time I need to exercise and lose weight.

Went and saw the great orthopaedic surgeon John O'Donnell (he of fixed Andy Murray fame) here in Mellers and he is rightfully of the belief it's a relatively minor complaint.

Problem is I need to lose weight at the same time as doing less exercise.

And drinking the same amount of beer.

Dysentry, guaranteed weight loss in a very short space of time.

notfatcat wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:51 pm Not exercising specifically, but my work means when I'm out doing jobs I'm carrying two backpacks weighing just over 30 lb combined and walk for probably 40 to 60 minutes during the day carrying them, plus I'm on my feet for my work as opposed to sitting down. Exercise has been the least of my problems I reckon.

Slick wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:46 pm

notfatcat wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:51 pm Not exercising specifically, but my work means when I'm out doing jobs I'm carrying two backpacks weighing just over 30 lb combined and walk for probably 40 to 60 minutes during the day carrying them, plus I'm on my feet for my work as opposed to sitting down. Exercise has been the least of my problems I reckon.

What are you? A fucking Ghostbuster?

Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:13 pm

notfatcat wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:46 am Fat cunt reporting for duty. My weight has yo-yoed over the last 2 years. I was 19st 11 in Feb 2019, which was the heaviest I've ever weighed myself at. Can't help thinking I would have been even heavier prior to that. I got down to about 17st 12 by September the same year but by Feb 2020 I was back up to 19st 8 (I'm just under 6'5 tall). I weighed 16st 12 on new year's day just gone which is my lowest for around 15 years, however I've been eating like a fat greedy cunt since then and am currently at 17st 8. I'm naturally quite a skinny twat so really should be 15st max and ideally around 14st I reckon. My weight loss strategy is the same breakfast every day (handful of nuts and raisins, blueberries, banana, Greek yoghurt, psyllium husk), sod all for lunch apart from maybe 1 or 2 small cans of mackerel late in the day, and a generally healthy meal of moderate proportion in the evening. The only rules I gave myself were no sweet stuff (I'm a chocoholic), no processed meals, and no bags of nuts (other than the breakfast stuff). I'm back on all of those things so today I'm putting an end to them. Again.

What I noticed from months of eating this healthier way is that if I mentally embrace that empty/hungry feeling then it's easier. To be honest, from Sept to new year was a piece of piss. I'm very disappointed in myself for letting things go recently.

Fcking hell cat of the fat variety. Is 14st realistic for you these days? I'd be happy with that and I am much shorter than you. How old are you?

Slick wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:46 pm

notfatcat wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 12:51 pm Not exercising specifically, but my work means when I'm out doing jobs I'm carrying two backpacks weighing just over 30 lb combined and walk for probably 40 to 60 minutes during the day carrying them, plus I'm on my feet for my work as opposed to sitting down. Exercise has been the least of my problems I reckon.

What are you? A fucking Ghostbuster?

Tichtheid wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:59 pm If you go by BMI numbers every rugby player would be clinically obese, morbidly so in many cases.

A far better rule of thumb is that your waist measurement should be half your height or less