Blonde will make thin ....Here we go again !

[vegaslover]

About 18 months ago I was probably at my biggest .....I had to stop wearing work trousers and resort to track suit bottoms for comfort!
I am fitting a oak floor today & am on my knees all day so I thought I would try them on again (for the knee pads) .....

Not only do they fit I gotta wear a belt !

Good stuff.

Nice one

[Ant040689]

About 18 months ago I was probably at my biggest .....I had to stop wearing work trousers and resort to track suit bottoms for comfort!
I am fitting a oak floor today & am on my knees all day so I thought I would try them on again (for the knee pads) .....

Not only do they fit I gotta wear a belt !

Let that spur you on! Well done.

[leethefish]

I am delaying my weigh in this week until Sunday ... As I am working away for two weeks starting next week so more practical to do it at the weekend !

[leethefish]

😳

[vegaslover]

Starting weight:        16st  4lb
9th   Jan 2014   :      15st  11lb
16th Jan 2014   :      15st   8lb
23th  Jan 2014  :      15st 7lb
30th Jan 2014   :      15st 7lb
 6th Feb 2014   :      15st 8lb
13th Feb 2014  :       15st 9lb
20th Feb 2014 :        15st 12lb
27th Feb 2014 :        16st   0lb
 6th  Mar 2014 :        16st   2lb
13th Mar 2014:         16st   1lb
20th Mar 2014:         16st   0lb

Total loss          :          4lb

[leethefish]

Starting weight 17 stone 10lb

Week 1 17s 5lb 5lb loss

Week 2 17st 3 lb 2lb loss

Week 3 17st 1lb  2lb loss

Week 4 16 st 10lb 5 lb loss

Week 5 16 st  11lb    1 lb gain

Week 6 16 st  9lb 2lb loss

Week 7 16 st  8lb 1 lb loss

week 8 16st 5lb 3lb loss

week 9 16 stone 3lb  2lb loss

week 10 .............16 stone      3 lb loss


So I am now on the  16 stone mark total loss since I started is ONE STONE TEN POUNDS ! 

Really pleased with how this has gone so far ....slip ups here and there but generally it's all good

Vegas in ....... 3 weeks 2 days 2 hours 19 mins 44 seconds ....roughly !

My plan is to enjoy vegas then carry on where I left off with a target of July the first I would like to be that 15 stone

[tikay]

I'm back here again, lol........

Came off my last diet just before Xmas, think I was 12st 4lbs, but I've binge-eaten my way up to 13st 8lbs in 3 months flat. It's Rennies & Nurofens by the pack, not feeling at all well, sleeping badly, so diet-time it has to be. Again. I need my head looking at.

Started yesterday, March 22nd, 13st 8lbs.

Target 12st 7lbs by end of May. Which I can guarantee I WILL achieve.

I can also guarantee that I'll then pile it all on again.  Come September, the Xmas diet will then have to start.

Daft as a brush.

[leethefish]

I'm back here again, lol........

Came off my last diet just before Xmas, think I was 12st 4lbs, but I've binge-eaten my way up to 13st 8lbs in 3 months flat. It's Rennies & Nurofens by the pack, not feeling at all well, sleeping badly, so diet-time it has to be. Again. I need my head looking at.

Started yesterday, March 22nd, 13st 8lbs.

Target 12st 7lbs by end of May. Which I can guarantee I WILL achieve.

I can also guarantee that I'll then pile it all on again.  Come September, the Xmas diet will then have to start.

Daft as a brush.

Lol good luck Tony

[RED-DOG]

I'm back here again, lol........

Came off my last diet just before Xmas, think I was 12st 4lbs, but I've binge-eaten my way up to 13st 8lbs in 3 months flat. It's Rennies & Nurofens by the pack, not feeling at all well, sleeping badly, so diet-time it has to be. Again. I need my head looking at.

Started yesterday, March 22nd, 13st 8lbs.

Target 12st 7lbs by end of May. Which I can guarantee I WILL achieve.

I can also guarantee that I'll then pile it all on again.  Come September, the Xmas diet will then have to start.

Daft as a brush.

Cliffs - Bro got bootydoo.

[EvilPie]

Starting weight 17 stone 10lb

Week 1 17s 5lb 5lb loss

Week 2 17st 3 lb 2lb loss

Week 3 17st 1lb  2lb loss

Week 4 16 st 10lb 5 lb loss

Week 5 16 st  11lb    1 lb gain

Week 6 16 st  9lb 2lb loss

Week 7 16 st  8lb 1 lb loss

week 8 16st 5lb 3lb loss

week 9 16 stone 3lb  2lb loss

week 10 .............16 stone      3 lb loss


So I am now on the  16 stone mark total loss since I started is ONE STONE TEN POUNDS ! 

Really pleased with how this has gone so far ....slip ups here and there but generally it's all good

Vegas in ....... 3 weeks 2 days 2 hours 19 mins 44 seconds ....roughly !

My plan is to enjoy vegas then carry on where I left off with a target of July the first I would like to be that 15 stone

This is absolutely brilliant Lee. So many people get demotivated when they only lose 3lb in a week or 1lb in a week but they only have to look at this to see they shouldn't.

Steady progress is what it's all about and even though the losses on an individual basis don't look particularly impressive they add up slowly to a fantastic and more importantly sustainable overall loss.

Anybody struggling to lose weight should take a look at this and learn what can be achieved through consistent effort and simply sticking to a plan. So many people seem obsessed with losing loads in their first few days but it doesn't always work like that.

If you ever slip again in the future this will be worth looking back on to show you that even small losses are worth working at because they mount up before you know it.

Well done mate!! I'm officially impressed!! And that doesn't happen often.......

[leethefish]

Thanks Matt

I never have reached the 15 stones I aimed for last time !

I think it's achievable this time with the way I have changed ..... Obviously I am going to put some on whilst I am in Vegas but as long as I get back to it when I get back !

[Ant040689]

Thanks Matt

I never have reached the 15 stones I aimed for last time !

I think it's achievable this time with the way I have changed ..... Obviously I am going to put some on whilst I am in Vegas but as long as I get back to it when I get back !

Thoroughly impressed too Lee, top work and getting into the 15 stones territory must be a lovely boost to morale.

[Ant040689]

Starting weight - January 9th: 21st 5lbs
                          January 22nd: 20st 8lbs
                          January 27th: 20st 3lbs
                         February 3rd: 20st 1lbs
                         February 10th: 19st 13lbs
                         February 17th: 19st 9lbs
                         February 24th: 19st 7lbs
                               March 2nd: 19st 1 lbs
                               March 10th: 18st 13lbs
                               March 17th: 18st 9lbs
                               March 24th: 18st 9lbs

No weekly loss.

Polarised week. Mon-Fri I upped my calories, but upped the exercise. It was great and i felt better for the more food and the more energy to put more work in as I did train, however, I made a mistake in doing squats for the first time in about 2 years and with that I strained both hamstrings on Friday after an otherwise great 2 hour session. I was set to play 90 mins up front for my Sunday team and was royally pissed off that I would have to go in goal instead, and with that I ate poorly, with oily foods, and got plastered on Saturday night which I don't often do, and probably with the weekend, it negated the good weight loss from the start of the week.

The hamstrings seem a lot better now though, definitely alright to do some low intensity work with and I am just going to get on with it. Detoxing today from the oily foods I ate yesterday, and then going to keep the consistency up with 4 or 5 one hour jogging sessions and stretch outs.

Happy I relapsed into eating those crappy oily foods tbh. As they held a small temptation in my mind while I was doing so well, but after indulging, I realised it just isn't worth it to eat much of them at all. I felt sick on Sunday morning and I am probably more sensitve to the oil than i once was. It was a horrid feeling, especially as i was comparing it to otherwise feeling so great. So with two days of madness from me, I now feel much more comfortable within the diet and change of lifestyle I am on, and what may on the face of it look like a poor short term investment of crap eating over two days, might actually be hugely beneficial to me in the long run, because I think I have gone off every food now that is bad for me. 

Actually no longer have weight loss goals or weekly weight loss goals, as I think that applies an unnecessary pressure. I am going to make myself comfortably uncomfortable when I exercise, keep up the consistency, and just let everything on the weight loss side sort itself out, because my diet is normally extremely good so i can't not lose weight and more importantly get healthier.

Quite happy I have documented my weight loss on here, as it is nice to have a record of how much loss I have had total and it means I needn't concentrate too much on a poor week of last, as overall I have done well.

I just feel I have an extra gear that I haven't gone up to yet, and I am waiting for the time where I can write on here that I am riding on that, and am flying. Do not see any reason why that won't be this next week, and in that time I need to make sure every day I remain on the ball, and not slothful when met with the idea of going for a run. Just need to break the back of this and I am nearly there. 

[leethefish]

Working away for two weeks & am finding it tough to eat like I was at home !
Although I did have poached egg on toast today instead of fry up !
Am trying tho !!

[zerofive]

I made a mistake in doing squats

This doesn't sound like a mistake. Quite the opposite, in fact! As a general rule: the more muscles you engage, the more calories you burn; so when you set off to the gym for a weight training session, think about using multiple joints in one exercise to really get the most from your workout.

Let's break down the most common squat exercise, the barbell back squat:

You bend at the hips, the knees, and the ankles. That's three joints and consequently a lot of muscles. It targets the quadriceps; recruits the glutes (I like the way that sounds), inner thigh and calf muscles for strength; and also recruits the hamstrings, lower back, and abdominal muscles for stability.

Wow! Just thinking about 3 sets of 8-12 reps gets me sweaty!

Just make sure if you're going to include squats in your routine (and you are going to), that you get straight to them after warming up so that you're nice and strong as we don't want to fatigue all the muscles involved and then go for a heavy compound exercise. Also, make sure you stretch each muscle involved adequately after you complete your workout, so you want to stretch your quads, hams, inner thigh, hips, calves, abs and back - this will help ensure we don't about life for the next week with any more soreness than is absolutely necessary Also worth noting is for the sake of your central nervous system, I wouldn't go for heavy squats more than once a week.


TL;DR: Lots of joints used = lots of muscles recruited = lots of calories burned. You would only make a mistake in not doing squats.