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

[leethefish]

Screw it lets give this a go. Hopefully I can public shame myself into losing weight.

It is fair to say I have been well overweight all my adult life and done very little about it until last 2 years, with the exception of a health scare in my mid 20s. I probably topped out at over 19 stone but lost a lot travelling in early 2013 and was down to 16 1/2 by summer 2013.

My main weakness is binge eating food and alcohol. If there is food in my house that is anywhere near bad for me it gets eat. I have always been a binge drinker, can go weeks without a drink and then knock back 10+ pints on an evening out.

I used to do no exercise at all, though in the last 5ish years I have walked more. Last feb I did couch to 5k and have been running ever since, completed my first 10k race a couple of weekends ago and have a complete obsession with parkrun on saturday mornings. The fact I am still putting weight on, shows how terrible my diet is, when running 15-20 miles a week!

My weigh in this morning showed

12th Jan 2015 17st 9lbs

I would like to lose as much as possible down to around 14st but baby steps and all that.

welcome to the fat club......good luck

[OverTheBorder]

Big challenge today. First business travel day. Really hard not to snack due to airport boredom!

Loss this week will not be up to last weeks level but feel like I may have dropped a bit.

[arbboy]

2014

2nd April  19 stone 12
9th April 19 stone 8 (4lbs lost)
16th April 19 stone 5 (7lbs lost)
23rd April 19 stone 4 (8lbs lost)
30th April No weigh in
7th May 19 stone 4 (no loss)
14th May 19 stone 2 (10lb loss)
21st May no weigh in
28th May 18 stone 13 (13lb loss)
4th June 18 stone 13 (no loss)
11th June 18 stone 10 (16lb loss)
18th June No weigh in
25th June 18 stone 10 (no loss)

2015

8th Jan  18 stone 8
16 Jan 18 stone 6

Solid week with 4 swims of at least 1000m (1 of 1500m), food intake medium/good.  Could have been worse but def could have been better overall.  Happy with that for the first week.  Onwards and upwards.  Hope everyone else had a good week.  Let's really try and keep this thing going this year between us fatties.  We might get a few more involved if we keep it going.  gl all.

[zerofive]

Good to see some motivation back in this thread.

I'm back on my usual training split (of 4 days weight training, 1 day boxing and 2 days recovering) because my hip has just about recovered; need to adjust for some lost strength and stability, but that shouldn't take long.

Consuming a small caloric surplus on training days and a small caloric deficit on rest days.

I have NO CLUE how I used to find it so easy to eat at a surplus. Getting through 300g of carbohydrates (which, apparently, is the recommended daily intake ) is a massive challenge these days!

Anyways my last weigh in of my cut saw me just over 85kg, which is a tiny number considering I was close to hitting 100kg before my hip injury. Hoping to get that number up close to 100kg again before I start cutting again over summer.

[byronkincaid]

Anyone watch the Horizon Diet programmes? They were a lot better than I thought they would be. I'm a feaster, once I start eating I find it hard to stop. Feel sorry for the constant cravers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02ddsv0/whats-the-right-diet-for-you-a-horizon-special-episode-1

 

[arbboy]

Anyone watch the Horizon Diet programmes? They were a lot better than I thought they would be. I'm a feaster, once I start eating I find it hard to stop. Feel sorry for the constant cravers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02ddsv0/whats-the-right-diet-for-you-a-horizon-special-episode-1

 

I saw a bit of it.  I am a constant carver who likes to feast!

[Ant040689]

Starting weight - January 9th 2014: 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
                               March 31st: 18st 4lbs
                               April 7th: 17st 12lbs
                               April 14th: 17st 13lbs
                               April 21st: 17st 10lbs
                               April 27th: 17st 8lbs
                               May 5th: 17st 8lbs
                               May 12th: 17st 8lbs
                               January 2nd 2015: 16st 1lbs
                               January 8th 2015: 15st 7lbs
                               January 16th 2015: 15st 8lbs

1 lb gain.

Very lazy week. I ate like I would be exercising a lot. Only a 1lb gain. Fancied a rest. Think my body has said thank you and I go hard this week thinking I will get down to 15st 3lbs mainly because I am looking to exercise 2 hours a day.

Most of that will be stretching and foam rolling because I was carrying a lot of weight for a long time and my muscles are struggling to cope with higher intensities and I haven't broke the back of that yet. I hope to get over that soon, so I can take the piss and constantly go hard more often.

When that day comes it will be glorious, ha.

[OverTheBorder]

Weigh in tomorrow.  Had a 45 minute spin class tonight, 3rd of the week.  Been eating pretty good but maybe too many days at home.  Thinking it should be a loss but not a big one!

Excited for scales ha ha

[OverTheBorder]

03/01/2015 - 15st 9 3/4
10/01/2015 - 14st 13 1/4
17/01/2015 - 14st 9 1/2

Another good week. Total loss crept over a stone. Got another spin class this morning. Got a dinner this evening and drinks. Needing to take it easy and no second greasy dinner on the way home!!

[leethefish]

03/01/2015 - 15st 9 3/4
10/01/2015 - 14st 13 1/4
17/01/2015 - 14st 9 1/2

Another good week. Total loss crept over a stone. Got another spin class this morning. Got a dinner this evening and drinks. Needing to take it easy and no second greasy dinner on the way home!!

Congrats nice work !

[teamonkey]

no idea about weight as the rig has been way too rocking and rolling in the recent storms and weather bombs

i have however now started to do that insanity thing every evening, and coupled th my healthier eating, i'm hoping that i'm headed back in the right direction again after my xmas  excesses (which incidentaly did not put back on all that i'd lost just before xmas, so thats a bonus)

think i need to start using the scales at home and stick to them as a datum

PS, insanity makes you sweat, a lot, i mean a real lot!!!

[Steve Swift]

no idea about weight as the rig has been way too rocking and rolling in the recent storms and weather bombs

i have however now started to do that insanity thing every evening, and coupled th my healthier eating, i'm hoping that i'm headed back in the right direction again after my xmas  excesses (which incidentaly did not put back on all that i'd lost just before xmas, so thats a bonus)

think i need to start using the scales at home and stick to them as a datum

PS, insanity makes you sweat, a lot, i mean a real lot!!!

Just finished it, gl and enjoy the ride.

[OverTheBorder]

no idea about weight as the rig has been way too rocking and rolling in the recent storms and weather bombs

i have however now started to do that insanity thing every evening, and coupled th my healthier eating, i'm hoping that i'm headed back in the right direction again after my xmas  excesses (which incidentaly did not put back on all that i'd lost just before xmas, so thats a bonus)

think i need to start using the scales at home and stick to them as a datum

PS, insanity makes you sweat, a lot, i mean a real lot!!!

Just finished it, gl and enjoy the ride.

When you starting hip hop abs Steve?

[leethefish]

no idea about weight as the rig has been way too rocking and rolling in the recent storms and weather bombs

i have however now started to do that insanity thing every evening, and coupled th my healthier eating, i'm hoping that i'm headed back in the right direction again after my xmas  excesses (which incidentaly did not put back on all that i'd lost just before xmas, so thats a bonus)

think i need to start using the scales at home and stick to them as a datum

PS, insanity makes you sweat, a lot, i mean a real lot!!!

Just finished it, gl and enjoy the ride.

Before & after pics or you didn't do it !!

[Steve Swift]

Ok the first one is a C and P from a holiday snap just before deciding to lose some weight.  Lost about 16lb before starting Insanity

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Start of Insanity

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End of Insanity, lost a further 8LB and the good lady 10LB.  Total waist reduction 6" since first photo, Jan 4" from Insanity alone

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Wife and i after last session, 2nd hand copy of the programme so couldn't get official shirt so made my own.

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Red head, sweat and veiny  yuk

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Enough evidence