[Closed] Corpulent Collective 2018

This is the thing with not drinking caffeine,

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No caffeine or alcohol in 4yrs now.

...apart from that one time John Lewis cafe spiked me with a mocha. Was tripping balls that night.

fair play to you.

No caffeine or alcohol in 4yrs now.

[makes a note to slip Jamie an espresso martini if I should ever meet him]

So birthday lunch was a massive mixed grill with a sugar free drink...

Very low carb and no chips! But blew my 800 calories easily in one sitting.

Yawn.... you must be a great laugh to go out with

Usually off my tits on crack.

Oh fair enough 🙂

Just to buck the trend..... I actually just started on caffeine at 47. I have always found I start to get hungry/tired around 4ish and it’s definitely my weak time for snacking.

The Mrs has started working from home, so we invested in a good machine (as I got very bored going for cups of coffee twice a day).. Seems to make a decent cup, so I’ve spent the last few months learning to “like” it and having the one cup around then really seems to help see me though to dinner..... just need to make sure 1 doesn’t become 2..

I was set up! Surprise birthday cake...

I ate just enough to not ungrateful (also because it was delicious)

Good work wiggles, but aren't you getting shitfaced on Friday? Nah you'll be right , a victory with the chips for sure!

Has anyone got and good recipes for dinners, like under 600 calories. Getting a bit bored of mine

Tom Kerridge's new series - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/search

done variations on the chicken and the lasagne* already and both were good.

* can't now have lasagne wthout adopting the persona of Barry Homeowner from Athletico Mince, Bob Mortimer's podcast.

Cheers but that doesn't lead to anything, just a blank page/ search function

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/b09l5mdv

Has recipes for all episodes.

Good work wiggles, but aren't you getting shitfaced on Friday?

Just need to balance the kebab:coke/amphetamine ratio to make sure it is burnt off 😆

Haha have a good one!

According to Strava I burnt 750 calories today. 604hm, 16km...and ten (!) PRs...

Thin steak, boiled spuds and salad. Oh, and a 1.5lt bottle of wine between two. Might have undone all the good, but hey. Why not.

Weather is looking good so another ride is on the cards for tomorrow.... and maybe shower. 😀

but hey. Why not.

Because you're a fat **** who needs to lose some weight??

Rob likes the kind & caring approach

Thanks, Rob, you lardy bastard.

Enjoy your hollibobs xx

Thin steak, boiled spuds and salad. Oh, and a 1.5lt bottle of wine between two. Might have undone all the good, but hey. Why not.

Sounds lovely, but Unfortunately yes, yes it has. 1000 calories of wine and the alcohol will have undone all the training benefit of your ride. You may even have got slower as a result

( sorry, I’m hoping to win fun sponge of 2018)

Rob, thanks. Have sent you a PM.

( sorry, I’m hoping to win fun sponge of 2018)

Mmmmm. Sponge.

But good luck on wrestling that title off some of our more obtuse members on here.

It was my birthday last weekend and this afternoon I'm going for a long weekend skiing. So in essence I've not really started trying. Skiing could go one or two ways depending on how much skiing is done v. how much apres-ski is done.....

Final call for truffle-shufflers to sign up!

Once tomorrow's updates start going in, adding new members becomes annoying.

So, anyone who wants to be entered (fnaar), send me an email quick-sharp.

I will also be removing those who are entered but haven't input their start weights - so there! 😛

So, went for a ride today, skipped lunch, not feeling that hungry. Obviously I could accept the gains and eat all healthy tonight. Sod that. Pizza for me!

truffle-shufflers

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25km, 740hm climbing. Strava says 888 calories burnt.

Potatoes and fried eggs for dindins.

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La dolce vita con la bella vista.... 8)

Took the kids to buy shoes after school went into gregs so they could have a sausage roll and managed to avoid buying myself anything!

Saving myself for many beers and probably a kebab tomorrow... at least its after the weigh in 😆

Strava lies. Half the number of calories for a max indication then consider that you would be burning calories on the sofa reading a book. Sorry 😀

Sweet potatoes, how can they be so good for you? And be so candylicious?

It's almost the weekend folks....hang in there.

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Nice starter...

Ditch the pizza stuff! ruins it...

Done well today only 5 calories over my goal, doubt tomorrows weigh in will be great as didnt start doing this properly until a few days ago but I feel like im on the right track now...

*dreaming about tomorrows drunken kebab*

On a weird side-note. I’ve not eaten broccoli in a while, 4 months probably, and had a load today. After 5 mins I had mild stomach cramps, and about an hour later a case of the shits.

Guess I need to reintroduce the hard stuff a bit more gently.

Try smoking it before you go straight to the intravenous

Was doing really well until our first rehearsals for A Midsummers Night Dream this evening. Of course every one wanted to go to the pub afterwards so here I am 2 pints and a bag of crisps later dreading my weigh in tomorrow. Hopefully not too much damage done.

Of course every one wanted to go to the pub afterwards so here I am 2 pints and a bag of crisps later dreading my weigh in tomorrow. Hopefully not too much damage done.

It'll be fine if you've been good the rest of the time. Weds was my beer and pizza night and last night I was working until 10pm so had pizza again. Still the lightest I've been in ages today

Gonna be a Saturday weigh in for me, forgot to do it this morning at 0430 when I got up for my early shift. Zzzzzzz.

Jamie it was nothing to do with that hot chocolate cream marshmallow bomb then? Ugh you just made me think of crisps . In a crescent .

Well I am pretty pleased with myself. I've pretty much stuck to plan (cut out the snacks, bread, processed sugar etc and just eat main meals), I haven't been too stingy with my meals, had a couple of drinks here and there and have lost around 3.5kg

Best I've done on a losing weight regime ever I think. Just hope I can keep it up. Got a few meals out coming up all expenses paid so just need to not go too mad!

Nice work! I'm 1.5kg down but as light as I've been in ages. Hopefully it continues.

Good luck everyone!

2kg off here, although I did cheat and start on New Year’s Day. Going to increase my calories a bit and try and keep the weekly weight loss at 0.5kg max

I came off the wagon a bit last night.

My Mrs fancied a curry, which never happens and was too good an opportunity to miss. I don't even regret it, it was bloody amazing. Then I had an hour of zwift for desert.

Down to 80.8kg from 85. I did stop drinking new year's Day though!

Not weighed myself yet, but [i]feel[/I] 1lb lighter.

Jamie - Member
Not weighed myself yet, but feel 1lb lighter.

This could totally screw up my calculations!

Hmmm... My scales appear to be stuck. Same weight as last week, within 0.1kg.

Ho hum; at least it hasn't gone up.

Up 0.4kg, but have had a lot of birthday cake and meals out since Monday.

2kg lost here - pretty happy with that considering I've not commuted by bike as much as I wanted due to the weather and also ended up having fish and chips Tuesday night and the work canteen curry for lunch yesterday.

13st 8.5 here, down since the start but up since last Friday, which I didn't declare anyway. Not been a good week, but still -1.5lb since 2/1

Convince me I'm on track.....

Well done all, good stuff !

3kg lost here although I started 2nd Jan. well pleased. quite enjoying the challenge actually. remind me of that in a week please

Down 3kg here, first time I've been below 90kg this century (I started about the end of November when I was knocking on the for of 100kg)!!
Funny thing is I'm finding it fairly easy as well.... Lots of eggs, veg, meat and fish but no bread, rice, pasta, biscuits etc.
Feeling good 🙂

Well done all

I’ve managed to lose 6.3 kg this week, I do have a shitload to lose but hoping to keep it up. I’ve been using MFP as others have suggested and doing 5 by 2

You guys get up waaaay too early!!

Measuring since 1st Jan - Initial drop is always encouraging but mainly water (loss is a loss though)

Any..hows it =

-4.3kg
or
-9lbs
or
³/?? of a Jamie

😀

We can't sleep because we're hungry

I actually go to bed earlier due to hunger. it's relief.

also first up first to the bakery

1kg exactly since last week. Only started my current diet plan on about Tuesday and it was my birthday Wednesday... So as long as it's going in the right direction though I hope things will be a bit more rapid from here on

It's been a proper messy scramble for me this week to keep near my calorie goal.

I've been snacking at work (my co-workers keep bringing in lots of left over chocolate/short bread/toffee etc..., the bastards!), so have been adjusting rides home and what I have for tea to try and compensate! It's gone to plan less than it hasn't!

Down to 101.1 kg from 103 though, so I'm pretty happy! 🙂

Coming down with yet another cold tough, so this weekend is going to suck exercise wise. 🙁

Plan has been: No booze, little/no carbs except to allow myself a slice of toast for breakfast, otherwise normal size meals, just add more veggies. The house is full of sweets and cake and biscuits left over from xmas - including a 4.5 Kg Toblerone so they a bit of a temptation since I work from home.
I haven't added any exercise yet, I sit on the sofa all day using the laptop so I'm hoping to increase the calorie deficit a bit when I get the time to get out there and move about a bit.

Down to 113.3kgs (249lbs) from 115.8 (255lbs) after the first week, which is a great start but there's a way to go yet. I put on 300g since yesterday which is a bit frustrating but that's what I get for eating scotch eggs for an afternoon snack.

Keep it up everyone!

Scales on order. Also went for a ride yesterday; cracked out a whole 5.5 miles...

You have to start somewhere.

Marcgear: ditch the bread - I think it's a big factor and just have the eggs and not what'd around it (although if it's sausagemeat it should be OK).
I work from home too and it can be an issue, but I've been busy in a remote office all week which has made life easier.
I've not started exercise yet and expect an even bigger drop when that starts. I may rethink my target downwards.

put on 300g since yesterday

not quite sure it works like that... see the bigger picture. Keep up the good work

Marcgear - My breakfasts have been largely based around poached eggs, bacon with the fat cut off and avocado/spinach instead of bread. Keeps me full up for a LOT longer.

Saying that I'm running on nought but coffee this morning (OK, so i'm probably running on last nights curry 😀

Also, as someone else that generally works from home, I'd recommend taking a look at the Zwift thread. It's surprisingly easy to get an hours exercise in when it's all set up in the garage.

You guys get up waaaay too early!!

Got to be early to get my vigorous aerobics in.

13st 8.5 here, down since the start but up since last Friday, which I didn't declare anyway. Not been a good week, but still -1.5lb since 2/1

Convince me I'm on track.....

Your overall trend is downwards which is good. I fully expect to have a few blips and increases but if it isn’t going up you’re on the right track, and you have a sustainable eating pattern.

Adding a small amount of extra exercise may be all you need

Thanks for the advice but the toast stays. I love bread. There's no way I'm cutting it out entirely. We bake all own bread, so it's not full of the crap you get in supermarket bread. Also I do pair it with healthy proteins like eggs or ham. Carbs are evil but delicious.

1.8KG off this week - happy with that

I haven't quite made my target for this week, but I had been on diuretics for a medical condition, I stopped taking them on Wednesday, so I probably have lost the fat but have a bit more fluid in me.

No loss this week, but no gain either. In the middle of moving house/living with parents for a spell, they're feeders, it's cold outside and I don't have all my stuff, so being lazy and eating too much. My only source of non bike exercise seems like it might not be an option after this week too.......

New digs next week and a new bike to boot, should kick on I hope.

I'll admit now that I'm sort of cheating in that I started my diet in October, then put a reasonably chunk back on over Christmas. Pleased that I'm back to 1lb over where I was in mid December before all the bingeing started.

Couple of pounds off, back to my last pretty Christmas weight now.

Went from last year at 14.5 stone to 11.12 then 12.5 at Christmas to 12 last week now back to 11.12

So it's like starting afresh from where I left off now 🙂

There are some great results on here - well done all! Only 1kg here but I'm pretty please with that because I was away in London at the weekend and seemed to be eating constantly, and only managed to get on the trainer once. Hoping for a bigger loss next week.

Pre Christmas not pretty Christmas damn auto correct

Nothing lost for me in first week,have upped gym attendance and been eating better, also cut booze. Must just be fat turning into muscle right?

One thing that is annoying me, is the last time I was this weight I was cycling and running loads, and it appears I was a lot leaner. Guess had more weight in legs/glute muscles.

Now I seem to have a lot more belly fat so may have to adjust my target to compensate.

Bah (sugar free) Humbug.

I love bread. There's no way I'm cutting it out entirely. We bake all own bread

I bought some crackers to replace bread. Turns out even dry crackers taste good with a centimetre of salted butter on top 🙁

Great numbers on here. I've managed to shed 1.2kg this week, which I'm happy with.

My eating has been getting progressively more 'on-track' as the wee has gone on, so good signs.

Matt

For some additional motivation I just entered the ballot for the Fred Whitton.

just over a kg for me over the week, so not unhappy with that.

already thinking about really short nail cutting and whether I can manage without a couple of fillings I've got to try and kick on again next week.......