[Closed] iDave diet, who done it?

I did perform similarly when I did this before on a calorie counting diet, but I had to do twice as much gruelling base cycling and half starve myself, and it was bloody grim. Plus I couldn't keep up the half-starving whilst doing speed work so I plateaued at 84. It was too grim to continue so the weight gradually came back over a few years despite all my cycling and attempts to stay on top of it. A few other factors came together to mess things up.

This diet is way way easier I've been doing speed work the whole time and now I'm at the interesting part. If I can continue losing in weight then I am definitely onto a winner. I've not been 100% observant this last couple of weeks but I'm firmly back on the wagon this week and it's showing.

Dunno Jamie. Considering the number of people that go to back to back classes down my gum I was extremely dissapointed at the turn. I'm guessing a couple of hundred.

Molly - Pictures.

Yeah yeah yeah

Dunno Jamie. Considering the number of people that go to back to back classes down my gum I was extremely dissapointed at the turn. I'm guessing a couple of hundred.

Today's missing words were gym and up.

....but yeah, if people do that stuff anyway, then why not do an extra hour for charidee.

I have been a member of my gym for 3 months now and only been to one class.....should really make an effort.

On the subject of diet and whatnot, I have been 162/164lbs (73/74kg) this whole year. My fighting weight is 150lbs (68kg) Bit annoying that despite not really drinking and doing 750 miles on the road bike since getting it beginning of April, weight training 3x a week and running/badminton weekly I have not actually lost any weight.

Very strange. Guess you cannot out train a bad diet.....

*gets daim bar out of draw*

You should Jamie - they're a hell of a lot harder than you'd imagine.

Plus there's a high proportion of feminine lycra clad lovelies... not something you get in your average freeweights area.

dont have scales at home... dont think they'd appreciate a naked tubby phil down at the gym before it opens either 🙁

saying that when i've weighed myself at the gym its been fairly consistant in that i've been dressed, usually in the same clothing and its a similar time of day (after work - so after breakfast, lunch, snacks and 3ish litres of liquid)

i've been doing my own diet, well change of diet.... its not quite iDave but certain principles are similar... its a lot more forgiving though. no increase in exercise.. in fact a decrease over winter and then injury keeping me off the bike.

my stats are the same as mol's. started of about 91-92kg similar time he posted the photo, and down to 83kg (sometimes 84kg depending on if i've downed 750mls-1ltr of water on the way)

Jamie - cut back on the weights. 2 total body workouts a week with minimal rest between exercises... or even try Bodypump/
Do HIIT and swimming instead?

I'm down to 73kg from 81kg, since 22nd April (When I last bothered to weigh myself) 181cm tall. On an iDave lite: no pasta, rice or bread, but 4 pieces of fruit per day, and museli/milk in the mornings + small glass of fruit juice.

No probs cycling the 6.5 mile each way commute or playing squash either.

Abs beginning to appear 🙂

Jamie - cut back on the weights.

Not going to happen at this point in time, as i'm quite enjoying it at the moment.

Might give box-fit a go on Thursday tho.

I'm guessing box-fit is like body combat... be prepared for feeling like a goon on your first class.

....be prepared for feeling like a goon on your first class.

...it's how I go through life, so will not be an alien feeling.

Bit annoying that despite not really drinking and doing 750 miles on the road bike.. *snip*

Funny old business this. When I worked in Bristol I rode in up to 4 times a week at 42 miles each way and gained 3-4kg. I didn't go mental with food, I just ate more carbs as is traditionally recommended... I wish I'd been on iDave then!

Anyway....Molgrips...pics. You can even be flexin' 😉

I'm down to 73kg from 81kg, since 22nd April (When I last bothered to weigh myself) 181cm tall. On an iDave lite: no pasta, rice or bread, but 4 pieces of fruit per day, and museli/milk in the mornings + small glass of fruit juice.

No probs cycling the 6.5 mile each way commute or playing squash either.

Abs beginning to appear

Congrats....I think if I did change my diet it would be similar to yours.

Ok, I'll do them tonight 🙂 Be warned though I am no Michael Rasmussen yet.

Congrats....I think if I did change my diet it would be similar to yours.

There's nothing like an acrimonious break up to motivate one to improve oneself 😉

Molgrips... if you ever get to looking like this...

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I'll go on the iDiet myself.

There's nothing like an acrimonious break up to motivate one to improve oneself

Really? Right....new plan:

1) Get girlfriend
2) Have long walks on beaches, go cinemas and choose 'our song'
3) Get chucked by girlfriend (acrimoniously as possible)
4) ???????
5) Lose weight

i'd be loosing much more weight if i was single, puddings, chocolate and take-aways are the work of mrsconsequence. gotta wait until my shoulder heals before i can turn my flab into muscle 🙁

Start doing one armed weights on your good side.

There is evidence that suggest this will promote muscular development on both sides of the body.

Oh, and use the leg machines at the gym. Biggest muscles = best way to lose weight.

i'd be loosing much more weight if i was single, puddings, chocolate and take-aways are the work of mrsconsequence. gotta wait until my shoulder heals before i can turn my flab into muscle

Yup, I'd have lost more if my parents didn't keep visiting, mum's a bit of a feeder.

gotta wait until my shoulder heals before i can turn my flab into muscle

[pedant] Flab doesn't turn into muscle. Two different things[/pedant]

I'm having some real issues with this. I lose loads of weight during the week, and while I know it's not a calorie controlled diet I don't tend to eat 2500 cals a day when on it as it's filling, then pile it all back on in the off-day and the next day. I went from 16 9 to 16 4 during a week, then went back to 16 8 in the day of my food carnage and the day after. I'm taking 3 steps forward and 2 back.

@ jamie - is some of your weight not muscle though? i know when i started doing more weights (x2 a week of full body) and road riding more, i went from 49kgs (oh those were the days!) to 54kgs where i seem to sit pretty much consistently - the expection being when i run which is 52kgs as i lose muscle, and just now where i can't seem to maintain speed/power if i drop below what i am now (55kgs).

@ yeti, that's a disturbing photo 😥

DirtyG - that was a professional athlete... just 17kg to go...

I'm having some real issues with this. I lose loads of weight during the week, and while I know it's not a calorie controlled diet I don't tend to eat 2500 cals a day when on it as it's filling, then pile it all back on in the off-day and the next day. I went from 16 9 to 16 4 during a week, then went back to 16 8 in the day of my food carnage and the day after. I'm taking 3 steps forward and 2 back.

It could just be the case, that like every diet/training method etc, this approach may not work for you.

haha jamie, i knew posting such a well known myth would get a response after nobody commented on my post describing my weight loss 😛 it even says "Remember, muscle will not turn into fat and fat will not turn into muscle" on a plaque on the wall in front of the X-trainer in the gym.

mums very much a feeder, mrsconsequence isnt a feeder, but she's a chocoholic and dinner without a pudding is her idea of torture.

@ jamie - is some of your weight not muscle though? i know when i started doing more weights (x2 a week of full body) and road riding more, i went from 49kgs (oh those were the days!) to 54kgs where i seem to sit pretty much consistently - the expection being when i run which is 52kgs as i lose muscle, and just now where i can't seem to maintain speed/power if i drop below what i am now (55kgs).

Some should be, put only 1-2kg max I would say.

I work on the wok method though.

If side on it looks like I am smuggling a wok under my t-shirt, I need to lose some weight. Muscle gained or not.

haha jamie, i knew posting such a well known myth would get a response after nobody commented on my post describing my weight loss it even says "Remember, muscle will not turn into fat and fat will not turn into muscle" on a plaque on the wall in front of the X-trainer in the gym.

Which post on your weight loss?

Molgrips.

Congrats on cracking the 84Kg barrier. Question now is, can you continue eating this way.... 😉

Don't post a pic until you're ready / have plateaued. Otherwise, whats the point ?, it would be a before and during, not before and after.

TSY.
Mate, please don't post that pic again, its nasty.
🙂

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And I always liked you, Jamie.
🙁

Someone pass the me mind bleach.

philconsequence - Member
dont have scales at home... dont think they'd appreciate a naked tubby phil down at the gym before it opens either

saying that when i've weighed myself at the gym its been fairly consistant in that i've been dressed, usually in the same clothing and its a similar time of day (after work - so after breakfast, lunch, snacks and 3ish litres of liquid)

i've been doing my own diet, well change of diet.... its not quite iDave but certain principles are similar... its a lot more forgiving though. no increase in exercise.. in fact a decrease over winter and then injury keeping me off the bike.

my stats are the same as mol's. started of about 91-92kg similar time he posted the photo, and down to 83kg (sometimes 84kg depending on if i've downed 750mls-1ltr of water on the way)

POSTED 38 MINUTES AGO #

EDIT - looks like he's peeling his skin off in that photo.

Question now is, can you continue eating this way....

Yep. The bigger question is will it continue to result in weight loss.. it's definitely getting harder.

Don't post a pic until you're ready / have plateaued

Well that's what I was thinking. One vote yes, one vote no.. hmm

Oh and it's now time for my carb snack. Cereal bar, haribo or cake?

Crap Molly, you've got 2 yes votes.... and you promised pics after 3 weeks!

philconsequence - Member
dont have scales at home... dont think they'd appreciate a naked tubby phil down at the gym before it opens either
saying that when i've weighed myself at the gym its been fairly consistant in that i've been dressed, usually in the same clothing and its a similar time of day (after work - so after breakfast, lunch, snacks and 3ish litres of liquid)

i've been doing my own diet, well change of diet.... its not quite iDave but certain principles are similar... its a lot more forgiving though. no increase in exercise.. in fact a decrease over winter and then injury keeping me off the bike.

my stats are the same as mol's. started of about 91-92kg similar time he posted the photo, and down to 83kg (sometimes 84kg depending on if i've downed 750mls-1ltr of water on the way)

TL;DR 😉

[i]Crap Molly, you've got 2 yes votes.... and you promised pics after 3 weeks!
[/i]

Ahem !, I shall pull rank here as I is a fellow iDave disciple, unlike you TSY 😉
And you can not deny the logic of an after picture being....err, after and not during.
🙂

[i]Yep. The bigger question is will it continue to result in weight loss.. it's definitely getting harder.[/i]

What ?, going to try and crack the 0Kg barrier ?. Of course the weight loss is going to stop. Most important thing is not putting it all back on, no ?.

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I is a fellow iDave diciple

You cannot be, what you cannot speel 8)

Oh, and while I remeber.

Any scales recommendations, I think I'm going to buy a set as I doesn't have a clue what I iz weighinz

[i]You cannot be, what you cannot speel[/i]

Sorry.

iDisciple
😉

I had to dig out my Wii fit board!

[i]I had to dig out my Wii fit board!
[/i]

eh ?

[url= http://www.ehow.com/how_7676165_weigh-yourself-wii-fit.html ]It can weigh you.[/url]

*loosens belt another notch*

Solo.. less of your chatter. I'm the motivational coach round here.

Who supported Psychle when everyone else said he couldn't achieve his goals... me!

Drop to the floor and give me twenty!

Molly - Pics!

Alright then, why don't I post a 'during' picture?

Who supported Psychle when everyone else said he couldn't achieve his goals... me!

...and yet he never posted the 'after' pics.

molgrips - Member
This diet is way way easier......

.......I've not been 100% observant this last couple of weeks

If it really is that easy, how come you find it so hard to stick to ??

If it really is that easy, how come you find it so hard to stick to ??

Zing!

[i]Solo.. less of your chatter. I'm the motivational coach round here.

Who supported Psychle when everyone else said he couldn't achieve his goals... me!

Drop to the floor and give me twenty!
[/i]

😆

Aye, Aye, Cabin !

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I know Jamie... and now I don't speak to him. He's dead to me.

I know Jamie... and now I don't speak to him. He's dead to me.

True though. Was quite the crazy experiment, big 'ol thread if I remember right, then just ponced off with no end results. Which makes me believe it was all bullshit.

[i]Alright then, why don't I post a 'during' picture?
[/i]

It serves no purpose imo, cept is makes you TSY's bitch
😯

Move over, I'm doing/giving 20

I met his Mrs at one of the Swinley rides and completely forgot to ask her and him about it.

I was really annoyed with myself for that.

*is still a little annoyed*

If it really is that easy, how come you find it so hard to stick to ??

I said it's easIER! It's not entirely trivial for me 🙂

Seriously though the issue for me has been getting the carbs I need to exercise vs keeping on the diet. If I run myself down too much by not taking carbs to fuel my workouts I get very cravey and hell breaks loose. It's a balancing act.

he didnt post pics but i seem to remember he reported having lost the weight successfully...

no dinner for philly tonight, eccles cake before bed to take the edge of the hunger.

*looks down at belly and lets out a little tear*

he didnt post pics but i seem to remember he reported having lost the weight successfully...

You know the rules of the internet Phil.

Pics. Or. It. Didn't. Happen.

molgrips - Member

....I get very cravey and hell breaks loose. It's a balancing act.

All in the mind I reckon, iDTFU and shed that load 😉

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a little pic i took of psychle on our holiday to brighton x

I don't even want this post.

London to Barcelona by bike, anyone fancy an adventure?

[i]London to Barcelona by bike, anyone fancy an adventure?
[/i]

Then what do you do for the rest of the day ?.

When?

i cant cycle under water, haven't been riding long enough 🙁

Silly billy - you trackstand for 40 mins on the eurotunnel.

Not sure... the plan has only just been put to me. It's not even as far as LEJOG!!

Why Barcelona?

Hmm.. what are the extremeties of Europe?

isnt this a diet thread....

naughty yeti

It's a belly busting Barca bike burn.

Well sort of.

I just can't be arsed starting a new thread.

A more doable one would be West Coast of Ireland to Larne, ferry to Stranraer and head to east coast of Scotland...or down to Rosslare-Fishguard and head east from there.

*oils palms*

London to Barcelona by bike, anyone fancy an adventure?

Did this last august..was AWESOME

Kick started my whole fitness/racing thing

Eh? What's not doable about Barcelona?

I've even took delivery of a super lightweight tent this morning.

Edit: Tricky... you got an e-mail address?

tent implies camping. pimps dont camp. i'm out.

Edit: Tricky... you got an e-mail address?

Aye.. trickydisco78@gmail.com

Can dig out the GPS routes somewhere.. Although someone else organised the whole thing i just turned up with my bike and some money

*signwrites "Deadly's Turkish Massage" on side of tent*

Nice one. I'll drop you a mail this evening.

Quickly though... roughly how much did it cost you?

Darcy... best make sure you get that written properly. I'm looking for a thrill but not a Deadly Turkish Massage.

Think it was about £450 all in i seem to remember

We had a support car with that as well so split the petrol to get it down there and back (the support car thing was amazing)

We stayed in lots of basic cheap motels most of the way until we got to barclona where we had a penthouse apartment to celebrate

support car... so me and deadly could drive slowly behind, nudging the back wheel of anyone who looses pace whilst we stuff our faces with food?

*signwrites "[s]Deadly[/s][b]Mr. Darcy[/b]'s Turkish Massage" on side of tent*

FTFM

*signwrites "Dr ****orf's Turkish Massage Happy Ending Fun Time Tent" on side of tent*

FTFY.