[Closed] Who should be dieting, but just CBA?

Yup. Always weighed the same til I hit mid 50s, gone up about a stone, and not through laziness! but sod it eh. Life's to short for fad diets.

Not sure if it was lockdown or turning 40 or a combination of the two but my weight went from under 75kg to over 85kg. Decided if I was going to be heavy I was going to have to be strong so I started lifting over the winter. Weight seems to have stabilised and I'm getting stronger but now that it's getting into biking season proper I'm hoping more riding will result in my weight coming back down to normal levels but I'm aware that in reality that's going to take some careful diet control.

Don't know if I can be bothered.

Yarp.

No shortage of exercise, but my food choices are bad, can't pass a KFC.

15KG heavier than I should be.

Another one here! I just love cake

Me, I really need to pack in sugar and carbs, and actually ride my bike, however poor mental health is saying no

Me! 🙂 This WFH lark makes it super-easy to not get off my increasingly lardy arse.

This WFH lark makes it super-easy to not get off my increasingly lardy arse.

I reckon WFH is responsible for 90% of my weight gain. It's only 20km cycling per day 5 days per week (not particularly hilly either) but that seems to be the difference between relatively stable weight and blowing up like a balloon.

Given that most people drive to work it's no wonder everyone is fat.

Paradoxically, also me, hence the other thread.

I'd really prefer to be in 34" trousers than 36", and BMI suggests I need to gain another inch in height to hit the BMI25 boundary, but we know it isn't a great indicator over six foot anyway. Having said that, I ran (3K) for the first time this year yesterday and it didn't hurt, I did a PB on my local road and gravel loop in that last warm spell and can do my age in press-ups non stop. Besides, comfort food keeps my IBS in check.

Me! 🙂 This WFH lark makes it super-easy to not get off my increasingly lardy arse.

WFH has meant more riding for me as I'm not sat in a car for 2-3 hours per day.

Me, I really need to pack in sugar and carbs, and actually ride my bike, however poor mental health is saying no

That feels familiar. Riding while I'm off work helps but every ride involves a cafe.

My weight doesn't concern me as such, it's what I eat. I think my insides are of a 20st man who eats 10 maccies a day.

This is me, lost 10kg last year and broke a number of PBs, pretty sure I've put that back on and done no exercise since November, just cant motivate myself.

Lost 15kg at the end of the first lockdown with a bootcamp and sensible diet. Put it all back on through a lack of motivation, winter lockdowns and comfort eating. Got to the point that I've probably missed the first half of the climbing season and starting to think that I might as well wait until next year.

Aren’t easter eggs delicious!

WFH has meant more riding for me as I’m not sat in a car for 2-3 hours per day.

It should do for me but I find I'm working more at home and struggling to force myself out on a ride. Meetings with people spread over UK and other countries makes it difficult to pop out during the day and work later, so has to be night rides.

Problem with Covid is it's screwed up a lot of the regular group rides, so often only got solo option. I like solo rides but less so in the dark. Summer is better though.

Driving to office I hated (again 2-3 hours a day depending on traffic) but I got exercise wandering around the office and to the local shop. I get very little sat at home.

Though I've got a new laptop now that's got enough grunt and bells and whistles to work from anywhere so I should force myself out elsewhere to work at times (just not the office commute, hate that).

Me - very much me.

beer, cheese, frites 🙁

Ooh, me, me, me. I lost 15kg a couple of years ago and maintained it for 18 months give or take a couple of kg. However, recently 4 persistent kilos have returned and are seemingly un-eager to shift.

Having discovered an intolerance to beer I thought that might help me shift them, but nope. So apparently biscoff lotus biscuits covered in peanut butter are not the path to a slimmer waist.

I did run 5k at lunch, but yes, easter eggs are the best chocolate for sure!

Me. Got too many others things to think about right now.

Me very much me.

Completely unmotivated and meh!

Though I'm riding more and my strengths coming back. My waist isn't

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Me, I really need to pack in sugar and carbs, and actually ride my bike, however poor mental health is saying no

1000x me!

If I don't loose weight before June then when I get into Llyn Padarn for the triathlon I'll slosh half the water out and cause a major flooding incident in Caernarfon. Someone should alert the authorities of the risk.

Hands up here. I need to lose at least 1 stone possibly 2. Through lockdown I went down nearly 3 stone. Now back in the office and crappy weather means I'm back up those 3 again 😪 but office toast has a hold on me

My #1 weakness

My #2 weakness

#3

My weight hasn't changed, but belt is up a couple of inches.
Tall, skinny with a pot belly and love handles is cool and sexy. Isn't it??

I just rang the wife and she has made me a chicken pie for dinner.

Not sure this is the right thread but i am so happy that I had to share with someone

I've put on a shedload of weight since the beginning of lockdown, despite not actually being that sedentary

But God, in his ultimate wisdom, saw fit to invent beer, Greggs, Monster Munch and pepperami's, so what can I do?

I've heard rumour that when working from home it is actually possible to not nip into the kitchen every hour for another packet of cheesy Wotsits, but I don't believe such nonsense

Plenty of exercise since lockdown but definitely put on 5kg that I CBA to shift. Just too much snacking around the house and wine too many nights of the week. So much easier to be controlled when I was in an office.

I've always been pretty disciplined in the past if I need to shed a few kilos but absolutely no self control at the minute!!

Me! I've just finished a coffee with five cola flavored Jammie Dodgers!

Four years ago I weighed 13 1/2 stone. I became vegan and lost just over half a stone. Mainly because I hadn't figured vegan snacking out. Now I'm back to just over 13 1/2 stone.

My BMI is just in the OK range, but I'm about an inch over the waist to height ratio - 6ft 1, 37ish inch waist, so 36.5 inches is the top of my healthy range.

I'm OK with it, but hoping that I'll motivate myself to be a little more disciplined on eating more sensibly at some point in the near future, coupled with more riding now the lighter evenings are here.

I’ve heard rumour that when working from home it is actually possible to not nip into the kitchen every hour for another packet of cheesy Wotsits, but I don’t believe such nonsense

Just had a lovely current bun - 2nd of the day....

Was a small bowl of crisps before that as in 30mins ago.

Might have had some fruit at some point.

I don't diet. Ever. But I do increase my exercise in the spring and then relax it in the winter. Not much of a delta, but If I stay at summer weight all through winter I tend to get horribly cold and suffer from terrible Reynaud's. If I stay at winter weight all through the summer, I feel fat.

Meetings with people spread over UK and other countries makes it difficult to pop out during the day and work later, so has to be night rides.

Book 'meetings' in your diary, before someone else does - this is what I do.

Does help though that I'm an early starter, so it's accepted that I take a long lunch twice a week (and an early finish on another day).

Zwift tonight, anyone?

I would but I just finished my Cadbury’s Caramel egg, the little creme egg type one full of caramel. And i feel a bit too sick. Oh and I haven’t got a Zwift bike, and never will have.

Zwift tonight, anyone?

Is that a type of pastry or cake? If so, yes I’m in.

Just had a lovely current bun – 2nd of the day….

Shocking

Me- lost c15kg in lockdown 1, change of job in Oct 20 & it’s gone back on again due to giving into temptation in the canteen and lack of motivation to exercise.

I’ve weighed between 92 and 95 kg since I was 18. My wife reliably informs me that the numbers may not change much but they look different. I have no idea what she means.

Ideally I’d lose five kg, even just to see what difference it makes to riding up a hill with my mates that weigh 30kg less than me. But I seem to forget to do so on a daily basis.

95kgs and don't care. Did 150 Kms over the weekend and and 2 HIIT classes so far this week. Swim then weights tomorrow.

WFH has increased the amount of riding I do, but you can’t out exercise a bad diet. Hot cross buns are the current snack of choice. Yum.

90kg again at 5.8 it's to much even at my fittest was 82 ish though

I'm an odd shape okay...

But I'm completely apathetic to any training.

Works shit, moved house and it's ace but I've not got a riding circuit yet and I'm just on the beer to much from boredom.

Though as mentioned I'm up to near 750miles so far. Struggling with routine though.

Alps in 3weeks then boltby week after.

Need to just get people in to do the house and I need to just ride more

Yeah could do with losing a few kilo but sod it I like beer and cake and so long as it doesnt interfere to much with outdoor sport who cares?

I don't diet but I naturally eat healthier and drink less when I'm not working. Basically, I weigh over 16st at when I work and under 15st when I'm not working for more than 3 months. It's stress eating/drinking when working.

I'm about 14 10 now - losing more weight would require dieting but would really help reduce the strain in my body as I get older especially given bouldering is my main sporting focus now.

But I would have to properly diet to lose more weight now - I've just had a chocolate hot cross bun for breakfast...

Gone from 17.5 stone to 13.5 stone over a couple of years... i am still about a stone overweight not sure if i have the motivation to loose the last stone.

I was being proffered "portion control" advice by a Nurse last week.. a human who was square... hey ho

Guilty as charged.I've had the building site from hell attached to me for the last 10 months.It has resulted in Houns levels of misery.Any ideas for a spiritual/fitness fightback would be appreciated.Thanks.

Dunno if I should be dieting, but I definitely shouldn't be eating so much crap.

I keep trying, but then I keep injuring myself in tedious ways which means I'm both depriving myself of tasty goodness, and also not getting to ride my bike the way I want to.

Dieting whilst only being able to do gentle road spins and/or rehab machines in gym is too depressing to contemplate so it's chocks away on beer and crisps for the time being!

A few recent health issues have kind of suggested that diet / loosing weight would be a good thing.

For me its more about portion size than diet as I had been eating pretty much what I had whilst exercising 4/5 timnes per week.

So no dieting (they dont work) but I am reducing portion size. Being slimmer does make you feel more healthy.

Loose = opposite of tight and rhymes with moose. If you are dieting you are trying to lose weight.

Me, I really need to pack in sugar and carbs, and actually ride my bike, however poor mental health is saying no

This I kind of me too, coming out of some crap times, had COVID then back problems.
Just can't get motivated at the min.

I'm quite pleased with myself today. Managed a lunchtime ride without electrical assistance and though it hurt my injured calf muscle a bit, it didn't wreck it. I shall celebrate with a Lidl's fake Twix bar or 2.

I shall celebrate with a Lidl’s fake Twix bar or 2.

A man of taste.

The fake Mars bars are great too.

Boris Johnson.

I was 26 and 82kg when I discovered mtb. I'm now 48 and 92 kg and have slowly crept up over the years.

Mostly, I became less active after kids, got a more sedentary job, blah, blah, all the usual stuff.

In the first 2020 lockdown I managed to lose 7 of those extra kilos in eight weeks of glorious early spring riding and skipping meals, but it went back on again the following winter.

This year, I went back to the gym after years away and strava/crickles/Garmin connect say I'm the fittest I've been in the last 5 years. But, I'm still rehabilitating my musculature at the moment and I can't seem to reconcile that and cutting food. My appetite is ravenous, way worse than just focussing on cardio.

So, I'm still 92kg, but my body composition is improving!

Same ^^ weights make me hungry as hell, so I stopped doing them.

Me. Fitness took a hit after covid last September, had to cut back on work as too much one day means a lot of napping the next day. That's triggered the black dog, and Easter eggs won't eat themselves will they?

Anyway I'm off to McDonald's. All this talk has made me hungry.

Yep, but currently having a long wait for the NHS to shove a camera down my gut to see wtf is going on in there.

Sort of, piled a load on late 19, early 20 with a broken leg. Got to my heaviest ever at nearly 89kg in summer 20 and it's take to this year to get to just over 79kg. I do plenty of exercise, so it's diet and booze that's keeping any progress slow. I know I'll be more or miserable bugger if I really hit the diet that I lost a lot with a few years back. Sitting at home working for two years hasn't helped I know, and I have an aim for my rugby reffing to go up another level, so with the help of a coach I have something to work for. I have to exercise too else as others have said the black dog takes hold.

Bugger. Another healthy day ruined as I must have subconsciously picked up a 6 pack of Tunnocks tea cakes at lunch time and am now surrounded by discarded foil wrappers, 960kCal without even noticing 😭

Worse yet I've taken a kicking all day at work and beer + crisps o'clock is approaching!

Went boxing last night. Got back home and ate a full packet of chocolate digestives and two Pepperamis. That’s good, right?

I rode to work today!
And, truth is, I am seriously considering walking up to Tesco and buying myself an easter egg.
Would that be wrong?

Tesco and buying myself an easter egg.
Would that be wrong?

This side of Easter, yes- wait til they are on sale Monday.

Another healthy day ruined as I must have subconsciously picked up a 6 pack of Tunnocks tea cakes at lunch time and am now surrounded by discarded foil wrappers

Impressive work although it has to be said they do slip down very easily.  They don't taste as it they are 960cals

6 pack of Tunnocks tea cakes at lunch time and am now surrounded by discarded foil wrappers

If you plan to decorate a set of skis with the wrappers then it’s legitimate consumption.

I bought one of these instead. And some hot cross buns for the morning

I ate it all, I'd consider that being "treat wise" 🙂