[Closed] Who's dieting?

Nope. Never have, never will.

I just move more if I want to get lighter.

**** I’m hungry.

Snack on tinned fish, corned beef, chicken wings.
Or just go keto altogether & keep off the carbs, live on the above plus cheese & other meat, (just not in pies)

No but I should be.

Or just go keto altogether & keep off the carbs, live on the above plus cheese & other meat, (just not in pies)

Sorry, but this is utter garbage.

I started on Thursday.

My plan is to lose about 10lbs.

I was managed out of my new job on Friday and I am still looking for a new one at the moment. I am using the anxiety to help keep the hunger pangs under control.

Aspiring? Yep. Successful? Very questionable over the weekend.

Sorry, but this is utter garbage.

Oh, so sorry it didn't work out for you.
Did for me.

yep, lost 5kg in a month. Down from a pretty good 79kg @ 185cm to 74kg. It's really for climbing season but will help biking too.

Love the challenge of dieting actually, i usually do it about once a year round spring... but i'm going splitboarding in Norway over easter so i will need to consume some serious calories to keep my energy up. yay!

No but I should be.

We need a support group....

I just changed my basic diet (mostly just slightly smaller portions and no booze) last August/September so not really dieting but losing weight anyway. Also increasing exercise and getting benefits from that.

Not now. I shed 15kg's of lard that had built up with a bit of effort between November & March. I'm just over six foot & was sitting at 95kg's give or take, just over 80 now. Lockdown definitely didn't help & TBH I hadn't really noticed the difference as the surplus had built up very gradually over several years. I cycle most days & do higher intensity sessions on a Wattbike but it was attention to what I was eating that made the biggest difference because my cycling habits have never changed. Controlling what I was eating was a chore as my eyes are bigger than my stomach & I can eat enough for two people quite easily. I started off weighing different foods I eat regularly & although my diet was pretty good it backed up my theory that I was simply eating way too much. Once I'd had a look at what sensible portions looked like I ditched the food scales. I cut right back on processed carbs, snacks, cold meat & biscuits. I upped the fresh ingredients & cooked a sensible sized meal for the family almost every night so I knew exactly what I was eating. Alcohol took a back seat but I didn't cut it out all together. After a week I was on track & it felt sustainable....only just, as I never felt fully sated after eating.

So a couple of interesting things happened. My bodyweight obviously started dropping but so did my power & endurance on the bike. After a couple of weeks I was feeling good on the bike again & the need & desire for mid ride snacks had vanished. Most mid week rides are about two hours but can be all day at the weekends. On the longer rides I'd prepare & carry the food I wanted rather than relying on buying it from a shop when I was out. I knew if I went into shop I'd crack & buy a cake :o)

I thought mistakenly that cycling was going to get a whole lot easier in a very tangible way but it's not been that simple. Perceived effort hasn't changed & I'm using bigger gears to climb the same hills without really thinking about what I'm doing. The biggest thing I can put my finger on is that the overall effort has reduced a lot & I'm less gubbed when I get home. The desire for a raid on the the fridge post ride has diminished. Probably the most difficult part has been slowing the process & starting to eat enough to keep my weight stable as I've got used to eating less.

My go to solution for temptation was simply to give in to it :o) If I can do this it can't be that difficult.

Back on five two as its something that's worked for me in the past, just two tablespoons of oats a dash of milk & a cup of tea this morning 😬

Nah.
I've found that you can outrun a bad diet, albeit I've cut the booze down to 2 days per week. If you move enough, and you're strict about it, the weight can and will come off.
Eat normally, don't be shy of a takeaway or 2, and exercise 10 or so hours per week and you'll be reet.

Me Me Me...MyFitnessPal here daily target of 2,040, 186cm here was 89kg now down to 82.5kg, looking to get to 80ish and will see how I feel/look, I have been lower weight wise many years ago but looked quite gaunt.

Constantly sadly! 😀

I just move more if I want to get lighter.

I'm so glad that's easy for you. I'm doing shorter rides Tues/Thurs, running intervals Weds, 10k on/off road Saturday and aiming for 3hrs+ riding on Sundays, with a swim on Friday and maybe also Monday.

Eat normally, don’t be shy of a takeaway or 2, and exercise 10 or so hours per week and you’ll be reet.

Not me, if I don't diet I stay the same weight I just get fitter.

I'm quite fortunate at 50 that my metabolism still seems to work. I can easily put weight on with a bad diet and not much exercise, but just littel changes and I can lose it quite easily too. I'm not a big portion person though and not one for eating much late in the day which helps

Yes (ish)

Had the plan. Cut down the alcohol and started to up the cycling and even started running. Aimed to do at least 30 mins every day.

But then i broke my f'in collarbone on a drop.

Plan now on hold.

Yeah...

Was doing really well, but a nasty bout of depression/Anxiety and 6 months of Anti-Depressants, added 5Kgs of useless blubber to the rest of me.

I'm on 1900Kcals a day, which is pretty easy for me, as long as I don't keep snacks in reach.

Fitness is shit at the moment too, I 'think' I had Covid a month or so back, 2 negative LFTs, but passed the same symptoms onto my Wife who tested postive for 8 days... anyway, I rode Cafal at the weekend with an Ave Heart Rate of 160bpm, Max 190 and had to walk some of it... that's not good at 44. Mrs is going to take my SATS tonight to see i'm still a bit ill.

I can easily put weight on with a bad diet and not much exercise, but just littel changes and I can lose it quite easily too.

Opposite of me, I don't put weight on very quickly, but if I do over the long term it's hard to lose.

I’m so glad that’s easy for you

I never said it was easy...

i'm not, but i should be - i've turned into a blancmange.

but, i'm old now, sod it, who cares?

I have significantly cut back on the calories. Taken chocolate and other sweet stuff pretty much out of the equation (although I do treat myself now and then) and only have fruit for lunch most days but with a nice bowl of cereal and a nice but sensible tea.

It is working better than anything I have tried in the past and whilst I still feel hungry now and then I am now able to distract myself and put myself off eating for a couple of hours at least during the day and then turn whatever I eat into my tea so I don't eat a third meal later.

I also find I have very much got used to a bit of background hunger and no longer see it as a bad thing and just get on with it.

I am going to start feeding in some exercise soon as well. I am staying bit active by walking the dogs and flying my gliders but I need to do more. Just got so much going on at the moment though so pushed for time. Once the kitchen is finished and I've got the house back together I will start with that though.

I've always thought I should / could be lenaer than I am for the amount of activity I do. I think I've understimated portion size, and then drink / snack heavily over the weekend so never really achieved what I've wanted. Call me vain, maybe even say I have mild body dysmorphia but my age catching up with me has prompted me to take action.

A running injury has put paid to my normal levels of exercise, so cutting out breakfast, cutting down on portion sizes and cutting out booze for all of January and most of February has seen me drop about 1.5 stone since Xmas when I peaked. I've also been doing progressively more work with weight training and I'm slowly getting the ripped look I've thought I should have, and I think its the weights work which is paying off the most in terms of body tone.

I've got to the point where at 1.75 metres tall I'm always under 10.5 stone, even at the end of the night after loads of beer, then 10.2 in the morning, sometimes 10 after a long run. So where does that leave me....? I'd like to get down to 10 exactly, which probably means another 3 pounds off which I'll hopefully achieve in the next month or so. From there I'll probably start treating myself to small breakfasts, but since stopping breakfast I notice how much of a sugar spike I'd get from a slice of toast with raspberry jam!