Absolutely Dazzer I’ve been doing a bit of research and most of the “experts”in the field seem to say 1lb a week is best if you want long term without putting back onThis is the key. Crash loss rarely works long term
My old boss used to do it EVERY January….it became a standing joke. He’d spend Jan and some of Feb on something called ‘Lighter life’ or similar (800kcal a day), lose 2 stone, rave about how great it was and then be back to his old weight and some by the end of March and eating six-packs of chocolate mini-rolls for breakfast
I think it depends - I went from 91kg to 62kg from October 2019 - July 2020, slowly crept back up to 90+ over four years, might it have stayed off if I'd lost it slower? maybe?
That always makes me laugh with things like the Cambridge Diet: don't eat – lose weight; start re-introducing food – put weight back on! And people seem surprised when it happens.My old boss used to do it EVERY January….it became a standing joke. He’d spend Jan and some of Feb on something called ‘Lighter life’ or similar (800kcal a day), lose 2 stone, rave about how great it was and then be back to his old weight and some by the end of March and eating six-packs of chocolate mini-rolls for breakfast
I used to be close to 18st, it took me probably 4-5 years to get down to 12.5st (through exercise, not diet mostly but plateaud there as I have always been bad at controlling intake - kind of found a balance that let me get away with it but it means 5-6 hours of fairly serious exercise a week). Checked my app today and I’m 0.4kg heavier than I was in Feb 2018 (but I’d like to be at least 5-6kg lower)
Pretty much. Every plan, fad and latest thing all boil down to reducing calorie intake. Need to burn more off than you take on (doing a marathon just about allows you to refuel with an XL pizza
)Yep. I’ve been fairly stable for about a decade but last year my habits changed for the worse.
I watched her video on Diary of a CEOThere was a great TV programme on Channel 4 last night.
Basically the method is to manage your food intake to not get glucose spikes. These are her ten hacks.
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14st 13lbs 09/01/25 . . -4lbs15st 3lbs 02/01/25 . . I’m targeting 14st by end of March so 7lbs in January would be a great start.
On match days, can we start doing a lot more ‘bouncing up and down’ songs to help burn a few calories
The problem with moving more is muscle is denser than fat.
His book, Ultra Processed People, is fascinating.Watched these 3 lectures last night by Dr Chris Van Tulleken. Third one is about food and UPFs. Series aimed at kids but enjoyed all 3 as knew next to nothing about the overall biology of the eating process
The 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
Dr Chris van Tulleken reveals the revolutionary science inside our bodies when we eat.www.rigb.org
2000 should be about right for an ‘average’ man…….I know my BMR (basic metabolic rate) is around 1600, so add say 400 kcal of exercise a day (not far off the recommended 10k steps) and things should be in equilibrium (and can obviously average over a period).
Very well played.
Not necessarily frowned upon……quite likely initial weight loss will be significant before it settles down a bit. Great effortFirst weigh in since 1st this morning...
108.7 kg down from 112.8 so in 8 days lost 4.1 kg ( 9 lbs )
A lot of water I guess tho am in ketosis after getting some new test strips...
I appreciate the rapid loss approach frowned upon but I'm never going to lose it having 'one less slice of toast' etc...
I just have to try to eat healthy when I come off it in 4 or so months, this thread is great for support much appreciated
Yes, but then that gets into the whole debate about actual weight versus the level of health/appearance of your body. Which is something I'm not about to get into because I know very little about it...
I used to work for a magazine publisher that produced the customer mag for Lighter Life. Recipes, psychology, fitness, stuff like that. The bosses used to come in every month for an editorial meeting. Everyone of them was a right fat bastard. Absolute con.