Weight loss help needed.

[nosherduke996]

I agree withe the previous post. Its all in the mind, the same as giving up smoking.
You have got to want to do it, it,s no good saying that o.k i will give up after this last packet because you are not totally commited right from the start.
Just watch what, how much and when you eat, keep exercising and the weight will come down.
Once the first stone comes off, that will keep you motivated for more.

 

[Rezillo]

I lost four stone in six months when I started cycling four years ago. I stuck to a regime of cycling and three 500 calorie meals a day plus 500 calories for snacks.

The great thing about this was that healthy foods almost selected themselves once I wanted the most filling 500 calorie meals I could get. For a start, fatty and sugar-rich stuff was out because the limit was exhausted by such small amounts of food that I was hungry again in minutes.

What worked best for me were meals that supplied some bulk and sugar boost (which turned out to be vegetables and complex carbohydrates) and also had a signficant amount of protein, as I found this essential for keeping hunger at bay. Cold meat salads for lunch worked really well, along with eggs for breakfast. I also gave up butter, spreads and jams as essentially junk calories I could avoid altogether.

The main problem was the snack allowance. Every biscuit, crisp, chocolate treat, tea/coffee milk and soft drink adds up and don't dismiss 'having just one biscuitsweet glass of squashbanana' from your daily total. It's very easy to blind yourself to just how much you take in this way.

Big message is read the label of EVERYTHING. Even if you're in a rush at lunch and have only time to pluck a sandwich and fruit juice from the supermarket shelf, you can easily knock back 1000 calories and still feel hungry later if you make a wrong choice.

Oh, and for evening rides, eat your meal after cycling, not before, otherwise you'll eat another one afterwards as well! A yogurt and banana beforehand does help, though.

John

 

[Globalti]

Beer is the downfall of so many cyclists. I can never understand how people can go out and ride for a couple of hours then head straight for the pub and neck a couple of lagers, undoing all the good. I find mountain bikers the worst for this, maybe because mountain biking is more of a social thing. Many of the blokes in my MTB club have beer bellies.

When I go to Africa on busines I do zero exercise for two weeks and drink a couple of pints of strongish lager most evenings, as well as eating fatty hotel food and lots of peanuts at the bar. By the time I get home my belt is tight and ready to be let out one hole; it takes about 3 weeks to get back to normal.

 

[ColinJ]

Beer is the downfall of so many cyclists. I can never understand how people can go out and ride for a couple of hours then head straight for the pub and neck a couple of lagers, undoing all the good. I find mountain bikers the worst for this, maybe because mountain biking is more of a social thing. Many of the blokes in my MTB club have beer bellies.

Pot/Kettle/Black? - ho ho!

 

[fossyant]

Beer is the downfall of so many cyclists.

Not just beer.............

 

[Arch]

Beer is the downfall of so many cyclists. I can never understand how people can go out and ride for a couple of hours then head straight for the pub and neck a couple of lagers, undoing all the good. I find mountain bikers the worst for this, maybe because mountain biking is more of a social thing. Many of the blokes in my MTB club have beer bellies.

Well, if you're not cycling to lose weight, why would you care? I mainly cycle in order to go and have a nice tea and cake out somewhere... Or, to visit a nice pub...

My weightloss has been very, very slow (a stoneish, in maybe 9 months), but it's still happening, and I don't feel like I'm on a diet. I know my problem was (is) portion control - I'd cook too much, and eat it all. So I've mainly done it by reducing the amount I cook - the need to economise has also helped. Things like a tin of tomatoes, or a pack of mince get stretched a bit further, 3 meals instead of two, and I bulk things up with veg, and use less meat. And I've had to be really strong about the spaghetti - I used to get a fistful out, and think "nah, need a bit more". Now I get a smaller fistful out (about half as much), and then put a few strands back.

Also, I don't tend to have chocolate or crisps in the house (too expensive anyway), and my biscuit tin contains unexciting plain digestives. My worse snack habit is cheese. I still have it, but I've trained myself to have a piece half the size or smaller than I used to...

Dunno if any of that helps? I ditched my size 16 jeans this weekend, for some 14's.

 

[Globalti]

Pot/Kettle/Black? - ho ho!

Okay Colin - bang to rights Mate!

Grrrrrr!

 

[dellzeqq]

What about Weight Watchers to help with motivation?

absolutely. It can work wonders.

 

[Wigsie]

Not just beer.............

+1 talent is my biggest downfall!

 

[Corvette chic]

Dunno if any of that helps? I ditched my size 16 jeans this weekend, for some 14's.

well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RabbitFood]

6 Small meals a day

brackfast
snack
lunch
snack
dinner
snack

pm me if you want some ideas on what to eat but what worked for me was cutting out carbs. Id still have carbs before football or a long ride but everything works differntly for people.

When I say snack i mean an apple, nuts, veg ect.

Rabbit

 

[Panter]

Many thanks all, I thought I was doing the right things before but I'm quite amazed how many of you are actually cutting some things out altogether which is something I'd never done before.

I now have a multi-pronged attack and I'll keep you all posted.

Thanks again

 

[Sittingduck]

Good luck Panter
Let us know how it goes... might have to have a bit of a health drive myself one day. Just for the ability to go up hills faster, if for no other reason

 

[Panter]

Good luck Panter
Let us know how it goes... might have to have a bit of a health drive myself one day. Just for the ability to go up hills faster, if for no other reason

Amen to that



And thank you

 

[another_dave_b]

Also, I don't tend to have chocolate or crisps in the house

I'd go along with that. It's a lot easier to control what you put into your cupboards, than what you take out.

If there are any snacks in the house, I'll eat 'em.