Woo hoo, the magic 11...

[dellzeqq]

Blimey, did it pass building regs?

It would in Islington.

The Babe has lost an unspecified but dramatic amount since the beginning of the year, due, largely, to my cooking in an entirely different way. Oil is out - meat (skinned chicken breasts, salmon, tuna, trimmed lamb steaks) is grilled or poached. Cheese is out, and yoghourt, creme fraiche and the like has to be fat free. Lots and lots of veg - mostly steamed or 'stir-fried' in white wine and soy sauce.

We've cut down on alcohol somewhat. Not vastly.

Unfortunately this weight loss has meant a great deal of clothes shopping.

 

[Over The Hill]

Just avoid Fat Sugar and Booze.

EAT BIG MEALS with lots of spuds cereal pasta etc (Yes) then forget about food until the next meal time.

Keep some fruit near you for snacks if you really need to but try to get in a mind set of meal times and other times (when food is not available). Big problem is people grazing as they go all the time (see USA). I eat three meals and that is it apart from fruit.

If you starve yourself your body shuts down and holds onto its fat stores. So eat lots but not of stuff with high calories (which is only fat sugar and booze).

You will not get fat on spuds - only spuds with lots of fat added.

Bread too- eat lots to fill you up. Get nice fresh brown or seedy bread and eat it on its own.


I was once nearly 14 stone but now 12 with a good half stone of cycling muscle on me. Kept to the lower weight for about two years now.

Any non believers- estimate how many slices of bread you would eat (just bread on its own) throuh a day to keep you going and not hungary.




What have you got to 12? 14?





Now look on the packet - bread is about 100 cal per slice. That is 1400 cal per day = starvation diet. So tuck in and dont starve.

 

[summerdays]

Well done Arch... keep at it ... slow weight loss is good rather than crash weight loss.

There was a program the other day of which I can't remember all the different things (the dairy fat thing was one), but that soups were good to fill you up - I'm assuming porridge must also be a similar consistency to soup (ish). Also that doing exercise didn't actually lose you that many calories whilst you did the exercise ... the difference came as the metabolic rate was then raised for the next X hrs which helped with the weight loss.

I'm just half a stone less than you and would like to get below 10 ... I got near last year but put the half back on over winter and when I broke my arm. I tend to eat when I'm at home ... and not busy. Yesterday was really busy and could of missed lunch without noticing it at the time but knew I needed the calories to get me home in the evening so had a quick 5 min sandwich. So for me I need to keep doing things then I don't think about snacking.

I've never calorie counted or dieted properly ... and I have lots of semi skimmed milk on my porridge and coffee...(could be 1/4 + pt on the bowl) am I really loading it with calories? I hate the taste of the skimmed stuff, but always assume that the milk is good for me in a calcium point of view.

 

[Auntie Helen]

It's not that semi-skimmed milk is particularly fatty, it's more that you can have double the amount of skimmed milk for a similar amount of calories. I think you lose the ability to absorb some of the vitamins etc when the fat is taken out, though, so skimmed is not all good news.

I've actually gone off the idea of having low fat margarines etc as they taste so yuck and are full of odd ingredients. I prefer to have butter now and cycle it off!

 

[Kirstie]

Sounds like you are doing all the right things Arch. And its much healther to do it long term too. It's more likely to stay off - well done! Only snacking on fruit helps me, as does slowly but surely stepping up my activity rate. I think drinking is the worst though, so now I avoid that too.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I prefer to have butter now and cycle it off!

Amen to that!! - margarine is

 

[JtB]

Since last June when I returned to cycling, I have gone down from 14 to 11.5 stones. One of the tricks (for me at least) is to exercise because you enjoy it, and not because you want to lose weight. In some respects, you have to forget the weight because you can go for weeks without losing anything, then all of a sudden it starts to drop off. In terms of eating, I didn't go on any particular diet, just moderated my intake and learnt to appreciate other tastes (e.g. salads mixed with herbs). Oh, and I tend to drink quite a bit of water as a rule.

 

[Christopher]

thought this thread was about Campag Super Pretentious Record Groupset, or Spinal Tap's amps...

but seriously, well done Arch! from a 14 stone fatty! My target wieght is 13.5 stone, oddly sitting around drinking beer does not seem to be helping!

 

[Arch]

Well done Arch... keep at it ... slow weight loss is good rather than crash weight loss.

There was a program the other day of which I can't remember all the different things (the dairy fat thing was one), but that soups were good to fill you up - I'm assuming porridge must also be a similar consistency to soup (ish). Also that doing exercise didn't actually lose you that many calories whilst you did the exercise ... the difference came as the metabolic rate was then raised for the next X hrs which helped with the weight loss.

I've never calorie counted or dieted properly ... and I have lots of semi skimmed milk on my porridge and coffee...(could be 1/4 + pt on the bowl) am I really loading it with calories? I hate the taste of the skimmed stuff, but always assume that the milk is good for me in a calcium point of view.

Yeah, that was the programme I saw, thought it was interesting - not faddy at all, just sensible advice, but with enough new stuff to jazz it up.

In Sainsburys yesterday, I found they had orange top milk - 1% fat, as opposed to nearly 2%, but more than skimmed at 0.2%. So far, seems no different in tea at all. Might be a good way to bridge the switch to skimmed.

I think generally it's better to keep dairy in the diet if you can, for the anti-osteoporosis benefits... Anyway, there is no way I could give up cheese.

When I think back to what I used to eat - twice as much pasta in a portion, sauce made with a half tin of toms and a whole tin of tuna instead of a third and a half tin. And much more chocolate and stuff - a mars or twix after lunch, where I now have a digestive biccy and a little piece of cheese.

I still have some trousers and shorts that are too tight. Once they are comfortable, I'll be happy. Meanwhile, my well worn jeans are so loose I have to hitch them up everyso often.

 

[summerdays]

Yes I do worry that because I do less walking now that I cycle everywhere (including 200 m up the road to post a letter), that its not so good on the osteoporosis front. I've not seen Orange cap but might ask Mr Summerdays to look out for it.

 

[Arch]

Yes I do worry that because I do less walking now that I cycle everywhere (including 200 m up the road to post a letter), that its not so good on the osteoporosis front. I've not seen Orange cap but might ask Mr Summerdays to look out for it.

I'd not seen it before, to my knowledge. And the orange might be a specific Sainsbuys colour choice, although I think the blue, green and red are fairly standard across brands, aren't they?