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  • Balderdasha
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    Hauling around a heavy reclining sofa appears to be a most excellent weight loss technique (plus coming off appetite stimulating medication). I've dropped another 0.7kg in four days which tips me into several different brackets. Have now lost over 6kg, am below 11 stone (10 stone 12) and below BMI 29 (currently 28.8).

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  • Balderdasha
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    I registered at exactly 70kg on the scales this morning, which is the lowest weight I've been since November 19th 2020. Though still far too high for me. I need to lose another 10kg to get into the healthy BMI range and about 17-18kg to get to what I consider to be my ideal weight. Doesn't feel impossible though as I'm gradually losing weight at the moment just by being off my appetite increasing medication, not snacking and doing a bit more exercise. I've lost 5.5kg so far since the peak at the beginning of this year.

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  • treibeis
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    Originally posted by Nocturnal Submission View Post


    Jesus, mate! That doesn't sound good! What's going on?
    Nothing serious. Baby food in hospital for ten days plus shrinking muscles in my legs and elsewhere due to lack of use for the last five weeks. Once I start cycling to work again and spending my days carting outdoor furniture and beer crates from A to B, it'll all return to normal. Eventually. I hope.

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  • Nocturnal Submission
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    Originally posted by treibeis View Post
    I've lost getting on for 10 kg in the last five weeks. That, together with the fact that I haven't had a haircut for four months, means I now look like John Cooper Clarke.

    Jesus, mate! That doesn't sound good! What's going on?

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  • treibeis
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    I've lost getting on for 10 kg in the last five weeks. That, together with the fact that I haven't had a haircut for four months, means I now look like John Cooper Clarke.

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  • Nocturnal Submission
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    After remaining stable for over a year, not moving out of a range of about 4lbs or so, my weight has gone up in the last few weeks, for which I blame the poor weather and the buildling work affecting my ability to go for walks and fart around in the garden, increased socialising as the virus restrictions have lifted and Euro 2020.

    At the last weigh-in on Wednesday I was 12-9, so I've told myself that I'm going to aim get under 12st, which I haven't been at for goodness knows how long. Anyway, 9lbs to lose and I'm putting it on the record on OTF, as I find it really helps my motivation and resolve.

    Progress reports to follow.

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  • Third rate Leszno
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    The dog-induced weight loss continues, I'm down to 15st 7lb. This is the lightest I've been since I turned 40 (now 56).

    Congrats to all those managing to lose weight/keep it off, for those who aren't then don't beat yourself up, you may just have to wait for the right time to do it but you will get there in the end.

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  • Stumpy Pepys
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    So I lost about 11 kg (24 lbs in old money) last year on the 5:2 diet, going from 93 kg to about 82 kg.

    But this has been compounded by two things. Firstly my physical activity has gone right down since we bought a car, which has really curtailed by cycling. Also, although I stopped drinking in the week, I really tend to binge on beer, crisps and nuts on the weekend. Therefore I'm still doing the two diet days just to stay at my current weight.

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  • nmrfox
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    Nice work Balderdasha !

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  • Balderdasha
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    I had to just double check those figures because it's only been about three weeks since the end of May, but it's right and apparently within the generally accepted healthy weight loss recommendation of 0.5-1kg per week.

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  • Balderdasha
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    I've lost another 2.5kg since the end of May, which is slightly surprising as I'm not managing much conscious exercise at the moment. But, I think the change in medication has reduced my appetite massively. I no longer feel any need to snack, am just content with three smallish healthy meals a day. I'm still overweight but heading in the right direction at least. Down 4.9kg from the start of the year.

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  • Nocturnal Submission
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    Weight-watching-wise, this is always a risky part of the year for me, as temperatures perk up and my body doesn't burn off as many calories to keep me warm as it usually does.

    I also delude myself that I'll be eating salads and snacking on fruit for the next four months.

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  • Balderdasha
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    I hadn't really thought it through. Perhaps you were going to reveal some secret parenting technique that meant the kids would actually start cleaning up after themselves.
    Last edited by Balderdasha; 24-06-2021, 11:03.

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  • Balderdasha
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    Ok, got it. This is only a temporary regime anyway until I go back to full-time work next week and ignoring the devastation.

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  • Tactical Genius
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    Originally posted by Balderdasha View Post

    Apparently the OTF inbox is very small then. I think I've only received about ten messages from anyone ever! Anyway, I've tried moving them into a different folder to see if that frees up any space.
    I think you missed the joke Balders.

    I'm clearly not as funny as I think I am.

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  • ursus arctos
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    They are really small

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  • Balderdasha
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    Originally posted by Tactical Genius View Post

    Tried sending you a PM, looks like your inbox is full.
    Apparently the OTF inbox is very small then. I think I've only received about ten messages from anyone ever! Anyway, I've tried moving them into a different folder to see if that frees up any space.

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  • Tactical Genius
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    Originally posted by Balderdasha View Post
    So, my current regime of ten hours housework a day...
    Tried sending you a PM, looks like your inbox is full.

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  • Femme Folle
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    Like others who have dogs, I have lost 25lbs (11.34kg) since adopting Peter in November. I am also asthmatic and have noticed a huge improvement in that regard. I can now walk up a flight of stairs without feeling like I'm going to die. My knee joints are not painful when I walk and my clothes fit better. I seem to have plateaued, but I'm okay with that for now.

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  • DCI Harry Batt
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    I had a bit of "too depressed to eat" recently, but I got over it.

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  • Balderdasha
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    Oh I wouldn't dream of recommending this to anyone else. It's clearly no way to live your life. I was just trying to find a silver lining to my current personal hell.

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  • San Bernardhinault
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    I was down pretty well on the year a couple of months ago but, as always happens as soon as I'm doing OK, I fell off the wagon a bit and was eating and drinking too much. I've not been on the scales in the last three weeks but there's a notable extra tightness on notch four on my belt.... I'm not sure "being angry all the time" is a good long term strategy for weight loss, and "spending every waking hour doing housework" has only been effective in the short term for the same reason as dieting which is that as soon as I've made a little progress I get lazy.

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  • DCI Harry Batt
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    Gah, I'm, yeah, well whatever.

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  • Balderdasha
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    So, my current regime of ten hours housework a day and mostly being too angry to eat properly means that I've lost a bit of weight and am officially no longer obese, I'm now just very overweight. Reducing my medication might have had an effect too.

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  • Janik
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    Interesting documentary last night from Dr Chris van Tulleken on ultra processed foods has got me thinking about my (seemingly - always add the caveat) weight loss. Mostly because I still consume a lot of calories by typical standards as the experimenting with slowly raising the amount eventually reach a level of ~3000/day for my weight to be stable at the new, much lower level. Whilst I do do a lot of sport so my exercise/calorie burn level will be unusually high, I’m now wondering if the weight loss was in large part down to an accidental change - simply that I significantly increased the number of meals I cooked from (close to*) scratch. This was essentially so I knew what was in them**... but maybe it was actually the main driver of success?

    * - an example of ‘close to scratch’ would be yesterday’s pasta and meatballs. I would call the sauce entirely homemade as it started from passata, but the meatballs actually weren’t, they were shop bought raw ready prepared. I’m capable of making my own (I do make my own burgers from genuine scratch, and meatballs are very similar) but that was just too time consuming.
    ** - given the daily calorie target, know what’s in them is nowadays simply that, rather than a coded phrase for cutting back on oil used/making skimpy portion sizes/etc.

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