Burning stomach fat and training harder
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Do you have anything that you would recommend for during the ride to keep the sugars up, i lose energy very quick i dont have the additives in the drink. I do normally have my gym sessions in the morning as i find it much easier and motivating to start the day with it rather than end it. The mrs having work at 630am normally helps alot as well.
Ill try the calorie way you mentioned and see if it helps with speeding the process up at all. Luckily im getting closer to my target now.0 -
Oh I know this 1! My hrm said i was burning 3000-3500 kcals per week, which as a mostly runner was hard work & a lot of hours. I was watching what I ate, only drinking 2-3pints at the weekend tops, maybe a can or 2 in the week every other week, so why wasn't I losing at least half a pound per week & my bum getting smaller (female!)
Then a month ago I broke my leg. Beer scares me, I'm really wobbly on my crutches; it's a bad break, so I haven't had any. I'm eating 'the same' (that's an absolute lie, it's just I can't carry those 2 biscuits into the front room when my hands are full of crutches!) though now worrying I'm losing too much too quickly & you can't just put it down to muscle depletion because I've noticeably shrunk (10lb in a month-i was never overweight). I'm totally going with a) the beer & b) the 3 bars of crunchies I was troughing a week 'cos they've less calories than normal chocolate which therefore makes them good for you!'hehe
Thing with beer is it's not just the 250 kcals a pint, it's the bag of crisps from over the bar & the bacon butty & extra biscuit the next day when your body craves the extra sugar/salt. It only takes 100 calories here, 150 there to maintain, whereas it takes a deduction of 3500 to lose 1 rubbish pound. Stay off the beer until you reach your target weight, or enjoy the odd one & don't worry about it
Well done so far & good luck with the quest x 0 -
edit... looks like you are on your way... that will teach me to read the full thread before posting LOL
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Since the New Year I've shed around 20kg in total (107kg to around 85kg)
The bulk of the weight loss was from a low carb / low GI diet (as well as training), with over 12kg lost during a very strict 6 week diet/training block.
I've read that if you are eating/training correctly to loose weight and improve fitness, you should be aiming for no more than 1lb / 0.4kg per week.
I've now returned to a higher (not high) carb diet and the kg loss is now very small (if any), but as I'm now aiming for much less weight loss than before, it will take me a few weeks before I really know where I am in terms of cals -in vs cals-out (also has a month off due to injury and holiday)
Not sure if its my home scales or not, but my body weight seems to jump around all over the place from day to day. I weigh myself every day, but take the daily weight with a pinch of salt.
I would suggest taking a look at the 'GI diet' as well as the sticky links for training/eating in this forum, and use those as a guidance for a diet. The more strict you are the more you'll loose, but I think you need to be careful not to restrict carbs too much otherwise it will effect your performance.
Not sure if you drink alcohol or not - but if you do - try giving it up for a month (or even two).Simon0 -
Haha no worries Simon, thanks for the reply.
After having my birthday a few days ago, i'm actually considering getting off the alcahol for a long time to sort my head out a bit. Woke up in the morning and had to struggle through university worse than i've ever felt, so this may be a good excuse to quit for a while.0 -
Alcohol is the devil for training... if you can give it up - it made a huge different to me (even compared to just drinking a few glasses of wine once a week).
It's not easy as drinking is very social (and you don't want to give up your social life)Simon0
