Food... and exercise in general.

[calibanzwei]

I like food. All food
Obviously, with an aim to lose some of this 16st girth (I'm 6'1"ish) I'm eating less/better (in most cases) but financially, logistically and socially it can be quite cumbersome. Trying my best - this is my usual day:

Breakfast:
Porridge (I can hear you cheering) - sans scales I think its a 40/50g serving, measured in a cup, with a similar cup of semi-skimmed milk and another of water. A generous dollop of jam/honey is used as a sweetener.

Throughout the day:
Mainly fruit. Someday's it can be 3-5 servings of apple, banana et al. I am finding myself hungry as the day wears on. It isnt dehydration - an office job and the diminishing 2l bottle of water says otherwise.
(I guess this is the catalyst for this thread - I'm hungry now!)

Dinner:
This can be anything. This is because I'm the one who does the cooking in the house and has to cater to the whims of SWMBO. I'm pushing for healthy, but it sometimes falls on deaf ears and the knock of the delivery man can be heard once a week.

I cycle 3-5 times a week after work, ranging from 15 to 25miles covered in <1hr to 1hr45 respectively - after the shorter runs I'll do an hour or so with dumbbells (approx 2-3 times a week), working on my upper body.

I guess what I'm asking here is for some general advice or pointers - can I be doing anything different?

Cheers all.

 

[srw]

Eat more substantial food more regularly during the day. Fruit isn't enough to sustain someone who exercises intensively and regularly. Calorie count. Be patient.

 

[calibanzwei]

I will say that some days (2-3 a week), I'll give in and get something extra from Tesco; half pack of chicken thighs, baguettes and pate, sushi - never the prepacked sarnies and pies, because even when not trying to lose weight they always left me disappointed!
Treat on a Sunday morning is a triple decker toast, bacon and fried egg special. With chilli relish

 

[YahudaMoon]

No idea as Im underweight . My only advise would be only buy food that needs a lot of preperation.

If I buy pies or ready meals or any easy nice food (pies pies pies ) yum yum . I eat the lot that evenening :-D

Ieven make my own bread as I'm a bread monster. All sounds a bit mad as Im underweight though my eationg habbits are a bit strange. I can pig out then eat hardly nothing for days on end ?

Some one once told me a great diet. Its called fasting lol :-D

 

[Crackle]

You would do well to do some research on what your basal calorie intake should be and add on anything else you do to that. Then keep an accurate count of what you eat and what you excercise. If you eat too little this will work against you in the long run, similarly it's surprising how many calories some things contain. I believe that aiming to save 500 calories a day is the usual recommendation. Don't forget your twin aim is to lose and keep it off, so anything you do to change our eating habits must be sustainable that includes building in things you like. Maybe in smaller portions or less often but you shouldn't deprive yourself.

 

[Bayerd]

I like food. All food
Obviously, with an aim to lose some of this 16st girth (I'm 6'1"ish) I'm eating less/better (in most cases) but financially, logistically and socially it can be quite cumbersome. Trying my best - this is my usual day:

Breakfast:
Porridge (I can hear you cheering) - sans scales I think its a 40/50g serving, measured in a cup, with a similar cup of semi-skimmed milk and another of water. A generous dollop of jam/honey is used as a sweetener.

Throughout the day:
Mainly fruit. Someday's it can be 3-5 servings of apple, banana et al. I am finding myself hungry as the day wears on. It isnt dehydration - an office job and the diminishing 2l bottle of water says otherwise.
(I guess this is the catalyst for this thread - I'm hungry now!)

Dinner:
This can be anything. This is because I'm the one who does the cooking in the house and has to cater to the whims of SWMBO. I'm pushing for healthy, but it sometimes falls on deaf ears and the knock of the delivery man can be heard once a week.

I cycle 3-5 times a week after work, ranging from 15 to 25miles covered in <1hr to 1hr45 respectively - after the shorter runs I'll do an hour or so with dumbbells (approx 2-3 times a week), working on my upper body.

I guess what I'm asking here is for some general advice or pointers - can I be doing anything different?

Cheers all.

Apart from the dumbells, my regime is very similar to yours. 2 years ago I went from 16st 4lb to 12st 3lb in about 6 months. Since then I've kept up the cycling and added in a bit more food (and it's fair to say I quaff a decent amount of beer at the weekend) and my weight appears to have settled at around the 13st mark which is ok for me as I'm 6ft.

I wouldn't do too much different, maybe when ordering the takeaway consider what will have fewer calories ie chicken tikka kebab instead of donner and you'll still get the treats without denting the weight loss too much.

 

[calibanzwei]

I think a regular addition of a rice/pasta base lunchtime meal may be the best way forward.
I too used to be a bit of a bread monster Yahuda... I think that my love of beer may also be holding me back... I'm not a 'beer monster' by any stretch (okay, maybe used to!). I have limited myself to only weekends recently and switched from beer to cider. Got it into my head that it's better for me

 

[Bayerd]

I think a regular addition of a rice/pasta base lunchtime meal may be the best way forward.
I too used to be a bit of a bread monster Yahuda... I think that my love of beer may also be holding me back... I'm not a 'beer monster' by any stretch (okay, maybe used to!). I have limited myself to only weekends recently and switched from beer to cider. Got it into my head that it's better for me

With all them apples it's bound to count as one of your 5 a day .

 

[calibanzwei]

Apart from the dumbells, my regime is very similar to yours. 2 years ago I went from 16st 4lb to 12st 3lb in about 6 months. Since then I've kept up the cycling and added in a bit more food (and it's fair to say I quaff a decent amount of beer at the weekend) and my weight appears to have settled at around the 13st mark which is ok for me as I'm 6ft.

I wouldn't do too much different, maybe when ordering the takeaway consider what will have fewer calories ie chicken tikka kebab instead of donner and you'll still get the treats without denting the weight loss too much.

Now that's exactly what I'm aiming for - a couple of stone at most, as underneath I'm fairly muscular anyhow and so maybe expect the weight loss be a little slower?
True on the treats - chicken/lamb special over the donner. Hold the mayo

 

[superbadger]

Sounds like you got a good training regime in place already . just be careful how many cals your burning compared to what your eating.... I would do the fruit inbetween your meals for when you have these 'starving episodes!'. Pasta and rice dishes are defo a good way 2go (i don't mean Chicken fried rice though )... You can make the pasta dishes the night before. The good thing is that its cheap too!!!!. Bag of pasta,tin of tuna and jar of mayo..... Yea now your cooking!!!!

 

[amaferanga]

To maintain something as small as a 500kcal/day deficit then you will need to know the calories you consume in each meal quite precisely. So get some digital kitchen scales and start weighing your food. Most people underestimate their calorie intake (and overestimate their expenditure, but that's a thread in itself). You need to get to know how many calories are in every bit of food you consume, but ultimately you will still need the willpower to overcome the hunger pangs.

 

[Alien8]

Cycle further and at a higher intensity then you can be more relaxed about what you're eating and you won't have to do anything faddy like calorie counting.

 

[superbadger]

Cycle further and at a higher intensity then you can be more relaxed about what you're eating and you won't have to do anything faddy like calorie counting.

very true.... If you cant get more time on the bike than you already do then do sprints when you on it or push your times. Stick with some 'fatty treats' because its no fun otherwise and your body does need EVERTHING! Remember if you sweat? Its going....

 

[calibanzwei]

or push your times.

Every time I'm out

 

[calibanzwei]

Sat here with my pasta now