Keeping fit losing weight

[Archev]

No particular diet as such, just reducing calories to 500 - 600.

Here's the University of Sydney's take on it.
The Healthy 5:2 Diet

At about 1.8m and 75kg my BMI is fairly good apparently. I loosely adhere to that 5 - 2 diet by default. I love my food but some days laziness creeps in and I snack. That snacking has to be on veggies, fruit and nuts etc as that’ll be all that’s in the house as I manage quite successfully to bypass the cakes and sweets and don’t like the taste of alcohol.
So I was getting on fine until I read the lunch recommendation was crab How anyone can eat crustaceans is beyond me
No other animal is spreadeagled on your plate ready for you to pull apart and smash up and ………


Sorry - I’m OK. Pass the haggis over please.

 

[m4rmite]

During covid and being on furlough for about 5 months, coupled with glorious sunshine I ate and drank while sunbathing in the garden.
After 2 months I'd gained about a stone and half .
So went on the keto diet and within 3 months I lost 3 stone and felt great, returned to work and it took another 3 months to lose half a stone.
In 5 years since I've put on a stone and half so not bad, but I'm doing keto again to trim back.
I had a beach body but couldn't go on a beach holiday at the time

And no exercise, probably should have.

 

[Archev]

Just remembered the 1 ltr milk for coffee a day, that's 660 calories on it's own .... I doubt I'd live long enough to actually see any weight loss if I cut the coffee out, the wife would do me in by lunch time on the first day

2 coffees a day and no beer, I mightn't live longer, but will sure feel like it's taking a long time to die .....

T1 Terry

Coffee’s just gotta be black to taste right - and none of your sugar and stuff - just black!

 

[salty]

Coffee’s just gotta be black to taste right - and none of your sugar and stuff - just black!

God NO, milk and sugar.

 

[Archev]

God NO, milk and sugar.

Obviously not the coffee god

 

[salty]

Obviously not the coffee god

Like me Coffee.

 

[LenEV2016]

Like me Coffee.

You're not drinking a coffee your having a milkshake.
Do you drink lattes with syrups and whipped cream, that's a pudding not a coffee

 

[salty]

You're not drinking a coffee your having a milkshake.
Do you drink lattes with syrups and whipped cream, that's a pudding not a coffee

No, just a Coffee. Not a skinny latte with syrup, marshmallows, extra hot oat milk in a tall glass, shaken not stirred. And don't get me started on an Iced Coffee.

 

[Rolfe]

Well, I just got back from an all-inclusive holiday. I managed a short bike run yesterday, have to get fit again for the summer touring.

I suppose the good part was that I definitely wasn't as distressed as I was the same time last year.

 

[Black estate]

Well parked up early got bored so just been for a 4km walk round Totton

 

[T1 Terry]

Very strong coffee in first, the milk heater whizzer thing full on top of that, hot flat white coffee, can't stand watered down coffee that sort of tastes like dregs from a reused coffee bag and a dash of milk on top, that's just a cup of coffee flavour water .... Might as well have instant coffee

T1 Terry

 

[decrep]

And don't get me started on an Iced Coffee.

I confess, my wife introduced me to iced coffee on a stinking hot day last week.

Great drink when it's pushing 40C, especially with a big dollop of icecream!

 

[T1 Terry]

I confess, my wife introduced me to iced coffee on a stinking hot day last week.

Great drink when it's pushing 40C, especially with a big dollop of icecream!

Hardly a weight loss beverage eh
Started the diet today, first fail was breakfast, on auto pilot and put two slices of fruit bread in the toaster .... couldn't waste it eh

T1 Terry

 

[decrep]

You have to watch auto pilot!
I do tend to indulge a bit between fasting days.

But today I had one banana for breakfast. there will be light lunch, and Dot will probably make soup for dinner.

 

[T1 Terry]

Probably skip lunch, half size dinner, skip breakfast tomorrow, chicken wrap with salad for lunch, skip dinner.
On to the black cold coffee, without the coffee, maybe a Chemist Warehouse VOOST electrolyte tablet dissolved in it ..... rain is back

T1 Terry

 

[decrep]

We don't do consecutive days, usually Wed and Sat. you don't need to get too hungry.