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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    GP said I have to cut carbs massively, anyone have any good lunch options/recipes?

    My lunches never have carbs, mainly consist of salad and a meat. Tuna, chicken, steak that sort of thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    In my opinion, the key to weight loss is in the diet rather than the exercise. Exercise is great at keeping yourself healthy, though.

    You can eat 500 calories in about 5 minutes. It's going to take you an hour or so to work that off in the gym.
    True, losing weight is roughly 70% - 80% diet and rest working out, fitness, cardio etc...

    You need to burn more calories then you put in to the body.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    In my opinion, the key to weight loss is in the diet rather than the exercise. Exercise is great at keeping yourself healthy, though.

    You can eat 500 calories in about 5 minutes. It's going to take you an hour or so to work that off in the gym.
    Yeah this is true. Just personally I find it really hard to stay on track if I'm not exercising as well as eating well.

    It's 100% a mental thing with me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy View Post
    Yeah this is true. Just personally I find it really hard to stay on track if I'm not exercising as well as eating well.

    It's 100% a mental thing with me.
    Oh, I definitely get that. It's a lot easier to resist the temptation of a 400 calorie piece of cake when you can equate it to your gym session earlier that day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy View Post
    Yeah this is true. Just personally I find it really hard to stay on track if I'm not exercising as well as eating well.

    It's 100% a mental thing with me.
    Also makes it hard over holidays when people do lunches and bring in awesome food. I failed over Christmas, but so far been on track.

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    If you are fat enough that your doctor is on your case about your carbohydrate intake you could live on sausages and omelettes and the weight would still fly off. Get on that Tyson Fury burgers and cheese diet.

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    He wasn't on my case, I was asking him.

    He's also set up blood tests for me to take and will refer me to a dietician (I've been twice, they're crap) because I said losing weight would help with my depression.

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    Which are the real ones and which are the chancers? Dieticians or nutritionists?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Which are the real ones and which are the chancers? Dieticians or nutritionists?
    https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-que...-nutritionist/

    Dietitian (that doesn't look right but whatever) are the proper ones.

    They weren't much help last time I went down that route though.

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    It's true, but I find exercise gives you the double whammy of losing weight whilst also suppressing your appetite. Once I get in the swing of gym and running every day I'm on easy street, but it takes a while to get there.

    EDIT: That's a response to the end of the last page.

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    Currently eating carrots with a lentil dip...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Currently eating carrots with a lentil dip...
    Download the myfitnesspal app and start to track everything you eat and drink. Really helps with portion control and eventually weight loss.

    It's a pain for the first couple of weeks scanning and inputting everything but becomes easier and helps loads.

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    Myfitnesspal is essential if you've never used it. It completely changed my mindset and educated me so much about portion control. I don't really bother with it now because I don't feel the need, but I used it for about a year when I originally went from obese to normal.

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    The amount of calories in pasta for example is mental. I used to have pretty much two handfuls on my own and think I was 'being healthy'. That's probably about 150g of pasta at around 500 calories. Adding in meat & cheese etc and you're not far off 1000 calories.

    I think that's where people say 'oh just cut out carbs' when really they should be talking about portion control.

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    Yep. My mother in law is overweight, and my wife has been trying to educate her about calories for years. She'll be on a "diet" and for dinner she'll have a huge portion of pasta, covered in grated cheese, with a garlic pizzabread shared with her husband. It must be pushing 1000+ calories easily, yet she thinks she's had a healthy meal.

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    How could anyone think that's healthy by any measure?

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    "Oh, it's only pasta"

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    I think their generation see pasta as an inherently healthy food. So having loads of it isn't a problem.

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    Associate it with the Italians and their healthy long living. However that was probably more down to a scarcity of food in that generation.

    Carb wise - obviously what's been said but also look for foods "low fat" as they're usually packed with sugar. Sugar converts to carbs and you've got your insulin spikes which increases the hunger levels. Sugar is the real devil.

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    If you can live with those 1 cal sprays in place of oil thats a ridiculous saving in calories, too. 2 tbsp of that is like 250 calories.

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    Yeah I use one of those, but typically need about 8 sprays. Still better than freepouring oil.

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    I hate the sprays so much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Associate it with the Italians and their healthy long living. However that was probably more down to a scarcity of food in that generation.

    Carb wise - obviously what's been said but also look for foods "low fat" as they're usually packed with sugar. Sugar converts to carbs and you've got your insulin spikes which increases the hunger levels. Sugar is the real devil.
    Other way round - carbs become sugar.

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    Samsung Health is much cleaner than myfitnesspal for tracking food. The latter is a mess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    I think their generation see pasta as an inherently healthy food. So having loads of it isn't a problem.
    Lots of older people who struggle with weight have gone through weight watchers, slimming world, slim fast etc and there's never any mention of calories in vs calories out just whatever gimmick they're trying to push.

    My partners mum was doing slimming world last year and they encourage you to eat as much pasta as you want, no tracking or counting. Just eating it till you're full. It's criminal really.

    I tried.to explain to her about counting calories and she was having none of it, she ended up saying all that really matters is sugar so I'll watch that for a bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy View Post
    Lots of older people who struggle with weight have gone through weight watchers, slimming world, slim fast etc and there's never any mention of calories in vs calories out just whatever gimmick they're trying to push.

    My partners mum was doing slimming world last year and they encourage you to eat as much pasta as you want, no tracking or counting. Just eating it till you're full. It's criminal really.

    I tried.to explain to her about counting calories and she was having none of it, she ended up saying all that really matters is sugar so I'll watch that for a bit.
    That's not all that slimming world says, to be fair to them. They tell you to fill up a third (or maybe half, I can't remember exactly) of your plate with veg. And the pasta wouldn't be covered with cheese sauce or anything. It's all very low in fat. Their diet actually works.

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    Cutting carbs is good for losing fat, if not especially for losing weight

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    Cutting limbs is good for both.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    That's not all that slimming world says, to be fair to them. They tell you to fill up a third (or maybe half, I can't remember exactly) of your plate with veg. And the pasta wouldn't be covered with cheese sauce or anything. It's all very low in fat. Their diet actually works.
    It’s not really sustainable though as you can ‘cheat the system’ to save up your syns to have on treats but depending on the calories in those syns, you could put on weight.

    There are benefits to it but it’s essentially making it into a game rather than the actual science of eating less calories than you expend.

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    Just did a weigh in - 11lbs down so far since new year's day. I managed to survive the two days in the office without having a beer, so that was positive. It's my birthday this weekend though, so I expect to have a difficult few days. I'm definitely drinking and eating out, hopefully I don't over indulge.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    Just did a weigh in - 11lbs down so far since new year's day. I managed to survive the two days in the office without having a beer, so that was positive. It's my birthday this weekend though, so I expect to have a difficult few days. I'm definitely drinking and eating out, hopefully I don't over indulge.
    That's awesome!

    It's a bit of a cliche but I've found the best way to do it is to eat whatever you want on your birthday, but get right back on the wagon the next day. Worst case you might gain a few pounds of water weight etc which should disappear by the weekend after, but you won't do too much damage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Offshore Toon View Post
    01/01/2019: 110.6kg
    06/01/2019: 110.3kg

    That's a bit shit, but I did end up getting hammered on Friday and binge eating a bit yesterday. I think I might switch to Friday morning weigh-ins as at least there'll be more consistent readings that what we get on Sundays. This coming weekend is going to be heavy, but then there's a three-and-a-half week run with no temptations.
    107.6kg today which is consistent with the readings this week. I think that's a fairer reflection given I'm not crammed with food. I'll weigh tomorrow and that'll be my official number, then next week I'll be happy to be anywhere close to that as this weekend will be a blow out. From there I've four working weeks with no big plans so I'm going to attempt to keep my head down.

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    Cauliflower rice is fucking shambolic.

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    Back on my Coconut cream, chia seeds and berries for breakfast. Added Coconut flakes to mix it up a bit.

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    I'm still trying to force myself to eat breakfast. Made one of them yogurt porridge loaves as I don't like wet porridge and it's handy to eat driving.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    I'm sltill trying to force myself to eat breakfast. Made one of them yogurt porridge loaves as I don't like wet porridge and it's handy to eat driving.
    Sounds good that. Link for the recipe please.

    I’m not trying to lose weight, but I have been trying to get back to my usual diet after really going overboard with overindulging in everything during my holiday in December. As a result I’m hungry all the time which is annoying, as I made a bet about quitting sweets, crisps, etc. until my sons birthday in April. I think eating quite a bit of meat (I don’t usually eat any) during my holiday plays some part with this hunger I’m feeling.
    Last edited by Pen; 10-01-2019 at 09:44 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Cauliflower rice is fucking shambolic.
    Yeah, it's awful.

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    Smells like feet.

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    I like it enough

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pen View Post
    Sounds good that. Link for the recipe please.

    I’m not trying to lose weight, but I have been trying to get back to my usual diet after really going overboard with overindulging in everything during my holiday in December. As a result I’m hungry all the time which is annoying, as I made a bet about quitting sweets, crisps, etc. until my sons birthday in April. I think eating quite a bit of meat (I don’t usually eat any) during my holiday plays some part with this hunger I’m feeling.
    500g tub of yogurt (I used blueberry last time).
    Wash and dry out the tub, fill with porridge oats.
    1 teaspoon of bread soda (bicarb).
    ½ teaspoon of salt.

    Mix all up, put in a greased loaf tin, bake for 40 mins at 180°C, remove from tin, bake for 10 mins at 180°C.

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    Thanks. Will try that on the weekend.

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    That sounds good. I always have porridge before the gym, so that might make a change.

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    Is it quite dense? Sounds interesting.

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    It's not bad, not too dry so it can be eaten without anything on it.

    Handy to grab going out the door to eat on the go.

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    Looks decent. I’d stick peanut butter or jam on that as well. Might do some at the weekend as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Cauliflower rice is fucking shambolic.
    I like it, but then I like cauliflower. Aldi do frozen stuff but also Mediterranean style cauliflower rice that's really good.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    Yeah, it's awful.
    I also had some broccoli rice (we bought a big pack of each and had a bit of both) which was a lot better.

    But broccoli is far superior for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Offshore Toon View Post
    I like it, but then I like cauliflower. Aldi do frozen stuff but also Mediterranean style cauliflower rice that's really good.

    I like cauliflower but not just boiled.

    That looks decent though.

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    01/01/19: 110.6kg
    06/01/19: 110.3kg
    11/01/19: 106.7kg

    With a 0.9kg drop from just yesterday I reckon I'm still shitting out Christmas.

    Targeting 100kg by April and 95kg by July.

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