Weight loss accountability buddy or thread discussion

Nutrition
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Massive carb loading for a race I ended up abandoning gives me a 1.5kg gain. Lessons learned: 1: carb loading at 10g/kg is fruitless for me. I couldn’t have felt worse :nauseated_face: I’ll try 5g/kg next time. 2: I’ll never sign up for 6hours on that course again. I don’t mind suffering on parts of the course but there has to be a reward somewhere & that course offers none. 3. I’m just not fast. Watching 1/2 the racers sprint away from me at Mach 7 at the start was disheartening. 4. Pre hydrate a lot more when it’s as hot as it was. In 2 laps, I drank 52 ounces but had stopped sweating 1/2 way into lap 2.

Sorry, I know most of that is off topic but I had a really crappy race & i’m pretty bummed out.

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This week was a reminder to myself that you can’t outwork a bad diet. :sweat: I got a little cocky with the consecutive weeks of weight loss and riding. The past week I made several poor food/portion control choices and thought I’d burn it off on the trails. Not the case and in the RED I go!

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A pretty poor result for me this week, gained 0.5kg, even though last Monday i said i was going to have a better week.

A couple of days with beer/wine and BBQ’s over the Fathers Day weekend.

Got a big week of training ahead so hopeful to be able to be strong this week. On we go, live well everyone!

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93.8kg today. 1.2kg lost last week so still heading in the right direction. Had a massive pizza yesterday and a lot of Father’s Day chocolate so could have been a better week but still good.

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So, I started my life-style change (don’t want to call it a diet) back in January.
At the same time, I came back to TR and started training properly for the first time in ages.

I’m 178cm (5"10?) and I started at 92kg (203lbs)
Went for a calorie goal of 1500 kcals/day, and as time passed, I lost a fair amount.
By mid-May, I was down to 82KG, so, not a miracle, but I felt it was sustainable, I can keep to the “diet” and feeling great.

At the same time, my FTP which started at the vegetal-level, had been increasing accordingly (139 to 200 before hitting build-phase
So, all was dandy. But, there’s a but.

Here I am, 6 odd weeks later, and I’ve barely dropped a gram.
I’m feeling a lot more lean, but weight is not coming off much more, and i feel a lot more tired, I have headaches, I’m still progressing on the bike, but not that much anymore (214 ftp mid-build, 225 today)

Talking to a few people, it seems that my calorie deficit might now be hindering me more than helping me:
I’d lose a kg during the week, then put it straight back over the weekend (i have cheat days fridays, it’s what keeps me sane)
It never happened before, and yes, I’m having a little calorie excess, but not THAT much.
Anyway, I’m looking to increase my base calories to 2000 and see if it helps with all the aforementioned symptoms, without adversely affecting my weight :expressionless:

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You’ve gained nearly 100 watts and lost nearly 10kg. That’s amazing.

Your gains will be slower to come by now than when you started.

Did you recalculate your calorie target after losing all that weight? If you’re happier with your weight now, you may have room to maintain (i.e. no deficit) and properly fuel your workouts to make sure you’re hitting the mark.

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Thanks for the support.
I still have a few Kg to go (2 minimum, 4 would be nice, 7 would be great)
I just feel that I’m pushing a bit too hard these days, and reaching the limit of what the calorie deficit can bring.
I’m going to take a couple of weeks with a bit more intake, and seeing how things pan out.

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Had a good week, ended up dropping right around 1 KG, let myself have a few treats yesterday for father’s day or it would have been more :slight_smile: . Started doing my morning run and trainer rides fasted and it may be placebo, but it feels like it helps keep me motivated/see more consistent drops. This is my last week of Sweet Spot Base LV2(so recovery week).

I’ve got a beach vacation coming up in three weeks, so i’m going to do the first two weeks of General Build and sprinkle in some long rides for a bigger block and then take a week off of both dieting and the bike. Goal for vacation will be to maintain weight, I usually imbibe a bit more but get in a lot more running and swimming that hopefully makes up for it.

With no goal events coming up the rest of the year, I’m going to switch to Mid Volume traditional base, stick to the fasted rides and focus on fat loss for a bit before attempting a build phase at a caloric deficit(usually causes me to blow up and get burnt out).

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Not much to add here. 183.0lbs=83kg today. Almost flat weigh-in, with a tiny decrease. It was almost a given I was not going to fluctuate last week was my rest week. Did two rides, one big ride and one recovery ride. Ate a few more calories than normal but nothing to excessive. It was more of a maintenance week as far as calories and it showed in my weigh-in.

Back at it this week! Good eating habits to all! Have a great week!

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I’m glad I have something to hod me accountable. I didn’t want to step on the scale this morning because I had fun weekend of food. It was a bad number but I’m motivated going into this week.

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Red cell week for me, but I think it’s mostly just variation and next week should be down. Admittedly I did eat a bit more than normal with Fathers Day yesterday. Had a big weekend of riding which was nice and feel like I’m still getting stronger on the bike which keeps me happy. Keep it up everybody!

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Well, I ended up with a very slight loss. I expected to go in the wrong direction so I will take it as a win. Asking myself the question “Am I hungry or just tired” at night coupled with the weigh-in accountability seems to be a good formula for me so far.

For everyone who fell off the wagon, just get back on. I think ups and downs along the way down is probably normal.

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Stayed the same, probably would have lost .5 lb or so, but daughter’s birthday and Father’s Day was just enough to keep my weight the same.

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Ehh -just one of those days & I learned that carb loading to that level is waaaaayy too much for me. Maybe it has something to do with me being pretty small & jumping from 1500 calories/day for weeks to 3000 calories/day was a really bad idea :rofl:

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OK, not everyone has entered their data for the week and we appear to have a few that dropped off. New comers welcome, current participants don’t be shy.

The data: Total loss so far is 60.6kg

  • 4/5ths of a beer keg (We need to fill that up)
  • 1/4 a cubic meter of snow (not quite an avalanche yet)
  • 9 Bowling Balls (definitely should be able to pick up that spare).
  • about 20 bricks
  • 87 iPads
  • Roughly 45 Human Brains.

Keep it up guys, don’t forget the winner gets a Prize.

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I’ll get involved as this is a great idea

Started training again with some purpose back in late March around the same time as lockdown here in Australia at about 95kg and 207 FTP but with minimal focus on diet (I discovered sour beers and nitro stouts around the same time). Only really started putting focus on my diet and drinking less in the last month or so

Doing about 6-10 hours a week on the bike and basic weight training 3-4 days a week. While not counting calories I am doing IF Sunday to Thursday and importantly watching my alcohol consumption

Currently 87.4kg and 272 FTP, goals are 79.5kg and 301 FTP ideally by the time it starts getting warmer here as i’d like to do some racing this summer

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I don’t have the patience to weigh food or count calories. About 6 wks ago I found myself at 163 lbs mostly around the middle, a problem at age 65. So I follow a simple program.

  1. No snacks
  2. 1 Helping at meals
  3. Intermittent fasting on Non training days, first meal at noon. ( black coffee in the morning).
    4 Covid Calisthenics twice a week to make up for not being able to get to the gym for my usual weight lifting.
  4. Full fueling for on the bike, currently Century Specialty phase low volume plus one Hammerfest group ride/week.

I weigh once/week, Last was 154.8. (69"). I’m going to keep going until my stomach flattens out some.

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Nitro Stouts, excellent choice. If you’re going off the rails, do it with style! But we need to focus on quality not quantity now.

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Stepped on the scale 198.8.

Dont feel like this real. I think I might be too hard on my self while trying to diet. One handful of choc chips makes me feel like I failed. I am down 12 lbs in the past 6 weeks.

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I’m in - added my details onto the docs late yesterday.

My Monday weigh in figure will be a 7 day average from the week prior.

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