#241

No booze since new year, gym or footy every day and this week I put on 2kgs having lost 3 the week before.

Starting to think weekly weighs aren’t very accurate for progress

#242

That’s normal when you’ve been really active though. Why not join in monthly if you prefer a bit more time between weigh ins, it is meant to be best but I’m too impatient to stay off the scales.

#243

maybe you have built muscle?

#244

Looking at it from first principles, I don’t think that weight is a very accurate measure for progress, if you’re looking to improve health and/or fitness.

If you’re feeling healthier, and fitter, then you’re improving. Weight is a crude way to measure that, but it’s certainly not the best.

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#245

@Scout still joining the weekly club on here, if I’m up I’m up. Should be right over time.

@ttf maybe. I feel better/ stronger. I don’t think 2kgs, or 2% of weight is a big movement really

@marckee yeah it’s what I’m going on. No booze has meant my eyes are white for the first time in years and can actually see a jawline forming

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#246

wouldn’t bother getting any machines tbh unless you feel like you need to ‘invest’ to get yourself exercising. download an app or use youtube videos to get you doing bodyweight exercises like squats, lunches, press ups, burpees, inchworms etc. If you do want to get a cardio machine I’d err towards a spin bike or rower tbh.

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#247

Yeah I think that’s the thing; I do need something that cost money and gets in the way in the house to motivate me to do it. I’m thinking probably a bike now and then use the momentum from that to do other non-equipment exercise.

#248

also not best for accurate weight measurements

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#249

When is?

#250

You’re right to do it before eating/drinking anything but my scales instructions said give it half an hour after getting out of bed :man_shrugging:

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#251

So after you’ve dropped some weight down the bog then. Sensible

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#252

My scales/app has all these other readings somehow, bmi, body fat, body water, skeletal muscle, no idea how to interpret them or how it knows

#253

Take inspiration from this lot https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/from-hyperbaric-oxygen-chambers-to-humanchargers-welcome-to-the-wellness-revolution-58x55g580

(Paywalled as it’s The Times)

#255

Has anyone successfully moved over to a keto diet here?

#256

I tried it and stuck to it for about a month.

Lost about 10kgs. Then one workday was stuck in a remote office somewhere for 12 hours on some shite project and they ordered in pizza. Dominos didn’t do bacon salad.

Put the weight back on pretty quickly, but that was my fault.

I think it’s pretty unsustainable long term, but it did make me concious of cutting carbs as often as I can.

#257

I’m of a mind that cutting carbs wholesale is overkill - the two biggest fuckers are bread and pasta. Really think that most of the benefits from a low-carb diet is caused by reducing intake of those two.

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#258

^this

Interested in giving it a go - mainly cos apparently it helps with not needing to constantly eat carbs on endurance events as you’ve switched to burning you fat stores instead. I think I inadvertently must eat a shitload of sugar cycling as much as I do and I still haven’t really got my ride nutrition sorted. Urgh.

#259

(And sugar obviously but I separate that out from other carbs, dunno if that’s scientifically correct or whatever)

#260

I think it takes a long long time for your body to completely switch to fat burning, like 4 to 6 weeks of strict keto. I’d just be concious you’re signed up for long term.

One thing I did not like about it was spending every waking minute thinking about what I can and can’t eat, planning, reading labels. If you enjoy food then I can imagine it being even more of a challenge, but I mainly just eat to keep going and bread, pasta, rice are easy go-tos for everyone aren’t they?

The keto world is weird, there are blogs and blogs about creating pizza out of just meat and cheese. Which sounds incredible, but is very hard to do and will end up being a disappointment.

#261

Nigella’s Meatzza works! https://www.nigella.com/recipes/meatzza