I thought it might be lockdown, we will see over time.
Ultimately my seasonal weight changes are fine but they’re hiding a steady weight gain. Of course, diet and age will be the major factors.
I’m looking back at how I was eating three/four years ago. One major difference is that I used to fuel all my workouts, but stopped after discussing here. I’ll see if there’s a correlation there.
More generally I’m going to try to make time for eating the same way I make time for training. But given the time periods I doubt food quality is the major factor.
Looking at the graph again I guess it’s odd that bodyfat isn’t rising as quickly as weight. I stopped lifting ages ago.
I have have had 1 mug of tea pre 4km jogette with wife, then returned to 2 mugs of coffee and 2 slices of toast and jam. Thick sliced bread with those little seeds and grains in it, one of the slices was the crust and it was literally 4cm thick, generous butter and jam. I’m guessing 600-700kcal all in? Won’t eat again until about 1pm.
Technically it’s Sainsbury’s yeast extract. I actually prefer the own brand ones to marmite. They’re more viscous so spread better and are a little bit darker.
Just calculating the kcal on my brekkie, it’s probably north of 800 actually. Very difficult to estimate because no idea how much butter and jam went on, and it’s hard to describe what a doorstep that crust was. About a fifth of a loaf all in. Definitely got a good sugar buzz going on now though, and am going to pass on the marmite after all.
With my recent increase I ate less but did 50% more weights and 60? % less cardio, and 000”s of press ups.
One small thing over a long period of time can have a big difference.
They say as you get older it’s harder to lose again, I ve always been an average athlete but I’ve been very good at controlling my weight, let’s see how it goes this time.
Surely simply looking at the price of the marmite would make you prefer anything else, a quid a slice of toast that the branded stuff costs is too much for anyone surely?
I don’t eat breakfast, I was way over 100kg’s when I ate breakfast.
I like to think I’m not bad but not great. Not a great deal of junk, but also not enough vegetables. My new work routine has meant I eat badly in office days which is why I want to plan my eating maybe reintroduce recovery drinks and energy on the bike.
I get the one kg of muscle is the same as 1 kg of fat thing.
But in layman’s terms some of the steroid taking muscle monsters ( there mostly nice fellas to be honest ) I know are remarkably light for there size, all the pie eating fatties I know are really heavy !
Not very PC, but I live in a strange world most of the time.
My huge surge of nights will finish next week for a month, going to see if I can lose a touch then, the calories in calories out thing is basically 75% of it.
The rest seems smoke and mirrors, there’s always keto but that’s mental
That’s fascinating, you must have lost a stack of weight, at Cots you seemed pretty lean?
Breakfast is a fact of life here, first thing I think about every morning. Wife doesn’t like to run after eating so at the weekends we run before breakfast & I find that a challenge.
Just had lunch: bowl of veg soup (150kcal), 2 white bread rolls (330kcal), bit of cheddar on top (maybe 200kcal?) and another coffee
The thing I’m finding surprising, despite having only really had toast for breakfast and soup for lunch, I have already packed away 1600kcal which is probably
similar to my daily basal resting metabolic expenditure.
I guess this is where the exercise comes in, have jogged 5km (300kcal) and walked another 4km (200kcal) so far & am planning on getting an actual run in this afternoon (??1000kcal). Interesting to tot it all up once in a while though. Wouldn’t be surprised if both in and out are around 3000-3500 by bedtime tonight. Am neither losing not gaining weight here, so I guess everything is in some sort of balance overall.
06:30 get up, coffee with sugar, bread of some sort
07:30 cycle
09:00 cappuccino croissant
Another cappuccino if meetings allow
12:00 swim
15:00 egg sandwich sprite
18:00 cycle
20:00 dinner (wife’s choice or pub)
bedtime varies
Hmm. There are good restaurant facilities at work but I’m not using them. I might see if I can get in earlier see what’s available other than bacon. Or take a recovery drink with me.
Lunch is trickier, I use every minute to get a 30min swim in and they close at 2:30. Maybe I can get something takeaway and eat it later in the afternoon. Or another recovery drink at least.
Dinner, I can get some frozen fish cakes or something instead of Wetherspoons Coronary Specials I suppose.
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