A 23.5 kg long journey down the scale

Another gym session today. The scale was on my side today. I soon can join the 180s club! :rolleyes:

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Potato and sprat casserole
Snacks: Apple, 1 small cookie
Dinner: 2 big rice cakes with ham
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Yeah!!! the lowest reading so far since the start of the journey.:party:

Todays weight: 86.2 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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One kilogram loss this week, better than last week but still not the rate I'd hoped for. It still seems to be something odd about my calories in vs. my calories out. But it starts to feel like it can be done now, it's just a matter of time to get there. :rolleyes:

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Potato and sprat casserole
Snacks: Orange, 4 tiny gingerbreads :eek:
Dinner: 2 big rice cakes with ham, apple
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Down 1.0 kg since last week!

Todays weight: 86.1 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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Hey TikTak!

I too know your pain about the cardio! I absolutely HATE it! I try to mix it up! maybe do 20 minutes on the bike, and then 10-15 minutes on the rowing machine...and even day by day I mix up which equipment I use!

Sometimes when I feel like like I'm not doing well at the gym, or if I took it too easy, or cheated a bit, I think about what I would be doing if I hadn't decided to make the change. Just think, going to the gym, even doing just a little, is doing something! It's more than just sitting at home on the sofa watching rotten TV!! Every little bit counts!!

And I'm at the spot where you are today! I keep getting frustrated that I'm not losing a bunch of weight..and some days I even gain a pound or two...it's hard climbing over that mentally. But we can do it :) Because what you're doing, is the right stuff! :) and if you keep doing it, you'll notice change :)

I like how you have your food intake in here too! I'm going to start doing that!

Good luck! And you're doing great :)
 
Hi Tik! Thank you for your words of encouragement! I too try to mix things up when I find the cardio being too boring. So far I've been successful at it :rolleyes:. No exercise today, though. By the way, I see no problem continuing with my current diet but I would wish it would result in a greater rate of weight loss. :smash: Or maybe this is what my maintenance diet will look like: oatmeal for breakfast, only one proper meal during the day and a few tiny treats.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Chicken shreds with rice, 1 small slice of bread
Snacks: Orange, 4 tiny gingerbreads
Dinner: 1 big rice cake and crisp rye bread with ham and low fat cheese
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Down I go!

Todays weight: 85.9 kg
Exercise: None
 
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45 min. on the stationary bike today. My weight is up again today :(.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Potato and sprat casserole
Snacks: Orange, 6 tiny gingerbreads, 4 small cookies :eek:
Dinner: Crisp rye bread with ham and low fat cheese
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Oh no!! Up again. :leaving:

Todays weight: 86.5 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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Hey TikTak!

Chin up! You're doing great!!!

Your weight is bound to fluctuate! I was told that within a single day, you can be +/- 3lbs! Also, when you work out, you're pound to put on weight- but this is muscle weight!

You're doing fantastic! Don't let the scale discourage you (easier said than done! I'm guilty for letting it do it to me)... keep it up! Every healthy choice, and ever exercise is getting you closer and closer to your goal!! :)
 
Hi Tik! Well I know that the weight fluctuates, therefor I always weigh myself in the morning (after the bathroom). I only wish that it would fluctuate down more. No exercise today and I started the day with a naughty cake insead of oatmeal. :piggy:

Breakfast: 1½ piece of carrot cake, 1 small cookie :eek:
Lunch: Beef fillet with potato casserole, strawberry soup with a bit of cream for dessert
Snacks: Piece of carrot cake, 4 tiny gingerbreads
Dinner: 4 rice cakes with ham and low fat cheese
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

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Oh well! :toetap05:

Todays weight: 86.4 kg
Exercise: None
 
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We all need treats and a day off!

You're doing great! And you know what- we all need to treat ourselves sometimes :) :)

Have a fantastic day and weekend!!
 
Back to estimating calories...:toetap05: For breakfast oatmeal with skimmed milk, 150 kcal. Luch with dessert and skimmed milk, estimated at 1000 kcal in total. Snacks apple and small piece of carrot cake, estimated at 250 kcal. Dinner 4 rice cakes with mackerel and skimmed milk, 410 kcal. That comes to a total of 1810 kcal. A lot more than the goal of 1200 +- 200 kcal, but still a fairly large deficit from the estimated 2500 kcal daily requirement. So I should still be losing weight, God damn it! :cuss: And it's not every day I even had some dessert either. Something is wrong here.. my metabolism :mad:? Well, I can only wait and see. :toetap05: For the first time I had a full 45 min. session on the stationary bike at recistance level 4 instead of level 3. *proud*

Breakfast: Oatmeal (150 kcal)
Lunch: Beef fillet with potato casserole, strawberry soup with a bit of cream for dessert (? kcal, 1000 kcal)
Snacks: Apple, small piece of carrot cake (? kcal, 250 kcal)
Dinner: 4 rice cakes with mackerel (410 kcal)
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Wrong way! :banghead:

Todays weight: 86.6 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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Congrats on the awesome workout!! A full 45 min session is fantastic *toots big horn as balloons drop*!! You should be very proud of yourself!

As for not seeing a change in weight- I'm no expert...but don't get discouraged! Perhaps this is a period of time where your body is now building muscle- so you're gaining/maintaining weight in a healthy way! Regardless- you're doing it right :) And you should be proud that you're keeping at it!!

Work it!!
 
Thanks Tik! Well I hope the muscle gain theory is right. Because I don't know how long I can keep this up if I'm not seeing any results. This week I definitly will cut down on my treats and see what happens? :willy_nilly:
 
I think I'm just going to ignore my scale readings for the time being. I'll just call this week the lost week and continue what I'm doing. Todays total calories is something like 1390 kcal.

Breakfast: Oatmeal (150 kcal)
Lunch: Beef fillet with potato casserole (700 kcal)
Snacks: 2 tiny gingerbreads (40 kcal)
Dinner: Rye bread with bacon, apple (500 kcal)
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Hmm, :toetap05:

Todays weight: 86.3 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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Well, yesterday I said that I would ignore scale readings for the time being. But I can't help being a little excited about todays reading, the lowest so far since the start of the journey! Keeping fingers crossed that tomorrows "official" weigh in will be even lower and this will turn out to be a decent week after all, tough still far from my goal of 1.0 - 1.5 kg loss per week.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Macaroni casserole
Snacks: 2 small cookies
Dinner: 4 rice cakes with aspic
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

My lowest so far! :party:

Todays weight: 85.7 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
&happy dance*

Congrats!! that's fantastic! Your hard work is paying off :) :)

Keep up the great work! You're seeing excellent results!
 
I think I'll try to track my progress with some pictures. These are some "in-between" pictures taken by me today. It would had been nice to have some "before" pictures here also but I did not think of that at the time. Anyways these are after 1 month and 24 gym sessions. I will try to take new pictures for comparison after two monts if I can keep up with my routine of 5 gym sessions per week until then. Current weight and height is 85.7 kg and 176 cm respectively.

(I apologize for the gross armpit hair and the scar from an open heart surgery.)
 
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Good job dude! Sounds like you are getting in a good groove. I see some exercise in your thread. Doing anything specific or general gym stuff?
 
brawny77 said:
Good job dude! Sounds like you are getting in a good groove. I see some exercise in your thread. Doing anything specific or general gym stuff?
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Thanks!

I do what I feel like for the day, sometimes I do 60 min. of cardio and 30 min. of weight training others the other way around and then some days I do 45 min. of both. Most of the cardio I've been doing on a stationary bike. In weight training I been doing triceps/biceps, abdomen/back and legs but I'll try to incorporate some chest/back exercises in the future.
 
I thought this would be a "lost week" on my weight loss journey. But *whoosh* and I'm down 1.2 kg in just two days. :hurray:

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Macaroni casserole
Snacks: 2 tiny gingerbreads
Dinner: Mushroom pie, small piece of birthday cake, piece of chocolate cake :eek:
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Again, down 1.0 kg since last week! :party:

Todays weight: 85.1 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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