Help!

[mr_eddy]

Not sure if this is the correct place to put this post but here goes.

I am a 27 year old, active, non-smoking/non drinking male. I am 5'11" tall. I used to work as head bar tender in a busy bar a few years ago. The job involved lots of rushing around etc. At the time I weighed about 11st 3lbs. The only excercise I did was cycling to work 3 days a week. A total of 20 miles.

over the last 2 years I have been working full time in a office. I regularly cycle to work roughly 40 miles a week and as I live on top of a mile long 1/3 hill it is a particular energetic cycle route.

However my weight has crept up to 14st. I don't really know why, I know I am a little older so maybe my fat burning process has slowed but my diet is roughly the same. I eat lots of fruit + veg, I do eat bad stuff (packet of crisps here and there and a choc bar at lunch) but I cycle lots and also get out on the peaks at the weekend for some hardcore Cross Country cycling too. I rekon my colorie intake is about 2800 a day but my cycle computer says my daily commute on a bike is worth 600 cals.

I have desperately tried losing weight, I have tried reducing calories, cutting out fatty foods - you name it I have tried it but to no avail. In a last ditch effort I have been on Alli for the past week but my weight has actually gone up!

Any advice would be much appreciated. All I want to do is loose 12lbs to get me down to the low 13st mark.


Cheers

 

[KaraCooks]

I think the only way you can know for sure is to spend some time measuring and keeping track. You say you reckon you eat 2800 cals a day, but I know most people (myself included) are really bad at estimating that kind of thing. It's really easy to estimate low - and especially if you eat in restaurants or eat carry out food fairly often.

I know that if I'm not careful, I can easily add 500+ calories a day to my diet just with things like a little bit of salad dressing, or an extra glug of olive oil, or a handful of peanuts or whatever.

Probably what you need to do is spend a week logging your food intake. And I mean log EVERYTHING you put in your mouth. After a week you should get a pretty good idea of where your calories are coming from. At that point it should be a lot easier to pinpoint where you could cut back.