Fitness Chat (Personal Development)

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So I am actually on one of these jabs, WeGovy.

I was getting frustrated at how much of a mental battle I had to have with myself when properly managing my diet - it was grueling and frankly made me miserable although I persisted.

Doc did some tests, discovered I had developed insulin resistance. Best I can understand it, I would have to eat more than I actually needed for my body to decide it was fed. This is why I found eating the right amount, coupled with a exercise based caloric deficit a battle.

Been on this stuff now for 2 and a bit months. Within an hour of the first dose, what I am calling ā€˜food noiseā€™ was gone. My body isnā€™t screaming at me to eat anymore when I am dieting and exercising.

The result is that in this time, I am down a little over a stone and 3 inches on my waist. It isnā€™t a magic injection that makes you lose weight - but for me it allows me to diet and exercise without the constant mental battle.

My GP assures me that in the background my insulin resistance will resolve and that around March time I will come off of it and will be able to continue doing what I want/need to do without fighting myself.

@AlexCorbin I am no fan of needles either, but in truth itā€™s so fine that you donā€™t feel it at all. No blood or visible puncture.

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524

Finally joined the local gym. No idea what Iā€™m doing, but at least Iā€™m doing something!

Now alternating days between running and gym work. Initial membership is for 3 months, so looking forward to seeing what I can achieve in that time.

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525

Ladies and gentlemen allow me to present the single most ā€œSports directā€ race t-shirt Iā€™ve ever earnt in my lifeā€¦

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They didnā€™t even give out medals, so we have this and a water bottle that looks like a dumbbellā€¦

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526

I saw this today and thought that it might make an interesting personal challenge if you can get a small team together. Trailwalker ā€“ Gurkha Welfare Trust

527

Gym membership has been cancelledā€¦ mostly wasted money :man_facepalming:

Signed up for a Conquerer Challenge with the other half.

I use my Apple watch for walk tracking which works fine, does anyone have experience of a device that connects to Apple fitness? Without being an Apple Watch?

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528

Can highly recommend MacroFactor for calorie tracking.

Itā€™s got some really clever smarts and works by ascertaining your actual expenditure based on what you say you consume and what then happens to your body weight (change as your metabolism etc will).

529

Apple health or Apple fitness?

The fitness app I think requires their eco system.

I use a Garmin which does talk to Apple health.

530

I thought this, but health should work :+1:

531

For anyone wanting to up their activity in the how of losing weightā€¦

Please do some reading / research into the importance of diet - not in terms of having to reduce your consumption - but in terms of WHAT youā€™re eating.

There are LOADS of articles, books and podcasts that can be followed that will explain the significance of gut health.

I lost just under 2 stone between Nijmegen and Dodentocht (just under a month!) - I then went on to lose another 2 1/2 stone between August and November.

Iā€™ve successfully managed to keep most of it off December, without really ā€œtryingā€.

Key info - fat is not the enemy - sugar and ā€œsimpleā€ carbs areā€¦,

The biggest single change you can do to help lose weight, will be to remove / substantially reduce sugar intake.

Sugar is responsible for the rollercoaster ride of sugar highs and crashes - many of which trigger impulse eating

Next evilā€¦ bread, pastry, pasta etc made with refined white flour. Regarding bread - specifically mass produced bread, as opposed hand baked sourdough and rye breads for exampleā€¦

Other baddies - potatoes (especially in the levels of excess most of us would be happy to munch on them!)

Sadlyā€¦ alcohol is mostly a bad thingā€¦ but some forms are worse than othersā€¦

The good news is - by sorting out your diet from a gut-health point of view, means that you can become more ā€œdiet flexibleā€ and able to enjoy occasional ā€œtreatsā€ or slipsā€¦

@Victor_Zulu saw how shocked my friends were after not seeing me for a few weeksā€¦

Iā€™m now getting excited about seeing them at Cosford in April!

To put things into contextā€¦ Iā€™ve gone from 44ā€ to 36ā€ trousers, no longer wearing 3xl T-shirts and now in XL insteadā€¦

I took a break from dieting from mid November to last night to get me past a number of family birthdays, and Xmas - and of course I ate ā€œbadā€ foods, but I didnā€™t feel compelled to over eatā€¦,

Ultimately it comes down to a ketogenic style diet, that is high in plant based food as in vegetables, salads and some legumes and grainsā€¦ plus protein!

Intermittent fasting is not as scary as it soundsā€¦ it just means not constantly snackingā€¦

Other key considerationsā€¦ if youā€™re not already, consider taking the following vitamins and supplementsā€¦

Berocca / Multivitamins with lots of Vitamin B group.
Zinc to improve your immune system
Magnesium to improve your sleep and to reduce stress
Iron to improve energy - especially if you feel tired - or appear pale / washed out.

I am NOT a doctor, but I am shocked by the difference I made to my own health this yearā€¦

Happy to received DMs from anyone interested in more infoā€¦

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532

I bet you follow Eddie Abbew as well.

This is how I lost about 4 stone last year, cut out sugar and carbs when Iā€™m not exercising.

I also use intermittent fasting for times when Iā€™m not using any calories, lots of people still consuming 3 meals a day as thatā€™s seen as normal and just sitting behind a desk.

533

Ha ha Iā€™m pretty sure Abbie was a guest speaker on one of the podcasts!

I started by listening to Dr Michael Gregerā€™s ā€œHow Not to Dieā€ and ā€œHow Not to Dietā€ audio booksā€¦

Iā€™ve also listened to Lucinda Miller - looking at possible impact of changing diet to improve life with ADHD & Autism (itā€™s NOT a cure, but it makes MAJOR differences)

Dr Hyman Show has a terrific ā€œbest ofā€ over Christmas

For anyone still yet to be convincedā€¦ Big Pharma want to sell you a tablet or even better a medical deviceā€¦ they have NO interest in helping you improve your diet - because thereā€™s no money in itā€¦

Eating more healthily is within your own control - but admittedly, it takes organisationā€¦ but the biggest single hurdle, is getting rid of sugar - after that, the rest is actually ā€œpretty easyā€ā€¦

And Iā€™ll be honest - it has done my confidence and ego the power of good hearing SO many people say what a difference they can see in me!

I might even go so far as to admit that when speaking to people Iā€™ve not seen in a while, I ā€œmightā€ try to stand side on, with one leg of behind the other!

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Oh - and youā€™d probably be surprised that eating lots of fruit ISNā€™T actually good for youā€¦ better than sweets and chocolate yesā€¦ because it comes with fibreā€¦ but still comes with a lot of sugarā€¦

Sorry - sounding preachy nowā€¦ but it REALLY does make a massive difference to your general health, your immune system, stress levels, waistline and mental healthā€¦

Meant in the kindest way possibleā€¦ as an organisationā€¦ I think many staff would have to admit that they are not as healthy as they would like to be.

There are MANY reasons why weā€™ve all ended up like this - but doing something about it is not as hard or scary as it sounds - itā€™s also not as boring or mundane as you might fearā€¦

I used to scoff (poor choice of words I know) at Kate Mossā€™s famous quote ā€œnothing tastes as good as how skinny feelsā€¦ā€

Ok so, I sort of agreeā€¦ but I do love eating tasty foodā€¦

The difference is I now eat around 30-35 different plant based ingredients for dinner - and my gut health IS improvingā€¦

Iā€™m still on my journey - as Iā€™ve got another 2-3 stone that Iā€™d love to lose by the summerā€¦

The biggest loss of weight comes in the first few days as you lose water weightā€¦ in my case, I lost about half a stone in 4 days!

Every little change you make, is a step in the right directionā€¦

Happy New Year folks - hopefully see you at Cosford or Nijmegenā€¦ if everything goes according to plan - Iā€™ll be the 6ā€™3 bloke wearing spandex hotpants - shouldnā€™t be hard to miss!

535

Hard agree. Unless youā€™re moving A LOT or you have certain medical conditions, carbs are the enemy for weight loss.

I donā€™t remember what my weight loss was in stones, but it was around 40kg in almost no time. As I dropped to 72kg at my lowest, it means I lost more than half of my end weight thanks to following a low-carb diet.

Iā€™ve subsequently put some of that back on since moving to Peru, mostly as a consequence of how carb-rich the diet is here (and how expensive good meat can be).

536

But they taste so good!

I need to get back onto Slimming World to be fair. I did lose about 3 stone on it over a few months but once MrsSS got pregnant we stopped and slowly allowed the weight creep back (that and secret to good food at the moment seems to be double cream and parmesan!)

537

Iā€™m off with work again in a few months. So this is my challenge out there.
Pretty sure I can already move the weight required, but the single leg squat might prove challeneging.

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538

So the alogorithm for months has been suggesting these GLP1 patchs from kind patches, which is meant to be similar to the weightloss jabā€¦they had an offer and thought id give it a whirl.

4 days in and i have zero hunger anymore. Its almost like from black to white. I was always hungry before. Hopefully this helps the weight loss stuffs

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539

I think Iā€™m in trouble.

Under 2 months out for this 50k and, for the past 2 weeks, my Achilles has felt like itā€™s going to expload. I havenā€™t even been pushing the distance either - no more than a half-marathon at any given time.

Stretching, foam-rolling and trigger point massages arenā€™t really doing much. Iā€™m already low on volume, so donā€™t want to ease up any further. Tempted to just push on and hope for the best tbh.

540

15lbs lost this week, stopped snacking. Will be difficult next week as living out of a Hotel in Cork and Dublin

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541

Oh man, good luckā€¦ :grimacing:

Iā€™m 14/52 half marathons down now and my knees get pretty achy. I need to start getting some weight lifting back on the agenda, but itā€™s finding the time! :sweat_smile:

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542

Who did you use as a quick Google shows lots at different prices so want a recommendation!