The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge
-
haha, this post is even better after reading the last one
so, i'm doing something a bit different. I'm 4 days in to the F45 45-day challenge. Effectively, for 45 days, i'm only taking on 2,000 calories a day, while maintaining my full training regime. Reasons are three-fold:
While my body is pretty well balanced, i do have a little bit of soft stuff around the middle i would like to get rid of. At my age, and with my lifestyle, that is going to take something a bit different than just working harder.
I really need to kick the sugar habit, so a big part of this is zero lollies at work, and ice cream at night. I also need to get my beer habit back under control.
The wife really wanted to do it, so i am supporting her.Challenge is pretty well set up. Meal plans available. A big recipe library on the app, good support from the F45 staff. Another 41 days seems a looooong way off though. I'm using an app to calorie count which is bloody good. And so far it hasn't been an issue to stay under (actually i have had a bit of a stomch bug the last 3 days, so it's piss easy).
Never been on a diet before (other than the "eat everything all the time to keep weight on" diet) so we'll see how it goes. And if i make it! Some of the food is very tasty, it's just very small, and not shit i love to eat.
-
@mariner4life so if a beer has about 150 calories, thats 13 beers per day. If you can sleep for 11 hours, thats 1 per hour.
Doesn't feel like enough
-
@voodoo said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life so if a beer has about 150 calories, thats 13 beers per day. If you can sleep for 11 hours, thats 1 per hour.
Doesn't feel like enough
i've done the math, i know what i can eat and still have 10 stubbies...
-
@mariner4life 45 days is a serious commitment, good luck with it. I lasted 2 days trying dry Jan, and I only started mid-month 🤦
-
@voodoo said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life 45 days is a serious commitment, good luck with it. I lasted 2 days trying dry Jan, and I only started mid-month 🤦
look, i'm realistic enough to know i am going to have a few drinks in that time. no way i go dry
i found these full-strength Vodka Seltzer cans (vodka mineral water and lime) that are only 85 calories and are fucking refreshing in the heat.
I will also have to have a couple of cheat days here and there. I love food too much to deny myself for that long!! but if i can go 90-10 on target there should be some decent results at the end.
The training seems to have ramped up too, i have been setting personal records this week.
-
@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@voodoo said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life 45 days is a serious commitment, good luck with it. I lasted 2 days trying dry Jan, and I only started mid-month 🤦
look, i'm realistic enough to know i am going to have a few drinks in that time. no way i go dry
i found these full-strength Vodka Seltzer cans (vodka mineral water and lime) that are only 85 calories and are fucking refreshing in the heat.
I will also have to have a couple of cheat days here and there. I love food too much to deny myself for that long!! but if i can go 90-10 on target there should be some decent results at the end.
The training seems to have ramped up too, i have been setting personal records this week.
If you hold 90/10 , you'll be killing it.
I'm looking forward to some seriously grumpy posts from you in here in 3 weeks....😀
-
I started an intermittent fasting diet a couple of weeks ago (think it was about 4th of Jan actually) have shed just over 2kg so far.
Some days are tougher than others - like today, morning tea at work for a retirement!!
Its the stuff around my middle that is the issue too, particularly the lower part of my stomach, but gonna be tough to shift that specifically, goal weight is 95kg, was 98.6kg this morning.
-
i was kinda doing that for the last part of last year. I stopped eating breakfast, and essentially wouldn't eat until lunch. but gradually the snacks started creeping in around 10, and then i was essentially just skipping breakfast
I'm hoping to not lose too much weight actually, i am just hoping it redistributes. the body scan reckons i should be 81 kegs, which is what i did that first 1/2 Iron Man at. that's too light i reckon.
-
@taniwharugby i just can't find the motivation. U know i should, but I can't.
Like today, I'm finishing work at 2pm , I'll head home to hang with the kids. Wife is going out.
Its 30 degrees so I'll be swimming, drinking beers all avo, then will cook myself a steak and polish (not Polish) off a good red once the kids are down.
How is a man supposed to fast/diet/not drink under these cirumstances???
-
@voodoo said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
Its 30 degrees so I'll be swimming, drinking beers all avo, then will cook myself a steak and polish (not Polish) off a good red once the kids are down
i actually just cried at my desk
-
@mariner4life yeah BMI would have me at 82kg, body scan said my ideal weight was about 91kg with my muscle mass, so my goal of 95kg seems realistic, but yea a redistribution would be ideal, since I started at the gym I'm seeing the changes to my shoulders/chest etc, but gut is holding strong!
I am largely still eating what I want between 12-8, having beers, whisky....once I hit 95 I am not sure I'll stick with the IF
-
Fuck IF today...4 beers with lunch. Playing touch tonight....ill be awesome 👌
-
@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
Fuck IF today...4 beers with lunch. Playing touch tonight....ill be awesome 👌
play loose!
-
@mariner4life always do!
But in my mind I expect I will be the fastest I have ever been and I'll put TR Jnr into every gap and he will be too slow to take it!
-
how to lose weight
count calories, take in less than 2,000 a day. Remove beer, sugar, and most carbs. Work out nearly every day
Get a stomach bug that gives you the shits for the better part of the week
job done! according to my established targets, i have already achieved the desired weight loss. 45 days? bullshit! did it in 9! 3kg down boy!!
so i now need to make some changes or i am going to fade away. more calories. more carbs. eat more around my workouts, especially the lifting days.
-
You sound like one of those fluffybunnies, who when they talk about losing weight, need a good kick in the nuts.
Well done though, that's a good effort! What's the plan now? For me, I can usually maintain by skipping breakfast, cutting beer, and working out 2 -3 times a week.
Or, are you going to try and make some big changes to the body?
-
@gt12 said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
You sound like one of those fluffybunnies, who when they talk about losing weight, need a good kick in the nuts.
Well done though, that's a good effort! What's the plan now? For me, I can usually maintain by skipping breakfast, cutting beer, and working out 2 -3 times a week.
Or, are you going to try and make some big changes to the body?
I'll stick to the calorie counting (i'm eating pre-prepped meals which are surprisingly good, if fuuuuucking small) and add some carbs. Have an additional protein shake every day. And try and get up early enough to eat something before i work out (this will be an issue, 5.30 is hard enough, 5 is going to be a massive struggle).
And stick with the lack of booze and sugar right through.
That said, if the weather gods come to the party, i'm off to the races this weekend, and no way i will not have a few beers.
-
surprisingly it's not the beer that i miss the most. i miss cooking and eating the foods i fucking love, with all the rich ingredients i usually use. And obviously the portion sizes i am used to when i make it too.