Have you gained or lost weight during lockdown?

bitofabind wrote: »

I've been eating like a fat kid in a sweet shop lately. All this sitting around and stressing out and massive disruption to the usual day-to-day has got me sticking my head in the fridge far too often, and without the gym or the usual consistent exercise routine, I guess it's not really surprising that I'm up a few pounds since the beginning of March.

No big deal, shur a lot worse has happened to a lot better people as the wise man says. I'm curious about the general consensus on this though. Are we getting fatter or skinnier as a nation through all this?

Maybe let's start with AH. Are yiz up or down on the scales lads?

Losing it like a boss.

Less work means more regular exercise.

Actually losing some. Wasting away due to the lack of burgers, pizzas and döners for lunch. Plus I now go to gym around midday instead of my usual near midnight sessions, so I have more energy and getting more out of it.

Put on for sure. It's just too easy to stock-up when at the supermarket as you don't want to make too many trips. Add that to many more hours spent sitting around the house and it's just too easy to have a bit of chocolate here and there. Plus ice-cream, that's my real Achilles heel. I shall curse the day my Polish neighbour introduced me to Haagen Dazs and told me it frequently went on special. Prior to that I never really paid it any attention as any time I looked at it, it was usually priced around €7. When I started noticing €4 pricing, that's when the slippery slope started.

Useta get fed fully at work, missing that perk now and replacing with the trusty efforts of the deliveroo / uber eats army...

I'm basically staying the exact same. I'm getting out of the house each day and doing about 3 runs a week, so exercise has stayed about the same. And I'm buying more supermarket trash but that's just a replacement for work junk. And it's not that much anyway.

So basically my calorie intake / usage is about the same, so my weight is remaining at around 72kg.

It requires discipline to make sure to exercise a couple of times per week as opposed to just going for a walk. And discipline to not buy heaps of junk food in the supermarket. Personally, I wouldn't be able to cut out junk food altogether. If I tried I'd end up cracking and absolutely gorging on everything I could find. So instead I've had a little 18g bag of lidl crisps after lunch and I'll have maybe one if the Easter egg bars later.

I've been really lucky not to have weight issues in my life and I still find it difficult to stay healthy. But I like exercise, enjoy cooking and healthy food (as well as the bad stuff) and don't put on weight easily. I've the height of respect and sympathy for people who really have to battle their weight. And I'd say this is a difficult time for them.

So far I've stayed about the same, but I'm hoping to lose a few pounds. I'm definitely doing far more exercise than I had been. I'm doing a bit of boredom eating I guess, but I'm trying to stick mostly to healthy food.

Falling off me. I’m not in the pub, not going for a carvery a few days a week, and getting into cooking veggie food at home.

Lost weight, and I really can't afford to.
I've No appetite with warm weather and no exercise.

Lost weight. Was planning on doing so anyway, but the lockdown has actually helped. I only have to resist the urge to buy/eat crap food when I go shopping. After that, I'm stuck in the house unable to buy crappy food and have already planned meals for the next week and don't really have any extra food to spare, so I almost have no option but to stick to the diet. Also don't have any change since I've been paying for things by card for the last few weeks so can't buy takeaways either (don't have a Just Eat account or anything).

By the end of the month I might start to crack, but it's working well so far.

Getting in plenty of exercise every morning/afternoon but my diet is atrocious. Can't stop eating crappy food in the evenings. So I'm fitter but fatter.

Down 3lbs, not doing too much differently but I guess I’m not eating “on the go”, or “slump snacking”, as much.

Morning : 40 mins on exercise bike. Usually followed by some weights and or floor exercises to bring it to an hour.

Afternoon : A 40 minute walk, one full round of the park across the road. Including there and back.

Evening : 20 - 30 mins on the bike. Maybe will walk again instead as weather warms up and park opens later.

Sometimes if I go downstairs for a drink in the evening and if there hasn’t been much on tv the urge is there to bounce back on the bike but I’d rather do ‘enough’ and leave it at that, body has been sending hints that I’m not gonna ignore.

It’s a great time killer, great way to maintain and improve your health

Strumms wrote: »

Morning : 40 mins on exercise bike. Usually followed by some weights and or floor exercises to bring it to an hour.

Afternoon : A 40 minute walk, one full round of the park across the road. Including there and back.

Evening : 20 - 30 mins on the bike. Maybe will walk again instead as weather warms up and park opens later.

Sometimes if I go downstairs for a drink in the evening and if there hasn’t been much on tv the urge is there to bounce back on the bike but I’d rather do ‘enough’ and leave it at that, body has been sending hints that I’m not gonna ignore.

It’s a great time killer, great way to maintain and improve your health

Holy fook.