From a Christmas Pudding to a Christmas Cracker - Weight Loss Motivation

I learned the hard way you cant out run a bad diet and in reality I always knew this & too many attempts to increase exercise were negatively impacted by me stubbornly ignoring this & eating poorly, the last few months have rammed that home by the fact I've barely been exercising outside of walking & have managed to lose 3kg purely by copping on & eating reasonably.

If I could cut out the beers every other weekend I'd be flying I suspect, but 3 or 4 beers every fortnight is a treat I refuse to give up, it cant be all work!!

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I just wish it weren't so, even though I know it to be. Cant out train a bad diet, particularly at my age.

Did a heavy session in the gym and ran 10km on the treadmill to make up for the bag of hummus crisps yesterday.

Even at mu strictest when I dropped 18kg (1,250 cals a day for the last few weeks) I always allowed for a triple chesses burger in a lettuce bun every Friday. I would have to barely eat that day, not breakfast and a shake lunch.

I had a vodka lime and soda at the weekend with the OH instead of a pint as I am knocking the booze due to cals. It was manky so wont be doing that again, I didn't finish the first and only one.

Jameson myself. Though did used to like the odd GnT back in the day!!

Feel off the wagon the last few days, though I have been training hard I have eaten too much. Im a bit annoyed. Its not weigh in day but I have gone up .4kg since Monday. Strict breakfast, and lunch, good dinner (last night I over did it though). Then 8pm hits and Im smashing chocolate biscuits. AAHHHH Just venting, I know what to do.

Back at it today, meant to be take away day with the little one but I will have to be quite strict on what I have. All this so I can gorge by Christmas.

We're all allowed to have our relapses, you're only human. Important thing is you know what it is and you can easily get back on track. Stick at it and you'll be fine.

A loss is a loss, on wards and up wards!

That's the very reason I don't weigh myself daily (or never did should I say) there's too many minor fluctuations to track, prefer to see the tracking over longer periods, weekly usually works for me as over the course of 7 days the fluctuations are balanced out more to give a better reflection of where you stand, IMO anyway. This was the way we tracked pre season with the hockey club and its stuck with me.

In fairness, who doesn't love a good spreadsheet. Especially with colours 😂

That is one thing I have noticed, how big an impact water plays on your weight. I weight my lowest when drinking a ton of water.

Skipped weigh in today as I had a full day eating and boozing saturday and a recovery day yesterday of eating jellies, chocolate and Chinese's.

Sounds like 2 enjoyable weekends IMO.

Saturday was a round of golf in a social competition from 7am to 1pm, then a boozy brunch from 2pm to 6pm, then to a pub. I do this max twice a year. I am now downgrading this to zero times a year as I am dead from it. I got home at 9pm and ordered in enough food for an army.

Woke up this morning to find I'd dropped below 90kg for he first time in... 10 years?

Alcohol's getting expensive so I don't drink much anymore, don't miss it. Hangovers are a pain too.

I cut down on fatting crap too... still eat it but not as much.

Our wedding is next September, aiming for 70kg. I'd be happy with 80kg though.

Well done. It's amazing what cleaning up your diet will do even with no exercise.

Week 0: 90.5kg

Week 1: 89.8kg (-0.7kg) Think that about 1.5lb in old money.

Week 2: 89.6kg (-0.2kg)

Week 3: 89.8kg (+0.2kg)

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