Weight loss ups and downs - 800 Calorie - Newcastle

[Tee G]

You are doing so well @colin, Very impressive how you have got to grip with it all. Good man. 😎

 

[ColinUK]

Weight has ticked up a little to 97.7 kg so that’s 0.7kg on in March.
Not so bad considering I’ve moved house and don’t yet have a fridge so there’s a huge limit to what I can cook. Hopefully John Lewis will deliver the fridge freezer next week.

Also the gym has shut due to Covid-19 so I’m making sure I get out and walk every day but it’s tough.

 

[Eddy Edson]

Weight has ticked up a little to 97.7 kg so that’s 0.7kg on in March.
Not so bad considering I’ve moved house and don’t yet have a fridge so there’s a huge limit to what I can cook. Hopefully John Lewis will deliver the fridge freezer next week.

Also the gym has shut due to Covid-19 so I’m making sure I get out and walk every day but it’s tough.

I've just moved apartment and my weight hasn't changed.

However, I only moved from apt 302 to apt 304 in the same building, so not a good test 🙂

 

[ColinUK]

I've just moved apartment and my weight hasn't changed.

However, I only moved from apt 302 to apt 304 in the same building, so not a good test 🙂

I went from having a large fridge freezer to a temporary fridge (no freezer) that’s a whole 10 litre capacity!

 

[ColinUK]

So... COVID-19 screwed my mental health and that meant I really wasn’t eating well. So they’re weight went up again and kinda bobbed around the 103-104 kg mark for too long for my peace of mind. Did my research and decided to do the Roy Taylor approach.
Started last Wednesday. Weighing in at 104.
Generally ok but awful day last Friday so started again Saturday weighing 104.
I’m doing the shakes and throwing in a green salad if I fancy, or a homemade soup (today I did soup for the first time, spinach, broccoli and sprout in a little veg stock and blitzed up. One small bowl and the rest will be portioned up and frozen.
I’m not hungry and I’ve bags of energy, so much so I went out for a short walk this morning expecting to do 4 miles or so and did a worker under 20!
Weight this morning was 100.2 kg - wouldn’t be at all surprised if it inches a touch higher tomorrow and then comes down into the 90s the day after as that stepped curve seems to be my trend.
I’m monitoring BG but not as often because I’m not eating anything which will likely impact me. Yes the shakes have sugar but it’s really not very much and as the goal is weight loss in order to strip the fat from the pancreas so that it can actually do what it’s designed to do and deal with the BG it seems sensible to focus on the primary statistic.

According to the Newcastle trial I should drop 3.5kg in the first week as a minimum and I’m on track to do that. Longer term goals are to drop the 15kg extra and then monitor from there. Although Prof Taylor does suggest having the same waist size you had in your 20s is a better target. In that decade my waist fluctuated from 27 to 31 so if I can get to a 32 (from a 36 now) I think that’d be a great result!

Family are onboard - which is easier as I’m not physically seeing them and haven’t had to explain yet again why I’m refusing mums home cooked delights.

Got a tad pissy today when on FaceTime the folks said “Your face looks thinner. Are you sure it’s 800 calories? You don’t want to look gaunt.”
“Yes it’s 800 calories and I’d rather people thought I looked gaunt than lose a foot or go blind!”

Anyway time to make a cuppa and water the balcony plants before Bake Off: Professionals starts on C4 and I lick the telly screen!

 

[Eddy Edson]

So... COVID-19 screwed my mental health and that meant I really wasn’t eating well. So they’re weight went up again and kinda bobbed around the 103-104 kg mark for too long for my peace of mind. Did my research and decided to do the Roy Taylor approach.
Started last Wednesday. Weighing in at 104.
Generally ok but awful day last Friday so started again Saturday weighing 104.
I’m doing the shakes and throwing in a green salad if I fancy, or a homemade soup (today I did soup for the first time, spinach, broccoli and sprout in a little veg stock and blitzed up. One small bowl and the rest will be portioned up and frozen.
I’m not hungry and I’ve bags of energy, so much so I went out for a short walk this morning expecting to do 4 miles or so and did a worker under 20!
Weight this morning was 100.2 kg - wouldn’t be at all surprised if it inches a touch higher tomorrow and then comes down into the 90s the day after as that stepped curve seems to be my trend.
I’m monitoring BG but not as often because I’m not eating anything which will likely impact me. Yes the shakes have sugar but it’s really not very much and as the goal is weight loss in order to strip the fat from the pancreas so that it can actually do what it’s designed to do and deal with the BG it seems sensible to focus on the primary statistic.

According to the Newcastle trial I should drop 3.5kg in the first week as a minimum and I’m on track to do that. Longer term goals are to drop the 15kg extra and then monitor from there. Although Prof Taylor does suggest having the same waist size you had in your 20s is a better target. In that decade my waist fluctuated from 27 to 31 so if I can get to a 32 (from a 36 now) I think that’d be a great result!

Family are onboard - which is easier as I’m not physically seeing them and haven’t had to explain yet again why I’m refusing mums home cooked delights.

Got a tad pissy today when on FaceTime the folks said “Your face looks thinner. Are you sure it’s 800 calories? You don’t want to look gaunt.”
“Yes it’s 800 calories and I’d rather people thought I looked gaunt than lose a foot or go blind!”

Anyway time to make a cuppa and water the balcony plants before Bake Off: Professionals starts on C4 and I lick the telly screen!View attachment 14302

You'll get the you're-too-skinny thing. People don't like it when people change, until they get used to it. So ignore them (or tell them to go eat a donut).

Fantastic effort on that walk! Just to note Taylor's cautions against doing too much exercise during rapid weight loss: says that people naturally often tend to reward themselves with food after exercise ...

 

[ColinUK]

You'll get the you're-too-skinny thing. People don't like it when people change, until they get used to it. So ignore them (or tell them to go eat a donut).

Fantastic effort on that walk! Just to note Taylor's cautions against doing too much exercise during rapid weight loss: says that people naturally often tend to reward themselves with food after exercise ...

The walk really was a pretty gentle one albeit a long one. I often pop out for a quick stroll and it’s 10 miles or so.
That said I did reward myself half way through with a black decaf Americano from Starbucks and then another 1.5ltr bottle of Evian 🙂

 

[ColinUK]

This morning I’ve edged just below the 100kg mark with a 99.3kg. That means I’ve dropped 3.5kg in a week.

Have to say this isn’t easy though. I’m hungry and dreamt of being trapped in a patisserie last night when I did sleep. Only another 12kgs to go...

 

[Deleted member 25429]

This morning I’ve edged just below the 100kg mark with a 99.3kg. That means I’ve dropped 3.5kg in a week.

Have to say this isn’t easy though. I’m hungry and dreamt of being trapped in a patisserie last night when I did sleep. Only another 12kgs to go...

I have lost a significant amount of weight over the last two years. Everyone likes to make comments about your appearance when in reality it is only your opinion that matters . I have tried dieting on and off most of my adult life , this time it has come off and staying off . I did it very gradually so I wasn’t ever hungry , if I got hungry I knew I would break the diet and get into the eternal yo yo dieting . I am nearly at my target of 7stone 12lbs ( I’m only 5ft 1”) it is not an easy journey but a very rewarding one . Good luck

 

[ColinUK]

Weight 8 days ago... 103.3kg
Weight today.... 98.7kg

Obviously there’s still a long way to go.

 

[Eddy Edson]

Weight 8 days ago... 103.3kg
Weight today.... 98.7kg

Obviously there’s still a long way to go.

5% weight loss is a bit of a magic number in various studies and eg ADA guidelines - level at which generally you expect to see real health benefits. So nearly to the first milestone!

Obviously Taylor recommends 15 kg loss as giving a really good shot at remission.

 

[Toucan]

This morning I’ve edged just below the 100kg mark with a 99.3kg. That means I’ve dropped 3.5kg in a week.

Have to say this isn’t easy though. I’m hungry and dreamt of being trapped in a patisserie last night when I did sleep. Only another 12kgs to go...

Well done Colin. You can do it! and we're all here cheering you on!

 

[ColinUK]

Well done Colin. You can do it! and we're all here cheering you on!

Thank you!

And if I’m trapped in that patisserie again would you like me to pick you up anything? 🙂

 

[ColinUK]

5% weight loss is a bit of a magic number in various studies and eg ADA guidelines - level at which generally you expect to see real health benefits. So nearly to the first milestone!

Obviously Taylor recommends 15 kg loss as giving a really good shot at remission.

The 15kg is what I’m aiming for. Although he does say that having the same waist size you had in your twenties is an even better target.

 

[Toucan]

And if I’m trapped in that patisserie again would you like me to pick you up anything? 🙂

Oh what a temptation! - Think I'll resist it though, and try to remember that most of it will probably taste too sweet now and give me indigestion! (but it would be very hard to say no to a Strawberry tartlet )

 

[ColinUK]

Oh what a temptation! - Think I'll resist it though, and try to remember that most of it will probably taste too sweet now and give me indigestion! (but it would be very hard to say no to a Strawberry tartlet )

Who doesn’t love a good strawberry tart!

apart from my nephew who is allergic to strawberries - the poor child.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

You are doing amazingly @ColinUK !

Custard slice for me if you are offering 😛

 

[Lucylemonpip]

You are doing amazingly @ColinUK !

Custard slice for me if you are offering 😛

Mike, is that the custard slice with the icing on top? Yummy!😎

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Mike, is that the custard slice with the icing on top? Yummy!😎

And the solid inch thick slab of custard that you have to bite ‘sideways’ to prevent it squashing out everywhere *dribble* 😱

 

[Lucylemonpip]

And the solid inch thick slab of custard that you have to bite ‘sideways’ to prevent it squashing out everywhere *dribble* 😱

Hmmm, lush! Lol.