Who Is Getting Fit This Year?

[Sasha222]

Why are you putting on weight to lose it

[Ignitionnet]

I'm gaining muscle then I'm going to lose any excess fat that I gained while putting the muscle on as gaining muscle requires a calorific surplus. Surplus calories means fat gain.

[Sasha222]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

I'm gaining muscle then I'm going to lose any excess fat that I gained while putting the muscle on as gaining muscle requires a calorific surplus. Surplus calories means fat gain.

how?

[Ignitionnet]

The fat gain bit?

First law of thermodynamics, energy going into a closed system cannot be created or destroyed but has to be changed.

Putting it into food terms if you eat it you either have to burn it or you're going to store it. We store excess calories partly as glycogen and partly as fat.

If you were asking about how I lose it that's in theory easy, I drop from my current 3,000 calories a day to about 2,000 calories, a shade over my BMR, by reducing my fat and carbohydrate intake though not my protein intake, and exercise enough to burn more than 2,000 calories a day putting me in negative energy balance and once I've depleted glycogen store enough burning fat.

[Sasha222]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

The fat gain bit?

First law of thermodynamics, energy going into a closed system cannot be created or destroyed but has to be changed.

Putting it into food terms if you eat it you either have to burn it or you're going to store it. We store excess calories partly as glycogen and partly as fat.

If you were asking about how I lose it that's in theory easy, I drop from my current 3,000 calories a day to about 2,000 calories, a shade over my BMR, by reducing my fat and carbohydrate intake though not my protein intake, and exercise enough to burn more than 2,000 calories a day putting me in negative energy balance and once I've depleted glycogen store enough burning fat.

What foods do you recommend so that give you enough calories to be able to lose the weight. I like potatoes and bread and thats were Im going wrong and I do like them so dont know what I would replace them with as I feel hungry all day if I dont have the potatoes and I dont like any kind of fish

[Tinky]

Defirish here is a small example of low calorie foods including potatoes. Also Nimble bread only has 48 calories per slice, so you don't have to give up your favourite foods. If you did that you would soon tire of trying to lose weight.

I have my Weight Matters course today, hope they remember to bring the scales (and hope I've lost some more). Before that I have a doctor's appointment at 8.30am for a blood test and a you know what sample. Hope they can tell me sometime soon that I am not diabetic.

[Sasha222]

Originally Posted by Tinky

Defirish here is a small example of low calorie foods including potatoes. Also Nimble bread only has 48 calories per slice, so you don't have to give up your favourite foods. If you did that you would soon tire of trying to lose weight.

I have my Weight Matters course today, hope they remember to bring the scales (and hope I've lost some more). Before that I have a doctor's appointment at 8.30am for a blood test and a you know what sample. Hope they can tell me sometime soon that I am not diabetic.

Thanks so much for that Tinkey. Your so so good. I hope today goes well for you with the doctors and hope your not waiting to long for you test restults and

[Derek]

Having a curry, several beers, half of the G/Fs curry and sampling some other peoples to check they were as hot as they looked then having a few hours sleep is NOT they best way to prepare for a 5K run on Saturday morning.

Still I managed it, crap time, but managed it and the amount of sweat lashing off me has to have been good for some form of detoxing.

[Ravenheart]

Originally Posted by Derek

Having a curry, several beers, half of the G/Fs curry and sampling some other peoples to check they were as hot as they looked then having a few hours sleep is NOT they best way to prepare for a 5K run on Saturday morning.

Still I managed it, crap time, but managed it and the amount of sweat lashing off me has to have been good for some form of detoxing.

Well done Derek! what was your time for the 5k?

Hope everyone else is doing well too

Another 2lbs lost making my total 11lbs so far. combination of logging my calories and EA Sports Active at the moment.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Ravenheart

Well done Derek! what was your time for the 5k?

23:59 - It's a tough, hilly course but I normally hit 22 minutes or under.

[Tinky]

Happy to say I have clocked up my first stone (loss), only another *?/stones to lose.

[Ravenheart]

Wooohooo well done Tinky Keep up the great work!

[Caff]

Originally Posted by Tinky

Happy to say I have clocked up my first stone (loss), only another *?/stones to lose.

Gawd Lass. Don't fade completely away.
Well done

[Ravenheart]

Another 2 lbs lost.. 13 in total so far I might have a cake to celebrate

Hope everyone else is doing well!

[Tinky]

Well done Ravenheart! Keep up the good work. On Wednesday with the class I attend, it is an introduction to the gym. I am hoping that at least one of the other members will be keen enough to enrole and we can meet on a regular basis at the gym, and give each other support.