With regards to where to stop your weight loss journey, it’s up to you ultimately and to some degree your body will tell you as your weight will plateau.
Getting super lean, (sub 10% body fat) for a lot of people is very difficult and certainly not sustainable.
For me I’ve stalled a bit over the last few days at around the 80kg mark. Like you I feel good although my body is signalling I need a break. I’ll continue with my current diet regime this week, trying to be a little stricter and see if that takes me a bit lower. If not I’ll rethink my calorie/ activity levels and go from there. I don’t feel I’ve reached a point where I’m content with my body fat levels. My body monitor scales aren’t helping much at this point. Some of the numbers are looking increasingly dodgy, but they’re still useful for trend monitoring.
So I’ve had a much needed couple of weeks off. Holiday and recovery (holiday was very active and actually lost a kilo over the week).
This morning back to the gym and logging everything. Thought I’d give Myfitnesspal a go as it links better with my Garmin and those fancy scales I bought.
What a piece of shit it is. Strength workouts don’t track calories, plus I’ve had to add every exercise, set and reps. And here’s a cracker. My breakfast was a jar of overnight oats I make up. It has cinnamon in it. Myfitnesspal pal in it’s wisdom has cinnamon quantity in cups only. Who the fuck eats a cup of cinnamon in a single recipe. I’ve now got to figure out what 4g is in cups.
Where’s that video of the guy that tries a tablespoon of cinnamon again?
Mainly for nutrients (I hoped). I put everything into custom recipes and then it’s 1 click to add it all in.
But it’s the same for everything other food as well. No flexibility on food weights other than cups or in some cases fluids. And sorry I also want specific brands of food as well. I use an oat milk that is basically oats and water. Others have added oils and other stuff.
I had hoped it would be the same as Cronometer with the better connectivity. It’s not.
Been super lazy and unmotivated for months now.
Make a token effort occasionally, but don’t follow it up.
Only exercise I get these days is walking round a golf course.
Just had a mild jog for around 50 min today , the heat simply is killing me (it’s around 40°C maximum temperature). Maybe would have been 36 ish when I took the run today.
Not a major morning person but the ideal time for running might just be the 5’30 in the morning run.
Just signed up to the Cancer Research UK Push Up Challenge.
100 press ups every day in April.
Hoping to combine it with a bit of walking/jogging and healthier eating.
I feel your pain here. literally, I tore my achilles wearing a pair of Adi-zero about 8 years ago. they were just not comfortable on the back on the heel, there is so little to them for protection.
I wanted to find a replacement for my leather Ronaldinho’s, still the best I’ve ever worn. Haven’t been able to find a comfortable pair of cleats since then
for ball, I’ve been wearing Mizuno’s for years but I decided to try and wear Adi Terrex trail shoes in the outfield as they are lighter than my Mizuno and breathe better in the warmer weather.
felt a tug in my Achilles again two weeks ago, have had to cease almost my entire workout for that length as it’s all plyometric and calisthenics exercizes. just able to do some bench work and free weights.
I always feels I need to come on this thread to say one thing and always/almost always resist… but….
The answer is simple, eat less! Stick to 1500 calories per day on average and you cannot have a wobble. There is no need for magical potions, regimens or science.
Now playing football 3 times a week. Got back into it as a mate mithered me to play walking football. Then got roped into the earlier full tilt game and have also added full pitch too. Took a while to not want to throw up every 5 minutes in sheer exhaustion and my body hurts like hell for a few days but god it’s fun. Can also eat and drink what I want now, hovering around 14st. I’m going to hit 50 like a train and keep going Granted I’m crap at football but the effort’s there
I wish I still played football - was a great way to get a work out without feeling you were working for it. I loved the training more than the game often times…
Personally, I’ve been up to 70 kg and down to 54 kg… I would say my healthy weight is around 60 kg. The one thing that is key is consuming less. What people think of as one meal is oftentimes well in excess of a whole day’s requirement in terms of nutritional need!
Granted I’m crap at football but the effort’s there