No weigh day today as only doing it every 14 days now.
As I had a £40 discount code I ordered another pen. I have 2 half shots left of current pen and will get 10 out of the new one so wont need a new one for 12 weeks.
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Weigh day…stayed the same 13st 11. Fine with that.
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Fortnightly weigh in…
13st 10.5Ibs so pretty much the same which is good.
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Fortnightly weigh in… 13st 12Ibs
So I seem to be bouncing between 13st 10Ibs and 13st 12Ibs which is fine.
I dont want to go below this and if I were to go to 14st id be OK with that as only 2 Ibs more.
Still doing half a shot.
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Struggling to walk today.
I’ve basically spent the Winter on my bike and trainer in the garage. That’s been ok, but I’ve really struggled to find a training program that simply takes into account how you feel on a given day.
Revisited the gym on Friday. That’s a habit to get back into to support the cycling. Last night, I couldn’t get out of the chair. Still incredibly sore this morning.
It would be nice to get some consistency going without being sabotaged every now and then.
And yeah, I’m still too heavy. Anyone got a dose of discipline going spare?
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For the last 5 years I seem to have been carrying an injury somewhere on my body. A hamstring, thigh, calcification in the shoulder, Achilles tendon inflammation, back spasms - something. Each taking 2-6 months to clear and only to be replaced with the next one in procession. I try to go jogging and have taken up 5-a-side footie. Cannot remember when I have been able to play/jog w/o something in the background… I’ve basically decided that it wont happen and I’m never getting back to my early 40s level of fitness or flexibility, never mind 30s…
Sympathies, that sounds rough. Growing old sucks. I honestly hate it and in many ways I refuse to accept it. And I then get frustrated by what I can manage. I have kidney disease which compounds that issue. I should embrace the fact I’m stable and have energy and fitness levels way above what I should do at my level of kidney function but I can’t accept that.
Right now I have a bad case of DOMS. Leg training always hit me hard but this feels particularly bad. Even though I tried not to overdo it on the intensity front. Bike comes first for me at the moment.
I just seem to be sabotaged, whether it’s some work event, family panic moment, house emergency like washing machine failure, and so on. Classic being a work trip to Bristol tomorrow. Yay, 4+ hour trip each way and a hotel stay.
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There was a sort of a cliff after 45 for me and the landscape, and now expectations, have just changed.
My stuff is just mechanical whilst your issues are much more complex and difficult to work around.
I hope things align for you and you can find a good balance!
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Thanks. I’m certain there’s a way forward for you too.
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Up 2ib to 14 st dead on.
Ive had two weeks where ive drank a bit more due to entertaining at work and loads of peoples birthdays. So many in March!
Back to normal now.
Still only half a shot
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So forgot i wasnt meant to weigh today but did.
13st 9.5IBS. The lowest ever. I think this is due of stress of house sale (long story) but it finally exchanged yesterday and completing Monday.
So thats a bit to low. But ive only had 4 guinness in last week as drinking is back to normal now birthdays are over. Ive done a lot walking and sticking to no snacking.
Thats 49Ibs or 22.2KG lost.
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13st 10Ibs
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13st 9Ibs
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For all the (largely uninformed) scare stories about “you wait until the risks we dont know about yet are revealed” I think we have a much better chance of GLP1s become the better health for everyone drug than the next Fen-phen
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00305-3/fulltext
Interpretation
Semaglutide showed robust therapeutic effects in treatment-seeking participants with obesity and alcohol use disorder and this trial supports previous preclinical and clinical findings suggesting GLP-1 receptor agonists as a potential novel treatment target for alcohol use disorder.
I’m 58 now 
Help protect kidneys too I hear.
I might have a word with my Nephrologist about it next time. I’m currently on a SGLT2 inhibitor. While there is some evidence for weight management on that, that doesnt appear to be the story in my case.
I actually half suspect it increases my cravings. Unlikely but a nice excuse
Yeah the weight loss on SGLT2s is incidental and pretty trivial. It address high blood sugar by preventing absorption allowing you to pee it out, meaning you dont have the opportunity to metabolize the calories from it.
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Yeah, that’s why it sets off alarm bells at work, every year during my medical. We have the same conversation.
Couple of months away from maintaining three years of ~75kg since coming down from 135kg+. I’ve been trying to gain muscle very inefficiently for the majority of that time. Too focused on keeping a calorie deficit the second I creep over my old target weight. I thought I got over the obsession of my weight but I guess I haven’t. At times I feel like I got out of one type of eating disorder and fell into another. Doesn’t help that my current schedule makes it very easy to skip meals since I’m outdoors throughout the day and away from others so I don’t even have to force myself to have lunch socially with coworkers. Sometimes I binge eat on the weekends, but not enough to make up for the missed meals.
I think the issue is I’m really unhappy with the loose skin. Been avoiding doing anything surgical due to various reasons. Maybe I should, but think I need to get my head straight before considering it.
On one hand, this feels like an easier problem to fix than the previous one.
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