In the process of not being a fat fuck anymore

[Nyt Ryda]

Are you sure that is correct? I'm 180cm, current weight 105kg and I am by no means fat, just a slight bit of too much weight. I reckon I'd be close to thin at about 90-95kg

This guy is the best running back in the NFL and this is what he looked like at a measured 1.81m/92kg.

 

[Logan_]

Interested to see what your height is.

Started gym last year this time (best decision) and main gained for the fist 9 month to build muscle then started the cut at 138KGs in September now at 124KGs 6'2 (189cm). I don't track calories I know how much I need to eat and just make sure to get lots of protein in helps with filling me up and keeping energy up

Currently do around 3k calories however I do lots of medium intensity cardio and about 8k steps a day excluding the additional cardio. Loving the journey and especially gym fills wrong just taking a rest day. Goal is 90KG

Good luck man you got this it's a lot of fun when you start embracing it. Look at getting into the gym sooner rather than later anyone who go to gym will tell you they wished they started earlier.

 

[Logan_]

Nice man! Putting in the effort and realizing a change needs to happen.

When I use to gym (have not in a couple of years now), what I found worked well for me when I needed to cut was intermittent fasting.
Generally I would skip breakfast and eat lunch around 1pm to 2pm and then supper (sometimes a snack inbetween).
At first it can be difficult if you are use to eating breakfast, but your body adapts and its not as bad - however when you are in a calorie deficit it takes longer for your body to adjust.

I found this helped as it helped me enjoy the meals I did eat more and I felt more satisfied after those meals as they were able to be larger meals (fitting your daily calories into 2 meals instead of say 3 meals).
I believe intermittent fasting can have some other benefits too. So maybe something worth looking into and considering.

The other thing, which I think you are already doing, is to eat food you still enjoy (within reason obviously). If you eat food you do not enjoy, its not going to be sustainable long term and will be very difficult.
As you said, you can still have a Steers burger every now and then, but one needs to realise that it contains a lot more calories and you won't be as full. So it's not the best thing to eat, however there may be other food items you can eat which contain less calories which you still enjoy - maybe chicken pieces in the oven, spaghetti bolognaise, steak - add some veg and maybe a bit of carbs for a more rounded and balanced meal and one may actually be surprised how little calories "real food" can be compared to the processed food.

Also drinking calories is a big no no! If you are able to stop drinking calories it will make a massive difference and make it far easier to keep within your calorie limit.

As you said, losing or gaining weight is as simple as calories in vs calories out.

One last thing, do not lose the weight too quickly as then you're left with a lot more excess skin. If you lose it slower, the body has more time to adapt and you end up with less excess skin. Slow and steady wins the race here.

This that last point is key

 

[TheJudge]

This guy is the best running back in the NFL and this is what he looked like at a measured 1.81m/92kg.

What a fat fuck.

 

[Marcell1992]

This guy is the best running back in the NFL and this is what he looked like at a measured 1.81m/92kg.

He is packing at least 10kg of muscle and 1kg of dick. So I guess I'll be thin at 81kg's

 

[Will_I_Am]

Some already mentioned keto, and I would concur. High fat, low carbs is probably the easier way to lose weight in a sustainable way - especially without tracking every single calorie. My wife and I have been on it for a while now and the results are great. We are satiated the whole day - we eat enough once or maybe twice a day without worrying about calories (just need to make sure that the carbs are low but that is easy enough).
My energy levels are great and constant throughout the day. I was almost chronically tired and nothing seemed to fix it, now I have the same amount of energy throughout the day. Wife had IBS and many other stomach problems which disappeared within the first couple of days and has since not returned - that is after she went for a gastroscopy and colonoscopy and being meds for almost a year. What you eat matters!

This is of course anecdotal but it is working for us!

 

[Dom]

Good job on making a meaningful + value adding thread (your first ever) @Carbohydrate

 

[-x-BioHazard-x-]

Going to add my little sauce to this steak.

For context I am 1.81 M

End of 2022 I weighed in at 132KG.

2023 i went in hard, going to the gym, eating less, counting cals (it lasted a total of 32 visits over 3 months).

But the counting calories never went away, as it became a bit of a habit to the point where I could fully gauge calories without having to count it up.

At the peak of my deficit and gym I weighed 109KG.

Ended 2023 on 120KG (I know now I struggle with self discipline)

Signed up at my new local gym start of the month, with the classic new year new me. With the mind set of forcing myself to stick to the plan.

Currently Standing at 116KG, aiming for 100 by December 2024 ( not just cutting but building as well).

Side Note: Tried Glenbutrol near end of 2022 when I was at my heaviest ( Glen is fucking shit) but it was crazy to see that my resting heart rate on glen always hovered around 110-120 which was close to fatburn rate. But the negatives out weighed the positives way to much so I just did it the normal way.

 

[Dom]

Going to add my little sauce to this steak.

For context I am 1.81 M

End of 2022 I weighed in at 132KG.

2023 i went in hard, going to the gym, eating less, counting cals (it lasted a total of 32 visits over 3 months).

But the counting calories never went away, as it became a bit of a habit to the point where I could fully gauge calories without having to count it up.

At the peak of my deficit and gym I weighed 109KG.

Ended 2023 on 120KG (I know now I struggle with self discipline)

Signed up at my new local gym start of the month, with the classic new year new me. With the mind set of forcing myself to stick to the plan.

Currently Standing at 116KG, aiming for 100 by December 2024 ( not just cutting but building as well).

Side Note: Tried Glenbutrol near end of 2022 when I was at my heaviest ( Glen is fucking shit) but it was crazy to see that my resting heart rate on glen always hovered around 110-120 which was close to fatburn rate. But the negatives out weighed the positives way to much so I just did it the normal way.

Good luck & fuck fat loss caca

 

[Word1995]

Are you sure that is correct? I'm 180cm, current weight 105kg and I am by no means fat, just a slight bit of too much weight. I reckon I'd be close to thin at about 90-95kg

You either taller than you think or lighter. You sure both are correct?

 

[AinsleyHarriott]

Side Note: Tried Glenbutrol near end of 2022

You mean clenbuterol? If so, wtf? Educate yourself before taking stuff as this can and will f you up.

 

[Dom]

You either taller than you think or lighter. You sure both are correct?

Go, go, Word ('95) fact check!!!

 

[Marcell1992]

You either taller than you think or lighter. You sure both are correct?

That can go both ways. I know I've measured myself and have been measured 1000's of times throughout my life, I am 1.8m tall.
My home scale and my gym scale tells me I weigh 106kg (gained a kg since my last post)

 

[Pickled_Dick]

Just popped in to say,
you fat fucks can do this.

Keep it up

 

[souljazk]

Well done for taking charge and dropping some weight!! I'm 1.8m and was +-105KG... My fingers looked pretty porky when I held a cup , combined with my then double chin & Chinese looking eyes when I smiled..... The porky fingers was the last straw for me...

I read your original post, my 2c :

1. Try intermittent fasting - I usually only eat my 1st meal around 12-1pm, and the 2nd meal around 5-7pm.
2. I hate exercise aswell, but its def helped me shed more weight quicker, than just better eating. I currently do 2x 2KM walks daily with a 12KG kettlebell in my backpack. Takes me about 25-30min to do 2KM at a average pace / stride.
3. Sleep - try get better quality sleep it.
4. Sex - I get some decent cardio done weekly this way and the gf is happy... "Complaining" my stamina is now too much (2-4x a week, 1-2h average, sometimes 3h when we really get going, with very quick hydration breaks).
5. Ask any Dr how good regular excersize is for your brain, body, mental health etc etc. The facts dont care about how I feel re exercise. A lack of physical activity over ones lifetime drastically increaes your chances of a heart attack, stroke, altzheimers, dimentia etc.

All the best, thank you for sharing your journey!

 

[Carbohydrate]

Good job on making a meaningful + value adding thread (your first ever) @Carbohydrate

We will revert back to regular broadcasting soon.

 

[Suff1xed]

Strongs bud and everyone else on this journey!

I have also had a similar story. I am a short shit at 169CM and during varsity the wheels fell off, I hit 105kgs and managed to whittle it down to 95kg over time with exercise and mild diet.

Really struggled to get down beyond that until I got involved in volunteer Search and Rescue. Got fit cause the motivator was that if I want to rescue people, I better not need rescuing and ate Keto. My lowest was 79kgs and I was running just short of half marathon distance.

COVID and a kid happened and I’m back at 91kgs and back on a mission to get back to 80kg. Some of my key areas:

Stress management. Eating has always been how I deal with stress. I.e. What causes you to fall off the bus? Deal with that root cause.

Daily activity. Links to above. Start off small and build it up.

Eating Keto. Not because it’s the best diet for everyone. It’s cause it works for me. I have tried a dietician and if I eat carbs I am likely to moer off the bus.

External motivation. I am doing this cause I picked up an autoimmune condition. It’s the only way to get into remission.

 

[Carbohydrate]

Got a more accurate scale. Looks like 136.6 currently, which is a bit more than last week this time, I'm not ure why, but will continue with the plan and update next week.

135.5kg this morning

 

[RaptorChris]

Fast 8pm to 11am.
Dramatically increase water intake.
Stop snacking.
Reduce carb intake.
Daily exercise (you can start with walks and stretching)

Curious, the fast doesn’t include water and tea? I could go without food that long but liquid I need

 

[Pickled_Dick]

Curious, the fast doesn’t include water and tea? I could go without food that long but liquid I need

You can drink water and black coffee with no sugar.
Once you get used to it, its extremely easy to stick to.

 

[RaptorChris]

You can drink water and black coffee with no sugar.
Once you get used to it, its extremely easy to stick to.

I’ll go rooibos tea black instead of coffee but I’ll try that from tomorrow 👍

 

[ultimate]

135.5kg this morning

This is good progress the say between 0.5-1 kg a week is a healthy amount not just losing muscle.

 

[Pickled_Dick]

I’ll go rooibos tea black instead of coffee but I’ll try that from tomorrow 👍

Any unsweetened tea is fine, no milk, no sugar.

I just have coffee as the energy helped me power through in the beginning, but after awhile you get so used to fasting it maikes no difference.

Bodies adapt to a lot of things.

 

[Carbohydrate]

134.9kg this morning before breakfast and after taking a dump.

 

[D3TTOL]

@ OP

You skinny yet?

 

[Carbohydrate]

@ OP

You skinny yet?

Nah m8 still a vet naai but working on it daily.

 

[Carbohydrate]

134.9kg this morning before breakfast and after taking a dump.

134.55kg this morning before breakfast and after taking a dump.

 

[Dom]

@ OP

You skinny yet?

You still dumb?

JK, it is already confirmed

 

[D3TTOL]

You still dumb?

JK, it is already confirmed

"Insert mom insult here"

I couldn't be bothered

 

[Carbohydrate]

134.55kg this morning before breakfast and after taking a dump.

135.05kg this morning before breakfast and after taking a dump. Strange.