Exercise and weight loss advice thread

Mostly make things traditionally without meat or use lentils/beans in things like a cottage pie, but we’ve ended up trying a few fake meat things and some of them are genuinely decent. M&S vegan chicken Kyiv does the job perfectly but it can be a minefield finding the good stuff, and then remembering which meat free sausages you had last week from the bewildering array of similar packaging on the shelf

I do something similar but not as extreme. 16 hours non eating with a 8 hour window. But I will go 24 hours not eating on Monday and once a month 48 hours.

Yeah they don’t work other than short term either.

I’ve cut out most sweet food from my diet at the moment and putting more veg/salad on it with things. It’s a fairly small change but means I’m less tempted by junk, most of the time.

I’m not overweight but I’d rather just feel a bit healthier, 1 stone less would help with that.

Tried similar last year but soon backslid. I didn't really get on with much of the Quorn/Tofu but subbing in veg/pulses was fine. Don't eat a huge amount of meat really, usually have 3 or 4 meat free meals a week anyway and even chicken in stir fries is one chicken breast between us.

After the big weight loss (about 4kg) after mostly stopping drinking, it has stabilised. Treats are still out but perhaps haven't vut back on portions as much as I could have, so that's the next thing.

I tried the eating window thing. Didn't make a whole lot of difference.

Making sure I had protein and balance was more effective. Even this last week I've done no exercise due to illness, I've managed my weight and eaten steadily.

I think much like all these sorts of lifestyle changes, it's about sticking to it. If it works for you, great. One size doesn't fit all though and will differ depending on what you do, especially for exercise. Into weights and you'll struggle on one meal I think.

I'd be curious how many essential nutrients he would get daily from one meal, and how large that meal is? It will absolutely result in weight loss, as the energy deficit will be massive, but as the weight goes down other problems will surface (eventually). I can't imagine his relationship with food is very healthy at all.

Similarly, if you go veggie, or mostly veggie, make sure you're getting enough B12, creatine, etc. There are plenty of good reasons to go without meat but be aware that you can't get everything you need from plants without supplementation. You need a much larger variety of food just to get a complete amino acid profile.

Not really, you can get all 9 essential aminos from just rice and lentils, or mushroom contains all 9

Hello fellow fatties and buff people.

I have simpleton question, when you're calculating things like BMR and Total calorie expenditure what counts as moderate exercise? I can't find a proper definition of it beyond things like Brisk walk.

Does the apple watch exercise ring count as moderate exercise, I think so?

Thanks, your fellow fatty.

PS I also learnt recently that I am in fact 1 cm shorter than I thought. Harrowing times.

Yeah. For ages my understanding was skewed. It's basically fast walking. Low aerobic activity. I've got an app that tries to class running as moderate exercise but it's just not the case, if you go off heart rate BPM.

A brisk walk to light jog is it. As long as you can still talk with minimal effort.

Running can be moderate if your going for a light jog I guess, normally though my runs are closer to my max heart rate not my resting!

I had norovirus last week and shat myself half to death but lost 3kg in the process, so pro tip if you want to shed a few pounds

You just reminded me of a guy who used to play football with us who said "I had a trial with Plymouth Argyle but they said no because I was too fast". We used to call him Jay (from Inbetweeners).

Love the energy of "I can't jog because I can't run that slow" 👍

Ha. I'm just jealous Geefe, I hate running. I can get to a fair speed on the football pitch, but it's in bursts, I have no love of running for longer than needed.