Operation 'fit into drysuit by April'

[Allan Carr]

Get a bread machine and make proper substantial bread rather than that horrible white paper mache stuff. Much more satisfying and you're not tempted to eat as much. Far tastier as well. Sainsbury's do a lovely mixed grain flour which is really tasty.

Mind you. I'm one of those annoying so and so's who can eat what they like and not put on any significant weight. My weight hasn't varied by more than 7lb in over 50 years. However, I don't have a sweet tooth and don't snack between meals.I've a 32inch waist but it made me laugh when I bought some new swimming shorts in Bangkok and had to buy XXL to fit me!

[jamesp]

Try the 90 second bread.
4tbsp of almond flour
1tbsp of olive oil
0.5 tbsp of apple cider vinegar
0.5 tbsp of baking powder
1 egg

Mix the lot and microwave for 90 seconds.

Slice it, toast in the grill and butter it.

Gorgeous!

I have been using a Tom Kerridge recipe for flaxseed biscuits, his "Dopamine Diet" book has a large Keto leaning.
I have buggered around with it, and now reduce the dry ingredients by 30g each and make up with seed mix , then a big grind of black pepper.
Cheese and cracker substitute!

[Chrisch]

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Mind you. I'm one of those annoying so and so's who can eat what they like and not put on any significant weight. .....However, I don't have a sweet tooth and don't snack between meals....

That's the secret. If what you like is good food and you stop eating when you are full all is OK. The Atkins diet (apparently now Keto?) does work my mate's mum was on it and lost a lot of weight. Then she stopped and now is back to the old size. These sorts of things work by starving you of something or another whilst making you feel "full" or satisfied. Nothing wrong if it helps you get back to target but at some point you need to eat a sensible balanced diet.

Sugar and alcohol are easy ways to eat too much and gain no value from the intake. Most humans love beer and so we drink it....

[Homer]
Hmmmmm... Beer.
[/Homer]

[Paulo]

That's the secret. If what you like is good food and you stop eating when you are full all is OK. The Atkins diet (apparently now Keto?) does work my mate's mum was on it and lost a lot of weight. Then she stopped and now is back to the old size. These sorts of things work by starving you of something or another whilst making you feel "full" or satisfied. Nothing wrong if it helps you get back to target but at some point you need to eat a sensible balanced diet.

Sugar and alcohol are easy ways to eat too much and gain no value from the intake. Most humans love beer and so we drink it....

[Homer]
Hmmmmm... Beer.
[/Homer]

Keto and Atkins are not the same thing.

Atkins has a lot more protein and less fat.

[steelemonkey]

All this talk of food is making me hungry so I have just bought a pasty from the food van.

[jamesp]

That's the secret. If what you like is good food and you stop eating when you are full all is OK. The Atkins diet (apparently now Keto?) does work my mate's mum was on it and lost a lot of weight. Then she stopped and now is back to the old size. These sorts of things work by starving you of something or another whilst making you feel "full" or satisfied. Nothing wrong if it helps you get back to target but at some point you need to eat a sensible balanced diet.

Sugar and alcohol are easy ways to eat too much and gain no value from the intake. Most humans love beer and so we drink it....

[Homer]
Hmmmmm... Beer.
[/Homer]

Define sensible balanced diet. (pint in each hand, does not count).

I don't drink, don't use sugar; I did however exist on bread rice pasta and milk as my main "go to" foodstuffs.
The only issue with Keto, is that you start to realise how much of peoples eating habits revolve around sugar and carbs.

[Chrisch]

Keto and Atkins are not the same thing.

Atkins has a lot more protein and less fat.

OK. But they are essentially starve of carbs? Is that it? Carbohydrate deprivation reduces weight. Not sure of the full thing but the idea is sound enough until you have to stop then it is essential to start a new regime of proper eating. My mate's mum yo-yos on these sorts of things a lot and always ends up where she is comfortable - about 25% overweight.

Can you end it by tapering? Gradually reduce down the intake of food and reintroduce the carbohydrate element?

My "secret" to losing weight is to be a student, piss all your grant (ho ho - yes that old) up the wall in the first few weeks then spend a whole term eating beans on toast. I must have lost no end

[Chrisch]

Define sensible balanced diet. (pint in each hand, does not count).

I don't drink, don't use sugar; I did however exist on bread rice pasta and milk as my main "go to" foodstuffs.
The only issue with Keto, is that you start to realise how much of peoples eating habits revolve around sugar and carbs.

Yes, if it makes anyone understand how much sugar we eat it has to be a good thing. Sugar in bread too. A sensible diet is a mix of stuff, mostly vegetable matter with some animal protein but not a lot. Eat a range of foods, eat what is in season and stop eating when you have had enough. It's the stopping bit that is a problem for most people (me included). And you're totally there with the other issue - "habit". We habitually eat the wrong stuff and too much stuff. I drink too much wine if I'm honest and it is a habit.

[Divemouse]

It has the benefit of a much smoother bloody sugar level

Ah, bloody sugar...sounds like my kind of murder scene...

Anyway, back to my bit. Did an hour of circuit training last night and managed the run again this morning despite having trouble putting my socks on because I couldn't lift my feet. 33 minutes exactly, which I thought was a good thing, as this should be the hardest to do and it got steadily harder instead of more pleasant like it did yesterday. I definitely feel much more 'up' than I have all winter, so shall keep going.

Also, I know it was harder because the talking book wasn't nearly as good at distracting me until it got to a really scary bit.

[Ian@1904]

So I've porked up a bit since the summer and need to lose a bit of weight. As part of this I have agreed to run every day and if I miss one I have to attend a spinning class (I'd rather have my fingernails pulled out). I'm just having a little public thread here as an additional motivation. 1st run today, 33 minutes. I think it's about 3 miles, but it's also 60% fields with the rest being tarmac. Am listening to 'His Dark Materials' - not much of a beat, but brilliantly distracting!

Might I add a note of caution.
Please ensure that you are doing plenty of leg stretches after all this running. You run the risk of shortening the leg muscles and then something going bang inside the leg.
You may also elect to do something other than running such a cycling. Cycling burns off a lot of calories without the impact on knees.
I hope the running goes well

[Stig]

Ah, bloody sugar...sounds like my kind of murder scene...

...

My cousin is an amateur playwright specialising in murder mystery & comedy stuff, e.g. The Great British Bump Off. I've not seen it yet but should be up your street.

[Divemouse]

You run the risk of shortening the leg muscles and then something going bang inside the leg.

Not a problem due to genetic disease.

[Divemouse]

33.5 mins today - it rained in the night and the ground is a bit more 'fun'. 4.1km, so a bit shorter than I thought. Also managed to cut the back of my heel and not notice, so a sock was fairly well stuck on.

[frogman]

Well done,
An interesting scientific study on the subject of weight loss: https://www.nature.com/articles/nutd20173#Sec26

And their conclusion: This programme led to significant improvements in BMI, cholesterol and other risk factors. To the best of our knowledge, this research has achieved greater weight loss at 6 and 12 months than any other trial that does not limit energy intake or mandate regular exercise.

[F.P.]

Ah, bloody sugar...

Am I the only person who thinks that more and more foods are either sweeter (carrying more sugar) or we only get the sweeten (with sugar) version.

So many prepared foods do seem to be much sweeter nowadays to what they were even 10 years ago.