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Personally, I go for small goals. When I started a few years ago, at 108kg, my first goal was to stop gaining and start losing. Then it was 105kg. The first time I went below 105, goal was changed to "double digits". First time ever I got below 100, it was "stay below 100 for two weeks" - Then it changed to 95 and finally…

Cycling, by far. For me, cycling is way more enjoyable due to one reason: I can get so far around in a single cycling day. My record's 130km. Doing a ride like that with a mate, enjoying the countryside and seeing the landscape, taking the obligatory baker-break around half way, there's just no way running will ever…

I really like pasta. As in REALLY. I used to eat huge amounts of it, like 150-160g pr meal even. I decided early on that this was something I could work on, so I decided to slowly lower my portions over time. I'm now down to 100g pasta pr meal, which fits nicely with my expected calorie intake and activity level.

Enjoy life. It's cycling season, so I build up a LOT of extra exercise compared to winter months. Besides, we only BBQ like once or twice a month or so. My worry is christmas/new years, since in Denmark that's very heavy food and a LOT of candy..

We're not talking "body types" here. Look at pictures of concentration camp survivors. That's not a "body type". That's just, well, horrible is a mild word. Nobody with a functional mind does this to themselves voluntarily.

Goals are good. A good goal has a clearly defined target and a clearly defined timeframe for the target to be reached. So in that sense, it's really a good thing to say "weight X by date Y" ;)

I don't. I just make space for a few of them every day.

Very generally: Don't worry about those numbers initially. Focus on calorie totals. If you exercise a lot, you will need to make sure you at least get enough protein, though. But I've so far been pretty spot on with what I regularly eat and getting a proper mix of the macros, and I haven't even tried.

I can fit into XL shirts again. My pants don't feel like they're strangling me when I sit down. I'll soon be able to fit a pair of pants I got for christmas a few years ago. I've kept them for when/if I'd ever get down to that size again because they're nice pants. 14kg down, 15-20 left to go for ideal weight.

Don't do diets. Do permanent changes. You need to be able to sit after 3-4 weeks and say "I could do this the rest of my life, easily."

Hi all, My cycling in April so far: April 1st: 14km April 2nd: 71km April 4th: 31km April 6th: 31km April 9th: 71km April 11th: 31km April 13th: 31km April 14th: 31km April 16th: 82km April 20th: 31km To date: 409km.

I'm a cyclist as well, but my weight loss is more of a permanent long-term goal rather than just for the summer sportives. I do plan to cycle a few races during the year though, around 5 or 6.

When you first start exercising, your muscles do a lot of water retention. That'll stabilize in time. Patience is key. 1200 calories sound very low considering you're also working out 4 times a week - are we talking full 1-2 hour workouts each time?

Started for real April 1st 2015, where I was at 108kg (216lbs, I believe). I'm 170cm tall (5"6 or so), so I was a bit round. Now, one year later, 96kg, and a lot slimmer in general. Most of it has happened due to cycling 100-150km per week. But also some changes to the food.

I used to eat large portions of pasta - what worked for me was slowly, gradually lowering the size of the portions. In a year, I went from 160/170g pasta for a dinner meal to my current 100g pasta. I am planning on staying at 100g for the time being. I lowered the portion sizes so slowly that I never actually noticed it.

I don't understand. A cheat day on the first day of a new diet? Then you haven't started a diet. I kind of understand why the lack of support is there then. I have a colleague who does the same. He keeps talking about all the big things he'll do and all the weight he'll lose. Latest he was going to quit alcohol completely.…

The unfortunate side effect is then that you are getting a LOT of Aspartam, which is extremely unhealthy. Also, these artificial products increase your hunger. From my experience, I also went from regular to coke zero and similar, but it was only when I stopped drinking them completely that I started really losing weight.

Thanks for all the tips :) Since everything is going the right way currently, I'll keep going as I am now. If I ever hit a plateau, I'll start being more accurate with the lunch part - good idea to weigh from home, since I tend to take roughly the same amounts of the items at work every time.

Generally, you shouldn't trust these automated "X calorie burned" numbers from fitness apps, as they simply don't have enough data to tell you your exact number. For example, I had a bikeride of 70km recently. Endomondo told me 3500 calories burnt. Strava told me 1500. In reality, I was probably closer to around 2k for…

My biggest changes: Moving out of sugary cereals and into porridge & oats instead. Moving away from soda over to water

In Denmark we generally pay our lunch via salary (a symbolic monthly fee), and the food we get in my office is typically both awesome and healthy, so I'm very happy with it generally. I tend to overestimate the lunch food, just to be sure - I'd rather write down too many calories than too few.

Once a week, usually saturday or sunday routine - I go to toilet, get naked on the wii board and have the wii do the analysis. I am considering getting a proper scale and weighing myself twice a week though.

Just read this thread. Really impressive work. It's amazing what a person can do with the right mindset. One question - you are riding a stationary bike indoors right now, right? Have you considered getting a proper bike and cycling outdoors at some point?

Keep at it. Have patience. 6 weeks is not very long. Check your waist line, and if possible, your fat percentage. Those two will tell you a lot more about whether things are going the right way or not. Also remember that the maximum healthy weightloss is 1lb per week. That will naturally be less if you are building muscle…

I've always used MFP as a rough guideline. I don't weigh everything exactly etc. Like, at work, I usually grab a mix of salads, some corn, cucumber, peppers, peas, beans etc, whatever's there on the day in the canteen. I tend to just write that down as 150-200g "mixed greens". I get a rough estimate which is close enough…