johncharles1962 Member

Thought I would mention the "eating too little bit", I have seen a bloke on here take a lot of stick because he was "eating too little" and would not have it, so he was told :smile: I am just a little cautious on here because some people do like to get a little over emotive for such silly things

It was an open surgery this morning and I did consider it just to play it on the safe side, but work got in the way.

I just came back to mention this again, was reading about it last night because it hit a nerve.. Also never mentioned my stomach feels bloated and I am not very productive in the Loo department if you get my meaning. I just have this big feeling that suddenly stopping heavy drinking has it's effects, maybe bad effects to…

Wise words and ones I use myself most of the time, one step or even 3 back is just fine if you have taken 4 forward.. bit by bit. I learnt that when I gave up smoking 15 years ago, don;t beat yourself if you make one little mistake.

Isn't that incredible, I now listen to that most nights :smile: I thought I was the only one, and it works quite well most of the time. I am deep down one of these people who would love to be living in rural Northumberland with nice cold weather outside and me all bolted up in front of a roaring fire, give me cold bleak…

That's OK :smile: and I am not at all "super sensitive"

No the opposite right now, and I was told off for it at first. When the cravings were bad at first I had 2 squares 75% pure chocolate to help with the cravings on the odd occasion.

No, I get that, and it's good advice, just the way it was said.

Wow! Did I offend you for some reason?

Oh, and one other important thing I never mentioned, the water retention thing made me think of it. My stomach does seem to be sticking out more than it has ever done, which is a bit of a downer and hopefully temp.

Very interesting again, now that has hit a nerve with me. I cannot help but feel I have been retaining water, don't ask me how :smile:, But I do hear that swooshing in my stomach after not really over drinking, plus if anything there has been that slight concern from me that I could have been under eating, seriously!. I…

Honestly, I cannot emphasise enough how the crap left my freezer and fridge, the biggest being the 20 bottles of cold beer I had per week. It might not of been logged but I am 100% sure my calorie intake was well down. Plus because I have been very low at times my appetite is nothing like it was when I was drinking, I…

I cannot help thinking there is some chemistry stuff as well as shock going on with my system, surely there has to be after all these years.

I am keeping a close eye on my calorie intake and would say it is roughly 1600-1800, some days it has been less, have cut out meat apart from a little chicken and am mainly using fish and eggs.

It would probably be a good thing to log my food intake I agree, but trust me after being an ex drinker I know 100% that my food intake is well down and my fridge looks like it now belongs to someone else it looks so healthy, even blending raw veg to get all the goodness. my snacking while drinking was out of this world in…

Trying to lose around 12lb and then maintain, and hopefully will have more muscle by then as well

I am not logging my meals, but trust me they are 3 small meals at most with plenty of mixed greens and veg and good quality lean meat with zero snacking, honestly I am strict with it apart from the small bit of 75% chocolate I have in the evening to help with the drinking cravings

Great stuff John, got a great idea off it in the first 4 minutes. But I have relented now and got a short dumbbell. I am actually starting to think I could get a really good workout with far less equipment I had at the gym Just started Yoga as well, age thing :)

That's just the sort of thing I am looking for

Great stuff, thanks Kimmy

I have relented and got myself a dumbbell as well, only about 5ft long, and got just short of 90kg in weights, which is plenty for now. I just need to be more creative, but with the dumbbell I can do so much more now. At the moment I am planning 2 body parts per session and then rest them for at least 4 days while I am…

Try a Concept 2, cardio, strength and suppleness, sat down rowing and nobody will know if your a A cup or HH

Right about the weights as well Allan, have decided to do an intense big muscle group type sessions, Dead lifts, squats, bench & military press type of thing

Thanks Allan That's just what I needed to hear :) And I am loving my Fartlek right now, used to be my most hated type of training as I thought it was a cop out. I have this one favourite run/walk now around my local 9 mile circumference lake, I am not fast, but it is a joy(1hr 20 min ish) Last few runs I have done there is…

One thing I left out Dew is that I smoked when I was at my peak :smile: , but God did I train hard in Bursts. another thing I believe now, weight/fat is more destructive than I ever thought, I am already noticing things getting easier as the pounds are shed.

Hi spirit. I do understand that it impossible to say with certainty without knowing me, only I know how driven I am when motivated, the question then is it possible for anyone to do what I suggest I would like to do. I don't think a 10% improvement from being a total mess is out of the question given some good training and…