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But you are getting two ballpark estimates! Pick one? Both of those ballpark estimates will be missing useful information whichever method you pick - it's hot so your HR goes up (or you have had an espresso or a near miss....), headwind, baggy jacket or flat tyre that Garmin doesn't know about.... My own HR to power…
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I cycle for fitness and enjoyment but not for weight loss. This year I actually did the reverse of losing weight through diet to improve my cycling Monitoring my weight trend and mindful eating works for me in long term weight maintenance although I did calorie count for precision when I lost the majority of my weight. I…
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By what mechanism do you think you can gain your weight back if your future calorie controlled diet haves you eating at maintenance levels over an extended period of time? Where would the extra energy (calories) be coming from that would lead to you storing away that surplus as fat? (My experience with meal replacements…
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Saunas have been used for generations by horserace jockeys to get down to a specific low weight for a race. But that's a temporary loss of water weight due to dehydration. Sitting down to lose weight effortlessly is a nice dream but life and fat loss isn't like that.
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Nope. Fitness and strength change relatively slowly, missing a few training sessions is irrelevant to the big picture. Although training is important to me so are family and other fun activities. Life balance is required. What does change relatively quickly is fatigue levels and you may even find that a short break is…
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Simply trying too hard for your current fitness level perhaps? Generally not eating enough? (Are you trying to lose weight and how big a deficit have you chosen?) I'd also suggest carbs before and protein after as a worthwhile experiment if you are seeking to time a dose of protein around your workout (which although it…
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Don't aim for "very low" - aim for sensible and sustainable and most importantly losing weight healthily. You have selected this tool but made a poor decision not to use it as designed. At least give it a chance! Your cardio and weights exercise will yield far better results if you eat at a sensible level. "Scared" to eat…
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I get inspired by the octogenarians I see on long distance bike rides so maybe you might be inspired by someone 20 years older than you? (Or at least pick up some tips from someone who has been in your shoes! :smiley: ) I've just come off a big exercise month where I peaked for a big cycling event. May's cycling stats were…
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Interesting. I do agree that bench press can often be an ego lift, especially with two guys training/spotting and egging each other on! Only time I hurt myself heavy bench pressing was at age 18 when I got too competitive with a friend (challenge was who can get to 100kg in shortest span of time from a fairly modest start…
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You seem to struggle with the concept of disagreement. Yes I did read your posts, they are just plain bad advice for the OP. Your silly little insults do you no credit at all.
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Nothing wrong with my reading. A lot wrong with your context in a thread where the OP is asking how to lose the last few kilos better. If you want to argue that faster weight loss is better for some (just some) fatter people I wouldn't disagree - but I totally disagree that faster than 1% is better for the OP.
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Current methods are: Power meter for cycling. MFP database entry for strength training (log entire duration). Online calculator linked above for long walks. When I started out I used a HRM for cardio (please don't use it for strength training as that's not an aerobic exercise!) and at the time my heart rate and exercise…
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@azuki84 Your maths has let you down! 1% of 77kg is 0.77kg and OP is trying to lose faster at 1kg. GENERALLY SPEAKING (why capital letters?) 1% would be a reasonable upper limit unless someone is very high BF% - which OP isn't, he is near the end of his weight loss. Yes people can cut faster and harder for short periods.…
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There is a massive impact on your calorie goal from choosing different rates of weight loss when you do your goal set up - what option did you choose and why? The calorie goal also doesn't take purposeful exercise into account so it's base calories plus exercise calories burned. BTW - setting your target or goal weight has…
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Yes it is when you are so close to goal weight. And it's more of a problem when you aren't training to preserve your muscle in the face of that deficit. Two bad ideas.
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Why fast? Why the secrecy? More information and context required!
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As a 62 YO my opinion is that in addition to someone's goals, yes age can make a difference to exercise selection but also past injury history and associated risk of re-injury. I've had more time to accumulate injuries than most gym goers! But in my gym, I would say most older lifters aren't nearly ambitious enough and…
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Thoughts.... Judge your progress over weeks, not seven days. My rule of thumb is that after every change of routine (diet or exercise) give it four weeks for the true effects of that change to emerge. Would suggest 1lb a week weight loss in the guided set up would be fine for you to start off with but remember 1lb is…
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Nice work. Slow rate of loss and good training produces good results. Next job - smiling while flexing. :wink:
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If you really want help you need to give people data to work with. Blank profile, private diaries and no useful information about you given in your post. If you just want to rant then goal achieved but if you want help or guidance to succeed at weight loss you need to try a bit harder than a two line post.
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<SNIP for clarity> Take yesterday for example, using the formula i mentioned in op, i got 1340 cal deficit for the day right? It's a flawed formula and would be a really excessive deficit if it were true. my fitness pal says i only burned 655cal. No it's not saying that at all. You aren't understanding how your Fitbit and…
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"What am I doing wrong?" Eating too much. Either your calorie goal is wrong or your logging accuracy is off - or a bit of both. Adjusting calories based on long term trends works.
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Calling @NorthCascades who may be able to help. (I'm a Wahoo bike computer user so no help at all. :smiley: )
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Beware a lot of my comments are specific to endurance cycling: What changes have you made to your diet or routine to improve your health & fitness? My regular diet didn't need any changes for health beyond increasing protein intake as my training load has increased over the years. I also have to eat far more generally as…
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"But are there tips or ways you can prevent it before happening?" Don't get fat, don't get old (really, really don't get old and fat....), do choose parents with good genetics..... Don't smoke, don't get excessive UV exposure you can add to the list. Healthy diet and lifestyle would be positive factors. Yes age is a huge…
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"What I don’t understand is that I hear non-fat foods have sugars added to them for flavoring purposes" Beware sweeping statements!! Doesn't actually make sense from the flavour perspective either in this case as fat doesn't taste sweet. Test "what I hear" myths by reading the label of whichever brands/foods you eat to see…
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Motivated to do what? To achieve what? Why? What does "work" mean? What exactly is/are your goals? Without that clarity of knowing what you are trying to achieve not sure how anyone can help. But would suggest having a serious and clear think about what you need to do, what you want to do and then maybe the how to get…
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Yes - you can carry on. That's it really. You didn't choose where to store away your excess and you don't get to choose where you lose it.
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The main reason I stayed overweight for 20 years was due to not taking PERSONAL responsibility for how much food I ate. Yes I find it somewhat helpful to be involved with people who take care of their health and fitness but motivation and discipline is down to me alone.
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You should seek to at least preserve the muscle you have while losing - far more efficient as rebuilding lost muscle is a far longer process than most people assume. Don't be impatient to lose weight if you want to be happy with your results when you get to goal. Think of the best way to lose weight rather than the fastest…
