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Inbetweenies - not skinny, not fat, need to lose around a stone ...

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Welshpoppy Aug 2021 1:24pm, 6 Aug 2021 1,206 posts	0 Welshpoppy I lost post but agree with Rosehips😒
WtnMel Aug 2021 3:38pm, 7 Aug 2021 2,326 posts	0 WtnMel Strange - was staying over with my eldest son for two nights who cooked two HUGE evening meals while I was there. It seemed rude to refuse to eat what he'd prepared and having got home and weighed myself, rather than the expected weight gain, I've lost. Nope - I don't understand either!
Welshpoppy Aug 2021 4:27pm, 7 Aug 2021 1,210 posts	0 Welshpoppy Mel:That sounds very good but also watch out for the two week lag I find it takes 2 weeks to appear. Sadly and the first time in 8 weeks I gained 2lbs!! no idea why just know it is going this week!!.I have pulled my stomach muscles and very sore and tum is bloated.
The Great Raemondo Aug 2021 10:49am, 9 Aug 2021 8,115 posts	0 The Great Raemondo Sometimes I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, it's true: after a disappointing attempt at a brick yesterday I'm realised that attempting to lose weight via significant calorie reduction while also training for a half iron tri in less than five weeks is actually a recipe for disaster. So I had a whole calzone, a beer, and a very large glass of wine last night and then I felt much better :D
Rosehip Aug 2021 10:53am, 9 Aug 2021 22,051 posts	0 Rosehip spot on Rae - it's really really hard to fuel well and create an overall deficit. Some form of carb/calorie cycling across the week seems to be the way to do it, but I struggle.
Dvorak Aug 2021 11:08am, 9 Aug 2021 23,071 posts	0 Dvorak (Eat well, Rae ) In theory, training for an endurance event might lend itself to fat loss, as the energy balance will be tipped to fat utilisation, but unless you are extremely fat adapted and probably also going very slowly, you'll run into trouble as there will still be some carbs needed in the mix. And significant calorie reduction, especially as it's often done by cutting out those horrible, nasty carbs, has a good chance of resulting in major glycogen depletion.
The Great Raemondo Aug 2021 11:20am, 9 Aug 2021 8,118 posts	0 The Great Raemondo I must say that I hadn't been particularly focusing on cutting down carbs or anything, and I do usually go pretty darn slowly :lol: I was still consuming a reasonable gross amount of calories, just not properly accounting for the amount burnt with training and leaving myself with a net most days of 1000 or less when I was aiming for 1200. Which is clearly not enough for me to avoid feeling drained and rubbish. Like I said - not the sharpest tool in the shed.
EvilPixie Aug 2021 11:27am, 9 Aug 2021 27,063 posts	0 EvilPixie I managed to maintain my weight whilst training But my head needs to accept I am no longer doing loads and therefore can't eat loads I've not weighed myself since outlaw yet
JaJoKo Aug 2021 9:43am, 13 Aug 2021 5 posts	0 JaJoKo Well here's one excuse most of us can no longer use bbc.co.uk
Hanneke Aug 2021 9:53am, 13 Aug 2021 77,665 posts	0 Hanneke Interesting!