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

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azx Apr 2021 9:37am, 6 Apr 2021 225 posts	Quote Pin azx Keep myself accountable on trendweight here: trendweight.com Am really looking forward to the weather turning for the better. Would really like to get cycling a lot more but the cold weather just puts me off too much.
Hanneke Apr 2021 9:40am, 6 Apr 2021 72,242 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Yeah, I don't cycle in the cold... and cycling, especially when we are allowed out for more than an hour and further than 5 miles from our door is really going to help. a 100 km or longer ride soon burns off the excess crap we are carrying!
azx Apr 2021 9:41am, 6 Apr 2021 226 posts	Quote Pin azx Hanneke, I wonder if logging on Cronometer might be useful for you? They have a good breakdown of micro nutrients. Also find another one mynetdiary.com that looks interesting too.
WtnMel Apr 2021 12:25pm, 6 Apr 2021 2,135 posts	Quote Pin WtnMel Never too late to join Bex - welcome along. Have managed to get out walking the last couple of days - glad I've got back into the habit. I'm waiting until lockdown ends properl; so I can contact a local Nordic Walking instructor to try a 'taster' session with a view to doing that to burn off calories while I'm not able to run.
Hibeedeb Apr 2021 12:55pm, 6 Apr 2021 47 posts	Quote Pin Hibeedeb Trendweight looks interesting. I track my weight on here so can see the inexorable creep since 2007. I’m on a downward trend now, but still up by 0.7 kg on last week. I’m sure the cookies, cheese and crackers at bedtime, and g and t after work last night didn’t help, oh, and the Easter chocolates...
Hanneke Apr 2021 1:35pm, 6 Apr 2021 72,254 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke AZX thanks, I have a problem with apps that you log things on, because I am far from standard both in what I eat and my underlying medical issues. They are the cause of my iron sometimes dipping below normal, which, strange sounding, isn't actually abnormal for me... I am on a ''special'' diet to make me as well as I am and as such i know exactly what I am eating, nutrient wise. I am nearly done with my iron supplementation and think once I stop taking those next week, my bowel movements will get back to normal. My main issue is lack of movement! I went from doing hundreds of kilometers on my bike every weekend to nothing, not even walking, over night during the first lockdown. I compensated by eating too much chocolate a few months in... then dropping the excess chocolate didn't actually do much, hence being on here again... I have always cycled a lot, all my life, as I used to typically commute at least 20 miles a day... that has all disappeared by the wayside and I think we can safely say I need to cycle to maintain weight and fitness.
azx Apr 2021 1:47pm, 6 Apr 2021 227 posts	Quote Pin azx I get you Hanneke. I think, like you, I need to exercise to stay in control. Not exercising means not burning off the calories but also finding more time and excuses to eat and drink. I can see the evidence in this one week I took off.
Hanneke Apr 2021 2:09pm, 6 Apr 2021 72,260 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Yes... when I am out on the bike I stop for coffee & cake, a proper lunch etc, but thing is a long slow ride burns those calories and stops you from getting frustrated, stressed, bored, lonely... which is certainly what all these covid restrictions have done. I live on my own and it is so easy to grab another biscuit, chocolate etc to create some kind of feelgood factor that usually exercise gives me. I have to say, my little walks have helped! They also seem to burn 500 calories... but deficits created by 15 hours of training on the bike like I used to, or 400 miles of commuting a month are hard to make up for!
azx Apr 2021 6:21am, 7 Apr 2021 228 posts	Quote Pin azx Morning. Well, I'm back down to 70kg, 3 days after peaking at 73kg. Though my BF% is about 1.4% higher than it was. Yesterday I ate 1800 cals but only went for a 1 hour walk. I really thought it would take me two weeks to recover from my week of no exercise and eating whatever I wanted. It seems I need to lose 100g in 24 days to win my dietbet bet.
Totriornottotri Apr 2021 6:39am, 7 Apr 2021 1,667 posts	Quote Pin Totriornottotri Morning. 82.2kg which is 1.4kg up from my all time lowest but probably only half a kilo up from the comfortable low last week. Back on it today. And hopefully it’ll all kick back in.