Losing weight/fitness thread

Had a pleasant surprise when I was weighed at the GP this morning - under 16st 7 for the first time since 17 year old me was told to bulk up if I wanted to take rugby seriously.

Worryingly, the Club breakfasts from those days were exactly double the recommended daily calorific intake per said GP today! GP's response - he seriously suggested I should consider legal action! :ROFLMAO:
 
Grizzly said:
Had a pleasant surprise when I was weighed at the GP this morning - under 16st 7 for the first time since 17 year old me was told to bulk up if I wanted to take rugby seriously.

Worryingly, the Club breakfasts from those days were exactly double the recommended daily calorific intake per said GP today! GP's response - he seriously suggested I should consider legal action! :ROFLMAO:
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I failed my first medical to join the the RAF at 16 as I failed the height/weight check as 1 stone underweight. We went to see a dietitian and she said I had to have a glass of milk each day, with a raw egg in it. I think there may also have been some vanilla extract or something but was still vile 🤮

Worked though, passed about 2 months later.
 
Some great effort going on. I've been dieting since Jan and am down just shy of a stone, plan is to lose about 3 all in all and crack the 10 stone barrier if I can 🙃
Just healthy eating combined with exercise and yes I do own a treadmill 😅
 
hambugerpete said:
Some great effort going on. I've been dieting since Jan and am down just shy of a stone, plan is to lose about 3 all in all and crack the 10 stone barrier if I can 🙃
Just healthy eating combined with exercise and yes I do own a treadmill 😅
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Don't lose too much weight, I'd hate to see you take off... ;) ;)
 
Neilds said:
I failed my first medical to join the the RAF at 16 as I failed the height/weight check as 1 stone underweight. We went to see a dietitian and she said I had to have a glass of milk each day, with a raw egg in it. I think there may also have been some vanilla extract or something but was still vile 🤮

Worked though, passed about 2 months later.
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Mine was rather worse; multiple chicken breasts, salmon, 8 eggs, sausages, a pile of bran. I still struggle with anything other than bacon in a cooked brekkie (they never gave it to us).
 
pendodave said:
When I do nights, I try really hard to stick to my normal(ish) eating times.
Breakfast when I get back home in the morning (just before I go to bed).
Lunch when I wake up (around 1430).
Dinner as late as I can before I go in.
Just drink (black tea) when I'm working.
It's pretty grim, but then everything about nights is grim, I just write the week off. Luckily I don't do them too often.
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Yeah I do enjoy the time off nights brings with compressing so many hours into a 7 day period and also the relaxing sleep without the kids to worry about but the food side isn't great lol 🤣
 
PJ87 said:
Yeah I do enjoy the time off nights brings with compressing so many hours into a 7 day period and also the relaxing sleep without the kids to worry about but the food side isn't great lol 🤣
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If you get any positives out of a week of nights, you're a better man than I'll ever be.
How often do you have to do them? I think I'd find life pretty difficult if I had them regularly - we get about 4/5 weeks a year.
 
pendodave said:
If you get any positives out of a week of nights, you're a better man than I'll ever be.
How often do you have to do them? I think I'd find life pretty difficult if I had them regularly - we get about 4/5 weeks a year.
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Once every 7 weeks (works out 6 weeks from finish to start) but there is one set that has a longer gap (12 but 11 finish to start) Ive just come off that so I'm on my every 6/7 week however you look at it now.

Plus I see the kids before school then up when they are home and get to do bedtime so it's not too bad
 
Neilds said:
I failed my first medical to join the the RAF at 16 as I failed the height/weight check as 1 stone underweight. We went to see a dietitian and she said I had to have a glass of milk each day, with a raw egg in it. I think there may also have been some vanilla extract or something but was still vile 🤮

Worked though, passed about 2 months later.
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I can think of a lot nicer ways to put weight on. Surely a cupcake per day would've done it as well?
 
How many rest days do you take, if any? And what does a rest day look like? Sedentary or just no huge exertion?

I’ve been walking at least 10k steps (averaging 14k in 2025) a day for a long while. I do weight sessions 3-4 days a week and use the cross trainer on alternative days. Plus maybe a game of badminton and the odd swim each week. Over the last 4 weeks I’ve only had one proper day off where my only activity was walking. Not a conscious decision, just motivation is high.
 
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Fromtherough said:
How many rest days do you take, if any? And what does a rest day look like? Sedentary or just no huge exertion?

I’ve been walking at least 10k steps (averaging 14k in 2025) a day for a long while. I do weight sessions 3-4 days a week and use the cross trainer on alternative days. Plus maybe a game of badminton and the odd swim each week. Over the last 4 weeks I’ve only had one proper day off where my only activity was walking. Not a conscious decision, just motivation is high.
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None. Yes easier days aka "active recovery" but that's it really. Hard intensity every day is a recipe for injury and poor performance but easy days help, for me.
 
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