Dehyration by drinking...

I got on the scale this morning and numbers were 92.7 kg. Later the day I have been drinking some Lonkeros and few beers. I know I am going to weight about 1-1.5 kg less than that in next morning. It's good boost for you when you try to lose weight, since you mostly are happier when you are drunk and by dehydration you lose excess fluids from your body. In a long run it doesn't get you far but when you are stuck in with your weight not dropping it a "happy" way to get extra boost. You should try it. After all I did lose weight by drinking almost 10 years ago. Of course there was modest exercise and control on what you eat and when, but I did get on the scale only Saturday or Sunday morning after drinking.

Yo-Yo.

So, now new news in weight loss game. Weight has been going back and forth between 92-94 kg now for few weeks. I don't take stress out of it, since I am not trying constantly lose weight. If I start taking it seriously I should start exercise more and keep track on what I eat and how much. At this moment in my life it's not what I am looking and keeping everything simple is my main focus on this weight loss.

Benefits of eating less.

So, I have been eating less to lose weight and now it there is an article about how eating less is good for all. For environment, for you, for poverty, for economy. Article states that it doesn't matter what you eat, as long as you eat less of it. That's the point I have meantioned. The Exponential Benefits of Eating Less - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society You should first of all think about how much you are eating, not what you are eating. It doesn't matter if you eat a 3 kg of bananas (avg. 2670 calories) and your body consume 2550 calories. You get more calories than you can consume which means that you'll get fat, in a long run, because your body stores that extra 120 calories as fat in you body.

Hangover gives good results!

Had a few beers last night and when I hit the scale this morning I had new low! 91.7 kg! My weight has been stuck around 93-94 kg, but today it was less than 92 kg, which I will gain back in few days since that weight lost was due dehydration from consuming alcohol yesterday. It's a good thing to have a few beers now and then.

Not since...

Okay, had few beers last night with couple friends and when I hit the scale this morning it showed personal low, weight I haven't seen since... well I can't remember when I have last time weighted less than 93 kg. Scale showed 92.6kg! So I have now lost around 7 kg in two months. And I haven't followed any trendy diet, nor exercised any more than usually daily routines. All I have done is eat less. Simple, cheap and working solution. I highly recommend to anyone that can do a bit of "hungry". As I earlier posted I usually eat breakfast after hour or hour and half after I have woken up. Lunch/dinner with modest amount of food. After a while your stomach will reduce in size and you can't eat a lot of food before you are full. Now I have added a "late night snack" on few days per a week. Which consist usually tea and couple of rye bread slice with slice of ham. I have browsed few website for a inspiration to write about this stuff, but mostly I got this trendy shit and has do's and don't's and you have to watch everything that you are going to put in your mouth. There are lots of people that say how they lost their weight with this-and-that diet, but you don't hear those persons that failed with those diets. Why? Because those diets are basically all the same in basic principal. Eat less. Here is a link diet comparison that has also ideal for and not ideal for column. So, you can check it out and see if any of those interests you and you need motivation to lose weight. It really doesn't matter what you are eating or not eating. Your daily intake has to be lower than your daily energy need.

99 Problems, but...

Yup, since August I have been eating a bit less on week and "not counting" on weekends, which has lead to tightening belt few times in two months. Mid September I noticed that my jeans was hanging lower and didn't stay up. So I tightened the belt and didn't think about it that much. After third time I hopped on the scale next morning and I have lost 2 kg! I haven't done any extra exercise or anything. You can lose weight by not doing anything extra, just don't eat so frigging much. After that I started thinking about how I have come to this. On week I don't eat breakfast until I am at work(roughly two hours after I have woken up) and one hot meal for lunch of dinner, depends on which shift I am working. And maybe a bit of sandwich in the evening. I don't keep track on how many calories I eat or consume since I am eating less than usually when my weight was steady 98-99 kg. I know that if you keep constant lower intake on calories than you consume your body goes in to "safe-mode" and you don't lose fat, but start to lose muscle. So I tend to eat bit more on weekends than I have been to compensate that, but not that much that my lower intake is compromised on week. Yesterday I went to scale again and 94.5 kg! I've lost 4 kg in two month, which is roughly 0.5 kg per week. And I haven't even kept record on how much is intake and how many hours I have exercise, how much calories does this meal contain or how long walk I have to take to compensate this candy. Sidenote: I you are a bit of hungry, drink some water, not soda or coffee or such, plain tap water.

Well...

Yeah, I can skip summershape 2014, I knew that this would happen. Too much comfort in life and something else to do, except exercise. I guess there's no harm and foul since it's my body and my goals. I have been enjoying longer walks with our dog now days. Due the weather is warmer and it's almost never completely dark at midnight, due living so far north... Cheers, M

Switching to water.

So, my weight has been around 99 kg and I have been drinking Dr Pepper on work, three 0,33l cans per day. Today I switched to water. Don't know if I can make it, since I love Dr Pepper. I have a key card to gym, but haven't been there yet. I guess I should before summer is over, right?

Sunday stroll.

It wasn't that great weather for a walk, so we did only 45 min walk. 245 kcal burned according Sports Tracker app. Picked up a electronic key to a gym, since our company offers that kind of benefit. I try to go there two to three times a week.

Cold truth.

I went to a scale this morning and truth is that I won't be weighted in kid scale anymore. My normal kcal burn in day is roughly 2500 kcal and I can eat good amount food to that. I usually walk our dog two times per day and few times a week a longer walk, 45-60min. Today we went for a bit longer: