Summer is here, but shape isn't.

Well, it's June and I'm back at 90,8 kg. Okay, I've been lazy and had been eating a bit more than I have last autumn and winter. It was expected that I gain few kilos back. But now I have started a new course. Bicycling to work and back. 10 km per direction. That's about 400 kcal per dirction. Around 800 kcal more daily energy consumption. In a week that makes 4000 kcl which translate roughly 0,5 kg per week in weight loss. As I have two months till summer vacation it means I could lose weight about 4-5 kg. So, I'll be updating more often with my progress in here. So till next week, let the sun shine and keep up the work!

Backfired...

Well I did achieve a goal, but that whole goal is turned upside down. I've gain 3 kg back. I've quit smoking which has lead to eating much more and I've needed and eating candy too. It has helped me from smoking and I am not stressed about it since now I got a plan to getting in shape. Cycling to work five days a week. That's about 25 km per day, 125 km per week. Quick research showed that's about 350 kcal per day, that I didn't do last winter. So if I managed to lose 10 kg in winter without extra exercise I think I can manage my little set back.

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.

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.