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    How to lose weight fast (ish) safely ?

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    • dave28D
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      Thank for the replies.

      I am on an exercise bike for 30-45 mins a day now.
      Reduced food intake quite a lot, especially bread and junk food I used to eat a lot of.
      Reduced carbs and sugar ( used to eat a lot of potato + bread all the time, way too much bread )

      I seem to have lost between 3 or 4 Lbs in just over a week, maybe 10 days and face looks visibly thinner and healthier.

      I do feel weaker and felt myself getting a little dizzy once or twice but it has been a huge change really after letting myself go for many years.

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        @dave28:

        Thank for suggesting D-Bal Max and the replies.

        I am on an exercise bike for 30-45 mins a day now.
        Reduced food intake quite a lot, especially bread and junk food I used to eat a lot of.
        Reduced carbs and sugar ( used to eat a lot of potato + bread all the time, way too much bread )

        I seem to have lost between 3 or 4 Lbs in just over a week, maybe 10 days and face looks visibly thinner and healthier.

        I do feel weaker and felt myself getting a little dizzy once or twice but it has been a huge change really after letting myself go for many years.

        I didn't want to quote it because it's big, but Lester's post times a thousand! He nailed it imo. It all comes from changing the bad habits and teaching yourself better ones. Without that, the results are just temporary at best.

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        • dave28D
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          Update: Lost about 8 - 9 Lbs now.

          180 grams a day it is averaging.

          Probably dropped from a 34 to 33 tag size now.

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            Good job we're having a sale…....

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            • dave28D
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              @Giles:

              Good job we're having a sale…....

              I have a slight backlog at present. Some of these are new but long extinct such as 18oz Beatle Busters and TWHR01

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                Pride of Japan :-)

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                • dave28D
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                  Update : Lost near 18 lbs now and no longer classed as overweight  😉 😉 😉

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                  • neph93N
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                    ^ great work!

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                    • Paul9221P
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                      @dave28:

                      Update : Lost near 18 lbs now and no longer classed as overweight  😉 😉 😉

                      Yessss!  How many of your old jeans can you fit into now?  Be careful you don't lose too much and have to buy a bunch of size 30s 🙂

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                      Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                      • rioR
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                        @dave28:

                        Update : Lost near 18 lbs now and no longer classed as overweight  😉 😉 😉

                        Congrats! 😉
                        Stress and depression are the two main subjects that always been what I battle, I've been super fit and overweight, I  try to keep my eye on the stress and processing depresion and not feed them, that helps me to be consistent with what I  eat because it always reflects one with the other, we are all different sizes and lead different lives but at the end we get affected by things the same even tho we have a different theater of life or are strong in different departments. All the very best to everyone.

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                        • dave28D
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                          @Paul9221:

                          @dave28:

                          Update : Lost near 18 lbs now and no longer classed as overweight  😉 😉 😉

                          Yessss!  How many of your old jeans can you fit into now?  Be careful you don't lose too much and have to buy a bunch of size 30s 🙂

                          Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

                          Everything is too big now lol  😢
                          I lost about 27 Lbs.
                          Now I am size 31.

                          When I started this thread I was 34/35

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                          • neph93N
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                            That is quite a transformation. Are you doing any form of training as well as watching the calories?

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                              I need to get some focus going, or I'll be replacing my wardrobe soon enough… I'm starting to resemble the shape of a thumb, lol

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                              IHSH-185, large
                              IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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                                @UnTucked:

                                I'm starting to resemble the shape of a thumb, lol

                                Is that a thumb up, or down ? 😉

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                                • UnTuckedU
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                                  Either or, so long as it was slightly bashed with a hammer first, lol

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                                  IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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                                  • dave28D
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                                    @neph93:

                                    That is quite a transformation. Are you doing any form of training as well as watching the calories?

                                    I have stopped losing weight now because I noticed I was getting gradually weaker and weaker.
                                    My new plan is to try and stay roughly the same weight but build some strength back so I have started eating a little more and doing some weights / push ups etc.

                                    But when I was losing weight I was cycling on a machine 5 or 6 days a week until my knee started to make a clicking noise all the time after about 8 weeks. So I switched to walking for about 1.5 hours a day instead.

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                                    • neph93N
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                                      That rate of weight loss will strip muscle as well as fat which explains the weakness. Strength training sounds like a good plan as does increasing calorie intake.

                                      I’d recommend using a calorie counter and tracking your consumption/burn. If you continue in a calorific deficit while training you’re likely to damage yourself, on the other hand, eating too much will hurt your progress. Well done!

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                                      We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                      • JDelageJ
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                                        You can train on a calorie deficit. You won't damage yourself, it will just slow down your progress.

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                                        • neph93N
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                                          @JDelage:

                                          You can train on a calorie deficit. You won't damage yourself, it will just slow down your progress.

                                          You certainly can, but if you consistently try to increase volume and intensity while in a deficit you may well find yourself reaching for reps you’re in no shape to reach for and that can affect form and lead to injury.

                                          Edit: you also have to watch your recovery times a lot for carefully.

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                                          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                          • dave28D
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                                            It is a hard balance to get right and will likely be a continuous battle from now on.

                                            The tendency is to slip back into old habits when stressed or tired unfortunately.

                                            I would imagine I could balloon back to original weigh faster than I lost it.

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