Over the last 3-4 years I have been working on getting my weight down. Started over the 110kg mark and now around the 90kg mark.
Last year my race weight (Endurance) was around 93kg however managed to get into the top 10 on all races (just).
Last 4 months I have been working on getting down to 80kg but have found that things have stalled at the 85kg mark.
Body fat is around 18-20%. diet tends to consist of
Oats and natural yogurt. Good sized bowl.
Regular leafy salad for lunch, No pastas or pototoes etc.
dinner is a vegetable/met stirfry, indian etc. No rice etc.
Occasional piece of fruit during the day
My only vice are flat whites, no sugar.
Things were ticking along great until the 85kg mark then weight has stopped coming off.
Was going to try fasting a few days a week to try and get past this.
Ideas/ Thoughts?
Have you considered mixing up your meals? 3 things come to mind:
- eat the bigger meal at lunch or breakfast time and the leaves for dinner
- eat more often in small portions. Maybe 5 small meals across the day (eg 2 boiled eggs for breakfast, mid morning fruit, stir fry lunch, yoghurt mid arvo, leaves dinner). Get some salmon or tuna in there as well and lentils beans etc...the high fibre stuff.
- a small amount of carbs won't hurt. Just don't go for processed stuff. Im a fan of brown rice as it leaves me full and helps reduce my overall food intake.
Don't hate on coffee. Just cut from flat white to piccolo or macchiato or pure espresso.
I could do with a reduction in the alcohol I suspect.
Whist I don't drink Monday to Thursday I will have a couple ( 3 or 4 tops) on fri and sat nite but sunday is the the worst when anxiety about the coming week sets in. The grog alleviates the anxiousness for a little while but I suspect it comes back bigger than ben hur in the evening and of course alcohol contributes to poor sleep so its kind of a double down.
funny thing is I don't have any reason to be overly anxious.
I really need to find a better way to chill.
Sunday night rides...anxiety never makes sense, if it did it wouldn't be a problem.