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  1. 1. Are you interested in a weightloss challenge?

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didn't read the whole thread, but here are some calorie basics:

 

Calorific value of common food types

 

1) Calories (in normal spoken language) actually refer to Kilo Calories (kCal), so that's the unit here. A kCal is NOT a kJ (kCal = 4.18 x kJ)

2) Average red meat portion: 3 kCal per gram

3) Average White meat portion: 2kCal per gram

4) Pastries, crossaints & chocolates: Between 3 and 5 kCal per gram

5) Fat / Oil: 9 kCal per gram

6) Dry starch (rice / pasta): can't remember to the pin, but think it's about 2 kCal / gram

 

The hard science about "fat" weight loss

 

Every kg of fat contains 9000 kCal. Most of us (reasonably active males) burn 2500 - 3500 kCal per day.

 

So even if your body would only use fat as fuel source and you don't eat anything (which is never the case), it would take 3 + days to burn a kg of fat. If you lose weight faster, it's water, muscle or something else.

 

Its very hard to maintain much more than a 500 kCal deficit (eat 500 kCal less than you burn) on a daily basis, so it's typically about 2 weeks of work to lose a kg of fat...

 

Not saying this to discourage anybody, just to keep realistic targets in mind!!!

 

Good luck with the challenge

 

Just a small addition: 1g alcohol = 7 Cal

 

So something like whisky, with little added carbs (unlike beer) at about 40% proof, will be 280 Cal per 100g, or 70 Cal per 25ml tot

 

Also, 1g pure carb, like sugar = 4 Cal

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Just a small addition: 1g alcohol = 7 Cal

 

So something like whisky, with little added carbs (unlike beer) at about 40% proof, will be 280 Cal per 100g, or 70 Cal per 25ml tot

 

Also, 1g pure carb, like sugar = 4 Cal

 

 

So eat sweets if you have to............:clap: no Dop!dry.gif specially not a nightcap like Khalua!!

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OK - this is my experiment for now: blindly going by the numbers to see what happens.

 

No wonder this is hard - the last few kgs.

 

Very quickish gym this morning - 200 odd kcal, and a 1 hour ride tonight - 850 or so kcal.

 

The daily chomp calc updated is hovering around the 400 kcal deficit.

 

And I'm getting the late night nibblies. angry.gif

 

Jeez, if I didn't ride I'd starve in order to try and maintain the 500 kcal negative balance..................!

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OK - this is my experiment for now: blindly going by the numbers to see what happens.

 

No wonder this is hard - the last few kgs.

 

Very quickish gym this morning - 200 odd kcal, and a 1 hour ride tonight - 850 or so kcal.

 

The daily chomp calc updated is hovering around the 400 kcal deficit.

 

And I'm getting the late night nibblies. angry.gif

 

Jeez, if I didn't ride I'd starve in order to try and maintain the 500 kcal negative balance..................!

 

I am negative 2000 for the day. Not even hungry, I just forced a tin of tuna down to get some protein, I won't do that again in a hurry, it was gross.

 

Is there anything you can add to tuna to make it taste decent? Apart from salad dressing for obvious reasons

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I am negative 2000 for the day. Not even hungry, I just forced a tin of tuna down to get some protein, I won't do that again in a hurry, it was gross.

 

Is there anything you can add to tuna to make it taste decent? Apart from salad dressing for obvious reasons

Plain low fat yoghurt perhaps?

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