Losing Weight

 

yeah good call , thats the kind of thing i will need to do , if i keep eating the way i was before then i'll shoot back up again.

 

Usually with diets you'll lose a certain amount of weight up to a point where you wont lose anymore. This is where people usually give up the "diet" because they think its no longer working but when they start eating normally again they pile on the weight again, if not more. It's not that the "diet" stopped working, it's that the body adapted to it and needs extra stimulus to keep the weight off or to lose more. This can only generally be done by working out and changing your workouts every 6/8/12 weeks (depending on the workout programme) to keep your metabolism high.

 

Aye, been doing gym work for a good while but that Mens Health V8 plan has given me a good focus. With the Gaelic club the training is class. We're up to senior football this year so a lot more emphasis on S&C. Won't be easy but well up for it.

Sorry I just noticed in your post that you might have to knock the running on the head with your knee problem so was just thinking of alternatives. It might be enough once your eating plan is good enough, the eating plan is always the hardest part.

 

the eating is the killer for me , i always excercised but perhaps not as much as i could have  , if the docs make me give up the running then i will find something else alright.

 

the eating is the killer for me , i always excercised but perhaps not as much as i could have  , if the docs make me give up the running then i will find something else alright.

I know what you're saying about gyms, they can be boring as f*ck if it's a regular commercial gym you're going to but if you have to give up running then I'd look into doing group classes at a strength & conditioning gym, far better than just going to the gym on your own and it's glorified personal training as you'll get a load of coaching from the trainers. You'd be very surprised how much you could enjoy it. Good luck with the physio 

Where you 4kg's heavier before you started the classes? Have your body fat % levels (dont confuse this with your BMI, that's a load of nonsense) dropped since you started training? I'd monitor them instead of what you actually weigh, as you might have gained muscle and lost fat but not had that much of a reduction in your actual weight. I'm not saying you've put on 4kg's of muscle btw but just giving you an idea of how body fat vs muscle mass works.