You need to take up drinking again, Kimajy.
Even with all the exercise, I need to watch what I'm eating. (I'm trying to lose 2 - 4kg fat, while hopefully gaining muscle.) I can't really eat any junk food. Mind you, I do like to sink a few bevvies at the weekend.
Alas drinking does nothing for my weight gain aspirations - if it did I'd have put on fat a long time ago ... you lose muscle first under stress and then in my case that probably gets restored before fat ever gets a chance. Just guessing - it's all still a bit of a baffle and everyone's body seems to react in slightly different ways.
I'll probably be happier when weight is up to 62kg (7kg up from where I started), which I've tried before and totally failed to stick to the calorie intake so failed miserably and never managed to gain more than half a kilo. I'm almost certain the appetite-suppressing fags (4 weeks off 'em come tomorrow
) and the marathon clubbing sessions on a sandwich or two which used to accompany the drinking no doubt didn't help
I actually don't enjoy alcohol in small quantities especially if I'm getting regular exercise. Immediately suppresses endorphones / feelings of healthy well-being and replaces them with its own effects... get p!ssed off by that as I prefer the natural state - never understood the culture of a pint after a game etc etc. ... why immediately trash a physical feel-good with a depressant ? Baffling ! Had no alcohol (or red bull which was far more of an issue !) for 82 days now (
) so cards have never been stacked so favourably to succeed really. Anyhow .. Bit of fat can be accommodated (body fat is sub 5% even now) so not bothered about carb limiting. Used the gym scales today and they read a little over 57kg so hopefully have put some fat or muscle on (don't much care which !) since the last time I looked (55.5kg) despite a naughty 25-mile bike ride in the middle (which I could have avoided) and about 3/4 hour cycling a day which I can't really avoid.
The high protein thing is (slowly) starting to work though, after taking about a week to have any effect at all. Probably getting about 130g / day of it on top of 2000 calories at the moment (just - it's still a struggle !). Previous calorie count was probably about 1,500 - 1,750 depending on the day. Reckon it's just about enough to stop the vicious cycle of the body eating what's put into it and treading water on weight as fast as you exercise. Doing supersets on heavy weights which I think is meant to be a good thing too. Here's hoping anyway.
Kimajy - you're welcome to it! I've lost 21kg since when I was at my heaviest, in January this year. I still weigh 83kg which is still quite a lot to be taking up any sort of distance running. I really should take up rugby again at 6' and nearly 14 stone!
That said, I'm starting to quite enjoy the running, and I'm no longer getting the stiffness in the legs the day after. Going to attempt another 5 mile tomorrow and try to shave a couple of mins off today's time. Hoping getting back in shape will lead to better contributions on the dating thread!
Heck, 21kg is a lot to lose. Don't think your current weight is that excessive for your height (I'm only 5' 7" and slim build anyway). If you keep running (especially building up to longer distances) and managing your calorie intake it'll quickly fall off. Hopefully before you fall over ! Just cut out the beers - they're a kamikaze indulgence if you're trying to lose weight. Really bad news. Dancing actively for 6 hours straight whilst staying off the booze and staying hydrated works wonders for weight limiting too ... apparently ... and it's great fun too
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Rarely felt fitter than coming out of a 4-6 hour techno session when I've managed to stay off everything but water, Dioralyte and the odd sugar hit and danced all night. The euphoria at emerging feeling envigorated and tired rather than trashed is amazing too. The feeling carries on for hours. But a few drinks can be very hard to resist - especially when you're having so much fun !
) , pump unreasonable amounts of protein and calories down my throat and pump, pull and push large blocks of metal (and myself) in various shapes and guises .... so far it's barely having any effect on the weight gain side of things. Other than to make sure my digestive system is in constant turmoil, bank balance takes a massive body blow, seem to be consuming food all the time and am kept aching both when I'm doing it and when I'm not ... :x. 
