And for all they demonised it, saturated fat is still bad for you. Sadly.

There's a story there and a case to answer but the notion that wonky health advice issued at the behest of the food industry is chiefly responsible, nah. I think they basically nailed it in the opening five minutes, food got cheaper and as a species we are no good at resisting temptation.

I'm celebrating my 0lb loss this week, with 4 cookies from sainsbury's for lunch.

That's how this diet thing works right?

I'm celebrating my 0lb loss this week, with 4 cookies from sainsbury's for lunch.

That's how this diet thing works right?

From as early as I can remember I've known that sugar is bad for me. I'm quite sure everyone else does too, sugary snacks have always been regarded as fattening. This documentary seemed to be reaching a little bit in order to present a more compelling narrative. There's a story there and a case to answer but the notion that wonky health advice issued at the behest of the food industry is chiefly responsible, nah. I think they basically nailed it in the opening five minutes, food got cheaper and as a species we are no good at resisting temptation.

It's hard to know how much sugar is being pumped into, well, everything though. We're trained to look for low-fat and not eat sugary sweets... but everything else is crammed full of it these days.

Looks like I'm having a knee op next week that will mean I won't be able to run for probably six months if rehab goes well. Going to be so hard to not put on any weight, or at least it will once I regain sufficient mobility to reach the fridge.

Looks like I'm having a knee op next week that will mean I won't be able to run for probably six months if rehab goes well. Going to be so hard to not put on any weight, or at least it will once I regain sufficient mobility to reach the fridge.

Yeah, give up. You're obviously not motivated at this time to do it. It's a real 'mind over matter' thing and you have to buy into it 100%.

Pish and piffle. Buying in to it 100% and mind over matter arguments are just excuses for people who don't want to do anything about it.
Roughly 2000ish calories a day, and running 3 times a week, it's impossible to not lose weight doing that, it's very easy to do and that is still my plan.

Ouch, six months? Harsh.

Couch To 5K week two starts tonight. I'm strangely looking forward to it.

Have the leg removed just above the knee instead - no need for the complicated op and a factored-in weight compensator!

Those cookies are about half of your day's allowance then. Good luck with that!

Indeed, i'm well aware of that, 1000 calories for the rest will be easy, I have about 500 left for dinner, plus an extra 300 burned off due to the run.

Piece of piss.

I think you've pretty much misunderstood everything I've just said, but ok.

"When he's at the Tour de France, his calorie intake will vary from about 4,000 to maybe even 9,000 calories a day. it's a lot but because cyclists are on the bike and in that seated position it does mean they can eat while they are racing so they can consume quite a lot of calories while they are actually doing their job.

"The team provides eating opportunities pretty much all the time for the riders - they get up in the morning and have breakfast, then on the way to the race on the bus there is snacks and food available on the bus. And when they are actually doing the race they are fed during it.

"Then immediately afterwards, they have a recovery drink followed by food on the bus, back to the hotel, snacks and food, evening meal and a bit of supper before bed. They are pretty much constantly eating while they are racing."

I might try Bradley Wiggins's diet:

You have a lower BMI than 86% of males aged 15-29 in your country
You have a lower BMI than 61% of males aged 15-29 in the world
If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 29,327,825 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
You're most like someone from Chad

That was pretty much me this weekend, just without the racing....

When I was a bit younger and knew no better I used to go skateboarding all day and skate hard on literally nothing but haribo, fags and cans of coke.

When I was a bit younger and knew no better I used to go skateboarding all day and skate hard on literally nothing but haribo, fags and cans of coke. Always felt fucking great, too. I think that for all but proper athletes concern about correct nutrition etc contributes little more than a source of excuses.

2nd run of week 2 done, not a problem fitness wise but i've still got quite painful shins when I run. I know it's mostly the shock to the system due to doing fuck all for years, but I was hoping it would start to calm down now, it's the thing that stops me from running rather than being out of breath.
I think i'm going to have to get a gait analysis done and see what they say, i've got some quite good shoes but I haven't made sure they are the right ones for my style. I'm not expecting a new pair of shoes to stop the ache completely, but I might as well if i'm going to carry this on properly, at least i'll know it's just needing to get used to it then.

How did you get on with week 2? I found it a bit harder than week 1, but still quite manageable.

The shin thing will go after a while.

Gilly: awesome fat loss! myp and I are crying at the minute.

I'm surprised no one's called a low fat margarine 'Middle Aged Spread' yet.