covcity4life
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Nah it's great. Only have warm shower when I wanna be in there for a while and listen to music or a podcast. But on a workday a cold shower is good way to get your morning going.
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Terry_dactyl
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Ive recently started doing this too. I’m still at the stage where my cries can be heard throughout the house…”Fuck me! Jesus Christ No”!…but I’ve noticed it getting easier and I do feel more awake/invigorated after.
covcity4life
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I think for me after 2 weeks I just noticed it didn't hit me as much. Get a timer for the shower. Try to do one min then extend
Easier in summer of course but I have been having cold showers for over a year now
I notice I get less colds too?
Yes, I’ve been to the fairly new One Wellness place on Queen’s Road. It was amazing!! Could only do a couple of minutes in the 1 degree C ice bath, but did 3 circuits of it with a nice infra red sauna session as well.
Highly highly highly recommend!! I also had the best night of sleep afterwards
Nick
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I think I've seen that. Is it expensive?
covcity4life
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Yeah I would be interested to know. Having a real cleanse this summer so far and could add this to it
I found it very reasonably priced. You can have a whole room to yourself for an hour, which I think cost around £45 from memory (I might be wrong though as it was a few months ago)…so that is an ice bath, your own infra red sauna and a couple of loungers. However, if you possibly got a few friends to join you then you can split the cost.
Alternatively there is the communal room, which I think is around £20 for a session.
Definitely well worth it.
I am sure if you popped in and asked if they had any discounts going, then they might work something out for you
Nick
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£45 isn't bad at all.
Now I am getting old I just compare it to how many beers and a lot of the time something like this is more beneficial than the beers!
covcity4life
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Do they put you in the ice bath lol
Even if I do cold showers I worry I wouldn't take the plunge and go in without some help
Even if I do cold showers I worry I wouldn't take the plunge and go in without some help
covcity4life
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Worked out twice on holiday at hotel gym so far woop woop
Strict diet when get back home to add to it now
Strict diet when get back home to add to it now
Nick
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You want them to lift you up and put you in? That might be an extra at a weird place.
Do you do cold showers already?
covcity4life
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Yes I do cold showers
Just think might need someone to encourage me to jump into a ice bath though
Also for safety surely someone needs to observe!
shmmeee
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Go to one of those dodgy Thai places and ask them to turn the boiler off.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Would appreciate some suggestions, have been stuck between 15-15.5 st for a long time now, despite adding strength workouts and continuing to track my calories it’s basically at a standstill.
Any thoughts on what else I could try?
Any thoughts on what else I could try?
covmark
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Get yourself in a calorie deficit. You're already tracking your calories which is a good start. Work out your metabolic base rate. This will tell you how many calories you burn doing basically nothing. Then any workouts, walking etc can be added on to you bmr. A good rule of thumb is if you are in say 500 calories deficit per day, you'll lose around 2lbs of fat per week. Don't forget though, it's harder to lose fat when you don't have as much to lose. Also muscle tends to weigh more than fat, and as youre weight training, you'll be adding muscle, so don't get too hung up on what the scales say. Give James Smith PT a Google, he explains it way better than me. Good luck
Brighton Sky Blue
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Been in a calorie deficit for almost a year now-my main concern is that my metabolism has gotten so low it’s essentially at my current calorie goal.Get yourself in a calorie deficit. You're already tracking your calories which is a good start. Work out your metabolic base rate. This will tell you how many calories you burn doing basically nothing. Then any workouts, walking etc can be added on to you bmr. A good rule of thumb is if you are in say 500 calories deficit per day, you'll lose around 2lbs of fat per week. Don't forget though, it's harder to lose fat when you don't have as much to lose. Also muscle tends to weigh more than fat, and as youre weight training, you'll be adding muscle, so don't get too hung up on what the scales say. Give James Smith PT a Google, he explains it way better than me. Good luck
Nick
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Nah just have to bite the bullet. Think part of it is the mind over matter stuff!
Nick
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Is your body changing though? Might be the same weight but changing otherwise.
Brighton Sky Blue
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My waist measurement is about 40 inches around the belly button, it was more like 42 a while ago.
covcity4life
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Bulk for a month. Go over calories but keep weight training and keep the meals healthy
Then cut again and should smash the plateau
We'll_live_and_die
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Do you have cheat days? They're really important to keep the metabolism guessing and helps the calorie burn on normal days.
fernandopartridge
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Counter intuitively you might need to eat more
When I went to One Wellness, there was a very helpful gentleman who introduced me to breathing techniques when in the ice bath, and he timed me. He was there for the first two rounds and then left me to do as I wanted for the rest of the session
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Although not strictly about reducing weight, you might find cutting down on ultra processed foods might help. Read Chris van Tulleken's book Ultra Processed People recently and have made some changes to my diet. I thought I used to eat healthily but that book was an eye opener.
SkyBlue_Bear83
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After losing around around 4 stone between 2018-2020, I've slowly gained the weight back over 2023 and 2024.
Finding the discipline for the diet hard and not doing much exercise and the add in the all inclusive holidays and beer on holidays a couple of times a year.
Finding the discipline for the diet hard and not doing much exercise and the add in the all inclusive holidays and beer on holidays a couple of times a year.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Did a 5 mile run Monday, nightshift Monday night, swam tuesday morning nightshift , swam this morning after work for half an hour , another 5 mile run this evening before work, Badmington tomorrow afternoon.
Really enjoying trying to get fit but let meself down with eating crap and drinking too much
Really enjoying trying to get fit but let meself down with eating crap and drinking too much
Ccfcisparks
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Currently on a no sugar diet and dropped 7kg in 5 weeks.
Brighton Sky Blue
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As an aside-Aldi protein mousses, especially the chocolate ones. 20 G protein for 150 calories and bloody good.
SIR ERNIE
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Been trying to keep up a regular exercise routine for a while now, finally found a simple routine that really suits me.
30 mins every morning on my recumbent exercise bike whilst working a variety of dumbells on upper body and catching up on the TV news.
Shower, light breakfast, bit of fresh air, great start to the day.
30 mins every morning on my recumbent exercise bike whilst working a variety of dumbells on upper body and catching up on the TV news.
Shower, light breakfast, bit of fresh air, great start to the day.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Recently been doing similar and having yoghurts for breakfast. Early days but feels good so far.
covcity4life
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On a diet since come back from holiday. High protein. Minimal carbs but not a no carb diet.
Felt trimmer already and bumped into people I used to work with and they commented my arms and chest look bigger lol
Gonna keep this up all summer and see progress I can make
Felt trimmer already and bumped into people I used to work with and they commented my arms and chest look bigger lol
Gonna keep this up all summer and see progress I can make
fernandopartridge
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I know it seems obvious but what do you eat if no sugar at all?
fernandopartridge
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You'll be fine in a couple of years
Ring Of Steel
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I remember this thread, I remember posting in 2020 how I was taking fitness a lot more seriously… a lot has happened since then- divorce, shitloads of trauma, deaths, and I’m not ashamed to say it, a couple of very dark moments when I seriously considered topping myself.
Anyway the one thing that kept me hanging in there was fitness. I went from about 18 stone down to 13 in 6 months flat and ended up running half marathons about once per fortnight, obsessing over the gym & the pool and using it as a crutch mentally & emotionally. I was never and am not ‘muscly’, just fit.
Then I realised that it wasn’t the exercise itself that was working for me, it was the breathing, the endorphins, the CO2 tolerance bringing real euphoria, and after researching it all I became a certified breathwork instructor (Wim Hof and all that, but also specialising in emotional wellbeing, somatic therapies etc), and I do it with quite a few people outside work, both to improve performance and deal with heavy emotions. I’d love to quit the day job but I haven’t got the balls yet
I do take diet seriously too-I’m the kind of bloke where one look at a Chinese and I put on half a stone and go on a food binge for 3 days solid- I eat zero sugar, zero processed- if it wasn’t once growing out the ground or walking around/ swimming then I don’t go near it. No sugar makes a huge, huge difference. Fat isn’t the enemy, fat is good for you- sugar is the enemy. Calorie counting is pointless, it’s the quality of what you eat that matters.
I love reading these posts- I can be a right prick on about riots & stuff and I’m well aware of that- but this is real, looking after your body can quite literally save your life- keep it coming and good luck with whatever you’re doing to stay in shape
Anyway the one thing that kept me hanging in there was fitness. I went from about 18 stone down to 13 in 6 months flat and ended up running half marathons about once per fortnight, obsessing over the gym & the pool and using it as a crutch mentally & emotionally. I was never and am not ‘muscly’, just fit.
Then I realised that it wasn’t the exercise itself that was working for me, it was the breathing, the endorphins, the CO2 tolerance bringing real euphoria, and after researching it all I became a certified breathwork instructor (Wim Hof and all that, but also specialising in emotional wellbeing, somatic therapies etc), and I do it with quite a few people outside work, both to improve performance and deal with heavy emotions. I’d love to quit the day job but I haven’t got the balls yet
I do take diet seriously too-I’m the kind of bloke where one look at a Chinese and I put on half a stone and go on a food binge for 3 days solid- I eat zero sugar, zero processed- if it wasn’t once growing out the ground or walking around/ swimming then I don’t go near it. No sugar makes a huge, huge difference. Fat isn’t the enemy, fat is good for you- sugar is the enemy. Calorie counting is pointless, it’s the quality of what you eat that matters.
I love reading these posts- I can be a right prick on about riots & stuff and I’m well aware of that- but this is real, looking after your body can quite literally save your life- keep it coming and good luck with whatever you’re doing to stay in shape
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