Nothing beats gastric surgery mate. I was twenty-three stone on the 1st of July 2023. I went on a high protein diet and booked gastric sleeve surgery for mid September. It's now 24th April and I'm 15 and a half stone. I stopped smoking during lockdown and put on two and a half stone taking me from 20.5 to 23 stone. Spending that 4 grand in Turkey was the best thing I ever did. I even treated myself to a 1998 Fireblade as a well-done gift now that I can reach the bars.
That's great, glad that worked out and you managed to lose the weight with with the help of gastric surgery. Getting a bike out of it aint too bad either. 😊 Cheers for the comments 👍 - Finn
I liked the end of the video about speed. As a motorbike rider in my late 50's, seeing these youngsters taking corners at 100+ MPH is not fun to watch. Seeing you riding safely and getting things off your chest is the way to go for me. Love your content, and as they say, would you gamble and try to get to your destination 15mins earlier, or get there in one piece, i'd choose the latter for sure. Stay safe out there young man!
Thanks a lot for the comment, it's really good to know that - I think a lot of people certainly ride above their skill level for attention, or just a lack of awareness of mortality 😅 Thanks again and ride safe!
just subbed, in a similar position. just bought an fz6 today! i hope learning on it going from a dirtbike will do me well, im 200lbs but dont know the conversion to stone
Dude, Potatoes AREN'T the way to go. Grilled Chicken and Eggs are absolutely the most satiating foods. You haven't lost enough weight yet to know what works.
What works will be different for different people. Potatoes are at the top of the satiating food index, look it up. I'm saying to have them instead of pasta and rice, not instead of eggs and chicken. Of course they are great and very satiating too. From the age of 13-19 I was a gym lad, but fell of the horse hard, got the knowledge, just getting back to it now.
@@parallelfinn The point is to be satiated by something with maximum nutrition. Taters ain't it. You'll be hungry soon after and before you know it, you'll be down the chippy. Get your body off the carbs completely for a while. Maybe a bit of sweet potato, but certainly lay off the starchy taters. Trust me on this. It's how the body manages on tiny portions post-surgery. Meat, fish and eggs are the means to lose weight while maintaining nutrition. Not Taters. Try grilled chicken, poached egg, sweet potato and spinach leaves. I virtually lived on that for two months prior to surgery and the weight fell off. I knew I'd fall into bad habits without the surgery though, before you ask.
You’re right mate. I need to lose some weight too. It’s my job that causes it. Spend most of my day in my office on a pc. I’ve been sticking to 1500 calories and have lost 1 stone so far.
Its tough because often office work is still mentally tiring so still come home tired despite the fact we've been sitting all day. 1 stone is no joke, nice one! Hope to reach that in the next few weeks hopefully. Cheers!
@@parallelfinn just stick with it mate. Oh and video quality looks brilliant mate. I’m not a fast rider either I tend to just chill out when out in the bike.
Its a constant challenge here too. Look into internittent fasting. There are lots of ways to do it but i follow(ed) 8/16. Try to have all your meals within an 8 hour period then go without food for 16 hours. This stops you snacking at night. The easeist way to do it with a normal routine is to skip breakfast (which prevents the roll and sausage going to work) and take an early lunch and normal dinner. I lost 2 stone in six months, and kept it off for about a year. Sadly fell of the wagon due to a period of ill health but back at it now again.
Thanks for the comment! Intermittent fasting is something I failed to mention in this video actually. I skip breakfast mostly out of convenience as I slog my way out of bed to go to work 😁 but also because i find I don't need good until lunch, allows for 2 larger meals too for sure. Sorry to hear about the proverbial falling off the wagon, 2 stone is a big difference for sure and I look forward to the day i can get there too. Sound like you've got good knowledge for a strong start getting back on the horse! Thanks again!
I'm def in need to loose 2 stone, it's affecting preload on my bike 🤣🤣🤣, I'd say to you go to a track day session trainning, you learn a lot about cornering, all bikes are different they way they handle, and being fit will help, I've got my FZ6 up for sale and really debating to keep it, I'm lucky I have a couple of bikes, ride safe ride to a speed your happy with👍👍👍
It definetly does affect suspension 🤣 yeah the fz6 handling is very different to my old cbr500rz definetly taking a bit of getting used to, going on a track day this year so will defineyly be valuable learning (and fun) time! Cheers!
Cutting down or cutting out the booze will help massively. Beer especially is just empty, useless calories. Alcohol actually contains as many calories as fat does.
You should always be biting the inside of your cheek a bit while speaking in a properly fitted helmet. Slightly related: my last video was on the workouts I do to gear up for cross country motorcycle touring.
Ride like a commuter did you say?. I just made a video about that. I did get a little stick for my riding saying I ride too fast :) You ride how you like mate.
@@parallelfinn I run group classes so it makes it way easier to stay motivated and the best bunch of people too so it's always good fun saves having to be self motivated all you gotta do is show up
Nothing beats gastric surgery mate. I was twenty-three stone on the 1st of July 2023. I went on a high protein diet and booked gastric sleeve surgery for mid September. It's now 24th April and I'm 15 and a half stone.
I stopped smoking during lockdown and put on two and a half stone taking me from 20.5 to 23 stone.
Spending that 4 grand in Turkey was the best thing I ever did. I even treated myself to a 1998 Fireblade as a well-done gift now that I can reach the bars.
That's great, glad that worked out and you managed to lose the weight with with the help of gastric surgery. Getting a bike out of it aint too bad either. 😊 Cheers for the comments 👍
- Finn
I liked the end of the video about speed. As a motorbike rider in my late 50's, seeing these youngsters taking corners at 100+ MPH is not fun to watch. Seeing you riding safely and getting things off your chest is the way to go for me. Love your content, and as they say, would you gamble and try to get to your destination 15mins earlier, or get there in one piece, i'd choose the latter for sure. Stay safe out there young man!
Thanks a lot for the comment, it's really good to know that - I think a lot of people certainly ride above their skill level for attention, or just a lack of awareness of mortality 😅 Thanks again and ride safe!
just subbed, in a similar position. just bought an fz6 today! i hope learning on it going from a dirtbike will do me well, im 200lbs but dont know the conversion to stone
Dude, Potatoes AREN'T the way to go. Grilled Chicken and Eggs are absolutely the most satiating foods. You haven't lost enough weight yet to know what works.
What works will be different for different people. Potatoes are at the top of the satiating food index, look it up. I'm saying to have them instead of pasta and rice, not instead of eggs and chicken. Of course they are great and very satiating too. From the age of 13-19 I was a gym lad, but fell of the horse hard, got the knowledge, just getting back to it now.
@@parallelfinn The point is to be satiated by something with maximum nutrition. Taters ain't it. You'll be hungry soon after and before you know it, you'll be down the chippy. Get your body off the carbs completely for a while. Maybe a bit of sweet potato, but certainly lay off the starchy taters.
Trust me on this. It's how the body manages on tiny portions post-surgery. Meat, fish and eggs are the means to lose weight while maintaining nutrition. Not Taters.
Try grilled chicken, poached egg, sweet potato and spinach leaves. I virtually lived on that for two months prior to surgery and the weight fell off. I knew I'd fall into bad habits without the surgery though, before you ask.
You’re right mate. I need to lose some weight too. It’s my job that causes it. Spend most of my day in my office on a pc. I’ve been sticking to 1500 calories and have lost 1 stone so far.
Its tough because often office work is still mentally tiring so still come home tired despite the fact we've been sitting all day. 1 stone is no joke, nice one! Hope to reach that in the next few weeks hopefully. Cheers!
@@parallelfinn just stick with it mate. Oh and video quality looks brilliant mate. I’m not a fast rider either I tend to just chill out when out in the bike.
Its a constant challenge here too. Look into internittent fasting. There are lots of ways to do it but i follow(ed) 8/16.
Try to have all your meals within an 8 hour period then go without food for 16 hours. This stops you snacking at night.
The easeist way to do it with a normal routine is to skip breakfast (which prevents the roll and sausage going to work) and take an early lunch and normal dinner.
I lost 2 stone in six months, and kept it off for about a year. Sadly fell of the wagon due to a period of ill health but back at it now again.
Thanks for the comment! Intermittent fasting is something I failed to mention in this video actually. I skip breakfast mostly out of convenience as I slog my way out of bed to go to work 😁 but also because i find I don't need good until lunch, allows for 2 larger meals too for sure.
Sorry to hear about the proverbial falling off the wagon, 2 stone is a big difference for sure and I look forward to the day i can get there too. Sound like you've got good knowledge for a strong start getting back on the horse!
Thanks again!
hearing you say just eat potatoes as an Irishman made me chuckleXD
I'm def in need to loose 2 stone, it's affecting preload on my bike 🤣🤣🤣, I'd say to you go to a track day session trainning, you learn a lot about cornering, all bikes are different they way they handle, and being fit will help, I've got my FZ6 up for sale and really debating to keep it, I'm lucky I have a couple of bikes, ride safe ride to a speed your happy with👍👍👍
It definetly does affect suspension 🤣 yeah the fz6 handling is very different to my old cbr500rz definetly taking a bit of getting used to, going on a track day this year so will defineyly be valuable learning (and fun) time! Cheers!
Cutting down or cutting out the booze will help massively. Beer especially is just empty, useless calories. Alcohol actually contains as many calories as fat does.
100% funnily enough I'm intolerant to both beer and wine so all I drink is whisky or vodka 😆 which are both still downfalls for sure.
You should always be biting the inside of your cheek a bit while speaking in a properly fitted helmet.
Slightly related: my last video was on the workouts I do to gear up for cross country motorcycle touring.
Ride like a commuter did you say?.
I just made a video about that. I did get a little stick for my riding saying I ride too fast :)
You ride how you like mate.
I'll have a look! Thanks
24 stone to 14.5 stone, hardly any exercise. Full keto diet for 1 year straight. Easy peasy, intermittent fasting too.
That's a huge loss, nice one. Diet is 90% for sure, can't outtrain a bad diet.
I own a gym in fochabers come along to a class first ones free . Fire me a message
Yeah I've been popping along to the pure gym mostly as its just around the corner, but I may have to take you up on that, cheers Chris!
@@parallelfinn I run group classes so it makes it way easier to stay motivated and the best bunch of people too so it's always good fun saves having to be self motivated all you gotta do is show up
Just use AI for upscale ;)