Author Topic: Weight Loss Discussion Thread  (Read 1252526 times)

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1000 on: 31 March, 2010, 03:41:13 pm »
Aye. I only need 13cm ::)
But MV said (and it's comforting to believe him) that BMI is most inaccurate for middle aged lady cyclists, and that's me. Still wish I was a whippet though

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1001 on: 31 March, 2010, 03:44:08 pm »
To get my BMI to be 25 I need to put on 8kg

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1002 on: 31 March, 2010, 04:32:48 pm »
It's happened, I know that I should of stayed away from this thread, i've read around all things related to it on the forum and now I feel fat and depressed next to race whippets I normally see on bikes. Bugger  :-[
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1003 on: 31 March, 2010, 04:39:01 pm »
Given your performance on the Dean, I think you have little to worry about :)

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1004 on: 31 March, 2010, 04:58:00 pm »
Given your performance on the Dean, I think you have little to worry about :)

Yes I know but, but, but  :'(
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1005 on: 31 March, 2010, 06:21:45 pm »
I think I might trade a couple of kg for the instant ability to ride that in 12 hours :)

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1006 on: 31 March, 2010, 06:25:57 pm »
Heck, I'd trade 5 inches!

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1007 on: 31 March, 2010, 06:27:36 pm »
Heck, I'd trade 5 inches!

and I know that's a promise you don't make to just anyone.

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1008 on: 31 March, 2010, 06:28:57 pm »
Heck, I'd trade 5 inches!

and I know that's a promise you don't make to just anyone.

LOL! I was furiously tapping a response too (involving Regulator) - but Manotea had swiftly edited the original wording...  ;D

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1009 on: 31 March, 2010, 06:30:10 pm »
but Manotea had swiftly edited the original wording...  ;D


Indeed.  I wasn't quite fast enough to reply whilst it still said

"Heck, he could have my 5 inches"

 ;D

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1010 on: 04 April, 2010, 01:25:43 pm »
Today's weight: 68.3kg.  Hangover may have caused some dehydration though.  I didn't manage to eat/drink enough yesterday to make up for the calories burned on my info hunt.

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1011 on: 04 April, 2010, 11:14:41 pm »
Well, I'm not going to make my target of 82kg by the start of the TT season (Tuesday).  >:(

It's my own stupid fault for trying to leave it to the last minute to drop the last few kilos.

I was down to 84.5kg last weekend, but  dropping 3 kg in 5 days, gave me jelly legs when I tried mtb'ing. Since then I've piled the weight back on as I just felt the need to eat to restore stamina.

I could have made my target, and knowing that makes me more depressed and then I'm eating more.  >:(

I need to put a decent time in on Tuesday night's time trial, now to give me the drive to get the weight down and improve on last years times.
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1012 on: 04 April, 2010, 11:35:56 pm »
There's no rush. Nice and slow.

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1013 on: 07 April, 2010, 03:53:10 pm »
Lost 200g.

If weigh in day were yesterday, I'd have lost 1kg.  And I didn't eat a great deal in between ???

I'll get there.

Eventually.
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1014 on: 07 April, 2010, 04:40:44 pm »
I had a wonderful Easter in Brugge and watching the Tour of Flanders and have not had the courage to get on the scales yet as the Belgium food was just amazing :) or should it be :(

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1015 on: 07 April, 2010, 06:56:23 pm »
the Belgium food was just amazing :) or should it be :(
It does tend to be a bit calorific, doesn't it!

As for me, I'm still as heavy as my heaviest last year.  Don't think MrsC and I are taking this quite seriously enough

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1016 on: 07 April, 2010, 07:12:22 pm »
I'm not going to get a chance to weigh in till Friday, which might give the Easter chocolate time to dissipate :-[. I've been at work since yesterday morning and the scales here seem to be in need of either batteries or surgery, not sure which. ::-)
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1017 on: 07 April, 2010, 09:03:18 pm »
I'm currently giving the calorie deficit/diary a rest as I'm between tough audaxes (Easter Arrow last week, Dorset Coast 200 this week) and didn't think it wise to go into either of these events on a deficit. After the weekend, I'll be back on programme.

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1018 on: 07 April, 2010, 09:25:29 pm »
I lost more than I wanted last week after being ill at the end of the 300 perm I did.  Since then I've been stuffing my face, and despite riding the Arrow I have (as I planned) lost no weight at all :)

Interestingly, I did my lumpy Knighton perm again today (4km of climbing) and knocked 1.5 hours off the usual time.  That's the effect of being (over)fed...

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1019 on: 08 April, 2010, 06:27:19 am »
Sweet Jesus, biscuits are evil. :o

Time for another lettuce-and-long-way-round day.
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1020 on: 08 April, 2010, 12:49:45 pm »
After gaining a kilo in march instead of loosing half a kilo I now need to catch up with the schedule for being at 78kg for the Mille in July
Just to recap, the Mille is 13,500 metres of climbing so every kilo counts

The numbers say I need to loose 800g by next wednesday, which is unlikely.   I do need to push it in the right direction however.

So yesterday for lunch I had a tin of tuna+ricecakes+yoghurt and today I've had miso soup+ricecakes+yoghurt
As I did a "training" style ride in this morning I also had 40g of maltodextrine when I got to work.

Good job I like tuna and miso soup  ;D

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1021 on: 08 April, 2010, 12:57:36 pm »
After gaining a kilo in march instead of loosing half a kilo I now need to catch up with the schedule for being at 78kg for the Mille in July
Just to recap, the Mille is 13,500 metres of climbing so every kilo counts

Gravitational Potential Energy = g*m*h
g = Acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 ms-2
m = mass in kg
h = height in m

1 kg * 9.81 ms-2 * 13,500 = 132,300 Joules

So that's about 15 minutes at usual Audax pootling pace (160W power input) for each kilo of weight.
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1022 on: 08 April, 2010, 01:16:04 pm »
After gaining a kilo in march instead of loosing half a kilo I now need to catch up with the schedule for being at 78kg for the Mille in July
Just to recap, the Mille is 13,500 metres of climbing so every kilo counts

Gravitational Potential Energy = g*m*h
g = Acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 ms-2
m = mass in kg
h = height in m

1 kg * 9.81 ms-2 * 13,500 = 132,300 Joules

So that's about 15 minutes at usual Audax pootling pace (160W power input) for each kilo of weight.

To look at it another way, to maintain audax minimum pace (13.333kph) and using the 160W figure

At 81kg you be good on a 3.7% slope
At 78kg you'd be good on 3.85% slope


Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1023 on: 09 April, 2010, 02:02:07 pm »
Weigh in 2 days late = only gained 600grams over Easter, which wasn't as bad as it could have been.
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #1024 on: 09 April, 2010, 02:42:55 pm »
After gaining a kilo in march instead of loosing half a kilo I now need to catch up with the schedule for being at 78kg for the Mille in July
Just to recap, the Mille is 13,500 metres of climbing so every kilo counts

Gravitational Potential Energy = g*m*h
g = Acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 ms-2
m = mass in kg
h = height in m

1 kg * 9.81 ms-2 * 13,500 = 132,300 Joules

So that's about 15 minutes at usual Audax pootling pace (160W power input) for each kilo of weight.

Try it on here

http://analyticcycling.com/ForcesLessWeight_Page.html

This Much Less Weight    3     kg
Over This Distance    250000    meters
On Hill of Slope    0.054    Decimal
Faster by    2595.70    s
Ahead by    7316.70    m
Frontal Area    0.5    m^2
Coefficient Wind Drag    0.5    Dimensionless
Air Density    1.226    kg/m^3
Weight Rider & Bike    96    kg
Rolling Coefficient    0.005    Dimensionless
Power    160    watts

I assume that the actual climbing on the 1,000km will be 250km of "up"

To get 13,500 metres height gain requires a slope of 5.4%

2595 seconds is 43 minutes 15 seconds is just the time gained on the climbs over the imaginary 250km

I honestly thought it would be more than that!