Weight Loss Discussion Thread

[L CC]

Self control isn't something we should be relying on to lose weight. It's like the first 3 days of giving up smoking, every day.
Managing your (my) carbohydrate intake, and therefore insulin response, does seem to make "making the right food choices" easier. But I haven't lost weight despite a theoretical calorie deficit so I can't, really, recommend it.
I suspect I have, as the yanks say, "damaged my metabolism" by decades of poor diet, as well as taking drugs that make it harder to shed fat.
At the end of the day, there's more to who we are than how big we are.

[Wowbagger]

I have sort of introduced a "no beer, cheese and cake when at home" rule for this month. I think the beer bit will be broken this evening when My Pal Jon comes round.

So far the rule doesn't seem not to be working in that I was exactly the same weight this morning as I was last Wednesday. The last few days, with some rather warmer weather, have also seen a return to sensible levels of cycling. I managed over 30 lovely miles yesterday without actually doing very much - just pottering around Southend.

[citoyen]

I have sort of introduced a "no beer, cheese and cake when at home" rule for this month. I think the beer bit will be broken this evening when My Pal Jon comes round.

I've tried to enforce a "no solitary drinking" rule - drinking at home is fine, as long as it's in company.

d.

[crowriver]

Down another half a kilo this week, steady today and yesterday. Which is a nice surprise, because I skipped a fasting day yesterday so I'd have enough fuel for a training ride. Onwards and downwards for me: might hit my target weight (for September) by the end of this month...

[hellymedic]

I guess the fact that back in november(ish) I had to invest in an almost entirely new wardrobe of clothes (particularly trousers) as I'd lost 4 inches off the waist size is a good indicator

Are your shirts less tight round the collar too? That's another good indicator of fat loss.

d.

A tape measure is cheap and reliable.
Measure neck, waist, bum, thighs.
Record, observe, discuss.
Thighs should hopefully be mostly muscle; see what you can pinch.

[geraldc]

As a company perk we get free gym membership, so I'm going to gym and have given myself the goal of getting to 20 consecutive chin ups (currently something pathetic like 7), so I'm now not fasting, eating "normally again", and will be back on the fasting when my strength is up at the levels I'd like to maintain. Gym is only 5 mins from the office and another one 10 mins from home, so can go daily. It will be interesting to see how this affects my weight.

[caerau]

I guess the fact that back in november(ish) I had to invest in an almost entirely new wardrobe of clothes (particularly trousers) as I'd lost 4 inches off the waist size is a good indicator

Are your shirts less tight round the collar too? That's another good indicator of fat loss.

d.

I'm too much of a scruff to wear shirts with the collar done up 

(Interesting thought though - I do have a huge bull-neck - almost outsize)

[itsbruce]

Bad News: Roughly the same weight I was at the end of January 

Better News: BF% down from 20-22% at the end of Jan to 16-18% today 

Weight is such a rubbish metric. Yesterday it was 80.0, today more than a kilo more. WTF?

Your weight varies by a kilo or more every day, as you eat and excrete. That doesn't make it a poor measurement. Those other 80 kilos are quite meaningful.

[hellymedic]

Bad News: Roughly the same weight I was at the end of January 

Better News: BF% down from 20-22% at the end of Jan to 16-18% today 

Weight is such a rubbish metric. Yesterday it was 80.0, today more than a kilo more. WTF?

Your weight varies by a kilo or more every day, as you eat and excrete. That doesn't make it a poor measurement. Those other 80 kilos are quite meaningful.

Quite. 'A pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter'. You also drink and pee. Your bladder, stomach and other places of temporary storage won't always be empty when you weigh yourself.

[loadsabikes]

As a company perk we get free gym membership, so I'm going to gym and have given myself the goal of getting to 20 consecutive chin ups (currently something pathetic like 7), so I'm now not fasting, eating "normally again", and will be back on the fasting when my strength is up at the levels I'd like to maintain. Gym is only 5 mins from the office and another one 10 mins from home, so can go daily. It will be interesting to see how this affects my weight.

Why stop fasting? The whole point of fasting is to encourage your system to burn fat.
It won't have much effect on gaining strength, that's about training and repetition.
You will definitely find you can do more chins if you are lighter.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

My lovely black moleskin trousers (which annoyingly don't have belt loops) are falling off me, all my knickers feel less tight and one of our homecare organisers commented yesterday that I was looking thinner. I am going to have to buy new trousers soon - I am having to hoik my jeans right up into ankleflappers and belt them really tightly to keep them up.

Or not. I just spent 45 minutes raking through the wardrobe and found jeans and several pairs of trousers I've been unable to wear for a couple of years which now fit - in fact some are slightly loose. And I am embarrassed by the number of pairs of black trousers I own. *considers opening small shop selling nothing but black trousers* I do need to buy new tops though; several of my work tops are getting holey.

[DrMekon]

My weight has gone a bit out of control this last week or three. I am 73kg today so I'm 5kg heavier than 6 months ago. My milage is way up but I think my calorie consumption is up too. I will have to start refusing seconds of rhubarb crumble.

I'm 73 at the mo'. Want to be back at 68 for LEL. I have to stop using the change in terrain as an excuse to have double breakfast and mid morning cake. I may have to get back on MFP, as having to log everyfuckingthing that passes ones lips kinda spoils it.

I have to say, I think my fancy beans, grinder and aeropress habit isn't helping. Delicious cake goes so well with delicious coffee. Back on the water for a bit, I think.

[itsbruce]

Am under 70kg at the moment but am about to fly to Istanbul for several days.  Love Turkish food.

[simonp]

68kg isn’t necessary for LEL. But, it will help.

I’ve stopped the rot. I’m considering calorie counting to start slowly losing weight.

[Chris S]

Well. I can't remember the last time I was under 80Kg, but it was at least 11 years ago when I quit smoking, took up M&Ms and inflated like a balloon.

 

[L CC]

That's nice dear.
Now why the Fuck isn't it working for me?

[caerau]

Hmm, the uncontrolled eating post my last audax is coming home to roost.  Set back by more than a month :-(

Time to start controlling the diet properly - it seems the cycling is no longer having the effect it once did.

[Pippa]

My weight has stayed fairly constant for the last 2 months. That's not bad going considering I haven't really been trying to lose weight. Well, I'd like to lose weight but I've not been making much any effort to watch what I eat. Still, I guess that is a good result as at least I'm not overeating. Now I need to start under eating again. Properly this time. And get back to trying to go for a run at least twice a week.

[clarion]

Although I'm freshly back on the bike, I haven't ridden far or hard, and I've had a very indulgent week of food.  So I'm up again, but a modest 200g again. 

Now I'm getting back to health, I am planning to start recording food on MFP again, which should help.

[hulver]

Another loss this week. Which is good, as I was getting a bit down at the scales not moving.

Amazingly, I broke my no-carb rule and had a piece of cake while I was out one day with limited options. (Plus, I was missing cake). My breath was bad the day after, but it did seem to kick start weight loss again. Or, it was co-incidence. I'm leaning towards co-incidence, but I'm willing to experiment again 

The good news is that my waist size is still shrinking.

[crowriver]

Down another 0.3kg, which is not much.

However I skipped a fast day last week, then carbo-loaded the night before a 200k which I DNF'd after just a few kilometres (whiteout blizzards, I wasn't the only one who packed there and then).

So not bad considering. Back on to the full fasting regime this week. Target weight here I come!

[essexian]

Sigh.... reporting back in after putting on nearly a stone since Christmas. The lack of bike based exercise (less than 100miles this year so far!) and my overeating is killing me.... literally. I can feel my diabetes coming back into my feet and fingers and I am drinking/weeing much more than I was.

So, started trying again on Saturday and a kilo has gone so far. Its a start but I need to get out on my bike and do some miles: swimming is good but my heart rate doesn't get above 60% of my maximum heart rate when doing so.

As for overeating... I am cutting down on fat and trying to eat more fruit and veg.... and no, chips do not count as being one of your five a day Ian!!!!

[hellymedic]

I have not been weighed.
I am still eating sensibly.
I have lost only 1.5kg since New Year but that is still on target for 6kg loss for the year.
I have lost 9kg since the start of 2012 and will keep going...

[simonp]

I have not been weighed.
I am still eating sensibly.
I have lost only 1.5kg since New Year but that is still on target for 6kg loss for the year.
I have lost 9kg since the start of 2012 and will keep going...

That's a nice steady weight loss rate.

I'm 73.0kg this morning. Roughly, static. I've been lazy the last couple of days and not cycled to work, been too tired. Manana.

[hellymedic]

I have a Very Fat Weekend eatathon coming up...