Author Topic: Weight Loss Discussion Thread  (Read 1252656 times)

LEE

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #400 on: 21 January, 2009, 02:16:30 pm »
I'm aiming to lose 27 kg by december to get down :o to 100kg. That's a lb a week, or 500 calories shortfall a day.

Note to self. Get back on the bike, and stop eating pies  :thumbsup:

1Lb a week is perfectly sensible on both the healthy weightloss AND achievability fronts.

It's what I use (every year unfortunately).

It really doesn't need much of a lifestyle change to achieve.  Cutting out the snacks and a bit of riding does it for me. 

Occasionally, usually a few days after an Audax, I loose a couple more pounds.  I treat this as a bonus.

Chris S

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #401 on: 21 January, 2009, 02:33:57 pm »
1Lb a week is perfectly sensible on both the healthy weightloss AND achievability fronts.

It's what I use (every year unfortunately).

But it is quite hard to keep up, week in week out - possibly explaining why you have to use it every year ;).

I'm trying a much stricter regime this time around to get to a target weight, and will then revert to a more sustainable WoL in an attempt to maintain that new weight.

annie

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #402 on: 21 January, 2009, 02:44:21 pm »
I quite agree with ChrisS.  My weight  is normally stable at around 8stone, it rarely goes up more than a 1lb or so over a month or two.  I just over indulged last year and need to do a little bit of spring cleaning.

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #403 on: 22 January, 2009, 01:06:26 am »
1½lbs off this week.
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #404 on: 24 January, 2009, 06:22:30 pm »
Its official!!  I am now a Phat B'tard.  Got to get out more!  100kg :sick:

Chris S

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #405 on: 27 January, 2009, 09:39:32 pm »
Bah! I'm hungry  >:(

I've had my calorie allowance for today - but I'm still Rumbly in my Tumbly... :(

* fantasises about a big bowl of cereal, or Ambrosia, or some Toast & Honey *

Must.... resist....

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #406 on: 28 January, 2009, 06:09:01 am »
A couple of weeks away have had a bad influence on me up another 2kg  :-[ :-[ :-[

But at last I am on the way down just further to go.

Geoff
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #407 on: 28 January, 2009, 09:07:39 am »
Well, I've stopped the increase (and got back down from a peak which was higher mid-week).

Hopefully, being back on the bike will make some sort of difference.

Oh - and pleeeeeeeease can the record thread be a sticky?

EDIT:  Crikey that was fast!  Thank you :thumbsup:
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #408 on: 28 January, 2009, 09:55:34 am »
Oh - and pleeeeeeeease can the record thread be a sticky?

EDIT:  Crikey that was fast!  Thank you :thumbsup:

Hold on - it's not sticky - all I did was resubmit my entry which bounces the thread to the top of the list. Sticky is something else - but this method is used elsewhere on the Forum - such as the RRTY Log on the Audax board.

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #409 on: 28 January, 2009, 10:50:45 am »
Oh.  Resubmitting your entry?  I don't understand.  Is that different from modifying the post?  If we all know, then we can keep bumping it.
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #410 on: 28 January, 2009, 10:57:56 am »
I just bookmarked it.

Up a little this week, hopefully due to new muscle rather than extra lard (I can't really see it being the latter with my carefull controlled diet).
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #411 on: 28 January, 2009, 11:25:13 am »
I've been off fatfighters (i.e. Weightwatchers) for 6 months now and was at my parents house last week, I got on the scales for the first time in months and was shocked to discover that I have maintained the same weight! For most of my life I have struggled with my weight, and was inclined to believe that I would follow my Mum in doing lots of diets and yo-yo dieting. I don't think I have cracked it but I do believe that this regular cycling malarkey (plus portion control), especially cycling continuously through the year is an incredible help at keeping the weight down.

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #412 on: 28 January, 2009, 11:26:00 am »
Congratulations! :)
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #413 on: 28 January, 2009, 11:36:38 am »
I've been off fatfighters (i.e. Weightwatchers) for 6 months now and was at my parents house last week, I got on the scales for the first time in months and was shocked to discover that I have maintained the same weight! For most of my life I have struggled with my weight, and was inclined to believe that I would follow my Mum in doing lots of diets and yo-yo dieting. I don't think I have cracked it but I do believe that this regular cycling malarkey (plus portion control), especially cycling continuously through the year is an incredible help at keeping the weight down.

Well done you, and I fully agree!
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #414 on: 28 January, 2009, 11:38:15 am »
Congratulations! :)

Cheers Clarion! I am officially obese according to my BMI but I feel fit and healthy and if I can keep my weight around the same level then its a lot better for me than constantly dieting.

clarion

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #415 on: 28 January, 2009, 11:40:15 am »
Much better.  Yoyoing is a disaster.   Stability on a lower level is the thing, especially if you are happy :)
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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #416 on: 28 January, 2009, 11:44:52 am »
Thats what I've come to believe too. TBH I could lose another stone, but I don't really think my body could sustain it. Maintenance is a fight though isn't it?

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #417 on: 28 January, 2009, 12:01:37 pm »
Another two pounds off.  I'm starting to think that my target of 12 stone might be within reach, but it is getting harder.  Funnily enough I was finding it easier to lose weight when I wasn't making an effort to train every day- I didn't feel hungry nearly so often.

simonp

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #418 on: 28 January, 2009, 10:49:14 pm »
4lbs off this week.  :thumbsup:

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #419 on: 28 January, 2009, 10:53:00 pm »
I seem to have stalled.

I have a feeling that our scales skip 13:12, and don't change until I reach 13:11. I've had this problem before at about this weight.

(I hit 13:11 just over a week ago, then jumped back to 13:13. 13:12 never happened, either up or down.)

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #420 on: 29 January, 2009, 07:20:45 am »
I have somehow managed to put on 3 lbs this week....  >:(
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I completely agree with Reg.

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #421 on: 29 January, 2009, 07:43:40 am »
I have somehow managed to put on 3 lbs this week....  >:(

Bad luck old Bean, I hate it when that happens. 

Ever since I embarked on this weight loss lark it has never ceased to amaze me how abitrary it can be.  Some weeks I have gained even though I've done nothing overtly wrong, other times when I know I have strayed from the path of righteousness I've lost.  Weird.

Chris S

Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #422 on: 29 January, 2009, 07:52:37 am »
Although I'm guilty of scales watching too, weight is actually a rather poor measure of progress.

Most people's weight bounces around all over the place, and only exhibits a trend over a long span of time - say, 6 months. My weight can fluctuate a lot, for various reasons - some of them quite subtle. For example, I'll often be quite dehydrated after an Audax. This is not because I've not drunk enough during the event - but because my Glycogen level is low, and each 1g of Glycogen is bound to about 4g of water in the muscles. This can lead to a lower weight reading.

Another one is gut transit. If I reduce what I eat as part of a weight loss drive, then my gut transit slows a lot, and I can end up carrying rather a lot of... erm... "extra" around. This is despite eating a lot of fibre, and drinking water 'til I pee like a horse. It's just the way I am.

So - my Message of the Day - we need to try not to obsess about a few pounds/Kgs here or there.

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #423 on: 29 January, 2009, 07:55:38 am »
I think it may be because I've been back on the bike quite a bit this week.  I find I tend to gain weight for the first week or so after being back on the bike and then I begin to lose it quite steadily after that if I keep using the bike.
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I completely agree with Reg.

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clarion

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Re: Weight Loss Discussion Thread
« Reply #424 on: 29 January, 2009, 10:06:16 am »
Don't lose heart; it's not much.
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