Weight Loss Discussion Thread

[simonp]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25118857

Even if you are metabolically healthy being obese carries long term risks.

[Ningishzidda]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25118857

Even if you are metabolically healthy being obese carries long term risks.

We need numbers, not hearsay.

[simonp]

47.

That’s numberwang!

[Ham]

Anyone seen the new Paul McKenna book ?

I got on very well with his "I can make you thin", stayed lowish for a couple of years, last year took a wrong turn after I came back from Catalonia and instead of staying in the 88-93 band I bounced back over to 100Kg, going back again now. Just wish I didn't enjoy food and wine so much..... Wondered if anyone had a view of it. (tbh, I'm probably going to click on the buy button anyhow, just annoyed it isn't on Kindle)

Not sure from the blurb it speaks to me, but £6 has to be worth a punt.

ETA

· Do you wish you ate less? WISH isn't the word I'd use, tbh
· Do you eat to control your feelings? not really
· Do you ever feel frustrated and hopeless about your weight? Again not the description I'd use
· Do you wish that you felt differently about food, about yourself, and about life? yes, yes and no, no

[TimC]

I'm not a high performance athlete... Getting my 10 mile time down from a long 21 to a short 21 or better...

Yeah, OK, so you're no Tony Martin, that much is clear.

Jeez, Lady C! How many women (or men, FWIW) are capable of a 21 minute 10 mile? I'd say that makes you a Serious Athlete!

[citoyen]

We need numbers, not hearsay.

Aye, I'm instantly wary of any report that opens with "research suggests" or "a study has found".

Especially if it's on the BBC website (which usually means it's been inaccurately copied from somewhere else).

[Lady Cavendish]

Well, at least I'm consistent. Weight has been identical all week, same again this morning.....

[caerau]

47.

That’s numberwang!

PoTD 


(not necessarily for anything other than it put a big fat smile on my face, if I'm allowed to have a _fat smile in this thread )

[L CC]

We need numbers, not hearsay.

Aye, I'm instantly wary of any report that opens with "research suggests" or "a study has found".

Especially if it's on the BBC website (which usually means it's been inaccurately copied from somewhere else).

Correlation is not causation.

I’m not saying correlation equals causation. I’m just saying maybe we should think about switching to Google Plus.

Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-it-time-to-retire-the-low-carb-diet-fad/#ixzz2pzGvavZf

[citoyen]

As good a reason to give up Facebook as any though.

[crowriver]

fboab, that is so funny I'm going to steal it and post on.....you know where.

[Dibdib]

Dropped 3kg since Christmas. Fitbit sez:



Just another 23kg to go... 

[mcshroom]

Dropped 3kg since Christmas. Fitbit sez:



Just another 23kg to go... 

Starting to get close to double figures though

[Glover Fan]

Weekly weigh in 10st 8.2lbs. 1.8lbs lost this week.

8.2lbs to go.

Nearly all the Christmas food is gone now thankfully.

[hellymedic]

I seem to have gained half a kilo.
This is not very good.

[Greenbank]

Ah, back to courting my friend "hunger".

[crowriver]

Fell off the wagon big time this week as far as the fasting goes. Big dose of CBA. As a result, added 1.7 kg to my weight. 

Must. Be. More. Disciplined.

[Ningishzidda]

We need numbers, not hearsay.

Aye, I'm instantly wary of any report that opens with "research suggests" or "a study has found".

Especially if it's on the BBC website (which usually means it's been inaccurately copied from somewhere else).

Correlation is not causation.

I’m not saying correlation equals causation. I’m just saying maybe we should think about switching to Google Plus.

Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-it-time-to-retire-the-low-carb-diet-fad/#ixzz2pzGvavZf

He was on the telly this morning. Seems he doesn't know how to make an omelette.

[geraldc]

I'm up from yesterday, but down for the week.

I've decided a key food on my non fasting days is avocado, I need to create a pipeline, that delivers me ripe avocados every other day.

[rafletcher]

I'm up from yesterday, but down for the week.

I've decided a key food on my non fasting days is avocado, I need to create a pipeline, that delivers me ripe avocados every other day.

Last wednesday I went shopping, as is usual. When I got home I removed the weekly shop from the boot, only to find 2 stray avocados - that had been there since Dec 23rd. They were perfect! I've yet to decide if this will be my default ripening procedure.

On another note, in the Dom Rep they call avocado "green chicken" such is it's prevalence and usefulness as a foodstuff,

[Chris S]

Ugh. I'm about 10 days into keto-adaptation, but unlike last year when we took it really easy for the first three weeks or so, I'm full-on weight-training and also cross-training.

Probably a mistake - as I'm noticing a much bigger drop in performance on the bike; especially climbing.

I've also be playing with 16/8 fasting - as it solves the whole "What to have for breakfast" conundrum that stalks low-carbers; by simply not having any. Couldn't manage that today though - getting home from my 40km ride from Bury, I was bloody starving. An hour and 1500kcals later (outside a stack of low-carb pancakes, Blueberries, Cream and two strong black coffees) and I'm feeling much better  .

I suspect I'd overshoot any calorie target today, by some margin. Just as well low-carbers don't really track calories!

[Wowbagger]

I have decided to buy some new bathroom scales.

Our existing set has been annoying me for quite a long time but their vacillating between 109kg and 118kg was just too much. I wasn't even farting at the time.

I'm going for the Salter Academy ones. £70 is a bit steep, but I reckon I will be able to read the dial.

[matthew]

Still going in the right direction by avoiding snacking and large desserts.

Mondays weigh in for the pre op assessment showed 79.3kg and wednesday at home the scales were oscilating between 78.5 and 79kg. Therefore I am loosing between 0.5 and 1 kg a week just by being a little more sensible with what I eat, hopefully once repaired by the docs I can add some exersize into the mix and loose the mass slightly quicker.

[Ham]

I have decided to buy some new bathroom scales.

Our existing set has been annoying me for quite a long time but their vacillating between 109kg and 118kg was just too much. I wasn't even farting at the time.

I'm going for the Salter Academy ones. £70 is a bit steep, but I reckon I will be able to read the dial.

These are readable from a distance http://www.johnlewis.com/salter-9050-reverse-electronic-bathroom-scale-glass/p148970

[Wowbagger]

Thanks, but I'm fed up with digital ones. I've already got a set of Salter digitals and they are the ones that can't make up their mind how much I weigh.