Author Topic: Weight Loss Discussion Thread (Read 1299111 times)

Paul H · « **Reply #7275 on:** 28 July, 2021, 11:23:27 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 28 July, 2021, 10:45:25 pm

I'm quite interested in the recommended frequency of weighing oneself. Noom was definitely into a daily weigh-in in the first instance. I think as I had been using the app for somewhere near 6 months, they started to lighten up.

I don't know it matters, whatever works for you. I dislike the weekly, or less frequent, weigh in, there's too many variables, enough to cause panic. I weigh myself every morning, I'm not concerned by the daily fluctuations, just the trend, I'll sometimes work out the weekly average though haven't bothered for a couple of months.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7276 on:** 28 July, 2021, 11:36:42 pm »

There was a time when I weighed myself daily, bunged the results in a spreadsheet, and only bothered about the cell in which the weekly average was calculated. I reckond that "noise" cancelled itslef out then and I had a set of electronic scales which did give a great deal of variation. I now use some expensive (£70-ish quid IIRC) Salter mechanical scales which hardly vary at all when I step off them and step back on.

L CC · « **Reply #7277 on:** 29 July, 2021, 08:36:05 am »

I weigh myself every day, but I don't wear my glasses when I do it. We¹ have WiFi scales so I have to make an effort to find out what they said. I only have to see well enough to let it know it's the snowflake not the whale if our weights are close and it gets confused. I'm not sure I'd agree morning weight is less noisy, I get fluctuations of more than a kilo from one day to the next.

1: I would never have wasted money on something that saves approx 10 seconds a day of typing nn.n; but Mr Smith bought them.

ravenbait · « **Reply #7278 on:** 29 July, 2021, 09:53:23 am »

I weigh myself every morning and don't look at the numbers until I'm transposing them from Garmin Connect into my spreadsheet that has exponential mean and moving average charts. If I don't make it a daily habit, I'll stop doing it all together. Been there, done that.

(Thanks for the reminder to do my peak flow, Kim. I'm hopeless at remembering that, too.)

Sam

woollypigs · « **Reply #7279 on:** 29 July, 2021, 10:36:38 am »

I used to weigh myself a few times a day to see how much food add and a poop takes off, though now got bored.

Now I weigh me and the mutt every 2-3 weeks, as long as the mutt is stable and not over 17kg and I keep going down* and not above 100kg, I am happy.

* Well only down to 92-95kg ish.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #7280 on:** 29 July, 2021, 04:30:52 pm »

When I am concerned about my weight I will do weigh myself everyday just before bedtime. I find that is the most stable as it is several hours since food intake. For me the daily bowel evacuation makes morning weights fluctuate.

We use an iPhone app called "weight diary" which tracks weight, fat % and BMI. The weight graph gives a real time graph and then a trend line so that sudden drops in weight, whilst pleasant, do not lead to overconfidence.

Last summer we both lost over 2 stone on a keto 800cal diet. I went from 13st 13lbs down to 11st1. This crept back upto about 11st9 over the winter and we have restarted with an aim to get down to 10st 11 as a target weight. That should see me at my lowest weight since graduating, getting married and working 120 hour weeks.

Whilst the 800C diet is hard the weight reduction is excellent. I found over the winter that as my weight hit 11st9 that my upper abdomen started to feel tight and I would be more careful for a couple of weeks to bring it down to 11st7 again. It will be interesting to see if something similar happens at a lower point. We have both had to completely change our wardrobes and I have gone down a size in almost all types of clothing.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7281 on:** 11 August, 2021, 02:02:22 pm »

I'm in the doldrums at the moment.

woollypigs · « **Reply #7282 on:** 24 September, 2021, 12:01:26 pm »

For what BMI is worth, I'm one poop away from being at "healthy weight"

hellymedic · « **Reply #7283 on:** 24 September, 2021, 02:00:33 pm »

Well done woolly!

woollypigs · « **Reply #7284 on:** 24 September, 2021, 03:08:11 pm »

Ta, I'm quite chuffed too. Cause back in Feb I was a poop or two into the obese part of BMI.

hellymedic · « **Reply #7285 on:** 24 September, 2021, 03:51:12 pm »

BMI is particularly harsh on tall people too (if you accept BMI's use anyway) so you've done very well!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7286 on:** 27 September, 2021, 02:06:21 pm »

Still doldrummy here: I've been 97kg or thereabouts since late July. However, I ordered a new pair of swimming trunks and decided to be adventurous and get 38" waist. The silly sods sent me 36" waist. However, they fit over my somewhat less massive arse, even though the residual beer belly still overhangs a fair bit. So I've decided to keep them in a spirit of optimism.

In the same vein, I have a pair of Altura shorts I bought when I first got back into cycling 15 years ago. I think their first outing was on the Golden Tints of 2006. I now call them my "gambler's shorts" because it's a gamble whether they stay up or not when I walk about in them.

crowriver · « **Reply #7287 on:** 30 September, 2021, 12:10:10 pm »

Just over a month into 16/8 intermittent fasting. So far, so good - it does seem to produce results if you stick to it. Despite being every day, I'm finding it psychologically easier than 5:2 was. I used the latter regime with some success over the past decade, but this year just couldn't stick to it. 16/8 seems like the "secret formula" for me, at least for now.

We'll see how I've got on after another couple of months...

CommuteTooFar · « **Reply #7288 on:** 03 October, 2021, 01:32:51 pm »

I am pleased to find that I am below 80kg for the first time in a very long time.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7289 on:** 17 November, 2021, 02:23:00 pm »

I have been gaining weight over the past couple of weeks. Last week was a bit of a surprise, this week not so much: Jan and I spent a weekend in Derbyshire with her sisters. Whereas my self-control seems to work OK when I'm at home, and therefore in charge of what comes into the house, both sisters and b-i-l brought with them cake and booze. I partook of both. I got plenty of exercise, involving hilly bike rides and walks, but clearly not enough to keep things under control.

Next week, we are planning to stay with pals in Lincs. Enid, one of the pals, has had weight problems all her life, but has been keeping them under control with Slimming World, and has done pretty well. I think we ought to have a little confab before we go so that she doesn't revert to type: her means of being a hostess is to fill everyone's plate to overflowing with all sorts of lovely stuff she's cooked. I suspect she will feel guilty if she doesn't.

CommuteTooFar · « **Reply #7290 on:** 17 November, 2021, 02:51:23 pm »

Fatbit sent me a message congratulating me on losing 15kg. I know it was a lot more. I am now 75kg or a BMI of 25. That was my target I might lose focus now.

I thought of a new target I want to reduce my measured waist measurement a little. It would be nice to use 32" trousers. I am currently 89cm (35"). If I can get to 84cm (33") I will probably be there. I think I can do this by exercise.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7291 on:** 26 November, 2021, 04:47:05 am »

I have seen virtually no change now in 3 months. However, this week I will gain weight. Jan and I have been staying with our old college pal Enid since Tuesday. Despite having a discussion about food before we got here, Enid is the most wonderful host and she demonstrates this with her culinary skills. My will power has just melted away in the face of the beautiful food she has put in front of us so I shall be quite surprised if I haven’t put on a couple of kgs when I weigh myself next Wednesday.

Pedaldog. · « **Reply #7292 on:** 27 November, 2021, 01:04:33 pm »

Down 2.5kg in 11 days. Right direction at last. Due to 'elf reasons my Physical exercise is near to Zero, hoping that I can improve on this.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7293 on:** 01 December, 2021, 10:41:17 am »

97kg. Could have been worse - and was when we came back on Sunday!

Jakob · « **Reply #7294 on:** 02 December, 2021, 03:51:30 am »

2 months of constant overtime and associated take-outs has left it's mark and I put on at least 4 kgs in the last 6 weeks. Peaked at 94kgs.
I'm now gainfully unemployed for the next 2 months and while my borked knee will hinder the exercise somewhat, there's no excuse not getting back on track with the diet, minus a couple of Xmas interruptions....but even those can be kept to a minimum. Down to 92.4 already (just stopping stuffing myself with carbs was a good start) and 87kgs for Jan 24 is the goal. Hard, but doable.

woollypigs · « **Reply #7295 on:** 06 December, 2021, 10:21:06 am »

I've gone off the diet this month, because Peli and I got me some Danish treats and want to live a little

I have noticed that when eating more sugar and carbs than normal, I'm HUNGRY all the time.

On my normal diet, which is heavily cut down on the sugar, reduced carbs and overall more protein. I have 3 well spread out meals doing the day. Really don't have any need for snacking. Yes I do a bit now and again on mixed nuts, cause I'm addicted. Like breakfast eat around 7am last easy to 1-2pm, before I feel the need for more fuel.

But now my head is in the fridge or cupboard looking for the next meal, while holding a bit to eat. Breakfast only last to about 10am now, I have lunch at noon and then tea at about 3-4pm and can just about get past 6pm before I look for more and there is an evening snack too on the daily feasting. And if I'm awake at midnight I really struggle with not nibbling on something.

Kinda look forward to when I have finished all my treats, so I can get off this sugar spike again.

Jakob · « **Reply #7296 on:** 09 December, 2021, 03:48:25 am »

Quote from: woollypigs on 06 December, 2021, 10:21:06 am

I have noticed that when eating more sugar and carbs than normal, I'm HUNGRY all the time.

This.. totally this.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7297 on:** 02 January, 2022, 10:57:10 pm »

Well, further socialising and Christmas food has brought about a 5kg weight gain since early November. I'm 100kg again.

However, I'm implementing the No Booze, No Cake and Only 2 Slices of Bread a Day diet and I'm hoping that things will turn round. I still have a small amount of Christmas cheese to get through and I'm not chucking that out.

hellymedic · « **Reply #7298 on:** 02 January, 2022, 11:14:53 pm »

I'll wager Wow's weight will be around 97kg on Wednesday 19 January...

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7299 on:** 03 January, 2022, 10:34:18 am »

Quote from: hellymedic on 02 January, 2022, 11:14:53 pm

I'll wager Wow's weight will be around 97kg on Wednesday 19 January...

I'll try!