Weight Loss Discussion Thread

[Sergeant Pluck]

I suppose that now I've lost three and a half stone

Well done. That's a lot -and it will make a great difference to your cycling I am sure.

87.5 kg for me today. Middling.

[Sergeant Pluck]

90.0 kg today.

I "feel" thinner though. Nonetheless, this is not very good 

Mind you I did have my big winter boots on. And a loada change in my pocket.

[Wowbagger]

I've lost the plot rather but I'm still about 5kg down on 1st January.

[Gandalf]

I've gained about two pounds, which is not good.  I must resist the bread monster, trouble is working outside in this weather doesn't make you feel like munching on lettuce.

[alan]

I GIVE UP

Marj has started making the Xmas cake & puddings today.
My mother is doing millions of mince pies.

There is no way of avoiding an increase in mass from now untill approx Jan 14th 2009.

Here endeth the failed experiment in weight control

[MSeries]

I GIVE UP

Marj has started making the Xmas cake & puddings today.
My mother is doing millions of mince pies.

There is no way of avoiding an increase in mass from now untill approx Jan 14th 2009.

Here endeth the failed experiment in weight control

Pre loading alan. Put the weight on first then accept the applause as you lose it again.

FWIW I have not lost any weight for about 4 months now.

[clarion]

It's just an outlier on the curve.

[alan]

Pre loading

I like that 
Quality waffle that is 

[Gandalf]

Oh well I've lost the two pounds I had put on, onwards and downwards.

[bobajobrob]

80.6kg today, down from 96kg in August, 15.4kg lost. Just another couple of kilos of fat to lose.

[Manotea]

I nearly lost the plot this week but I think I'm back on track... 200km on Sunday should help a bit (assuming I get all the way round this time)!

[mattc]

There is no way of avoiding an increase in mass from now untill approx Jan 14th 2009.

Here endeth the failed experiment in weight control

I try to avoid weight gain until Xmas Eve. It's ludicrous to try over the festive season proper, but if you can minimise the damage from the December 'build-up' period, you'll feel a lot better in Mid-January

[simonp]

Never quite got this party season thing.

If there are all these parties, why aren't they inviting me?

Hmmmmmmm?

[gordon taylor]

I'm below 100kg!! (99.97kg to be exact  )

That's 32 lbs down since 1st January. I need to shift another 8 lbs before I cease to be officially obese.

I've been logging my food intake with weightwatchers online for four weeks and that has helped me get through a long patch where nothing was shifting. I'm ashamed to say that my "normal" food intake is about twice what I should be eating. If it wasn't for my cycling I'd be the UK's fattest man.

[clarion]

OK.  After a year out from this, I gave in & bought some scales last night (well, Butterfly did on my behalf ).

I'm at 100.6kg, which is much less than I expected, and indicates that I was below 100kg when I was riding regularly.

I started doing all this stuff at 113kg, which is biiig.

I got down to 103kg, where I plateaud, though I dipped below a couple of times, it was hard to beat that 103.  Now, even allowing a bit for the fact that it's a different set of scales, I'm lighter than the last time i weighed myself

I'm ready to give it a go again.  It'll be hard without being able to ride, but I can still walk   and do a certain amount of exercise (not press ups).  I can also cut down on snacking, which is my downfall.

I'm aiming for 95kg in the first instance, with an ultimate aim of 90kg.  It will help in so many respects...

[Sergeant Pluck]

Ho hum.

Starting weight was 92 kg (actually had been 94 or so but it was 92 kg when I started logging it here).
Lowest weight during the year was 83.9 kg.
Currently at 89.0 kg.

Lost the momentum somewhat, plus I've been going to the gym pretty regularly which seems to put my weight up. Also, colder weather bumps my appetite up.

[alan]

plus I've been going to the gym pretty regularly which seems to put my weight up.

If you are converting fat to muscle your weight will increase.Muscle is heavier than fat.

[Sergeant Pluck]

I know, but I was kind of hoping that the cycling to the gym and calories expended therein might outweigh that 

[Bledlow]

plus I've been going to the gym pretty regularly which seems to put my weight up.

If you are converting fat to muscle your weight will increase.Muscle is heavier than fat.

Naah. Doesn't work like that. You can't convert fat to muscle. You burn the fat, & quite separately, build up muscle.

BTW, in order to gain weight while doing this, you have to increase your food consumption significantly. Just maintaining your weight while replacing fat by muscle one to one (by weight) requires an increased input - and the required input increases progressively, as maintaining a given weight of muscle needs more food than maintaining the same weight of fat.

And anyway, who cares about weight? Weight is a convenient shortcut measurement for most people. What they really care about is size & shape, & if you stay the same weight, but have 5 kg less fat & 5 kg more muscle, you'll be slimmer, & probably a more attractive shape.

Time to go. Christmas beckons. Glaedelig Jul!

[Sergeant Pluck]

BTW, in order to gain weight while doing this, you have to increase your food consumption significantly

Oh there is no doubt that discipline has been lacking on the cake front.

Happy Christmas!

[alan]

, you have to increase your food consumption significantly.

Since I stopped smoking that's never been a problem

[Gandalf]

I seem to be stuck at 12.5 stone now, Ideally I'd like to get to 11.5.

[alan]

I'd be very happy to get down to 12.5 stone

[Greenbank]

82kg which isn't bad given I've not been on the bike for 2 months whilst in South America.

Goal is to lose a stone and get back down to 76.2kg (12st). At a lb a week that's 14 weeks.

[andygates]

*pout*

The post-Chrimbo blowout has me at 98kg and 20.3% splodgey stuff.  First target, 95kg / 18%.  In/out diary and stacks of astana beans, here I come.