Weight Loss Discussion Thread

[hellymedic]

I'm starting to feel like a lightweight...

[LEE]

Having watched the Michael Moseley documentary again, about fasting, I'm freshly enthused to give it a go.

In many respects it seems too good to miss. Weight-loss, sharp decline in risk-factors and increased brain function.  What's not to like? (Oh  yes... the lack of cake I suppose).

It struck me that evolution took millions of years to get us in shape for a feast/famine existence, spending a few days tracking an Antelope across a dusty plain, before gorging on the juicy bits all weekend.  Then the Industrial Revolution comes along, puts Burgers within easy reach, and we start overloading our cells with easy protein and growth hormones.

This fasting regime clearly seemed to agree with our pre-Industrial cells.

The link between fasting and increased brain cells/synapses was amazing, almost evolutions way of saying, "Can't find food?  here's a bit more brain, try thinking harder".

[Datameister]

I won't get my FTP/kg up to 4 unless I shift more weight, sadly.

Nor me, though if I did it would not only be faith that could move mountains....

Week 7 of Slimming World draws to a close......still on it.   

That in itself is nothing short of miraculous. I may even have ridden my bike this week   

[simonp]

3.6W/kg now (280W, 77.5kg).

Getting closer. I think 300W FTP is not looking such an unrealistic target.

[woollypigs]

At the last weigh in both the mutt and me have stagnated - no up and or down. Honestly I feel good at the 95-96Kg area, don't feel like I need to drop anything more. Though the BMI says I should be about 83Kg, the last time I was that people thought that I was sick.

The mutt still need to get under the 18kg, longer walks due me thinks.

[geraldc]

Having watched the Michael Moseley documentary again, about fasting, I'm freshly enthused to give it a go.
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I do wish the BBC would leave educational shows like that up on iPlayer, or let them stay up on youtube, rather than taking them down for copyright infringement. It's educational and for the public good after all.

[Chris S]

Having watched the Michael Moseley documentary again, about fasting, I'm freshly enthused to give it a go.
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I do wish the BBC would leave educational shows like that up on iPlayer, or let them stay up on youtube, rather than taking them down for copyright infringement. It's educational and for the public good after all.

Like this one? http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lxyzc/horizon-20122013-3-eat-fast-and-live-longer 

[geraldc]

Like this one? http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lxyzc/horizon-20122013-3-eat-fast-and-live-longer 

Bloody public service broadcasters! Giving people what they want 

[hellymedic]

I won't get my FTP/kg up to 4 unless I shift more weight, sadly.

Nor me, though if I did it would not only be faith that could move mountains....

Week 7 of Slimming World draws to a close......still on it.   

That in itself is nothing short of miraculous. I may even have ridden my bike this week   

Your 12kg loss is most impressive!

[LEE]

3.6W/kg now (280W, 77.5kg).

Getting closer. I think 300W FTP is not looking such an unrealistic target.

My goal is a weedy (by your numbers) 3.0 W/Kg this year.  I think I was at that point last year at PBP start line (I'd certainly never felt better on a bike) but I eased up and gained weight since.

I think my FTP is around 240W and my weight is .. ahem... a lot.  It's a good, meaningful, metric though, unlike pure power or a specific weight unrelated to each other.

[bikey-mikey]

I had gradually been chasing POWER on the bike, and gained about 3 kgs in 'muscle', but I caught the dreaded lung lurgy and I've been more or less in bed and off my food for two weeks, and I'm back at 63 kgs again....

[Datameister]

Your 12kg loss is most impressive!

Thank you, although this week was a less impressive 300 grammes.

I blame still swollen quads following a more energetic Sunday ride than was anticipated. We find out whether that is true next Tuesday.

[hellymedic]

I don't think I'll weigh myself until the end of the month.

We are going away for a long weekend of Good Food and companionship.

[SteveC]

We are going away for a long weekend of Good Food and companionship.

We've just had one of those and I was most surprised and gratified to see any drop at all, even if only 300g.
However, we're off to Berlin for a mini-break next week so I suspect things will be a little different in a fortnight's time.

[simonp]

Scales still saying body fat around 20-21%.

Did the single point thing above the hit with the accumeasure callipers. Around 12-14%.

Not quite as lean as I got last summer, but it's getting there.

[lou boutin]

Not a happy bunny, it looks like just under 0.5lb for me this week.

[hellymedic]

Not a happy bunny, it looks like just under 0.5lb for me this week.

Do not fret!
Half a pound of fat still represents a BIG energy deficit.

[woollypigs]

The mutt is now under 18kg so just a few more grams to her target.

I sadly went the other way and is resting at 97kg.

[DrMekon]

3.6W/kg now (280W, 77.5kg).

Getting closer. I think 300W FTP is not looking such an unrealistic target.

I don't think I'll reach 300w 1hr FTP. 265 is the best I've done on zwift. However, my recent results give us similar results - 252w / 67kg for 3.76w/kg. I'm hoping this sort of form will make Mille Pennines manageable.

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[DrMekon]

3.6W/kg now (280W, 77.5kg).

Getting closer. I think 300W FTP is not looking such an unrealistic target.

I don't think I'll reach 300w 1hr FTP. 265 is the best I've done on zwift. However, my recent results give us similar results - 252w / 67kg for 3.76w/kg. I'm hoping this sort of form will make Mille Pennines manageable.

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The weight loss thing has been easier this time than previously. I'm putting it down to...

I'm eating more satiety promoting food.

I'm doing more Z1 power riding, which makes me less hungry

My vivosmart hr promotes more activities of daily living induced energy expenditure, so find 1500kcal rest days more manageable.

It'll be interesting to me to see how I do on maintenance. The first few months are usually novel (ooh look at me in my skinny trousers, floating up hills, being asked if I have an eating disorder). Then, I get bored and the dark nights set in, and I'm cold all the time, and I want to eat pies from October - January.

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[simonp]

3.6W/kg now (280W, 77.5kg).

Getting closer. I think 300W FTP is not looking such an unrealistic target.

I don't think I'll reach 300w 1hr FTP. 265 is the best I've done on zwift. However, my recent results give us similar results - 252w / 67kg for 3.76w/kg. I'm hoping this sort of form will make Mille Pennines manageable.

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I've never done an hour FTP test and hopefully I never will.

Think I produced marginally more 5 minute power on the Devil's Staircase yesterday than in 2010. But I'm heavier than then and probably have slightly worse FTP/kg.

I did burn 7000 calories yesterday so the weight should be edging down.

Edit: It's worth noting that when I rode the Pendle 600k with Dr Mekon in 2014, it was he who waited for I most of the time.

[Chris S]

Edit: It's worth noting that when I rode the Pendle 600k with Dr Mekon in 2014, it was he who waited for I most of the time.

It's clearly his way.

"Just going ahead for a pee - I'll wait for you at the top." #lel2013

[simonp]

Thinking about it, it might have been 2013. It's hard to keep track of all the events I've struggled round.

[DrMekon]

Been using a Vivosmart HR with Garmin connect. It plays with MFP, but it's typically Garmin-ish. You get a bit more credit for activities of daily living than MFP wants to give you. MFP defaults to take this away, so you end up in the bizarre position of doing 20,000 steps for no benefit. I've trusted Garmin whilst on holiday for a week, and come back to my first sub-target weigh in. 7 day and 4w averages are coming down accordingly.

[velosam]

Well something is not working. 4-5 weeks of calorie counting and no loss in weight.  Not sure why as it worked pretty well last year.