Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

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RWright

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Location
North Carolina
Even if they gave you a month to manage it I would struggle but not a hope in hell in 8 days. I did say I fancied a climbing one for a change but not quite as difficult :wacko:

Yep, no way I could do it now, if they even offered a partial achievement award I might give it a shot, those Rapha digital things look pretty cool. :smile:
 

boybiker

Guru
I managed a quick ride last night it was a bit windy though. The weather here is sun with shower's so hopefully I will be able to get out either today or tomorrow. :thumbsup:

http://app.strava.com/activities/60332678
 

MaxInc

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Location
Kent
Leaving about 1000 on the table every day seems to be working for me, I am down 36 lbs. since Jan 1.

This is pretty nice progress. Is the 1000 applied on top of the number that MyFitnessPal calculates and assigns for a certain loss or is based on a maintenance level? I tried MFP yesterday and it wasn't as difficult as I would have imagined, especially with the iPhone app and bar code scanner. I'll try and commit to using it for a couple of months, hopefully I can see better results.
 

RWright

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Location
North Carolina
I try to stay 1000 below the daily total for everything combined. For example: My goal for Thursday ended up being 4347 total, after adding 2507 for the riding I did to the 1840 that is the normal basic goal. That is a lot. I did consume 3274, which is also a lot.:blush: Pizza hut and their damn email specials got me hook, line and sinker. :smile: I did not feel like cooking. I was also coming off a day that I had not had a lot of carbs. So I left total 1073 under the goal on a day I ate pizza, salad, skim milk, ice cream and watermelon.:whistle: I realize I won't get very far ahead like that and it doesn't happen often. But I did stay 1000 under the goal.

Next day, Friday. I got 2038 for riding plus the 1840 basic goal for a total of 3878 daily goal, again very high. I ate a baked chicken breast, broccoli, 1 cup of stuffing, spinach and just a little ranch salad dressing on the broccoli. I also had a snack of a cup of ice cream and a cup of skim milk. I got kind of hungry before I went to bed and ate a couple of spoons of chicken salad, I know kind of funky but it was there. :rolleyes: My total intake for the day was 1205 so I was ahead by 2673 calories and I ate even better (to me) than with the pizza. I am not starving by any stretch of the imagination. I imagine I still eat more than most all women and quite a few men. I eat a lot of chicken and fish. Food selection and exercise play a big part.
 

RWright

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Location
North Carolina
Just a side thought, and this is kind of out there and maybe not right for this thread but while I am at it. I have lately wondered if everyone setting themselves to a 24 hour schedule is the right way for everyone to be. I know it has been done probably forever, but I wonder if some people may be better off to use say 30 hours for eating and sleeping and maybe others 18 and so on. Just some weird stuff that ran thru my mind, wish I was a billionaire, I might would research it further...well I mean hire someone else to research it for me. :smile: It may have already been done for all I know, just one of the stupid things I think about sometimes when I am riding too long:bicycle: .
 

MaxInc

Senior Member
Location
Kent
For me MFP set a target of 1950kcal for 1lb loss / week so I'm guessing is the same in your too since maintenance for an average man is 2200-2400kcal a day. Things get easy when you add cycling to the mix but pretty sad when you sit on the couch all day :sad: It not even noon and I went through 1/2 the callories already ... Maybe a recovery ride later will be allright, to make room for some desert.

What I like at MFP is that I can add my regular recipes and fine tuned them to get them in line with my nutritional needs by swapping ingredients and playing with quantities. We already have a system in our household where we have certain meals prepared twice a week and store portions in the fridge. They are easily heated and consumed at work or dinner with minimal downtime during the week, leaving more time other things. Whith this tool It should be a lot easier. Thanks for sharing!
 

MaxInc

Senior Member
Location
Kent
Just a side thought, and this is kind of out there and maybe not right for this thread but while I am at it. I have lately wondered if everyone setting themselves to a 24 hour schedule is the right way for everyone to be. I know it has been done probably forever, but I wonder if some people may be better off to use say 30 hours for eating and sleeping and maybe others 18 and so on. Just some weird stuff that ran thru my mind, wish I was a billionaire, I might would research it further...well I mean hire someone else to research it for me. :smile: It may have already been done for all I know, just one of the stupid things I think about sometimes when I am riding too long:bicycle: .

For eating it would certainly work and it's best to feed according to needs rather than on clockwork. On the sleeping side, as far as I know, the cycle evolved and is coordinated by the day/night cycle and it would be difficult if not impossible to sustain a different pattern long term.
 

Mo1959

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http://www.wiggle.co.uk/raleigh-revenio-1-2300-2013/

Test ride this tomorrow price match with wiggle think i'll go with this one
Great. Hope you like it. I'm getting all excited and it's not even for me. :thumbsup:
 

stevey

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Location
sutton coldfield
Great. Hope you like it. I'm getting all excited and it's not even for me. :thumbsup:


:laugh: Calm down Mo i am still unsure its def between this and the focus culebro 5.0

Would the carbon forks make a whole world of difference because that's whats swinging it @ the moment but the culebro 5.0 has the better groupset..... but with no carbon fork :wacko:...Arghhhh
 

Mo1959

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:laugh: Calm down Mo i am still unsure its def between this and the focus culebro 5.0

Would the carbon forks make a whole world of difference because that's whats swinging it @ the moment but the culebro 5.0 has the better groupset..... but with no carbon fork :wacko:...Arghhhh
It's a real toughie. The carbon forks are reckoned to take a fair bit of the road buzz off your hands. Maybe down to the state of the roads where you are and the terrain. If you are planning on starting to hunt out some decent hills the groupset on the culebro may be better suited but if you have mostly flat terrain but some roughish roads I would say the Raleigh. Hopefully when you ride them, you will feel one is just the right one for you.
 

SWSteve

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Location
Bristol...ish
I don't have much money and so I am stuck with a cheap and nasty Mountain bike from Halfords, it looks good but the ride is hard work , it has front and rear suspension (wasted energy) and disk brakes, which are awesome for stoping, I do 10 miles 5 days a week, with an average speed of 11 miles an hour, my route has many hills, on a Sunday I like to do 20 miles, I have been doing this since the beginning of summer and I am starting to feal awesome, my fitness is getting good, I could do more miles as I am no longer out of breath or tired after a ride but do have one problem, my Thighs hurt like hell after a a sprint or a difficult hill.

:welcome: Riding the bike more will soon give you improvements. Keep at it and show us your progress
 

Mo1959

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http://app.strava.com/activities/60485594

Don't let me say I'm a pansy again. This was bloody tough. Little bit disappointed with the speed if I'm honest. I thought I could have stayed above 14mph average but never mind
Amazing ride Steve. Plenty time to build up speed over distance. Remember we are still all relative beginners. Amazing ride. Definitely earned your kudos on that one. :thumbsup:
 

Reece

Veteran
Location
Leicester
Well finally got out on the clubs 8.30am ride today. The fastest ride they do with all the fast guys who race etc. Well did a lot better than I thought and kept up with them all the way. Another goal of my list. Think I've outgrown the term "Newbie" now.

http://app.strava.com/activities/60504672

On the downside this week. My bottom bracket on the defy 2 has worn the bearings and making horrible noises. The BB fitted is an FSA and a strange size. Currently back ordered til mid July and I've got my 126 mile sportive in 2 weeks. May have to end up changing the crank-set and BB to a more popular size to get it ready in time.
 
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