Weight has to go

[Willow]

Anyway I hope that Willow's diet is still going well![/quote]


Willow is being an I feel so in the right frame of mind for doing it at the moment. I only hope the momentum sticks with me. Hopefully this thread will help at least as long as it survives. Official weigh in day tomorrow.

When I have dieted in the past I have been obsessed with weighing so once a week is how it has to be now. I've put the scales at the bottom of the laundry basket in the intervening days to stop me jumping on them.

 

[Chrisz]

Well, I couldn't resist getting on mine after having browsed through the replies to this thread - looks like I've managed to gain several bags of sugar over the Christmas period .

First ride of the new year on Sunday - my plan is to start weighing myself before each ride and keeping the weight logged (along with other ride info) on Excel - I should then be able to notice genuine changes in weight as opposed to minor fluctuations.

 

[ColinJ]

I weigh myself about once a fortnight and always first thing in the morning, after a wee and before I've drunk anything. Of course the weight fluctuates but only weighing myself every fortnight means that the general weight trend is pretty much always downwards. However I was expecting to have gone up a bit, so to be down 250g (even though that isn't very much) is still good after all the Chocolate Pudding Cake and more.

Fair play to you. Your -250g is a lot better than my +900g! I wasn't just making that comment for you though, I was also thinking of other people who I've known get upset by apparent trivial upward changes in their weight.

I am noticing that my weight as demonstrated by the scales doesn't really compare with how I feel in terms of fitness and the fit of my clothes. I presume this is because I'm far more muscular now after the cycling than I was when I weighed this amount before but was on the way up in terms of weight (i.e. 2 years ago).

That has been my experience too. When I was a student, my weight fell to 10 st 10 lbs which is pretty damn low for a 6' 1" man of biggish-medium build. I was so skinny that my party-piece was to slide a large roll of Sellotape over my wrist and it would go all the way up to my armpit ! Now, it would get stuck at my wrist because I actually have some arm muscles. My legs are much more muscular now. I got down to 11 st 10 lbs a few years back and I looked more gaunt than I had previously weighing a stone less. I'm sure that I actually had less body fat when I weighed more. The extra weight was due to extra muscles.

Someone said about ignoring BMI and trying to go for fat distribution to give you an idea of diet success and that interests me - not that I have a fat percentage calculator thingie.

Yeah, BMI might be okay if you are of an averagely muscular build but it defines very muscular people as being obese when they just have lots of muscle.

Body fat calculation is actually quite difficult to do accurately. Those electronic fat meters work on measuring body impedance and it just isn't reliable. Having dry feet or wet feet would make a difference, as would your hydration levels. You could do it by using callipers to measure skinfold thickness, but that is also prone to error unless you get someone who is very skilled at it to do the measuring.

I prefer to go by my waist measurement - I'm currently 45" and I should be about 32" - 33" so I don't need a meter to tell me that I'm fat.

Another obvious check is the wobble-test. Strip naked facing a full length mirror, put your hands on your hips, tense all your muscles and hop up and down vigorously. Stop laughing, then do it again, but taking the test seriously this time ! If you are a woman, only your breasts should be wobbling. If you're a man, you shouldn't have breasts so only your genitals should be wobbling. That's a pretty good test too.

 

[MePower]

AAAAHHHHHHHH I must be a ladyboy! My breasts AND nads are all over the room!

 

[Willow]

AAAAHHHHHHHH I must be a ladyboy! My breasts AND nads are all over the room!

 

[Willow]

I am pleased to report a 2lb loss after the firstweek now the trick is to continue the good work.

 

[Niall McL]

I had the pleasure of attending my annual police aircrew medical at work a few weeks ago and recording a 12 kilo weight loss on the previous year whiich I reckon will be quite a rarity as the stereo typical doughnut eating cop is probably pretty accurate!!!!!!

 

[Willow]

I had the pleasure of attending my annual police aircrew medical at work a few weeks ago and recording a 12 kilo weight loss on the previous year whiich I reckon will be quite a rarity as the stereo typical doughnut eating cop is probably pretty accurate!!!!!!

that's amazing

 

[Speicher]

I know it is early days yet, I have been increasing the exercise I take.

Yesterday was two hours up and down (gently) in the Malverns in half a inch of snow, must have used three million calories trying to keep warm in the biting wind and freezing temperatures.

Today one hour's walk on the flat at a brisk pace. Changed to skimmed milk with porridge (instead of semi-skimmed) and semi-skimmed in coffee instead of full-fat milk. I would be very happy to see a steady loss of about two pounds a week.

 

[Speicher]

I had the pleasure of attending my annual police aircrew medical at work a few weeks ago and recording a 12 kilo weight loss on the previous year whiich I reckon will be quite a rarity as the stereo typical doughnut eating cop is probably pretty accurate!!!!!!

well done Niall
Are you going to tell us how you did it? please?

 

[Niall McL]

Started off doing quite a strict diet along with my wife, Scottish Slimmers (I'm sure it'll be online), for maybe about two months. Now its just what I would call healthier eating....actually measuring out portions of rice and pasta which will give you a fright compared to what you are probably used to eating....no snacks between meals apart from fruit....and just knowing what what sort of stuff is not too colorific. I probably try to keep to about 2500 calories a day.

I work at the police helicopter where weight is quite important (lighter crew means more fuel if necessary) and I've lost about another 5 kilos, 17 kilos since this time last year, which as you'll imagine I never mention to my now heavier colleagues!!!

 

[Speicher]

Reading about your success is very encouraging and helps me to realise that it is possible to lose - err um nearly three stone in about one year.

Yes, I am sure you would never mention that to your colleagues, I imagine they have not noticed how many new uniforms you have had to request.

 

[ColinJ]

Reading about your success is very encouraging and helps me to realise that it is possible to lose - err um nearly three stone in about one year.

My niece lost 4 stone between the end of May and Christmas in 2008. That's encouraging me to think that I can shed my 3 stone by the end of June. Actually, I know that I can because I've done it before. Knowing it and doing it can be two different things though...


PS

Oops - déjà vu. I forgot that I'd already mentioned my niece in this thread - thought it was over on BikeRadar - sorry!

 

[Cathryn]

I've lost 3lbs this week! Very pleased and hugely relieved. I don't think that kind of weightloss will be sustainable in a normal week, I'm aiming for 1lb per week for the next 5
weeks until my birthday at the start of February.

Went for a run yesterday, the coldest ever bike ride of 20 miles today and planning to run again tomorrow as well.

VERY focussed. I keep thinking about my 3 goals and it's really helping.

1) My ideal weight for my birthday.
2) NOT being the fattest bridesmaid when the time comes in the Spring.
3) Ventoux at the end of May.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

must have used three million calories trying to keep warm in the biting wind and freezing temperatures.

this raises a point...the human body isnt designed to wear clothes...it is designed for running around starkers hiding from saber tooth tigers and living in ice age caves etc...
the body will use up fat if it needs to to keep warm. I wear as little as I can ...I'm still walking around in shorts (although on the bike I admit I suffer the cold and wear layers after layers)...try it...turn off the central heating wear less and drink cold water....you'll be burning calories just doing nothing.