Weight Watcher's Thread

[jowwy]

What's going on is that Endomondo is probably doubling your actual calorie burn - 40-45 cals/mile is more like it.

have to agree with colinj here - i weigh 110kilos and i work on the premise of 45kcals/mile and it works for me

ive also stopped eating my commute calories burned which is a 36mile round trip, twice a week.

 

[SpokesT]

Thing is, if I manually input, say, a gym cross trainer session on Endo, and compare what the machine itself told me I've burnt, it's usually within ten percent. And my bike computer calculates around twenty percent less than Endo, and I figure that doesn't take into account any climbing that the Endo mapping would probably take into consideration, while both are using my inputted (is that even a word) body weight and the distance I've covered in their calculations.

 

[ColinJ]

Thing is, if I manually input, say, a gym cross trainer session on Endo, and compare what the machine itself told me I've burnt, it's usually within ten percent. And my bike computer calculates around twenty percent less than Endo, and I figure that doesn't take into account any climbing that the Endo mapping would probably take into consideration, while both are using my inputted (is that even a word) body weight and the distance I've covered in their calculations.

So the only problem is that the actual weight loss doesn't correspond to the 'accurate' calculated figure for calories burned ...?

I think I'd trust the scales more than the calorie calculation!

I've done at least 25 rides of 100 miles or more, and every time I lost about a pound per 100 miles ridden. That's 3,500 calories per 100 miles or 35 cals/mile, but I do eat and drink on long rides so the figure is more like 45 cals/mile taking that into account.

 

[ColinJ]

Oh, and I weighed about the same as you, and they were usually very hilly rides!

 

[SpokesT]

That's the point... There is no weight loss. Despite the calorie burn. By whatever calculation or machine doing the calculation. As per my post :-)

 

[ColinJ]

That's the point... There is no weight loss. Despite the calorie burn. By whatever calculation or machine doing the calculation. As per my post :-)

You are not losing weight, so forget the calculations - they aren't helping you. You simply need to do more exercise, or eat and drink less, or both. It's easier not to take in surplus calories than trying to burn them off.

The simple answer has to be that I'm eating too much ...

To lose weight, yes!

I honestly think I'm just eating enough.

To stay the same weight, yes!

If you cut down by 250 cals/day then you would lose about a kg a month. 250 cals is not really that much to reduce your intake by - e.g. it is roughly the number of cals in 2 or 3 slices of lightly buttered toast, or a Snickers bar.

 

[SpokesT]

Cheers for that, I am trying to modify what I eat anyway so that should help

 

[ColinJ]

Well, my scales are now reading 13-11 to 13-13 depending on what day of the week it is (the fasting days amplify the usual day to day fluctuations) so I can safely say that I've started losing weight again after a couple of weeks stuck at about 14-0. I still think that the scales are slightly under-reading but I can tell that my waist is getting smaller again and somebody (unprompted) asked me yesterday if I was getting slimmer.

I'm still not getting enough exercise, but I tried pushing myself yesterday and felt ill so I need to build that up more slowly.

 

[RWright]

After Week 21:

From 224.2 to 217.

I turned things back in the right direction. I have been doing a lot of miles and reducing the carbs. I cut out a late night snack, that I had been eating. This is the area things normally start getting tough for me but it is also the area where I really start noticing changes. I am going to also start doing a little weight lifting, nothing major, just some things to help keep my arms and chest toned. I am not going for pro cyclist thin...not yet anyway.

 

[RWright]

Colin,
Nice to see you back on the bike. Take your time and be safe.

 

[potsy]

Well, my scales are now reading 13-11 to 13-13

You are definitely catching me up

 

[ColinJ]

You are definitely catching me up

Well, it could be worse - I could be much taller than you ...

Hang on - I am much taller than you!

 

[potsy]

Well, it could be worse - I could be much taller than you ...

Hang on - I am much taller than you!

But I could get up Cragg vale

 

[ColinJ]

But I could get up Cragg vale

True! (In my defence - I did manage it the previous two attempts, but I wasn't trying to break any speed records on those occasions ...)

 

[The Jogger]

Colun are you doing the 5:2 fasting?