Weight Watcher's Thread

[steveindenmark]

The start of week 1





End of week 3



My target loss is 5kg and I have lost 2.9kg in 3 weeks, without having the chance to excercise for the past 2 weeks.

What I am doing is not science and I don't skulk around the supermarket reading packets. I eat what I like.

But I have stopped sugar on my cereals and have replaced the sugar with raisins. I have stopped sugar in my coffee and have not replaced it.

I have stopped eating after 6pm and only drink water after 6pm.

I make sure I am always hydrated which means I am drinking water quite a lot more than before.

I don't know if the hydration makes a difference but the weight is coming off and the added water is the biggest change I have made.

What do you think is working for you?

Steve

 

[ColinJ]

I don't know if the hydration makes a difference but the weight is coming off and the added water is the biggest change I have made.

The toenail clipping probably saved you 100 g!

 

[steveindenmark]

A friend in South Africa pointed that out to me Colin. My toe nails are international. I am going to paint them when I lose the 5kg.

That will get the tongues wagging.

Steve

 

[Fubar]

Hi, haven't posted since November but still on target - now down to 180.5lbs, half a pound and I'll have lost 60lbs since April! Hoping to achieve that by the end of the week. I will then have 10 pounds to go to reach my target, losing around a pound a week at the mo so seems healthy and managable (though I wouldn't have believed the amount of effort required just to maintain a steady drop!). Have also entered my first ever TT in March so aiming to get as close to my target weight by then.

 

[ColinJ]

Hi, haven't posted since November but still on target - now down to 180.5lbs, half a pound and I'll have lost 60lbs since April! Hoping to achieve that by the end of the week. I will then have 10 pounds to go to reach my target, losing around a pound a week at the mo so seems healthy and managable (though I wouldn't have believed the amount of effort required just to maintain a steady drop!). Have also entered my first ever TT in March so aiming to get as close to my target weight by then.

Great progress!

How did you decide on your target weight?

I have been every weight from 10 st 10 lbs to 16 st 9 lbs so I know what I am like at every weight in between. I am at my best on hilly rides at about 11 st 7 lbs but I look too scrawny at that weight so I am going to settle for about 12 st 0 lbs. I have about 12 lbs to go.

 

[Fubar]

Great progress!

How did you decide on your target weight?

I have been every weight from 10 st 10 lbs to 16 st 9 lbs so I know what I am like at every weight in between. I am at my best on hilly rides at about 11 st 7 lbs but I look too scrawny at that weight so I am going to settle for about 12 st 0 lbs. I have about 12 lbs to go.

Nothing scientific, just a nice round number and a good target - if I can keep losing and not diminish any power all well and good! My BMI is still obese (I know I know...) Once I get to 170 I'll set a new target, the less weight on the bike the better!

Thanks for the support

 

[Fubar]

Wee update, now 180lbs so that is a 60lb drop since 1 April - also BMI down to 29.9 so no longer classed as obese! (just "overweight" now!). I know what people say about BMI but I was using it as a motivator so delighted to have knocked that one on the head. 10lbs to go to target, which I have a conservative target of July 2014 to reach it by - that's the plan anyway!

 

[potsy]

After my usual 'mad December' where I try to put on as many lbs as possible I have finally this week seen some progress.
5lbs off this month which almost puts me back to November's weight.

Will be trying for a nice steady loss of around a 1lb per week now, and hopefully with the excitement of a new job and the fact I have started a light jogging programme this will be easily achieved

2nd Jan 14st 7lb
31st Jan 14st 2lb

Target somewhere around 12st 7lb

 

[ColinJ]

After my usual 'mad December' where I try to put on as many lbs as possible I have finally this week seen some progress.
5lbs off this month which almost puts me back to November's weight.

Will be trying for a nice steady loss of around a 1lb per week now, and hopefully with the excitement of a new job and the fact I have started a light jogging programme this will be easily achieved

2nd Jan 14st 7lb
31st Jan 14st 2lb

Target somewhere around 12st 7lb

Well done and keep it up!

I reckon when you reach that target weight you will decide that you want to lower it by about 1.5 st, but I don't blame you for choosing a higher weight to start with.

I am aiming for about 12 st 0 lbs. I don't think I could go much lower without looking ill, but currently at 12 st 12 lbs I still have 5 inches of flab round my waist.

My natural body type is more like Cancellara's than Froome's so it doesn't suit me to go too low.

 

[Justiffa]

F-I-N-A-L-L-L-Y

Lost the frustratingly stubborn 3kg tht hung on to me like a leech for the past year

Half the battle won, now to keep it there lol… wish me luck

 

[Cush]

Just started to seriously watch my weight because I was diagnosed as Obese. 5 Ft 11 and weighing in at 15 st 8. Started the 5:2 diet last Friday. Up till now when I have felt heavy or the waist line has expanded I have used a few heavy gym sessions followed by a two hour session in the sauna (15 mins Sauna, cold plunge 10 minutes steam room * 3) Normally weigh myself at the start of sauna and at the end and can normally loose 2/3 pounds but it soon goes back on. I intend to keep this up on at least one of my fasting days but I am wondering if it will be too much.

 

[ColinJ]

I have lost another inch off my waist, which is now 36", down from 51" (!) in summer 2012. I would like to lose the remaining 4" of flab but my face is starting to look a bit gaunt. I am soon going to have to decide whether to put up with a small roll of fat and slightly slower hill climbing, or go for the slim waist and faster hill climbing but accompanied by a scrawny face.

A friend was commenting on it yesterday. She thinks I should stay where I am now, but I will lose another couple of inches from my waist and then decide.

I think I am already down to a healthy weight, so the decision is purely down to how I look and feel, and how well I cycle. It's a nice problem to have!

 

[Justiffa]

Yes I do agree tht it has a lot to do with how the weight 'feels' on us. When we hit a weight tht is generally acceptable for our height & body shape then it comes down to tweaking or fine tuning it to our own specific requirements. and sometimes we need to sacrifice certain areas for us to achieve a certain balance. e.g. I've experimented for a bit and I've come to realize I run/cycle/move better when my weight is 50kg and below (anything more and I start feeling like a hippo bloated & sluggish).....but then I lose out on my boobs lol, and yes I too start looking pretty haggard if I dip to far below 50. its like a balancing act lol and we do hv to make certain hard choices.

I guess in the end its all about balance & maintaining a certain equilibrium

 

[MikeG]

I would like to lose the remaining 4" of flab but my face is starting to look a bit gaunt. I am soon going to have to decide whether to put up with a small roll of fat and slightly slower hill climbing, or go for the slim waist and faster hill climbing but accompanied by a scrawny face.

Lose the weight.

Your face is only looking gaunt because you and your friends are used to it looking different. You, and they, will soon get used to a slimmer face. I lost 2 stone in a hurry last year after back and neck operations, and the initial comments were all "are you ill?" type. Once I had been my current weight for a few months, people started saying "you're looking well".

Congrats on the big reduction so far. It's transformative, isn't it? Now, finish the job off.

Mike

 

[Bald Ealge]

in for some inspiration. Sitting at around 93kgs and want to lose 10kg. Im 29 and 6ft with rugby type build so I don't look fat or anything, just want to be trim and lighter for the bike now. Hurt my back in a game last year and had to get an operation so that has led me over to cycling, running and swimming for the rehab. Been cycling for a year and half now and love it. Don't want to go back to rugby now.