Weight Watcher's Thread

[4F]

Back in the game, after doing a Potsy over Christmas.

Update 04.03.14 (Interim target low 12 stone)

20.12.10 18 stone 6 (117 kgs)
22.08.11 17 stone 13 (114 kgs)
06.09.11 16 stone 13 (107 kgs
21.09.11 16 stone 6 (104 kgs)
18.10.11 15 stone 13 (101 kgs)
29.11.11 15 stone 3 (96.5 kgs)
11.07.12 14 stone 2 (90 kgs)
08.01.13 14 stone 12 (94 kgs)
29.10.13 15 stone 10 (99 kgs)
19.11.13 14 stone 7 (92 kgs)
05.03.14 14 stone 1 ½ (90 kgs)

At one point my all clothes were XL or 2XL I now have a mixture of M and L

 

[Bald Ealge]

Amazing!

 

[Justiffa]

Back in the game, after doing a Potsy over Christmas.

Update 04.03.14 (Interim target low 12 stone)

20.12.10 18 stone 6 (117 kgs)
22.08.11 17 stone 13 (114 kgs)
06.09.11 16 stone 13 (107 kgs
21.09.11 16 stone 6 (104 kgs)
18.10.11 15 stone 13 (101 kgs)
29.11.11 15 stone 3 (96.5 kgs)
11.07.12 14 stone 2 (90 kgs)
08.01.13 14 stone 12 (94 kgs)
29.10.13 15 stone 10 (99 kgs)
19.11.13 14 stone 7 (92 kgs)
05.03.14 14 stone 1 ½ (90 kgs)

At one point my all clothes were XL or 2XL I now have a mixture of M and L

Slow and steady does it

Keep up the good work

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Finding it hard to keep on the waggon.

Am still off the booze (15 months now) which I think makes the biggest difference but I mis me bread and spuds terribly.

Was 12st 4lb (size 16)

Now 9st 01lb (size 8)

Dont want to lose much. More weight, but would like to tone up and improve general fitness (although my bloody blood pressure is quite problematic at the mo - having hypotension and keep fainting)

Any tips on beating cravings, good toning exercises and increasing my blood pressure to a healthy rate?

 

[slowmotion]

Porridge, MTF! I discovered it two years ago and now I'm a massive fan.

EDIT: actually, given the nature of this particular thread, perhaps "massive fan" was an unfortunate choice of words.

 

[HeroesFitness]

Porridge for breakfast is the best start for any one wishing to lose fat or keep lean, add some pine nuts, sunflower seeds, blueberries and use oat or almond milk.

 

[Shaun Robinson]

I started cycling in august last year to get fit and lose weight with no change of diet , I'm 5'10" tall and started at 13st 7lbs weight fell to just below 13st after 6 months and stabilised there , so decided to just cut out snacking, at the start of February ( I was eating 4000 calories a day roughly ) now I'm down to 11st 7 ish , finding it hard to stay at stable weight ( dropping to low ) hills are alot Easyer but looking a bit scrawny and face a bit drawn , but cycling wise I'm flying compared to when I started , this is me at 11st 7lb def don't need to lose more ,

 

[Shaun Robinson]

Oops double post

 

[mick1836]

Hi, I'm 5'-8" well over 21 and on Jan 31st 2013 when I joined Slimming World I weighed 22st - 11½ lbs BMI 48.6

I now weigh 15st - 9 lbs BMI 33.3and my overall target weight is 12st - 2 lbs. BMI 25.8

Some people may say that my target weight is to low, however I have Google ideal weights for my gender and height and ALL show it should be somewhere between 9½ stone and 12½ stone
To put my weight loss in perspective I have lost more weight than what my wife currently weighs

I lost the vast majority just sticking to the Slimming World diet then in Nov last year started swimming then in the last couple of months cycling and reduced the swimming to nil.

 

[stevey]

Hi, I'm 5'-8" well over 21 and on Jan 31st 2013 when I joined Slimming World I weighed 22st - 11½ lbs BMI 48.6

I now weigh 15st - 9 lbs BMI 33.3and my overall target weight is 12st - 2 lbs. BMI 25.8

Some people may say that my target weight is to low, however I have Google ideal weights for my gender and height and ALL show it should be somewhere between 9½ stone and 12½ stone
To put my weight loss in perspective I have lost more weight than what my wife currently weighs

I lost the vast majority just sticking to the Slimming World diet then in Nov last year started swimming then in the last couple of months cycling and reduced the swimming to nil.

Awesome dude well done

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I had a mini-weight loss victory last week . I'd noticed in myself recently a trend of eating too much potato chips, chocolate and pastries, and after weighing myself Sunday before last, just before dinner, found that my weight was 4kg over the usual. So I got rid of any remaining bad snacks, and replaced them with healthier ones, and made an effort to reduce the portions also. Sometimes that's difficult, as a long, hilly ride home can give me post-dinner munchies, but I think it was more habit than real need. I weighed myself again on Friday before dinner, and I'd lost 3kg. So continuing the daily 60km commute, plus less bad snack foods, made the difference .

 

[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!

Further update from me, I am now down to 170lbs (so lost the 10lbs targetted above) which by my reckoning makes me 12st 2lbs - am now targetting getting rid of those 2lbs to get to 12st! I think they are going to be a pig to shift, but having a 5000 mile target to hit before the end of the year is motivating me to keep cycling!

 

[mick1836]

Acording to all the charts or graphs showing weight to height I still need to loose a further 3st 2.5lbs making my BMI 25.8 the problem I'm having is how and where to accurately get my body fat measured? What is still fat and what is excess skin?

 

[Coggy]

I lost 3 stone (ish) between Oct 2011 and August 2012 by following Weight Watchers and getting active.

Weight Watchers is not a diet its an education and change in lifestyle. You can still eat the same foods but it makes you realise that your portions have been out of control and so it relies on portion control and weighing ingredients.

The major thing for me was cutting down on beer and wine. 3 vodka and slimline tonics or diet coke is equal to one pint of beer or one large glass of wine.

For exercise, to start with was daily walks with the dogs of around 3 miles and then after 3 months I bought a spinning bike and would cycle for 30-45 mins at a fast pace and a medium tension.

The weight just fell off.

I started at 15 st 12 and 5ft 11 and got down to 13 stone dead. Lost 5 inches of waist and the same off chest.

Since moving at Xmas to a village with 3 or 4 cracking restaurants I have gained 1/2 stone.

Reading your stories above has inspired me to really get into my new hobbie of road cycling and I aim to lose a stone to take me to 12 1/2 stone. Haven't been out on bike since Sunday (34 miles - my longest to date) as it has been with a lad in village who is doing a few bits to it for me so have been back on Spinning bike for first time in 3 months for last couple of nights.

Back on the bike tomorrow though just for an evening 12-15 miler and then hopefully a 40 miler on Sunday.

Well done to all weight losers.

 

[Arjimlad]

OK so the legs are sorted, feels like barely an ounce of fat on them but my upper body, well, moobs like Jabba, etc kids poking fun at me when I take my shirt off or in the swimming pool...

I can't seem to get down below 13 1/4 stone or so...

I cycle ten energetic miles into work 3 or 4 times a week and 6 miles home. I do longer rides of 30 miles about twice a month, sedate family rides of 10-15 miles about twice a month, and I'm active generally. I walk or ride rather than drive.

Problem seems to be comfort-eating and snacking during the working day.

I hereby disavow snacking outside of mealtimes unless on fruit or healthy stuff. I will give up crisps which I eat daily. I will give up chocolate bars. I will not drink more than 1 beer in the weekday evenings.

Saying that someone has just put an apple doughnut on my desk ...

So once I've had that, that's it, no more unhealthy cakes or snacks between meals !