Weight Watcher's Thread

[Turdus philomelos]

Ditto. Loosing the seven stone was in retrospect easy. As you say the hardest thing is not to fall back into the old eating habits.

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I lost 4lbs this week. Wont take long to lose 2 stone at this rate!

 

[ColinJ]

Ditto. Loosing the seven stone was in retrospect easy. As you say the hardest thing is not to fall back into the old eating habits.

The only reason that I am confident that I won't get fat again this time round is that my recent problems finally scared me into taking the health risks more seriously!

I saw figures showing that obese men of my height are 5 times more likely to suffer clotting problems than short, slim men. The vein damage caused by my previous clots multiplies that risk several times more so if I became obese again I would be at grave risk of popping my clogs somewhat earlier than I had planned ...

I will give the massive belly a miss from now on. Abstaining from alcohol and following a 5:2 fasting regime enables me to do that without having to deprive myself of the food I enjoy.

 

[Turdus philomelos]

Though not as any where near as serious as your health problems, my body was creaming that it's chassis couldn't take much more of carrying the bulk.
Plus it was making cycling up hills very difficult.

What worked for me was Paul McKenna. His programme got my eating habits and portion sizes back on track. However, I do think the main problem is genetics and just how much science has fiddled with our food, but hey, that's another topic.

 

[uclown2002]

Keep it up guys!

"Motivation gets you started; habit keeps you going"

 

[busdennis]

disappointed this morning to find my weekly weight loss was zero. Diet being much improved since the festive season but only got out on the bike once due to a crappy virus
weight = 15 stone 7

 

[screenman]

disappointed this morning to find my weekly weight loss was zero. Diet being much improved since the festive season but only got out on the bike once due to a crappy virus
weight = 15 stone 7

I lost 8 or 9lb over Xmas without hardly getting out of bed, so you can do it without excercise you just have to eat less.

 

[skid100]

Interval training will really help as its the quickest way to gain lean muscle and keeps the fat burn going for longer!
Don't have a sports drink or gels as this is just putting back the calories you are using unless its a really long ride. The average person has 90mins of stored glucose for moderate riding so we don't need to add anymore within that period. After your ride take some quality protein and nutrient rich foods not carbs.
The body will have ben burning fat during the ride and will continue unless you give it simple sugars.
All of this said but if you are diabetic then non of this applies!
30 min sessions of high and low intensity will do the trick, fat weighs the same as lean muscle so don't get too focused on the numbers.
Have a look at fartlec training - no a reference to flatulence!
Happy cycling!

 

[skid100]

I lost 8 or 9lb over Xmas without hardly getting out of bed, so you can do it without excercise you just have to eat less.

Calories in v calories out! its so true!

 

[Phyllosc]

Hi Guys

I'm new to Cycle Chat and like a few others around here trying to lose some weight. So far I've had some success. Starting in October last year I've lost 10 kilos. I'm back on my bike after way too many years off it. I did the sensible thing and started easy with low miles and effort but today I set a new distance record with 38 miles, most of it in sleet or rain!

Last Monday I tipped the scales at 111.1kgs. I've not been too active this week but fingers crossed for tomorrow when I climb aboard the scales again...

Dave

 

[mick1836]

Calories in v calories out! its so true!

NOT rocket science

 

[MarkF]

At 82kg buck nekkid, I am bang on at 6'1", last September whilst waiting for my mother in hospital, I used the ward scales and was surprised to see I weighed 87.8kg, ok, it was after my holidays but even so, it had certainly crept on. I decided to cut nothing out, but if I wasn't hungry then I wouldn't eat, no matter if it was lunchtime or whatever. Weighed myself on the same scales last week and I now weigh 83.7kg, seeing as I wasn't nekkid, that'd be about 82kg.

 

[shadow master]

calories vs calories out...if only it was as simple as that! A calorie is a calorie until you eat it! The body does not process calories from sugar the same as calories from protein for example,until you understand this weight loss is a game of yo yo

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

Well January has yielded a loss of 1/2 stone. i am happy with that. My fitness is on the up and I hope to see bigger improvements in February.

 

[ColinJ]

At 82kg buck nekkid, I am bang on at 6'1", last September whilst waiting for my mother in hospital, I used the ward scales and was surprised to see I weighed 87.8kg, ok, it was after my holidays but even so, it had certainly crept on. I decided to cut nothing out, but if I wasn't hungry then I wouldn't eat, no matter if it was lunchtime or whatever. Weighed myself on the same scales last week and I now weigh 83.7kg, seeing as I wasn't nekkid, that'd be about 82kg.

Same height as me!

My peak pre-illness weight (nekkid) was about 108 kg. I was weighed at a routine hospital appointment on Friday after taking off my hat, gloves, scarf and jacket, but still wearing everything else - 80.6 kg, so call that 80!

28 kg lost (nearly 62 lbs, or 4 st 6 lbs). I reckon another 3 or 4 kg will do me.