Weight Watcher's Thread

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well I started the year at 17st 5 lb.
This morning 13 st 7 lb.
Body fat has gone from 36% to 23%.
I started commuting by bike in June 12, when I was about 16 stone, it took 5 months to loose 1 stone via the gym, the rest has gone since commuting.
34 miles a day, I have now clocked up 2500 miles already !
I am aiming to be 13 st 5 lb, then I can say I have lost 4 stone, and then I will try and stay there

 

[peanut]

Well I started the year at 17st 5 lb.
This morning 13 st 7 lb.
Body fat has gone from 36% to 23%.
I started commuting by bike in June 12, when I was about 16 stone, it took 5 months to loose 1 stone via the gym, the rest has gone since commuting.
34 miles a day, I have now clocked up 2500 miles already !
I am aiming to be 13 st 5 lb, then I can say I have lost 4 stone, and then I will try and stay there

wow thats truly inspirational . Well done !

What gym work did you do and did you start that before or after the comute?

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

wow thats truly inspirational . Well done !

What gym work did you do and did you start that before or after the comute?

Well I re joined the gym in January, and started to go every morning, I thought I would beat the traffic in the car and get to the gym, so kill 2 birds with one stone.

Started out doing the usual treadmill, cycling and weight training, but by June I had only got to around 16 stone. I was bored with it, I loved going in the hot tub, but hated doing the exercise to be able to deserve to go in the hot tub !

I had been toying with the idea of going to work by bike but thought it wold be too much hassle. Then trek sent me an email about the bke to work week, and on the 12th of June 2009 I tried it.

It was not as bad as I thought, I have always been a keen cyclist but the bike was hanging off the wall in the garage.

I did it again a week later, again on Friday and then thought sod it and started full time.

When I look back, I can't believe I used to pay to go to the gym, and get up even earlier than I do to go by bike to drive to work and the gym.

Going by bike solves so many problems and saves the cash

so I cancelled the gym
no more petrol
have lost double the amount of weight in the nearly half the time as the gym had taken.

Makes me ralise it the best thing I have done this year. It has its faults at times but overall since June I have now covered 2600 miles, have become so thin none of my clothes fit anymore and at wrk I am no longer the fat grey guy.

So I cycle every day no matter what the weather, when I get to work I shower eat breakfast at my desk, then lunch which is uasually 600 colories of pasta and sauce, then cycle home.

Its 17 miles each way and takes around an hour. When I get in I eat a few crackers as I have no appetite at all, and then come the weekend I tend to eat as normal. Loose 2 lb a week generally.

My goal this year was to be 14 st by xmas, so I have smashed that, but I can eat at xmas and not have to worry.

The best things though are

I no longer sweat like a pig in the sun
never get heartburn anymore
asthma is very much under control

Plus I love the cycling.

 

[dodgy]

I have a slightly different reason to post here, but not that different if you see what I mean. I ramped up my training in April 2009 in an effort to get back to my 'fighting weight', I've done that, losing 22lbs in the process. I did not change what I ate, I still drink probably (make that definitely - I'm in denial) too much, and enjoy curries and take aways at the weekend. But spurred on by just how much I'm enjoying my cycling now, I'm determined not necessarily to lose any more weight, but to stay below 13 stone from now until April 2010, through the toughest part of the year.

6' 2" (189cm) 12 St 11lbs (179lbs / 81kg) 25/10/2009

 

[dodgy]

When I look back, I can't believe I used to pay to go to the gym, and get up even earlier than I do to go by bike to drive to work and the gym.

Going by bike solves so many problems and saves the cash

so I cancelled the gym
no more petrol
have lost double the amount of weight in the nearly half the time as the gym had taken.

---snip---

Plus I love the cycling.

Nice one Steve, thanks for sharing that, nice little story there.

 

[jeltz]

I'm 5'9" and 40 next month. I gained about stone when I quit smoking a bit over a year ago taking me up to 12st10lbs and I when I got a road bike a 2 months ago I'd got down to 12st4lbs.

I do martial arts twice a week, lots of pressups, situps and core exercises so quite a bit of upper body muscle and I try to cycle twice a week. In the last 8 weeks I've dropped down to 11st12lbs with no major change to my diet, way too much chocolate and biscuits!

The next step is to cut out/down on the bad foods and see is I can get down to about 11st6lbs by next May when I have my Black Belt grading as a better power to weight ratio will assist me.

 

[peanut]

So I cycle every day no matter what the weather, when I get to work I shower eat breakfast at my desk, then lunch which is uasually 600 colories of pasta and sauce, then cycle home.

Its 17 miles each way and takes around an hour. When I get in I eat a few crackers as I have no appetite at all, and then come the weekend I tend to eat as normal. Loose 2 lb a week generally.

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ah well now we can see why you have lost such a huge amount of weight. If you are only eating about 1000 calories a day that is nowhere near enough. The problem with such a severely restrictive diet is that a] you are not getting sufficient minerals and vitimins (meat, fish, fruit & veg etc) and b] you'll have a hard time sticking to that diet for the rest of your life .

 

[slinky malinky]

Lost another pound, weather has been rubbish, every time got the bike out strong winds and heavy rain!!!! kept at it I can't stop now, its in the blood, wife thinks I m mad, but in a strange way the harder it is to ride the more I like it.
13st 9lb (at 6'3").
Haven't really changed diet, cut out alot of milk stuff as advised here (thanks that worked a treat), NO alcohol (since June and I must say don't miss it a bit) still eat normal things not counting calories as such just training HARD.

 

[potsy]

3lb lost in October,finally under the 14st mark now,not been this light since about 2002,just hope I can keep it off as Christmas approaches and the number of commutes goes down due to weather.

 

[Banjo]

3lb lost in October,finally under the 14st mark now,not been this light since about 2002,just hope I can keep it off as Christmas approaches and the number of commutes goes down due to weather.

Congrats on breaking the 14 stone barrier Potsy. I have the same worries as you about eating more and cycling less during winter.I have bought some decent wet gear ,just need some overshoes but in the wet I ride in cut down wellies for now until the credit card can be bashed again .
I dont think you can get SPd clips on wellies though :-)

 

[JiMBR]

Just spotted this thread <== noob

I was 24.5st a few years ago...now 18.5st.


It's always a constant battle, but I'm so glad I decided to start on the journey...and cycling has, of course played a big part.

There's a ways to go...but I WILL get there!

 

[Banjo]

Just spotted this thread <== noob

I was 24.5st a few years ago...now 18.5st.


It's always a constant battle, but I'm so glad I decided to start on the journey...and cycling has, of course played a big part.

There's a ways to go...but I WILL get there!

Congratulations 6 stone weight loss is a huge achievment.

 

[r0bbti]

Can anyone tell me how many calories you burn up while cycling - I know it depends on speed, body weight etc but I have looked at various websites and get wildly different answers. Say 1hour at 15mph on a hybrid? Then I can convert it into replacement KitKats, haha.

 

[colly]

Can anyone tell me how many calories you burn up while cycling - I know it depends on speed, body weight etc but I have looked at various websites and get wildly different answers. Say 1hour at 15mph on a hybrid? Then I can convert it into replacement KitKats, haha.

You might try registering with this site:
http://www.bikejournal.com

It is free and if you log the details of your ride (distance, time, your weight, kind of terrain etc ) it will give you a figure for the amount of calories expended.

No idea at all of how accurate it is but I would guess from the amount of bods who use the site and the fact the site is well laid out and managed it should be close enough.

 

[Bill Gates]

I want to lose 8 lbs by the end of January @ 2lbs a week and then another 9 lbs at an average of 1lb a week. I'm 13 stone 9 lbs now so thats 13 stone 1lb 31st January.