Weight Watcher's Thread

[Banjo]

Nice one mallrat thats impressive in only 3 weeks.

 

[Banjo]

Just wondering how you know when you have reached ideal weight? I've dropped from 16st to 13st (6ft tall) since Spring with about 300 miles a month and cutting out high fat / sugar foods. I look fairly slim, but could easily lose more pounds - but don't have a target weight to aim at. I'm 45

The BMI system gives you a rough idea of what you should be but doesnt work for eveyone ie highly trained athletes with lots of muscle will appear to be overweight on the BMI chart.

I am guessing you are male at six foot so BMI suggests you should be below 13 stone 3 lb

Link to BMI NHS SITE

 

[carolonabike]

Hi Mallrat, welcome,
That's a very impressive loss, I reckon thats 9lbs in old money? (I still think in lbs). Are you dieting or just exercising?

After a good week, things have gone rapidly downhill at my end.

Last night we went out for dinner with friends and I was determined to be virtuous.... It began to go wrong with the gin and tonic before the meal. I was still full of good intentions at this stage and ordered a dippy egg with asparagus and parma ham fingers, followed by slow cooked beef; so far so good. But the beef was accompanied by the most delicious garlic mash and although I fully intended to only eat a little bit of the mash before I knew it the whole lot had gone. I didn't have a desert but that's just because I don't really have a sweet tooth (chocolate biscuits excepted). But that pales into insignificance beside the three bottles of wine we managed to put away

Tonight we are off to our next door neighbour's birthday party being held at our local, there's bound to be more food, and more wine and I'm afraid my will power is like yours Banjo, it melts away at the first sign of temptation .

Oh dear, I'll just have to work harder next week to make up

According to that calculation Banjo my BMI is 21.98 which puts me just above half way in the healthy index. If I lost 5 lbs that would make my BMI 21 which would be very nice. I would feel good at that

 

[carolonabike]

1st Jan 9st 3.5
7th Jan 9st 2
14th Jan 9st 2.5
21st Jan 9st 2
28th Jan 9st 2


I thought I'd lost half a pound but when I've checked last weeks post I'm exactly the same, which is slightly disappointing but at least it means the overindulgence at the weekend has had no lasting effects. (I do like to look on the bright side ). The weird thing is I could swear I am slimmer, my clothes feel slightly looser and when I look in the mirror my tummy looks less round but I could be deluding myself; there is a limit as to how long I can go on convincing myself that I'm gaining muscle while losing fat.

Cycled to work 4 days this week and I did a five mile run at the weekend. Missed my swim due to work commitments. But I reckon in terms of calories consumed thats still about 2000, so perhaps I may record a loss next week.

This weekend I'm taking some workmates out on their fisrt group ride in preparation for the C2C in the summer. I'm planning a gentle 15 mile ride along our local costal cycle path with a coffee break at the halfway point. Given that one of them has not managed to get out on her new bike yet (bought in October) this is quite a challenge for them.

 

[Banjo]

Similar week to mine c on a b. Weight stayed the same ,I was probably lucky not to put on. Havent done much cycling due to work and cold weather,have done a couple of exercise bike sessions which are better than nothing.

Doing the 75 mile Snowdrop Express on Feb 19th, hoping to do some longer rides this coming week in preparation for that.

 

[mallrat666]

Yellow all,
my up-date today is...

83.5 kg / 13.1 stone / 184 Lb

(started on 89 kg / 14 stone / 196 Lb that was on 31/12/10)

my target is still to get down to 70 kg by the end of March

 

[carolonabike]

Another couple of pounds mallrat, well done.

Our outing went well this morning, although the colleague I'm worried about (the one who hasn't been out yet) didn't turn up.

We did an easy 20 miles which is the furthest either of them have ever cycled and I took them on some mild off road sections which they found scary but fun. I was on my road bike and it was a bit slippy in places, but since I was expecting to fall over at some point and didn't I was quite pleased too. Mind you, my bike needed a hose down when I got home.

 

[Banjo]

Nice one mallratt. Not confident of getting a good result on my Friday weigh in this week. Done quite a few bike miles this week allready but seem to have lost the power to say no to food and drink at the moment.

I am hoping if I can just not hold my own for now more motivation will come when the weather improves.

 

[carolonabike]

1st Jan 9st 3.5
7th Jan 9st 2
14th Jan 9st 2.5
21st Jan 9st 2
28th Jan 9st 2

4th Feb 9st 1

This was a surprise, I've done less this week, only cycled to work twice because of the weather and 1 swim yesterday but I have tried to eat fewer biscuits and drink less to compensate (sounds bad, I'm not a big drinker but I do like a G&T, and I'm also rather partial to a glass of wine).

I'm nearly there, when I see the 8 reappear on the scales I'll be a happy woman.

 

[Banjo]

Well done on the steady progress C on a B .

I weighed the same this week and have only dropped 1 lb in a month . Hopefully as tjhe spring weather arrives it will give me some motivation.

Celebrating the Chinese New Year with piles of food and Merlot probably wasnt the best tactic

 

[carolonabike]

But you have to celebrate New Year Banjo. And it is only once a year.

I love chinese food

At least it's not gone up.

 

[carolonabike]

1st Jan 9st 3.5
7th Jan 9st 2
14th Jan 9st 2.5
21st Jan 9st 2
28th Jan 9st 2
4th Feb 9st 1
10th Feb 9st 1

No change, at the rate I'm going (which seems to be about 1/4 lb a week I didn't expect my weight to be any different. I'm sure I could get to my target faster if I wanted to if I cut out biscuits and booze but hey! life's too short .

I'm happy with what I'm doing which I think is more sustainable over the long term. When I look in the mirror I definitely look leaner which is a very good thing. I did manage to get out for a run this week and I cycled to work three days although I missed my swim yesterday. The weather looks good tomorrow so I'm planning a ride out, probably about 40 miles up in Northumberland. Nice!

How you doing Banjo?

 

[Banjo]

1st Jan 9st 3.5
7th Jan 9st 2
14th Jan 9st 2.5
21st Jan 9st 2
28th Jan 9st 2
4th Feb 9st 1
10th Feb 9st 1

No change, at the rate I'm going (which seems to be about 1/4 lb a week I didn't expect my weight to be any different. I'm sure I could get to my target faster if I wanted to if I cut out biscuits and booze but hey! life's too short .

I'm happy with what I'm doing which I think is more sustainable over the long term. When I look in the mirror I definitely look leaner which is a very good thing. I did manage to get out for a run this week and I cycled to work three days although I missed my swim yesterday. The weather looks good tomorrow so I'm planning a ride out, probably about 40 miles up in Northumberland. Nice!

How you doing Banjo?

I was hoping you werent going to ask

Jan 6th 2011 12 stone 8 lb :-( Illness and the weather havent helped much .
Jan 13th 2011 12 stone 9 lb really need to get a grip now :-(
Jan 21st 2011 12stone 7lbs going the right way now :-)
Jan 28th 12 Stone 7 lb no change from last week
Feb 11th 12 stone 9lbs not good need to make some significant changes to diet.



After a month of trying to cut down on food and increase exercise(cycling) I am now a pound heavier than when I started.

I did a 58 miler with a lot of hard climbing on Tuesday and probably overdid the fuel for it .Starting today I am keeping a food diary, had considered putting it on line but Im not that brave. Lucky I didnt start yesterday as the diary list would have included a belgian bun ,a bottle of Merlot as well as 3 reasonably healthy meals.

I have noticed in the past that lots of shorter rides in the 20 to 30 mile bracket are more effective for weightloss than 1 or 2 longer rides so will be trying to get out for a couple of hours several times per week and no extra food treats for doing it.

It sounds as if you have arrived at a good food/exercise balance.Staying the same or making very small weight losses each week. Good Luck

 

[carolonabike]

Oh dear Banjo, I feel your pain. It could be a temporary blip maybe? Cos up to now you were heading in the right direction.

That's an interesting idea, that shorter trips are better than long ones. Do you think it's because cumulatively you burn more calories or is it because on shorter trips there is no need to refuel?

You're right about the extra food, it's so tempting after a long day out to treat yourself 'because you've worked hard' and deserve it. It's a long time since I did any long distances on a regular basis and I find I'm concious of trying not to take on too many calories but a couple of times I've obviously gone too far in the other direction and bonked. It's difficult, trying to get the balance right. 25 years ago I never gave it a moments thought and it all worked fine. Perhaps I'm thinking about it too much.

58 miles is a good distance, I'm a long way off that yet but there's plenty of time. I'm planning a 40 mile ride tomorrow, I need to start building up my stamina in preparation for our C2C in July.
The weather looks good and, unusually not too cold, which will make a nice change.

 

[Banjo]

Your right about the balance being hard to achieve, if I go more than 30 miles I have to eat on the ride or end up limping in feeling wahed out and probably take on far more food than neccessary but less than 30 I use only water on the ride and time it so I have one of my normal meals straight after.

Im not too concerned to be honest just so long as the weight doesnt start piling on again.

You have a little bit longer to get to peak fitness than me I have signed up for the Dragon Sportive in early june.