Weight Watcher's Thread

[Biscuit]

I have a weigh in on a Monday. Make sure I stay focused over the weekend, which is the worst part of the week for me. Good for 5 days then mess it all up on the weekend. Sound familiar?

 

[Steve H]

I have a weigh in on a Monday. Make sure I stay focused over the weekend, which is the worst part of the week for me. Good for 5 days then mess it all up on the weekend. Sound familiar?

Oh yes... and my weekend eating and drinking can start on a Thursday if I'm not careful!

 

[ColinJ]

Good luck Steve!

1 pound a week loss isn't really that hard if you are getting the miles in. It's a bit harder doing it when you are only averaging a few miles a week like me ...

 

[potsy]

I feel like that this week, lazy week off work so no cycle commutes, though I have a little errand to run tomorrow so will get 20ish miles in, and a friend has a pass out for Sunday so should do another 25-30 then.

I think I'll end up a couple of lbs heavier come this Saturday's weigh-in, but I expect that when I have any holiday time, always happens.

 

[Banjo]

We have just had a week of BBQing wine drinking etc generally pretending to be on holiday. Should have put a bit more salad and a bit less beef burger on the plate

Luckilly i escaped with only putting a pound on despite about 170 miles on the bike. 12 ST. 6 LB today .

Having changed hardly anything in 3 months of weekly weight watchers thread entries I feel a bit of a fraud here so wont bother with my weekly weight posting now until I get motivated to start losing. Ideally I would like to drop half a stone , I am happy enough at where I am but definitely wouldnt want to gain any more.

Good Luck to everyone else watching their weight.

 

[david k]

6'2"

at mo around 16s 9lbs

3 weeks ago 17s

my weight ever fluctuates, want to get down to 15s

 

[carolonabike]

Hey Banjo, how did the 200k go?

Well, I'm astonished!

I've been away staying with my sister, she's just had an operation, so this week I've been mostly dossing around in their garden enjoying the sunshine. I did do two 5 mile runs and a lot of walking but that was it, exercise wise. But, they don't eat biscuits and I drank less wine than normal . No scales either. So, when I weighed myself this morning I had to get back on the scales to check I wasn't seeing things .... down 2lbs!!

I didn't eat that much yesterday with travelling all day, so I suppose it could be a fluke, and I may go back up a pound. But, I think it shows what I could achieve if I could give up biscuits and wine. Unfortunately, that's just not going to happen .

So that's 6lb lost since Jan 1st

 

[Banjo]

Nice one Carol. I think I could fit in nicely to a dossing around in the garden type regime Trouble is I would still want the wine and biscuits.

The 200 k ride went really well.I was lucky enough to meet Fiona N at the start and rode around with her and a couple of others in a small group. Really seems to make a big difference compared to riding alone.

Carmarthen Snapper 200km

 

[potsy]

Well as expected I have put a little bit back on this last week due to being off work(no cycle commuting) and eating far too much chocolate and cake.
Damage limitation of 1.5lbs so expect to lose that quickly once I return to normal tomorrow.

Have managed 2 rides only since SITD, an 18 miler and a 28 miler.

As this is my 1st blip this year and it was expected, I am not too unhappy about it, just wish I could control my calorie intake a bit better.

 

[Banjo]

Well as expected I have put a little bit back on this last week due to being off work(no cycle commuting) and eating far too much chocolate and cake.
Damage limitation of 1.5lbs so expect to lose that quickly once I return to normal tomorrow.

Have managed 2 rides only since SITD, an 18 miler and a 28 miler.

As this is my 1st blip this year and it was expected, I am not too unhappy about it, just wish I could control my calorie intake a bit better.

I know exactly what you mean re calorie intake. I seem to want to eat even more in weeks I dont cycle as much.

Good luck for next week.

 

[potsy]

I know exactly what you mean re calorie intake. I seem to want to eat even more in weeks I dont cycle as much.

Good luck for next week.

I tend to have spells where I find it hard to stop myself snacking, usually lasts for 2 or 3 days then I get a grip and start eating better again. This is obviously a psychological thing as I do it even after I have just eaten a meal, so I know I'm not still hungry.
I have done this for most of my adult life so it is very hard to stop now, it needs a complete change of mindset on my part, the cycling is glossing over the problem at the minute as I am just doing enough to keep the weight down to this level, as soon as it stops my weight will go up again.

It's going to take a lot of hard work to get where I want to be, but hopefully with the encouragement on here and a contination of lots of riding it can be done

 

[ColinJ]

I tend to have spells where I find it hard to stop myself snacking, usually lasts for 2 or 3 days then I get a grip and start eating better again. This is obviously a psychological thing as I do it even after I have just eaten a meal, so I know I'm not still hungry.

I don't normally have many things in the house which could cause problems. If I want a snack, I might eat a couple of raw mushrooms, or perhaps a tomato[sup](1)[/sup].

A glass of water or a cup of tea is filling without containing (m)any calories





(1) I was expecting company this evening and had bought a Snickers Duo as a treat for us. The company did not materialise and I am now acutely aware of a malignant chocolate presence in my home!

 

[Banjo]

I don't normally have many things in the house which could cause problems. If I want a snack, I might eat a couple of raw mushrooms, or perhaps a tomato[sup](1)[/sup].

A glass of water or a cup of tea is filling without containing (m)any calories





(1) I was expecting company this evening and had bought a Snickers Duo as a treat for us. The company did not materialise and I am now acutely aware of a malignant chocolate presence in my home!

If that snickers survives the night your a better man than me Colin

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Potsy I always found stopping myself from scoffing chocolate and junk food very difficult, cycling on its own doesnt make me lose weight it just makes me fitter.

What helped me was when I finally managed to stop smoking after 30 years of smoking 20 - 40 a day I realised that I did have the willpower to do whatever I wanted as stopping smoking was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.

How I control what I eat is I note every single thing I eat, I use this website -> CLICK ME as it makes it nice and easy by working out what you calorie limit is for the day and has a huge database of foods with all the calorie values so I dont have to work it all out, also when you do excerise it factors it in and adjusts you daily limit. What this does for me is lets me see exactly how many calories I am consuming and shows me where I am going wrong.

It works for me because it is a very simple principle eat less calories and excerise more and you will loose weight.

I only tend to do this over spring/summer/autumn and as a result I gain weight over winter. After xmas I was fluctuating between 13 stone and 13 stone 3lbs I managed to get it down a bit until I restarted listing my calorie intake, as of today I weigh just over 12 stone 2 lbs since the 23/3/2011 I have lost around 8 lbs

Things I dont eat regularly are:

Mcdonalds
Burger King
Biscuits
Coffee with cafine
Cornettos or any of these hi calorie ice creams
Easter Eggs
Chocolate Bars & Sweets
High Calorie Breakfast Cereals
Soft Drinks
Pizza
Only allowed Fish & Chips once per week

Of course I have the odd biscuit when offered.

Today I fancied an ice cream so I had a Del Monte Mango Smoothy Ice Cream at 98 calories and it was lovely and better than something that is probably 3 times the calories. I eat Brunch Bars at 160 calories or GoAhead Yogurt Bars at 143 Calories instead of sweets such as Mars Bars at nearly 300 calories and I have completely given up drinking soft drinks and havent had a Mcdonalds or Burger King in over 3 years, and no I dont miss them because like when you give up smoking you realise that you arent missing anything except shoveling shite into your mouth.

Of course I still have somethings now and then for instance on the Spring into the dales that cheese burger and chips, but that is very rare and I was in the perfect position to burn off lots of calories that day.

So I guess it is down to you to find your own way, but one thing is for sure it will require willpower whatever you do but it is worth it in the end.

Dont think of it as been on a diet. diets are temporary, you need to change your life permanently otherwise the weight wont stay off.

 

[potsy]

Some good advice there Phil, though you do seem to have listed my entire series of foods there

I had good success too with keeping a food diary, a low tech version of what you do.
I found that there were not that many different foods I ate so once I had built up a list of those I could keep track fairly easily, haven't gone down that route this time but might if I stall later in the year.

Anyway back on track from tomorrow, already bought the salad and fruit for my take to work meals, like Colin says- Keeping the bad stuff out of the house means it can't then be eaten. We have a canteen and choccy machine at work but I never use those, so I only eat what I take with me.

I was surprised to hear how much you put on over winter, thought it was just me that did that