Weight Watcher's Thread

[ColinJ]

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

I gave the first bar a good talking to and the other one is cringing in the cupboard, waiting to be disciplined at a later date!

 

[phil_hg_uk]

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

I have 2 lots of clothes winter (fat) & summer (thin).

I find it difficult to reduce the amount of food I eat over winter but as I dont cycle as much but still eat the same amount as I do during the rest of the year when I am cycling loads I put on weight.

I have tried a turbo trainer but it is just boring and doesnt work for me, I think it is boredom so I just eat.

 

[Steve H]

Well - week 1 is done and the weigh in this morning was about level. Not a great result for the first week, but considering the long bank holiday weekend and how easy it is to overeat and drink during bbq and beer sessions, I'm actually ok with this. Could be similar again this week though. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday should be fine, but then I'm going to stay with friends for another long weekend. I do find it tough to eat sensibly very shortly after beer has passed my lips. I know the short answer here is to not drink beer, but not sure I'm prepared to give it up on these great social occasions.

 

[gb155]

Room for another here

Currently at 14 stone 6 pounds

(6ft 3")

Need to get my **** back together and get back down to the top end of 13st again

 

[WychwoodTrev]

I am 6ft 1in and on Jan 11 this year weighed 18 stone with a diet consisting of Ryvita and philidelphia plus fruit at work the a evening meal of meat boiled spuds and loads of green veg plus up to about 100 miles a week on the bike am now down to 15.8 aiming for 13.6 well thats the plan

 

[gb155]

1 Pound Down

I am actually starting to think that 14 st 6lbs might be my bodys natural medium tbh

We shall see, but I am taking on board 2250 Calories a day now, having upped it from 1800 because of how bad I felt, I am dropping slowly , guess I will see how the next 4 weeks pans out, but if I stay where I am, wearing "Large" shirts and 32" pants then I have gotta be happy with that.

 

[potsy]

1 Pound Down

I am actually starting to think that 14 st 6lbs might be my bodys natural medium tbh

We shall see, but I am taking on board 2250 Calories a day now, having upped it from 1800 because of how bad I felt, I am dropping slowly , guess I will see how the next 4 weeks pans out, but if I stay where I am, wearing "Large" shirts and 32" pants then I have gotta be happy with that.

Gaz- How did you come to put 8lbs back on since March? That's the sort of thing I do over Xmas due to all the snack food and drink available then.

Sounds like your calorie intake of 2250 will help with your general health, was quite worried to read about your previous intake levels, especially with the amount of effort you put into your cycling.

I still have a little bit of Easter chocolate in the house which I am aware of, and am doing my best to get rid of it this week already 1lb of the weight I put back on has gone again.

 

[ColinJ]

Gaz- How did you come to put 8lbs back on since March? That's the sort of thing I do over Xmas due to all the snack food and drink available then.

Posts elsewhere would suggest that work stress might have a lot to do with it ...?

That's how I got fat in the first place. As soon as I got home from the mega-stress at work, I'd start on the cheese and pickle sandwiches and I wouldn't stop until the bread and cheese ran out.

Nowadays it is the stress of no-work, no-money and it is beer rather than food; same basic problem though.

All this talk of food is making me hungry! I've just realised that I forgot to have breakfast - it is 18 hours since my last meal.

I'll be back ...!

 

[gb155]

Colin, Its not that TBH

What happened about 2 weekends ago was I drank and drank and drank, None alcoholic drinks , The 8 pounds was gained over the weekend, Friday night, sat, Sunday I didnt stop.

Its not shifted since, I suspect It might have been dehydration ?

 

[661-Pete]

I am actually starting to think that 14 st 6lbs might be my bodys natural medium tbh

I would think so too. A BMI of just over 25 is something I can only dream of! Why not leave it at that, and accept that there will be fluctuations of a few lbs each way...


But:

What happened about 2 weekends ago was I drank and drank and drank, None alcoholic drinks , The 8 pounds was gained over the weekend, Friday night, sat, Sunday I didnt stop.

Its not shifted since, I suspect It might have been dehydration ?

Gaz, do you have diabetes? (you may have mentioned it in another thread). Obvious symptom. If not, I presume you've had your sugars tested, at least...

 

[ColinJ]

Colin, Its not that TBH

What happened about 2 weekends ago was I drank and drank and drank, None alcoholic drinks , The 8 pounds was gained over the weekend, Friday night, sat, Sunday I didnt stop.

Its not shifted since, I suspect It might have been dehydration ?

Oops - sorry for jumping to conclusions Gaz!

Well if you had got very dehydrated, you probably thought you'd lost more weight than you actually had and taking in all those fluids just got you back to where you should have been? In that case, you might not have put any fat back on.

I remember spending too long in the sun without a drink as a teenager and drinking 4 pints of milk back to back when I got home, and another time pint after pint of (diluted!) Rose's Lime Cordial.

It's actually something to be wary about because of the risk of hyponaetremia or water intoxication!

 

[yello]

I'm a newbie to this thread but just to gloat say that my weight has just dropped under 70kg for the first time in decades. I was around 75kg around Christmas time. My weight loss is due to not eating the likes of bread, pasta, rice, etc but is also due to simply eating less. I still have cake or pastry treats on a pretty much daily basis and I haven't really been fanatical about sticking to the regime so I'm pleased the weight has gone with relatively little restrictive practice.

What has been noticeable is that I had a couple of what I'll call plateau stages. That is, my weight would drop, say, a kilo almost overnight then stabilise at that before dropping again.

I never thought I'd be one to feel chuffed at loosing weight but I must admit to allowing myself a smug smile when the scales read 69.3 this morning!!

 

[Steve H]

Little cheeky mid-week weigh in and I'm down a couple of pounds to 16stone13. Let's hope another weekend of beer and bbq's doesn't ruin it!

 

[gb155]

Oops - sorry for jumping to conclusions Gaz!

Well if you had got very dehydrated, you probably thought you'd lost more weight than you actually had and taking in all those fluids just got you back to where you should have been? In that case, you might not have put any fat back on.

I remember spending too long in the sun without a drink as a teenager and drinking 4 pints of milk back to back when I got home, and another time pint after pint of (diluted!) Rose's Lime Cordial.

It's actually something to be wary about because of the risk of hyponaetremia or water intoxication!

No need for you to say sorry, your thoughts made sense based on my postings.

TBH tho the way im riding, it simply cant be 8 pounds of fat, I climb, sprint and cruise better now than before I gained them, leading me to believe it was dehydration TBH

 

[gb155]

SOOOOOOOOOOOO

I have trawled over my food diary, I missed something, In trying to beat SED I have missed out of detail, some of it was dehydration, however, trying to beat SED is also another reason for the gain, glad I have found out the issue, now I am gonna get back to basics and kill this 8 pounds

Only issue being, im now FULL of a stinking cold :0(