Weight Watcher's Thread

[The Jogger]

Got on the scales Sunday after my Ireland few days, disappointed to see 14st 10lbs omg was kicking myself. Decided to cut out bread apart from a little spud bread twice a week and cut out most spuds and pasta. Today I was 14st 5lbs but can I keeep it up? I've cycled 75miles so far this week, which is up and hopefully is part of the reason for the loss.

 

[gb155]

Get in

I'm 2 pounds away from being back to my lightest

The biggest loser bars have deffo helped with energy and I've killed it on the bike today

 

[phil120867]

hi all,

I seemed to have missed all 3 pages of this. I'm 43 5'8'' and 13st 5ib this morning. I've been looking to get down to 12 st 6lb or there abouts for about 3 years. i regularly ride, train, commute up to 5 or 6 times a week, usually 2 hours max at any one time. My issue is that as i have got fitter, I have got fatter. I'm just hungry all the time. I also like to go as fast as I can all the time, I regulary average 21mph over 17 miles on the way home from work and I ride with a bunch of really fit (younger) guys so I'm always running at 75-100% max BHP. I have a resting HR of about 41. I cut out all booze 4 years ago but I've got fatter since. I eat the usual stuff, pasta, spuds, chips once a week, sandwiches & coke for lunch, the odd (!) cake from the girls in the office, fruit N fibre as a 9pm snack. I'm not sure what else to do, I've done the slimfast thing (stayed the same), I've tried protein shakes as a post ride drink. I've given up energy bars in favour of an oat based homemade flapjack thing. If I don't eat a lot I find it difficult to ride home or keep up on the 2 hour MTB ride. What else should I do? I was thinking of doing slower rides to burn fat but I'm very time limited (family, job etc), so I'd have to use the time I usually go out riding with the lads?

 

[endoman]

95.6 K this morning, up a bit, will claim it as new muscle

 

[gb155]

14 stone, zero pounds, cant wait for the end of the month to update my sig

 

[JohnHenry]

hi all,

I seemed to have missed all 3 pages of this. I'm 43 5'8'' and 13st 5ib this morning. I've been looking to get down to 12 st 6lb or there abouts for about 3 years. i regularly ride, train, commute up to 5 or 6 times a week, usually 2 hours max at any one time. My issue is that as i have got fitter, I have got fatter. I'm just hungry all the time. I also like to go as fast as I can all the time, I regulary average 21mph over 17 miles on the way home from work and I ride with a bunch of really fit (younger) guys so I'm always running at 75-100% max BHP. I have a resting HR of about 41. I cut out all booze 4 years ago but I've got fatter since. I eat the usual stuff, pasta, spuds, chips once a week, sandwiches & coke for lunch, the odd (!) cake from the girls in the office, fruit N fibre as a 9pm snack. I'm not sure what else to do, I've done the slimfast thing (stayed the same), I've tried protein shakes as a post ride drink. I've given up energy bars in favour of an oat based homemade flapjack thing. If I don't eat a lot I find it difficult to ride home or keep up on the 2 hour MTB ride. What else should I do? I was thinking of doing slower rides to burn fat but I'm very time limited (family, job etc), so I'd have to use the time I usually go out riding with the lads?

Tell more about the sandwiches - I've found that cutting out bread and CERTAINLY butter and cheese (but keeping pasta - watch out for oily/fatty sauces) has helped my loss of three stone over the past 18 months. It's the fat retention that was causing the problem so chips (unless oven chips in FryLite) have to be a thing of the past. Maybe lose the coke at lunch. Bananas, and all other fruit and veg as snacks when hungry. Have you tried having six smaller meals a day if you are always hungry? It IS TOUGH but you CAN do it!

 

[Biscuit]

87.2kg this morning, but feeling more trim. Know that sounds odd, but I think I've increased muscle on the legs due to the extra cycling this week.

Still trying to get to 85kg, very elusive. I WILL get there !!

Phil / John H, I also found dropping bread / flour was effective, but couldn't maintain the bike training / commute, as I just kept bonking on the return trip, to dangerous levels. Nearly fell off the bike one day.

 

[Steve H]

Yo-yo'd back up a few more pounds to 17stone0. Need to focus a bit more over next few weeks to get back on track.

 

[phil120867]

Tell more about the sandwiches - I've found that cutting out bread and CERTAINLY butter and cheese (but keeping pasta - watch out for oily/fatty sauces) has helped my loss of three stone over the past 18 months. It's the fat retention that was causing the problem so chips (unless oven chips in FryLite) have to be a thing of the past. Maybe lose the coke at lunch. Bananas, and all other fruit and veg as snacks when hungry. Have you tried having six smaller meals a day if you are always hungry? It IS TOUGH but you CAN do it!

I've now gone for wholewheat pasta & tuna for lunch (although I'm already bored), I've eased off the pace on rides, I'm riding a single speed MTB, cut out most bread no coke or crisps (twiglets on occasion), omelet for breakfasts, fruit for snacks and cut out my weekly fry up and my weekly chips. Over the last couple of weeks I've lost quite a bit yesterday I was 12st 12lb post ride from about 13st 7lbs 3 weeks ago. I'm sticking to it this time. I am also allowing treats but I'm trying not to eat after tea time and I find its not really necessary to eat during rides of up to 2.5 hours long.

 

[potsy]

Yo-yo'd back up a few more pounds to 17stone0. Need to focus a bit more over next few weeks to get back on track.

Me too Steve.
May has been a very bad month, missed lots of cycle commutes due to illness and a lot of comfort eating has seen my weight shoot back up to 14st 4lbs.
Had got down to 13st 11lbs so need to get back on track in June.

I find it very difficult to limit my eating when I'm off the bike for any length of time, must try harder.

 

[The Jogger]

My problem is I just love my food and can't seem to cut down for more than three days.

 

[gb155]

Me too Steve.
May has been a very bad month, missed lots of cycle commutes due to illness and a lot of comfort eating has seen my weight shoot back up to 14st 4lbs.
Had got down to 13st 11lbs so need to get back on track in June.

I find it very difficult to limit my eating when I'm off the bike for any length of time, must try harder.

+1

 

[Melonfish]

glad to see i'm not the only one, i tend to find that when i'm limiting my breakfast and lunch i end up stuffing my face at dinner.
just glad my bike is finally here and tomorrow i start my commute!

 

[gb155]

Hurrah, It's June & my sig finally looks better, now to really crack on !

 

[Banjo]

Well done Gaz, looks like your going well now, Good Luck