potsy
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Weight Watcher's Thread
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gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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- Manchester-Ish
Thanks Banjo
Pot's no, its called CHUNAL, stop pussying out and it might help you too ;-)
Pot's no, its called CHUNAL, stop pussying out and it might help you too ;-)
Steve H
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I'm lost. What's CHUNAL?
gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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potsy
Rambler
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Compared to the hills we do Steve it's a large speed bump
Gaz thinks it's a hill 
Gaz- Really 13st 2lb? That's some loss pal, you were 14st odd the other week
Steve H
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Compared to the hills we do Steve it's a large speed bump
Gaz- Really 13st 2lb? That's some loss pal, you were 14st odd the other week
There's only one way to settle this boys - FIGHT!
Oh no - been watching too much Harry Hill on the telly. The only real way to settle this is for Gaz and Potsy to race each other up this monster mountain / gentle incline. Last one to the top makes a public CycleChat apology for defamation of character!
gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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Compared to the hills we do Steve it's a large speed bump
Gaz- Really 13st 2lb? That's some loss pal, you were 14st odd the other week
Get out your Garmin tracks or shut it :-)
Yeah, was upto 14 st 7pounds at the start of the may
I've killed it the last 2 and a half weeks
gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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- Manchester-Ish
potsy
Rambler
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Only if big Steve comes too!
Anyway you're a stone lighter and 10 years younger than me, I need at least 5 minutes head start.
gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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BUT Chunal is NOTHING to you is it, so no head start is needed ?
Plus I have a dead weight of 2 stone in skin to lug up hills, much harder than it sounds.
It's ok to admit Im God-like and your not Pot's, or you gonna take the challenge ?
PS Steve is welcome to come, we need a photographer at the "Finish line" and someone to nurse you home ;-)
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
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- Warrington, UK
"killed it" blimey not half, well done tho, thats one hell of a loss!
you best start wearing bigger shoes or you'll fall through grids
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Gaz- Really 13st 2lb? That's some loss pal, you were 14st odd the other week
I know you won't like to hear this Gaz but it is time to stop! Losing weight that is, not cycling.
You probably do have 2 stone of loose skin until you have that operation to remove it.
That means that the weight of the rest of your body is about 11 stone. The lightest I have ever been as an adult is 10 st 10 lbs and I am 2 inches shorter than you - I was a bag of bones! I can see from your photos that you are about the same basic build as me which means that you are getting dangerously close to being underweight.
If you don't stop here, you will continue your relentless journey downwards from being morbidly obese, barely pausing at a healthy weight and will plunge straight on through to anoriexia. I've witnessed anorexia at first hand and if you thought that obesity was a problem, just wait until your legs are the size that your arms are now and your arms are like a little girl's.
You should now change your focus to weight maintenance. You've beaten obesity to death with a big stick and all you will be doing now is beating yourself up with it!
Given your SED, I'd be willing to bet that you will find weight maintenance harder than the loss, so there is your new challenge - stay the same weight until you have the surgery, and after you recover from that, maintain whatever weight you are then! ***
Good luck!
*** PS I know the tricks - no drinking loads of water to make the scales read what you want them to read! Always weigh yourself straight after getting up, and not having refused to pee for two days and having drunk 2 or 3 litres of water to artificially inflate the reading!
Baggy
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ColinJ speaks sense! Have to say I also read your post Gaz post and thought eek! - I'd be happy and fairly slim at 11 stone and I'm only 5'4"!!
I know maintaining a healthy weight is less easy for some of us than others...when I lost 3 stone a few years ago I was utterly paranoid that if I didn't exercise enough I'd suddenly wake up one morning and be 3 stone heavier overnight. After a while, I realised that wasn't going to happen, and although I gained a few pounds, managed to get a good balance between exercise/rest/calorie intake.
"so there is your new challenge - stay the same weight until you have the surgery, and after you recover from that, maintain whatever weight you are then!" ***
That sounds like a great plan! You stick to that, and in turn I'll make an effort to lose another half stone by September!
I know maintaining a healthy weight is less easy for some of us than others...when I lost 3 stone a few years ago I was utterly paranoid that if I didn't exercise enough I'd suddenly wake up one morning and be 3 stone heavier overnight. After a while, I realised that wasn't going to happen, and although I gained a few pounds, managed to get a good balance between exercise/rest/calorie intake.
"so there is your new challenge - stay the same weight until you have the surgery, and after you recover from that, maintain whatever weight you are then!" ***
That sounds like a great plan! You stick to that, and in turn I'll make an effort to lose another half stone by September!
gb155
Fan Boy No More.
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Guys (Esp Colin)
I know what you are saying
BUT I was almost back upto 15 stone, that happened in about 10 days, so I had to get back on it, Im 100% happy at just under 14 stone, but with my SED Its easy to either lose or gain weight, not so much maintain .
Im now back to where I was, I dont wish to lose any more, what I do want tho, is to get my performance on the bike as good as it can be.
All the weight number stack up to make me happy
Body Fat
BMI
Physical size
I now just need to get the SED beaten, Dont worry I have no intention of lurching towards anorexia guys.
Colin, sounds like first had experience there dude
I know what you are saying
BUT I was almost back upto 15 stone, that happened in about 10 days, so I had to get back on it, Im 100% happy at just under 14 stone, but with my SED Its easy to either lose or gain weight, not so much maintain .
Im now back to where I was, I dont wish to lose any more, what I do want tho, is to get my performance on the bike as good as it can be.
All the weight number stack up to make me happy
Body Fat
BMI
Physical size
I now just need to get the SED beaten, Dont worry I have no intention of lurching towards anorexia guys.
Colin, sounds like first had experience there dude
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
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- Manchester
Despite my lack off elloquence, the following is intended in the most respectful way possible.
Dont be so naive re anorexia, no-one has the intention of lurching towards anorexia and you cant ward it off with a few words and a bit of good intention, its an illness, something people dont see coming and dont realise when they have it (then they do realise they have it, they usually are ready for recovery).
You must have learnt a thing or two in your epic weight loss journey, one of those things should have been that its not safe/normal to lose 1.5 stone in 2.5 weeks, dont kid yourself that this is ok, keep your head in the game and dont get carried away!
I am just trying to be realistic here, I am approx the same height as you and I weigh something around 11.5 to 12 stone myself (It teeters based on whether I've been running a lot) and I am skinny (I have the hip bones and visible ribs to prove it). So if as you say, you have 2 stone of excess skin, and so your actual body weight is likely so be something like 11 stone, at your height this would make me think you are a approaching a rake like physique. I've been at 11st 2lbs once, at 6'2"-6'3" and whilst I felt healthy enough in my everyday activities at 1st, my running times worsened and I looked super thin. Of course my experience isnt universal it would be naive to assume so, but I think even if we generalise around these figures we can conclude that you are likely somewhere close to weight you should maintain and you should be very careful about loosing more weight, especially the sort of fluctuations you are talking about.
I have seen a few posts by you in the last few months that made me a little concerned for you (but I have been quite reluctant to say anything, because I'm not so great in not sounding insulting) as you often come accross to me as addicted/obsessed with exercise and over the top intensity, might be time to start thinking with your head mate!
I wish you the best and sorry if the above doesnt come off how I intended!
Dont be so naive re anorexia, no-one has the intention of lurching towards anorexia and you cant ward it off with a few words and a bit of good intention, its an illness, something people dont see coming and dont realise when they have it (then they do realise they have it, they usually are ready for recovery).
You must have learnt a thing or two in your epic weight loss journey, one of those things should have been that its not safe/normal to lose 1.5 stone in 2.5 weeks, dont kid yourself that this is ok, keep your head in the game and dont get carried away!
I am just trying to be realistic here, I am approx the same height as you and I weigh something around 11.5 to 12 stone myself (It teeters based on whether I've been running a lot) and I am skinny (I have the hip bones and visible ribs to prove it). So if as you say, you have 2 stone of excess skin, and so your actual body weight is likely so be something like 11 stone, at your height this would make me think you are a approaching a rake like physique. I've been at 11st 2lbs once, at 6'2"-6'3" and whilst I felt healthy enough in my everyday activities at 1st, my running times worsened and I looked super thin. Of course my experience isnt universal it would be naive to assume so, but I think even if we generalise around these figures we can conclude that you are likely somewhere close to weight you should maintain and you should be very careful about loosing more weight, especially the sort of fluctuations you are talking about.
I have seen a few posts by you in the last few months that made me a little concerned for you (but I have been quite reluctant to say anything, because I'm not so great in not sounding insulting) as you often come accross to me as addicted/obsessed with exercise and over the top intensity, might be time to start thinking with your head mate!
I wish you the best and sorry if the above doesnt come off how I intended!
