Weight Watcher's Thread

[srw]

I've lost just over 2 stone so far by CHANGING my lifestyle perminintly. Diets are tempory. You need to change how you live. For me it's about getting healthy, not loosing edit. The weights come off as a bi-product.

Quite. It's also an extremely long-term affair. Ten years ago I weighed in at about 20.5 stone. I've had two roughly year-long episodes of keeping to a moderately strict (but healthy and varied) diet, which got me down successively to 18 stone and 15.5. I'm now very comfortably, and without trying at all, maintaining just over 16 stone. With a resting heart rate last measured at 45, low cholesterol and normal blood pressure that's pretty healthy - I'm six foot.

Of course, I'd love to get under 14 stone, and gradually the reasons not to embark on another period of stricter eating are vanishing.

 

[The Jogger]

The thing that sounds good about the Atkins, it is a lifestyle change and not low calorie. Yesterday I ate an amount which didn't make me feel hungry and even had a desert of sugar free jelly with double cream.

 

[tongskie01]

eat less than usual, ride mild and spend more time on the saddle=a lot of fat burnt = weight loss. the stomach will eventually adapt to small amount of food and shrinks. but dont forget to take vitamin supplements too.

 

[Sittingduck]

The people who say it isn't sustainable to create a fairly large calorie deficit, in the long term are (in my view) missing the point. You don't need to be in deficit for ever... when you have lost what you want to and switch to maintainence, all you need to do it to maintain, not be in deficit.

Long and short of it is this: You know your own body and everybody is different. Try different things and do what works for you. If it doesn't feel right change it.

 

[ColinJ]

If you look at my Sports Tracker you will see that I am burning about 2000K/cal per ride so am still burning the weight off.

I'm deeply sceptical about a one-hour ride being 2000 calories.

Last night, I worked out the true figure to be roughly 400 Calories burned by riding 15 miles at 15 mph.

I was wrong - I forgot to take the 940-odd ft of climbing into account. The true figure is therefore more like 650 Calories - still only about 1/3 of the 2,000 Calories that Sports Tracker comes up with! Its energy calculation is way out!

 

[Shaun]

16st 8lbs - so another two pounds off.

I really felt the extra weight on the Big G ride last weekend, and don't really like the sticky-outy bits I've gained in the past few years, but at least the weight is continuing to go down. Just need to crack the 15st marker next.

Cheers,
Shaun

Unfortunately the loss was short-lived and turned into a gain (again!). I'm now at 17st 6lbs - my heaviest ever.

So it's time to dust off the sensible eating and start heading in the other direction again. Wish me luck.

 

[ColinJ]

So it's time to dust off the sensible eating and start heading in the other direction again. Wish me luck.

I would if luck were a factor Shaun, but since it isn't - I won't. Just lay off the chocolate, biscuits, crisps and cake!. (Note to self - and beer! )

 

[guitarpete247]

Last night, I worked out the true figure to be roughly 400 Calories burned by riding 15 miles at 15 mph.

I was wrong - I forgot to take the 940-odd ft of climbing into account. The true figure is therefore more like 650 Calories - still only about 1/3 of the 2,000 Calories that Sports Tracker comes up with! Its energy calculation is way out!

I was a little dubious of the calorie burn it is showing. Especially as just shaving 5 mins off the time seemed to double the calorie burn. I must learn how to calculate my calorie burn myself. How do I do it Colin?

 

[ColinJ]

There are various online calculators that you can play with. The one I used (link) includes a gradient setting so to factor in your climb I worked out what the gradient would be if it were just one long climb. I know it wouldn't be like that in real life, but it will give you a reasonable figure within a few percent.

I calculated the gradient of that imaginary long climb as (elevation gain x 100)/distance or 94600/(15 x 3 x 1,760) = 1.19%.

I know from experience that I lose about 1 pound of weight on a hilly 100 mile ride. That is despite drinking my DIY energy drinks and eating what I like on the ride. My drinks would contain about 1,275 Calories worth of maltodextrin and about 480 Calories worth of fructose (OJ). I would maybe take in about another 1,000 Calories in food. 1 pound of fat contains about 3,500 Calories. I'm adding about 2,700 Calories to top up my energy stores while I'm riding, so for me, 100 hilly miles is approximately 6,200 Calories, or about 62 Calories a mile. Without the hills, it would be more like 40 Cals/mile.

I do rides up to 3 hours on just OJ + water so even though I'm not going as far, I end up burning more fat per mile because I don't have to refuel as I go along, and I wouldn't eat extra before or after either.

I definitely think that (say) 5 x 20 mile rides would be better for weight loss and general fitness than 1 x 100 miles because the metabolism gets boosted more often, and you don't have to eat or drink extra to cope with shortish rides.

 

[Shaun]

To help give me something to aim for I'm signing up for the Big G again this year ... I did it last year @ 16st + so that gives me around four months to get some of the "extra" off.

I reckon I ought to join those lads in the Cottingham Road Club on a few rides too ...

 

[ColinJ]

I reckon I ought to join those lads in the Cottingham Road Club on a few rides too ...

Or even pop over to West Yorkshire and join some fellow 'stouts' for a somewhat lumpy forum ride?

 

[Shaun]

Or even pop over to West Yorkshire and join some fellow 'stouts' for a somewhat lumpy forum ride?

I'd quite like that but later in the year eh!!

 

[potsy]

Or even pop over to West Yorkshire and join some fellow 'stouts' for a somewhat lumpy forum ride?

I'd quite like that but later in the year eh!!

We have a 17st weight limit don't we?

 

[ColinJ]

I'd quite like that but later in the year eh!!

I keep saying that, but then I go and organise another one of the damn things before I'm ready!

Your membership is teasing me something rotten every time I go out riding with them now ... "Sumo belly", "Heavy jacket", "Leading from the back", "OMG - you don't look fat in your avatar photo!" being just a few of the more printable remarks!

Still, as I have written before ...

"I will have my vengeance - in this life, or the next!"

 

[guitarpete247]

Got weighed Thursday morning. Lost another 4lbs on our scales. Will have to wait till tomorrow to get official weight from our diet consultant.