Weight Watcher's Thread

[Biscuit]

That's very impressive LOCO. Nothing is impossible!

 

[zippygeorgeandben]

Impressive LOCO! Not jealous at all of the lack of stretch marks.... not at all

 

[ColinJ]

I have lost 9 pounds in the past month due to illness!

I wouldn't recommend this 'illness-as-diet' to anyone, and I'm sure some of the loss is muscle because I have not been able to cycle or even walk much but at least there is some light at the end of this gloomy tunnel.

Assuming that I eventually get well again, I am going to continue with the reduced food intake and drastic reduction in alcohol consumption that has created this weight loss.

 

[defy-one]

I am now 14st dead :woohoo
It took me a month longer than I had predicted,but don't care about that. Next target is 13.5 st before our wedding anniversary which is on the 23rd September.

 

[guitarpete247]

I've still kept my weight down to 12st 7lb's. It's been that now for about 3 months. My next hurdle will be Chrimbo. I'll not be able to get out as often on the bike to burn off the calories from my Christmas Pudding .

 

[The Jogger]

I am now 14st dead :woohoo
It took me a month longer than I had predicted,but don't care about that. Next target is 13.5 st before our wedding anniversary which is on the 23rd September.

Well done how much have you lost and was it just cycling that done it?

 

[defy-one]

Thankyou. I have lost 1.5 stone in old money. It's defiantly down to cycling and using the car much much less. A sea change in my mind set due to cycling. This time 6 months ago I was crazy about my big powerful BMW. Now I'm crazy about my bikes and how they are so much more rewarding than the car.
Trying to eat sensibly, cut right back on drinking and the weight has come off steadily. I'm no saint and slip into bad habits easily, but the over indulgence is easily cancelled out by the desire to cycle every day.

 

[guitarpete247]

Thankyou. I have lost 1.5 stone in old money. ..... I cut right back on drinking and the weight has come off steadily. .....

I gave up drinking for 3 months (wine and beer) and my weight went. Giving up drink was part of the diet, together with eating less and drinking 3 litres of water a day (I don't drink that much water now though probably should be).

 

[tadpole]

Two Year ago this May I lost 2 stone in 5 weeks, (food poisonning diet that ended up with me in hospital) put it all back on. All the way up to 23stn 4lb. Started cycling to work slowly, lost a couple of inches. Jan 16th this year started using strava to race myself to work. I've lost 90lb since my heaviest weight. I've another 40lb to go, and I am not on a diet. I cycle, and eat normally.
Portion control is a life changing thing.
I eat anything and everything but in moderation, oh and exercise, everyday. It’s not hard as I use my bike to get to work.

 

[Typhon]

I've been yo-yo dieting for years also. My problem has never been that I eat too much - I'm not much of a foodie and don't binge. The problem has been that I don't do any exercise whatsoever. As a result I put on weight very gradually, just 1lb a month which is only an excess of 3500 cals a month, but doing that every month of the year soon adds up. I've always had the excuse of having a bad back for not doing any exercise and being overweight and it's true that pretty much everything hurts it, until I found cycling that is!

The yo-yo dieting had been getting harder and harder as the years go by. I was having to eat only 800 cals a day to lose any weight which was pretty miserable. I couldn't eat anything I wanted, drink any alcohol, eat out at all and felt sick with hunger 24/7. I started the latest diet in late May and despite a couple of hiccups along the way to do with a holiday and illness, I had lost a stone by the time the Olympics arrived in late July. It was a miserable start to the summer for me though and I knew something had to change.

I had thought about cycling for a long time but my only bike was an old knackered mountain bike that needed money and time spent on it to fix it up. However the Olympics inspired me to do just that and since then I have spent over an hour cycling each day. A couple of weeks ago I treated myself to a shiny new Triban 3 which has really made things a whole lot easier. At first the weight started to fall off at an alarming rate (if you lose more than 1-2 lb a week you will exacerbate the problem of loose skin) but now but I have upped my calorie intake to a much more reasonable 1500 cals a day and I am losing about 1.5 lbs a week, which is ideal for me. I no longer feel sick with hunger and no longer have trouble sleeping as a result of that either!

I'm going to post my progress here every month for a bit of extra motivation. Here it is so far:

Height 6' 2"
Start: May 28th - 15st 10 lbs
Started cycling: 5th August - 14st 11.8 lbs
12th Aug: 14st 10.2 lbs
19th Aug: 14st 9.0 lbs
26th Aug: 14st 7.8 lbs
2nd Sep: 14st 6.4 lbs

Goal 12-13 stone, not quite sure yet. I have also started to do weights and combined with the cycling I will build up some muscle so it depends how far I go with that.

 

[david k]

surely 12 stone is too light for 6 foot 2?

im that height and must have been 12 myself last time i was that weight!

 

[Typhon]

Well 12 stone at 6'2 gives a BMI of 21.6 which is almost exactly in the middle of the normal range (18.5 - 24.9) but that's just a rough approximation of course. I guess it depends on your build and bone density etc. I also weigh myself first thing in the morning in just my boxers, If I weighed myself in the evenings in jeans and a jumper I'd probably be another half a stone heavier.

To be honest I can't remember the last time I was 12 stone. I remember the last time I was 13 and still had a good covering of fat on me but that was when I did no exercise whatsoever so I'll just be a case of trial and error for me really.

 

[ColinJ]

surely 12 stone is too light for 6 foot 2?

im that height and must have been 12 myself last time i was that weight!

I'm a medium build 6' 1" and my best cycling weight was about 11.5 stone but I looked too scrawny at that weight.

I got fat but am losing weight again and I'm aiming to get back down to 12-12.5 stone which would be a good compromise between climbing ability and not looking ill!

 

[Ajay]

I'm 6''2" and weighed in at 17st3lb this morning.
My target is 14st13lb. I need to get there to justify n+1.
For me to get down to sub 13st would have to involve substantial surgery and the sale of a number of internal organs :-)

 

[david k]

I'm 6''2" and weighed in at 17st3lb this morning.
My target is 14st13lb. I need to get there to justify n+1.
For me to get down to sub 13st would have to involve substantial surgery and the sale of a number of internal organs :-)

think id need to lose a limb!