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karen.488walker

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Sevenoaks :(
Weighed 13.02 after my babies lost 3 stone on weightwatchers. kept it off at the gym for nearly 2 yrs. Ruptured my achilles tendon and have been gaing a stone a year since. Back up to 12. lost motivation with WW. still exercise but ob. not enough. Any advice?
 

puddleglum

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Preston, Lancs.
karen.488walker said:
Weighed 13.02 after my babies lost 3 stone on weightwatchers. kept it off at the gym for nearly 2 yrs. Ruptured my achilles tendon and have been gaing a stone a year since. Back up to 12. lost motivation with WW. still exercise but ob. not enough. Any advice?

I would probably just eat the stuff that weightatchers (WW?) advised, diet wise and do lots more aerobic exercise obviously cycling is a good one :biggrin:.
I've joined the gym at work and have been using the cross trainer a couple of times a week, for half an hour at a time. It absolutely destroys calories. I am publishing my weight weekly here (in kg) as a 'moment-of-truth' incentive. My BMI is currently 26.3 and this weeky I weigh 80.95 kg.
 
19th January the scales sadly showed the weight as 17st 3lb, not helped by some painkillers (after coming off the bike in the ice...). For once will power worked and with a calorie/fat controlled diet and increased cycling, the verdict today was 14st 7.25lb.

At 5'11" I'd like to hit 13st, but as my (time trialling) doctor once said "If I weighed 13st I'd worry and if you got down to 13st I'd worry". Well hopefully he will be worried.
A happy spinoff was cholesterol down from 6.1 to 4.7 and B.P. also down (but don't have the figures).
 

AWG

New Member
Old Walrus said:
19th January the scales sadly showed the weight as 17st 3lb, not helped by some painkillers (after coming off the bike in the ice...). For once will power worked and with a calorie/fat controlled diet and increased cycling, the verdict today was 14st 7.25lb.

At 5'11" I'd like to hit 13st, but as my (time trialling) doctor once said "If I weighed 13st I'd worry and if you got down to 13st I'd worry". Well hopefully he will be worried.
A happy spinoff was cholesterol down from 6.1 to 4.7 and B.P. also down (but don't have the figures).

Just checked out your age on profile (don't worry, I was 12 when you were born!). Think that losing this amount of weight since January deserves congratulations.
 

peanut

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Old Walrus said:
19th January the scales sadly showed the weight as 17st 3lb, the verdict today was 14st 7.25lb.

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Thats a fantastic achievement well done.:tongue:
You must have been very hungry for a long time :sad:

Your effort has inspired me to make one last effort to change my lifestyle and lose some weight. My weight has yo-yo'd for 12 years

I am currently 17st 2 lbs (lost 7lbs since April)
My target is 15 st .0lbs I am 5'11 and heavy build so I don't think it would be realistic to attempt to lose more and keep it off.

good luck everyone
 
Puddle, go for it! Like you I am designated as 'heavy build' but there is ample surplus flesh still to go.....
What works for me is weighing everything I eat and using a spreadsheet calculating the calorie, fat & saturated fat. No fancy stuff just a very obvious reminder if you have indulged. I also record the calories expended as shown on my Garmin, I believe it is a little generous but always using the same method gives guidance on what I've burnt off (and allows me treats).

And thanks to you for the comments!
 

puddleglum

New Member
Location
Preston, Lancs.
:smile: - thanks Walrus!
Today is not a good day for the scales. I weigh 80.00kg, which is only a loss of 150g on last week. Having said that I have had a spectacularly weeping sore on my arm. It's on the mend now but it has meant that I have done no exercise at all for the last week, because of feeling a bit wiped out. Today Punky and I are going on a 50 miler so it might help.
 

peanut

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karen.488walker said:
Weighed 13.02 after my babies lost 3 stone on weightwatchers. kept it off at the gym for nearly 2 yrs. Ruptured my achilles tendon and have been gaing a stone a year since. Back up to 12. lost motivation with WW. still exercise but ob. not enough. Any advice?

Karen well done with the initial weight loss. It shows it can be done with determination.

You have my sympathies with piling it all back on. We have all been there I'm sure.

The most effective measure I have found to help me with weight loss is keeping a food diary for a week or two to see where the extra calories are coming from.

Its then easier to determine what your daily carorific intake should be and eat accordingly. I have found counting calories the easiest way for me because I tend to have occasional binges and sneak in hidden calorie snacks like cuppasoups :biggrin:

You will probably be amazed at how many 'hidden' calories you consume daily . I know I was . Just a single chicken mayo sandwich at lunchtimes amounted to 475 cals which is 2375 calories per week ie 3/4 lb :smile: then just 2x biscuits per day is a further 1500 cals per week :ohmy:I now eat 2x apples a day instead and have cut out 3875 calories per week which is roughly equivalent to 1 lb
 

dellzeqq

pre-talced and mighty
Location
SW2
I've been cooking in an entirely different fashion following the Babe's signing up with WW. She's lost over 20.5lb, but very slowly, which is probably the best way to do it. When you consider that her bike weighs 14.5lb, that's a lot.

She uses their on-line point counting thingy, and it's a great help. You don't have a lot of charts lying around, and you can pick almost anything from a menu and it will give you the appropriate number of points.
 

peanut

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dellzeqq said:
I've been cooking in an entirely different fashion following the Babe's signing up with WW. She's lost over 20.5lb, but very slowly, which is probably the best way to do it. When you consider that her bike weighs 14.5lb, that's a lot.

She uses their on-line point counting thingy, and it's a great help. You don't have a lot of charts lying around, and you can pick almost anything from a menu and it will give you the appropriate number of points.

that sounds like a good system. 20lbs is a pretty impressive weight loss.

One of my neighbours, a nice old chap of 80 yrs has his calorie controlled meals delivered weekly. Now that he is a widower its a very sensible way of ensuring a balanced diet and maintaining weight. I think they are called Wiltshire meals.?

14lbs for a bike ? what on earth is it made of
 

dellzeqq

pre-talced and mighty
Location
SW2
peanut said:
14lbs for a bike ? what on earth is it made of
Carbon fibre. Frame, cranks, handlebars, saddle. Poor Lincoln at Brixton Cycles (some people here will know him) just shook his head as she said, 'ooh, no, I want the whizzier one'.
 
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