A cheeky weigh this morning see me just half a pound down on my last official result, so not very impressive. However, illness has meant exercise has been a no no so I’m happy with that at the moment. In anticipation of the Dr giving me the OK tomorrow (I’m psychic 😀 ) I had a quick blast on the turbo trainer tonight and feel OK so will crack on with the exercise and hopefully drop a pound or so by Friday.

I’ve lost my 18lbs following the Blood sugar diet. 800kcal a day, and cut out starchy carbs and sugar. My meals are tasty and nutritious, I’m sleeping better, and losing belly fat – run out of belt holes!!

That’s like 6 lbs a week…. 😯

Even with a severe calorie cut like you’re on, I am genuinely amazed at those numbers.

To be honest, I’m not sure I like the sound of losing weight that fast if I think about it :s

On a lower carb diet, a lot of the early loss is going to be water weight, I experienced exactly the same thing iDaveing.

Has anyone tried this then?

Whats iDaveing 😉

(Oh and bugger, put 2lbs on this week, was going so well…)

It’s a great way to lose pounds fast.

My rule of thumb is to only follow diets by people with double barrelled names.

My rule of thumb is to only follow diets by people with double barrelled names

Fearnley-Whittingstall?

Badger for breakfast it is then.

surely loosing 18lbs in 25 days is

a) too quick?
b)unsustainable?

not that I know owt, cos I’m a bloater !

Half an hour on the rollers this morning, 10* 30secs on, 60secs off intervals. And I didn’t even fall off this time 🙂

Went to the pub last night and drank fresh orange and soda. IN A PUB.

I’ll be out for an hour and a half or so’s ride tomorrow night, hopefully all will bode well for Weigh In Friday.

Badger for breakfast it is then.

I scraped a dead fox off the motorway today, was delicious.

Now if you must excuse me, I must go to the hospital.

drank fresh orange and soda

Probably less calories in a pint.

Probably less calories in a pint.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa *breathes* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

Well, depends how much orange, but there is 45-ish calories in fresh orange per 100ml, and around the same in beer.

3/1-ish soda water to orange.

Anyway, it definitely contains more smugness than beer, so I’ll take that.

I have been quit booze for a couple of years. Always annoyed me that if I had a lemonade, no coke as don’t drink caffeine either, or orange juice it was almost as bad a pint.

18lbs! Chuffffffin-ell! Well done!

Been thinking to myself this morning after I was going for a PB up a climb while commuting to work (I was really tonking along but didn’t even get the PB!), how much faster will I be once I’m 20/30/40 lbs lighter?* 🙂 Will be flying by then hopefully! And hopefully just in time for summer.

(* I’m sure there’s some kind of equation to work this out…)

I’m sure there’s some kind of equation to work this out

F = ma, go from there 🙂

Slightly worried about over-training at the moment. Current programme is:
Monday – 4 mile run at lunch.
Tuesday – 45 minute sweet spot session on the turbo.
Wednesday – 4 miles run at lunch.
Thursday – 20 minute threshold session then 15 mins of intervals on the turbo.
Friday – Rest.
Saturday – Parkrun, either cycle there and back (4 miles each way) or get a lift there and run back.
Sunday – Bike ride, 2 hours minimum on the road bike. 20 mins on the turbo in the evening if I feel OK and/or am bored.

Runs are at around 7:15 mins per mile pace though I’m trying to get that down. Turbo sessions are done hard too.

Food wise I’m pretty much on the buzzer, no issues there bar a touch too much cheese and maybe too much sugar from fruit.

It looks a lot written down and my food intake is quite low but it’s getting to the point that it feels “normal” after 2 months doing it. Too much? Or is that for me/my body to decide?

At the moment I haven’t had a speed increase, but then I’m riding fasted, and intentionally trying not to push hard on depleted energy reserves.

Fearnley-Whittingstall?

Badger for breakfast it is then.

Channelling my inner Hugh, I have a brace of pheasant to pluck and draw this evening…

Back on the wagon this week after a bad week last week.

Eating lots of salad, no beer, lovely bit of fish last night and definitely no cakes!

30 min roller session on Sunday night nearly killed me and 2 hrs in the gym last night has left me a bit sore.

Needed another “target” to aim for so just signed up for this:
http://www.sandfordparkslido.org.uk/event/mira-showers-triathlon/

I’ve always been a strong swimmer and recently been doing 600m sessions as part of my gym routine. The bike isn’t a worry but the run is. Its only 2.8k so I’ve worked out a route around the houses here which is bang on and going to attempt it later in the week!

Lunge – all your sessions add up to about 5.5hrs + anything over the 2 hours on Sunday. That’s less than an hour a day so isn’t normally what causes ‘over training’ symptoms. That said, you can’t be too carefull and the only cure to over training is enforced rest – nightmare.
Measuring heartrate first thing in the morning is supposed to reveal over-training, if its over 10bpm higher than normal resting you are in trouble.
A mix of intensities is good for feeling fresh I find – maybe keep one of the lunch runs at 7.15 or slower.

I’ve just had a packet of cheesy Quavers 😀

I’ve just had a packet of cheesy Quavers

Food Nazi!

Coming on here trying to impose your floaty light snack preferences on the masses.

……..I’LL EAT THE BLOODY CHIPS IF I WANT! D’YA HEAR ME ?

A mix of intensities is good for feeling fresh I find

I think I’m pretty good in that regard, the lunch runs are a bit shorter and faster, the Saturday run is longer and slower.
The turbo sessions are also a mix, some intervals, some HIIT, some threshold, some sweet spot. All bloody hard mind you.

I’ll moniter it, I think it just because I’m knackered today, went DEEP on the turbo last night then a sharp run at lunch and I’m struggling to keep my eyes open.

how much faster will I be once I’m 20/30/40 lbs lighter?*

There is an equation, and it’s quite complex, but broadly speaking if the hill is steep enough that you’re going slow enough so that air and rolling resistance is neligable then your power requirement to climb a hill at a given speed is proportional to your weight.

Gradients and cycling: how much harder are steeper climbs?

So, lose 10% of your weight (looking at the average STW chubber, that’ll be say 200 -> 180lbs) then you’ll be 10% faster.

😀

😆

actually more of a Skips man meself.

Let’s have more motivational posters though.

e.g “Skips not Chips!”

or

“Do you realise how many calories are in all that extra pastry round the side?”

So, lose 10% of your weight (looking at the average STW chubber, that’ll be say 200 -> 180lbs) then you’ll be 10% faster.

Well I reckon 1 leg must 10%ish of my weight, so based on the above if I lop 1 leg off I’ll be 10% quicker 😯

actually more of a Skips man meself.

Surprisingly high in sugar.

Just call me Buzz Killington.

Just for you PP

😀

The brief clearly stated no typos, Binners.

Amended 😀

It wouldn’t be me in all my semi-literate glory if there were no typos

these need to be T-shirts……

Awesome 🙂

I’ve manipulated Binners to do my bidding!*

You’re like my dancing monkey now.

Dance, Monkey, Dance!

* In what might be an STW first, I’ve managed to get a Graphic Designer to produce some free work to my specifications in a short timescale.
I’m like bloody Derren Brown or something. 😉

The invoice is in the post.

Now about these pie charts….

😀

Now about these pie charts….

Thick border.

Top only.

Nothing down the sides or along the bottom 😉

Now about these pie charts….

Sorry. No pie allowed in this thread.