Whats wrong with road bikes for their own sake, lets face it none of us are 'training' to be national XC champ.
I just ride whatever bike I feel like, and over the winter the road bike just makes sense, can get a couple of hours riding in, put bike back in the shed and it wont cost me a penny in wear on parts. The mountain bike could easily eat £20 in parts on a bad day!
Me
thisisnotaspoon
Chucky (aka Vortex Racing)
tiger_roach
Swift
takisawa2
TheDoctor
AndrewBF (5kg)
lrd (5kg)
toys19
Jamie
ianpinder
stevio
Dimmadan
neninja
Diawl
FROGLEEK
Bedds (6kg)
andy7t2
Toasty
thegreatape
DaddyFool (7kg)
Breathe in lads....I'll just squeeze in at the bottom here...cheers. Email on its way.
[url= http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_502001_langId_-1_categoryId_165710 ]£999 at Halfords. CF jobbie that's all the rave reviews are about.[/url]
Rutland Water - sounds flat, or are you Jesus on wheels?
Right now a mtn bike 'round these parts on the minor roads makes perfect sense as they're are in a dreadful state. In the winter it makes sense too as you have more contact patch with the wet, slippery road surfaces. I sold my Trek 2300 on eBay last week (£461) as it never left the shed.
Wow, lots of people joined in now, if we all lost the claimed weight that'd be the equivalent of one of these according to google:
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Be interesting to see how we do as a collective, and who loses the highest percentage of initial body mass.
So far,
User weight target height bmi
toys19 90 80 #DIV/0!
swift 100 90 178 31.56
Andrew Falkingbridge 88 83 #DIV/0!
The Doctor 86 75 186 24.86
Ian Pinder 172.3 #DIV/0!
Chucky 71 63 162.5 26.89
Jamie 70 67 170 24.22
Toys 19 90 80 168 31.89
takisawa2 104.5 94.5 175 34.12
Stevio 82 #DIV/0!
Simon 84 74 #DIV/0!
frogleek 95 85 #DIV/0!
toasty 97.7 87.7 #DIV/0!
andy7t2 89 79 185 26
Garry_lager 100.9 93.9 183 30.13
The great ape 117 107 #DIV/0!
lrd 80.5 70.5 170 27.85
spacemonkey 87.3 77.3 #DIV/0!
Bedds 74.4 64.4 #DIV/0!
Daddy fool 86.8 78.2 #DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
Just looking at these figures and one leaps out: The Doctor.
To go from 86 to 75kg is asking a huge amount. That would leave you with a BMI of 21.6. (I guessed a DOB 1970)
I've been down to that BMI and there was nothing of me, you could see striations in my back & shouldre muscles and people kept asking me what was wrong, if I was ill (I'd been solo trekking in the High Andes for 2+ weeks).
Ti29er, how do you work out your final BMI?
In fact TINAS how did you work it in the first place as I haven't a clue what mine was
Can you change my target weight to 66.5kg. Might as well make it 10.5stone as it has a certain ring to it 
@thisisnotaspoon
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Tiger6791 weight 92kg target 82kg Height 180cm BMI 28.3[/b]
Just done 1hr 30 mins on turbo HR monitor says 1242 Cals
2-days in & alls well.
Have resisted jaffa-cakes at work & surprisingly resisted usual fridge binge-fest with the boys when we came in ravenous tonight. Just had nice "treat"...meringue nest with strawberries, blueberries & creme freche.
Off to MachX / CyB Fri so hopefully burn a few calories there. 😉
Fair play to you all. I am trying the slower method of moderation and a bit more exercise. Have cut back mid week alcohol and upper my commuting distance and shed about 6 or 7 lb on the last month. It will take longer to get there but I think I will ne able to maintain it. Good luck!
BMI = weight in kg divided by height in meters, squared
eg
Thisisnotaspoon is 87kg, 1.81m tall
87/(1.81*1.81) = 26.55
Grilled Chicken salad, game of squash booked for 3pm.
I can feel the fat melting away. Only 9 weeks 4 days to go
A tough group ride last night and jacket spud with salmon for lunch.. I'm also feeling good - even the cold seems to have faded today 🙂
I'm off the rails, had a cake with lunch today and had to have a sandwich before bed last night as there was nothign left in me!
Off to Swinley top session jump gulley untill i can't walk anymore.
Where do I sign in?
76k need to be down to 70 ideally 66.
had a cake with lunch today and had to have a sandwich before bed last night
This is not a problem and there is room to get this back.
Cake = 350 Cals
S/W = 400 Cals
So on the turbo or a quick hours ride and bad work undone! Back on track no reason to give up 😆
count me in 🙂
no chips for me post ride tonight then.
I'm off the rails, had a cake with lunch today....
Burn him!!!!
I just had a pint so guess i should torch myself while we are at it
What is the end date for this challenge? (I don't have a calendar to hand...)
My date is the end of June or I lose the bet with my 14 year old daughter
😥
My target is 10 weeks...but with a sufficient gap in the middle for the WC. So say end of July maybe? 😉
did ok first few days until chicken burger and chips at lunchtime, but keeping off snacks, so maybe not too bad? Did have pear tonight with chicken & pasta 🙂
hmm 82kg/(1.68*1.68)= 29.07 gulp... hides head in shame
oh and target is to lose 6kg too....it's going to hurt...
hmm 82kg/(1.68*1.68)= 29.07 gulp... hides head in shame
Ohh dear I'm 90kg/(1.68*1.68)= 31.88 gulp... hides whole body, especially stomach chest and double chin, in shame.
Hmm promising so far, (Saturday being my normal weighing day) with 1.5 kg gone in the last 7 days. No snacks, but 3 normal meals and just leaving some of the carbs once full.
Not promissing also, depsite eating really well and uping my exercise a lot it would appear that I have gained weight 😕
We'll see what the magic scales say tomorrow
I was doing OK till friday night, BBQ's and beer don't seem to help the diet at all. 🙁
and thats after a big ride in the peaks yesterday, I must have sweated 2-3lbs out. Bloody hell it was hot
Well I've ridden 4 times in the last week and been to the gym twice, cant be too bad!
Bad stuff this week......
Girlfriends mars bar cheescake (it's as bad for you as it sounds)
1 bag of tangfastics and 1 bag of jelly babies (whilst riding so dont count).
A Cider and a beer on Saturday evening and a lager on Sunday.
On the really bad side.....
I just found a hole in my tooth so big its bleeding out of it! Time for a trip to the dentist and a new resolution to lay off the jelly babies and cider as well.
Birthday weekend for me just gone, so that was a fairly hefty amount of eating out.. went for healthy options but still...
On the plus side, I rode for 3 hours yesterday 🙂
right going for a run in a bin liner
WEIGH IN DAY!!!
14st 6lbs this morning
Thats -1 lb (hopeing for a better week this week)
email sent to thisisnotaspoon@yahoo.co.uk
i'll have to send my weight in tom as i'm working all day and cant get to the gym to weigh myself
83Kg this morning. That's 1Kg lost. I put my figures into the NHS BMI calculator and it's come up with a BMI of 28.7!!!
BTW, the Primal Blueprint seems to work. I've cut out grains and alcohol. I don't feel lethargic any more and my hay fever hasn't materialised yet. Had a blip last week as it was my lad's 18th and our 5th wedding anniversary so had a couple of glasses of sparkling wine and small slice of chocolate cake but the rest of the time it's been veggies (lots), meat, fish and fruit (lots). I feel ****in' great!
104.6kg.
Gained 0.1kg. Dont understand, have cut cals to 1200-1500 / day. Had weekend in Wales biking, couple of hard(ish) rides in silly temps. Couple of local rides also. But fell foul of a couple of cans & nibbles at Birthday party last night.
Must try harder. Starting with SS bash tonight.
Not happy. Expected better.
was down by 3lb on friday morning, got on the scales this morning and put 2 of the buggers back on!!!
only lost 1lb this week, pretty gutted.
anyway must stop typing and get on with my yoghurt 😥
Dont understand, have cut cals to 1200-1500 / day
I would assume you have cut calories too much and your body has switched to starvation mode.
83Kg this morning. That's 1Kg lost. I put my figures into the NHS BMI calculator and it's come up with a BMI of 28.7!!!
BTW, the Primal Blueprint seems to work. I've cut out grains and alcohol. I don't feel lethargic any more and my hay fever hasn't materialised yet. Had a blip last week as it was my lad's 18th and our 5th wedding anniversary so had a couple of glasses of sparkling wine and small slice of chocolate cake but the rest of the time it's been veggies (lots), meat, fish and fruit (lots). I feel ****in' great!
So is it worth buying the book then? Or just cherry pick info off the website?
...have you cut out or cut down on grain?
The book is quite amusing but probably not everyone's cup of tea, so you could probably get away with just using stuff of the web site. I find it good for motivation though. I've cut out grains altogether, so no bread, no rice, no pasta etc. Nothing that's processed or refined. I really do feel much better for it. I feel tired after riding and exercising but not lethargic like I was.
Four and a bit hours on the road Sunday.
No naughty stuff except a glass of red wine. Using water as a substitute for snacks which is were I go wrong.
Scales bust, but will try and get weighed before my next ride otherwise it's just going to show water loss.
Diawl - Member
The book is quite amusing but probably not everyone's cup of tea, so you could probably get away with just using stuff of the web site. I find it good for motivation though. I've cut out grains altogether, so no bread, no rice, no pasta etc. Nothing that's processed or refined. I really do feel much better for it. I feel tired after riding and exercising but not lethargic like I was.
So your still eating all vegetables, well apart from spuds i assume? Also you eating stuff chickpeas/other legumes?
Is this going to be a long term thing?
Sorry for the 20questions, just curious as you are the only one doing the primal thing at the mo 😉
Count me in,
I'm 5'8'' & bang on 14st. My challange is to lose 2st in 10 weeks. Oh and pack up the roll ups too!
I'm aware of the difficulty but am a stubborn bugger & have a stronger urge to be quicker up the hills, lol
Lost 2-3lbs by end of last week and all was well ... but now I'm back to only 1lb down 🙁 even though I did a 2hr 30 miler on Fri night and a 3hr 45 miler last night. Must have been the two BBQs, 3 bottles of wine and numerous beers inbetween (which wouldn't have happened if we didn't have family staying at the time - honest guv).
Will be out again tomorrow and then hopefully doing a 4hr stint on the SDW on Sat (from Devils Dyke if anyone cares to join).
ding dong, its been a week and I've lost a kilo!
Jamie,
yep, every vegetable in sight, except corn which is, apparently, a grain. I did have a baked spud with my steak on Saturday as I did a barbecue. Tonight's meal was prawns and mussels with peppers, beansprouts and cherry tomatoes with a little Thai red curry paste. The good thing is I feel really full for ages after and also have a lot more energy.
Hmm. Might have to pull the trigger on the book then, as always handy to have something you can read on the loo 8)
[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_10?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=primal+blueprint&sprefix=primal+blu ]£11.44 on Amazon[/url]
Cheers for the link mate. I reckon the hardest meal to cut carbs from is going to be brekkie. Porridge is just so perfect dagnammit!
Omelettes rock for brekkie! They only take minutes to prepare, and seconds to eat in my case 🙂
I may be sick of eggs after a week 😉
Jamie - MemberCheers for the link mate. I reckon the hardest meal to cut carbs from is going to be brekkie. Porridge is just so perfect dagnammit!
I have smoothies, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and organic soya milk yummy.
I have smoothies, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and organic soya milk yummy.
I was looking into this option. May have to get a blender/food processor methinks.
I use a hand blender, you can get em for next to fack all.
Amazon linky to a decent one?
still 89 kilos but happy as i've stopped putting weight on, 4kg in 8 weeks since i stopped smoking. Hopefully start losing next week
After a w/end of riding, I'm having a late / mid morning breakfast including oven chips (you know, the big fat ones we all so like!) and I've taken to snacking on some rather yummy Bombay mix and cashew nuts!
😉
88 today. Back to square one. But then again, haven't been out on the bike all week, and have been to a wedding and reception and other stuff 🙁
Bit the bullet and ordered the Primal Blueprint tonight.
Been dabbling with the program for a while, but going for it properly from tomorrow.
Hmmmm, might be the re-kick start needed
toys19 - Member
Jamie - Member
Cheers for the link mate. I reckon the hardest meal to cut carbs from is going to be brekkie. Porridge is just so perfect dagnammit!I have smoothies, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and organic soya milk yummy.
When did fruit stop having carbs?
My weight loss is on target, but think it's massively exercise led, last time I completely cut out potatos and bread I lost a stone in just over a month, so in for a penny....
Fruit has carbs, just a tiny amount compared to grains.
So how are you all doing? I am about 8 lb less but have plateued due to various celebrations involving beer, still aiming to shed another 8 by august.
down to 88.5 so not the two kilos i was hoping for but feel much better and belt size reducing so happy
I weighed in at 5 kg down, but think that was spurious (not my own scales), as now I'm home, my scales show me 3kg down.
I weighed 145.5kg in October and now weigh in at 100kg having eaten around 530 cals per day.Super extreme but I was super fat.
Climbing Kili on the 25th of June for charity and still want to loose another 3kg or so.
I had lost a lot of muscle as well as fat especially from my arms and legs and have worked hard over the last few months building up my muscle tone and stamina too.
Good effort by all and keep up the hard work. I am a changed man and do not ever want to go back to being a blimp again.
Swift - Member
Bit the bullet and ordered the Primal Blueprint tonight.
Likewise, got it for [url= http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780982207703/The-Primal-Blueprint ]£11.43 from bookdepository[/url]. Going to read it over the World Cup period then go full bore Mid-July.
I weighed 145.5kg
I hope you are very tall 😆
Good work to get to 100kg, that's bloody brilliant
Oh sod it, just bought it aswell, and "Time Crunched Cyclist"