Hi Folks!
Tis the season for new Years Resolutions (and yes, I've seen the earlier thread..)
So, doors are open for 2009 New Year Resolution Fat Club.
We'll run it for 12 weeks again and take it from there.
So, care to join?
Suggest this next few days it taken up building up the membership and getting starting weights etc, with the first weigh in taking place on Friday 9th Jan.
All you need do is [i][b]drop us an e-mail[/b][/i] at chris.sharonturner at mac dot com with the following in the subject field
STW board name. Real name. Start weight. Target weight.
eg - mine would read 'marsdenman. Chris. Start 15st 10lbs. Target 14 stone'
(weights can be stone, lbs, kg's - whatever is easier for you, we'll convert all to lbs)
Then, for the weekly weigh in's send an e-mail with your board name and weight (spreadsheet works out the losses)
ie 'marsdenman. 15st 8lbs'
(current club members will note i lost bugger all this last time, had droped half a stone but thats all back..... expect to start commuting to work by bike as of this coming Monday though, that should help....i'm doing a test run this Friday....!)
Keeping the detail in the subject field saves us opening a load of e-mails - when we set the last one up we had 40+ members. If you do need us to read something(eg to let us know you'll be away or something) just end the subject field with 'please read' and put the details in the main body of the e-mail.
Hopefully thats pretty clear!
We did have a lot of fall off (in terms of membership, not weight...) very quickly with the last one, in part i'm sure caused by our poor set up procedure (twas all new to me this ecxel stuff....) but we responded to feedback and, the spreadsheet is there, ready to go.....
I'll check back here and on e-mails this next day or two but i'm off to get my second G+T now so i'll wish you all the best, catch up with you in the new year!
PS - current Club Members - we'll e-mail out the end of term results this weekend.
All The Best
C & S
"[i]doors are open...[/i]"
He, he - hope they're [b]double[/b] doors after this xmas!!
LOL - tempted to use the edit facility for that one......
When do we eat?
Whenever you like Mr Austin, just eat less of your preferred grub and move around more 😉
apparently that works wonders, not quite as good, or quick as Agent Piccolax though......
I am in......again!!
I'm off to the kitchen first. I'm hungry
Well, I've started a 12 week competition with MrFC today to see who can lose the most weight/get into the best shape, so I may as well join in this as well.
Mind you, we've taken "before" photos, but I wont be posting those!!! 😉
Foxy - what you and MrFC do with a camera in the privacy of your home is your business 😀
TBH I think i'll do the same, indeed I suggest we Clubbers all do that, but only for personal use!
(And after tonights Thai Banquet has, ahem, passed through.....) 😉
i would like to do this
but
i feel unwell once i drop under 20 stone. ;o)
I've lost half a stone over Christmas, despite eating half a Christmas cake in the last couple of days. Photo evidence of how bad I look at 12 stone on the beard thread.
I may be persuaded...
Foxy - if you need some moral support to get out drop me a line (addy is rob AT alpinist DOT co DOT uk). I am now ensconced in Ulverston, and could use both a good excuse to get fit and someone to talk to down here.
Life went really properly pear shaped a couple of weeks back so something to keep me occupied over the next few weeks would be a very, very good thing.
RobS..YGM
gonna take part in this i think. i need to get weighed first; not entirely sure what i weigh at the moment (somewhere in the region of 14-15st i think), but i need/want to lose probably 3-4 stone... yikes. not gonna be easy. but i'm determined to do it.
i'll send the email in a day or two.
I'd like to loose about 800g for 2009.
from 77.8kg to 77.0kg
Hey, that's not fat! It's my long range fuel tank.
This forum's getting too personal - there's even a thread about front end flex.
I'm big boned!
I'd like to join this year, but need to find some scales 1st. Will buy some and report in in a couple of days.
I'm in, hopefully I can lose 1 1/2 stone before the Over the Hill Bike Ride in June.
I am in again after going from 11st to 11st 7 in just over a week.
I almost have a sense of achievement about it 😐
p.s previous username jamieayres.
Sandwich - MemberI'm big boned!
I'm just fat!
Think I am going to have to do this, am intrigued about what the scales will tell me when I get to them, it has been a while.
count me in for this again!!!
i am 18 stone and need to get down to 15 for a start!!!
lets have it then
i am 22 stone 3lbs as of this morning.
i think i will aim for 19 stone
I'm in.
Thanks to Aldi & their bloody stollen.
Prize awaits the best weight loss at the Big Bike Bash if they attend (and remind me)
http://www.bigbikebash.co.uk/tickets.php
And just spotted that the website hasn't been updated to the new ticket prices so you can still get them cheap until I can get my web magician to update it.
I'm in, just emailed you marsdenman.
Only 7kg's to loose 😕
Bu66er it, I'm in.
I'm in too, 16st 5lb this morning :o(
Takisawa, i got some stollen from the German market in brum, loveley it is :o)
Can we have a STW get fatter club? For those who feel inclined to put on a few pounds (muscle obviously)..
"[i]Can we have a STW get fatter club? For those who feel inclined to put on a few pounds (muscle obviously)..[/i]"
If you start it, they will come.
email sent. I'm not sure 3 stone in 12 weeks is remotely possible, but we'll see. The wife and I had a challenge set for 12 months from now but if I can do it or a large part of it within 4 months then game on 🙂 Less weight to drag around the Dyfi Enduro course in May then 😀
Takisawa2 - your thin as a rake already, well you woz last time we got out for a niteride 😆
Can you count me in aswell. I have got a few events I want to do this year and need to be a stone lighter really!
Matt
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takisawa2 - MemberI'm in.
Thanks to Aldi & their bloody stollen.
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I still have one left to eat before Monday when i start my healthy living again 
I'm in for what it's worth. (email sent)
No idea how realistic the target is just plucked what seemed like a reasonable figure based on my girth and the number of weeks. I guess time will tell.
I'll play. Me and the Mrs do this most years but she gives in pretty early on. Is 2.5st possible in 12 weeks?
So, am I the only girl in then??
Probably. I think it is because us men don't mind calling ourselves fatties.
OK I'm going to give this a go, I was about 11st7llbs last time I looked so will dig out the scales. Would like to lose a stone at least.
I'm up for that although I do feel virtuous riding on both Christmas day and New Years day
username legsbehavinyou wt 86.6kg
Hullo Folks,
So, 13 of you have e-mailed thus far with your details - please do [b]E-MAIL YOUR INFO[/b], it gives an element of control as opposed to checking through the thread.
Have not opened any communications just yet but there seems to be one or two big targets - I believe the healthy way to lose weight is at the rate of 1-2lbs a week, your choice but maybe revise your target to suit this rather than setting yourself up for a weekend or two on Piccolax to reach the goal...... 😯
I got on the scales today - 15st10lbs which is about where I started the last one ...... 🙄
We're pretty much clear of christmas food and booze so I'm concentrating on dropping the crap from the daily routine - missing my daily bag of crisps already - and dropping the daily bottle of beer.... did that last time and managed to lose about half a stone with little other dietary adjustment, then I fell off the wagon!!
FC - yup, only lady so far........
Chris
Yay I'm in.
E-Mail already sent,,, starting high so hope to see a big loss. It could be a race between myself and Ton over the next few months as we are both starting from nearly the same point 😯
I have a couple of Kg to loose can i join in...
I've set a target of 20 weeks to lose 20lbs, but if I can do that over 12 weeks it'll be even better!! 😀
Chris, do previous members still have to email you the new targets? If so, and you are reading this, put me in as 164lbs current and 146lbs target
Yeh I think I may count as one of the ones aiming high with a target loss of 3 stone in 12 weeks. It was supposed to be 3 stone in 52 weeks when the wife and I planned it so seeing as this came up the same day, I thought 'what the heck'. I don't expect to get anywhere close.
I'm in - thanks for organising! 13st 7 would be nice - if I get there I'm having me an iPhone!
Will mail you a "weigh in" tomorrow morning and take it from there.
Stuart
If I lost any weight, I'd turn transparent.
I'd be up for stoat's club, though.
I'm 9st now, I'd like to put on 1/2 a stone, through developing muscle.
Is beer a good energy drink? It's got lots of calories, it must be.
i'm in.....
first weigh in is tomorrow so i'll send details to you then.
my fighting weight is around 78.5kg, probably weigh around 83kg at the mo, looking to get to 75kg for next season start!
cheers
I am going for 2 stone over 12 weeks (think that's what I put in my email) - so not quite in the league of some of you! Trying to get down from 19 to 17 stone... few year back I went from 21 stone to 17 stone 10 in about 12 weeks, and was pretty lean at that weight, so I have no idea whether 17 stone is even a realistic goal for long term or not! Still... worth a try I suppose.
Decided that this year has got to get better, and if I can get fitter and loose some excess it will help lift my mood and make more things possible (like coping with the current loss and grief side of things). Here's hoping anyway.
I will give it a go again - seem to have gained a stone over the last year, will email later.
The tip I was given over Christmas was to promise yourself a treat for steps towards target weight, going to work out what new bike bits and outings I could aim for over the coming weeks. 😀
count me in too 🙂
lost over 3 stone 2 years ago but have regained some again.
16st 9 with a target of 15st.
perfect timing as am signed up to an event an the end of march.
I'm in if there's still room.
The events I've planned for this year will go much more smoothly if I let go of the odd pound or two!
Matt
Sent an e-mail to marsdenman to join, but haven't heard anything. Am I supposed to?
Reason I ask is that, without realising it, I sent my information before STW had recognised my fresh registration for the site.
Are we supposed to have sent another weigh-in yesterday? (9th as per OP)
"[i]Sent an e-mail to marsdenman to join, but haven't heard anything. Am I supposed to?[/i]"
No, but you are on the list posted by marsdenman [although you probably know that by now!]
"[i]Are we supposed to have sent another weigh-in yesterday? (9th as per OP)[/i]"
Yes, I believe so. I have 😉
yes Fridays are weigh in days, I'd lost a little so heading in the right direction as in down. It always starts this way, drop a couple pounds then the next couple become ellusive!!
yes, mailed Marsdenman - 4lb down this week but probably not all lard as was off the bike for almost a fortnight before this week! Still, in right direction and as long as doesn't go up next week will be happy.
Ehrm I joined this a while back and lost sod all so why not. Weight approx 18.5st, lets set a target of 17.5st, gulp............
where is this list?
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Onzadog - Memberwhere is this list?
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[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fat-club-2009-doors-still-open-and-current-membership-list-shown-below ]Clicky[/url]
Hi, just emailled am laid up after a knee replacement at 30 and have started putting on the weight I have just lost so here goes!!
Jamie - amdended your figures.
For info - current membership list, so current it even includes bionic woman!
Arcaic
bianchi-boy
BigSi
bigsteve
bionicwoman
Blackhound
boingboing
Bruneep
epo-aholic
Firedwheels
forge197
FoxyChick
Garry_Lager
gonetothehills
GreenK
grynch
iht4
jack44
jamie
kinda666
LardLover
letsbehavingyou
marsdenman
matt_bl
MrsMM
nsaints
onzadog
paddlemyowncanoe
patentlywill
peteA
prophet2
psling
rexated
richpenny
RobS
rooleymoor
Runwithscissors
Sandwich
SaxonRider
Schmey
scotabroad
sofaboyTT
steviep
Stu_N
stufield
Surfr
Swiftacular
takisawa2
TheHillsofSomerset
Too_Punk_To_Funk
Tracker1972
Trimix
uphilla
Should we start taking bets now as to who will still be doing it by the end of the month? 😉
Jamie - yep, be intersting to see, the attrition rate on the lat Club was extreme to say the least......
Anyways up, finally got to correct the formulae on the spreadsheet so here, for the terminally sleepless, are the 2009 Club facts and figures
52 members*
Total start weight 10851lbs 😯
Average target loss 21lbs
Average target loss as a percentage of start weight 10%
Average loss this week 1.5lb**
*13 yet to report a figure for this last week
**average skewed a little by the 13 not reporting figures, then there's the fact that 3 of you report losses of 7lb, one reporting a 6 lb loss, one reporting 5lb loss and a few reporting 4lb losses 😯 😯 - you guys (and gal...) eating your own limbs or something... 😆
7lb loss? That has got to be wonky scales surely?
I'm in! emailed. Unrealistic target in 12 weeks but I'll be happy to get close!
Can I still be in despite being late? I have been dieting since new year but not lost any weight from the start weight I entered in the email!
7lb loss is a lot of time spent on the loo 😯
Don't doubt anyone lost their stated weight - after all I'm one of the ones in the group that lost 4lbs (due mostly to the exertions of learning to ski...lucky me!).
Given its the first week I'm guessing some folk may have made significant changes to diet and exercise which would explain the higher figures, once the old body realises what's going on it will react accordingly and losses will likely settle to the (so called) safe figure of a lb or two a week.....
I've found the thread and am hopefully in this one 😆
6' nothing, weigh 211lbs and want to be 180 by mid year. (Getting married July)
Off it comes - hopefully
two and a half pound lighter happy days (especially as I can't really exercise at the mo!!)