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I lost a kilo/week for 3 months straight by eating 500 kcals less than my maintenance amount (2300-500 = 1800).
Porridge is a good one for filling you up in the morning.
Freely admit here to doing the weigh-in right after a ride as actual progress towards the target - however spuriously achieved - motivates me to hang on to it and keep it up.
Good job it's cooling off the next few days as newbie here only has one shortsleeved cycling jersey!
I am a lockdown fattie
I seem to be unable to self isolate myself from the fridge & wine rack
I am a lockdown fattie
I seem to be unable to self isolate myself from the fridge & wine rack
I am a lockdown fattie
I seem to be unable to self isolate myself from the fridge & wine rack
I am a lockdown fattie
I seem to be unable to self isolate myself from the fridge & wine rack
🙁
Well I'm back to my wk2 weight, after 3 weeks of lockdown. when stuck at home with 2 preschool kids the only solace is caffeine, biscuits and cake during the day and alcohol in the evening.
Rich tea biscuits the answer mate. No one likes them but it's still a biscuit.
I'm finding it hard going - 2 cakes last weekend for my daughter's Birthday & an Easter cake, she's also taken to making Welsh cakes as is her birthright.
My son's on a bread making frenzy- focaccia last night, previous breads have been made to eat with baked camembert. No wonder there's no sodding flour or yeast in the shops!
They also had a go at making fresh pasta with the machine that's been sat at the back of the cupboard for years. I'm sure the factory in Italy that makes them has a good laugh at the gullible foreigners that buy them.
We're also doing more social drinking with friends over zoom as there's no childcare to have to sort out and no diary clashes!
So in all I'm taking a 0.2kg loss as a win!
Rich tea biscuits the answer mate
Might as well just eat the coaster your mugs on! But nowhere near the abominations that are so called "Nice" biscuits or m****d milk. Can't even bear to type the name of them they're so disgusting.
A group of us are growing "lockdown beards" for a laugh as on our first zoom drinking session, we hadn't shaved for a few days. So I'm claiming that my beard growth is a factor in reduced weight loss!
I’m chuffed that I have managed to lose a tiny bit more after losing 4lbs in one week prior.
Not ridden quite as much this week and been drinking way too much. Really thought I would be putting all that I’d lost back on this week.
So I’m claiming that my beard growth is a factor in reduced weight loss!
I absent-mindedly shaved off a strip off my lock-down beard this morning whilst trimming it so decided to take it all off. I then weighed myself and I'd gone up 0.9kg so you could be correct.
Lockdown food has pros and cons, I now don't have access to the free biscuits at work (good) but since the OH's commute has shrunk to 30secs there's been homemade pizza (healthy mind) and yesterday, tour de force, rhubarb sorbet.
I'm just trying to get enough sleep, stay active, and not have huge portions...
I may try the writing lines approach if I get desperate tho!!
Well, my weight wasn't really shifting much. Considering I had dropped 15% of my body weight since I worked out my daily maintenance calories at New Year's and took 500 off for my daily target I guess it was fair to recalculate.
So 1600 a day instead of 1800 a day for the last few days with some bike rides on top has finally shifted that last bit of weight and I'm down to 74 kg[11 st 9lbs] (target of 75kg [11st 11lbs]). Not bad considering I was 88kg at Hogmanay [13st 12lbs].
I now have a six pack.
Plan now is to just stay at this weight for the rest of lockdown, let my metabolism get used to the 'new normal' and then get in the gym once they re-open and start building lean mass.
My goal was always two-fold
1) Reduce weight to take stress off my knee joint which was damaged in a motorbike accident 10 years ago. I was taking opiate painkillers daily and developing arthritis (at the age of 38), with a knee replacement probably required at 45. Last time I spoke to the docs during this weight loss thing (at 84kg) they said the knee was looking better and I'd put the replacement surgery back 20 years. I've also stopped taking opiates every day which is a good thing (though the withdrawal messed with my head a bit!)
2) Get better at mountain biking. Which required improved core, leg and upper body strength and less weight to haul up the hills - I hate climbing. I started weight lifting about 9 months ago and can lift double what I could when I started, so strength is up and taking 30lbs off has got to affect the other side of the power:weight ratio!
So, I guess I'll keep logging my weight to make sure it doesn't go back up, but I guess I am not really losing any more.
Hoping you can all keep the head and focus on this. It can work, but it does need focus. I live by myself and don't work any more )WFH before COVID-19 anyway) so in a sense I was in a great position to be able to make weight loss a priority.
I know it’s hard to tell but it’s Friday today and weigh in!!
1lb lost this week, not great but a loss is a loss 👍
Somehow lost 1.7kg- not really done much different to other weeks so fairly surprised. Just means I'm 300g away from not being an overweight BMI.
700g this week, which is less than average for a weekly loss but I have pushed my daily calories a little bit and had pork belly 3 times this week...
94.4KG which puts me at 30.1 on the NHS BMI scale. I was hoping to be out of the obese category at last, but it’ll have to wait til next week.
And here we are; next week.
A 2KG loss sees me at 92.4KG and a BMI of 29.4 so I am officially no longer obese! This pleases me.
Friday salutations all.
+ 5lbs during lockdown, simple stress eating and drinking.
It's 1st May and I have gone two days without alcohol or coffee.
Two days.......
Resting Pulse has dropped to 37 from 46 and sleeping better.
Dropped 0.5kg- my daughter making cupcakes doesn't help. However, I'm no longer overweight- just at the top of the "normal" BMI.
I'll aim to loose a few more kg to have a bit of leeway- especially at the rate the kids are making bread and cakes.
Weight is still sitting around the same but waist measurement has come in a bit.
Looking at my Strava stats for April I've done:
89 hours of exercise, with only a single day without any. A mix of bike rides, walks and home workouts accounting for about 26,000 calories expended.
Gone up 400g based on last week but I've now restarted my exercise and clocking 100k per week on my bike. Been pretty sedentary for the past 6 weeks or so so going up ~.5kg is ok.
Trying to work out how/where to exercise but theres a good 33k loop from my front door but just need to best think social distancing. The old line is quiet in the morning but busier on return so might invest in a mask of some sort.
Anyway, 6 weeks of wfh and not much moving with only a .5kg penalty ain't bad.
Onwards and upwards chaps.
Small loss here, it's definitely harder being home all the time..
However, I’m no longer overweight- just at the top of the “normal” BMI.
Good work!! This is my aim
Rob's been drinking too much.
Rob's weight is going the worng way.
No alcohol for Rob for the next month - it's become far too much of a habit to drink every night...
Good work!! This is my aim
Cheers, I was nudging obesity, so if I (a chocoholic) can do it, anyone else can.
Strange times. Been snacking far too much but that's my poison when stressed and I don't need the extra stress of dieting as well now.....
On the other hand I'm getting around 8-9 hours of hard exercise a week - 4 or 5 rides of around 75 mins a time +/- which are all at a fair intensity, top end Z3/Z4 with Z5 efforts
And 2x Boot camps for an hour each.
So weight is pretty flat but..... I had to go into work yesterday for my dury rota (first time in 3 weeks) and my trousers are loose and belt in by a notch and a half.
I'm calling it a draw then.
I’ve worked out my quarantine binge eater and alcoholic name !
You take your given first name and your family surname and use them!
Anyway lost just short of 3lbs this week which after staying pretty much the same for weeks is a right results based on the nightly beer consumption and fridge raiding I’ve been doing...
Another kg down this week. After yo yo ing most of the year so far but generally going down I have lost over 10kg since lockdown began. But giving up alcohol this part 2 months has probably been more significant than what I am eating.
Wow....10kg lost in 2 months is very good 👍
Another reason to shift some fat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52561757
Steadily losing weight over the last 6 weeks,ride the hardtail 5 days, a day on the ebike and a rest day,pretty much stopped drinking and not snacking nearly as much, retired 2 years ago and my weight and gradually crept up this was the kick in arse I needed
I'm a bit uppy-downy, but under target, so I'm pretty happy.
Another reason to shift some fat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52561757/blockquote >This tubby thing is very much a reason for caution - we're focussing on BMI>25 as one indicator of risk. I'm now at 24...
I've been quiet and missed out for the past few weeks. Annoyingly even though I've been out on the bike a bit I'm still a steady 15st 9lb. Looks like I'll have to cut down on other things like crisps and biscuits which is proving difficult while cooped up at home.
cut down on other things like crisps and biscuits
Stop buying them?
The missus still buys choc bars etc “for the kids”. Damn hard to avoid them.
BMI>25 as one indicator of risk. I’m now at 24
That’s been my target, just under 25 at mo so normal, but NHS BMI check says to watch out cos I’m almost a fatty. Got to get under 72kg before it says I’m ok.
Annoyingly got a healthcare app from when I was sent an invitation to one of the oldie healthcheck. Even though my bmi is now “normal” the app says I’m a fatty. I have to get to c65kg before it stops saying I need to loose weight.
Even though I’ve gone from 86kg to 74kg on chub club and still have a gut to reduce, I doubt I could drop another 9kg.
I was getting close to a BMI of 25 it's the main reason I have watching the what I drink/eat and averaging 500miles a month on the MTB
I've put on another kg this week, back up to where I started in January ☹️
I've no self control from staying off all the 'treats' my wife buys and comfort eating and drinking is all there is to look forward bro during the stress of juggling keeping running a business and looking after 2 pre-schoolers.
I am about to start shopping at FatLad.
I have to confess to dodging today's weigh in! I knew it would be bad...Lockdown is 10x harder to lose weight!
No weight loss this week. That’s the first time it’s happened, but it was the wife’s birthday on Tuesday so there was cake and booze and no exercise that day so I’m blaming her. Then a second slack day that’s totally my fault.
Back on the diet proper now, so will hopefully be back on track next week.
I gave up booze and started to walk more at the end of January. Went from 13 stone to 12 stone 2.
Then my scales broke. Even though I'm exercising far more than I ever have the new scales say that I'm putting on weight.
Not happy. I want my old scales back.
I was losing weight on a 450 calorie walk but gaining weight on a 1000 calorie ride.
These are Strava calories.
1.1kg off. I don't know either.....
Only a tiny bit off this week - I confess to re-weighing after the ride today hoping for a bit more but nowt. Dammit.
And my elderly Dad is unwell and they don't know what's up, luckily stepmum is pretty spry and pushing for an face to face appointment now but I don't live anywhere near, I lost my Mum last year and ... well b*11*ck5 basically.
Oh well suppose we all just have to get on with it eh?
Well if I've learned nothing else this lockdown I have come to the realisation that sitting around being moderately inactive and eating crap isn't conducive to weight loss. However I really do need to tackle my expanding waste line.
My absolute cut-off point for being actually properly overweight is 17st and I hit 17st 8lb yesterday and that is no good at all. So far today I have managed to not snack incessantly and have done a solid 40 minutes in the 'gym' (the garage is set up with a treadmill, boxing bag, weights etc before the social distancing brigade turn up with the pitchforks).
I just have to make a real effort to keep it up and that has been the issue to date. I am fine in fits and starts but really need to knuckle down. Stupid thing is a good workout really helps with my depression as well so why I don't just get to it is anyone's guess.
Loads of miles on the bike and watching what I eat/drink and I am down to 11st 12lbs (from 13st) ideally I need to be 11st,I don't do well mentally sitting around doing nothing so being able to ride the bike has been a lifesaver
Still sitting at 75kg (down from 88 at New Year) and just looking to maintain that for a few months. Working out alright in Lockdown as I got canned from work so just spend my days doing kettlebells and walking or cycling. While my weight has stayed the same, my legs have filled out - reckon I've lost some upper body weight/strength and put it on the legs since they're getting the brunt of the exercise. Doing 200 pressups a day though which is keeping the top half in check
Down 6kg since early January but have stagnated since end March when all this nonsense kicked off. Had a very quiet April but managed to keep pretty much flat. Since last week I've found myself a nice local loop from the door which is about 32k which I'm hammering 3 times a week. Hopefully that along with restarting a stricter diet will soon pay dividends. My bmi is 25.1 but want to shed another 6kg thenbtake it from there.
A pound off this week and still under target.
Rob is quite happy with that.
Only 200g off this week. Initial reaction is a bit miffed, all the effort (*) for little gain but looking a long term I've gone from 86kg in Jan to just under 74kg. If I hadn't been making the effort have to remind myself that small loss could have been a gain.
*Mainly during the week- didn't help that cupcakes were baked for the VE weekend Social distance Street Party and a few beers were had at the weekend barbecue, though I did get 3 rides in.
Out of interest, I weighed myself on Monday- 74.9kg after being at 74kg last Fri. and down to 73.8kg today.
Weight still going north rather than south but have managed to do 4 days on the trot of an hours proper workout. Have also re-joined Zwift - not nearly fit enough to ride on the rode and a turbo session gives me one more thing in the mix of exercises to do so worth the entry fee.
I'm hoping that a few weeks of proper application and effort things will start going in the right direction. On the plus side my body fat is down and my muscle mass up - just a couple of percent but at least it's not all bad news!