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I'll get me excuses in first, the inlaws are visiting and the MIL has cooked every day this week. If I leave any of enormous portions she gets upset.
............I put on 1.6kg this week!
With dry January over I'm going to have to try harder
A non-mover in the charts this week is Schrickvr6 with his Christmas hit "I'm Still Fat".
83.7! Get in! Amazing what a dose of the flu can do for your scale readings. Still not fully recovered so might be a bit more to come off but I still wouldn't recommend it as a method of weight loss.
By the way, Rob, those weekly emails are bloody hilarious 😂
I was away skiing last week, so a combo of eating all the pies and drinking, most of, the beer, but also spending days on the piste burning calories. Overall a small gain in weight, but holidays are exactly that and healthy food in the Alps is hard to find, well sort of anyway, you can't not eat the occasional tartiflette!
Back onto the regular pattern this week, soup and dinners made for the week plus plenty of veg in for snacks.
+4.2 / -5.2.
Wow. 4lb gain in one week! Last night was the father in law's 60th so we had a huge chinese so i expect the salt content led to a lot of water retention.
However, if I look at the week as a whole - it's been awful! I think knowing that this meal was planned meant I gave up eating well. Still not exercising enough.
But that was last week. Today has started with 'breakfast chinese' in the bin. It worked well for me getting healthy supplies Saturday night, so I must do that again and i think set run nights are required.
One bad week isn't the end of the world if I get back to it!
A non-mover in the charts this week is Schrickvr6 with his Christmas hit “I’m Still Fat”.
only a week as a non mover - been a consistent 88kgs since the initial weigh in, I really am rubbish at this dieting thing
I went up almost a pound last week and down half a pound this week. I've been doing a lot of weights over the last month and I'm definitely noticing a change in body shape and better still the mrs has noticed too. Which is great as her noticing gives me a real boost and even more motivation.
I need to focus more on what I'm eating though as still eating what I like, so if I improve that I should see more weight loss.
Hmmm, riding 2-4 times a week and after initially losing over 2 lbs, i'm almost back where I started.
Confession time.....
My name is Mark, and I am addicted to Creme Eggs 🙁
slowly creeping up 100gms a week.
however i feel a bit more healthy and i'v seen an impropement in the eating and excercising so i'm not to bothered
Damn you Booths and your yellow stickers! I had the most amazing scrumpy pork pie last night for 50p and the rice salad thing I intended to eat languishes in the work fridge, looking rather less appealing. I've had three rest days this week after RED January and a couple of beers so I was amazed to see I've lost another 0.5kg. It's going to plateau now I think.
That pie was amazing though.
I always start these things slowly.
That's what I am telling myself.
Gah. Ill children, sleeping on their floor, eating crap during the day to keep awake. No exercise. Rubbish!
I lost a stone in the first 2 weeks. not lost anything since. not gain either, so not bad.
Kind of back on track this week, I just need to be careful not to let my treat day slip into a treat weekend. Have cut out bread (except treat day) and acid indigestion has gone with it and am eating a lot less red meat. Eating plenty of eggs, fish, tofu, soup, things like falafels, boiled chicken breast and finding turkey mince to be really versatile in things like a mediterranean salad or a chinese stir fry.
Morning weekenders, don't forget to log those weights.
I seem to have made a decent post skiing recovery (in fact most of the excess was gone 2 days later which I still don't understand).
Things that are working for me (in case it helps anyone);
Drinking less, and not being in situations where I would likely drink more.
Planning meals before I shop.
Preparing food for the week over the weekend.
Pots of veg as mid afternoon snacks.
Cycling to work.
Weights
Weight watchers
Things that slay me;
Free snacks at work, Jaffa cakes being a massive weakness
Free beer at work (yeah, I know it's a bit odd).
Loving beer
Loving cheese
Loving peanut butter
The NHS guidance for the top healthy weight I *should* be being 10kg less than my target weight (but I know that's a bit silly).
Still recovering with dodgy ribs means I'm maintaining rather than losing.
On the upside, Sainsbury's "lighter" cheddar cheese is actually OK. (Not the half fat stuff).
Are the charts going to make a come back Rob? Appreciate you do this in your spare time 🙂
managed a loss of 2.5kg this week which i was super happy about. cut out fizzy drinks and being carefull-ish with food has helped.
Have to finish an MBA assignment by wednesday then fly to Tenerife with the gf thursday (i'm hiring a bike for a few trips up Teide though so i'm hoping i'll drop some kilos then).
Well **** me! I'm still on target.
Are the charts going to make a come back Rob? Appreciate you do this in your spare time
Yes! Spare time has been something missing from my life of late, but I've been bizzy-bizzy today and got one done. Others will follow presently...
Well done Rob, I seem to be tracking well for the end of March target too. That'd see me 10kgs down this year.
There are charts coming people, you all know what charts need ... Data, get your stats in folks!
Hmmm, my weight is creeping back up again. Need more self discipline but I blame it on having young children.
but I blame it on having young children.
I'd imagine that makes the planning and having time to prepare healthy food harder. Unless the kids have driven you to drink, which I totally understand!
There are charts coming people, you all know what charts need … Data, get your stats in folks!
Good man! I like your enthusiasm 🙂
84.0 on today's weigh in. It's creeping back on, slowly. No exercise since the flu for various reasons. Eating crap, stressed at home, knackered at work. Not a good combination.
Low or no exercise is the killer for me. Thankfully I got a good ride in last weekend which has helped I think with a small loss this week.
I'm planning to take advantage of the mild weather here in the south west and knock off early today for an afternoon ride. Hopefully the mild conditions will continue for us all to take advantage. Roll on Spring!
2lb loss this week. over a stone since the start. good.
There are charts coming people,
Cheers Rob! Can't believe how excited I get by a chart 🙂
There ya go, Ton, some good news for you 🙂
Good work Ton!
Anyone else got entries, I know it's half term, but you can't all be off skiing with the kids, can you?
I'm getting to the point where I'm loving the progress (near enough a stone since Christmas), but hating not eating all the stuff I used to think nothing of ramming down. I'm also having to spend more on clothes as a lot of my trousers and shirts are just too big now! Still, the progress is real, weight watchers seems to work well for me as I can eat cake, I just have to point it and be conscious of not doing every day of the week. I've also had a cold this week so missed 3 days of bike commute and a gym session and I'm still down!
stalled somewhat.... back at 200lbs so not really gaining but what with my work situation right now and my tendency to comfort eat when stressed I'll live with that.
Being unemployed at the start of spring, I might be getting some serious rides in in the near future, so hopefully that'll get things moving.
AAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! I've been poorly bad and put on a few ounces
End. Of. The. World.
Probly do some more charts this weekend
and starve myself 🙂
So when you say tyres .....
Mine are getting smaller thanks to the motivation of watching numbers reduce in a spreadsheet, whod'a think it'd be that simple.
Thanks for the reminder Rob, weigh in is early evening for me, initial signs (i.e, the WW weigh in is Wednesday) are positive, but this weekend I have a belated birthday meal and drinks with the Sister-in-law and her bloke which will be a bit of a session, so it could all go downhill over the weekend!
Weekly bump for this thread, anyone have numbers they need to put in, even if they are crap like mine?
My weight that came off over the week for my Wednesday weigh in seems to have come back for the Friday one. Most odd, although similar to last week. The obvious pattern is I've not cycled to work on the last 2 Friday's, but could that really affect my weight by almost a kilo?
85.0 so put a kilo on in the last week. Stupid shifts, a non sleeping toddler, low mood, no exercise and eating like a sugar crazed pig means it's coming back on. I'm not sure how I'll break this cycle as eating is just about the most fun I have these days (Oh look, a tiny violin 🎻).
IT'S FRIDAY!!!!
By the time I get to scales today I'll have been out to lunch with work, out to dinner with friends and planning to make some baked goods to take to more friends houses for eating and drinking tomorrow, so I am not hopeful of a successful decline.
Mid-week weigh in already displayed a marginal 100g (yep I'm counting in small measures at the moment) drop over the last week, I have been averaging 800g a week before that!
Dilemma is; when leading a normal social life I struggle to lose, when I go back to being an anti-social hermit I plateau/gain. Apparently less of my social life needs to revolve around good food and drink!
There's a 15 measures in the spreadsheet for the current week.
Come on people, if you can get to the end of March you can keep it going till Easter then rest of the year will be a breeze!
I have faith in you all.
Anyone out there still with me? I know it's tedious, but I've broken into the 14 stone domain for the first time in about 12 years this month, only just mind, but given I started close to 17 late last year I'm happy with that, very happy indeed. I do need to buy some new clothes though as lots of stuff no longer fits very well!
Thought I'd sign in on this.
After a stressful year at uni etc my fitness was down and had put on some weight - about 14 stone at 5' 11" and had torn the rotator cuff muscles in one shoulder in an over vigorous bedroom session with the missus... don't ask. I also have torn ligaments and arthritis in one knee from a motorcycle accident about 10 years ago.
At new year I landed a 2.5 day a week, work from home job. Got a mountain biking weekend away with the guys in the Lakes at the end of April so wanted to get fit/in shape as I wasn't for last years trip!
So, since week 2 of January I have been averaging around 4 gym classes a week (Circuits, bodypump, intervals etc) and 2 weight lifting sessions. While my weight hasn't gone down massively (half a stone) I have definitely changed shape - can see a change across shoulders/chest and waist is narrower. Have been taking protein shakes.
Have a Garmin fitness watch which is good - doing lots of steps most days (up to 25,000 one day!) and doing way more "intensity minutes" compared to what it asks for (~800 a week instead of the 150 it asks for). Generally doing about 1000 kcals "extra" per day (i.e. consuming 3500)
Haven't done much cycling as just not enjoying the winter this year, though I did do the whole climb at Innerleithen without stopping which I'd never done before. Shame my rear mech died at the top and I had to freewheel home.
Hoping that the gym sessions will help with flexibility and core/explosive strength for mountain biking - generally just done long road rides for exercise for last few years.
Got a month to go to the big trip away so am upping the cycling now - been out on the CX bike a few times and have some trail centre/Pentlands trips penciled in.
Nice one YGH! Weight isn't as important as strength/shape, I just had a lot to lose before that became relevant 🙂
Still going, I seem to hover around the 200lb mark, so 7-8lbs lower than start of the year. Likewise, doing a lot more bootcamp circuit type stuff, so feel a lot stronger, belt is in a notch, shoulders and arms are looking half decent. I do need to do bit more dieting though, everything still has a covering that spoils the effect quite a bit!!
I've had a terrible month if indiscipline not helped by work or family. Now back to my 100kg Christmas weight, eating badly and no exercise
I have also sinned. Work hours and depression. But on the waggon now. This thread makes me humble.
Still in but not been concentrating on weight recently. Had a half marathon last weekend and I tend to just eat what I want if I'm hungry in the last month out training before, not wanting to lack energy. Weight back to similar to start of year, but fitness better.
Have another one in six months and it would be nice to go lighter- must be easier and faster- so I've got a target now to get a stone lost for four months time.
Word up y'all!
I've been incommunicado for a while - nothing to do with Jimmy Sommerville, it turns out, but, possibly, something to do with Fish??
Anyhoo - Fat Fighters 2019 edition 2 is go.
Get on it (:
I've been in a similar thread on the Bearbones forum. Weekly weigh-in is a Friday (1st thing am for me). Stats generally heading in the right direction.
01/01 172.2 / 78.11
04/01 170.2 / 77.20
11/01 168.1 / 76.25
18/01 167.0 / 75.75
25/01 166.2 / 75.39
01/02 165.2 / 74.93
08/02 165.2 / 74.93
15/02 165.8 / 75.20
22/02 162.6 / 73.75
28/02 162.0 / 73.48
08/03 162.2 / 73.57
15/03 162.0 / 73.48
22/03 162.6 / 73.75
29/03 161.8 / 73.39
05/04 160.4 / 72.76
Unexpected drop given I've done little exercise this week.
My original target of 72kg is almost in sight!
Scotroutes... has FTP suffered for it?