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Aaaand I'm back in the game! The play closed on Saturday so I now have a life again, bad news is that for the past two or three weeks I've been completely undisciplined, good news is that the damage isn't too bad, I've snuck back up to 242. That still means that my targets are a mile out, but hey ho, let's see what we can do about sorting it all out. 🙂
Genuinely under 80kg for the first time in a few years. It's not MUCH under that and a big cooked breakfast, a pie and a pint for lunch and a curry for dinner would probably ruin it BUT it's something.
got the shits, lost some weight.
every cloud and all that
Day off today for the first time
Kudos to lots of the big loswers on here, average is now 8.1LB. Also struggling with balancing heavy training schedule. Have not achieved balance; training (running) going to plan but weight stubbornly static, -1 lb total. Replenishing every calorie burned it seems. Should I consider drastic experiement...anyone ever done 5:2 with 7-10 hours of training?
Running on a low cal day would be good for fat-burning endurance, right?
Yes it would. Fasted morning exercise is a good fat burner.
I ate lots of schnitzel and chips today.
Slow week.
Last night was not vintage on the food front. A huge plate of chilli, chocolate, cheese and more chocolate. No exercise either.
Hoping to offset it with a lunch time run and football tonight.
Had a Pizza last night 🙁
Ran 26km as penance today 🙂 & 🙁
Easier to not have the pizza 😉
Yeah, not a great week this week. I think tomorrow's unofficial interim weigh-in results will be disappointing.
I balanced a weekend's eating and drinking with a monster ride over Dartmoor in the snow. I'm quite pleased with keeping my weight unchanged.
Been off work this week, using up holidays really. Had a lot of "bad" days (still around 2600 kcal, so not a disaster), and a couple of good riding days.
Monday did 2 hours solid (and fast) off road to see how I'm going to find H.T.N.
Went for my first 100km in years yesterday, fell short at 85km but burnt a tonne of kcals. Next time I'll have it! 🙂
I'm barely half a kg down since Friday, but hopefully it'll pick up again when I'm back at work and commuting every day.
Grenosteve - last year, I rode loads, but couldn't shift the weight, which is what prompted me to radically change my diet, going low carb. I'm keeping up the riding, but dropped loads of weight - 26lbs so far this year. Ridden 2 100km rides so far this year, with a few more planned in the next week.
IHN - MemberYeah, not a great week this week. I think tomorrow's unofficial interim weigh-in results will be disappointing
I wasn't wrong 😥
85.8kg, up from 84.6kg last week. No surprise, but a bit worse than expected. Grr.
*fights the urge to email jonv*
Anyway despite my adventures in Schnitzel earlier in the week, seems dropping calories for the following days helped mitigate things.
1lb lost.
Sounds stupid, but I have found it easier to lose weight just via diet this time. As opposed to training/exercising at the same time.
Sounds stupid, but I have found it easier to lose weight just via diet this time. As opposed to training/exercising at the same time.
"You can't outrun a bad diet"
Not a great week this week and next week will involve a lot of Austrian beer, Schnitzel and general mountainside stodge which does not bode well.
I'm hoping 7 hours skiing per day plus a couple of run will offset things to a degree. We'll see.
Sounds stupid, but I have found it easier to lose weight just via diet this time. As opposed to training/exercising at the same time."You can't outrun a bad diet"
and six packs are made in the kitchen. Or, in my case, a
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Lost a lb this week, which I'm happy with as I did no exercise and had 3 days where I either had a drink or ate loads (valentine's day). The evenings are getting lighter, as am I, so hopefully more riding is just around the corner!
Been away for half term and stopped writing stuff down
Need a good week next week for Friday to just stay the same
Is it weigh day this Friday? I'm within 3lbs of my overall goal, having lost 2st 1lb since we started. I've just thrown away a large pile of XL clothes that look tent-like, and have been shopping for M & L ones instead.
I'm a bit out of the loop this week, as my dad passed away on Saturday, and I'm up in Norfolk helping mum. Next week sees the beginning of the sustainable phase. Ive already decided that biscuits and cakes have long been my downfall and don't really feature in my future.
I had to change my target, Dan, as looked like I would hit it relatively easy. Not as quickly as yourself mind.
p.s Did see the bit about your dad, but rubbish at this sort of thing, so not sure what to say. Sorry for your loss.
Sorry to hear the Dantsw13 - not the bit about the cakes and biscuits, although that is sad too.
Yes, weigh in this friday. If you want to restate your targets, having smashed them in 2 months then you can, but you might be at your target anyway. Your shout.
Hoping for a good one this week. Had to have a damaged tooth pulled this morning, worth another thread on it's own, so will be on soup and soft stuff for 72 hours myself. Might give just the boost I need.
Very sorry about your Dad 🙁
Thanks everyone - there are no right words, but I really appreciate the support. It was the end of a long battle with Parkinson's related ailments. In the end, I'm glad it was quick, both for him and mum. She has been a trooper with him for ages, at least now she has been released to enjoy her retirement whilst healthy, and can do all the things with her grandkids she hasn't been able to for years due circumstances. This Sunday would have been his birthday, which he shared with my son. Mum is coming back to mine for the weekend- I'm sure there'll be tears, but positive looking forward.
Seeing him ill before 70 was a real health wake-up call to me, and a big kick to get fit.
"You can't outrun a bad diet"
You say that, but I've lost 6lbs in 6 weeks eating shit but running lots. And it doesn't even really fit my definition of lots either!!!!
@Dants
Sorry to hear that. Remember to look after yourself. Take care bud!
Sorry for your loss Dants, cant imagine what that's like. 🙁
Happy for your weight loss though, that's some good going!
TOJV - I'm not going to be home to weigh until Saturday, so will be a little late with the email if that's ok? Managed to avoid all the cakes & biscuits at my mums, so fingers crossed! I've been weighing daily at home, so feeling a bit twitchy away from the scales.
that's fine, whenever you can.
Well I'm putting weight on but my waist is getting smaller 😕
Another 2lb down and definitely fitter, managed 12.67 km on the exercise bike in 30mins tonight vs 9.1km early Jan. Trousers feel baggy, long way to go and still technically obese, but BMI down from 32.5 to 30.3. I'm pleased I've sustained it this long.
Sort of dreading tomorrow's weigh in. I stupidly weighed myself whilst dehydrated after a 5k run, and thought 'ooooo, that's good'. I'm sure now I've returned to normal hydration levels a couple of days later that I haven't lost much at all, but we'll see. The good thing is that I can run 5k without collapsing. 😀
I'm not sure what has happened during the last 2 weeks, the diet has been good, exercise up, but I have gained 0.5 of a kilo. Mind you what I haven't mentioned is that beer and wine have also featured!
I was not looking forward to this weigh in after a week away on holiday over half term which consisted of little exercise and lots of beer and meat and snacks. Not surprised to see I'd put weight on today. Put 4lb back on of the 9lb I'd lost! Back on it!
Up a lb, but on antibiotics and antivirals so no exercise.
OP, ygm
Hi everyone; weigh in day today
usual form; email with your stw name and weight in lbs in the subject line
theotherjonv 199lbs
etc.
I can recommend traumatic infected tooth removal and a diet of entirely mashed vegetables and soup as a regime. 2.5lbs lost and would have been more if it weren't for ice cream slipping down so nicely.....
Forgot this morning, will weigh in tomorrow. I fear the only weight I will have lost will be the weight of the stitches coming out my thumb in half an hour. Which may not offset two weeks being unable to hold handlebars or do much else apart from walk.
Little nervous about today. I'm currently sat in a ski resort in Austria and have basically lived on cheese and pork for a week. I'll try and find some scales later.
Down to 107kg (236lbs) from 118.6kg in Jan (261.5lbs). 🙂
Had a slow start to Feb, concentrating more on getting fitter and faster than loosing weight, but back on weight loss (and maintaining fitness).
I definitely need new clothes now, the pair of jeans I leave at work have the belt done up so tight the front bulges out making it look like I sport a semi all day! 😆
Yes, another lb and a bit down, 190.9 for me. Very happy with that.
Having to buy new smaller clothes is great motivation, well done Steve!!
Somehow, I'm not really sure how, a shade over 3lb off, and I haven't even had an empty this morning!
That's 14st 9lb on my scales, the lightest I've been since about last June, when I'd been biking a lot, so bodes well being at that this early in the year. Target for end of March is 14st, 9lb in 5 weeks should be doable, but I'm goiong to have to up the exercise I think as all the Xmas bloat must be gone by now.