[Closed] STW Chub Club 2017

well done Mick Firestarter. A delayed start with an injury means he's only just getting going, and is already nearly halfway to his end Mar goal.

Where we're all plateauing, in his world the tinsel's only just gone up into the loft and he's got all the 'easy' lbs to lose still.

Grrr....

I forgot to weigh in today. Will shoot my 'I'm not angry, just disappointed' results over tomorrow.

Weighing in at 183 lbs today 🙂

I'm about 5 weeks behind schedule but never mind.

10 lbs (4.5 odd kgs) down since we started.
Steady as she goes . . . .

Hopeless bloody hopeless, onto the naughty step I go 🙁

I'll try and post up some before/after shots. 2 new holes in my belt, all my XL clothes gone to the charity shop ( now a mix of M & L) and need a new uniform for work!

Can barely even bring myself to read through the several pages I've missed of this thread. The last 6 weeks have not been kind shall we say. Weight plateaud a little, work stress, personal stress, and then a dodgy right knee have all compounded and meant that I've ended up seeking solace in booze and food again!

2lb weight gain since the last weigh in... And you know what, given all that's been going on recently, I'm surprised that's all it is! 😥

P.S. Well done to all those who've managed to stick with it. Wish my only concern right now was losing the chub!

Hope everything is ok Mboy? positive vibes heading your way.

Mboy - You are not alone. Work stress and Health over here too. Which forces you to not ride out with mates, which makes things worse. Thanks for helping out Renton, that helped me because I got his excellent previous frame. Thanks again Mboy.

mboy, 2lbs is nothing..... I put that on in a day a couple of days ago. You're still down on where you started so don't give those 5 and a half up.

I know what work and personal stress do to people, and get the comfort eating thing. That's how I got here, 37 pages ago! Talk to someone, get out and enjoy the sunshine, just do something to change the situation. Wishing you well.

185.9 lbs here, the weight continues to come off, I have no moobs and can see my cheek bones for the first time in 20 years. I've hit my target but I will likely be revising that as I'm still not where I want to be in terms of body composition or look. I'm feeling chuffed and shall go and smash Parkrun in celebration and then make pancakes and bacon in celebration.

Want to start focussing on performance now, 5k time under 20 mins is the obvious one but I have a few local climbs, on and off road, that I want to smash on my bike too.

And, as ever, thank you Jon for organising and collating.

For me, whilst the weight has come off, and I am quicker on a bike, performance still has a way to go. I need to start training for performance instead of riding for calorie burning fat loss.

Want to start focussing on performance now, 5k time under 20 mins is the obvious one

😯

I'm a plodder and tap out 30 min 5k runs, so that doesn't sound unachieveable.

Well i'm flatlining. Or is that fatlining?

Not gone up or down for a couple of weeks. Which I'm actually happy with. The positive thing is that I'm over half a stone down, and I've got out of some bad habits, like grazing on crisps and stuff, during the day, and not esting my own body weight in cheese on a regular basis 😀

So, 2 things have happened this weekend, I ran a 21:22 5k which is a PB and I was chuffed with. I also felt I had a bit more in the locker which is also good to hear. And I've just now entered a half marathon. And off road half marathon. I'm not sure who I've become.

I weighed 154 on Friday, and the same today which I am quite pleased about. Usually have a 1lb blip after the excesses of the weekend.

Hooray! This morning's holiday-delayed weigh in has me at 191lbs! Which is what I was back on the 13th January!

Curse you Gozo, you little islandy ba$tard, and your food and wine.

:'-(

Yeah, but holiday food weight will be off in a week if you try.

Got to get through this fataux

5 weeks now and hardy lost anything.....

I've got 40 days before I run a marathon and I'm currently 1st 7lbs away from a 'Normal' BMI

Had a proper "day off" yesterday for my dads funeral. At least whilst I blubbed my eyes out reading a poem for him I was wearing my new skinny suit. 5 days now in São Paulo eating steak & red wine mixed in with gym sessions might mean interesting scales next weigh day.

Two weeks till the big weigh in milestone! Focus needed, I am yo-yoing badly.

Is Friday a weigh in?

How we all doing?

Yep. Weigh in this Friday by my records. Dreading it, as i was working away for nearly a week and it involved many beers and curries with my work colleague. Flat lining would be a victory for me, but I'm ready for a gain.

Yes, Friday is a weigh in, but because of there being 13 weeks to a quarter, next Friday 31st is ALSO a weigh in and is the official March target one.

If people want to miss this week and instead just give me next week's, I won't hold it against you; equally happy if you send me one this week as well.

I've been holding my low weight nicely. I'm intentionally not counting Kcal for the last 2 weeks and I've had no "dead cat bounce" which is promising. That period includes my dads funeral and wake, 5 days in St Lucia and 5 days eating my body weight of red meat in Brazil too.

Really into it.

Look forward to weigh ins every week.

Running at a net 1500 calories / day on Myfitness tracker (only failure in a month was when trainer broke so I was unable to hit zwift on a wet, cold Saturday night)

Combination of reducing snacking, no booze, daily exercise (60 minute ride / zwift) has meant that the weight has been falling off steadily at a lb or so a week.

Already approaching my target weight for the end of summer and trying to figure out how to move from an "all out offence" to "holding pattern" as holiday season approaches.....

Really chuffed with progress, need a new wardrobe now though.....

4lbs down - slowly, slowly catchy monkey

Been quite good the last couple of weeks diet wise, got some decent rides in, looking trimmer in the mirror, feeling good about this morning's weigh in.

Got on the scales - back up to 181lbs!

****ing stupid game this...

Have recovered from last weigh-in's post-holiday apocalypse; 187.9lb/85.2kg, so happy with that. Aim is to stay below 85kg long term, so that's on the cards.

Got on the scales - back up to 181lbs!

This happened to me as well, initially a big loss then 4 weeks of staying the same or gaining a pound or 2 but belt size went down.

Started to drop again now but it was 4 weeks of static weight.

theotherjonv - Member

Yes, Friday is a weigh in, but because of there being 13 weeks to a quarter, next Friday 31st is ALSO a weigh in and is the official March target one.

If people want to miss this week and instead just give me next week's, I won't hold it against you; equally happy if you send me one this week as well.

Had a good, and subsequently bad, 2 weeks as been away on holiday and decided to completely relax and enjoy some family time. I have dragged it back this week and now weigh less than I did before going away. 8lbs off target so with a good week should make that look a little better.

Anyone else starting to get a few comments of "You don't need to lose any more weight" yet I still have a little fat belly to lose.

99kg or 218

Not a million miles off target, but still disappointed. Bit heavier than I was a month ago, and basically letting it slide since routine was lost after operation and work went nuts. Need to knuckle down again.

Holding my target weight now without counting Kcal at 195lbs. Now it's time for the fitness work.

The plateau continues...I have not moved at all through last 3 weigh-ins. Although frustrating (and I have not been consistently disciplined) it does mean it hasn't gone in the wrong direction. I'll take this (for now).

yep, also plateaued a bit these last few weeks. Need to be more disciplined on my 5 days of the 5:2.

Jeans are looser though, belt is a notch or two in, so maybe the riding and zwifting is adding tone as much as the diet is cutting weight.

I sometimes need to remind myself of what i have told a few others on here; look back at your early Jan self. Compared to that, most of us look and feel a load better irrespective of whether we've hit a somewhat arbitrary target in the meantime. Don't give the improvements away too readily, they're hard to get back, as much as worrying about what the next improvement will be.

Not the best week for me, still eating 1500 kcals a day but not ridden much at all this week - recovering a bit for HTN tomorrow. 🙂

Next week I'll be back on weight loss with a vengeance! 😈

i have only dropped a lb in the last 2 weeks and expect to gain in the next as i have 3 weeks sitting on me arse enforced rest after an op....

Dropped a pound in two weeks, which would normally not be so good, but as 5 days out of those 14 I was very off it, as I was working away eating curries and drinking ale, I'm very happy indeed.

I have run out of belt holes (in a good way! 🙂 ) of a belt that my good lady gave me just over a year ago, and deffo need a belt with all my size 32'' trousers, even the ones from makes that are renowned for sizing up a bit small.

5 lbs to go, then its an all out assault on fitness, with a bit of vanity weight training.

Losing weight still, not sure from where, as still got me little pot belly.

Dropped again, I think I'm now past my target but there's still work to be done. Chris Froome is my body goal...

Hey GrenoSteve - I see you've joined me as biggest loser - great work!! How are you feeling? Noticing the difference?

I might regret this...........

Last year after 2 weeks of American food:

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@dantsw13 - Amazing, well done!

I've stayed the same, partly as my road bike has been out of action for the last 2 weeks with a cracked rim so no Zwift or road rides and I haven't done enough food wise to counter that. New wheels being delivered this morning but need to lose 4lb in a week to meet my March goal now so unlikely to make it. If I can get a couple of pound off I won't be too disappointed.

Anyone got tips on what works for them once the weight plateaus?

Stage one was smaller portions and less confectionary. Worked ok.
Stage two was to add "removing sugar from tea and coffee" and starting a little "post winter" exercise. I'm active anyway but started riding properly mid Feb. Worked ok.
Stage three - added "riding regularly now it's spring".

Now I'm doing all of the above, I've lost 5kg (down to 82.5 now) but it seems I'm stuck.

I suspect this is where most people on diet struggle. After the really obvious stuff has finished working (less rubbish everyday for a start) - what do you do next?

I realise that this is the million dollar question that whole diet industries are based around . . . . But what works for you?

Work harder. For me it has been double the cycling miles and efforts, both on Zwift and real life. In some ways it's never as simple as eat less, move more, but then in some ways it really can be.