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Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Tuesday 8th May 2012
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bacchus180 said:
(For those of you in the dark ages that's a burger away from 16 stone)
Ta. hehe

As for crash diet, well, it may work but you'll soon find out. Have a crack at a low carb diet. 100g carbs a day max. Eat all the ice cream and chicken you want.

bacchus180

779 posts

283 months

Tuesday 8th May 2012
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i'm just going to try and eat less than 1800 cal per day.. frown

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Tuesday 8th May 2012
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bacchus180 said:
i'm just going to try and eat less than 1800 cal per day.. frown
It's not difficult if you use something like MyFitnessPal.com and plan your day.

King Herald

23,501 posts

215 months

Tuesday 8th May 2012
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B Huey said:
God, I feel old. When did everyone start weighing themselves in KGs?
About 20 years ago, when people finally realised that ounces, pounds and stones were an utterly chaotic and retarded method of counting anything. biggrin

Tiggsy

10,261 posts

251 months

Wednesday 9th May 2012
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New POD said:
I have decided that I will take my weight at 6 every weekday morning, (except bank holidays), because 8 hours asleep will hopefully help to alter the variation. But clearly weekly trends are more useful, anyway update :
Thursday Morning was 102.2
Friday morning I was 101.8

Problem I see is that I spend 4 nights a week in digs and only weekends with my wife and family, but it turns out she is part of the problem, because whilst she weighs next to nothing she snacks all sorts of crap all weekend, and thinks I should help get it from the snack loaded kitchen.


Yesterday I was even encouraged to make my "speciality" scones and provide them with clotted cream.
Saturday she insisted we go out for a curry, and last night she offered wine, and crisps before the healthy tea I'd cooked.

But anyway, I've managed to avoid most bad things so we will see what Tuesday am brings in my weigh in.
Regards the wife - you need to sit her down and explain how important this is to you... explain it is a PROBLEM you have and you need ger help. No different to living with an alcholic, dont go knocking back beers in front of them!

If she cant alter her approach to food considering what you are trying to do (once she's made aware), she's being a tool.

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Original Poster:

3,851 posts

149 months

Thursday 10th May 2012
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Update:

Weight on Wednesday Morning down to 100.9kg (So managed to lose a tiny amount over the weekend), and this morning down to 100.3Kg which makes me a little under 16 stone)

At work this week I have avoided 24 spoons of sugar, pork pies, bacon and egg snadwiches, at least 8 deep fryed samosas, cake, biscuits and god knows how many sweets. (based on an estimate of my normal greed)

Last night I avoided a pint of bitter, and chips and gravy (I went bowling, and usually I'd have a pint and then supper on the way home)

The only exercise since Tuesday Morning has been 3 games of ten pin, and 4 cycle trips of 2 miles each, on a cycle path in the rain, as fast as I could.

Wife is talking about going out for steak tomorrow.

I've decided I shall NOT mention the irony of her telling me I've GOT to loose weight whilst consuming sugar and fat all weekend, and just hold onto the thought that there is temptation everywhere, and I've got to learn to avoid it. So when we got out I shall have a Diet Coke, or Low Calorie Beer (does such a thing exist?) and pick my food carefully.






Chaz9950

1,128 posts

143 months

Thursday 10th May 2012
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New POD said:
I have decided that I will take my weight at 6 every weekday morning
If you want to help yourself, don't bother.

Once a week, or better, once every two weeks is better. I'll explain why...

So, as some have mentioned, if you weigh yourself every day, you'll see your weight fluctuate, quite a lot. A pint of water before bed, can see you weighing an extra pound. Simple maths.

However, to see an overall trend (the goal in weight-loss) and not just daily fluctuations, is not only more accurate, but generally better for your mental health. If you are eating healthily, and exercising regularly, you don't need to see an arbitrary number on some un-calibrated bathroom scales to tell weightloss. You'll see it in yourself, and feel it too.

A perfect example would be to go really hard on a running machine wearing plastic bags. You could sweat out a few kilo's pretty easily, and weigh maybe 3 kilo's less than before you started on the treadmill. However, it's dangerous and stupid - it's nearly all sweat, which when you re-hydrate with your water, you'll pit it all back on again.

Good diet, good exercise regime, and a weekly or fortnightly weigh in, just to see the figures are going the right way - remember, the scales aren't going to be accurate, so don't get caught up on the figure. As long as each time you step on the scales, the weight goes down, you're making progress.

Chaz9950

1,128 posts

143 months

Thursday 10th May 2012
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Ill also mention, that, once in a while (perhaps once a week) take a break from your strict diet. Have a bacon sarnie, or a good slice of cake. If you worked hard and ate right in the day, why not have a pint in the pub at night? If you go hard-core, and ban everything, it's only a matter of time before you relapse, go mental, and binge on everything you have carefully avoided.

Everything in moderation, including moderation.... tongue out

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Original Poster:

3,851 posts

149 months

Thursday 10th May 2012
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Chaz9950 said:
If you want to help yourself, don't bother.

Once a week, or better, once every two weeks is better. I'll explain why...

So, as some have mentioned, if you weigh yourself every day, you'll see your weight fluctuate, quite a lot. A pint of water before bed, can see you weighing an extra pound. Simple maths.

However, to see an overall trend (the goal in weight-loss) and not just daily fluctuations, is not only more accurate, but generally better for your mental health. If you are eating healthily, and exercising regularly, you don't need to see an arbitrary number on some un-calibrated bathroom scales to tell weightloss. You'll see it in yourself, and feel it too.

A perfect example would be to go really hard on a running machine wearing plastic bags. You could sweat out a few kilo's pretty easily, and weigh maybe 3 kilo's less than before you started on the treadmill. However, it's dangerous and stupid - it's nearly all sweat, which when you re-hydrate with your water, you'll pit it all back on again.

Good diet, good exercise regime, and a weekly or fortnightly weigh in, just to see the figures are going the right way - remember, the scales aren't going to be accurate, so don't get caught up on the figure. As long as each time you step on the scales, the weight goes down, you're making progress.
I understand that this is the normal practise, but I also know about my own SELF motivation, or lack of, and so for 4 days when I am away from home, I will weigh myself Tuesday to Friday, at the same time, before I shower, and on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, I won't as I don't want to be using 2 different sets of scales.

The Scales I purchased may or may not be accurate, and they are not be calibrated, to some BSi standard but they are repeatable in that if I get on them 6 times in one hour, they give the exact same read out. (Provided I've not pooh'd or eaten obviously).

Tiggsy

10,261 posts

251 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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Chaz9950 said:
New POD said:
I have decided that I will take my weight at 6 every weekday morning
If you want to help yourself, don't bother.
I've found daily weigh in's quite usefull if you know what to expect. DOne the same time and state (say, first thing when out of bed) the results will be fairly consistent. And you can use whatever you see to motivate - my objective was 2lb a week drops so if i saw a small reduction i was positive, if i saw a small gain I worked harder that day. Just remember that you will see odd results and you have to be prepared to use that as a positive, even if it isnt at first glance!

New POD

Original Poster:

3,851 posts

149 months

Saturday 12th May 2012
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Friday Morning I had gone up slightly, to 100.6 which I can't easily relate to any particular intake or lack of exercise.

Engineer1

10,486 posts

208 months

Saturday 12th May 2012
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Which is exactly why a weekly or fortnightly weigh in makes sense, it evens out the big dump or night on the beers.

Du1point8

21,604 posts

191 months

Saturday 12th May 2012
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Im doing ok...

96kg in Novemeber - sprained ankle so couldn't train for 3 months due to limp, kept the weights up and April Im down to 88kg...

Mostly down to the reducing the food portions and reducing the alcohol.

now looking to increase that but lose weight at the same time.

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Original Poster:

3,851 posts

149 months

Tuesday 15th May 2012
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By Today am : Tuesday: down to 99.8 kg
I put this reduction down to : Took the dog for a run on Sunday on the beach, and tried running up the sand dunes.
To be honest I struggled to run more than 20 seconds at a time, so it was more run, walk, walk walk, run, walk etc.
Dog was happy.
Could barely walk on Monday.
I can cycle and swim quite 'vigorously' without getting out of breath, so I assume that using muscles you haven't used in anger is the reason for not being able to do much at a time.

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Original Poster:

3,851 posts

149 months

Thursday 17th May 2012
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Wednesday am not a gram lost or gained, which I put down to Potatoes for my tea (no really)
Thursday, down to 99Kg which I put down to daily fluctuations.

I went climbing tonight for the first time in about 2 months, which was the 1st time in 2 months, which was the 1st time in 2 months, and every single muscle aches. I think I should take up yoga, and go climbing more often.

King Herald

23,501 posts

215 months

Friday 18th May 2012
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Weigh yourself every day and make a simple graph showing your weight loss by the day. Mark your weight on and join up the dots. You will be able to see any sort of trend or plateau. Maybe weekends will show you whack on 4 kg, but by Wednesday it has gone again, which shows something you do over your weekend is ruining your whole plan. Just for example.

The Major

2,947 posts

171 months

Friday 18th May 2012
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New POD said:
first time in about 2 months, which was the 1st time in 2 months, which was the 1st time in 2 months
have you been drinking or just your hands hands developed the equivelant to a stutter?? wink

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Original Poster:

3,851 posts

149 months

Friday 18th May 2012
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King Herald said:
Weigh yourself every day and make a simple graph showing your weight loss by the day. Mark your weight on and join up the dots. You will be able to see any sort of trend or plateau. Maybe weekends will show you whack on 4 kg, but by Wednesday it has gone again, which shows something you do over your weekend is ruining your whole plan. Just for example.
Today I was 98.8 Kg which on my graph is between the 2 lines which are 0.6 kg apart, and slope by 0.2 kg per day. The trend is flat at the weekend and 0.3 to 0.4 kg reduction during the week. Early days.

WTD

818 posts

232 months

Saturday 19th May 2012
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For all you fatties out there, do something radical to reboot your body!
Rent/DL but WATCH this documentary http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1227378/

Then go on a green juice diet for 2 weeks! BOOM!

bacchus180

779 posts

283 months

Sunday 20th May 2012
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I have been charting my gentle descent since Feb 15th which is when I basically made a decision that enough was enough,

I'm trying everything.. exercise, diet etc.. it works, then I have a relapse, then it works again,

The graph makes me feel better as I can visually track the progress and see that I keep making gentle lower lows, the highs get lower and the general trend is albeit slow in the right direction.

This week my goal is to get firmly in the 98's and stay there.