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Four pounds off this week after a much less active week compared to the seven days before when I broke records for steps etc but stayed the same.
Ah well, no grumbling here. That's 6 stone 7 pounds lost in 48 weeks; just 26 days to go, would be fabulous to lose that last half a stone to get to 15 stone 9 and maybe a little more but I'm chuffed to have got this far, honestly.
Ah well, no grumbling here. That's 6 stone 7 pounds lost in 48 weeks; just 26 days to go, would be fabulous to lose that last half a stone to get to 15 stone 9 and maybe a little more but I'm chuffed to have got this far, honestly.
I'm actually embarrassed to post it (and very nearly didn't) but this week I feel like I've really let myself down. 3 days in London with a load of food, a substantial amount of walking and I've gained weight. I walked so much that when I got home my left foot was painful to flex so I used it as an excuse not to go to the gym.
I think my weight this morning is closer my true weight and the one I've been seeing recently is my post-gym, post-sweat weight. I don't look any different, I'm just heavier...
So anyway, today's number is 100.00kg. I'm not going to do the maths on where that puts me for the year, I don't even want to know.
Off to the gym this afternoon and back on it. I've got 9.5 weeks to lose 5kg and I will not fail.
Edit - embarrassing graph attached.
I think my weight this morning is closer my true weight and the one I've been seeing recently is my post-gym, post-sweat weight. I don't look any different, I'm just heavier...
So anyway, today's number is 100.00kg. I'm not going to do the maths on where that puts me for the year, I don't even want to know.
Off to the gym this afternoon and back on it. I've got 9.5 weeks to lose 5kg and I will not fail.
Edit - embarrassing graph attached.
Edited by Robmarriott on Sunday 6th April 11:57
gangzoom said:
yellowjack said:
It's not the weight I'm obsessing about. I weigh myself whenever I'm undressed. So, first thing in the morning, then when I change into sportswear for a run or a ride, and again when I'm undressed after I've washed/showered, then possibly again before getting into bed. What I do get obsessed about is data. Numbers, and patterns, really interest me. That's more what the multiple weigh-in thing is about. I spend far too much time scrolling on Garmin Connect and Strava.
Take the advice of your wife. You seem to weigh your self more in one day than I do in a month, and I can show you my HR records of nearly every commute cycle ride into work.Your clearly not overweight, what is your BMI? Outside the normal range on both ends (high and low) there are potential consequences for health.
You're right, too, to say I'm not overweight. Not now. But I definitely was when I first joined in with this thread. 1st January 2025 I was 70.6kg (25.7 BMI). Not massively overweight, but needing to keep the weight loss efforts going. A year earlier, 12th January 2024, and I was 79.4kg (28.9 BMI). Today, 6th April 2025, the scale says 66.4kg (24.1 BMI). According to the NHS BMI chart my "Healthy" range is 18.5 to 24.9 (51.0kg to 68.8kg), so I'm still a lot closer to the overweight zone than underweight.
So. I'm not convinced that I need to worry about going too far just yet. After a weekend of bike racing 28th March to 1st April, I had put 0.7 kg on, but the scale said my body fat % was down, and lean muscle mass % was up. Another period away from the scale this week, 1st April to 5th April, saw a negligible change in my numbers, despite some days of rich food, big meals, and plenty of cakes and puddings.
66.4kg/24.1 BMI is comfortably under my 67.0kg/24.3 BMI target weight, so I'm quite happy that my new-found eating and exercise habits have bedded in. Hopefully now I can abandon overt attempts at losing more weight, and maintain current weight/BMI. I'll concentrate on physical fitness now, with a view to meeting some running PB targets, and generally improving my speed and endurance on the bike. And maybe I'll try some event entries, on top of parkruns and my limited exposure to bicycle racing, just to give me some focus in my "training" . . .
Got down to 88kg this weekend but it's been a busy one. Did another hike yesterday to bag another peak, then a mad dash to the other side of Wales to meet up with friends I'd not seen in ages. First comment was "where the f*** have you gone?!" as the last time I saw them I was probably 15kg heavier so that was nice. 88kg and being physically fit will do me tbh. May aim for 85kg and stop there. I even run a lot of the flatter bits no issue. There's a company that does cross country running leads for the dog I'll need to look into. He loved it. The scales say I'm losing fat but also muscle but I don't believe that as my legs are as strong as they've ever been. Arms are normal.
KobayashiMaru86 said:
Got down to 88kg this weekend but it's been a busy one. Did another hike yesterday to bag another peak, then a mad dash to the other side of Wales to meet up with friends I'd not seen in ages. First comment was "where the f*** have you gone?!" as the last time I saw them I was probably 15kg heavier so that was nice. 88kg and being physically fit will do me tbh. May aim for 85kg and stop there. I even run a lot of the flatter bits no issue. There's a company that does cross country running leads for the dog I'll need to look into. He loved it. The scales say I'm losing fat but also muscle but I don't believe that as my legs are as strong as they've ever been. Arms are normal.
Non-stop dog wear. We have the harness and belt. Good quality stuff.S100HP said:
KobayashiMaru86 said:
Got down to 88kg this weekend but it's been a busy one. Did another hike yesterday to bag another peak, then a mad dash to the other side of Wales to meet up with friends I'd not seen in ages. First comment was "where the f*** have you gone?!" as the last time I saw them I was probably 15kg heavier so that was nice. 88kg and being physically fit will do me tbh. May aim for 85kg and stop there. I even run a lot of the flatter bits no issue. There's a company that does cross country running leads for the dog I'll need to look into. He loved it. The scales say I'm losing fat but also muscle but I don't believe that as my legs are as strong as they've ever been. Arms are normal.
Non-stop dog wear. We have the harness and belt. Good quality stuff.0.5kg off this week, it's not coming as easy as it did a couple of months ago that's for sure, but I'm 21kg down now. 4kg off target weight for the summer holidays. I'm wondering if I'm counteracting this with adding muscle weight tbh as I'm doing a workout each night and eating very well.
The main thing is I feel and look much better, much more confident, clothes feel better, exercise is easier and I'm told I've stopped snoring which sounds about right as my sleep is so much better.
The main thing is I feel and look much better, much more confident, clothes feel better, exercise is easier and I'm told I've stopped snoring which sounds about right as my sleep is so much better.
Robmarriott said:
I'm actually embarrassed to post it (and very nearly didn't) but this week I feel like I've really let myself down. 3 days in London with a load of food, a substantial amount of walking and I've gained weight. I walked so much that when I got home my left foot was painful to flex so I used it as an excuse not to go to the gym.
I think my weight this morning is closer my true weight and the one I've been seeing recently is my post-gym, post-sweat weight. I don't look any different, I'm just heavier...
So anyway, today's number is 100.00kg. I'm not going to do the maths on where that puts me for the year, I don't even want to know.
Off to the gym this afternoon and back on it. I've got 9.5 weeks to lose 5kg and I will not fail.
Edit - embarrassing graph attached.
Not just you. I’ve had a bad back for 4 weeks , so no gym or exercise in that time. On top of the caring I do it got me back into bad habits. 3kg back on since beginning of March . I think my weight this morning is closer my true weight and the one I've been seeing recently is my post-gym, post-sweat weight. I don't look any different, I'm just heavier...
So anyway, today's number is 100.00kg. I'm not going to do the maths on where that puts me for the year, I don't even want to know.
Off to the gym this afternoon and back on it. I've got 9.5 weeks to lose 5kg and I will not fail.
Edit - embarrassing graph attached.
Edited by Robmarriott on Sunday 6th April 11:57
Today i’ve got the bug back to sort the diet and gym will follow as prescribed by physio who said to do just what i can as anything is better than nothing.
10th January 2025 = 70.5 kg
10th April 2025 = 65.5 kg
(I'm 5'6" tall, and 54 years old)
5 kg lost in 3 months. Today's weight is the lowest I've seen on a scale I've been standing on since about 1991. I've just updated the Wiki tracker to reflect this, because it might not last.
I'm no longer striving to lose weight. I've achieved my goals for weight loss two years in a row, and realistically I don't think I'd be healthy if I lost much more. My weight is now bouncing around between the high 65.× kg and the high 66.× kg, with my target weight set as 67.0 kg, or lighter.
When the opportunity presents itself, I occasionally weigh myself two or three times in a day. My Garmin Connect account charts all three weights, but counts the most recent figure as the one plotted on the graph.
On 7th April I had 66.8 kg, 66.1 kg, and 65.8 kg. Today I saw 66.3 kg at 0715hrs, 66.1 kg at 1050hrs, and 65.5 kg at 1210hrs.
7 day average weight = 66.0 kg
4 week average weight = 66.4 kg
1 year average weight = 70.6 kg
So far, so good. I've also got my 5k PB time down to 00:24:21, below my 25 minutes goal. My 10k run PB is now my sticking point. I want to run a 10k below 00:55:00 before the end of the year, but I currently can't get it below 00:59:20, which I ran in January. The weight loss has definitely made running regularly more enjoyable, so I probably just need to focus on the quality of my training now, instead of just running to build up quantity.
It doesn't feel real when I look at the past 16 months as a whole. It was late December 2023 when I decided to get my weight and fitness back under my own control. 79.4 kg at my heaviest, so a total weight loss of 13.9 kg. Back when I started, even 70.0 kg seemed like an overly ambitious target weight. But the more I lost, the more I believed in my ability to lose just a little more. It feels good to declare 'Mission Accomplished', and move into more of a "maintenance phase" now.
Good luck to everyone else who is still working toward their own goals and target weights. You've got this!
10th April 2025 = 65.5 kg
(I'm 5'6" tall, and 54 years old)
5 kg lost in 3 months. Today's weight is the lowest I've seen on a scale I've been standing on since about 1991. I've just updated the Wiki tracker to reflect this, because it might not last.
I'm no longer striving to lose weight. I've achieved my goals for weight loss two years in a row, and realistically I don't think I'd be healthy if I lost much more. My weight is now bouncing around between the high 65.× kg and the high 66.× kg, with my target weight set as 67.0 kg, or lighter.
When the opportunity presents itself, I occasionally weigh myself two or three times in a day. My Garmin Connect account charts all three weights, but counts the most recent figure as the one plotted on the graph.
On 7th April I had 66.8 kg, 66.1 kg, and 65.8 kg. Today I saw 66.3 kg at 0715hrs, 66.1 kg at 1050hrs, and 65.5 kg at 1210hrs.
7 day average weight = 66.0 kg
4 week average weight = 66.4 kg
1 year average weight = 70.6 kg
So far, so good. I've also got my 5k PB time down to 00:24:21, below my 25 minutes goal. My 10k run PB is now my sticking point. I want to run a 10k below 00:55:00 before the end of the year, but I currently can't get it below 00:59:20, which I ran in January. The weight loss has definitely made running regularly more enjoyable, so I probably just need to focus on the quality of my training now, instead of just running to build up quantity.
It doesn't feel real when I look at the past 16 months as a whole. It was late December 2023 when I decided to get my weight and fitness back under my own control. 79.4 kg at my heaviest, so a total weight loss of 13.9 kg. Back when I started, even 70.0 kg seemed like an overly ambitious target weight. But the more I lost, the more I believed in my ability to lose just a little more. It feels good to declare 'Mission Accomplished', and move into more of a "maintenance phase" now.
Good luck to everyone else who is still working toward their own goals and target weights. You've got this!
Edited by yellowjack on Thursday 10th April 12:57
I'm a chunk lighter than I was after Christmas, but I've lost and gained that same weight over and over - I have to stop treating it as some kind of achievement.
I'm approaching this with 10kg-to-target being my 'start' weight, and I'm still slightly over this but heading the right way. My wife has some health stuff and it looked tricky for a while, but seems to have settled thankfully and a break from scans for a few months and a summer holiday!
Absolutely determined to lose 10kg for the summer.
I'm approaching this with 10kg-to-target being my 'start' weight, and I'm still slightly over this but heading the right way. My wife has some health stuff and it looked tricky for a while, but seems to have settled thankfully and a break from scans for a few months and a summer holiday!
Absolutely determined to lose 10kg for the summer.
Weighed last night before food and was bang on 88kg. Had a chippy and am paying for it today thanks to the gluten and dairy in the batter so won't do that again. Was also full quite quickly, even though it was a small portion. A kids portion I think would do now. Still the aim is 85kg but fully expect it to plateau now. I'm happy with how I am. Bit annoyed I ordered jeans from the States that were on back order and took so long they are now too big as a 36 which is mental. Trousers and jeans are difficult though. Sizes do vary a lot. In my walking trousers now I could go to a 34 but shorts are still just about 36 if not for my legs. T-shirts now are a solid Medium which is cool.
Steady few weeks for me. Not really sure why it's not dropping like it was. I suppose a few snacks have crept back in, but not excessively like I used to eat. Still no bread etc. Still hovering around 2000 calories per day. Cycling and running has increased if anything over the last few weeks too. Toying with another month of Mounjaro as I want to hit 90kg, but will give it another few weeks before making that decision. Sometimes our body just needs a reset. Exactly 95kg this morning.
KobayashiMaru86 said:
Weighed last night before food and was bang on 88kg. Had a chippy and am paying for it today thanks to the gluten and dairy in the batter so won't do that again. Was also full quite quickly, even though it was a small portion. A kids portion I think would do now. Still the aim is 85kg but fully expect it to plateau now. I'm happy with how I am. Bit annoyed I ordered jeans from the States that were on back order and took so long they are now too big as a 36 which is mental. Trousers and jeans are difficult though. Sizes do vary a lot. In my walking trousers now I could go to a 34 but shorts are still just about 36 if not for my legs. T-shirts now are a solid Medium which is cool.
I can empathise with the clothes thing. I bought some "smarter" shorts in the sale at the end of last year. 30" waist, but I was just about squeezing into an older pair that size at the time. I was hovering around 70 to 71 kg at the time, and thought my 70 kg target was optimistic. Right now I'm 65.6 kg, and on Wednesday my wife decided she'd like a long walk in the countryside. I wore the old 30" shorts, but needed a belt to keep them up. The two new pairs I bought last year? They're in the wardrobe, still with the tags on. I've tried on some 28" shorts and jeans this year, but, although I could get them on and fasten them, they're too tight to be comfortable and I definitely wouldn't be able to use the pockets. So I'm in that no-man's-land between "standard" sizes right now.yellowjack said:
KobayashiMaru86 said:
Weighed last night before food and was bang on 88kg. Had a chippy and am paying for it today thanks to the gluten and dairy in the batter so won't do that again. Was also full quite quickly, even though it was a small portion. A kids portion I think would do now. Still the aim is 85kg but fully expect it to plateau now. I'm happy with how I am. Bit annoyed I ordered jeans from the States that were on back order and took so long they are now too big as a 36 which is mental. Trousers and jeans are difficult though. Sizes do vary a lot. In my walking trousers now I could go to a 34 but shorts are still just about 36 if not for my legs. T-shirts now are a solid Medium which is cool.
I can empathise with the clothes thing. I bought some "smarter" shorts in the sale at the end of last year. 30" waist, but I was just about squeezing into an older pair that size at the time. I was hovering around 70 to 71 kg at the time, and thought my 70 kg target was optimistic. Right now I'm 65.6 kg, and on Wednesday my wife decided she'd like a long walk in the countryside. I wore the old 30" shorts, but needed a belt to keep them up. The two new pairs I bought last year? They're in the wardrobe, still with the tags on. I've tried on some 28" shorts and jeans this year, but, although I could get them on and fasten them, they're too tight to be comfortable and I definitely wouldn't be able to use the pockets. So I'm in that no-man's-land between "standard" sizes right now.S100HP said:
Steady few weeks for me. Not really sure why it's not dropping like it was. I suppose a few snacks have crept back in, but not excessively like I used to eat. Still no bread etc. Still hovering around 2000 calories per day. Cycling and running has increased if anything over the last few weeks too. Toying with another month of Mounjaro as I want to hit 90kg, but will give it another few weeks before making that decision. Sometimes our body just needs a reset. Exactly 95kg this morning.
I like that graph you've used. What app is that from and can I do one of those retrospectively?Not that it matters to anyone other than me, but I'm changing my weigh in day to Saturday. I always go to the gym on a Friday but can't really get there on a Sat so my lowest point for the week is almost always Sat morning.
After last week's disaster I wasn't expecting a good result but it looks like I'd just eaten too much good food last week and apparently it was all water weight.
With that in mind, this week is technically a massive one. From 100.00kg, I'm down to 96.75kg this morning. That's a 3.25kg loss for the week, total of 12.65kg for the year.
Needed that after last week. Next goal is 95.00kg and I think I can do that before the end of the month, or the 3rd of May at the latest.
After last week's disaster I wasn't expecting a good result but it looks like I'd just eaten too much good food last week and apparently it was all water weight.
With that in mind, this week is technically a massive one. From 100.00kg, I'm down to 96.75kg this morning. That's a 3.25kg loss for the week, total of 12.65kg for the year.
Needed that after last week. Next goal is 95.00kg and I think I can do that before the end of the month, or the 3rd of May at the latest.
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