Who wants to loose a stone by March Week 10 March 8th - 16

davidmiller

Start weight 89.1 Kg
Last week 86.1 Kg
Last night 85.9 Kg...but....
lowest weight = 85.1 Kg

I've eaten loads, not ridden so much (about 80 miles) and genrally not given much of a s**t. Stopped following my calories for a while.

I did actually go for a run on Sat mornnig - only 20 mins and it nearly kiled me - legs ached for days. Not helped by the fact that my winter commuter has totally given up the ghost so i'm getting to work on the old MTB that cost me £30 s/h 3 years ago (it really is THAT good!!)

I'm not enthused about the two sportives I have booked (Lakeland Loop (why oh why??) and Squires and Spires) possibly because I've been spending a lot of time over in the MTB section. On top of that I have just ordered a Specialised Rockhopper through the ride2work scheme (defo turning to the dark side - "Luke, I am your father"!!).

At the weekend I hope to go to Thetford with the kids, off-roading.

What the hell though, as long as I'm enjoying my riding what else matters????

DM

tonyw43

Last week 197 lbs
This week 197 lbs

Not overly disheartened as there was a full on pizza and a few beers in there this week. Exercise quite good this week as well (I'm sure my personal trainer is trying to kill me), and everything aches at the end of the week, so it's obviously working the bits it's meant to.

Going to re-asses the diet this week to see if I can improve matters, with more protein going in.

popette

Start 93
last week 85.7kg
this week 85.8kg

small gain due to taking week off the bike with a cold. I've recovered now and have been out riding again. I'm doing the Credit Crunch sportive in the peaks this weekend and feeling good about that. I'm quite hungry though and need to make sure that I don't slip into bad habits. My husband bought me a choc bar - 6 pieces - and I have managed to spread that over 3 days but I still feel guilty about it.

I'm really starting to notice a big difference in my riding - the hills do seem to be a little easier and I can get up the more gentle slopes without having to resort to lower gears. It feels good.

npowell28

Start of the month 230lbs, weighed myself today 228lbs. This is despite 2 weeks off work and doing 6 x 20 milers and 3 30+ milers. I have lost 20lbs since January so i take some consolation in that. What am i doing wrong?

Specialized27

I am not sure exactly how much i Weigh, however a bit 'chubby' atm, I cycle about 10 miles a day too and from school on an extremely heavy hardtail (tiwanese crap) until i get my rockhopper at the end of the month !!!!! I eat a lot of protein and fruit etc..... I eat a couple of chocolates a day, am i on my way to losing weight or not eeing much improvement? I am desperate to lose a few pounds! any advice pls? thanks for any input

Anonymous

popette wrote:

Start 93
last week 85.7kg
this week 85.8kg

small gain due to taking week off the bike with a cold. I've recovered now and have been out riding again. I'm doing the Credit Crunch sportive in the peaks this weekend and feeling good about that. I'm quite hungry though and need to make sure that I don't slip into bad habits. My husband bought me a choc bar - 6 pieces - and I have managed to spread that over 3 days but I still feel guilty about it.

I'm really starting to notice a big difference in my riding - the hills do seem to be a little easier and I can get up the more gentle slopes without having to resort to lower gears. It feels good.

Good result! Look forward to seeing you again! If you're available Spanielsson and I are doing a recce of the 66 miler tomorrow morning...

Anonymous

popette wrote:

Start 93
last week 85.7kg
this week 85.8kg

small gain due to taking week off the bike with a cold. I've recovered now and have been out riding again. I'm doing the Credit Crunch sportive in the peaks this weekend and feeling good about that. I'm quite hungry though and need to make sure that I don't slip into bad habits. My husband bought me a choc bar - 6 pieces - and I have managed to spread that over 3 days but I still feel guilty about it.

I'm really starting to notice a big difference in my riding - the hills do seem to be a little easier and I can get up the more gentle slopes without having to resort to lower gears. It feels good.

Good result! Look forward to seeing you again! If you're available Spanielsson and I are doing a recce of the 66 miler tomorrow morning...

popette

NapoleonD wrote:

popette wrote:

Start 93
last week 85.7kg
this week 85.8kg

small gain due to taking week off the bike with a cold. I've recovered now and have been out riding again. I'm doing the Credit Crunch sportive in the peaks this weekend and feeling good about that. I'm quite hungry though and need to make sure that I don't slip into bad habits. My husband bought me a choc bar - 6 pieces - and I have managed to spread that over 3 days but I still feel guilty about it.

I'm really starting to notice a big difference in my riding - the hills do seem to be a little easier and I can get up the more gentle slopes without having to resort to lower gears. It feels good.

Good result! Look forward to seeing you again! If you're available Spanielsson and I are doing a recce of the 66 miler tomorrow morning...

Aw, that would have been great but I have my daughter at home tomorrow so can't make it. Wednesdays are my big ride days if you have any free wednesdays coming up?

Anonymous

I would have been able to come out next Wednesday day but it is the funeral of one of my officers who was killed last weekend

Hagrid

Weighed in at 16st7, a 2lb gain over the week before. Odd as it sounds, this is good news, as I go up and down in two week cycles and this up is an easy pound lower than the previous up week, plus my waist has started shrinking again, plus even the 16st7 was distorted by a a late night chinese prior to the weigh in. What might otherwise be regarded as delusional thinking has been confirmed by my official weightwatchers weigh in on Wednesday which shows a decline (in what is usually an up week) to 16st3, so I think I've broken through the 16st5 - 16st9 plateau I've been stuck at pretty much since the beginning of this exercise. If so, it's because I've managed to rebalance my diet with a little more dairy and a little more protein than I'd previously been eating, coupled with eating slightly less all round - I have been resorting to measuring out my food at breakfast and dinner to get the calories right!

As for exercise, Tue - 2hrs on the Turbo; Wed - 2hrs strength training at the gym; Thu - 30mins on Turbo (I abandoned because I felt like crap that day); Fri. - 34 miles; Sat. - 77 miles (in the p***ing rain, but at least it wasn't snow!); Sun - 1hr recovery ride on the Turbo. At last winter is coming to an end here. Almost time to put the Turbo away!

popette

hagrid - I'm not sure if I already posted this but I certainly think it every time I read your posts. If you can turbo for 2 hours, you can do ANYTHING!!!! Hats off to you - 2 hours on the turbo......... :shock:

ColinJ

popette wrote:

If you can turbo for 2 hours, you can do ANYTHING!!!! Hats off to you - 2 hours on the turbo......... :shock:

I used to do regular 1 hour sessions, but I've decided now that 40-45 minute sessions at a more intense level are a better use of my time, and are also easier to cope with mentally.

Back in the winter of 2000/2001 a lot of bad things in my life came to a head at the same time and I used to fight the stress by doing the longest, most intense turbo sessions that I could physically cope with a couple of times a week - anything up to 2.5 hours at a time. I couldn't walk up the stairs afterwards, and had to crawl up on my hands and knees. Funnily enough, those sessions felt easier mentally than the shorter ones I do now because I had to be so focussed on what I was doing that everything else was forgotten about (which was exactly why I was doing them!). I came out of that winter fitter than at any other time.

I wouldn't want to do 2 hours on a turbo-trainer now though - I'm not angry enough!