Silly Commuter Weight Loss

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  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    you guys that aren't losing weight; are you actually doing anything really different?

    Just riding more when we all already ride 'loads' or eating a bit less when most of us tend to eat healthily with occassional lapses isn't going to make any difference.

    You need to try a whole different approach. The low-carb/carb-free or Atkins diet (whatever you want to call it) is a real change in eating behaviour which i made while keeping the same mileage up.

    Lost a stone in 2 weeks.

    I'm back on the carbs now but don't/can't eat as many carbs as I used to and so consequently have kept off the weight.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    imatfaal wrote:
    JZed wrote:
    imatfaal wrote:
    Seriously peed off with this whole undertaking!

    400+ km week 16PRs on strava, 3 pints only in 7 days, and stuck to diet so no unhealthy food; put on two frikkin kilos.

    No cycling. No PRs. 5 pints on Thursday. Stuck to a diet of unhealthy food (I can't walk past an easter egg without eating one). Lost 2 kilos.

    Go figure.

    Just done easter shopping and lots of chocolate involved - I am hoping that I can follow your lead; although I am certain I will put on again.

    Will be switching to longer commute through your part of the world (I think) from Easter onwards - give me a wave as you sail past on Woodford New Road etc; I will be the one struggling along on the white Whyte hybrid

    Cycling alone won't lose you any weight. During autumn/winter I was cycling over 200 Km a week and put on 3-4 Kg. Unless you go on a diet, you will just eat more as you cycle more
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    I disagree I'm cycling 200-250 miles a week pushing harder and looking for more hills to climb and I can't eat enough at the moment.

    My weight loss this year is very gradual as I'm hoping to stay in 160lb range for good.
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    MTB-Idle wrote:
    you guys that aren't losing weight; are you actually doing anything really different?

    Just riding more when we all already ride 'loads' or eating a bit less when most of us tend to eat healthily with occassional lapses isn't going to make any difference.

    You need to try a whole different approach. The low-carb/carb-free or Atkins diet (whatever you want to call it) is a real change in eating behaviour which i made while keeping the same mileage up.

    Lost a stone in 2 weeks.

    I'm back on the carbs now but don't/can't eat as many carbs as I used to and so consequently have kept off the weight.
    no, no you can't talk like that in here. people wont believe you.
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  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    spasypaddy wrote:

    no, no you can't talk like that in here. people wont believe you.

    LOL, I think both me and Ugo are saying the same thing.

    I've cycled 150 to 300 km per week since 2009. when i first started ramping up my miles, mainly via cycle commuting in 2009 then of course i lost weight. but the body is an amazing thing and it adjusted and got used to doing that.

    Hence in November 2015 I was still riding this kind of distance but was putting on weight and hit my heaviest ever.

    As Hugh Cornwall once said "something better change"
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  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    Why the need for exotic diet plans / carb fear / whatever? Isn't a slightly negative calorie balance going to drop weight?
  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    mamil314 wrote:
    Why the need for exotic diet plans / carb fear / whatever? Isn't a slightly negative calorie balance going to drop weight?
    Sure, but it depends what else you want to be doing. A dozen krispy kremes a day and you'll be slightly under the normal calorie goal but no chance you'll be able to do anything valuable exercise-wise. If you're not eating healthily and still want to exercise then you'll need to fuel it. All calories are not created equal etc.
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    mmm a dozen krispy kremes mmmm

    in the past year ive gone from 84kg to 67kg. but i could still eat a dozen crispy cremes
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Well I am down from 110 kilograms when I started cycling in 2012 to between 75-80 so I am pretty sure that it is mainly eating less than you need. The need can be changed by exercise in short term and by change in body muscle mass longer term - but it is still a pretty strict accounting. As dhope mentioned some diets will just not give you the wherewithall to actually get decent exercise done, per mtb-idle some diets subtly change your biochemical energy usage, and yet others will allow you to feel sated with less intake; but fundamentally it is like the opposite of Mr Micawber's recipe for happiness
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    (OMG he's back...)

    Weight Loss = every one is different.

    Me, I find its a careful balance.

    How much I eat. Too little (900 calories of healthy, low carb, lean protein diet a day with exercise) and my body will cling onto what little calories I'm feeding it. Also it's hard to find the energy to exercise.

    Eat too much of the same and I'm just burning off what I've used and storing the excess = weight gain. So eating the right amount is important. For me, I keep it at 1200 - 1400 calories (given my extreme weight loss goals).

    When I eat is important. I used to eat three meals a day. Now, I try eating the same quantity but spread over the day, so I eat something little (like a piece of fruit) every two hours when at work. If your metabolism is raised through exercise it will keep burning calories and fat even after the exercise has finished. Smaller amounts of food are easier to burn than large amounts so I don't overload my metabolism with a large breakfast or lunch for example.

    What I eat
    Green Juice (avocado, kale, spinach, flax and chia seeds as the core foundation)
    Banana
    lean protein and salad - lunch
    Apple
    Nuts
    Dinner which is a larger iteration of lunch but maybe with a small carb.

    Saturdays - normal
    Sunday - Cheat day so I can enjoy Sunday dinner

    Exercise, Mon, Wed and Fri 30-45 min lunchtime sessions in the gym. Tue and Thurs 1-2hr sessions after work. Sunday on the bike. I tailor my exercises for what I need to do.

    The most important thing, making sustainable changes. I could lose weight more suddenly and I could go on an even more extreme diet but that's not sustainable for me. Gradual change so it becomes my new norm, while educating and changing my attitude to food is. For this to stick for me it needs to be a lifestyle change. No point going on a diet I don't enjoy.

    I was 18 stone (115kg) late Feb, I'm under 17 (107kg) as of today. Still got a long way to go.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    A little weight gain but of the right sort, bibs and jersey down a size too, plus more of a six pack appearing.
    ................START.......TARGET..............NOW......SO FAR.........TO GO
itboffin.....173.8lbs.......155lbs...........165lbs......8.8lbs.........10lbs
spasy..........72.2kg.........67kg...........67.3kg.......4.9kg.........0.3kg
Ugo..............77kg.........69kg...........68.9kg.......8.1kg........-0.1kg
imatfaal.........78kg.........74kg...........77.8kg.......0.2kg.........3.8kg
whatleytom.....83.6kg.........75kg...........82.5kg.......1.1kg.........7.5kg
Wolfsbane2k.....127kg........113kg..........125.0kg.......2.0kg..........12kg
Mr FPB.........80.0kg.......70.0kg...........79.2kg.......0.8kg..........10kg
IP.............75.0kg.......69.0kg...........72.0kg.......3.0kg...........3kg
JZed..........111.0kg.......93.0kg..........103.0kg.......8.0kg........10.0kg
dhope..........74.5kg.......69.5kg...........71.2kg.......3.3kg.........1.7kg
stu-bim.......109.8kg.......90.0kg..........109.8kg.......0.0kg........19.8kg
London-Red....87.1kg..........80kg...........84.8kg.......2.3kg.........4.8kg
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    have an update from me as well, im now below my target weight...
    ................START.......TARGET..............NOW......SO FAR.........TO GO
itboffin.....173.8lbs.......155lbs...........165lbs......8.8lbs.........10lbs
spasy..........72.2kg.........67kg...........66.7kg.......5.5kg.........-0.3kg
Ugo..............77kg.........69kg...........68.9kg.......8.1kg........-0.1kg
imatfaal.........78kg.........74kg...........77.8kg.......0.2kg.........3.8kg
whatleytom.....83.6kg.........75kg...........82.5kg.......1.1kg.........7.5kg
Wolfsbane2k.....127kg........113kg..........125.0kg.......2.0kg..........12kg
Mr FPB.........80.0kg.......70.0kg...........79.2kg.......0.8kg..........10kg
IP.............75.0kg.......69.0kg...........72.0kg.......3.0kg...........3kg
JZed..........111.0kg.......93.0kg..........103.0kg.......8.0kg........10.0kg
dhope..........74.5kg.......69.5kg...........71.2kg.......3.3kg.........1.7kg
stu-bim.......109.8kg.......90.0kg..........109.8kg.......0.0kg........19.8kg
London-Red....87.1kg..........80kg...........84.8kg.......2.3kg.........4.8kg
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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,602 
    ................START.......TARGET..............NOW......SO FAR.........TO GO
itboffin.....173.8lbs.......155lbs...........165lbs......8.8lbs.........10lbs
spasy..........72.2kg.........67kg...........66.7kg.......5.5kg.........-0.3kg
Ugo..............77kg.........69kg...........68.9kg.......8.1kg........-0.1kg
imatfaal.........78kg.........74kg...........77.8kg.......0.2kg.........3.8kg
whatleytom.....83.6kg.........75kg...........82.5kg.......1.1kg.........7.5kg
Wolfsbane2k.....127kg........113kg..........125.0kg.......2.0kg..........12kg
Mr FPB.........80.0kg.......70.0kg...........79.2kg.......0.8kg..........10kg
IP.............75.0kg.......69.0kg...........72.0kg.......3.0kg...........3kg
JZed..........111.0kg.......93.0kg..........103.0kg.......8.0kg........10.0kg
dhope..........74.5kg.......69.5kg...........71.2kg.......3.3kg.........1.7kg
stu-bim.......109.8kg.......90.0kg..........109.8kg.......0.0kg........19.8kg
London-Red....87.1kg..........80kg...........84.8kg.......2.3kg.........4.8kg
pangolin......101.5kg.........92kg..........101.5kg.......0.0kg.........9.5kg
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Put a kilo back on.
    Smashed my half marathon PB by 8 minutes yesterday.

    Swings and roundabouts 8)
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716 
    ................START.......TARGET..............NOW......SO FAR.........TO GO
itboffin.....173.8lbs.......155lbs...........165lbs......8.8lbs.........10lbs
spasy..........72.2kg.........67kg...........66.7kg.......5.5kg.........-0.3kg
Ugo..............77kg.........69kg...........68.9kg.......8.1kg........-0.1kg
imatfaal.........78kg.........74kg...........75.2kg.......2.8kg.........1.2kg
whatleytom.....83.6kg.........75kg...........82.5kg.......1.1kg.........7.5kg
Wolfsbane2k.....127kg........113kg..........125.0kg.......2.0kg..........12kg
Mr FPB.........80.0kg.......70.0kg...........79.2kg.......0.8kg..........10kg
IP.............75.0kg.......69.0kg...........72.0kg.......3.0kg...........3kg
JZed..........111.0kg.......93.0kg..........103.0kg.......8.0kg........10.0kg
dhope..........74.5kg.......69.5kg...........71.2kg.......3.3kg.........1.7kg
stu-bim.......109.8kg.......90.0kg..........109.8kg.......0.0kg........19.8kg
London-Red....87.1kg..........80kg...........84.8kg.......2.3kg.........4.8kg
pangolin......101.5kg.........92kg..........101.5kg.......0.0kg.........9.5kg

    Finally making progress
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    dhope wrote:
    Put a kilo back on.
    Smashed my half marathon PB by 8 minutes yesterday.

    Swings and roundabouts 8)

    Back above 70 Kg after 2 weeks in Italy... that despite the 300 miles and 12 Km of climbing... it was to be expected though :lol:
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    dhope wrote:
    Put a kilo back on.
    Smashed my half marathon PB by 8 minutes yesterday.

    Swings and roundabouts 8)

    Back above 70 Kg after 2 weeks in Italy... that despite the 300 miles and 12 Km of climbing... it was to be expected though :lol:

    The reason I do this whole weight thing is so that when I am in the presence of great fresh food I can just dig in and enjoy
  • stu-bim
    stu-bim Posts: 384 
    ................START.......TARGET..............NOW......SO FAR.........TO GO
itboffin.....173.8lbs.......155lbs...........165lbs......8.8lbs.........10lbs
spasy..........72.2kg.........67kg...........66.7kg.......5.5kg.........-0.3kg
Ugo..............77kg.........69kg...........68.9kg.......8.1kg........-0.1kg
imatfaal.........78kg.........74kg...........75.2kg.......2.8kg.........1.2kg
whatleytom.....83.6kg.........75kg...........82.5kg.......1.1kg.........7.5kg
Wolfsbane2k.....127kg........113kg..........125.0kg.......2.0kg..........12kg
Mr FPB.........80.0kg.......70.0kg...........79.2kg.......0.8kg..........10kg
IP.............75.0kg.......69.0kg...........72.0kg.......3.0kg...........3kg
JZed..........111.0kg.......93.0kg..........103.0kg.......8.0kg........10.0kg
dhope..........74.5kg.......69.5kg...........71.2kg.......3.3kg.........1.7kg
stu-bim.......109.8kg.......90.0kg..........105.7kg.......0.0kg........15.7kg
London-Red.....87.1kg.........80kg...........84.8kg.......2.3kg.........4.8kg
pangolin......101.5kg.........92kg..........101.5kg.......0.0kg.........9.5kg

    Been eating properly for a couple of weeks and scale has slowly started moving down

    I am technically no longer 'obese' just 'overweight' lol
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Gained loads this weekend thanks!!! just what I wanted
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • london-red
    london-red Posts: 1,266 
    ................START.......TARGET..............NOW......SO FAR.........TO GO
itboffin.....173.8lbs.......155lbs...........165lbs......8.8lbs.........10lbs
spasy..........72.2kg.........67kg...........66.7kg.......5.5kg.........-0.3kg
Ugo..............77kg.........69kg...........68.9kg.......8.1kg........-0.1kg
imatfaal.........78kg.........74kg...........75.2kg.......2.8kg.........1.2kg
whatleytom.....83.6kg.........75kg...........82.5kg.......1.1kg.........7.5kg
Wolfsbane2k.....127kg........113kg..........125.0kg.......2.0kg..........12kg
Mr FPB.........80.0kg.......70.0kg...........79.2kg.......0.8kg..........10kg
IP.............75.0kg.......69.0kg...........72.0kg.......3.0kg...........3kg
JZed..........111.0kg.......93.0kg..........103.0kg.......8.0kg........10.0kg
dhope..........74.5kg.......69.5kg...........71.2kg.......3.3kg.........1.7kg
stu-bim.......109.8kg.......90.0kg..........105.7kg.......0.0kg........15.7kg
London-Red.....87.1kg.........80kg...........81.9kg.......5.2kg.........1.9kg
pangolin......101.5kg.........92kg..........101.5kg.......0.0kg.........9.5kg

    I seem to fluctuate quite a lot depending on how much beer I drinks. Weird. Anyway, I'm banking this one because I think it's about average at the moment - I've been sub-80 and almost back up to 85 in the last two weeks...
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,692
    The lightest I've been recently was 82.5kg on Fryday afternoon about an hour after eating a large fry up. Surely this means I should eat more bacon.
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  • london-red
    london-red Posts: 1,266
    Veronese68 wrote:
    The lightest I've been recently was 82.5kg on Fryday afternoon about an hour after eating a large fry up. Surely this means I should eat more bacon.

    None of it makes any sense to me... you'll probably lose more weight after your weekly visit to the Wych tonight :lol:
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,692
    London-Red wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    The lightest I've been recently was 82.5kg on Fryday afternoon about an hour after eating a large fry up. Surely this means I should eat more bacon.

    None of it makes any sense to me... you'll probably lose more weight after your weekly visit to the Wych tonight :lol:
    But I know what causes the Thursday weight loss. :oops:
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  • london-red
    london-red Posts: 1,266
    Please don't tell me you vom every Thursday morning...
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,692
    London-Red wrote:
    Please don't tell me you vom every Thursday morning...
    No, nothing that bad, I'm not as much of a drunk as ITB.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    today I had: pancakes, a banana, two flapjacks and chocolate florentine, a slice of chocolate cake, a ham sandwich, 3 glasses of milk and a large bag of Tyrrell veg. crisps... and it's not even dinner time!

    Mind you, I cycled 110 miles :-)
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  • london-red
    london-red Posts: 1,266
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    today I had: pancakes, a banana, two flapjacks and chocolate florentine, a slice of chocolate cake, a ham sandwich, 3 glasses of milk and a large bag of Tyrrell veg. crisps... and it's not even dinner time!

    Mind you, I cycled 110 miles :-)

    That's where you're going wrong - if you did that without the ride, you'd lose loads of weight.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,692
    London-Red wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    today I had: pancakes, a banana, two flapjacks and chocolate florentine, a slice of chocolate cake, a ham sandwich, 3 glasses of milk and a large bag of Tyrrell veg. crisps... and it's not even dinner time!

    Mind you, I cycled 110 miles :-)

    That's where you're going wrong - if you did that without the ride, you'd lose loads of weight.
    Needed more fry up and beer to be really effective.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    At Wellesbourne airfield cafe' everyone was having eggs, bacon and chips and not doing anything... I had done 90 miles and had a cup of tea and a small slice of cake...

    just an example of inequality...
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Veronese68 wrote:
    London-Red wrote:
    Please don't tell me you vom every Thursday morning...
    No, nothing that bad, I'm not as much of a drunk as ITB.


    One is NEVER sick
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