If you're overweight, by how much?

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  • funkyg
    funkyg Posts: 68
    According to the chart here http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/healthy-living/Pages/height-weight-chart.aspx
    I'm about 10 KG overweight.

    I'm 6'1" and at the last weigh in was 95KG. I had a well man check at the doctors a couple of months ago due to hitting 40 and I weighed in at 106KG, blood pressure that was just on the high side or normal, and cholesterol of 6.8
    Six weeks later I'd dropped to 97KG and cholesterol of 5.7, the nurse was astounded and wanted to know my secret!
    To be fair I'd just come back from holiday where we'd been pretty bad. Plus I'd only just started cycling in earnest.
    My belt has come in a notch too, and my climbing is improving! The doctors are keeping an eye on me anyway due to my family's history of heart problems, so this isn't something I've started as a flash in the pan, it's going to be a continuous effort.
    I'm not aiming for a specific weight but if I could drop another 10KG I'd be happy.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I have bought a couple of tops to 'slim into' and it feels so good when they fit ;-)

    Had to sell a load of nice shirts though. Still not sure if that was a good or bad feeling, even though I don't wear shirts to work these days.
    Ties still fit fine at least :lol:

    Have one new run top that I have yet to wear. Need zero belly for that one though and not quite there yet.
  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    I'm one of those people who always appears slim but seems to hide fat inside there body. 10 years ago I was cycling a lot (most days, 3 - 5 hours) and weighed 72kg (I'm 183cm). These days I tend to ride maybe 3 hours 4 times a week and weigh about 11kg more without actually looking bigger. My cheekbones aren't as hollow and my moobs are a bit bigger but it certainly doesn't look as if I'm carrying a bucket of lard around.

    As I know that 72kg is a healthy, doable weight for me I'll have to say that I'd like to lose 10kg, even though I look slim. My body will thank me in the hills.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    I too am supposed to be 70kg - 5'6" and currently 82kg, I dunno, it seems pretty much impossible, given how easily I put weight on I would have to be exercising all day and basically eating nothing at all.
  • junglist_matty
    junglist_matty Posts: 1,731
    I'm 6ft 2" and I'm currently 102kg (put weight on over the winter/spring thanks to injury) and sitting in the middle of the NHS "overweight range".

    The NHS website says I need to loose 24.3kg to put me in the middle of the "healthy weight range" :shock:
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    junglist_matty wrote:
    The NHS website says I need to loose 24.3kg to put me in the middle of the "healthy weight range" :shock:

    I've only ever really considered the top of the healthy weight range bit! Which for me is 70kg, to get into the middle would be 60kg!
  • Old_Timer
    Old_Timer Posts: 262
    I'm at 83kg, down from 98kg when I returned to cycling after some health issues for several years. My BMI is 24.7, now which is barely normal weight for my 1.86m height. I'd like to drop a bit for health reasons, not for the thought of being one of those whippet racers. I've been large my entire life, I was 1 month premature in my birth and still 4.5kg, tough on my mum for her first child.











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    Lets just got for a ride, the heck with all this stuff...
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,935
    I'm middle to top of the BMI chart for my height (5'11") and happy enough with that, could probably stand to lose a bit of flab but I've no interest in slimming down to 'cycling weight' - my 10 month old daughter would be able to beat me up if I was that skinny!
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    5'5" and generally hovering between 56-57kg, which is about the lightest I've ever been (at 34). Off to Austria on Sunday so should help getting up the hills.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Anyone fancy having a go at getting rid of that excess weight?

    viewtopic.php?f=40011&t=12972303&p=18911918#p18911918
  • junglist_matty
    junglist_matty Posts: 1,731
    phreak wrote:
    5'5" and generally hovering between 56-57kg, which is about the lightest I've ever been (at 34). Off to Austria on Sunday so should help getting up the hills.

    You should fly up the hills at that weight!
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    I should think a stiff breeze and he'd float up without a bike!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    At 5' 6" and 55 kgs with an 8 kg bike I still need to pedal up hills, what am I doing wrong?
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • Tjgoodhew
    Tjgoodhew Posts: 628
    Im 6ft and currently 12st so according to BMI im at the top end of healthy.

    Would like to get down to 11 1/2 stone but as im quite slim build i wouldnt want to go much below that as i would start looking ill !!!

    Pictures of me when i was in my early 20's when i did weigh under 11 stone I looked like I was famished !!!
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  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    I'm about 8 or 9kg overweight for what I would like. That's what the bike is for! It's been great losing weight.

    I started my weight loss journey in 2009 weighing in at 138kg. I'm now down to 77kg and feeling great, so even if I am overweight technically anyone who cares doesn't bother me!
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  • diamonddog
    diamonddog Posts: 3,426
    team47b wrote:
    At 5' 6" and 55 kgs with an 8 kg bike I still need to pedal up hills, what am I doing wrong?
    Same problem here, 5'5'', 51kg and 7.2kg bike what more can I do, Epo? :shock:
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    You need a 6.8kg bike, guys.
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Screw the UCI minimums. Go for under 5!
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  • sigorman85
    sigorman85 Posts: 2,536
    Druidor wrote:
    Well I am around 102Kg (16 Stone odd) & at 5'11" should be around 12.5 Stone

    so I am the fat bloke even though I do not look that portly.

    I'm the exact same I have quite a bit of musscel mass and this accounts for my "over weight" 5"11 16.4st not that the account for muscle mass on a bm I well I don't think they do
    When i die I just hope the wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it other wise someone will be getting a mega deal!!!


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  • IanRCarter
    IanRCarter Posts: 217
    I've gone with 1 stone. I'm 5'7", last weighed myself a few weeks ago and came in at around 71kg I think. I've been around the 70 mark for quite a few years now, it used to fluctuate depending on how often I went to the gym (generally going up with gym work) and now I'm cycling this is probably the heaviest I've ever been. However, I've seen a notable reduction in the size of my thighs in particular, lost a lot of the bulk there but replaced it with stronger muscles as you'd expect which undoubtedly explains the increase in weight.

    I'm not as slim as I'd like to be, I can wear tight jerseys and feel comfortable in them but losing some weight off my torso area would be highly beneficial I think. I have a **** diet though, and most of the stuff they say you should eat I really don't get on with. I'm not going to force feed myself stuff that makes me feel like being sick, so my weight will undoubtedly remain the same.
  • downhill paul
    downhill paul Posts: 236
    My main problem would be my stomach and my thighs. my thighs are huge, but as far as I can tell they are all muscle.
    my stomach on the other hand is just fat, hopefully with muscle hiding underneath.
    I have very little fat on my chest and back, but still I have a 41 inch chest. so regardless of how much weight I lost, my chest would remain the same size.
    is it possible to slim down your thigh muscles?
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Chris Bass wrote:
    I havent weighed myself in ages, will do soon and report back, if i had to guess i'd say i'm at the top end of ok, if not a little over.

    I heard there is new research which suggests if you are fit but slightly overweight (bmi of 25 to 30) then you are more likely to live longer and not get as many illnesses. this is fit and overweight though, not just overweight and not exercising, so if you are cycling and slightly overweight you are doing ok :-)

    I read that too. Also being "overweight" when older is apparently beneficial. I always found it odd that BMI charts have no adjustment for age - so that a 45 year old should still be the same weight they were at 21. Nonsense when you look at the population of the world.

    My weight wanders around in the healthy BMI range so I'm not concerned. It tends to go up when I cycle a lot. I've hardly ridden the bike for 5 weeks now and I've lost 2 kgs in weight.
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    Weighed myself last night, 78kg (about 12 stone 3 or 4 i think) and 6 foot 2 (and a bit, it all counts!!) so BMI of 22, might try and get a little under 12 stone to help up the hills but not going to try too hard, life's too short!
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    team47b wrote:
    At 5' 6" and 55 kgs with an 8 kg bike I still need to pedal up hills, what am I doing wrong?

    You need a lighter bike!
  • mathrees
    mathrees Posts: 16
    I'm 118kg. I'm 6''1'. No wonder i am in my easiest gear going up hills and the walkers pass me by.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    mathrees wrote:
    I'm 118kg. I'm 6''1'. No wonder i am in my easiest gear going up hills and the walkers pass me by.

    That all sounds good to me.

    You are meant to be in your easiest gear going up those hills (thats the only reason it is there) and you are not walking :wink:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Its weekly update time if anyone looked at this thread.........

    viewtopic.php?f=40011&t=12972303&p=18921072#p18921072

    Hope you all had a good week :wink:
  • tabh
    tabh Posts: 6
    I am currently 124 kg and 1.96m in height. According to the BMI calculator I am obese. I cycle to work and back 5 days a week covering 70 miles a week and usually 40-80 miles in 2 to 3 other rides in the evening or at the week end. I also walk 35 miles a week with my 2 dogs so I would class myself as fairly fit. When cycling I normally average around 17.5 MPH on my hybrid and 19.5mph on my road bike over rides up to 40 miles. My goal is to get down to around 100kg so that I can fly up the hills
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I've just come back from a week's holiday followed by a 2 day departmental jolly, both of which involved eating and drinking a lot more than usual, and moving about very little. This morning I was still 5'6" and weighed in at 11 stone dead. Which is by my reckoning about a half a stone heavier than before the holiday, and a stone heavier than I ought to be. This would explain why my trousers feel a bit tight around the waist.

    Serious dieting and longer bike rides start today. Not even having a beer tonight watching the footy.
  • mustgettaller
    mustgettaller Posts: 120
    MountainMonster wrote:
    I'm about 8 or 9kg overweight for what I would like. That's what the bike is for! It's been great losing weight.

    I started my weight loss journey in 2009 weighing in at 138kg. I'm now down to 77kg and feeling great, so even if I am overweight technically anyone who cares doesn't bother me!

    Wow - what an achievement, losing 61kg! :D That must have taken a lot of determination and work.

    How did you do it - presumably seriouly determined dieting as well as exercise? Are you able to hold your weight down at 77kg these days, with an amended lifestyle, or do you still have to work at it?

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