Fat Bastards Unite!

[Waddzy]

Did you carry because pushing a buggy only leaves one hand free for shovelling food into your gob?

Ill run with that excuse but lets just say my buggy doesnt really roll anymore. I may be carrying for a long time.

[WBennett]

After struggling into a work shirt this morning, I have decided something has to happen....

I will be riding into work 5 days this week - and my lycra was noticably tighter than it should have been.

[simmsy]

I buy bigger shirts.

[Hatchman]

After struggling into a work shirt this morning, I have decided something has to happen....

I will be riding into work 5 days this week - and my lycra was noticably tighter than it should have been.

Stocking full of marbles look?

[mrbluu]

not looking forward to tomorrow weigh in after 4 days of stuffing my face and drinking beer!!!

[Courty]

Forgot to weigh-in this morning before heading to work. I'll do so tomoz.

[rough_rider]

hows them eating plans going?

[BenM]

My weekend kinda set me back a bit too. Confident I can still end up with a net loss for the week by Thursday though (3 week mark).

[mrbluu]

hows them eating plans going?

The missus has been too busy to try it .

[mrbluu]

So one week past and I'm claiming 2 wickets as I'm down to 85.5kg this morning. This is with a few fat bastard sessions, a game of golf and a single bike ride. If I get to 80kg quickly then I might aim for 75kg, but going to take small steps.

This calorie counting thing has been pretty easily.

not looking forward to tomorrow weigh in after 4 days of stuffing my face and drinking beer!!!

Ok so not as bad as I thought as I'm only put back on 0.6kg (86.1kg) this week, but it feels like much more. Will try to go 5 days out of the next 7 under my calorie limit and bump up the exercise!!!

Edit: Actually, I'm positive I'm kidding myself as I'm sure I weighed in around 84.8kg or something like that. Anyway, here's to healthy eating this week!!!

[Courty]

Almost 4 wickets gone. That rate of loss won't last (and I wouldn't want it to). I'd expect it to level out to about 1kg per week over the next fortnight or so.

Week 1: 102.1
Week 2: 98.4
Week 3: 98.1

I'm a little confuse. I only had one lash-out at dinner on Saturday night (Chinese restaurant), but stuck to me calorie goals every other day, yet still only dropped 0.3. Oh well, I guess it balanced out the excessive loss in the first week.

[Dotty]

Week 1: 102.1
Week 2: 98.4
Week 3: 98.1

I'm a little confuse. I only had one lash-out at dinner on Saturday night (Chinese restaurant), but stuck to me calorie goals every other day, yet still only dropped 0.3. Oh well, I guess it balanced out the excessive loss in the first week.

Same here. Your body adjusts to the change in environment, and you need to go another few weeks to get the sustained weight loss.

The trick here is not to get disheartened by the perceived lack of results.

[goughy]

Yeah, that's pretty normal Courty. You had a big initial loss, then it eased off. I find it very much like that. Think of what you are targeting a an average weekly loss then look at that each month or so. You may have only lost .3 this week, but overall you may be ahead. The losses will fluctuate but the overall is what matters. And it still was a loss, remember that.

[AndyP]

You can't expect to see the results within a few days. You should see a drop next week because of the good work you did last week.

[Tomson]

www.poliquingroup.com/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/Article/1049/Three_Incredible_Lies_in_Mainstream_Training_Nutri .aspx

This part is my favourite, so call experts that like to tell me about calorie counting, roll this up and smoke it.

• Similarly, a calorie approach to weight loss is ineffective over the long term because it doesn’t account for macronutrient ratios, insulin response, or how the body alters hormone levels that dictate hunger and the use of fat for fuel.

[Courty]

This part is my favourite, so call experts that like to tell me about calorie counting, roll this up and smoke it.

So much anger... maybe your macronutrient ratio is a bit low.

[Tomson]

So much anger... maybe your macronutrient ratio is a bit low.

Could be. I might just have to counteract it with another steak

[AndyP]

Worrying about macronutrient ratios and insulin response when trying to lose weight would be enough to make you have a few extra beers to relieve stress.

[jimandr]

The Official Tale Of The Tape - 7/1/2014.

Guts - 61cm - a measure from one hipbone to the other, showing how much spare tyre I have. I suspect this is the most important measure of them all, so I hope this reduces over time
Chest - 113cm

Actual weight = roughly 106kg

Week 2 - Guts 60cm, Chest 110cm, Weight 105kg

Week 3 = Guts 59cm, Chest 108cm, Weight 104kg.

Another good weather week, so exercise targets were met, and more forward progress was made.

I'm about to go for a walk in 35 degree heat. I'm taking a bottle of water with me, just to offend those who think people carrying a water bottle with them look silly.

[AndyP]

Make sure you only sip at the water too. That will really irk them.

[goughy]

Get a camel back, let them know you're serious

[Grunt]

Massive blow out I must have had an error on the 1st weight.

Now sitting at 88.9

went back to Kayak training this morning and certainly was Fat Unfit and Slow. following the MyFitnessPal closely and have dropped the food intake to 6100kJ from 8200kJ. Will see what this week brings.

[Dotty]

01/01 - 101.0 (sans golf shorts that I split last Saturday )
08/01 - 99.0
15/01 - 98.8
22/01 - 97.8

Another wicket.

Successfully cut out of the cycle ... drive to the shops for dinner, any softdrink (except for one can per 18 holes), casual chocolate bars, fried convenience food (including brekkie on the road), lollies and icecream.

Basically following what I remember from Susan Powter hype 20 years ago.
With more recent findings, I may need to address the carbohydrates - dinner is usually pasta in tomato-based sauce, lunch is sushi rolls, and raisin toast for hunger pangs. Woolworths bags of salad, here I come.

[Lucasto23]

Great work dotty, finally got some scales for home down to 103.5kg and just started up again with a PT to help speed up the process

[backintheswing]

1 Jan - 92.8
8 Jan - 90.5
15 Jan - 90.2
22 Jan - 89.6

Doing 5k walks every couple of days and then yesterday, whilst my son was at Cutters training, did a 1hr bike ride.