WEIGHT LOSS + the challenge

[mickey]

Ok, time to join this thread as well..

Starting out at 88.4, was 89 last week and its the heaviest i have ever been, not too keen on hitting 90kg!

[sherminator]

103.1

Started doing more weights this month. Previously I have only been doing cardio training and have noticed a big difference. Only 1.9 kgs loss, but very happy as I have been pretty lazy the last week with a fair bit of junk food and no training! If I can put in 4 solid weeks training and get a little bit more disciplined with the diet, I hope to get under the 100 mark this month!

Not going to happen!!

I started this month very well but got crook early on and didn't train for over a week. Had a bad cold and was absolutely exhausted when I got home from work so generally just flaked out. I weighed myself and had ballooned out to 105.8 mid month. Once I felt a little bit better I got back into it and clawed my fitness back. It was amazing to see how quickly it goes when you stop training...

Anyway, I had a pretty full on cardio session on wednesday and weighed myself and had got down to 102.5. I didn't train Thursday but had a big weights session with my PT yesterday. Woke up very sore and struggling to walk so I went to the gym and did some cardio today at about 75% to try to get rid of some of the soreness. Weighed myself and I am now at 103.7!!!!

I am baffled that I have put on 1.2kg in about 60 hours considering I have trained twice in that time. I haven't eaten anything too bad (ie Maccas, pizza, KFC etc) in that time. Is there any experts out there that can possibly explain this to me? Is it because of the weights?

Righto! Went to the gym again yesterday and weighrd myself .... 103.6! A massive drop of 100grams from Saturday.

Just got back from the gym tonight ...... 102.1!!!

Amazing how my weight can change from day-to-day-to-day!!

[kickinit]

like I said mate weigh yourself in the morning. it's the only way to get a true indication. I think you would find if you weighed yourself in the morning you could be a lot lower then 102. If your weighing yourself during the day you have to remeber that the food and what you've drank during day could still be sitting there adding extra weight and giving you a false reading.

[Q.]

And there's not much point in weighing yourself everyday, or even every week.

[sherminator]

Thanks guys!

I generally only weigh myself a couple of times a month .... I have only been doing it the last few days due to having a higher than expected weight for the month. Its just reassuring to know that despite having a fairly ordinary month I'm still heading in the right direction!

[Brucetiki]

I strictly do it no more than once a week. Doing it daily only places undue pressure for instant change. Once a week allows you to track progress without to feel ing like you're excessively on the scales.

[kickinit]

monday morning is good it let's you know how your week went and things you need to keep doing or cut out. After a couple of months you will find out what you can and can't do. On the other hand though if you havent got a high motivation level I would suggest once a month, sometimes people see a 2-3kg loss and go i'll have take away today i deserve it cos I lost 2-3kgs last week.

[mighty_tiger_79]

better go and have a chat with Warnie

[Brucetiki]

Another kili bites the dust - down to 93kg now

[Kahuna]

NAME...................START..........GOAL............LAST/MONTH..........NOW......................................................................................................................................................................
Locky801..............117.3..............90..................114.1...............116.1......................................................................................................................................................................
PhantomGossiper......97.4..............85...................90.5...............90.7.......................................................................................................................................................................
mal......................117.5.............99.9................116.6................?...................YTWI..................................................................................................................................................
Kahuna.................129.3..............120................115.9..............121.1.......................................................................................................................................................................
sherminator...........114.1................95................103.1..............102.1......................................................................................................................................................................
Jimmy_041............101...................95.................99...................?...................YTWI.................................................................................................................................................
SorryDude.............125.................100.................128.................125........................................................................................................................................................................
brod....................123.4................99.9................125.7..............123.6.....................................................................................................................................................................
Sploosh...................74..................68.................70...................73..........................................................................................................................................................................
MediaPark................82.6...............75.................85.5................90.4........................................................................................................................................................................
Psyber..................96.8..................85.................94.4...............94.2........................................................................................................................................................................
Brucetiki...............105....................80.................95..................93..........................................................................................................................................................................
Dutchy.................125.................100.................116.................115....................................................................................................................................................................................
mickey..................88..................75.........................................89......................................................................................................................................................................................

[Phantom Gossiper]

will weigh in tomorrow, i know earlier in the month i got down to around 87, however last week and a bit has been REAL reckless

[brod]

123.6kg

[mighty_tiger_79]

well im in the early stages of something, no idea what

but for 4 days a week im going to be solidly walking a min of 15km, add in a few other activities and try and eat a tad healthier

[Phantom Gossiper]

90.7kg

[tigermad]

great thread i was 123kg in feb now down to 111kg been going to the gym 4 days a week walking 5km doing 4 km on the bike then weights for 1/2 -hr ,just got back on to the optifast as that was how i lost the most of my weight and staying of the carbs.my weight goal is back to 104 kg and i have to get there by oct.

[mickey]

Ok, time to join this thread as well..

Starting out at 88.4, was 89 last week and its the heaviest i have ever been, not too keen on hitting 90kg!

Guess i should mention i wanna get to about 75kg and lose the cm from the stomach area

[Kahuna]

Welcome aboard mickey and good luck!

[Dutchy]

115kgs

still on the plataeu but feeling good as doing 50km rides in the hills without killing myself, got the 75km ride on 28/8 and want to get to 113 min by then, less weight on the body will no doubt make it easier to get around

[Dutchy]

I was doing some reading and came across a study that showed endurance training will, over time, induce less weight loss than high intensity interval training.

Obviously you're interested in completing the 75km course, but I think that, in regards to weight loss, it would be beneficial to include 'sprint periods' within your current course. Eg. within a 40km course complete 4-5 1km gut-busting sprints, with one of them toward the finish.

This should prompt your body to continue to burn energy for at least a couple of hours after the exercise.

Interesting, I do most of my riding in the hills so regularly get the heart racing going up and down hills which would be the same wouldnt it?

I do ride to the city to work 1-2 times a week and the ride in (18km) is downhill initially so I am working real hard to try and beat my best time door to door, which currently stands at 45 min (includes stoplights etc)

[Q.]

The high intensity interval training would require something like:

30 seconds normal speed
followed by 30 seconds sprinting (~90-95% max capacity)

and repeat it 8-10 times successively. Essentially it only takes up an 8-10 minute chunk of your ride.

If you could incorporate this into every ride, not only would you get weight loss benefits, but also overcome any fitness plateaus.

I've ordered an interval timer for myself to help me with the accuracy of the splits.