2019 weight loss and fitness accountability club

[JonW]

Friday night is a tough night not to drink, so at 6:30 I forced myself into my gym and did a 1hrs weight session... seems to have got me over the urge for a beer or a gin & tonic!

Hope you all are surviving and on track - and if you’re not, then just put it behind you and start again!…

 

[Navcorr]

...you have been doing it ALL WRONG for ALL your life

Ah, well, have been making my own pasta for 30+ years. Since buying my first Sud from an Italian I worked with. Picked up the car on a Sunday morning and the family were making fresh pasta, sauce and meatballs …. was asked if I wanted to stay for lunch and help out. What an opportunity and education! The pasta was better than the Sud before you ask

 

[midlifecrisis]

Ah, well, have been making my own pasta for 30+ years. Since buying my first Sud from an Italian I worked with. Picked up the car on a Sunday morning and the family were making fresh pasta, sauce and meatballs …. was asked if I wanted to stay for lunch and help out. What an opportunity and education! The pasta was better than the Sud before you ask

But which lasted longer the Sud or the Pasta...

 

[CatmanV2]

But which lasted longer the Sud or the Pasta...

From experience, it'd be touch and go, depending if it was winter

Still loved our Sprint though....

C

 

[GeoffCapes]

Well got on the bike tonight.
Burned a few calories.

Need to get back into it as I was knackered!

 

[Navcorr]

From experience, it'd be touch and go, depending if it was winter

Still loved our Sprint though....

C

It wasn't raining so the Sud lasted a tad longer. But it was a close run thing

My Sprint performed an amazing magic trick one Winter. Whilst garaged the inner wings disappeared - never to be seen again!

 

[CatmanV2]

It wasn't raining so the Sud lasted a tad longer. But it was a close run thing

C

 

[conaero]

02/01/19
Weight: 92.3kg

04/01/19
Weight: 91.6kg

 

[2b1ask1]

All good Matt, keep it going.

 

[rockits]

Well got on the bike tonight.
Burned a few calories.

Need to get back into it as I was knackered!

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Gees slight difference to my beginner 2nd attempt tonight!

I had a night off last night and did same session tonight. Felt much easier but slowed it a smidge. Heart rate was still the same though but felt comfortable with no issues. Felt easier on the muscle's for sure.

Those videos are indeed boring so watched Chris Harris on You Tube instead!

 

[rockits]

04/01/19
Weight: 91.6kg

Nice work Matt

 

[GeoffCapes]

Gees slight difference to my beginner 2nd attempt tonight!

I had a night off last night and did same session tonight. Felt much easier but slowed it a smidge. Heart rate was still the same though but felt comfortable with no issues. Felt easier on the muscle's for sure.

Those videos are indeed boring so watched Chris Harris on You Tube instead!

You should use Zwift, it encourages you to do more. Put some tunes on loud and away you go!

 

[rockits]

I'm using Tacx Premium web/app at the mo as had a free months trial.

Will try Zwift as well to compare. Got to get a big screen up and some decent sound or get my headphones out. When Openreach finally get my FTTP line in I can watch loads of stuff in 4k

 

[GeoffCapes]

I'm using Tacx Premium web/app at the mo as had a free months trial.

Will try Zwift as well to compare. Got to get a big screen up and some decent sound or get my headphones out. When Openreach finally get my FTTP line in I can watch loads of stuff in 4k

Zwift gives you a 25 miles free trial. I didn't bother using the Tacx app. Straight to Zwift, I think they have about 50,000 users on at a time.

 

[2b1ask1]

Well after only five days of dieting I’m at 21st 1lb so a full 8lb shifted already!!! Over half a stone

 

[2b1ask1]

I am really surprised as I had a couple of little wobbles yesterday, stumbling across some Bombay mix in the Volvo and a couple of Christmas chocolate biscuits and even a yoghurt corner thing, just shows it is still a total volume consumed issue over what is consumed. I’m sure I’ll face bigger challenges along the way...

 

[CatmanV2]

You've lost a great deal of water as well as you've used up much of your glycogen stores, each gram of which is stored with a gram of water.

Great start, though!

C

 

[allandwf]

I'll just cut down on most things, jump on the cross trainer and turn on Planet Rock! No fancy apps etc for me.

 

[MrPea]

Yesterday I managed my exercise by finding a load of pretty ladies and holding them and moving to music together. I mean I went out dancing! That's the first proper dancing I've done in about 9 months - my mental health last year made it a very difficult thing to do as it totally knocked my confidence and that included asking ladies to dance. It's a great form of exercise as, over the course of three hours I got quite a lot of ~4min bursts of activity, spent time with some great people, held and was held by beautiful people, had natters and catch-ups, only drank water and tea and boosted my confidence.

 

[JonW]

I have just had delivered a new set of scales - which are somewhat fancily called a segmental body composition monitor.

They appear to provide a ton of data, which basically tells me I’m obese, I have excessive levels of visceral fat, and I have the metabolic body of a 62yr old! This is not a surprise, and given I’m only 47 that’s not a good result.

The only positive thing the scales seem to say about me is my Muscle Quality Score, which indicates that the limited amount of muscle I have is good quality! Whoop, Whoop.....

However, I now have multiple measurements to measure progress against.