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As today is a holiday, Nathan came out for a cycle ride with his Dear Old
Mum, on the entirely correct theory that as I cycle a lot slower than he
does, he wouldn't actually be pushing himself too hard - just keeping his
legs ticking over ready for his time trial on Sunday morning. So we did a
leisurely 18 - 20 miler, stopping
for lunch at our favourite Ye Olde Worlde Tea Shoppe in Ye Olde Worlde
Quainte Village of Castle Acre. It's the place Vernon & I sometimes have
lunch at & I like as I can have some quite delicious home-made soup (carrot
& orange today) with a chunk of warm wholemeal bread, whilst Vernon stuffs
himself on the delicious home-made cakes they do.

The waitress taking our order asked how far we were cycling & if it was
tiring. In course of conversation I said I was cycling with my son. Waitress
said I didn't look old enough for Nathan to be my son. I do appreciate a
good OTT compliment ;-)

The best bit was when cycling home, Nathan, who I don't usually cycle with
as he's much faster than me said that he's noticed today how much fitter I
am. He said he can really tell on the hills where I used to really huff &
puff to get up them and how he & I were carrying on a normal conversation as
we pootled along and that he noticed that I wasn't having to use the really
low gears to get up the same hills, whereas before I would struggle along in
the lowest gear of the granny ring.

So losing this weight (48lbs and counting) really is starting to give me
noticeable health benefits and that is a great incentive for me to stick
with it :)

Cheers, helen s
 
"wafflycat" <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
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>
> So losing this weight (48lbs and counting) really is starting to give me
> noticeable health benefits and that is a great incentive for me to stick
> with it :)
>

If you really want to shock yourself, and you have a friendly local
butcher who makes his own sausages, get him to show you what 48lbs of pork
fat looks like.

(pork fat and human fat are very close to each other in mass)

Tom
 
"Tom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> If you really want to shock yourself, and you have a friendly local
> butcher who makes his own sausages, get him to show you what 48lbs of pork
> fat looks like.
>

At WeightWatchers weigh-in each week, the leader has a kilo of fat by the
scales.

Cheers, helen s
 
Tom wrote:

> (pork fat and human fat are very close to each other in mass)

That would depend on the size of the pig! ;-) (ITYM density...)

Pete.
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Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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wafflycat wrote:
> The best bit was when cycling home, Nathan, who I don't usually cycle
> with as he's much faster than me said that he's noticed today how much
> fitter I am.

Good for you! I'd take that as even more of a compliment that what the
waitress said.

d.
 
wafflycat composed the following;:

> So losing this weight (48lbs and counting) really is starting to give
> me noticeable health benefits and that is a great incentive for me to
> stick with it :)

Nice one, Helen.

Mine's stil coming off at about 1/2 lb a week, so slowly and steadily,
but as you say, beginning to be really noticeable how much fitter I'm
getting. I've now lost about 23 lbs.

Keep it up. ;)


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> So losing this weight (48lbs and counting) really is starting to give me
> noticeable health benefits and that is a great incentive for me to stick
> with it :)

Might I ask how you started and how long it's taken?

A good friend of mine is 29 stone and 5'6", he's tried most things - so
why not cycling! He goes to the gym twice a week at the moment.

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"John Burns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> So losing this weight (48lbs and counting) really is starting to give me
>> noticeable health benefits and that is a great incentive for me to stick
>> with it :)
>
> Might I ask how you started and how long it's taken?
>

14 weeks. Over that period I've averaged 3.5lbs loss per week.

> A good friend of mine is 29 stone and 5'6", he's tried most things - so
> why not cycling! He goes to the gym twice a week at the moment.
>

I'm doing WeightWatchers. What is doing it for me is the discipline of going
to a WW meeting each week, doing the formal weigh-in and staying to the
meeting for the pep-talk. Quite frankly, most of it's in the head - I'm
*very* motivated. Everything I eat is "tracked", that is weighed and entered
into my food diary before it goes into the mouth. Plus I'm choosing *very*
healthy options 99% of the time and having treats occasionally. The easy bit
is the losing it - the hard bit is the keeping it off :-/

Cycling is helping me in that I'm losing more and consistently than the
other WW'ers who don't exercise, but exercise on its own isn't enough, just
as dropping the calories alone isn't enough - it's the frame of mind that's
the key.

Cheers, helen s


> --
> Who needs a life when you've got Unix? :)
> Email: [email protected], John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland
> Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage!
> Need Sun or HP Unix kit? http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/unix.html
 
"Paul - ***" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Nice one, Helen.
>
Ta!

> Mine's stil coming off at about 1/2 lb a week, so slowly and steadily, but
> as you say, beginning to be really noticeable how much fitter I'm getting.
> I've now lost about 23 lbs.
>

Nothing wrong with your rate of loss. It's in the right direction, plus slow
& steady it's more likely to stay off relatively easily.


> Keep it up. ;)
>

Rather keep it down :)

Cheers, helen s


>
> --
> Paul ...
> (8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!
> ebay stuff 5762010351
 
wafflycat wrote:
> ... how much
> fitter I am. He said he can really tell on the hills where I used to
> really huff & puff to get up them and how he & I were carrying on a
> normal conversation as we pootled along and that he noticed that I
> wasn't having to use the really low gears to get up the same hills,
> whereas before I would struggle along in the lowest gear of the granny
> ring.
>
> So losing this weight (48lbs and counting) really is starting to give me
> noticeable health benefits and that is a great incentive for me to stick
> with it :)

Hell. Try adding 48 Lbs of sand in a rucksack to
you AND Nathan. You may well have the same
muscles you had before, but they're having an easier
time.

BugBear
 
>> 14 weeks. Over that period I've averaged 3.5lbs loss per week.

Well done - that's really good going!

>> I'm losing more and consistently than the other WW'ers who don't
exercise

When I go out running, I pass the WW's meeting at the local primary
school. They drive to the meeting, but they don't park in the (empty)
street and walk in - that would be far too much exercise - they open
the gate and drive into the playground to park next to the door! I
can't help wondering if it's ever occurred to them it might do them
good to take a bit more exercise.
 
"iakobski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> 14 weeks. Over that period I've averaged 3.5lbs loss per week.
>
> Well done - that's really good going!
>


Thank you. The difficult bit is the keeping it off though!


>>> I'm losing more and consistently than the other WW'ers who don't
> exercise
>
> When I go out running, I pass the WW's meeting at the local primary
> school. They drive to the meeting, but they don't park in the (empty)
> street and walk in - that would be far too much exercise - they open
> the gate and drive into the playground to park next to the door! I
> can't help wondering if it's ever occurred to them it might do them
> good to take a bit more exercise.
>

Have to admit, the session I go to, the leader almost always refers to
exercise (and then is known to point at me as example of how it helps with
weight loss...). Some of the others say they go to the gym. There's one
other regular cyclist and a couple who have said that once the lighter
nights happen, they are going to start cycling to the meeting. It'll be good
if they do.

Cheers, helen s
 
wafflycat wrote:

> Some of the others say they go to the gym.

Going to the gym and getting a useful workout at the gym are not
necessarily the same thing. A lot of people seem to think that slowly
walking half a mile on the treadmill followed by sitting on the weight
benches and gassing is a workout.

--
Dave...
 
wafflycat wrote:

> The best bit was when cycling home, Nathan, who I don't usually
> cycle with as he's much faster than me said that he's noticed
> today how much fitter I am. He said he can really tell on the
> hills where I used to really huff & puff to get up them and how
> he & I were carrying on a normal conversation as we pootled
> along and that he noticed that I wasn't having to use the
> really low gears to get up the same hills, whereas before I
> would struggle along in the lowest gear of the granny ring.
>
> So losing this weight (48lbs and counting) really is starting
> to give me noticeable health benefits and that is a great
> incentive for me to stick with it :)

Is it any wonder you go more easily up hill with 48lbs removed? Try
going out again with 48lbs in your panniers and you'll see the
difference you've made by the weight loss alone. Of course you have the
added benefit that as cycling gets easier you do more and thus get
fitter too. Lighter load plus better engine - you win both ways.

--
Dave...
 
"dkahn400" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> wafflycat wrote:
>
> > Some of the others say they go to the gym.
>
> Going to the gym and getting a useful workout at the gym are not
> necessarily the same thing. A lot of people seem to think that slowly
> walking half a mile on the treadmill followed by sitting on the weight
> benches and gassing is a workout.

All things are relative. Its probably more of a workout than they would get
without the gym membership.
 
OT - Castle Acre.

I lived there for a couple of years as a kid and cycled every road in a
10 mile radius - fantastic roads (though they were a bit emptier then).
The two olde tea shoppes in the village used to be the post office and
a fish and chip shop. I hope you cycled THROUGH the ford properly and
not over the bridge!
 
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