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 :-)
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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)
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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.
(pork fat and human fat are very close to each other in mass)
That would depend on the size of the pig! ;-) (ITYM density...)
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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.
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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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.
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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.
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Nice one, Helen.
Ta!
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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.
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Keep it up. 😉
Rather keep it down :-)
Cheers, helen s
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... 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.
14 weeks. Over that period I've averaged 3.5lbs loss per week.
Well done - that's really good going!
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I'm losing more and consistently than the other WW'ers who don't
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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.
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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!
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I'm losing more and consistently than the other WW'ers who don't
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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!
