OT: Chuffed to bits

"wafflycat" <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
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Got weighed this evening. Lost 2lbs this week. When I started going to WW,
I was verging on the morbidly obese. I am now now longer even obese - I am
merely overweight! Onwards & downwards.

Cheers, helen s

Very well done! Have noticed your fabulous progress. Am not doing WW, but
am following my own reduced calorie and fitness campaign. So far so good -
32lbs lost since 7th Jan. Keep hitting sticking points, but averaging a
fraction over 2lbs a week loss, and have improved fitness tremendously using
a combination of cycling and running (mostly running).

Keep it up!

Simon

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"wafflycat" <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
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Got weighed this evening. Lost 2lbs this week. When I started going to
WW, I was verging on the morbidly obese. I am now now longer even obese -
I am merely overweight! Onwards & downwards.

Cheers, helen s

Very well done! Have noticed your fabulous progress.

Ta muchly!

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Am not doing WW, but am following my own reduced calorie and fitness
campaign. So far so good - 32lbs lost since 7th Jan. Keep hitting
sticking points, but averaging a fraction over 2lbs a week loss, and have
improved fitness tremendously using a combination of cycling and running
(mostly running).

That's why I'm doing the WW thinggie every week. I *know* how to lose the
weight but doing it on me tod I end up paltaeuing & getting despondent. The
discipline of going to a formal WW meeting every week is what keeps my
motivation high. Works for me. I can't run. I'll rephrase that - I don't
like to run. These things called bosums get in the way. 2lb a week average
weight loss is sensible.

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Keep it up!

I'm keeping it down ;-)

Cheers, helen s

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Simon

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Got weighed this evening. Lost 2lbs this week. When I started going to
WW, I was verging on the morbidly obese. I am now now longer even
obese - I am merely overweight! Onwards & downwards.

This weight loss thing is getting like the helmet threads. Can we just cut
and paste the standard comments and compliments? Was sort-of hoping you'd
liven things up with a bit of a gain after some Easter chocolate munching.

In spite of being young, fittish and almost immune to weight gain I've not
been able to shift my proto-beerbelly, so your progress really impresses me
(in a putting to shame stylee). I've nicked your idea of a food diary to
see what's happening there.

"Mark Thompson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Got weighed this evening. Lost 2lbs this week. When I started going to
WW, I was verging on the morbidly obese. I am now now longer even
obese - I am merely overweight! Onwards & downwards.

This weight loss thing is getting like the helmet threads. Can we just
cut
and paste the standard comments and compliments? Was sort-of hoping you'd
liven things up with a bit of a gain after some Easter chocolate munching.

I did eat an entire Easter egg one day - but I did work out how many WW
points it contained (12, which is 3/4 of my daily point allowance!) and
wrote it down in the diary and upped my exercise level for the week ;-)

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In spite of being young, fittish and almost immune to weight gain I've not
been able to shift my proto-beerbelly, so your progress really impresses
me
(in a putting to shame stylee). I've nicked your idea of a food diary to
see what's happening there.

I wish I could claim the diary is my idea, but it's a WeightWatchers thing.
That & weighing the stuff before it goes into the mouth, plus sticking
almost entirely to the healthy stuff - but having the odd pizza/McD etc
allowed for. Non-starchy veggies are 'freebies' and I make gallons of veggie
soups of various combinations and snack on that in unlimited quantities. WW
is a doddle if you like veggies & low-fat food. The only thing I have denied
myself having is cheese. Even Wensleydale. My 'must haves' are porridge for
breakfast (30g oats, a little sweetener, water - all zapped in microwave)
topped with fresh fruit; that keeps me going until lunchtime without hunger
pangs and the discipline of going to a formal WW meeting every week.

Cheers, helen s

done the atkins for two weeks lost a stone and it has stayed off going back
on it shortly aim to lose another stone

wafflycat said:

. Works for me. I can't run. I'll
rephrase that - I don't like to run. These things called bosums get
in the way.

heard a guy on the radio the
other morning talking about the ultimate sports bra he had invented - the
straps are fluid (oil) filled tubes with a restriction - they act like shock
absorbers and reduce the ---er--- bounce.

pk

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:32:33 +0100, "wafflycat"

wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk said:

Got weighed this evening. Lost 2lbs this week. When I started going to WW, I
was verging on the morbidly obese. I am now now longer even obese - I am
merely overweight! Onwards & downwards.

Fantastic, Helen.

I wish my WW progress was as impressive, but I am taking a longer time
to get there. Weighed yesterday after 2 weeks of Irish hospitality,
and amazingly had still lost weight. It was those bike rides that
done it for me.

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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:32:33 +0100, "wafflycat"

wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk said:

Got weighed this evening. Lost 2lbs this week. When I started going to WW,
I
was verging on the morbidly obese. I am now now longer even obese - I am
merely overweight! Onwards & downwards.

Fantastic, Helen.

Thank you :-)

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I wish my WW progress was as impressive, but I am taking a longer time
to get there. Weighed yesterday after 2 weeks of Irish hospitality,
and amazingly had still lost weight. It was those bike rides that
done it for me.

Slow & steady is the usual way to help ensure it stays off long term. I'm
finding it relatively easy to lose (51.5lbs since mid-December), but I still
have a long way to go to get to that *healthy* weight range and then there's
the keeping it off... Keep up the turning of the cranks!

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat said:

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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:32:33 +0100, "wafflycat"

wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk said:

Got weighed this evening. Lost 2lbs this week. When I started going
to WW, I
was verging on the morbidly obese. I am now now longer even obese - I am
merely overweight! Onwards & downwards.

Fantastic, Helen.

Thank you :-)

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I wish my WW progress was as impressive, but I am taking a longer time
to get there. Weighed yesterday after 2 weeks of Irish hospitality,
and amazingly had still lost weight. It was those bike rides that
done it for me.

Slow & steady is the usual way to help ensure it stays off long term.
I'm finding it relatively easy to lose (51.5lbs since mid-December), but
I still have a long way to go to get to that *healthy* weight range and
then there's the keeping it off... Keep up the turning of the cranks!

Cheers, helen s

Hey, nice one Helen!

Good luck!

Mark.

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I did eat an entire Easter egg one day - but I did work out how many
WW points it contained (12, which is 3/4 of my daily point allowance!)

Sainsbury's had half price creme eggs. I won't tell how many I bought.

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make gallons of veggie soups of various combinations and snack on that
in unlimited quantities.

Mmmmm, homemade veggie soup. _Gallons_ of homemade veggie soup <goes into
trance, starts lurching towards Norfolk...

Mark Thompson said:

In spite of being young, fittish and almost immune to weight gain I've not
been able to shift my proto-beerbelly,

Stop drinking beer? Or is that as inflammatory as suggesting compulsory
helmet use and shared-use cyclepaths?

--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

Actually not a silly suggestion. I've been gradually gaining weight at
the rate of a couple of kilos a year or so (despite being reasonably
active) until this year I suddenly realised I would be classed as obese
and high risk.

I bought one of those expensive scales with fat monitor, weighed myself
every day and plotted graphs. I was shocked by the pattern - my weight
+ fat would steadily but gradually drop during the week, then monday
morning it would shoot back up again. All down to the beer, and
accompanying crisps and peanuts.

So I've cut right down on the beer, banned peanuts, and use a smaller
plate for dinner. I've lost nine kilos in the last two months and my
fat is right down - almost in the "normal" zone. The graphs don't
oscillate like they used to, it's a steady downward trend.

wafflycat said:

Slow & steady is the usual way to help ensure it stays off long
term. I'm finding it relatively easy to lose (51.5lbs since mid-
December), ...

My God, that's 2 complete bicycles!

--
Dave...

Simon Watkins said:

"wafflycat" <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
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Got weighed this evening. Lost 2lbs this week. When I started going to WW,
I was verging on the morbidly obese. I am now now longer even obese - I am
merely overweight! Onwards & downwards.

Cheers, helen s

Very well done! Have noticed your fabulous progress. Am not doing WW, but
am following my own reduced calorie and fitness campaign. So far so good -
32lbs lost since 7th Jan. Keep hitting sticking points, but averaging a
fraction over 2lbs a week loss, and have improved fitness tremendously using
a combination of cycling and running (mostly running).

Depending on your weight - be careful. Joint injury is all
too possible, which is why cycling is such a fine thing...

BugBear

wafflycat said:

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My 'must haves' are porridge for breakfast (30g oats, a little
sweetener, water - all zapped in microwave) topped with fresh fruit;
that keeps me going until lunchtime without hunger pangs

If your moring schedule permits it, I *strongly* recommend
getting a double boiler (AKA porringer) and making "real"
porridge (my partners favourite is Tesco organic oats,
but tastes vary).

It takes an hour, but only has to be stirred twice
(after 10 minutes and 30 minutes from start time).
So *IF* you are around (dressing, washing, whatever)
60 minutes before you eat breakfast, just put the porridge
on, and leave it to (more or less) look after itself.

Since 1 hour breaks down structure a lot, you must
start with fairly coarse oats. If you use "quick cook"
oats, after an hour you'll have unappealing glue.

But if you start with lightly rolled oats,
you'll have breakfast perfection.

BugBear (who gets up early to make his partners porridge)

dkahn400 said:

wafflycat said:

Slow & steady is the usual way to help ensure it stays off long
term. I'm finding it relatively easy to lose (51.5lbs since mid-
December), ...

My God, that's 2 complete bicycles!

It has been said often, when people speak of spending
100 quid plus to shave a few grams off a gear mech, that
saving weight by dieting is much more effective.

BugBear

"wafflycat" <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
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Got weighed this evening. Lost 2lbs this week. When I started going to WW,
I was verging on the morbidly obese. I am now now longer even obese - I am
merely overweight! Onwards & downwards.

Well done Helen! I'm permanently at 11st 11lbs and it seems my beer intake
exactly matches my exercise rate, but I'm not looking to lose any weight as
my BMI is 22 although I could climb hills better If I was 10st something but
you can be too thin as well.

--
Simon M.

Mark Tranchant said:

Mark Thompson said:

In spite of being young, fittish and almost immune to weight gain I've
not been able to shift my proto-beerbelly,

Stop drinking beer? Or is that as inflammatory as suggesting compulsory
helmet use and shared-use cyclepaths?

Most beer bellies are caused by fatty food, and not drinking beer. Even
small amounts of alcohol makes people crave salty, fatty food, which
explains the association.

Men also tend to put fat on the belly first (and therefore it's the
last and hardest place to shift it from). Unfortunately this is also
the most dangerous place to carry excess fat, which is why fat blokes
die younger than fat women.

I've always been reasonably fit & a sensible weight, but a year ago I
worked extra hard to shift a proto-belly. I had to get my body fat
percentage down to about 12-13% to get rid of it completely and have
visible abs.

--
jc

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bugbear said:

dkahn400 wrote:

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My God, that's 2 complete bicycles!

It has been said often, when people speak of spending
100 quid plus to shave a few grams off a gear mech, that
saving weight by dieting is much more effective.

It does help explain why Helen is now able to ride with Nathan without
slowing him down.

In rec.bicycles.tech they often quote the typical cost of shaving
weight off a bicycle as $1 per gram. It's also been pointed out this is
actually a weight saving of 2 grams per dollar spent, as a dollar bill
itself weighs approximately a gram.

--
Dave...