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If anybody needs extra motivation have a look at the 90 Day exercise thread that's just been started. I did the 100 day to Christmas one and it really helped me get off my butt. You don't have to go hell for leather but it's definitely an extra motivator.
I’m in.
After a totally motivation-lacking 2020 I weighed myself just now and am heavier than at any time in the last decade.
Also planning to exercise every day and see if I can create some positive habits rather than the apathy and boozing of the last year.
Coconut, I still can't get this to work.Could you please put my current weight in at 80KG with a target of reaching 74KG.Neil.
All done Neil.
Thanks.
Well that was a surprisingly hefty weigh in eve by my standards!
Something seems to have gone amiss with target weights!!!! Mine was 740kg before I changed it back....
Looks like some retard has messed about with the spreadsheet.
Coconut, can you rescue the data? Or lock the spreadsheet?
Can you see who has messed it up? Name and shame if so 🙂
Yeh it's gone all to pot. Just looked and it's got me down to lose 100000000 kg. I'm just not that fat, honest!
2 days in, 1 ride & 1 run, low carb eating , 3lbs lost 👍
Haven’t run for years, so expecting painful legs tomorrow!
It was meddled with at 9:26am this morning. I have restored the sheet to just before this, all fixed now. We need to keep editing rights open to all, so everyone can update their weight once a week.
Haha, I've never been so pleased to have the sh*ts 🙂
It's only the weight of my clothes that's stopping me from floating away.
@coconut - I was going to put myself in there, but my absolute inability with spreadsheets has me afraid I'll cock it up for everyone else... 🙂 There's a reason they don't let me near that kind of thing here...
1st weigh in in the morning boys - how are we all feeling?
Personally I’m confident I’ve had a good week. Started tracking intake with MyFitnessPal which just seems to make it easier to make good decisions. Been eating well but comfortably under the calorie target.
Main changes have been no milk in tea - as a result there’s gallons of the stuff left in the fridge and not eating extra bits and pieces. Certainly feels like I’ve shed a load of bloating and I feel great.
Good luck to Everyone on their weigh in
Week 1 has gone about as well as expected... The house is still full of chocolate and crisps and I’ve had a pretty stressful week.
.1KG down though so I’ll take that as a win and endeavour to do better next week.
I'm happy with what I've lost in the first week. Sadly I'm now home schooling, so the time I spent running is now filled with work. I'm going to have to rely on just better eating, which is going to be a lot harder.
The mirror tells me today's weigh in is unlikely to be a good result. Lots of leftover Christmas goodies in the house still, and icy trails has led to no riding as I don't want to end up at hospital (with my record 🤣) in the current situation.
I have managed at least 30 minutes walking or circuits/yoga every day though. Keeping that side going at least 👍
1 kg down this week, petty impressed really, as eldest son is home schooling now I am going to have to dust of the gym kit and do a session with Joe Wicks to help seeing as I was banking on riding every day
5lb (2kg) down which I’m chuffed with. Have run, ridden or zwifted everyday, been having salads for lunch and have cut out a lot of snacks. Haven’t had a drink either.
2.5Kg lost due to reducing everything a bit, no snacking but mainly the aforementioned sh*ts.
Trying to reprogram my head to think feeling hungry is no bad thing.
This week I have lost 2/3rd of a pound. Still, as the philosopher Toretto once mused; "it don't matter if it's by an inch or a mile - a win is a win". 😉
0.9kg (practically 2lbs) down this week after the big pre-official start loss so I'm happy with that. Trying to be sensible enough with food intake that I don't break and binge, and sensible enough with exercise that I don't bust and binge on food being tired, achy and fed up. Onwards and downwards!
Morning all, 0.9kg off for me. Nice to see lots of new members on board this year. If you fancy joining you're all welcome, being a 13 week Chub Club (normally 12 weeks) it's not too late to join today.
Looking at the spreadsheet some impressive starts, few people have lost 1 to 2kgs already, excellent work! This is going to be a harder than usual Chub Club, it's dark, cold and with Lockdown.... but we all CAN do it! Key to this is a clear strategy. From previous Chub Clubs, it's easy to drop weight for the fist 3/4weeks, you tend to plateau around week 5 and that's when I plan to really up the exercise and 8/16 dieting.
I've added myself in today as while I have mostly maintained the weight loss from last year some of it has returned over the last month or so, this will help keep me honest.
I am also well down in the exercise I was getting as since getting a dog even the faux commutes are gone for now as she's not ready to be hone alone much and my wife is at work 5 days a week so I'm home alone. Also, the dog can be lazy so even the walks aren't up to much just yet. I know from experience though that my love of biscuits and chocolates are the real problem, so if I can kurb those a bit I'll be ok
In some ways the early weigh ins after Christmas are easier because if anyone is like me they hammer the indulgence at Christmas time and then a couple of disciplined weeks seeks the weight drop off.
Pleased with the first week...
Cut out all the snacks and alcohol, but continued to eat proper meals. Only rode the bike once owing to it being lethally slippery out there:
-2.6kg
Blood pressure down by -4/9 and resting heart rate by -7
Will be enjoying couple of drinks over the weekend, plus a takeaway tomorrow.
Comments about the first few weeks being the easiest are very true. Hopefully the expected plateau will coincide with improving weather and more exercise opportunities.
In some ways the early weigh ins after Christmas are easier because if anyone is like me they hammer the indulgence at Christmas time and then a couple of disciplined weeks seeks the weight drop off.
It was my wife's birthday on the 4th, it's mine today, my best mates on the 18th, then usually by the end of the month we are in the mountains eating and drinking all the cheese and all the beer (although working reasonably hard for it too). So it's not always the best month for me!
I wasn't expecting much of a loss as I didn't have time to weigh-in before jumping on the bike this morning & ate a banana, drank a cuppa & about half of a 750ml water bottle.
But, was down by 1.4kg, which I'm frankly amazed by!
I have been relatively disciplined without going crazy - no booze during the week (will have some Fri & Sat), trying to limit snacking & if I have had anything it's been stuff like rice cakes with a thin spread of soft cheese & some cucumber slices.
I did have a zero-alcohol Leffe on Wed, which was surprisingly tasty if anyone is looking for a decent non-alcoholic drink!
2.7kg after a week but I already know that's the festive bloat, real hard work starts now!
1kg on the nose for me; lockdown, weather and replacement turbo still in transit means I've done almost nothing this week, so guess mostly due to it not being the festive feeding frenzy
good work everyone
I was looking for this thread the other day. I'm a week late but I've tacked myself onto the end and just put current weight as starting and same for first week weigh in. 2020 Chub Club didn't go too well for me so I'm hoping 2021 goes to plan.
First week or so of cleaning up your diet and upping exercise will usually see quite dramatic weight loss - particularly if you reduce your carbohydrate intake.
You can store lots of carbohydrate in your muscles and liver as glycogen (like a kilo or so) and this also causes you to store/retain a larger weight of water, so as you reduce carbs you burn off the stores of glycogen, which removes the water and results in weight loss.
I went from 98kg on January 1 to 95.5 yesterday - purely after dropping back to a strict base of 2000kcals per day which comprises 200g of carbs.
I'll happily take that weight loss though - 87KG here I come...
2 kg so far - keep it going everybody👍
I have signed up a wee bit late too if that's OK - this will be good motivation!
3kg off which I’m delighted with. Obviously a lot of water in that but I feel great for it and I’ve not really felt hungry and my 3 short runs have have each felt better and have been quicker due to carrying less wobbly ballast.
Week 1 = 2.9kg of off
No alcohol or unhealthy snacks but also no exercise
I have lost 0 weight and am still 2kg up on Xmas Eve, but we're still finishing off the Xmas cake and my willpower yesterday to resist the OH's newly baked bread was 0 zero NADA.
On Thurs morning I was a kg down so SOME of this is glycogen stores tho...
I may also brace myself and say Not Right Now to a few of the OH's fryups.
0.5kg up! I know why though, haven't been doing the big rides as I'm trying the 90 day exercise thing so doing little rides/Zwift/walks and not burning as many calories over the week. Need to add a day or two with longer rides in there and use the next day to do a gentle walk as recovery. The training sessions on Zwift don't burn too many calories either, ~600 as against 1200+ for a ride so that makes a difference. I'm also still tempted by the remains of the christmas choccies pile, not helped by not getting some of it until Wednesday this week. I've also had a second christmas dinner then too. Went to my parent's house to do loads of chores for them before they have to go into isolation for 2 weeks (dad having a cateract operation) and mum decided to do a massive roast to get rid of the food that wasn't cooked over christmas.
Actually thinking about it a 0.5kg increase under those circumstances isn't too bad! Only one bar of Dairy Milk left to consume then it's time to knuckle down hard and concentrate.
Only 0.6kg off this week, but I've not been exercising much. Bravo to those that have made big strides!
Actually thinking about it a 0.5kg increase under those circumstances isn’t too bad!
A big poo before weigh in will get that 0.5kg off
I going to join the club late too but I was following the chub clubs last year as inspiration and lost a stone and a half in 2020.
Been going the wrong direction since Christmas.
Things that have worked for me are my fitness pal, seeing how much I eat was an eye opener. Feeling hungry is OK,cut out the late night bowls of cereal and had to retune the mind and ask do I need this food as opposed to want it.
I found my weight fluctuated as I went along but there was a downward trend, don't beat yourself up about a little gain here or there.
1.3kgs down for me. Not much in the way of exercise, so down to water, dry January, and back on a low GI diet. Still a long way to go.
The old adage - "you can't out-train a bad diet" - is very typically very true.
You don't need to exercise every day to lose weight if you manage what you eat and drink properly.
Lost 200g. After a big poo.
On not much "serious" exercise and a lot of Christmas treats to work through, I'll take that.
A big poo before weigh in will get that 0.5kg off
It WAS after a big poo!
I'm in, but going to be off to a slow start as I had The Covid just after Christmas and still can't really breathe properly. So I'm basically not exercising and eating more than I should. Which is not the best way to start Chub Club...!
Well week 1 and target loss achieved. I’ve take that for now but most of the loss was early on in the week and stalled a bit Weds onwards so need to work on that.
Have cut down fairly significantly on the crap intake though and exercise is up. Just trying not to do too much too soon whilst still nibbling away at the weight.
Disappointed but not surprised after Xmas. Still loads of junk food left from Xmas. So true what someone said. If you don't buy it you can't eat it. So eaten more than I should and got out less than I should. 🙁
Hopefully just a glitch due to the time of year but will get back n track
It's cold and I'm tired so I'm eating pizza. It's got veg on it 😉
400g
I was worried that I was going to weigh more than I started, Christmas cake and pudding is no more, but I'm finding I'm really hungry in the evening between 8 & 9 trying to eat fruit instead of crisps. Not sure that will last fotr lang.
Signed back up with My Fitness Pal as I realised whilst I am definitely eating less I am not properly aware of my calorie intake and in the past, particularly when exercising as well, I sometimes under-ate and this led to a kind of build up of hunger and I would then binge for a few days and undo the all the hard work. Then I would get de-motivated and give up for another year.
See how it goes and if it helps maintain a steady, sensible downward trend then all is good 🙂
Anything that makes you aware, and prompts a positive choice in food is a good thing.
@dantsw13 - I am also interested to see how accurate it is in terms of determining what my calorie intake should be to lose a certain amount of weight and also how accurate is my Garmin is in awarding me extra calories following workouts.
I know it isn't going to be absolutely bang on, particularly the Garmin side but it would be good to know if it's in the ballpark - especially when it comes to maintaining a weight once I achieve my target 🙂
but I’m finding I’m really hungry in the evening between 8 & 9 trying to eat fruit instead of crisps
When I was really working on losing weight I'd make snack pots up of Pepper, Carrot, Tomato, Celery and some unsalted nuts if I was treating myself!
If it's genuine hunger rather than just boredom this will help, if it's a sugar craving, boredom, or something else it'll soon be apparent.
It's not fun food, but it will sustain you.
Garmin calorie counts can be way off. The Garmin says twice what Strava does.
I see my diet as a series of small choices that adds up. Every good choice I make means I’m better off than I would otherwise be.
I find if I’m really hungry in the evening I go to bed. Surprisingly you wake up feeling fine.
@dantsw13 - Is there a way of telling whether it is Garmin that is off or Strava? I suspect if you averaged the two you'd be close to the mark.
So far though my Garmin seems to be pretty close to what my Apple Watch gave so will be interesting to see how it pans out. I will put it up against my Wahoo Elemnt as well and see how they match up 🙂
It was a few years back & the Garmin seemed obviously excessive, but they may have sorted their algorithms now.
I ve just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I’m therefore on a low sugar low fat diet with complex carbs. I’m finding porridge really good for filling me up. I’ve cut out butter/spread as well as white bread. The diabetic nurse told me that fruit was ok and specially citrus, but bananas and grapes were full of sugar. I was weighed in the surgery and it was over what I thought but three weeks in to the new diet and I feel like I’ve lost weight but not going to weigh again until I’m in to the diet for a bit longer. I’ve got a couple of frames to build but feel safer on the spin bike for the moment.
Down 1.3kg this week. Very pleased with that 😁👍
Sticking to around 2000 cals but sometimes up to 2400 to fuel workouts. Tracking with mfp.
@longdog. Yes I am similarly pleased with how this week has gone now I'm tracking intake via MFP. 1.4kg down and haven't felt overly hungry during the day and when I have I've grabbed an apple or satsuma.
I still allow myself the odd treat too, a snack sized snickers or something but the big cut back for me is cereal. I used to have a huge bowl in the morning and, having looked on MFP it must have been coming on for 1000 calories so I've halved that for starters.
The key for me will be keeping this up for me than a few weeks. I'm good at doing this kind of thing in fits and starts but sustaining it and really hunkering down to get to my year end target of 82kg is not something I've yet achieved.
After a week of not trying that hard I'm down 1kg. No beer has helped plus snacks have been fruit instead of crisps or cheese. No exercise to speak of, need to get my arse in gear on that front.
I say 1kg but my scales are being weird. Last week in old money I was 16st 6lb but in new money it said 102.9kg so it overread in st/lbs. This week its the other way round by around a pound. Need to figure out which is more accurate by weighing the wife to see if its out for her as well.
Cheers Dannybegoode and well done you two. Busy day today out on the hill for work, so probably a post weigh in takeaway treat for tea tonight
2.5kg off this week. Got to say, it’s a lot easier to eat well working from home rather than breakfast in the car and lunch in the office canteen
Lost 0.8kg this week so down to 79.2kg, puts me back on track if I can keep it up.
I used to have a huge bowl in the morning and, having looked on MFP it must have been coming on for 1000 calories so I’ve halved that for starters.
I spotted the same so have cut back from 3 Weetabix to 2 and I don't feel any more hungry so that 3rd biscuit wasn't doing anything worthwhile.
Another 1.7kg this week. Happy with that!
Thanks again to Coconut for organizing this; I'm finding it really helpful. Cheers!
Thanks Stanley, all are welcome and it's not too late to join. The big final date is 2nd April, there's still time.
For any late joiners: "insert a row, enter your details and pull the formula down". I'm down 1kg this week, no alcohol certainly helps.
Well, I dropped 100grams this week 🙂
I blame the flapjack that my Wife & daughter made at the start of the week!
I’m up 0.9 KG this week...
At least all the Xmas snack food has gone and there’s no more ice cream in the freezer. Hopefully I’ll actually lose some weight next week.
Up one whole kg this week. Not enough exercise in the icy weather.
Hopefully next week will offer better weather. And there are a lot less Christmas leftovers in the cupboard now 🤦♂️
Managed another 1kg this week, but somehow I doubt my scales seeing as on wednesday I had gained 3kg since last friday.
Down a minuscule 100g this week, that's just a glass of water really. Still post birthday doughnuts just arrived, so almost definitely a gain next week!
Oh and bump for the afternoon crowd.
0.7kg this week, not bad considering still no exercise.
The urge to drink myself into a stupor due to the weather, darkness and the news is very hard to fight but I'm managing it so far.
A massive 400g off this week. Which, given that I've done zero exercise, apart from a couple of walks, and not changed what I eat at all, isn't too bad. Hoping the weather perks up soon.
Lost a bit, without the assistance of the trots 🙂
I did weaken yesterday and bought a tub of those small Tunnocks biscuits, then I felt so guilty I've only eaten half of them - a miracle of self control. Part of which is leaving them in the car so I limit my exposure to temptation 🙂
Down .4kg this week which is diet and no booze driven. The weather here as been atrocious so very little exercise but that will ramp up once the ice goes. Keep it up boys!
Well that was a pleasant surprise. Been so good the last couple of weeks I treated myself to a curry and thought stuff it, I'm gong I eat the lot.
Dished it up and got half way through before deciding I was absolutely stuffed. That's never happened to me before! Guess my body really is getting used to less food...
I've snapped my singlespeed sprocket and then cracked one of the bottom bracket cups the day after (and ordered the wrong replacement)
Hopefully a couple of lazy rides with gears will keep today's fruit and biscuit Yorkie bar and tomorrow's breakfast waffles in check!
Down a bit. It's a start 🙂