[Closed] 2022 Chub Club

Always appreciated.

Great !
Thank you very much

Cheers- started last one ok, then dropped off big time.

I'll try again. Havea rce target for this year as well.

Thanks once again.

Wonder if I'll be the heaviest at start?
This time I am determined to lose and keep doing so.

I'm in.

I'll try again - back end of last year dodi go to plan with family issues and illness.

Boy do I need this - much appreciated

Third year of trying, let's hope I succeed this time.

Cheers - gonna give this a try and see how I get on w some peer pressure. Guess I shouldn't be drinking this beer this evening........

Thanks - I'm back in

I’m in. Did type a longer reply, but realised it was excuses. I’ll just get on with it 😜

All are welcome to join, this Chub Club runs through Jan/Feb/March. Final weigh in will be on Friday 1st April.

Thanks, I'm in again. I got within 3kgs of my target for the last chub club with 2 weeks to spare, but then the wheels fell off with getting back on the booze and with it the usual counter to the hangover of eating more. Weighed in on NYD to find I'd put on 7kgs in 3-4 weeks! Taking the positives I'm still about 10kgs lighter than when I started back in Sept.

Thanks, first timer here. I need to some peer pressure to help me along and I'm looking forward to getting back in shape after a year of injury. Although if my son can't comment on my belly, I fear he might move his focus to my growing bald spot.

Trumster

If anyone wants a personal weight tracker spreadsheet you can make a copy of this and keep it just for yourself : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ogSAwH5vdArN5YuQxN7P38OBzdigd5IC5iFHhfl9uYw/edit?usp=sharing

This is all =calculated in KG so that 10+10 =20 instead of 1st 3 lb and 7 farthings but does show the weight in Stones and Pounds as well.

Columns you can change
Column A : Target weekly weight loss. I start with a higher number and then quite quickly reduce to a steady and sustainable number but you can adjust as you like.
Column B : The date you weigh yourself. It is current set to show every day but if you just type over with the actual date you weighed then it does all the maths to cope with that.
Column C : Your weight on the date you weighed yourself.

Columns for Information
Columns D - F : Your target in KG and then your weight and Target in imperial

Graph
This shows how you are doing over time against the target.
Right Click and select Vertical Axis to adjust the range of weights as it is currently set between 90kg - 110kg and you might want a different range.

Enjoy and please suggest improvements

I'm in.

And thanks for that link WCA, I've pinched a copy

Hopped on the scales this morning for the first time since catching COVID at the start of December. 95Kg or as I prefer a hair under 15st. Time to sign up, and maybe the gym or swim again too.

Cheers, let's try again for the sake of my joints!

I'm in, thanks for this! Need some motivation finally..

Signed up, I lost 6 Kgs over 11 months last year and have just put back on 4 Kg over the Xmas period.
Hopefully, it can motivate me to lose what I've put on and more.

In. Ankle injury though 2021 followed by snapping the ATFL (and mucking a lot of the rest up) in December has left me fat and demotivated.

When you son tells you (as a man) you have tits and a wobbly belly things are not good.

Thanks for doing this.

I think I'm currently the fattest I've ever been. Its not the type of high score I enjoy so hopefully this will give me the motivation to lose a bit of weight

I had to restore the spreadhseet to 09:05am this morning, as someone had accidentially deleted some data, a few of you may need to re-enter details if you put them in after this time.

I'm in. I'm actually heavier than I was at the beginning of the last one so set the same target. Still 15kg heavier than I was at the start of the pandemic though, lots of work to do.

In also. Gradually put on 10kg over the last couple of years. Need to sort it out.

Thanks Coconut- just checked and my line’s disappeared.
I’ll update in the morning

@coconut in column D, there’s an error as the majority are divided by 16 for the weekly target rather than the 13 it should be (unless I’m missing something, which is likely)

And thanks for setting this up.

I’m in. Out of control over Christmas and an absolute disgrace

@coconut in column D, there’s an error as the majority are divided by 16

Well spotted, the 16 was a carry over from the previous Chub Club... adjusted now... everyones weekly weight loss target just went up a bit! 🙂

Everyone ready for the first weigh in tomorrow? Remember to do it in the morning for best results. 👍
If one 5k run and a salad this week hasn’t resulted in half a stone I’ll be disappointed 😢

If one 5k run and a salad this week hasn’t resulted in half a stone I’ll be disappointed 😢

Try to avoid the consolation cake if so!

I’ve been living like a monk all week and been on the turbo trainer every night - bacon & egg sarnie for breakfast if the weigh in doesn’t go well in the morning 😉.

I’m in. Weighed 100kg for first time in my life at new year. Time to fire up MyFitnessPal and dry January…
How many calories in a chicken tikka masala, rice and naan?

Solid start for me, 3kgs off in week one which is mostly down to no booze and being a bit more mindful of what I'm eating. I only managed to get one ride in though so need to up that in the coming weeks.

Well done @muggomagic

I've taken your crown as the heaviest here now, after somewhat of a disaster last week.

(comfort eating due to the new syndrome known as 'Garmindy' 😉

Could be a challenge between me and thee as we are so close weight wise 🙂

Just over a kg down, but mainly just stopping the Christmas/New Year excess I think

Just over a kg down, but mainly just stopping the Christmas/New Year excess I think

Yeah, similar here. 2kg down, but mostly as a result of Xmas being done and me not eating like Henry VIII for every meal.

First weigh in today but remarkably appear to have only put on 1.2kg over Christmas despite my onstop chomping on licorice and stuff.

Solid start for me, 3kgs off in week one

Crikey!.. that's a huge amount of weight to shift in week one, good going.

Thanks for organising. 3rd try for me. Big drop in week 1, but I think that is just down to having less Christmas / holiday junk in the system as it were. This week was all about eating clean, next week hope to ramp up the exercise too. Good luck everyone.

Only a 0.3kg drop this week but I've still had a few of the Christmas treats around that needed to be finished off so that's been an issue. All gone now and I have a few weeks of working at a placement with a decent amount of physical work so that should help burn a few extra calories. My bike training in an attempt to try and get ready for the spring kicks off this week too so hopefully things should go in the right direction quickly this time.

I have buried the Xmas treats from a straggling visit in the bowels of the freezer and went out and exercised. Need to wrench my outlook round to enthusiasm about fat loss rather than enthusiasm about cake! At the moment I am literally drilling at the thought of those rock hard frozen chocolatey morsels. Am going to make some herbal tea....

4lb off which is a nice start. Often the way with me in the first week. Need to keep going steady now.

Forgot it was weigh-in day yesterday so did it this morning after managing to get out for a run - first actual exercise for longer than I'd like to admit..! Just over 2kg down, which is a good start, and probably due to stopping the Xmas Xcess 🤣

A bit of evidence that Consume Less, Do More diet works. Mostly cutting out alcohol and swimming a couple of times a week when it is too wet and miserable (the weather, not me) to ride.

First time under 16 stone for a long time. Aiming for low 14 stone area.

Not sure if this is encouragement or a brag but I thought I would share.

Morning all, I'm on target, I think dry January is certainly helping. Not too late to join still, just add your details into the spreadsheet.

Weather and evening commitments put the kibosh on any proper exercise this week, and my usual reaction to chaos at work gas been to dive into the snack cupboard.

0.3kg back on, still fractionally down overall.

Stuck to my diet , biked 5 times in 7 days … and I’ve lost nowt 😞

Another couple of kg down. As I said last week, a better diet post Xmas plus kick starting exercise does wonders.

Thanks Coconut for doing this, down a little.

Another couple of kg down. As I said last week, a better diet post Xmas plus kick starting exercise does wonders.

Out of interest what exercise are you doing? I've sat on a turbo nearly everyday for two weeks and hardly lost a thing! Running takes the weight off me but I'm injured just now and can't run!

It’s definitely working for me. 4kg off in 10 days.
Thanks for giving me the encouragement to actually do this. Dry January helps too. Had some friends round for a meal last night that I cooked. Only one of the 6 of us drinking. Found a nice 0.5% milk stout I could happily drink long term.

My dry January seems to be paying off, still on target. How's everyone getting on ?

1/2 kg this week, 2kg down on start weight- which is more or less on target so I'm happy with that so far

Missed last week's weigh-in but remembered this morning - down 3kg overall so far with (embarrassingly) minimal exercise. Been eating better, less of the processed stuff, and trying to save drinking for weekends!

Well done to those that have lost weight or adjusted to a healthier lifestyle.

I'm down a total of 0.5kg which is a bit disappointing for me as that is my weekly target, not my 3 week target.

I've upped my physical activity (both structured and unstructured), gone back to fasting between 6pm and 8am and reduced the sugary snacks. All that has dropped me 100g in a week; I'm sure it will be worth it in the long run but my short terms gains are a bit of a downer.

Another week of losing more than required, very happy with that. Just got to resist the temptation to have a bit of a blowout in celebration and undo all that work!

Out of interest what exercise are you doing? I’ve sat on a turbo nearly everyday for two weeks and hardly lost a thing! Running takes the weight off me but I’m injured just now and can’t run!

Running, nothing massive just a 5k route from my front door.
Also getting out on the bike more.

I put one kg on this week though. But I’m blaming an overnight work meeting this week and umpteen pints of Guinness and the triple stack burger in the bar.

A slow week for this one, the wife had the lager lurgy so I had to isolate too. not being able to ride and cupboard full of christmas crap didnt help

Hmm - slowly slowly but it is coming down. Need a couple of decent weeks to hit my mid-term on-track goal. I am eating better, I just need to bring some exercise to the proceedings...

1.6 kg this week. Took too long to get started on this but on it now so hoping for more of the same.

I'd brutalise a bacon sandwich though....

0.9kg this week. 2.5kg in total. However, the easy bit during dry January is over, all other years have slowed then stopped by April before ending up again where I started. Hopefully I can offset with exercising more this year.

85.4kg. So I've found about a kilo that one of you other buggers claims to have lost.

Was looking at a decent drop this week but I had a meal out with the company I've been working on a project with for the last 4 weeks last night. A bloody lovely fillet steak, trimmings and lots of garlic bread means I'm up a bit today. Hopefully it'll fall straight back off but I've managed to create a bit of a buffer anyway so a small blip isn't the end of the world.

Depressing result when I got on the scales today so I am going to weigh again after parkrun tomorrow...

Holding steady at 93.9 (previous weeks didn't save for some reason?) but still on target. Going to start training for Tough Mudder soon as well, so that should help!

I'm doing well, this time. 2.4kg lost since the start of January. Doing dry January which has helped with weight loss, intermittent fasting (16:8, eat in a 8 hour window) and going to gym/walking/cycling. I'm going to keep going with cutting alcohol , fasting and increase exercise as weather is getting better

I have put a pound on this week. But it was my birthday on Wednesday and went out for a meal so I’m going to let myself off. I’ll probably miss my week 5 target next week though.

On January 1st this year I was 5kg more than I was the same time the previous year. I've now lost 2kg since then. I look a bit leaner too.

Goal is to lose another 6kg to get back to my September 2020 weight. 🤞

At my lightest for goodness knows how many years - 13st 5lb this morning, down from 15st this time last year. I've done nothing drastic apart from healthier eating. Go to the gym, but that's just weights. I move around quite a bit at work, but no specific cardio. Bike riding, what's that?

Came out of Christmas and successive injuries/lurgies 5kg heavier than my 'normal' weight which is still 5kg heavier than my target!

I think I've got the easy gains out of the way, quickly down to 88kg from 90kg, but I think that's just from reducing crisps and midweek junk. Now it feels like a long game at 0.5kg a week for 20weeks! 😬

Anyone found a good alternative to booze and crisps for dealing with work stresses? Am pretty powerless to resist come Friday evening, wondering if a decent workout on the bike might be a reasonable substitute, endorphins vs. hops?

Anyone found a good alternative to booze and crisps for dealing with work stresses?

Coke and hookers?

I was a crisp addict for years, but have managed to kick it. I'm partial to a bag of mixed nuts and also a good one for me is - dried mango, but add some salt. You might be surprised

Grapes? Nice sugar hit.
The parkrun managed to shift a bit so KOKO

Flatlining. Injured elbow has restricted my climbing so I really need to concentrate on other exercise. Also need to reduce snacking - especially bread (with jam or marmalade, peanut butter, cheese, hoummus, etc)

0.9kg gone this week which is not bad considering it included a rare outing to the pub and a few bigger meals than were necessary.

So that is 3kg lost this year, another 5kg to go to get to my post COVID weight!

Well I did sign up which was a bit daft, January has two family and three close friends birthday months, so I wasn't expecting to lose any, but the last of them was last weekend so since then it's been carb replacement for the main meals at home, cauli rice and vegetti from the spiralizer. 14st 11lbs this morning, after a high of 15st1lb. Down a little over 1Kg from the start of the thread, but just the start this week really. Did a solid 45min effort on the turbo last night too.

Nearly managed to lose the gains from the week before but then I did miss a Zwift session this week as I want to be rested ready for the group workout that DrP has arranged. Still ahead of target though so all is good so far. Hopefully sticking to a training programme should help the weight fall off!

Level this week but at least not up! Onwards comrades!
(Shambles off to make a salad. No, really!)