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Don't worry, the food will run out soon so you'll drop weight then! Don't give up, a bad week or two won't matter in the long run if you get back into it. But it will if you give up completely and a few bad weeks become months, become years. I know I've got the Tshirts in increasing sizes to prove it. You may not meet your target, but even if you've had, say 4 good weeks out of 12 so far compared to your last year(s) of eating you're in a better place.
Another gain this week, all the stress of everything, being stuck in the house with 4 kids and me being a comfort eater isn’t a good combination. Think I’ll just give up now
Hang tight fella! Tough times but stress eating only makes it worse 🙁
(I think we all know on this thread it's so hard not to though)
stress-related drinking and eating mean that I've gone up a bit. I was due to have my cholesterol measured again but with the doctors locked down I've elected to go on to statins until things have calmed down a bit.
No change for me this week, but to be fair I have been on holiday and while keeping active I wasn't controlling my eating to the same degree.
Have sit up a little gym along with the WFH computer in the spare room
Final weigh in:
Missed target by 1.4lbs, but lost 10.6 lbs and 2 inches on the waist.
One very happy Wally. Three cheers for Roberto...for organising this. I'm in for "Covid-19 lockdown" version, will give me something positive to focus on.
So, this is the last weigh in on the spreadsheet?
Down to 77.5kg, after starting at 88.1kg. My ambitious target was to lose 10kg in 3 months and I've done it. It's been a crappy week with lockdown and losing my job, but this achievement has cheered me up.
Well done. Flatlined this week, but my daughter has been baking Welshcakes so I can't say no to them! Strange, I can eat a frugal lunch at work not caring what other people eat despite the tempting aromas. At home it's harder when you're sitting at the same table as the family!
Anyway, just under my modest target. After the last 2 year's failure on CC I thought I'd go easy so I wouldn't be disappointed and give up if it takes a while to shift the chub. Here's hoping to get to a "normal" BMI by the end of the next quarter.
Fully hydrated and still lost a bit (a v little bit!) this week. Pleased!
98.7. Get in!
Very please with that, although I was nervous as **** getting on the scales after last week.
Looking forward to the next quarter now. Never made it this far before...
Very poor start due to work and travel. Picked up last couple of weeks though, nothing like trying to outrun the plague...
Well done evrybody that made it this far!!
End of Q1
Having hit my target last week this week I've put 2 lbs on. 🙁 (but i'm still in a much better place)
It doesn't make sense though because I've been pretty good the only reason I can think is I went for a run yesterday and instead of my usual 5-8k I ran 12k just to get out and to give the dogs a decent bit of exercise.
Legs are sore today and hopefully it's just a bit of fluid retention
Overall I'm dead happy and looking forward to Q2 🙂
Onwards and downwards!!!! (weight that is)
I stopped doing regular structured workouts and Zwift races near my FTP a month ago today due to lurgy or maybe mild COVID-19 (although I suspect if I've had the real McCoy, that started 18th March), fully expected to put weight on. Except I've roller-coaster loss another ~1.5Kg, down to 75.5Kg this morning, a new low since I began putting weight on and heading to almost 84Kg from late 2017 to around late October last year.
Like I've read in a few places, I think my appetite has dropped in recent weeks while not feeling right and when I have snacked, I've tended to turn to oats and milk, rather than peanuts; peanut butter and jam sandwiches; chocolate raisins; hot cross buns etc. Possibly drinking a bit more water/squash too, which will make my stomach feel fuller.
Could Chub Club save your life?
That 2 stone I've dropped since new year is looking pretty prescient.
"The audit suggested that men are at much higher risk from the virus – seven in ten of all ICU patients were male, while 30% of men in critical care were under 60, compared to just 15% of women. Excess weight also appears to be a significant risk factor; over 70% of patients were overweight, obese or clinically obese on the body mass index scale."
Brutal.
Long time no weigh in. Work going into administration, and the whole coronavirus thing has kind of put a dampener on any efforts to exercise. Managed to lose weight but I think that's probably through stress/worry more than anything, missed Q1 target by 9lbs. On the plus side at least now I have some more time on my hands.
Will there be a Q2 Chub Club? If desired and not yet planned, I'd be happy create the sheet in the same workbook...
I’d like to continue.
Having looked at the sheet, it's all set up for the rest of the year, just in hidden columns and rows. I'll leave it to Rob. Roll on Friday!
I’m up for Q2 (need) Chub club is a big motivation for me
I also need to start practicing some ‘social isolation’ techniques with my bloody fridge now that we are locked up together
Quarantine weight gain stands at +2lbs 😳☹️
Well I've managed to reach my first goal. Way to go Chub club and thanks Rob! I wasn't over ambitious and have steadily lost about a lb a week. Mr WV and I have gone for lifestyle changes - slow and boring but hopefully sustainable. If I keep going I'll be back to race weight and just be Vera!?!
After attacking the cheese and wine at the weekend, I'm fearful of going back up. Following posts on here about fasting etc, for the last 2 days I've skipped brekkie.
I've always dismissed the idea and didn't fancy it whilst at work because if I got hungry part way through the am I'd hit the vending machine. At least while WFH if I had to give in I could have a healthier snack or bring my lunch forward from work's standard 1pm and have an earlier tea as I'm not commuting.
Anyway, yesterday I managed to last until 1:30 as I had a task to deliver and seem ok today so far. For the first time I thought I'd try going an extra hr initially and if I felt ok, continue. etc. Its a bit like being on your bike doing a bastid climb, where you set yourself a goal of "that tree and I'll stop for a bit"; but you get to the tree and think "I'll carry on and try for that fence".
Not sure I'd like to do this every day, but might be worth it occasionally for those times when it seems like I'm plateauing (or have been a bit lax at the weekend).
I have no desire to step on toes, please tell me if people think this wrong - if there has been no contact from Rob (hope all okay :/ ) and no spreadsheet update by Thursday evening I will set it up to be ready for Friday morning?
Rob's Chub Club and the spreadsheet are key to keeping me on track!
Hi guys, sorry for the lack of contact, things have gone through the roof lately. I'm one of those NHS types - not front line, but been busy-busy.
World Chub Series Q2 will be a goer!
Who knows, I might even join in this time 🙂
I'll send an email tomorrow.
Thank you Rob!
And sorry, I didn't mean to infringe. Hope you and yours all well!
Cheers!
I've just come across this thread and would love to join for Q2, just sent a PM.
I'm a mega chubber but dropped three stone in Q1 and looking for motivation to keep going!
Markie
Member
Thank you Rob!And sorry, I didn’t mean to infringe. Hope you and yours all well!
No worries, Markie. It'll be handy to have someone I can hand it over to should I need at some point - and you've just volunteered yourself 🙂
chrisdb
Member
I’ve just come across this thread and would love to join for Q2, just sent a PM.I’m a mega chubber but dropped three stone in Q1 and looking for motivation to keep going!
Great work so far Chris! Keep it up.
Have included you in the spreadsheet & email distro list.
Is everyone getting on OK with exercising in lockdown?
It's working pretty well for me, got a good routine.
30/40 min online bodyweight or kettlebells class in the morning before breakfast (300 kcals)
2 hours walk around the local hill/park, making sure to get some elevation (500 kcals)
200 press-ups a day, split into batches - I can't do that many at once! (no idea how many kcals)
As many pull ups as I can do on some scaffolding I pass on the way to/from my walk. 4 is the max currently. I hate pull ups.
Quite easy to control calorie intake as well with no eating out available.
Hope you've got some anti-bac for the scaff poles!
Probably getting to do a bit more exercise- managing to walk the dog more than if I was at the office; bit more riding since not running kids around, bit of work in the garden too. WFH for the time being, if get furloughed should be able to do more.
Hardest part is having lunch when everyone else at the table has tastier treats. Doesn't seem to be an issue having lunch at my desk at work and there's a wide choice of food and tempting aromas being eaten by colleagues.
Yup, always carry a spray bottle of sanitiser with me when I go out the house.
Terrible first quarter but hey, it's been an odd time. At least I have lost *some* weight but way off target.
However I have just put 30 mins on the treadmill and a very quick weights session (all in my garage before the pitchforks arrive) and I at least intend to keep it up. May go on a ride tomorrow and mix it up a bit 🙂
Great call Rob... I hit my target 2 weeks before the end of March Chub Club... and it's gone S&*! the last few weeks with lock down, too much beer and pizza. I am going for my 8/16 diet, no alcohol for 3 months and exercise 3 times a week, that did wonders last time (89.5kg to 84kg).
The 8/16 is really easy after a few days.
6:30am wake - coffee with oat milk
9am - Homemade garnola
11am - snack of fruit
1pm - lunch of anything
4:45pm - dinner
I'm nominating "yourguitarhero" the winner on Q1 Chub Club... well done fella an impressive feat! 🙂
Down to 77.5kg, after starting at 88.1kg. My ambitious target was to lose 10kg in 3 months and I’ve done it
Wow yourguitarhero, that's great going!
Just signed up for Q2. Hoping to stay on track in these crazy times.
Thanks guys, what do I win? A big slice of cake! Damn 🙂
How does the quarterly chart work? It seems to be locked on coconut.
Did OK to start (15st - 14.7), plateaued, and in the last 3 weeks have gone back (I need to socially distance my fridge - today at 14.10)
Trying to get my exercise more regimented but wasn't aware how much walking I did in a normal work day on a big site. to the shop for lunch, etc.
Will input data later. Let's aim for 14 by end of June.
I’m still up for it. Where I hadn’t been working I kept forgetting to weigh myself (was always part of that post shower morning routine).
Weighed in this morning and I’ve put 1lb on since my last weigh in which I’m pretty pleased about as I’ve been drinking a lot of beer and eating rubbish too. So much more time for eating when you’re at home.
doomanic
How does the quarterly chart work? It seems to be locked on coconut.
He's the only one that paid Rob the in-App upgrade for extra features fee I think 🙂
wasn’t aware how much walking I did in a normal work day
This!! I am aware as I always have my step counter on. Most days pre-lockdown were ~15k, since lockdown steps seems to be ~2k on a bad days ~5k on a good day.
Weight loss continues - down 1.4kg this week, from 77.5 to 76.1kg.
I have decided on a target of 75kg which will give me a BMI of 23. I plan to maintain that weight for a couple of months to get my body used to it, while focusing on strength training < basically bodyweight stuff as we're in lockdown. After a few months I might look at increasing my calorie intake above maintenance to build muscle mass along with heavier weight lifting.
So I'm in the chub club for this quarter but expect to hit my target within a week or two. Will then keep logging in to make sure I stay at that weight.
Exceeded the original target and was really pleased but I definitely need a push to keep on it. Since working from home all self-control has gone out the window back to caning all the kids chocolate and living on toast and butter (lots and lots of lovely salty butter...)
Got the turbo in the back room but it's the discipline I need to get back!!
I've got the double whammy of Easter coming up and my daughter's birthday tomorrow so there will be cake and she's making shortbread biscuits too.
I think it's been amazing how easy I have found it to get back on track with weight loss during this time. I work away a lot and eat rubbish food because I have no self-control and get bored so eat. Whilst at home I have exercised, eaten at a decent time, eaten well.
Long time lurker on STW now joining for chub club Q2.
Have always struggled not to stuff my face since I was about 12, but took up running in a big way ~15 y ago and that sorted the weight issue ... until the triple whammy of
a) a knee cartilage issue (just age, no fixing that)
b) Mum getting ill and dying last year (months spent shuttling to & from the hospital and not particularly watching what I eat, though the hospital did, to be fair, make a big effort to provide healthier food in their canteen & machines)
and
c) longrunning plantar fasciitis - I *was* seeing the physio about that but #lockdown
I've cycled to work and for a bit of fun for years but luckily I bought my first proper road bike last year (second hand off a clubmate, spent the money saved on a proper bike for & new cranks, saddle & bars) so I'm really enjoying getting out on that. Live right on the edge of town so can get out into deserted country lanes and byways easily. *Had* signed up for my first short sportives which of course are now all cancelled.
My crappy knee needs me to lose weight and given that complications from diabetes polished Mum off I'm keen to not go the same way.
Have lost weight before it's just having the headspace and accountability.
Jim, toast is my kryptonite too! Have fished out a duck shaped popcorn maker from the back of a dark cupboard to provide less fattening carb-snax.
Thought I should add to this thread. Back before Xmas my GP told me I needed to sort out my Blood Pressure. On the borderline high limit for years I'd just crept over and he'd told me I needed to get it back down or he'd be medicating. Last chance. 6'3". 17.5 stone. Keen roadie and MTBer but always used the exercise as an excuse to eat and drink whatever the hell I wanted. Plug that weight / height into the NHS BMI and I was well over but I always told myself I was big boned. I think tall big framed guys can carry extra timber without it being obvious.
Anyway in Jan I started on the Dr Michael Mosley Blood Sugar Diet on my GPs recommendation. Really aimed at T2 Diabetic and Pre-diabetics it's all about cutting out the processed carbs and starches. Ie. Bread, Potato, White Rice, Sugary stuff. But lots of veg, meat eggs and natural fats.
I stuck to this diet 800 cals a day for 6 weeks. Didn't have a drink for 6 weeks. Lost 2 stone. Went skiing. Allowed myself a drink or two (mainly red wine or malt but the occasional beer) but stuck to the principles of the diet without counting the calories and didn't lose or gain.
Since I got back I've been 'maintaining'. My weight crept down to 15 stone but now has levelled out as I get a grip as to what / how much I should eat to not continue to lose weight. So 2.5 stone weight loss. I feel great, less tired. Majority of weight lost around belly. I've gone from 38 to 34 inch jeans. And when out on my bike I'm beating all my climbing PRs on Strava without trying!
I like the diet. I was a bread / pasta monster. But I don't miss it. The food is nice and tasty and I'm allowed occasional coffee with milk, breakfast is either eggs or natural full fat yoghurt. Plenty of chicken and veg and nuts. Occasional small bit of cheese which I love. I feel nowhere near as hungry as I used to I actually have to make myself eat to ensure my weight doesn't continue to creep down. It's a change in lifestyle tho. Once the weight is off no creeping back to the bad habits but so far so good after 3 months.
stripeysocks
Member
Long time lurker on STW now joining for chub club Q2.
Welcome, stripes!
Being portly, falling to bits and not riding mountain bikes is what we're all about - you'll fit right in 🙂
I think it’s been amazing how easy I have found it to get back on track with weight loss during this time. I work away a lot and eat rubbish food because I have no self-control and get bored so eat. Whilst at home I have exercised, eaten at a decent time, eaten well.
Enforced WFH/lockdownlite is doing wonders for me! I now have time to go shopping and cook and make salads.
I'm losing weight without really trying as I can't go to the pub every night, I'm drinking less and can be arsed to ride a bike again - YAAAAAAY!!
Lockdown is OK for me so far, been getting regular rides/turbo sessions but also eating a bit more as a result. Was generally hitting 1500 cals a day with less exercise, now close to 2000 but still losing at a similar rate. -3lb last week so happy with that.
9 nights on covid ward, complete loss of appetite and hospital food helped me shift 4kg. Something good has come out near death illness!
Folks... Check out the 8/16 diet, it's really easy after a few days. You can train your body to start acting differently to digestion. I make home made museli with oat milk and this fills you up for a long time. You can also have alcohol on this diet. Stick to a 8/16 and you should drop around a KG per week (combine with zero white sugar)
I lost a kilo/week for 3 months straight by eating 500 kcals less than my maintenance amount (2300-500 = 1800).
Porridge is a good one for filling you up in the morning.
Freely admit here to doing the weigh-in right after a ride as actual progress towards the target - however spuriously achieved - motivates me to hang on to it and keep it up.
Good job it's cooling off the next few days as newbie here only has one shortsleeved cycling jersey!
I am a lockdown fattie
I seem to be unable to self isolate myself from the fridge & wine rack
I am a lockdown fattie
I seem to be unable to self isolate myself from the fridge & wine rack
I am a lockdown fattie
I seem to be unable to self isolate myself from the fridge & wine rack
I am a lockdown fattie
I seem to be unable to self isolate myself from the fridge & wine rack
🙁
Well I'm back to my wk2 weight, after 3 weeks of lockdown. when stuck at home with 2 preschool kids the only solace is caffeine, biscuits and cake during the day and alcohol in the evening.
Rich tea biscuits the answer mate. No one likes them but it's still a biscuit.
I'm finding it hard going - 2 cakes last weekend for my daughter's Birthday & an Easter cake, she's also taken to making Welsh cakes as is her birthright.
My son's on a bread making frenzy- focaccia last night, previous breads have been made to eat with baked camembert. No wonder there's no sodding flour or yeast in the shops!
They also had a go at making fresh pasta with the machine that's been sat at the back of the cupboard for years. I'm sure the factory in Italy that makes them has a good laugh at the gullible foreigners that buy them.
We're also doing more social drinking with friends over zoom as there's no childcare to have to sort out and no diary clashes!
So in all I'm taking a 0.2kg loss as a win!
Rich tea biscuits the answer mate
Might as well just eat the coaster your mugs on! But nowhere near the abominations that are so called "Nice" biscuits or m****d milk. Can't even bear to type the name of them they're so disgusting.
A group of us are growing "lockdown beards" for a laugh as on our first zoom drinking session, we hadn't shaved for a few days. So I'm claiming that my beard growth is a factor in reduced weight loss!
I’m chuffed that I have managed to lose a tiny bit more after losing 4lbs in one week prior.
Not ridden quite as much this week and been drinking way too much. Really thought I would be putting all that I’d lost back on this week.
So I’m claiming that my beard growth is a factor in reduced weight loss!
I absent-mindedly shaved off a strip off my lock-down beard this morning whilst trimming it so decided to take it all off. I then weighed myself and I'd gone up 0.9kg so you could be correct.
Lockdown food has pros and cons, I now don't have access to the free biscuits at work (good) but since the OH's commute has shrunk to 30secs there's been homemade pizza (healthy mind) and yesterday, tour de force, rhubarb sorbet.
I'm just trying to get enough sleep, stay active, and not have huge portions...
I may try the writing lines approach if I get desperate tho!!
Well, my weight wasn't really shifting much. Considering I had dropped 15% of my body weight since I worked out my daily maintenance calories at New Year's and took 500 off for my daily target I guess it was fair to recalculate.
So 1600 a day instead of 1800 a day for the last few days with some bike rides on top has finally shifted that last bit of weight and I'm down to 74 kg[11 st 9lbs] (target of 75kg [11st 11lbs]). Not bad considering I was 88kg at Hogmanay [13st 12lbs].
I now have a six pack.
Plan now is to just stay at this weight for the rest of lockdown, let my metabolism get used to the 'new normal' and then get in the gym once they re-open and start building lean mass.
My goal was always two-fold
1) Reduce weight to take stress off my knee joint which was damaged in a motorbike accident 10 years ago. I was taking opiate painkillers daily and developing arthritis (at the age of 38), with a knee replacement probably required at 45. Last time I spoke to the docs during this weight loss thing (at 84kg) they said the knee was looking better and I'd put the replacement surgery back 20 years. I've also stopped taking opiates every day which is a good thing (though the withdrawal messed with my head a bit!)
2) Get better at mountain biking. Which required improved core, leg and upper body strength and less weight to haul up the hills - I hate climbing. I started weight lifting about 9 months ago and can lift double what I could when I started, so strength is up and taking 30lbs off has got to affect the other side of the power:weight ratio!
So, I guess I'll keep logging my weight to make sure it doesn't go back up, but I guess I am not really losing any more.
Hoping you can all keep the head and focus on this. It can work, but it does need focus. I live by myself and don't work any more )WFH before COVID-19 anyway) so in a sense I was in a great position to be able to make weight loss a priority.
I know it’s hard to tell but it’s Friday today and weigh in!!
1lb lost this week, not great but a loss is a loss 👍
Somehow lost 1.7kg- not really done much different to other weeks so fairly surprised. Just means I'm 300g away from not being an overweight BMI.
700g this week, which is less than average for a weekly loss but I have pushed my daily calories a little bit and had pork belly 3 times this week...
94.4KG which puts me at 30.1 on the NHS BMI scale. I was hoping to be out of the obese category at last, but it’ll have to wait til next week.
And here we are; next week.
A 2KG loss sees me at 92.4KG and a BMI of 29.4 so I am officially no longer obese! This pleases me.
Friday salutations all.
+ 5lbs during lockdown, simple stress eating and drinking.
It's 1st May and I have gone two days without alcohol or coffee.
Two days.......
Resting Pulse has dropped to 37 from 46 and sleeping better.
Dropped 0.5kg- my daughter making cupcakes doesn't help. However, I'm no longer overweight- just at the top of the "normal" BMI.
I'll aim to loose a few more kg to have a bit of leeway- especially at the rate the kids are making bread and cakes.
Weight is still sitting around the same but waist measurement has come in a bit.
Looking at my Strava stats for April I've done:
89 hours of exercise, with only a single day without any. A mix of bike rides, walks and home workouts accounting for about 26,000 calories expended.
Gone up 400g based on last week but I've now restarted my exercise and clocking 100k per week on my bike. Been pretty sedentary for the past 6 weeks or so so going up ~.5kg is ok.
Trying to work out how/where to exercise but theres a good 33k loop from my front door but just need to best think social distancing. The old line is quiet in the morning but busier on return so might invest in a mask of some sort.
Anyway, 6 weeks of wfh and not much moving with only a .5kg penalty ain't bad.
Onwards and upwards chaps.
Small loss here, it's definitely harder being home all the time..
However, I’m no longer overweight- just at the top of the “normal” BMI.
Good work!! This is my aim
Rob's been drinking too much.
Rob's weight is going the worng way.
No alcohol for Rob for the next month - it's become far too much of a habit to drink every night...
Good work!! This is my aim
Cheers, I was nudging obesity, so if I (a chocoholic) can do it, anyone else can.
Strange times. Been snacking far too much but that's my poison when stressed and I don't need the extra stress of dieting as well now.....
On the other hand I'm getting around 8-9 hours of hard exercise a week - 4 or 5 rides of around 75 mins a time +/- which are all at a fair intensity, top end Z3/Z4 with Z5 efforts
And 2x Boot camps for an hour each.
So weight is pretty flat but..... I had to go into work yesterday for my dury rota (first time in 3 weeks) and my trousers are loose and belt in by a notch and a half.
I'm calling it a draw then.
I’ve worked out my quarantine binge eater and alcoholic name !
You take your given first name and your family surname and use them!
Anyway lost just short of 3lbs this week which after staying pretty much the same for weeks is a right results based on the nightly beer consumption and fridge raiding I’ve been doing...
Another kg down this week. After yo yo ing most of the year so far but generally going down I have lost over 10kg since lockdown began. But giving up alcohol this part 2 months has probably been more significant than what I am eating.
Wow....10kg lost in 2 months is very good 👍
Another reason to shift some fat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52561757
Steadily losing weight over the last 6 weeks,ride the hardtail 5 days, a day on the ebike and a rest day,pretty much stopped drinking and not snacking nearly as much, retired 2 years ago and my weight and gradually crept up this was the kick in arse I needed
I'm a bit uppy-downy, but under target, so I'm pretty happy.
Another reason to shift some fat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52561757/blockquote >This tubby thing is very much a reason for caution - we're focussing on BMI>25 as one indicator of risk. I'm now at 24...
I've been quiet and missed out for the past few weeks. Annoyingly even though I've been out on the bike a bit I'm still a steady 15st 9lb. Looks like I'll have to cut down on other things like crisps and biscuits which is proving difficult while cooped up at home.
cut down on other things like crisps and biscuits
Stop buying them?
The missus still buys choc bars etc “for the kids”. Damn hard to avoid them.
BMI>25 as one indicator of risk. I’m now at 24
That’s been my target, just under 25 at mo so normal, but NHS BMI check says to watch out cos I’m almost a fatty. Got to get under 72kg before it says I’m ok.
Annoyingly got a healthcare app from when I was sent an invitation to one of the oldie healthcheck. Even though my bmi is now “normal” the app says I’m a fatty. I have to get to c65kg before it stops saying I need to loose weight.
Even though I’ve gone from 86kg to 74kg on chub club and still have a gut to reduce, I doubt I could drop another 9kg.