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I say, what? Isn't it incredible how much Winter insulation one can lay-down in just a few short days of gluttony??
Fear not! The solution to your tubbiness awaits... A brand spanking new edition of STW (Shed That Weight) Fat Club will be launched on Friday the 5th of January. Anyone who wants in just needs to email me and I'll send them the necessary around the 2nd Jan.
I suggest you heartily enjoy your time between now and then before food & booze is removed from the menu and replaced with konjac, vitamin tablets and alkalised water.
Mail sent- almost undone all of the effort of this year's Fat Club.
Not over Christmas, just a crap few months after September.
Neil
Have also mailed. I was doing great til Sept when i got a virus. I felt awful for about 12+ weeks. Mow Christmas has meant i am super fat. Im inspired by project 5 w/kg..so im going for 3.5 w/kg. I have a lot of weight to lose, so im quite excited
Forgot to say: when you email please provide your STW username.
Ta.
In!
Count me in. I had to go buy two pairs of trews last week to see me through Christmas as I couldn't fasten the waist on most of mine.
Back off, OP.
Let us wallow unmolested in our our well upholstered fatitude.*
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*See you on the 5th.
I'm in. Again. 🙁
Let us wallow unmolested in our our well upholstered fatitude
Awwww 😥 😥
Since I was banned from my local speakeasy for groping the cigarette girls, harassing the turgid online is all I have to entertain myself of an evening.
I'll be in again after my triumphant year 😉 I've banged on about half a stone so far this week lol
I'll be in. Caning it on fruit cake and stilton currently (together, delicious) and then will have a week on water and dust so my Jan 5th number isn't too bad.
Aiming to get the next 1/2 st off to get a magic 12 in the stones column of my weight table.
Email sent Rob!
Yep
Signed up Rob, sorry about the 2 e-mails as didn't see the singletrack username thingy,
Can someone give me a brief overview of what I'd be getting myself into?
Email sent.
Like FB-ATB, a couple of stressy months has seen the spare tyre back with a vengeance!
Email sent.
A combination of redundancy induced depression and location change undid all of 2016's hard work.
My current options are lose weight/get fit or an ebike...
Can someone give me a brief overview of what I'd be getting myself into?
Mainly chubby blokes sharing pics of themselves in speedos.
Mainly chubby blokes sharing pics of themselves in speedos.
Works for me. Will send email in the morning...
I'm in. I've gone mad with the mince pies......
I’m in. Email sent
Off to eat a lard pastie
In. Actually had a light Christmas but plenty to shed over the next year!
How does this work?
Well, as an old hand of Chub Club last year, you get gentle reminders to weigh yourself. You get a shared excel or google doc and you can quietly have a small focus to get in fighting weight territory. All good harmless motivation. Cheers OP- I’m in -again.
In. I now have two mates who’ve had stents fitted. I don’t want to end up like them. Besides my shock could do with a break.
I'm in.
Email sent, I’m in
Emailed. I could definitely do with shedding some of my portly but authoritative exterior.
Emailed
Have no excuses, but have put on 1.5 stone this year. So the goal is to lose it.
Cheers.
E-mailed
Had to buy a new suit for a business trip in November, the previous one fitted in August!
Cheers
Matt
I'm in (again). Still got more work to do 🙂
Me too.
I’m in.
( sat on the sofa eating sausage sarnie watching Dora the explorer...)
I'm in, email sent, still got a lot of cheese to eat before the weigh in 😕
How did I miss this!!
I'm in again Rob.....email sent!
I have emailed and I am I need.
Have to set myself some goals in 2018 to ride more and shed the wobbly belly.
if I already started losing weight can I still sign up ?
E mail sent anyway
4 stone lost in last 4 months, but loads more to lose ......
I'm in too. Fattest I've ever been right now. Grr.
How is everyone setting their target?
I'm 5'8" in Jonv's old money and last year I set my target to be a kg or two under a BMI of fat starting off the year close to obese.
It was a bit disappointing to see someone in the old thread who was a similar height and their starting weight was around my target, hence they weren't "fat" according to BMI.
I'm in. Should really have done it last year. Hopefully it will inspire me to ride more and consume less!
I'd like to give this a go. Gone from fell running triathlon type to 13st 5lb for 5ft 8. E-mail on the way.
Email sent - need some additional motivation.
email sent (James)
Weighed myself this morning .... hope it’s muscle I’ve put on over Christmas
A years worth of hard work undone in a month......
E-mail sent!
We've got about 70 entrants so far.
This is everyone I have an email address for, for the few who didn't provide their STW username then please email me with it and I'll update:
Aazlad
Atlaz
barkm
Brainflex
Breninbeener
Burko73
Burnbob
Chris Osborne
craig_w
Dannybgoode
dirkpitt74
Docgeoffyjones
Doomanic
fatoldgit
FB-ATB
Garry_Lager
Gerti
grenosteve
grum
Harry Too
headfirst
Hockropper
hot_fiat
Howsyourdad1
Ian Wilson
IHN
James Anderson
Jamie
Johnikgriff
Jonnyboi
kato
konanige
L45key
Laurence Doddy
lucasshmucas
Luke Diamand
Mandog
Marc Gear
Matt_Bl
midlife crashes
Monde
Morph
mulacs
Ogden
qtip
Richwales
Riofer
Rocco
Roger_mellie
Sandwich
Sanername
SaxonRider
Schrickvr6
Sharkbait
Shooterman
simon_g
simono5
theotherjonv
thv3
Tiger6791
Ton
Torminalis
Twonks
Vic Walsh
Wally
Wookster
Yiman
Anyone else who wants in send me an email. And provide your username :).
These 2 miscreants need to send me an email address:
tagnut69
Explosif83
FB-ATB - Member
How is everyone setting their target
I’ve qualified for ‘Clydesdale ‘ class racing for years ( not that I actually compete ) so my target will initially to escape that class ... if I recall correctly you needed to be over 14st so that’s my starting target
Now you can see where my name comes from
Email sent - managed to shift a fair bit this year but it’s been creeping back
Im in email sent
Just sent another email as I don't appear to be on the list
firestarter - Member - Block User - Quote
Just sent another email as I don't appear to be on the list
You should have been - wonder why you weren't?? I've obviously got things confused somewhere.
You were scared of my utter dominance of weight 🙂 haha
I'm in, started last year but my life sort of fell apart so lost track and ended up waaaay to heavy.
5'8" and tipped the scales at 18st not long ago, think I have dropped a few pounds but need to put a big effort to get it down to something reasonable got to be around as long as possible now my kids are totally reliant on me
I'm in! Got down to 77kg in the summer pre-IM but it all went wrong and I'm back up to 82kg. Need to get back down again!
So are we doing weigh-in's in metric or imperial?
How is everyone setting there goals?
I find doing it by BMI can be a bit misleading - according to BMI I'm normal, but at 5'10, slim build and pushing 13st I'm over weight.....
I'm doing my goal based on the weight I last remember feeling/looking in shape. I somehow dropped a few pounds on a skiing holiday a few years ago despite apres-ski beer every night.
This is approximately 1.5 stones below where I am now.
Email sent want to go from 14st to 12st hopefully 😀
I’m in - email sent.
6’1 and 15 stone so a good couple to lose at a first guess
I'm in 5 ft 8
Just under 15 stone
Was 12 12 this time last year.
Surprisingly not much slower but currently sleeping in the spare room cos I snore like a hippo
I want to get back to around 10.5 stone if I can.
Need to get some decent scales now!!
I'm in..
Was doing OK until mum went into hospital in April. Hours sitting beside her bed, lots of quick and easy meals, comfort/self-medication beers in the evenings and a massive lack of riding.
My job is physical, but I've hardly worked this year.
I seem to have traded upper body muscle for a podgy belly. 😥
5'7" and 77kg. Would like to get back down to where I was at the end of 2015 at around 73kg.
I'm just over 6 foot and weigh, today, 80.5kg. Ideally I'll get down to 75kg. I'd be happy enough with that. Last Fat Club I dropped 6kg
I am like you atlas. I am 185cm , started losing weight in november last year and got it down to 75kg from 80kg. Gone up a kilo over christmas but I want to get down to around 72 kg I think.
To quote Alan Partridge
"I've got a fat back... It's fairly well concealed in casual clothing but you don't want to see me in my underpants"
I'm just over 6 foot and weigh, today, 80.5kg. Ideally I'll get down to 75kg. I'd be happy enough with that. Last Fat Club I dropped 6kg
I am like you atlas. I am 185cm , started losing weight in november last year and got it down to 75kg from 80kg. Gone up a kilo over christmas but I want to get down to around 72 kg I think.
75kg? 72kg? I'm 185cm and will happily get down to 82kg from about 85. At 82 I'm happy I'm pretty slim, you two must be some lanky streaks of pi$$ 🙂
Emailed,
4 years ago I managed to shift 4 stone to get down to 15 2, buying a house which needed a lot of work limited my time to get out riding so that crept back up to 16. My daughters arrival in January last year completely took out my time to ride and with it my motivation to eat well - we were living in survival mode for a good few months and just snacking or eating junky meals late at night. Stepping on the scales this morning showed 17 2 so my target is to get back to 15 2 (at least as a start, mentally I know it's a target that I can achieve!)
Hi,
Emailed again as my name is not on the list. Might have got into your junk mail.
Gribble
I'm in, even my buffet trousers are snug this morning.
75kg? 72kg? I'm 185cm and will happily get down to 82kg from about 85. At 82 I'm happy I'm pretty slim, you two must be some lanky streaks of pi$$
ha well when I was 81kg I thought it was cause of all the gym work/ weights. Really it was cause I liked beer and peanuts at the weekends and rhubarb crumble with ice cream for pudding.
No pudding ! Especially if I want to be optimum cycle fit for the spring
As for my target. 188cm and currently around 101kg (need to dig the scales out to be sure).
Initial target is to get to and stay below 94kg, end of year if I can get till 90kg I'll be get happy, stretch target is 85kg.
176cm and 80kg here, target is 75kg
No pudding ! Especially if I want to be optimum cycle fit for the spring
I've got a fairly hard January with no (well, minimal) booze and a mostly veggie diet (to break bad habits more than anything). But I'm off to the Alps in June to ride some big passes and the idea of lugging more over the Galibier and Bonette than I need to is a bad one so I would like to get fitter and lighter to get over them in a good state.
After a pretty poor show over the last few months, I'm up for the challenge now, so I'll be in if you'll have me Rob. Need to repeat my success from last January and hit 90kg!
Will email you in a bit.
Cheers.
Email sent, hopefully still time to be added to the list. Motivation is definitely needed here to shift 5 kgs.
Bring it on
how do you lot track calories?
I downloaded the nutracheck app but you have to sign up to a paid service if you add more than 5 'things' a day.
jonnyboi - myfitnesspal is pretty much the default answer, it's got a load of stuff pre programmed into it. Only issue i've found with it is that it massive over estimates how many calories i've 'earned' from exercise.
I tend to use Garmin feeding into MFP for exercise. I'd guess it's still not accurate but it's better than MFP
174cm 90Kg and no idea where it's come from.
Barely drink, veggie, and don't even like cheese ffs.
Time to done the sackcloth and ashes, but I'll probably eat them.
