A big bunch of losers (2009 version of Garfield Principal)

[martinjs]

Week 19 of 2009

Starting Weight 2009 95 kilos

Weight last week93.5 Kilos Kilos
Weight this week 93 Kilos (gain/loss) -0.5 kilos
Total weight lost this year. -2.0 Kilos

Should be all down hill from here.

goal for this year is to get down to either 88 or 89 kilos.
Total k's done this week 210k + Cutting and hauling about 3 tonnes of wood.

Not a bad week all in all.


BJ rankings below.

[randyrob]

Original Weight (kg): 98.5 (1st Jan 2009)
Today's Weight (kg): 76.6
Movement since last post (+ or - kg): -1.1
Target Weight (kg): 75

I've ridden 5 Days straight which is a record for me tho the weight loss has seemed to have slowed down

[Broaders]

It's only been a few good weeks of riding but I haven't noticed any significant weight loss (from 108-ish to 105) but I bought a new pair of jeans on the weekend and have comfortably gone down a size

Christ, why did I take so long to discover cycling!

[martinjs]

Week 21 of 2009

Starting Weight 2009 95 kilos

Weight last entry 93 Kilos Kilos
Weight this week 93 Kilos (gain/loss) 0 kilos
Total weight lost this year. -2.0 Kilos

Still trying to get into a rhythm

goal for this year is to get down to either 88 or 89 kilos.
Total k's done this week 316k not bad but a couple days sick on the week cut down my target for the week.

Still not to shabby.


BJ rankings below.

[toolonglegs]

98.5kgs....well I said I would post once under 100 it has been a while but not sure how long since I can't be bothered finding old post in the Garfield Principle ...now the trick is to lose another 10% and add 10% in power at the same time...wish me luck!.

A while since I posted..sat around 99-100 for a couple of weeks till I finally realised I havn't got a choice...lose weight or get dropped.
93.7kgs today. 5 kgs in 48days.

[randyrob]

Original Weight (kg): 98.5 (1st Jan 2009)
Today's Weight (kg): 76.6
Movement since last post (+ or - kg): -1.1
Target Weight (kg): 75

I've ridden 5 Days straight which is a record for me tho the weight loss has seemed to have slowed down

I'm 76kg as of this morning and i just know the last kg is going to kill me

it's my birthday on Monday so lets see if i make it!

[wombatK]

Original Weight (kg): 98.5 (1st Jan 2009)
Today's Weight (kg): 76.6
Movement since last post (+ or - kg): -1.1
Target Weight (kg): 75

I've ridden 5 Days straight which is a record for me tho the weight loss has seemed to have slowed down

I'm 76kg as of this morning and i just know the last kg is going to kill me

it's my birthday on Monday so lets see if i make it!

Congrats. You've lost an impressive amount of weight - don't be too fixated on that last kg. If you have upped the ante on the cycling workload, there's a good chance you're building muscle.

Birthdays and celebrations will pose threats, but you can't live like a monk. A nice slice of black-forest cake, tiramisu, mud cake etc.,. would be a well-earned reward. Crikey, I'm feeling hungry already - temptation get thee away from my shoulder.

Cheers

[VictorE]

Weight at 3rd Nov 2008 (when I moved to Melbourne): 105kg
Weight on NYE: 100kg
Now (after almost 8 months of cycling, better diet, and no alchohol): 85.5kg
Target: Around 80kg (I still have mini love-handles around my waist - can't stand them! )

2 weeks ago I deliberately extended my usual commute. Normally it's about 5.3km (between St Kilda West and my workplace at Northbank Wharf), basically along Canterbury Rd, City Road and Clarendon St in mornings and Clarendon St then Albert Park in afternoons. I got bored with this, and wanted to see what effect extending it might make. So it's now the Montague St down to Port Melbourne bike path (along the tram line), then Beaconsfield Pde, which is about 8km, a 50% increase. I have high hopes for that

Also 8 months ago, a 20km ride on Saturday and again on Sunday was about my limit on weekends. On the long weekend just past, I rode 70km on Sunday and another 70km on Monday, so I'm hoping the increased weekend rides will see me shedding a few more kilos I could do without.

[edit 16/6/09] Sorry should have mentioned my height is 190cm so my current weight of 85.5kg puts me in the normal BMI category.

[randyrob]

Hey wombatK,

your right on the money Birthday's are definatley for celebrating & i would never say no cake on my birthday

Rob.

Original Weight (kg): 98.5 (1st Jan 2009)
Today's Weight (kg): 75
Movement since last post (+ or - kg): -1.0
Target Weight (kg): 75

[waynohh]

Starting weight (Jan): 90.0Kg
Starting waist (Jan): 40"
Todays weight (June): 82.0Kg
Todays waist (June): 37.5"
Target weight (Dec): 75.0Kg
Target weight (Dec): n/a
Height: 175cm

Avg loss approx 300g/week including flu, injuries, etc. 400g/week when healthy.

Next post at 75.0Kg!

[randyrob]

Original Weight (kg): 98.5 (1st Jan 2009)
Today's Weight (kg): 74.1
Movement since last post (+ or - kg): -0.9
Target Weight (kg): 75

[randyrob]

WOW slow news week on this thread, no posts for 2 weeks and the last one was mine as well

Original Weight (kg): 98.5 (1st Jan 2009)
Today's Weight (kg): 73.0
Movement since last post (+ or - kg): -1.1
Target Weight (kg): 75

[martinjs]

Week 30 2009

Starting Weight 2009 95 kilos

Weight last entry 93 Kilos Kilos
Weight this week 92 Kilos (gain/loss) 0 kilos
Total weight lost this year. -3.0 Kilos

Haven't posted here for a while as I was starting to get paranoid about not losing weight So took some time of from posting here. Weight this year has been going up and down went back up to nearly 97kilos but I think I'm on track again as I lost weight or stayed the same over the last 4 weeks, including losing 2 kilos this week alone.

goal for this year is to get down to either 88 or 89 kilos.
Total k's done this week 391k very happy this week.

Martin

[zues]

Starting wt:95-97kg Sept 08 and for the past 15years.
Started riding.
wt on 1july 09= 88kg .
Spent 2 weeks not riding but fishing, drinking and eating indonesian food= 91kg
Riding for 1 week now= 89kg

[Madgan]

Hi all. I'm new to this, but so far this year

Start of 09 - 99kg

27 Feb 09 - 90kg

The first bit always seems the easiest......

Target Sept 09 - 80kg

Then new bike for Paul....... or justification for the one I bought in advance

Woo Hoo!!

79.9kgs this morning!

[wombatK]

Hi all. I'm new to this, but so far this year

Start of 09 - 99kg

27 Feb 09 - 90kg

The first bit always seems the easiest......

Target Sept 09 - 80kg

Then new bike for Paul....... or justification for the one I bought in advance

Woo Hoo!!

79.9kgs this morning!

Great news - congratulations. Challenge met. Now to avoid the yo-yo.

[Skexis]

...havn't got a choice...lose weight or get dropped....

Dropped from what, if you don't mind me asking?

[pine]

Ok I am in. target to be 63kg (to start off with). Current weight, OMGosh it was 68.6kg. Because I am a woman, expect increase of 1 -2 kg. Per month and a very bad mood.

[pine]

No change 68.4kg. haven’t really been trying hard. School holidays started.

[USM TOM]

WOW slow news week on this thread, no posts for 2 weeks and the last one was mine as well

Original Weight (kg): 98.5 (1st Jan 2009)
Today's Weight (kg): 73.0
Movement since last post (+ or - kg): -1.1
Target Weight (kg): 75

awesome job there mate
cant complain with 2kg under your target weight

[Dags]

Hi All.
Ive just brought my first road bike just over two weeks ago. I brought hybrid for eight months ago after breaking my left knee in two places, i needed the exercise but really grew to hate riding it on the road so with some sweet talking to the minister for finance purchased my new toy.On the Hybrid i was doing about 15ks a day and a longer ride on the weekends without any noticeable loss but since getting the roadie i have upped to 50ks four days and two 20k rides in between and i have now really turned a corner. Have been looking over the forum topics lately and through this one mite keep me motivated to keep trying to loose weight.I have been doing pretty well so far but as they say the first bit is the easiest. As this thread runs out at the end of the year i wont make my goals too high for the two months we have got left.

Starting weight 10/10/09 115.8
Target weight for 2009 105
Today's weight 26/10/09 112.3

[Sweeper59]

I don't know how you guys have been losing weight cycling. I'm 50yrs old, 190cm (6'4") amd 98kgs and have been trying to get down below 90kgs for 18 months. I'm riding 150-200k's a week and running, swimming & doing spin classes at the gym on the days I don't ride. I eat sensibly - plenty of salads, vegies, fruit, chicken & fish and no junk. I got down to 92kgs, but I've been slowly slipped back out to 98kgs, even though I've been working harder in the past few months (training for this Sunday's Half ironman Triathlon at Pt Macquarie). Should I be losing weight, or should I put it down to building muscle (not my original aim) ??
I'm riding regularly with guys my age but 15-20kgs lighter, and have to bust my a**e to match them up hills.

[pine]

Not sure but my 10 cents worth would be. Metabolism slowing down. I find the same thing ,sweeper 59
When I was in my 20s, if I did as much cycling I would be a biafran ( look anorexic). Weight not coming off, I don’t eat junk at all but may eat more calories than needed. Well at list it is not going up

[slowflow]

106.5 down from 108 & would like to be in the high 90s by Christmas. Riding just 90klm a week but increasing soon. My devils chocolate & wine, two of the most evil.

[wombatK]

plenty of salads, vegies, fruit, chicken & fish and no junk

Plenty of the right stuff can still be pretty bad for you. You've made the right start by exercising regularly, and have recognised that there are good and bad foods. Maybe just need to back-off on the quantities. Calorie counting, including measuring what you eat and drink, can be helpful. You need to be aware of where most of the calories are coming from, and work on reducing serve sizes or substituting for better choices. Soft drinks and orange juice can be hidden dangers, and hoeing into a 200 g piece of steak when all you need is 80g is another common mistake.

Cheers