The Garfield Principle

[Aushiker]

My Garfield statistics for Week 20 of 2008 are:

Weights and Measurements

Today's Weight (kg): 95.80 kg - Overweight
Movement from last week (+ or - kg): - 1.1 kg (Aggregate - 7.8 kg)
Weight July 2007: 113 kg (- 17.2 kg)*
Target Weight (kg): 81 kg

Waist Measurement: 117.0 cm + 3.0 cm (Aggregate - 9 cm)
WHR: 1.10 (+ 0.01)
BMI Prime: 1.18 (Target range 0.74 - 1.00)

Mileage

Km ridden this week: 236.20 km
2008 Weekly Average: 185 km (+ 12 km)
2008 Predicated mileage: 9 620 km (Goal - 10,400)

Hours riding - 2008 = 290

Cost per Km: $0.93 cash basis (- 0.07)

BikeJournal Rankings

#522 in the World (+ 8 places in the rankings)
#37 in Australia ( + 1 place in the rankings)
#11 in the Club ( + 1 place in the rankings)


* I started riding in July 2007

Regards
Andrew

[othy]

Week #24 of cycling to lose weight.

Start - 96.0 kg
Current - 79.8 kg
Loss this week - 0.1 kg
Total Loss - 16.2 kg

Not much loss this week. 2 x Track, 1 x Rollers, 1 x Race, 1 x Club training ride.

This week is going to involve almost no training so I will be interested to see what happens. Tonights track session will most likely be my only time on the bike.

[lisanne]

I have decided to join in

Now I am building up time on the indoor trainer, it should help to kick start things.

I don't know my starting weight because I got someone else to weigh me last week and this week and will do that for a bit longer cos I don't really want to know to be honest.

Week 1
Movement: -1.2kg's
Total Loss: 1.2kg's

2 x Pilates classes and 2 x 25mins on indoor trainer combined with my 20 minute walk's most mornings. I hope to do 4 sessions on the indoor trainer this week

[MJF]

I've definitely hit a brick wall, it's time to do something with the diet, less real food, more rabbit food.

I know how you feel - I'm stuck (AT) -15kg. Coffee has just gone to skim, now I'm avoiding anything with fat...

[MJF]

I have decided to join in

Welcome to the mad house...

[lisanne]

I've definitely hit a brick wall, it's time to do something with the diet, less real food, more rabbit food.

I know how you feel - I'm stuck (AT) -15kg. Coffee has just gone to skim, now I'm avoiding anything with fat...

One thing I find really useful to help weightloss is to bring food from home each day for lunch at work and have porridge for brekky most days - I enjoy full cream milk in coffee far too much to forgo it.

I have decided to join in

Welcome to the mad house...

Thanks

[martinjs]

Week 16

Starting weight this year 105 kilo.

Last week 96.5 kilos

This Week 96 kilos change -.5 kilos


Total Weight loss this year -9.0 kilos


Target now 92 Kilos but it's a fluid target.

Total distance ridden this week 163 kilometers
Distance was down due to my yearly wood cutting program. Although the fitness I've built up with my bike riding has helped. In 3 days I did the same amount of work that in past year that has taken anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 weeks.

Bike Journal Ranking 278 down 21 positions
Country Ranking 25 th down 1 position.
Club Ranking 7th Steady

[MJF]

I've definitely hit a brick wall, it's time to do something with the diet, less real food, more rabbit food.

I know how you feel - I'm stuck (AT) -15kg. Coffee has just gone to skim, now I'm avoiding anything with fat...

One thing I find really useful to help weightloss is to bring food from home each day for lunch at work and have porridge for brekky most days - I enjoy full cream milk in coffee far too much to forgo it.

I do - most days . It's the need to insulflate the contents of the pantry when I get home that's the problem

Strangely, today I only did 22km at lunchtime (too damned cold in the mornings now to commute), and wasn't particularly hungry when I got home. I'll see how I go the rest of the week...

[lisanne]

It's the need to insulflate the contents of the pantry when I get home that's the problem

Have you considered a protein shake or something else like sustagen instead? Depending on what you are grabbing from the cupboard, these could be better alternatives

[NotTim]

One thing I find really useful to help weightloss is to bring food from home each day for lunch at work and have porridge for brekky most days - I enjoy full cream milk in coffee far too much to forgo it.

That would assume I've got food at home, which I normally don't.

I'm normally pretty good at getting decent lunches, there's a decent range of take aways across the road from work, one place that does DIY salads that my normal lunch destination, but I let myself have a stir fry or a curry occasionally as a reward for riding to work

My main weakness is snacking between meals, I'm working on cutting that out completely now.

[simonn]

Thought I'd join in the fun.

Weight on Monday am (19 May 2008): 83.5kg
Last week 84kg
Weekly loss: -0.5kg
Target weight: 78kg
Total distance last week: 259.64km
BJ Rank: 2507
Oz Rank: 93
BNA Rank: 36

Just moved offices so now have a 50km round trip commute instead of 16km so am forgoing the gym until at least next week to give my body a chance to adjust.

[NotTim]

I normally only get on the scales once a week, on a Monday morning before I've had breakfast just so It's consistent.

For some reason I got on them this morning, and I'd lost 1.6kg since yesterday, after not losing anything in the previous 2 weeks.

I know it's not a valid number, and is easily explained by water loss or something like that, but it's still going to be annoying getting back on the scales next monday if my number then is higher, which I'm half expecting it to be

Diets are evil is bascialy what I'm trying to say here

[MJF]

It's the need to insulflate the contents of the pantry when I get home that's the problem

Have you considered a protein shake or something else like sustagen instead? Depending on what you are grabbing from the cupboard, these could be better alternatives

Yes - but they don't taste as good

[NotTim]

Week 15 - Mon 26/5/08
Starting Weight (kg): 138.2
Today's Weight (kg): 133.0
Movement from last week (+ or - kg): -0.1kg
Target Weight (kg): 100
Total Lost (kg): 5.2kg
Distance ridden In the last week: 159km

Still banging my head on the wall, but after the weekend I'm not surprised I didn't lose anything, went out and ate too much pretty much every meal.

Pretty sure I'm losing weight during the week, and putting it back on at the weekend

[Aushiker]

G'day

Today's Weight (kg): 96.80 kg - Overweight
Movement from last week (+ or - kg): + 1.0 kg (Aggregate - 6.8 kg)
Weight July 2007: 113 kg (- 16.2 kg)*
Target Weight (kg): 81 kg

Waist Measurement: 115.0 cm - 2.0 cm (Aggregate - 11 cm)
WHR: 1.11 (+ 0.01)
BMI Prime: 1.20 (Target range 0.74 - 1.00)

Mileage

Km ridden this week: 260.71 km
2008 Weekly Average: 189 km (+ 4 km)
2008 Predicated mileage: 9 828 km (Goal - 10,400)

Hours riding - 2008 = 302 (+ 12 hours for the week)

Cost per Km: $0.87 cash basis (- 0.06)

BikeJournal Rankings

#499 in the World (+ 23 places in the rankings)
#34 in Australia ( + 3 place in the rankings)
#12 in the Club ( - 1 place in the rankings)


* I started riding in July 2007

Regards
Andrew

[martinjs]

It's 1 year since I started riding again. At the start of May 2007 I jumped on the scales and it read over 120kilos. I didn't start strait away but had 2 weeks off to do my yearly wood cut.

After 2 weeks of that I noticed I had lost 2 kilos so decided to start riding again.
After 1 year of ridding I have lost a total of 23 kilos and a total of over 25 kilos since that day last May.

Week 17 (Since I started recording in this post)


Starting weight this year 105 kilo.

Last week 96 kilos

This Week 95 kilos change -1 kilos


Total Weight loss this year -10 kilos


Target now 92 Kilos but it's a fluid target.

Total distance ridden this week 262 kilometres
and 1/2 tonne of wood. Good week.


Bike Journal Ranking 274 up 4 positions
Country Ranking 23 rd up 2 positions.
Club Ranking 8th down 1 thanks to some blow in.

[simonn]

Weight on Monday am (26 May 2008): 83kg
Last week 83.5kg
Weekly loss: -0.5kg
Target weight: 78kg
Total distance last week: 252.47km
BJ Rank: 2350 (+157)
Oz Rank: 91 (+2)
BNA Rank: 36

[Kalgrm]

Original weight: 83kg
Today's Weight (kg): 80
Movement since last week (+ or - kg): -1
Target Weight (kg): 76

[othy]

Week #25 of cycling to lose weight.

Start - 96.0 kg
Current - 79.1 kg
Loss this week - 0.7 kg
Total Loss - 16.9 kg

Only training session was last Monday. Spent a long weekend away eating fine food in the Blue Mountains. Now I have a cold, so I don't know when I'll get to ride again - probably in a few days time.

[Mulger bill]

2008 Week 21

Weight 82.8
Loss/gain +0.1
Target 75

Say What The love handles've shrunk...

Shaun

[cavebear2]

I know I'll probably get howled down for this and I'll probably never post on this subject again.........

I did my measurements today as I have just purchased an accurate set of bathroom scales for the first time.

Height 178 cm
Waist 81 cm
Weight 67.1 kgs
BMI prime 0.85

Targets: none

[Kalgrm]

Targets: none

You can go now!

[lisanne]

Week 2
Movement: +0.3kg's
Total Loss: 0.9kg's

1 x Pilates class and 1 x 15mins on indoor trainer combined with my 20 minute walk's most mornings - very very pitiful amount of exercise due to being in lazy mode...

This week will be better although going to Sydney for work for a few days wont help.

[mikesbytes]

This week will be better although going to Sydney for work for a few days wont help.

Plenty of Pilates classes, indoor trainers and walking in Sydney

[lisanne]

This week will be better although going to Sydney for work for a few days wont help.

Plenty of Pilates classes, indoor trainers and walking in Sydney

I plan to do plenty of walking and may even check out the gym at the hotel to see if it is any good. The main problem with being in Sydney is food choices but I will do my best

This thread is actually helping with my motivation - I want to be able to put up next week that I have lost more weight and done more exercise!