Patt0 wrote:Patt0 wrote:
August 25
WtHtr = 0.43
Weight=79kg
Waist= 79cm
Sept 08
WtHtr = 0.43
Weight=78kg
Waist= 79cm
My goal was 78kg albeit date was july. That is 20kg loss since christmas 2016. One jerry can less I am dragging up the hills.
I thought I was smug because losing weight has actually saved me money, where it seems that people believe it costs money. Well I had to replace my wardrobe contents. All new except for some 30yr old clothes that I never threw out.
Interesting experience, I may divulge some of in the diet thread.
If you have posted in this thread I have been rooting for you. May you also succeed.
Patt0
Well done Patt0!
I'm down about 18kg since my fattest days in mid-2015. I know exactly what you mean about the cost of clothes. I had to replace all of my trousers and shorts, and now I am starting to replace those replacements! I have managed to hang on to a lot of shirts and t-shirts up until now. They have just gone from a tightish fit to a baggy fit - but I will need to replace them soon. After all, what's the point in being slimmer if I am going to hide it under a baggy shirt.
I even had to resize the metal band on my wrist watch.
I must admit that I read the diet thread with a bit of detached amusement, because I feel like a bit of a fraud - I haven't had to do anything like that or try too hard. I've just ridden my bike a lot and stopped eating quite so much junk.
I don't even really have a target weight. Instead, I have some target cycling goals.
One thing that I did was cut down on sugar. It's only a tiny thing, but I went cold turkey from having 2 sugars in tea or coffee to just 1 initially, and now none in coffee. I didn't do it for "sugar is poison" reasons - I did it because I had a bit of a sweet tooth. That sweet tooth was getting sweeter; I'd starting wanting more sugar to make my coffee taste good, and I liked other sweet junk food. Those few teaspoons of sugar in my tea and coffee each day made very little difference by themself but now I don't find myself wanting to eat other sweet stuff. For example, I've barely had a soft drink in months - I just don't want it. Conversely, I've had a mild dose of the flu over the last week, and I really, really wanted a can of coke the other day. So I had one - and it was good : )
Other than cutting on down on eating rubbish, I've also tried to not eat too much. Just a little bit of portion control.
Maybe all of my weight loss so far has been the easy stuff, and maybe it will get harder. On the other hand, I still look in the mirror and see obvious fat around my waist, so I might be able to keep going like this for a while.