CUK Fat Club

[mudskipper]

Waist/Hip ratio is supposed to be a better measurement.

[Lockhouse]

Weight Loss Report Week 1

According to the scales at Boots, in seven days I've gone from 13st 13lb to 13st 6lb.

Dead chuffed with that - 1/2 stone in my first week. I've been cycling to work, no booze, no potatoes and a combination of Weightwatchers and calorie counting.

I expect slower progress this week but I'll stick at it.

[BrilloPad]

According to the scales at Boots, in seven days I've gone from 13st 13lb to 13st 6lb.

Dead chuffed with that - 1/2 stone in my first week. I've been cycling to work, no booze, no potatoes and a combination of Weightwatchers and calorie counting.

I expect slower progress this week but I'll stick at it.

Very well done! But as you say, probably less progress this week. In the first week your carb store tends to deplete so you lose water. Personally I tend to lose bigin week 1, then stay the same in weeks 2-5 as I gain muscle against losing fat.

Keep up the good work!

[norrahe]

According to the scales at Boots, in seven days I've gone from 13st 13lb to 13st 6lb.

Dead chuffed with that - 1/2 stone in my first week. I've been cycling to work, no booze, no potatoes and a combination of Weightwatchers and calorie counting.

I expect slower progress this week but I'll stick at it.

Best to try and lose it slowly, a friend of mine lost weight too rapidly and ended up with horribly saggy skin as a result.

If you lose it slowly you are more likely to keep the weight off.

[Lockhouse]

Best to try and lose it slowly, a friend of mine lost weight too rapidly and ended up with horribly saggy skin as a result.

If you lose it slowly you are more likely to keep the weight off.

Indeed. I'm not crash dieting though or going mad with exercise (in fact I have a bad back which is one of the reasons I need to lose weight, so can't do much apart from cycling anyway). I expect progress to slow up this week.

One of the things that's made it easier is the missus' cooking - she cooked some great meals last week from various low fat and Weightwatcher cookbooks. It helps a lot as I really love my food.

[d000hg]

People just aren't taking responsibility for their diet or health and then wonder why they are overweight.

Leading a desk-based life, it's really very easy to go wrong though.

Mmm, fancy some chips now.

[MarillionFan]

Leading a desk-based life, it's really very easy to go wrong though.

Mmm, fancy some chips now.

I think if I wasn't an IT contractor stuck at a desk then I'd have probably been a crocodile wrestler.

[norrahe]

Leading a desk-based life, it's really very easy to go wrong though.

Mmm, fancy some chips now.

It's also the case of making an effort to keep fit, but also having the time to do so.
Certainly didn't have the time in the UK, 4 hour commute every day and the last thing I wanted to do is to come home and drive half an hour to the gym

[mudskipper]

I find motivation for excercise the problem. Especially since my cycle buddies moved away / got new boyfriend. Easy to think "I'll go out later" and never quite get round to it. Need to set myself a goal. Thinking maybe one of those 'sprint' (in my case distance, not speed!) triathlon things.

Went to ClientCo canteen for soup today. Mulligatawny - yeuch. And he had fantastic looking roast pork with all the trimmings (although I did forego the crackling as a nod to the diet). Nom nom nom.

[Lockhouse]

Went to ClientCo canteen for soup today. Mulligatawny - yeuch. And he had fantastic looking roast pork with all the trimmings (although I did forego the crackling as a nod to the diet). Nom nom nom.

Small salmon sushi salad from Itsu (280 cal) + big pot of edemame beans for me.