Overweight to Raceweight goal

[Fnstein]

Sorry for the late weigh in - down a massive 100g to 80.6kg. Hardly worth recording!

[BionicBetty]

Sounds as if you have a really sound approach, you'll get there in the end and, more important, stay there - which wouldn't be the case if you went for a quicker crash diet. I too focus on nutrition, but I've had to realise that the healthiest food can result in weight gain if one eats too much of it. I suggest you do another food diary and see what has changed since you gave up bread - perhaps you have replaced it with something MORE calorific? And long term, giving up all cereals is a bit iffy - they are important for fibre & B vitamins. I have recently been inspired by Dean Ornish's book "The Spectrum" which is on healthy behaviours in general, especially foods. He has also published a book entirely on weight control "Eat More Weigh Less" but I haven't read it. Finally, I suggest you buy some scales, preferably with fat% monitor built in and weigh yourself EVERY MORNING. I find this quick feedback very motivating. Reading your fat% helps show whether weight gain/loss is due to a change in hydration/fluid retention. Good luck!

Yes I think some scales that read fat % might be good, as my actually weight doesn't matter as much as what that reading says. The second book you mentioned I have heard of & applied similar principles 3 years ago & went on to lost 4 stone but I know I don't each as much as that now, so maybe that's another thing to change?

[DrPatrickBarry]

Yes I think some scales that read fat %

How do they do that?

[whichwaytothepub]

Bio-impedance.

Basically, they shove a few volts into one foot, and see how many come back out of the other foot. From the results, they can estimate body fat percentage.

Very inaccurate, I believe.

[plodding bear]

I got weighed today - think I've just about lost the '.2' kilos from the last one!
So, no real weight loss to speak of this week, although my waist is 4cm slimmer. I know why though - too many (albeit healthy) snacks and no running this week.
Hey ho, the battle goes on!

[Alexandra]

Yes I think some scales that read fat % might be good, as my actually weight doesn't matter as much as what that reading says. The second book you mentioned I have heard of & applied similar principles 3 years ago & went on to lost 4 stone but I know I don't each as much as that now, so maybe that's another thing to change?

Unfortunately every year as we grow older, from a pretty young age onwards, our metabolism slows and we need fewer calories. So every year we need to adjust - eat less &/or exercise more than last year. Also, the lighter we are the fewer calories we need, so when we have slimmed down we have to eat less to maintain that weight loss - something that is rarely made clear, I imagine because it is so discouraging. However, this sounds worse than it is. I am aware that I eat about half of what I once did, but I don't feel deprived at all. It does mean that healthy eating becomes more & more vital, we can afford less junk in our diet as the calories diminish. It's like being financially poorer - wise decisions become crucial.

[Alexandra]

Bio-impedance.

Basically, they shove a few volts into one foot, and see how many come back out of the other foot. From the results, they can estimate body fat percentage.

Very inaccurate, I believe.

All ways of measuring fat% available to the general public are inaccurate, but I still think they are a lot better than nothing. Bathroom scales are inaccurate too. The trick is always to weigh oneself & monitor one's fat % on the same scales at the same time of day for the purpose of comparison and spotting trends. However crude, the fat% monitor prevents people from imagining that they have lost fat when they are just dehydrated, or gained fat when in fact they are suffering from fluid retention.

Some more expensive fat% monitors have hand grips so as to monitor the upper body as well as monitoring the lower through foot pads. I have never used one of these.

[Alexandra]

I got weighed today - think I've just about lost the '.2' kilos from the last one!
So, no real weight loss to speak of this week, although my waist is 4cm slimmer. I know why though - too many (albeit healthy) snacks and no running this week.
Hey ho, the battle goes on!

I think you should congratulate yourself on the 4cm off your waist. IMO a tape measure is more accurate than scales.

[plodding bear]

Cheers Alex, I wan't too disheartened as I already knew where I'd gone wrong. I'm happy with the lost cms, I just want the weight down to make the running easier!

[DrPatrickBarry]

Well that's my figures added to your table, nice job posting that table...

Silent Runner you need to re-edit your post to delete the quote section from around the table before re-posting it. that is [ QUOTE=DrPatrickBarry View Post;473884] and the closing quote after the table ([/QUOTE]).

We cannot re-post the table if you do not.


Pat.