Nutrition Advice - Want to maintain weight

[c.baker51]

Hi Guys and Girls,

I'm 6ft, and before I started cycling to work (11 miles each way), I was a comfortable 12 stone...... Which worked for me. I've always had trouble putting weight on (I know - i'm a B*****d)..... But it sucks when people refer to you as skinny, or ill looking.

Well, since cycling I've lost nearly a stone. I'm 11.1 at the mo, and would like to prevent losing any more - ideally get back to 12 stone......... Any Advice on what to eat etc.
Also - I play squash 3 times a week

Thanks

 

[Joffey]

Fish and Chips. Every night. (My idea of heaven)

 

[c.baker51]

Lol - sounds like a plan

 

[S-Express]

Hi Guys and Girls,

I'm 6ft, and before I started cycling to work (11 miles each way), I was a comfortable 12 stone...... Which worked for me. I've always had trouble putting weight on (I know - i'm a B*****d)..... But it sucks when people refer to you as skinny, or ill looking.

Well, since cycling I've lost nearly a stone. I'm 11.1 at the mo, and would like to prevent losing any more - ideally get back to 12 stone......... Any Advice on what to eat etc.
Also - I play squash 3 times a week

Thanks

Whether you like it or not, 12 stone at 6ft puts you firmly in the upper end of the NHS height/weight chart. Friends will refer to you as 'skinny' as a way of saying you are thinner than you were - which you obviously are. They probably have no idea whether you are the correct weight for your height or not, they just know that you are thinner/lighter than you used to be. Unless the person who referred to you as 'ill looking' was a doctor, then I would probably dismiss that comment in the same way.

11 - 11.5st is pretty much where you should be for your height - especially if you are cycling and playing squash regularly.

 

[Kajjal]

As long as you feel fine just forget about it. As you get older eventually the opposite happens

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Whether you like it or not, 12 stone at 6ft puts you firmly in the upper end of the NHS height/weight chart. Friends will refer to you as 'skinny' as a way of saying you are thinner than you were - which you obviously are. They probably have no idea whether you are the correct weight for your height or not, they just know that you are thinner/lighter than you used to be. Unless the person who referred to you as 'ill looking' was a doctor, then I would probably dismiss that comment in the same way.

11 - 11.5st is pretty much where you should be for your height - especially if you are cycling and playing squash regularly.

Referring to BMI? Your standards are slipping

 

[S-Express]

Referring to BMI? Your standards are slipping

It's just a guide. There are a few things in life for which absolute precision is essential, but I'm not sure this is one of them.

 

[c.baker51]

Whether you like it or not, 12 stone at 6ft puts you firmly in the upper end of the NHS height/weight chart. Friends will refer to you as 'skinny' as a way of saying you are thinner than you were - which you obviously are. They probably have no idea whether you are the correct weight for your height or not, they just know that you are thinner/lighter than you used to be. Unless the person who referred to you as 'ill looking' was a doctor, then I would probably dismiss that comment in the same way.

11 - 11.5st is pretty much where you should be for your height - especially if you are cycling and playing squash regularly.

Thanks for that, I just looked (probably should've before) at the NHS chart, and yes you're right - I'm bang in the middle of the green scale

 

[stalagmike]

BMI scale aside. If you want to appear less skinny then you need to put muscle on. And the way to do that is weights and protein. Don't go crazy though. Maybe change one of your squash sessions for a bit of circuit training in the gym. Concentrate on shoulders and arms if you want to get 'hench'.

 

[dim]

carry on cycling and loosing the fat .... as long as you don't go hungry, you will be a lot healthier and fitter

if you want to look fat, dress differently.... such as wearing a mexican poncho or a onsea

 

[vickster]

BMI scale aside. If you want to appear less skinny then you need to put muscle on. And the way to do that is weights and protein. Don't go crazy though. Maybe change one of your squash sessions for a bit of circuit training in the gym. Concentrate on shoulders and arms if you want to get 'hench'.

Does 'hench' mean 'like the missing link'?

 

[Kajjal]

Does 'hench' mean 'like the missing link'?

Beefcake!!!!!!!

 

[vickster]

Beefcake!!!!!!!

Eww

 

[Kajjal]

 

[c.baker51]

Hahaha - i'm not looking to be "massive..!!"...... Just conscious that i'm burning a fair few calories at the moment, and wondering if others here had the same issue, and how they were dealing with it.
I seem to have stopped losing weight now, and have levelled out at 11.1. I'll be ok with that as long as I don't go below 11.....
Cheers guys