Weight Watcher's Thread

[ColinJ]

Now down to 14 st 5 lbs!

And now 14 st 4 lbs ... The scales actually displayed 14 st 3 lbs this morning, but I won't trust them until I see it another couple of times during the daily ups and downs. I hope to be 13 st 'x' lbs by April.

My ultimate goal is to end up somewhere between 12 st 0 lbs and 12 st 7 lbs and to have a 32" waist again for the first time in about 12 years.

 

[billy1561]

If i see a new low on the scale Colin i grab it with both hands. Its different if my weight goes up though, i get on and off in different parts of the bathroom and finally recalibrate it just in case lol.

 

[ColinJ]

If i see a new low on the scale Colin i grab it with both hands. Its different if my weight goes up though, i get on and off in different parts of the bathroom and finally recalibrate it just in case lol.

It would make more sense wouldn't it - accept the lowest reading rather than trying to calculate a running average! The average does give a better idea of the underlying trend though.

 

[billy1561]

I guess the most accurate way would be same day of the week after first toilet visit from waking. That way there is some consistency. However, if like me being a shift worker there is no regular day of the week so not quite the same consistency. Near enough for me though.

 

[ColinJ]

TBH - I am pretty in tune with my body and I can usually tell whether my weight is up, down or about the same before I even get on the scales.

I'm beginning to get a proper waistline back for the first time in about 6 years. I remember last time I lost weight, that people started commenting on it once I got below 14 stone. That is where I start to look flabby rather than fat.

Below 13 stone I look fine but my cycling is better when I am close to 12 stone so that is where I want to be.

I don't want to go below 12 stone again though because I got horribly skinny last time and that doesn't feel like my natural build.

 

[Kies]

If i see a new low on the scale Colin i grab it with both hands. Its different if my weight goes up though, i get on and off in different parts of the bathroom and finally recalibrate it just in case lol.

This is so me

 

[Biscuit]

TBH - I am pretty in tune with my body and I can usually tell whether my weight is up, down or about the same before I even get on the scales.

I'm beginning to get a proper waistline back for the first time in about 6 years. I remember last time I lost weight, that people started commenting on it once I got below 14 stone. That is where I start to look flabby rather than fat.

Below 13 stone I look fine but my cycling is better when I am close to 12 stone so that is where I want to be.

I don't want to go below 12 stone again though because I got horribly skinny last time and that doesn't feel like my natural build.

I found 13st was my natural healthy weight and stopped there last time. Still need to shift a stone, but think that's doable. Despite all the charts and guidelines etc, You kinda know when you're at the right healthy weight don't you. Onward my friend! :-)

 

[potsy]

I guess the most accurate way would be same day of the week after first toilet visit from waking. That way there is some consistency. However, if like me being a shift worker there is no regular day of the week so not quite the same consistency. Near enough for me though.

Shift work here too so I choose Sunday morning which is working out well for me, whichever shift I'm on I am always off then.
Like Colin said, you do tend to know whether the result will be good or bad before you step onto the scales most of the time, if ever I get an unexpected result I'll weigh myself again the following day at work to see if their scales agree

 

[ColinJ]

One of the reasons that I don't trust my ancient digital scales is that they are inconistent. I've sometimes seen a 2 pound
difference just by getting off them and then back on them again. My averaging technique eliminates that problem and also smooths out variations due to timing of weighings vs those of meals and toilet visits.

I just look for the trend so one day's result doesn't really bother me. I reckon if I weighed myself now, I'd probably register 14-6 because I ate much later than usual last night (21:15). Hang on ... ha ha, the result was - 14-6!

 

[RWright]

Had blood pressure checked today and from being told i should consider medication to control it 2 years ago, its now in the normal range. Delighted.
Cycling has been my inspiration for weight loss and associated benefit

That is great to hear. I feel the same way about cycling. I got back on the bikes less than a week before I found out my blood pressure was really high. I am still on medication but am hoping I can get off them eventually too. I wouldn't have a problem with maybe taking a half an aspirin a day or something but I want off all the other stuff. My blood pressure had been much lower with medications and riding but I am still on a few of the medications.

During my last Dr. visit in January I asked about getting off some of them. He said yes I think I am going to take you off the diuretic you are on. I sort of started pouting about that one. I said I haven't had to get up out of bed during the night to pee since I have been on those. He said that isn't exactly what they are for but he just cut my dosage in half and kept me on it. I go back for a 90 day check up on the 19th of this month, I do hope to get off some of the other medications after then. I am on 4 total now besides aspirin. I don't monitor my BP so I have no idea how it will look but hopefully it is better. I feel ok and have lost more weight since last visit so hopefully my BP has improved as well.

 

[Rob3rt]

Another gone!

Current weight: 12 st 1 lbs
Previous weight: 12 st 2 lbs
Loss this week: 1 lbs
Original weight: 13 st 1lbs
Total loss: 1 st (14 lbs)

Loving the effortless feel of climbing these days. HC season looks set to be a good one as long as I keep the weight off.

 

[RWright]

After week 10:

from 234.4 to 233.0

Keeping it moving in the right direction but was sort of a disappointing week. I was hoping to go under 230 with the extra work I was doing on the bike, but I had some sugar cravings that I gave in to. Was sort of strange because these were the same candy and super sweet pastries that I used for pedaling fuel before I was even a teenager. I did however load up on frozen blueberries, blackberries and strawberries until the fresh start coming in. I can control the amount of sugar I put in these, rather than eat some of the super high calorie candy and pastries.

I also noticed I have a sore and scratchy throat after my rides yesterday. I have stayed in the bed all day and think I have avoided a severe chest cold, I think this will now turn into a one week and done cold rather than a two or three week nightmare. I am staying off the bike today and hopefully let this chest cold go away quickly.

 

[Rob3rt]

After week 10:

from 234.4 to 233.0

Keeping it moving in the right direction but was sort of a disappointing week. I was hoping to go under 230 with the extra work I was doing on the bike, but I had some sugar cravings that I gave in to. Was sort of strange because these were the same candy and super sweet pastries that I used for pedaling fuel before I was even a teenager. I did however load up on frozen blueberries, blackberries and strawberries until the fresh start coming in. I can control the amount of sugar I put in these, rather than eat some of the super high calorie candy and pastries.

I also noticed I have a sore and scratchy throat after my rides yesterday. I have stayed in the bed all day and think I have avoided a severe chest cold, I think this will now turn into a one week and done cold rather than a two or three week nightmare. I am staying off the bike today and hopefully let this chest cold go away quickly.

I have had the same thing, I think it is possibly just the cold air on my chest, but I am being cautious, last week I had an "easy" week, this week I have my 1st race of the season, so won't be smashing myself to bits until then, lets hope neither of our ailments progress to become problematic.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I lost 4 pounds in the last week (probably would have been more if I had not eaten and entire packet of Haribo last night ) no fasting involved I have just changed from eating ready meals to eating all fresh fruit and veg and having a juice in the morning from my new juicer, also I used to get heartburn a lot and that has completley gone now.

One thing I have noticed is that I am a lot less stressed and less tired, and when I got up on sunday at 6am I felt like I had a ton of energy in me. Usually on a sunday I get up at dinner time and watch a lot of tv, this sunday I got up a 6am did some decorating then washed the car at 7:30 then went out on my bike and did 42 hilly miles then did some more decorating in the afternoon.

The other thing I noticed was this morning after chomping the bag of Haribo I could feel some stress coming back so I will lay off the sweets and see what happens.

 

[Rob3rt]

I lost 4 pounds in the last week (probably would have been more if I had not eaten and entire packet of Haribo last night ) no fasting involved I have just changed from eating ready meals to eating all fresh fruit and veg and having a juice in the morning from my new juicer, also I used to get heartburn a lot and that has completley gone now.

One thing I have noticed is that I am a lot less stressed and less tired, and when I got up on sunday at 6am I felt like I had a ton of energy in me. Usually on a sunday I get up at dinner time and watch a lot of tv, this sunday I got up a 6am did some decorating then washed the car at 7:30 then went out on my bike and did 42 hilly miles then did some more decorating in the afternoon.

The other thing I noticed was this morning after chomping the bag of Haribo I could feel some stress coming back so I will lay off the sweets and see what happens.

Suggestion, the stress you felt was possibly just a bit of guilt after necking a load of sweets!