Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

SingleSue

Nice walk along the prom today complete with ice cream...then onto James' work where he bought me a cup of tea.

It was lovely off the prom and quite warm but walking on the prom was blooming freezing!

Tonight while at my brother's, my shoulder locked and now it is exceedingly painful, what is worse, is that it is my left shoulder and I am left handed! Horrible drive home, so painful it made me feel sick, which I duly was as soon as we got in.

Edit - and it is the reason I am still up! Every tiny movement sends shock waves of pain through my shoulder so sleep is impossible and the only comfortable position is a sitting up one (as in bolt upright or leaning slightly forward)...and I can't sleep in that position!

Generali

Since arriving in Aus I've put on a couple of stone, largely for 2 reasons:

Eating and drinking too much
Not exercising enough

I like to blame it on the change from measuring in lbs to kg but that is just a very poor excuse. When I used to hit 11st in the UK I'd cut back on the cheese and beer a bit and it'd fall back to 10st 7lb, my ideal weight. As I'm measuring in kgs, I never hit 11st as I hit 70kg instead and didn't realise it was the same thing.

I peaked at 83kg (13 stone), my BMI is 25 at 11st and a bit although I have very muscular legs due to my cycling so that's probably not enough for me to be genuinely overweight as at 11st my waist is 30"!

Anywayhoo, I had to buy some new trousers for work because I'd grown out of my size 32" ones and decided that enough was enough and joined Weight Watchers with Mrs Generali (I think I mentioned it on here actually). This week I've had 2 breakthroughs (breaks through I think that word should be BTW, any thoughts?):

I'm back in my size 32s
I've broken the 12st barrier heading in the right direction!

Now I'm guessing most of the women that post here are serial dieters (most/all women I've met seem to be) but as a bloke in his 40s it's been a fascinating process as I've never been on a diet before. It's easier than I thought it would be in some ways but I have struggled with that hungry all the blimmin' time thing.

In other news, you can all get off your bottoms and get on with things because as the younger Generalissimo announced today, "Bigger people have more energy than kids because they've got more room to keep the energy in".

Now in Physics terms I have no doubt that is true. If you set fire to me then I'd generate a lot more energy than my 20kg daughter, if I move at any particular speed I'd have a lot more kinetic energy than my daughter and if I sit on my bike at the top of a hill I've a lot more potential energy. However, I suspect that isn't what she meant.

michaels

Congrats on moving in the right direction.

I find I feel starving at work in the week when I am bored but eat much less at the weekend when I'm not. Still the only reason my BMI is reasonable is because I have no muscle at all, depending on the brand I find some 32 waist trousers too tight My point being don't be too harsh on yourself, I suspect you are one of the fittest and healthiest nice people.

Generali

michaels wrote: »

Congrats on moving in the right direction.

I find I feel starving at work in the week when I am bored but eat much less at the weekend when I'm not. Still the only reason my BMI is reasonable is because I have no muscle at all, depending on the brand I find some 32 waist trousers too tight My point being don't be too harsh on yourself, I suspect you are one of the fittest and healthiest nice people.

Oh, I'm not being harsh on myself really.

There are 2 things with my weight that bother me:

1. Carrying extra weight is no good at all for long distance cycling as each kg you have to carry a long way!
2. I've always maintained that if you are putting on weight, not because you are ill but because you are noshing too much grub, there has to come a point where you say, "Enough!". This was that point.

My legs are pretty big. My thighs are about 24" around at a guess, perhaps a little more and my calves are 16" around. I was in a bike shop the other week and they had a great pair of cycling shorts in the discount bin. There was no label or size on them so I tried them on as there was clearly a deal to be struck. I said I couldn't get them over my thighs to the shop owner. "Show off," was his response. There aren't many places where that would be the reply!

My body used to be pretty scrawny but age and carrying kids around has bulked me up a bit. It's a bit annoying because that's all extra weight to carry on the bike too. Fat or muscle, it's all the same. Muscular legs are ok because they speed you up as well as slowing you down. It also means you have to eat more when you ride and I have trouble getting enough down on a big ride as it is!

The rule of thumb is 1g carbs per 1kg of body mass per hour of riding. At 70kg, a muesli bar about every 30mins and a bidon of Powerade per hour is fine. At 85kg I need to up the muesli bars to 3 an hour which means carrying and eating an extra 6 on a 150km ride. Not that I've done 150km for a couple of years.

Nikkster

michaels wrote: »

Congrats on moving in the right direction.

I find I feel starving at work in the week when I am bored but eat much less at the weekend when I'm not. Still the only reason my BMI is reasonable is because I have no muscle at all, depending on the brand I find some 32 waist trousers too tight My point being don't be too harsh on yourself, I suspect you are one of the fittest and healthiest nice people.

I'm still on the 5:2 'diet', which is by far the longest I've ever stuck to any kind of diet plan (3 months and counting now). My weight is nudging down slowly, which is fine because at least it is moving in that direction for once. I've definitely noticed some changes (my watch is looser, I've had to put a stitch in the waistband of my work trousers - not quite in the next size down yet). I've also had slightly raised blood pressure since as long as I can remember (definitely since starting The Pill at Uni, but that is prob just the first time it started getting measured), and last month it was in the 'normal range'.

I've also started doing more exercise, so its probably the diet + exercise (+ feeling generally more settled...). I definitely prefer 'fasting' for 2 days rather than 'dieting' all week

misskool

I don't diet but then again, I've never had a healthy BMI.

I have been the same weight (+/- 2kg) since I was 15 so I guess I'm meant to be this for a while.

I do about 3 hours of exercise a week at gym (although 1 is mostly pilates so it's not really sweaty stuff) and if the weather isn't vilest of vile, about 4-6 hours in the garden/allotment at the weekend. Garden time is decreased/increased based on season. I may do an extra hour or two of bootcamp a week in the summer.

sss555s

Generali wrote: »

I peaked at 83kg (13 stone), my BMI is 25 at 11st and a bit although I have very muscular legs due to my cycling so that's probably not enough for me to be genuinely overweight as at 11st my waist is 30"!

Anywayhoo, I had to buy some new trousers for work because I'd grown out of my size 32" ones and decided that enough was enough and joined Weight Watchers with Mrs Generali (I think I mentioned it on here actually). This week I've had 2 breakthroughs (breaks through I think that word should be BTW, any thoughts?):

I'm back in my size 32s
I've broken the 12st barrier heading in the right direction!

Now I'm guessing most of the women that post here are serial dieters (most/all women I've met seem to be) but as a bloke in his 40s it's been a fascinating process as I've never been on a diet before. It's easier than I thought it would be in some ways but I have struggled with that hungry all the blimmin' time thing.

You must be around 5'5". I'm also into 32's for the first time in a while, 12.5, 5'11" and BMI 23.7

Nikkster wrote: »

I'm still on the 5:2 'diet', which is by far the longest I've ever stuck to any kind of diet plan (3 months and counting now).

I've also started doing more exercise, so its probably the diet + exercise (+ feeling generally more settled...). I definitely prefer 'fasting' for 2 days rather than 'dieting' all week

I have been doing my "change of diet" since after the new year also. To me it's more about what you eat than exercise that makes the biggest difference in weight loss though like misskool, I exercise 3 times per week at the moment.

Looking forward to the summer holidays helps too but I hope to eat a healthier diet from now on.

Generali

I'm 5'6"/167cm.

Yeah, reducing my food intake has worked wonders. Cutting down on the booze has helped too. I drink too much so drinking less has to be a good thing.

zagubov

I've never been on a weightwatchers diet but would be smart to do so. I know people who've done it and it's got good reports. I gather it makes you think about what you actually need to survive on and it turns out that's a lot less than we consume out of habit. Plus it doesn't forbid very much and allows you to treat yourself which must be good for motivation.

I walk the dog every day (what's Wheezy up to these days?) but don't get much exercise otherwise.

Intrigued by the 5:2 business, nikkster - is that what I think it is - an alternating fast/feast programme?

michaels

Nikkster wrote: »

I'm still on the 5:2 'diet', which is by far the longest I've ever stuck to any kind of diet plan (3 months and counting now). My weight is nudging down slowly, which is fine because at least it is moving in that direction for once. I've definitely noticed some changes (my watch is looser, I've had to put a stitch in the waistband of my work trousers - not quite in the next size down yet). I've also had slightly raised blood pressure since as long as I can remember (definitely since starting The Pill at Uni, but that is prob just the first time it started getting measured), and last month it was in the 'normal range'.

I've also started doing more exercise, so its probably the diet + exercise (+ feeling generally more settled...). I definitely prefer 'fasting' for 2 days rather than 'dieting' all week

Hi Nikki

I'm hoping we have seen less of you recently because you have been busy...

Does 5:2 mean you don't eat at all for 48 hours? Someone told me that 18 hours was enough so you could eat early on Friday night and be allowed to eat again by Saturday lunchtime which didn't sound like a fast to me at all?