Weight / Fat loss

You could try putting a known weight on them to calibrate? A few bags of sugar or something?
Some fluctuation is normal I think, but if it's regular like that and you can't correlate it with big/small meals or rides or anything then something probably is up.

@Grand-Wizard-Goma-Sauce nope keep em flat.

and @alialias good idea, will see if i can get something to test them with. the fluctuations have no tie with anything like massive rides or big dinners etc , so it is odd.

I think I'd really like to get down to 85kg - which is 3.5kg.

I've mostly been 88-89kg for the past 2 yrs. portion control/beer is probably the biggest test :'(

My Tanitas do the same, first reading is usually 1kg higher than the second. Stored flat etc. Annoying.

I could do with a partner/competitor to motivate me- I'm a long way from fit now.

Ideally the contest would be lean mass vs wobble mass %, plus something like w/kg so the relative size would not come into it.

i.e. I'm 187cm, 81.5kg, and w/kg is likely at around 2.5.

I'd like to get back to ~78kg and as close to 4 w/kg as possible. I was at this point a few years ago before I became a lazy fattie and would like to get back to it as I enjoyed the bike a lot more.

Could also throw in a sub-20 5k as a target.

Any takers?

Cool idea

Oooh, seriously tempted. Though I'd need some proper measuring equipment.

And I'm waiting on an appointment date for a treadmill ECG test to (hopefully) give me the green like to properly push myself. I can safely do subthreshold efforts though, so sweetspot and FTP building should be okay?

That's interesting. What do you mean first and second reading? You weigh yourself, turn them off, then go again?

And yeh it is annoying me a lot now. You can't really track trends too easily either as you never know exactly what your weight actually is

Correct, I do the whole weigh-in process twice because of the inconsistencies. Without load the scales rock slightly because the feet don't sit flush on the floor which I wonder might be the problem.

Oooh, seriously tempted. Though I'd need some proper measuring equipment.

And I'm waiting on an appointment date for a treadmill ECG test to (hopefully) give me the green like to properly push myself. I can safely do subthreshold efforts though, so sweetspot and FTP building should be okay?

I've got a pair of body-composition scales, but I would imagine it'd make most sense for both parties to have the same ones? Other than that I have a powermeter and a Garmin, I think that's all that would be needed.

I can do an FTP test tomorrow, it'd be horrific (tested at 245 last year then sat on my arse ever since), but would provide a baseline. Let me know if you're interested in doing this - we should pick a day of the month for fat% and FTP testing.

Mine do that too! Bit of a basic problem eh. Good idea doing two weighs. You do them consecutively I presume?

My Tanita scales are constant as the northern star. I also believe in them as they're @hippy endorsed. Just wish they were bluetooth/wifi capable.

My scales seem to be about 10kgs out whenever I stand on them.....

I could get a pair of Tanita if they are the hive mind approved scale du jour?

Yeah, they've been indy tested and are as accurate as anyone needs at home.

As for 1.5kg weight fluctuations in 3 days... my weight can vary that much in 3hrs so I don't see it as an issue. I could understand being worried if you were getting those readings within a 5min multiple weigh in but over three days, that variation seems totally normal.

Without load the scales rock slightly because the feet don't sit flush on the floor which I wonder might be the problem

Find a solid base where they don't rock. Try to position the scales in the same spot each time. If the strain gauges aren't loaded the same each time, your not going to get consistent or accurate results.

Your never going to get really consistent day to day readings either, as fluid/food in/out will vary a bit...
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Which model of Tanita?

My scales said 117kg yesterday. They must be way off, as I feel much heavier when going uphill.

Maybe I should be thinking more WWE than UCI..

going uphill.

There is your problem. Always stay on the flat bor.
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I could get some Tanita scales.

The problem that I have is my dodgy heart. I reckon 8-10 minutes at what should be threshold power, or thereabout, and my heart starts to go iffy. Garmin HRM shoots from ~180bpm to 230, finger to neck suggests that heart is skipping beats. I'm waiting on the test to give me the okay to ignore it, but until then the Doc gave me orders to ride how I like but only so hard that this doesn't happen. An FTP test would mean 10-12 minutes in that state.

Wonder whether it would be worth doing a 20 minute test right at the limit of that state occurring and taking that power as a measure.

I'm a little out of my depth here but would assume that we need to define a test that both of us can do, then do that- a test that doesn't kill you would be ideal. If it's a 20 min sub-threshold then that's fine, my question is how do you define sub threshold?

We could use HR bands but mine (48 rhr and ~175ish at maximum sustainable) might not map to yours?

I'd be up for this. Need to update my FTP in the next few days anyway.

Is there any other metric that could be used instead of BF%? I don't have nor want to buy fancy scales.

Always stay on the flat You're not allowed to leave Norfolk!

D:

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Maybe we should just create Tindr profiles and compete on Likes?