Weight loss accountability/support 2022 edition

Dexa scans sound like geekery fun. Also going for the fake 1 hour cycle commute 3 times a week.
Shifted to 1500 calories a day using Nutracheck app. Will see how that goes for a month!

When I was significantly lighter I did a Dexa scan. They are indeed good geekery fun.

I'd quite like to start wearing a tracker of some sort. I don't really get on with Oura rings, and don't really want a watch as I wear an analogue watch. This somewhat limits my options :-)

Mmm I can’t wear a watch or ring at work so rules that out for me. Rely on my phone in my pocket for steps etc at the mo

I'd quite like to start wearing a tracker of some sort. I don't really get on with Oura rings, and don't really want a watch as I wear an analogue watch. This somewhat limits my options :-)

Withings Watch?

Gonna join this one.

Current 72kg
Goal 60kg by end of 2022
(170cm height)

Got down to 64kg at some point last year, hit a plateau around 65kg, got a few injuries (so no exercise) and then xmas happened.

Main plan is to get a ton of exercise in and more controlled and heathier eating.

Have the Withings Body+
Not convinced of it's accuracy, in terms of fat/water percentages etc.
Main thing is to use one device for measurement as it's 'inaccuracy' will be consistent and you can monitor how your levels change over time.

For the cost of the thing, I don't feel you get your money's worth over a dumb scale. That being said I am a sucker for anything gadget related and very good at spending money!

This is very similar to me in terms of current weight, current 5k time and goal 5k time!

6’1” 86kg at the moment. Want to punch it down to 83kg - but more importantly redistribute a bit.

I do no dedicated upper body / abs exercise so less beer and some exercise for exercise sake (targeted rather than just being active).

Yeah. could do.

Despite my desperate desire for geekiness, I like having an actual analogue mechanism on my arm for telling the time. There is no logic in that.

I appreciate that reporting on a day by day basis may be a touch granular but, having weighed myself 24 hours on from yesterday, I’m rather disappointed to have gained 2.1kg.

Fridge door graph is now annotated “sub optimal progress”

Dexa scan does sound good but, in light of the above, I’m unsure if I’m emotionally prepared for the results.

I think a Dexa scan would reveal that I'm currently composed of 50% cheese and 50% pastry :-(

Normally I’m pretty good at spotting calorific content of foods, but I have seriously under estimated Bombay mix
100g is about 500cal
That’s my kryptonite right there. Me n the kid were eating about 200g a night.

I actually got on my bike today. Only 22km, but at least I was moving and enjoying it.

Does anyone listen to the Huberman Lab podcasts? Good one on Habit forming in the last few days

Granular is fine.
Though 2.1kg in a day is mostly water retention from yesterday.
Unless you were very dehydrated yesterday, in which case the current weight might be where you’re really starting from…

Between the burrito bowl salad (no rice) for lunch, steak and ratatouille for dinner, and and a full bag of cherry tomatoes for myself, I must have eaten the equivalent of 1kg of tomatoes today. Fortunately one of the foods you can practically eat unlimited quantities of.

(98kg at 1.73cm) but I could still do a sub 25min 5k

That’s good going. It’s my target to get back to sub 25’s. Today was 25.52 so way off but hopefully it will come down in line with weight loss.

Sadly I haven't run for 3 weeks, and looking back that last "fast" (for me) run was in March 2021. Most of my running since then has been gentle (to keep HR down) or with my 11yo daughter and she doesn't get near 5min/km (well, not for any sustained time).

Anyway my plan is:-

• no booze at home
  
• back into running, swimming and cycling
  
• portion control
  

Joining the theme - becoming a Dad, lost commutes and not moving around an office and home snack accessibility have conspired to no weight change but quite a physical change.

Dropping beers, snacks and adding in one basic body weight strength workout per day for starters - let’s see if I can maintain for a month.

Remarkable how low the bar is in general: my vitality point targets are easy to hit despite essentially being a sedentary lump.

Useful podcasts for sure. Like the idea of lynchpin habits. Ta for sharing

Woke up in the night and had to get a snack. Think I need to revise down my daily calorie deficit!

Ugh, I need this thread. 67kg, 176cm, which puts me bang in the middle of the green on BMI but visible belly, awful aerobic fitness, heaviest I've ever been and knowing that I should be about 62 tops (and my climbing weight is 58) says otherwise.

Reasons: Horrible sciatica from July '20, then foot drop from Feb '21 totally messed up my fitness. Could walk with the sciatica but couldn't cycle, then the foot drop meant I couldn't do either. Had an op on my spine to sort both out in August and walked 600 miles in 4 months but it just doesn't take the weight off like cycling. Add in losing commute and having a sweet tooth which has come back - was eating healthily in the months after the op but it's gone to pot, especially in the run up to Christmas - and I know I'm lucky I've not gained more.

I've never set weight loss goals before so have no idea what's reasonable, but I want to get to 60 by the summer, so that's 7kg to lose. Would 64 by March and 60 by June ish seem reasonable?

All makes sense just hasn’t been the most motivational of starts!!

I’m 183cm and bang on 100kg this morning.

I’ve lost a kilo of initial glycogen/water/faeces since 1 Jan.

I want to get to 80kg for June, which is 20kg or three stone. I know it’s doable because I’ve been at 110kg in my 20s and 72kg five years ago when I was racing my bike. Motivation though innit?

I’ll do 16:8 for the first month and quit booze which should get me down to 93kg based on the same journey last year. Then it needs to be something more sustainable because I gave up last year at about 88kg at the end of Feb and have slowly piled it all back on. In hindsight, I probably lost it too quickly.

I like seeing and feeling the transformation of weight loss. It’s no problem for me to lose it, keeping it off is the battle. I’m definitely a stress and comfort eater.

Godspeed everyone.

Would 64 by March and 60 by June ish seem reasonable?

That would be nothing for a boxer to lose in a month. I lost 7kg (from a much fatter starting point) myself last January. It’s all about doing it sustainably and not making yourself miserable.

A kilo of weight loss is roughly a deficit of 7000 calories so a kilo a fortnight should be easy enough without making too many sacrifices or upping exercise to the point of burnout.