Weight loss accountability/support 2022 edition

Nah, it's a scale. The Withings Body+

Checkin teim

Jan 4 - 91.5
Jan 8 - 89.8
Jan 15 - 88.6
Jan 22 - 87.5
Jan 30 - 87.2
5 Feb - 86.9

GW - 82
Stretch - 80

Looking like a little bit of a slow down, although nothing that's making me think I need to change anything up at all.

Bog standard regression (lol) suggests a daily drop of 100 - 150g at the moment.

Impromptu shift of my cheat day to yesterday, because I chose to have a big supper.

3rd Jan 92.5kg
5th Feb 87.9kg

Happy with that, albeit with a long way to go.

Almost identical losses!

Well done all! Seriously impressive stuff.
I’m going to join but mostly because the new meds I’m on are wreaking havoc with my weight and I want stability. But then again so did the flares and remissions that the meds are countering.
For example between august and today, I’ve gone from 72kg to 65kg and back up, often in less than a month on the way down.
January I’ve done exactly the above- though trying to stabilise at 66/67, and it’s not good weight loss-BF % is probably still too high, for the weight.
I also need to control the diet properly as laxity therein tends to trigger a flare.

So TlDr- good work all, and I’ll check in next week.
Today I was 66.3kg.

Week 0: 90.2
Week 1: 88.1 (-2.1)
Week 2: 87.2 (-0.9)
Week 3: 86.8 (-0.4)
Week 4: 85.4 (-1.2)
Week 5: 84.0 (-1.4)

Goal: 75-78

Happy with that despite being 2-250 cals over target most days this week. Couple of shorter rides last weekend followed by a big audax took a bit out of me. Only managed a couple of 5km coffee rides this week and one brisk walk. Still trying to get into some sort of routine on that side of things.

02/01/22 83kg
17/01/22 84,6kg (big carb dinner day before)
21/01/22 82,2kg
04/02/22 82,3kg
Goal 80kg with lower % of body fat.

Feeling stronger on and of the bike after a month of training.

Thanks for this.

Here’s my attempt. I didn’t get as much water out as you by the look of it.

I put some harissa yoghurt and chopped preserved lemon on mine.

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All gone to hell this weekend. Red wine, Lindt, Dr Pepper, Thai takeaway. Been worth if though, man gotta live

2 days of drink, food and debauchery for me.
Including Thai takeaway, tub of Ben and Jerrys, full English brunch, after going out out on Friday eve.

end of first TR training block for me this week - weirdly also had a thai takeaway, some wine, and cheese burgers tonight

new training block starts tomorrow, so

05/01 - 91.2
12/01 - 90
17/01 - 89.8
22/01 - 89.3
31/01 - 88.8
07/2 - 88.4

2.8kg in roughly 5 weeks so i should be on course for <85kg by the end of March. Last week was a bit of a write of with two evenings out with dinner and booze etc. I only managed to get one run in too but hey ho. I'm feeling good and i'm going make sure i'm on it this week.

A very low carb week (still eating within 16:8) has seen me knock off a fair bit more weight. The 38 waist jeans have been packed away, hopefully for good.

I don’t think this is a particularly healthy rate of weight loss so I’m planning to switch my focus to more exercise with the days (slowly) getting a bit longer and relax the eating regime.

I haven’t been counting calories but I’m fairly convinced that eating far less meat and dairy has made a difference.

2 Jan 101.4
4 Jan 100.5
8 Jan 98.6
13 Jan 98.4
14 Jan 97.8
15 Jan 96.9
21 Jan 96.0
24 Jan 95.5
28 Jan 94.0
4 Feb 93.3
7 Feb 91.8

170km ridden and 14km run in the last week, a comparatively huge week for me nowadays. Lost zero weight (not sure I want to know how many calories I ate) but glad to be back moving and getting some fitness back.

Start: 92.8kg
Last week: 85.8kg
Monday: 85.2kg

Weight fluctuated all over the shop this weekend. Went pretty big on Saturday. Not with mad takeaway just more sandwiches and STILL no chocolate or biscuit type things. Countered that with a sparse Sunday.

Anyway, 3.2 kg until target. Averaging about 170 miles a week and at least a couple of gym, weight train/treadmill seshes.

I think strategy will have to change come at least March 1st as need to build up miles and strength over weight loss.

Tl;dr incoming, but abusing this thread for therapy;

I need some accountability so I'll make a tentative promise to check back here. No idea what weight I am now, will need to see where our scales ended up in the move (that happened over 14 months ago...).

Stopped commuting when I started WFH about 4 years or so ago which lost me 80 - 100 miles a week on the bike. Then I had a kid (great excuse to not have the time to exercise and then comfort eat/drink). Had a minor mid life crisis and bought an MTB, went out once with @Dammit, which was great fun, but would have required too much of a time commitment on days where I couldn't really spare it, so sold that. Then I got myself a "nice" road bike, which started to help for a bit. I was getting out most evenings and at times that didn't overly burden ms_com with solo childcare. I was starting to go further and faster while also fitting into cycling clothes better. Then that bike got nicked, wasn't insured (because I was lazy and was about to sort it when we moved with the new house insurance) so didn't get replaced. As a result I've now done a grand total of fuck all exercise in about 14-16 months, with minimal amounts in the preceding 30. I have a cargo bike on order (due this month, hopefully) that will hopefully get some movement back into my day to day routine with nursery drop offs and grocery shopping. I tried running around the park that is literally next door, but a combination of boredom and self confidence issues meant that didn't go anywhere (literally and figuratively).

Subsequent lockdowns, general pandemic malaise, mental health dips have all contributed to me being in what is probably my worst physical condition. I'm sure I've been heavier, but I was still playing rugby and cycling then so had some semblance of fitness and resilience. I just feel like a mess now. It takes a lot of inner dialogue to just be able to get out and see people/be seen by people. Even recently, I went to go and help Henry with a bit of gardening, something I wouldn't have done just previously. But I decided it was something I wanted to do so offered my time before I could talk myself out of it. It was great, I thoroughly enjoyed the company and it was awesome to do something productive with someone else. I still felt embarrassed and ashamed the whole time. But, it made me want to get out and see people more, and I need to get over/resolve the self confidence issue somehow.

So, I'm 40 in a month and I am thoroughly over being upset by all of this. Things in many other respects are looking up so I feel like I have the cognitive capacity to better deal with it. I'll start with my current weight when I can find my bastard scales and work it out from there. Reducing the beer will be one big thing, not because I feel I have a problem with alcohol per se, I don't find myself looking for the escapism of booze or anything like that, it was just a very easy boredom remover (dark, cold evenings, not able to do much else for either fear of waking mini_com or just not being arsed to). And the snacks, christ the snacks. They snuck in over the holiday period in full force. Again, kind of comfort eating/treat yo'self for not being able to go and see my folks over Xmas. Too many takeaways yada yada yada.

I'll still have a beer and the odd pizza, just not 3 or 4 nights a week.

Strong post.

As a very recent new dad, I found that I slipped into zero exercise and high levels of cake eating, snacking and beer drinking in the few months after she arrived (maybe even sometime before when wife was v preggo). It's easy for me to say as I love it (now) but running really is the best bang for buck easy exercise out there, so if you are short for time/gear/mental capacity it is a great thing. The couch to 5k gets pretty much universal approval and there's an active running channel on this forum. I started running in Jan 2018 for the above reasons and it was pretty revolutionary - I dropped weight but mostly my mental health was much improved.

I can't be bothered to weigh every day, yet can't wait a whole month to check, so I think I'm stuck with weekly for now

10/01 - 115.3kg
17/01 - 113.3kg
24/01 - 112.6kg
31/01 - 112.7kg
07/02 - 111.9kg

The challenge of finding the time to exercise resonates with me. Before having children I always managed my weight effectively through exercise. But since being a dad I have been around 10% heavier than I would like. I used to think there would come a point where I would find the time to exercise as much as before, but after five years and with two kids I realised that will probably never be the case. For the first time this year I started calorie counting (using Nutracheck), and found I can lose weight in a way that I find manageable. I had always resisted that approach, partly because it seemed unachievable and I thought I couldn't make different food choices, but I have found it is actually very manageable. Sorry this sounds like an infomercial for Nutracheck!

The other thing is understanding your motivations. Do you want to feel more active and fitter, or do you specifically want to lose weight? They aren't necessarily the same thing. The one thing I can say for sure is that whatever your motives, ordering a cargo bike was an excellent choice. Nothing brings me more pleasure than feeling active while spending time with my kids in an environmentally friendly way. Money well spent.

Good luck wishing you all the best on the mission. Can endorse the couch to 5 k thing helped me start running and eventually enjoying it.

Really appreciate the openness in the post, resonates strongly with my own situation and feelings. Gained about 10 kg in lockdown and after birth of first kid. Only started last month thanks to this thread to change my routine. I thought it was impossible before I started. But find a routine that suits you and don’t do severe caloric restriction and you will see results! Also, didn’t you refurbish a whole freaking house in the last year or so? Way more productive than what most people did in the last year or so, I am sure !

whole freaking house

About 10% complete, but thanks. A problem for me is that ms_com works for a youth mental health charity so sees anything calorie counting or weight tracking as hugely problematic due to what it can do to young people. Especially young girls, so is adamant that mini_com is not exposed to any of it. Now I know where the scales went. Regardless of whether I think it will help me, there'll be no apps or scales as long as I'm living under this roof. First yardstick then will be my clothes. Currently, none of them really fit. And trying to buy new is an anxiety minefield in itself.

I went to decathlon buy myself on a long lunch to get some walking trousers. I got some, but also came away with a renewed hatred for my body.

change my routine

I think this is key. I'm not going to magically muster up the will to add another activity to my day. Hence the cargo bike, making activity part of what I'm doing anyway.

Weekly update time, 5 weeks in for me. Seem to be settling into a nice routine, aware that i am pushing myself quite hard, but also feel I can manage another few weeks at this level before I up the calories again.

Weight 88.5kg > 79.2 (81 last week)
Body fat 27.8% > 23.4% (24.4)
Waist 93cm > 84cm (86)

All metrics are moving forwards nicely, cheat Saturday nights are great to fuel Sundays long run, and gives a place to put cravings, obviously trying not to go overboard though!

Wild progress ^

I was pleased this morning to have lost exactly one stone since 2nd January, averaging a daily deficit of ~ 1000 calories.