Weight / Fat loss

If you commute 20 miles each way (200 miles/week?) you need a shitload of carbs.

So for big rides (weekends) I should ideally carb load and keep eating the carbs on the rides.

But for commuting 20 miles each way, carbs really aren't really that important? This is mainly for weight loss and getting fitter, I can then stick to my usual diet with low carb intake which should aid weight loss.

Stop trying to classify food types so much. Calories is calories. The reason carbs are popular for cyclists/runners is that they replenish glycogen stores in the body efficiently because sugars & starches are not so different from the glycogen stored in your muscles & liver.

Excess calories from any source can be stored as fat.

Carbohyrates are useful for post ride/training recovery as they trigger an insulin response. This helps usher nutrients like amino acids (protein) in your diet to the necessary parts of your body for repair/building muscle proteins.

It is still however totally possible to be extremely healthy & fit with almost no dietary carbohydrate. This is actually fits our evolutionary biology better than relying on grains & potatoes for so much of our calories.

So cutting the carbs down whilst generally keeping an eye on calories, no shit foods (white pasta, white bread, chips). Should be a good start.

I've been cutting down what I'm eating for a while now but needed some advice with the cycling/diet as well.

Spenceey - if you wanted to fire me over a weekly food diary (via PM) i would be more than happy to offer advice. I'd need to know what kind of activity you do throughout the week also.....

Ok, my new scales have turned up (bought due to this thread!):

Height 188cm
Weight 82.5kg
Fat 19.2%
Bone 2.8kg
Water 60.3%
Muscle 41.8%

Now I have no idea what I should be aiming for but keeping roughly the same weight and halving the body fat seems to make sense.

(Me Julie is a lot less fat than me)

My iPhone has told me to keep it to about 1600 calories a day to loose weight, and I can "earn" more by being more active.

I swapped my iPhone for some amphetamine- I reckon I will lose weight faster.

Hmm.
That is a thought.

I'm rather proud of myself, I've lost about 4 pounds in the last week.
Hurray for modern technology.

woot!
with my fauxgetarianism- I'm feeling much fuller and better.
and losing weight.
thought I'd let you know.
no alcohol has helped massive.

oh and Dammit- you body fat is excellent- you should be v happy with that.
low end of average.
up to 13% is athelete level.
up to 18% is fitness.
PLUS that scale is probably slightly out...

Many thanks for saying that but my beer-gut tells a different story.

I shall banish it!

join us!
right now to make that food diary blog for LFGSS....

my scales always just said ERR for the body fat reading.

really...

Ok, my new scales have turned up (bought due to this thread!):

Height 188cm
Weight 82.5kg
Fat 19.2%
Bone 2.8kg
Water 60.3%
Muscle 41.8%

Now I have no idea what I should be aiming for but keeping roughly the same weight and halving the body fat seems to make sense.

(Me Julie is a lot less fat than me)

Am I missing something here?
Fat + water + muscle = 121.3% Good job you've only got 2.8kg of bone!

My stats:

Height 175cm
Weight 75kg
Fat 24.7%
Water 51.6% (10% being Guinness)
Muscle 37.2%
BMI 24.8

Hmm, my %'s add up to over 100 too....

My weight has changed very little in the last year and since I've been 'trying harder' but it has 'relocated'.

The scales are pretty useless at measuring anything other than overall weight.

If you want to work out a decent approximation of bodyfat percentage you need some of these:

(Fenella posting on Neil's account)

Has anyone found any decent statistics as to what a 'normal' body fat percentage is? Neil's new scales reckon I'm around 16% - according to the information I've found, this makes me either an 'athlete' or 'underfat'. I do not trust something; whether it's the scales or the information, I know not...

I reckon I must be about 10% fat; if you don't include my big fat head. My collarbones look like I have a coat hanger trying to escape from my body.
And I have eaten two tins of custard and a lot of cake already this week.
I had a pint and a half of Guinness on Monday and probably won't have another drink this week.
What does it all mean?

You've not discovered my fridge.....

I'd also be interested to see what a body fat % is ideal.

Also if you want to lose some water weight just look at protein for most of your meals.

join us!
right now to make that food diary blog for LFGSS....

When is this going ahead?

http://lfgssweightloss.blogspot.com/

pm me for password info...etc.

Cheers mate,

What's the blog going to actually have (without sounding like an idiot) I mean are we going to say how much we are exercising/ eating/goals.

Designed as a place to discuss goals, what your training tips are, what your recipes are, etc. etc...
I have a fair few to add later...
and links to other places of interest.
you know- a public area to support and suggest.

also you can have either the access from the main account or from your own email account...
just let me know if you want in.

Great, I've pm'ed you.

put up a quick training regime:
here