Weight / Fat loss

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plus also neg repped edmundro for being weird

(not really)

At 6 ft 2 I don't think I could healthy get down to 60kg! 75 would be ideal for me 11 stone 8. Although when my cycling increases more my weight may aswell due to more muscle.

is that 1.88?

At 6 ft 2 I don't think I could healthy get down to 60kg! 75 would be ideal for me 11 stone 8. Although when my cycling increases more my weight may aswell due to more muscle.

At 6ft 2 there is no healthy 60kg. That would be classed as mid-range underweight I believe. The only people I've ever known to fall in to that range of height/weight have been long/ultra distance road runners or 10k+ track runners who train on a daily basis.

I'm 6"4 and 83kg/185lb and I'm just starting an absolute gym blitz for the next 6 weeks. I won't be smoking, drinking or eating any unhealthy food at all if I can help it. I've also just managed to get my hands on some Thermobol http://www.maximuscle.com/thermobol -56% off through Groupon, to help with fat burn/metabolism increase and energy levels.

I had this 6-8week session in mind for a month or so but put it off for just after christmas (no explanation needed there I hope ;) ) but had an unexpected shock when I went for my bmi/body fat percentage to be measured at the gym last week......
20.1% fat with a BMI of 22.6. The last time I was at the gym every other day of the week for 8 weeks I ended up with 10.4% and 22.1 so I've really got my work cut out for me.

Will update once I start the Thermobol properly combined with ramping up my exercise regime. This could get interesting....

I'm aiming to be 78kg (-7kg fat +2kg muscle). We'll see

Yep 1.88 or thereabouts. No idea what would be my ideal weight to be honest how do I find out?

When you are happy with what you see in the mirror?

I'm at the other end of the spectrum so I'm not sure it's fair for me to comment but I really wouldn't get hung up on numbers/gym measured bodyfat. Body composition varies so much between people that it's impossible to choose a number and be happy with it.

Just my two cents.

Edit. Hope that doesn't sound negative, I've been lurking this thread and it's ace.

nhs healthy height/weight chart. Take as a guide, doesn't take sex or muscle density into consideration but a good place to start.
Speency - put your height in the chart! It bugs me that you started it but didn't put it in.

having your weigh in at the same time each week is important - you can vary by a few Kg depending on how hydrated/well fed you are.

it doesn't matter if we all do it at the same time - i dont think we need to synchronise watches ;-)

nhs healthy height/weight chart. Take as a guide, doesn't take sex or muscle density into consideration but a good place to start.
Speency - put your height in the chart! It bugs me that you started it but didn't put it in.

according to this i need to 65kg which seems very low to me - even when I was racing bikes seriously I was never below 70kg. can anyone find a mens specific chart?

At 6"2, and as a cyclist you're probably looking at a healthy weight anywhere between maybe 70-80kg..
BUT, it all depends. You could be 75kg (spot-on weight according to BMI scale for 6"2), of which 40% fat & 5% muscle which would be pretty unhealthy, or you could be 85kg, 10% of which fat & 20% muscle which would be very healthy.

This is where the BMI scale primarily fails, because the 75kg scenario gives you a big healthy thumbs-up for being the perfect weight for your height without taking in to account diet, body fat, heart rate, muscle percentage and the huge difference in density between muscle and fat. At 85kg it would class you as overweight where-as the likely-hood is you are in very good shape and generally perfectly healthy.

I'll only be using my BMI rating as one of a few guides - there are too many other things to factor in

@ hinata- what method did they use at the gym?

according to this i need to 65kg which seems very low to me - even when I was racing bikes seriously I was never below 70kg. can anyone find a mens specific chart?

Again the chart isn't going to be taking in to account the fact that you probably had thighs weighing the best part of 10kg each ;)

@ hinata- what method did they use at the gym?

Old-school calipers (5 measurements) and average of 3 consecutive hand-held readings. Then the average of those 2.

I do think I'm perfectly healthy just carrying a bit more weight, 6 ft 2 12 stone seems like a good start. gives me just over a stone to lose, But as I said in 3 weeks ill be extending my 4 mile commute to 20 miles!

I do think I'm perfectly healthy just carrying a bit more weight, 6 ft 2 12 stone seems like a good start. gives me just over a stone to lose, But as I said in 3 weeks ill be extending my 4 mile commute to 20 miles!

Ha, If you're extending your commute to 5 times what it was before... I think you'll mislay that stone somewhere on your journey. I would have thought you're probably even more likely to remain at about the same weight though as you burn a lot of fat and add some muscle mass.

nhs healthy height/weight chart. Take as a guide, doesn't take sex or muscle density into consideration but a good place to start.
Speency - put your height in the chart! It bugs me that you started it but didn't put it in.

me too, so i put it in for him

Tomorrow morning marks day one of operation run to work. A couple of days a week I have to pick up the truck from my boss's house. It's only 1.25mi away so hardly worth getting the bike out for. Managing to do 10-15mins jogging once or twice a day at the mo. Hoping that that in the morning plus circuits in the afternoon should help with the cardio(as will cutting down on the nails).
Interesting all the various ways of measuring and calculating, never knew it was so complex.

Tomorrow morning marks day one of operation run to work. A couple of days a week I have to pick up the truck from my boss's house. It's only 1.25mi away so hardly worth getting the bike out for. Managing to do 10-15mins jogging once or twice a day at the mo. Hoping that that in the morning plus circuits in the afternoon should help with the cardio(as will cutting down on the nails).
Interesting all the various ways of measuring and calculating, never knew it was so complex.

Running twice a day for even 15mins each and having a decent fibrous breakfast and you'll see the pounds drop pretty quickly*. It should keep your metabolism significantly boosted

*Assuming you're watching what you're eating for the rest of the day etc. etc...

Cool, I don't actually eat breakfast and haven't done for years, started on promax diet shake in place of brekkie which will hopefully help. Watching my food pretty well since xmas as me and Lady Liz are in this together so cooking properly and cutting right back on the carbs(but not cutting them out completely).
Doing 20mins of Jillian Michaels circuit training dvd a day as well which will hopefully help with all-round fitness. Never been to the gym and never will so trying to keep it as varied as poss with as much different stuff over the week.

Don't overtrain.... The second you start feeling any level of twinge, take a day off- otherwise you'll be forced to take a month off and lose all the good work.

planning on running every tuesday and thursday nights, push up programme mon, wed and friday with rugby* on a Saturday. need a schedule I think. just got my armband holder for the phone so I can properly ponce around whilst yogging.

*when it's on - if not it will be another rest day along with sunday or will try to run.

lol. overtraining won't be a problem i'm sure!

Ah right it turns out you can't add if(iserror( code to a google docs spreadsheet.

It's looking good tho.
Everyone just needs to get on the scales tonight!

I know! Damn slackers!

202 > 196lbs in 4 days, I love my new scales they're so nice to me.