Weight / Fat loss

Weighed in yesterday at 83.4kg, which means that I've put on a little. Not surprising as I didn't do to well on the eating front.

I've been eating dried mango on rides but this weekend got a massive sugar rush, when I stopped at home and sat down I felt horrible. I'm going to make up some flapjacks to use instead.

It's only lunch time!?!

I hope you're in another timezone or that was a delayed post!

it was delayed. it happened on a supposedly quiet sunday

I really want to get up to running to work but I will need a bag. Does anyone have any recommendations for a small backpack for running with? Will only really need to hold a folded shirt, wallet, keys, phones etc.

I keep my trousers at work and towel and that. If I need to carry more stuff, I use the panniers on my bike or worse comes to worse and I have to go to a meeting, I'll bus it in full suit.

I run in with the same cycling backpack. It's got chest and waist straps though which help a lot with running and cycling.

Today I've been good,

breakfast - porridge + raisins
Lunch - Soup + 2 small pieces of bread.
snack - apple + oat biscuit
Dinner (tonight) - Soup again.

it was delayed. it happened on a supposedly quiet sunday

If it was pre 12 I was going to have to give you some rep!

I have found over the last few months that an occasional binge on alcohol does less harm than I expect.(To clarify its bad, but I think if I'd eaten the calorific equivalent in cake it would have been much worse)

But I haven't drunk that much ^

I haven't drank anything for a while now. One of my best friends birthdays this weekend and I'm debating driving so I can go cycling on Sunday, otherwise I'll be hungover as hellll.

http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/west-london/bio-synergy/2834254?nlp=&CID=UK_CRM_1_0_0_23&a=2280

2.25kg of whey protein for £36.50

i made up for it by doing 30km before work and 30km after work with an hour of football. I`d like to think it was payback but it was in fact because i forgot my football kit and only realized when i arrived at work. and then the football match was much further away than i thought. still good though

Set up my garmin for my HR zones. Is there a specific fat burn zone you can get in to? I keep reading things like 60-70%

60-70% (zone 3-4) is generally rule of thumb..

Brilliant! I've just set myself up with a garmin training.

But for some reason my 59-69% is zone 2.

bleurgh.
Feeling bloated today.
Too much fruit probably, in mid revision mode, miles behind, and still procrastinating.
Late night Gym tonight, and early cycle training tmw morning.
Should be fun.

72.3 this evening it's soooo close i can almost feel it...

First Ever 5k

didn't walk and had a hill in the way! Massively happy, it's a big milestone for me!

I'll just leave this here

I just had my first sub 70kg weigh in in nearly 6 years.
It was due to dehydration, in all likelihood, but I can feel it now....

What scales are people using?
I reckon it's time I sorted myself out with some.

I got some Salter Body Composition ones, these:

[ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-9106-Glass-Analyser-Scale/dp/B0013IUNS2/ref=sr_1_1?s=drugstore&ie=UTF8&qid=1327446886&sr=1-1"]Salter 9106 Glass Body Analyser Scale - White: Amazon.co.uk: Health & Beauty[/ame]

Then you can cross reference your weight with this table:

Salter electronic ones.
But then when its Sunday, I go to the hospital and use one there.

My target is to beat the cat 4 metrics by the end of the year.

what does that table mean?
or rather what does the 175# rider watts bit mean.
I think I can work the rest out.

In the power columns, take the first number and multiply it by your weight, so for example a Cat 5 racer who weighs 75 kg should put out 532.5 watts over a 1 minute period.

EDIT- dunno about the 175# bit, here's the article I stole the table from: http://coachrobmuller.blogspot.com/2011/01/are-your-2011-cycling-goals-achievable.html

thought so. Just the 175# bit?
My current 5 min (measured in the excercise study*) is 3.9...

*3x5 min, 5min rest between each, then a 4th as long as you can go, which currently is 1 minute...
(I'll stay at 280W until I can reach 5 mins, then I get put up 5, and it goes on)

I'm a Cat 5, straight across the board right now.

Cheers Dammit.

According to those scales I linked to I was 76.6kg this morning, so they may have malfunctioned.

I use these:
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=salter+body+analyser+scale&hl=en&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1217&bih=679&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=15015361302209351934&sa=X&ei=cOEfT6DjPIKT8gPn6eXDDg&ved=0CGEQ8wIwADgK

They are .3 of a kg off the hospitals usually.