Time to get fit

[tiralie]

Tim, You are baaad   [poke]
If you are ever around Connecticut, give a call and my wife will whip up the best Sauer Bratten and potatoe dumplins you ever could want.
In hot weather, her German potatoe salad (with vinegar and chopped onions) is superb. Very cooling and i have read a spoonful of vinegar will take away a whole lot of fat  : 
Tinker

Thanks, you may regret that invitation... [big grin]

 

[Tinker]

Tim, You are baaad   [poke]
If you are ever around Connecticut, give a call and my wife will whip up the best Sauer Bratten and potatoe dumplins you ever could want.
In hot weather, her German potatoe salad (with vinegar and chopped onions) is superb. Very cooling and i have read a spoonful of vinegar will take away a whole lot of fat  : 
Tinker

Thanks, you may regret that invitation... [big grin]

Not me.  She fixes it and i take care of the rest.

When we first married, she wanted to learn to be a good chef.  Every Sunday, she would fix this fabulous meal and ask how i liked it. I. of course, told her how great it was as i would load up with seconds and even thirds.  she was very happy to see her efforts were not in vane.

after several weeks of this, she began to realize i not only liked eating, but i liked to eat anything.

Then, she started to worry.  [eek]
Tinker

 

[ScotF]

Good thread...with anything it is a lifestyle change -- have to change everything permanently.  I have had the problem of doing something, losing weight and then put it back on.  I have been active more most of my adult life, run marathons, bike, completed P90X...but, I love to eat and portion control is my weakness.  I am physically in pretty good shape, but need to lose about 20-30 pounds.  This thread has got me thinking...maybe by the end of the year I can drop the weight.

Scot

 

[PaulMarcel]

You have good thinking, Scot... I never liked the 'resolution' thing people do at the beginning of the year.  In particular because it used to overload my boxing class (hey, it helps my hockey )

I've always had far far more success with goals with a deadline like "by November I will have done XXX" (

 

[woodguy7]

I was helping out all week with the junior rugby club summer camp.  I had to take part in one of the training exercises for about 20 mins,,,,, jeezus, thought my heart was gona burst through my chest.

I need to start some cardio vascular workouts  [embarassed]

 

[Kev]

Well I'm 6 days in and I'm down exactly four kilos (8.8lb). I've been obsessive on diet control and I've averaged over 90 minutes of cardio per day ... with the addition of light weight sets and stretching. Further I've focused on the incidental exercise ... walk to the post box, take the stairs, etc.

I've figured out carrots two and three now - they'll be a stand up paddle board and a nice carbon SUP paddle  [big grin]

If I manage to maintain the momentum, I'll reach carrot one a week from this coming Monday (the LS130) ... that'll be two weeks ahead of my original thinking.

Although not a carrot, I grabbed my OF1010 the other day - I think it motivated me further. What other motivational "not carrots" should I think about? Hmmm?

 

[RONWEN]

You have good thinking, Scot... I never liked the 'resolution' thing people do at the beginning of the year.  In particular because it used to overload my boxing class (hey, it helps my hockey )

I've always had far far more success with goals with a deadline like "by November I will have done XXX" (

 

[Kev]

Well I'm 15 days in and I've just hit 93.3kg - the rate of loss has effectively been one pound a day in old speak. I'll easily reach carrot number one by the end of the week (to be honest to myself I want to be well under 93kg for a couple of days).

I'm going to slow things down a bit ... aggressive diet change and exercise was leaving me light headed and a bit vague, so I've had to bump up the calories to over 2000 and that is a lot of lettuce [eek] plus I'm running out of time in the day with work, life and the amount of cardio I'm fitting in. Moving forward I'm going to aim for 1.5kg a week drop (3.3lb) for the seven weeks that follow - it'll be interesting to see if it gets easier or harder. I'm going to try to get some muscle tone bag as I go, which could be a negative to weight loss.

 

[PaulMarcel]

I'm going to try to get some muscle tone bag as I go, which could be a negative to weight loss.

Once you hit your target weight and start toning, pay less attention to your weight.  If you are just toning, you won't be putting on a lot of muscle weight so I doubt you'd notice the weight go up.  Toning is usually high-reps at a lower weight and working small muscle groups... not a lot of burned Calories.

 

[Kev]

I'm going to try to get some muscle tone bag as I go, which could be a negative to weight loss.

Once you hit your target weight and start toning, pay less attention to your weight.  If you are just toning, you won't be putting on a lot of muscle weight so I doubt you'd notice the weight go up.  Toning is usually high-reps at a lower weight and working small muscle groups... not a lot of burned Calories.

That's makes sense ... I always tried to grunt it out and consequently not get enough reps in ... bulking up where I didn't want it - good advice. Thanks.

 

[Kev]

Carrot one DONE ! So the LS130 is ordered - with some bits ...

Carrot two (88kg target) is a set of Ay Up MTB lights - V4 Adventure set, new XTR pedals and some associated nick nacks. I may need to set a carrot 2.1 as I've ordered the bike bits - getting confident!

 

[epicxt]

Sweet! I'm sure you'll love the pedals and lights!
We are approaching cyclocross season stateside so I'm trying to drop a few pounds as well. Keep up the awesome work!

 

[woodguy7]

any pics of the bike Kev ?

 

[Kev]

any pics of the bike Kev ?

Oh dear, which one?

There's a ...

ROTEC downhill
Yeti 575
Norco Torrent
Specialized FSR Pro
Ciocc (Road)
Alchemy (Road)
Giant CADEX (MTB gone commuter)

I've given away the White Lightening BMX ... yeh, I'm too old by far!

I'll take some pics on the weekend and post them [smile]

My favs are the Yeti and the Ciocc. Yeti is full house SRAM XO and XTR, Ciocc is Campy Record.

My wife and kids have got a few bikes too ... more of the same and the odd Cannondale.

 

[woodguy7]

too old for a bmx,,,,,  no way.  i bought a new Hoffman a couple of years ago  ;D

 

[epicxt]

Nice! You don't happen to frequent mtbr or rbr by any chance?

My forum name comes from an older Specialized Mtb I had in the early 2000's. Now have a bunch of Treks. My brother is a dealer and we barter my building and carpentry skills for new toys.;D

 

[RC]

No wonder Kev that you have space problems in your shop. You should empty the garage of a bike shopfull of bikes first [big grin]

 

[Deansocial]

too old for a bmx,,,,,  no way.  i bought a new Hoffman a couple of years ago  ;D

Missus keeps trying to get me to sell my bmx, gonna dust it off when the indoor park opens near me

 

[woodguy7]

LOL, i bet you used to poke sticks at wasps nests when you were little  [poke]

Dean, i want pics of that indoor park  ;D

 

[Deansocial]

Its in design stages at mo, looks ,ore for the skaters out there [mad] [mad] [crying]