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My mind may be playing tricks on me, but I swear there used to be an ongoing thread for this. Since thgere obcviously isn't now, and since Zilam's thread got me thinking about it, what do ya'll say? Who's with me?

Current weight as of 4 pm 1/31/01 = 115 kg
6 month target = below 100 kg
Weight lost since starting = 2 kg (Xmas was good and bad)

I am currently trying to lose some more weight. I need to lose 25 more pounds by May, I am currently losing about 2-3 pounds a week, mostly because it has been very cold and snowy for a month and I have not been able to do my afternoon walks.

My weight at Xmas time was around 108kg (238lb).
My best bench at that time was 365lb.

However, in March there's a indoor rowing comp (2000m) which I want to win this year (last year I came 2nd by <2s with very little training), so have been doing pretty much nothing but erg training this month (120km in the last 3 weeks, which is ok). I've been to the gym 4 times this month (usually it's 4 times a week minimum).
As a result when I weighed myself in the gym I was 106kg (233lb). I could still (just) bench 330lb, which wasn't bad considering rowing doesn't work the chest muscles much and I've bracing myself for becoming a wimp in the chest dept. Also, it was straight after doing 10k rowing, so I felt particularly content.

Ideally I want to go under 6:20 for the 2k in the comp (I did 6.28 last year).

I am currently trying to lose some more weight. I need to lose 25 more pounds by May, I am currently losing about 2-3 pounds a week, mostly because it has been very cold and snowy for a month and I have not been able to do my afternoon walks.

:D

I'm trying to gain weight, do I get sympathy anyway?

I'm trying to gain weight can I rumble in the corner about all you lucky types?

edit: you win this time Kanabia

I'm trying to gain weight, do I get sympathy anyway?

I'm trying to gain weight can I rumble in the corner about all you lucky types?

edit: you win this time Kanabia

I think you should start weight lifting, it will build muscle and that weighs more than fat and it's healthier and stuff. ;)

Demented Hamsters, you doing regular rowing or Dragon Boats?

Call to power and Kanabia it is a health/diet thread. There's nothing implicit in it that bars you guys. As long as you're supportive of weight loosers I'd hope that we'll be supportive of you. :)

I think you should start weight lifting, it will build muscle and that weighs more than fat and it's healthier and stuff. ;)

Indeed.

I'm trying to gain weight can I rumble in the corner about all you lucky types?

edit: you win this time Kanabia

Awesome.

I think you should start weight lifting, it will build muscle and that weighs more than fat and it's healthier and stuff. ;)
I probably should, except i'm intimidated of gyms and, to a lesser extent, the people that tend to frequent them. :p

Call to power and Kanabia it is a health/diet thread. There's nothing implicit in it that bars you guys. As long as you're supportive of weight loosers I'd hope that we'll be supportive of you.

Cool. :)

I think you should start weight lifting, it will build muscle and that weighs more than fat and it's healthier and stuff. ;)

oh I do (well I'm ectomorph so it doesn’t work much:( ) problem is I have to eat healthy now and that doesn’t go well with my fast metabolism

I'm not actually sure how much I weight right now, as I broke the scales a few weeks ago.

NOT because I'm too heavy! I stepped on the display bit by accident and got shards of plastic embedded in my foot. Wasn't too nice.

Anyway, last time I weighed myself I was 10 st 5 lb (65kg/145lbs). Hopefully soon I'll be under 10 stone, down from just under 11 a few months ago. If I could be bothered to actually exercise I'd manage to get it off fairly quickly, but I can't so it's going to have to be down to eating less.

I probably should, except i'm intimidated of gyms and, to a lesser extent, the people that tend to frequent them. :p
Buy some weights, then. Start off small (<10kg) and buy more as you need them. It's cheaper than gym membership as well, though you don't get access to all the other cool machines.

oh I do (well I'm ectomorph so it doesn’t work much:( ) problem is I have to eat healthy now and that doesn’t go well with my fast metabolism

I am an endomorph, and to add to that I am constantly on medications that have side effects of "weight gain" so it's hard for me, no matter how little fat I eat or how much I exercise my metabolism is like "I ain't doing nothing" :(

I would trade you, but it wouldn't be fair.

wouldn't it be nice if we were both mesomorphs though? :)

current weight (ish): 220lb / 16 stone / 101kg (this was the last time i went to the gym and got weighed properly... probably gone up since)

target weight: 13 stone / 180 lb / 85 kg


what i'm doing about it: not much :p
trying to eat less, and not have desserts
started exercising on cross-trainer in the morning before shower the other day, but first day of doing it i managed to rub a load of skin off my foot so i haven't been able to get back on in a week :rolleyes: :mad:
slow, incremental change is my idea, as big changes or too many (small) changes at once just doesn't work for me.... i can't stick to them.

current weight lost: :confused: :confused:

Buy some weights, then. Start off small (<10kg) and buy more as you need them. It's cheaper than gym membership as well, though you don't get access to all the other cool machines.

I could probably buy bigger ones. My job at the moment is pretty physically intensive.

I probably should, except i'm intimidated of gyms and, to a lesser extent, the people that tend to frequent them. :p


My tip: bulk up like hell(that's the easy part, eat lots of fat, bacon, beer and so on just to gain lots of weight), if this is hard you can use Kreatine which is legal and alright, helps you bind water. Join a local gym with a few friends and start together, it's way more fun and you get the benefit of spoting and such. And don't worry about the intimidating muscle-men... you'll soon be assimilated >:D

wouldn't it be nice if we were both mesomorphs though? :)

but then who would we hate? :D

Buy some weights, then. Start off small (<10kg) and buy more as you need them. It's cheaper than gym membership as well, though you don't get access to all the other cool machines.

I heard the best thing is using your own bodyweight it allows you to improve flexibility and keep a fairly stable body shape (also lets you do yoga which gives you a legitimate reason to act arty)

On that note running machines should be avoided at all costs compared to actually running there like sitting on the couch (only with work)

I don't use the kilograms measurement - its always been the pounds and stones.

I am trying to tone up and lose some weight. but mostly to get fit.

Over the christmas/new year period i suffered from campylobacter food posioning and lost 6 pounds. which was small compensation for the loss of party time.

Yay for me inspiring a thread!

Um I am currently at 210lbs (i'm a little piggy :() and would like to get to about 180ish

BTW, what's with the stones? I've never heard of that measurement before.

The stones and pounds thing - I think its a british thing.

1 stone = 14 pounds.

I lost 8kg in the 4 weeks before Christmas when I first started taking my antidepressant.

I've since switched medication and my appetite has returned. But I'm still under 80kg, which is fine with me. :p

The stones and pounds thing - I think its a british thing.

1 stone = 14 pounds.

Yar, it's a Brit thing.

Demented Hamsters, you doing regular rowing or Dragon Boats?
Right now, neither. The competition is indoor rowing, on the concept II rowing ergs.
It's more fun than you might think (other than the puking bit at the end) - they have the machines all hooked up and it tells you your placing and how many metres ahead/behind you are to the other competitors, which makes for a good incentive to push oneself. Also they have a giant screen for the audience showing little icon-type boats of the competitors zipping along side by side, so they get right into it as well. It's great having a big crowd of people cheering you on.

I did rowing back in NZ - went to the NZ champs one year and came 4th (by 0.3s which still haunts me even now) in the eights.
I did Dragonboating last year here in HK - went to the Macau international and the HK international.
I've also done outrigger canoeing (went to NZ champs several years ago) which is fun. I paddled round HK island in November last year - it's 46km. Took 4 1/2 hours. Took over a week to recover.
I'm getting old.

Yar, it's a Brit thing.

Americans really do have a total mish-mash of different units for different things. Distances in miles, but weights in kg?

Americans really do have a total mish-mash of different units for different things. Distances in miles, but weights in kg?

we usually weigh in pounds. (in the US)

we usually weigh in pounds. (in the US)

Ah. But not stones?

Ah. But not stones?

nope, there are too many people around here to stupid to make the calculation.

our scales weigh in pounds it's just too much math for the public school crowd.

Right now, neither. The competition is indoor rowing, on the concept II rowing ergs.
It's more fun than you might think (other than the puking bit at the end) - they have the machines all hooked up and it tells you your placing and how many metres ahead/behind you are to the other competitors, which makes for a good incentive to push oneself. Also they have a giant screen for the audience showing little icon-type boats of the competitors zipping along side by side, so they get right into it as well. It's great having a big crowd of people cheering you on.

I did rowing back in NZ - went to the NZ champs one year and came 4th (by 0.3s which still haunts me even now) in the eights.
I did Dragonboating last year here in HK - went to the Macau international and the HK international.
I've also done outrigger canoeing (went to NZ champs several years ago) which is fun. I paddled round HK island in November last year - it's 46km. Took 4 1/2 hours. Took over a week to recover.
I'm getting old.

Aha.

Americans really do have a total mish-mash of different units for different things. Distances in miles, but weights in kg?

Nope. I've been overseas so long that I speak metric as much as I do Imperial. My doc's Japanese, so I get all the measures in metric. I just happen to speak stone because of the bad Aussie influance....

Current weight: about 11st8lbs
Target Weight: 10st ideally, but 10st7lbs would be first milestone to aim for

Getting into a routine of exercise which is good, and going to try and start planning healthier meals. Already cut back from huge big binges, but snacking still isn't great and need to improve.... Main issue is when I feel stressed or tired or down (or all 3...) I turn to food for comfort.... and also, being hungry just hurts :p

But gradually trying to make lifestyle changes would be my aim *nods*

Good luck to everyone :)

Current weight: about 11st8lbs
Target Weight: 10st ideally, but 10st7lbs would be first milestone to aim for

Getting into a routine of exercise which is good, and going to try and start planning healthier meals. Already cut back from huge big binges, but snacking still isn't great and need to improve.... Main issue is when I feel stressed or tired or down (or all 3...) I turn to food for comfort.... and also, being hungry just hurts :p

But gradually trying to make lifestyle changes would be my aim *nods*

Good luck to everyone :)

I have the snacking problem as well, I have had luck snacking on plain popcorn, or a few pieces of dark chocolate, I tend to try to drink more water than soda to make up for when I do cheat and eat something like celery and ranch dressing.