Get fit - unfat competition

[namtrak]

Okay Wood Butcher, looks like its you and me. I weighed my self on Friday night and will do so each Friday night. I'm gonna give it 3 months - so until the end of May.

My starting weight? 110.7 kg - sadly about 3 kgs more than I thought.
My target weight? 95kg - my playing weight was 100kg, so I reckon this is reasonable.

Cheers

[Wood Butcher]

108.5kg as of Thursday. Would love to get to 90kg but I would settle for anything under 100. I will keep a weekly weight log and see how we go!!

[namtrak]

Okay, first week. Just stopped eating crap this week - nothing else unusual.

108.1 kg used the same scales etc, but they could be dodgy. Next week may provide a better picture

Week 1 110.7 kg
Week 2 108.1 kg

Cheers

[Wood Butcher]

108.0kg and I know that the scales are good!

[ozwinner]

Good on you for doing this on a puplic forum.

Al

[namtrak]

Second week, slight increase in crap and some unexpected alcohol consumption.


Week 1 110.7 kg
Week 2 108.1 kg
Week 3 107.9 kg

[woodbe]

A good plan would be to match increased consumption with increased exercise.

Popular wisdom is that the exercise you do that exceeds 20 minutes at a moderate increase in heartrate burns fat. My own experience matches this wisdom. I'm 50, and if I exercise at 130bpm+ (less than 85% of max HR, and above 75% of Max) for 20 minutes or more, the weight peels off.

Max HR is a subject that many books have been written about, but for starters, consider Max HR as (220 - Your Age) So at 50, it's 170. If you want an accurate number, the best way is a medically supervied test because everyone is different.

woodbe

[Wood Butcher]

106.8kg this week. I decided to start using the treadmill that we bought about 9 months ago. Next week I might start decreasing my food intake too.

[namtrak]

Drop in crap intake, stable alcohol intake, probable increase in whitebread

Week 1 110.7 kg
Week 2 108.1 kg
Week 3 107.9 kg
Week 4 107.2 kg

Might start some gym stuff next week as the landscaping job I've been working on should be done

[namtrak]

Urk

Week 1 110.7 kg
Week 2 108.1 kg
Week 3 107.9 kg
Week 4 107.2 kg
Week 5 108.9 kg

enough said

[Wood Butcher]

Lets see, two weeks ago 106.8kg, this week 106.0kg.

Whoever the sod that invented Sizzlers was, never had any consideration for people trying to loose weight

[RETIRED]

I like the auto links at the bottom.

[Daddles]

Yep, I've found that if I exercise at above 75% of my max HR, the weight of my red wine cask falls away dramatically

Richard
yes, the kids are unimpressed by my impressive girth

[Harry72]

Well you guys have managed about the same as I have, 3kilo's in 3 weeks... 89kg down too 86kg(5'11)
Wether its of interest to you or not, heres how Im doing it...

I've stepped up my cardio at the gym with full superset workouts ie, no rest between each exersize, but 1-2min rest between each superset, repeated 4 times eg,

Day1 each superset involves 10 reps each of benchpress@80kg /10 widegrip chin ups@ body weight/10 per side single arm lateral raisers@15kg/30-40 decline abb crunches.

Day2 10 shoulder press@60kg/ 10 standing single leg calf rasiers@body weight+5-10kg per leg/ 10 lying hamstring curls@70lb(old machine)/ 10 per side abdominal swings@40lb(sorta like pull starting a lawnmower or swinging a golf club attached to a cable and weight).

Day3 10 legpress@360kgs!/ tri-sets on biceps(10reps@30kgs,12reps@20kgs,14reps-failure@10kgs, all weights are per arm/ tri-sets on triceps (try saying that 10 times over!) 10reps@15kg, 12reps@10kg, 14 or to [email protected] per each arm/ 20 hanging ab crunches@body weight.
The each daily workout takes 25min max which is repeated twice a week and rest on sundays, I also stepped up my daily walks 3 times a week to 1hr 20min at a fast pace and 40-50min per day every other day with SWMBO.

And also taking some tablets to help suppress my appetite somewhat... as I tend too eat enough for 2 adults and then some!

[Wood Butcher]

89kg down too 86kg(5'11)

Man, I can only wish. I'm 6'0" and I think the last time I was that weight was 9 1/2 years ago when I meet me wife.