šŸ· Papsweb FAT Club - Monthly weigh in

Gentlepeople of Papsweb, perhaps we could use a third-party website to record some of this stuff and then post a weekly summary here?

Someone mentioned on the NY Revolutionsā€™ thread that they use a Fitbit. I also have one and it really has revolutionised my fitness and general health.

It makes you focus on what you actually do as opposed to what you think you do. The main reason I get off my lardy arse to do stuff is down to my mate Macca who lives in Sao Paulo. He also has a Fitbit and when connected on the site you can cheer or taunt each other.

Anyway, one of the benefits of the Fitbit website is that you can record all of your exercise, calorie intake, etc WHETHER you have a Fitbit device or not.

You can install an app on your phone that lets you record your daily calories. It scans barcodes from the labels on your food and, as long as that food is in the database, it knows the nutritional breakdown - you simply enter the quantities. (Kebabs are not in the database unfortunately).

Iā€™d strongly advocate anyone getting a Fitbit device (or similar) if they have an interest getting and staying fit. I have the Charge HR which monitors heart rate, sleep duration, steps, stair count, etc. If youā€™re slightly geeky like me, then the graphs and stats you get from it will really turn you on.

If youā€™re slightly geeky like me, then the graphs, badges and stats you get from it will really turn you on and keep you focused on beating previous bests.

Hereā€™s my last weekly summary (ignore the weight stats as I donā€™t use them)ā€¦

As I say, you donā€™t need a Fitbit to record details of your exercise and diet, but if you have one it makes it a more automated experience.

If youā€™re interested in registering and befriending me so I can taunt you about how shit you are in bed, and tell you how youā€™ll never amount to anything with that spare tyre and defeatest attitude, visit the link below and follow the ā€œWhat to try out Fitbit before getting a deviceā€ linkā€¦

https://www.fitbit.com/login

Go on, you know you want to!

Half marathon at the end of April.

I shall keep you up to date with my kmā€™s.

Nearest weigh bridge is some way away.

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Youā€™d be surprised.

Have you never heard of tantric wanking?

Actually, whatever you do, do not Google that.

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OK, so I had a brainwave and used the Wii Fit to weigh myself. Assuming itā€™s accurate, I currently weigh 13st 6lb, which is a fair bit more than I thought Iā€™d be. So thatā€™s 188lbs, or just about 84kg. I reckon I should be more like 72kg, so I need to lose 12kg. Incidentally, the Wii Fit tells me my ideal weight is 10st 9lb - thatā€™s about what I used to weigh in my teens and early twenties, when I was skinny as a rake.

Bloody hell guys. You are as bad as the women at work with their calorie counting and apps.

Iā€™d join as I need to lose weight but I am on holiday so not worth starting. Unless I get Delhi belly and lose a stone in a week (true story).

Surely we just need to have smaller portions (of food and less alcohol!) And move more? Denying some food items mean we fall of the wagon too quickly.

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Yes indeed. My plan is to eat less and do more. Iā€™ll weigh myself weekly, but for me the main thing is how I feel - I know that when Iā€™m in decent shape I feel a whole lot better than when Iā€™m not.

I couldnā€™t be doing with piles of stats and figures. Iā€™m old school, me.

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" slightly geeky" :laughing:

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I can also recommend as a weight loss tool 3 months in Cuba (mainly rum, some dancing and rice and beans), followed by Mexico (sweat it all off walking everywhere), 2 months Ecuador (Quito and altitude sickness, rum and dancing) followed by 4 months in Peru eating chips and salad but walking lots with added altitude sickness at Cuzco and Lake Titicaca.

Itā€™s wayyyĆ½ more fun than a diet!

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Iā€™d sign up for that.

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To be fair, Intiniki, you can achieve the same result at The Real China in Eastleigh.

Theyā€™ve just been fined Ā£70K for giving 100+ people an opportunity to lose weight very quickly indeed.

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Originally posted by @Bucks

Originally posted by @saintbletch

Gentlepeople of Papsweb, perhaps we could use a third-party website to record some of this stuff and then post a weekly summary here?

Someone mentioned on the NY Revolutionsā€™ thread that they use a Fitbit. I also have one and it really has revolutionised my fitness and general health.

It makes you focus on what you actually do as opposed to what you think you do. The main reason I get off my lardy arse to do stuff is down to my mate Macca who lives in Sao Paulo. He also has a Fitbit and when connected on the site you can cheer or taunt each other.

Anyway, one of the benefits of the Fitbit website is that you can record all of your exercise, calorie intake, etc WHETHER you have a Fitbit device or not.

You can install an app on your phone that lets you record your daily calories. It scans barcodes from the labels on your food and, as long as that food is in the database, it knows the nutritional breakdown - you simply enter the quantities. (Kebabs are not in the database unfortunately).

Iā€™d strongly advocate anyone getting a Fitbit device (or similar) if they have an interest getting and staying fit. I have the Charge HR which monitors heart rate, sleep duration, steps, stair count, etc. If youā€™re slightly geeky like me, then the graphs and stats you get from it will really turn you on.

If youā€™re slightly geeky like me, then the graphs, badges and stats you get from it will really turn you on and keep you focused on beating previous bests.

Hereā€™s my last weekly summary (ignore the weight stats as I donā€™t use them)ā€¦

As I say, you donā€™t need a Fitbit to record details of your exercise and diet, but if you have one it makes it a more automated experience.

If youā€™re interested in registering and befriending me so I can taunt you about how shit you are in bed, and tell you how youā€™ll never amount to anything with that spare tyre and defeatest attitude, visit the link below and follow the ā€œWhat to try out Fitbit before getting a deviceā€ linkā€¦

https://www.fitbit.com/login

Go on, you know you want to!

" slightly geeky" :laughing:

Well, if you want geeky, look at my stats from a Monday (footy night).

I like the 4.30pm peak as you realise you havenā€™t done all the the jobs you were meant to do at work and start panicking.

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Actually Fatstuff, Iā€™ve just realised that Iā€™d lent the watch to Mrs Bletch that night.

Bless her.

While I was out, she must have taken the opportunity to go to the gym and exercised vigorously.

She didnā€™t mention it, though.

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Half an hour on the bog and two pounds shifted already - this is going to be a piece of piss.

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Will use the OP for the summary, but just post your Monday morning weight and I will collate + any good tips./successes - next weigh in is Monday 11th. Those that have not provided a baseline, get your fingers out!

Bletch - fitfuck tool is too compicated and just shows when you are being a lazy feckerā€¦ Just tell us your weight now and then the next time. Weekly award will be base on loss as a percentage of baseline.

On the weighing yourself, I find the first few weeks up and down before everything settles, so I normally weigh myself monthly and find that a better way to stay motivated. I might try weekly and see how that fairs.

Oh, what the hell. A bit of public humiliation if I fail might give me the additional motivation to focus on some weight loss :slight_smile:

I used to be able to lose weight at the drop of a hat, but for various reasons piled on weight between my mid 30ā€™s - 40ā€™s and Iā€™ve been Type 2 diabetic for the past 10 years and it is so much harder to lose it since, even though the health benefits are even more obvious. Iā€™m a chunky 5ā€™4 and have shifted 10 kgā€™s over the past couple of years and sitting at 80kgā€™s right now. Aiming to really crack on now though and shift another 10kg by June when I make my next trip back to the UK.

I have a sedentary life style along with the associated aches and pains of someone closer to 60 than 50, so exercise is not a comfortable experience lol My main exercise is basically golf which I try and fit in 2-3 times a week. I will also aim to do a couple of short but intense 30 minute cycle rides a week, and a few of us in the office have set up a rough and ready gym in the basement which I will endeavour to do another 2-3 times a week. Diet-wise I am already pretty good and do a combination of a 5/2 and LCHF and barely drink alcohol as I suffer the worst hangovers if I have more than 3-4 drinks lol

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84kg. Up 2kg over Xmas!

Target is 80kg which is my ideal race weight.

Itā€™s stubborn middle aged blubber which is proving difficult to shift.

Right then chubsters, I am a svelte 94kg, I have somehow managed to accumulate half a stone over xmas.

Day 1. 30 minute lunchtime session. 1 calf strain after 30 seconds of star jumps. Lol

Persevered with squats, push ups, crunches, planks, and some other bicep and tricep exercises for the rest of the session, but going to have to rethink some of my cardio goals. Hopefully tomorrow mornings golf game wonā€™t be affected by the calf strain (and any other muscle soreness that appears overnight!)

oh wellā€¦ Something is better than nothing :slight_smile:

no more updates until next Monday now, but not the start I was hoping for haha

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