Love the photo, is GMR still closed to car travel? I haven’t been up there in quite some time!
I’m a bit late but I would like join in. Just added myself to the spreadsheet.
Usually I gain a couple of kgs over winter but this year it was a bit more and thanks in part to lockdown it’s not coming off very easily despite feeling quite fit otherwise! I think working from home has been a bit disastrous for my waistline since the fridge is never more than a few metres away, and wearing stretchy waist band clothing every day has made too easy to ignore my weight gain!!
I am currently 68.5 kg which is 7 kg heavier than this time last year. I would like to get down to at least 63 kg which is weight I feel like I have a lot of energy at but not too heavy for climbing.
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Yes, it’s still closed. Hope it stays that way forever. Cyclist only would be very nice.
What Ice Cream is bad for you? Ah man!
340 calories PER 480g TUB. With 20g of protein.
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Just did the bodpod this morning. 199lbs with 8% bodyfat. I want to get to 190lbs. Dont know if that is a goal I can achieve. Ill give it 6 more weeks and see where I end up.
How tall are you?
6’ 2"
8% is an impressive body fat reading at that weight.
Where do you expect those final lbs to be dropped from?
I was 208-212 2 months ago, I am working with a nutritionist, so I hope that is keeping me healthy and having better supervision then me starving myself. I was hoping to lose some upper body mass since i still carry a bit of weight up top. I have only failed one work out and have gained watts on each of the past 2 ftp tests. I think im coming to the pointy end of the weight loss though.
I also suffer from the same problem amber described in the last podcast. It wasnt until I listened to her tell her story that I looked back and saw I had the same issue 7 years ago and that caused me to quit the sport. I just dont look like a cyclist, and mentally that always fucks with me.
I think the key to losing weight on whatever diet you choose to achieve calorie deficit is breaking down the habit/routine of being hungry and wanting to eat/shove your face. Being mindful helps massively towards achieving this as you can see your hunger, label it as just a feeling and move on and not have to act on it. Have just started doing this and feel as though there is nothing stopping me from losing it now.
Yes I’d agree with this. I’m making a conscious effort this time round on eating satiating food for my main meals, so that when I stand in front of the fridge at 3 in the afternoon I know I am bored not hungry. As soon as I cut out snacks, I drop weight. Even if my main meals aren’t perfect.
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Annnnnnnd another good week. And no sweets at all, nothing, zero. 30 days in a row with calorie deficit for now. No negative effect on power, some PR on 15-50min climbs as well as good TR VO2 max workouts I couldn’t manage last year. And another 0,6kg less. Waist 71 → 67cm in last 4 weeks.
I can now shave my legs again as I start to look quick now 
Just keep it for a bit longer and mountains are all mine when snow comes
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Pretty solid week for me. Certainly not perfect, but good enough. I think most is water weight, but down 1.8kg on the week.
Whilst my diet has been good, my training consistency is non existent. Work is kicking my arse and even on the weekend I can’t find the motivation to get on the turbo. I managed to get 2 sessions in during the week so I’m not losing fitness I dont think, but certainly not boosting my FTP. And that’s not the priority for the moment if I’m playing the long game for 2021 season, but still an annoyance.
I don’t seem to have much of a rebound effect after increasing calories.
Down 0.6kg overall in June, which isn’t great, but is better than a kick from a horse.
I’ll keep at it and try not to get demotivated by recent slow-down
Another week in.
Only down a pound or so this week. Its been a very odd week with respect to weight. On Tuesday, I weighed 83.3 from a massive drop in water weight. I went up to 85.5 overnight and I’ve stayed stable at it for the rest of the week. Weighed 84.9 today.
My rest week was extended a bit because I wanted to try and get my TP form to fresh. Wanted to be very fresh for my Ramp and 20 min power tests this week. Its possible I have some extra weight from having more glycogen on hand as I tended to have more carbs this week than before even though I was spot on with my calorie targets.
This week is a return to training for my next 4-6 week block. Good luck to the rest of you this week
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No racing for me this week so no excessive carb bloating weighing me down. 2.2kg down from last week & I’ve lost a total of 3.7kg in a month & I’m getting to the point where I’m getting faster, feeling better & have to drop a little bit of pressure from my fork, shock & tires. I’m within 2kg of my goal but I think I’m going to have to revise that down a bit but we’ll see.
I lost another pound this week. There is no doubt the weekly check in is making a difference in my decisions. I went camping with family over the weekend. I had a lot of bad food choice options available. Although I was not a picture of nutritional virtue, I did make better choices than I probably would have otherwise.
It feels like this is starting to form a habit. Five weeks is the longest weight loss streak I have had in a long time, even though I have lost weight faster at other times.
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I just looked back and in 4 weeks I’ve lost 4.65kg.
Down from 96.9kg 1st of june that’s a total 4.7% loss of body weight.
Things feel pretty sustainable and I’m still trending down which is really nice. At what point are people considering recalculating their calorie goals?
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181.2lbs=82.1kg Had to stop training for a few days. Hit the deck on Thursday and felt quite sore, have a deep bruise in my right calf muscle. Manged to eat healthy most of the week, with the exception of yesterday I had a scoop of vanilla icecream with whipped cream. Small weight/fat loss continues.
Have a great week everyone. Stay positive and make healthy food choices. Burn those extra calories😎
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