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Despite never having given birth, or indeed having any other excuse, I've managed to put on about three stone in the last two years, going from a 33" to a 38" waist in the process. Even the 38s are getting a little "snug" to be honest.
Medical science is not exactly sure how this happened. Giving up smoking probably didn't help. Nor did moving to America and starting to eat loads of lard and take-outs. Turning 40 was probably also in there somewhere as a factor, along with utter idleness.
Anway, clearly, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. So, on the theory that public monitoring keeps persons on the straight and narrow, I'm going to post weekly Monday weigh-ins here, for my erstwhile colleagues to check. The aim is to take off 1 to 2lb a week for the next six months, and see where we are then.
Week 0 - Monday November 17, 2008 Weight: 220 lbs (100kg, 15 stone 10) BMI: 30.2 BMI band: Obese
Right it is easy, all you have to do is use more calories than you intake. So if you want to getplastered have a drink, you have to walk for 20 mins extra per drink. Have vegetarian food at least a couple of nights a week (not cheese based though). Cut down on the carbs too and sugar. Good luck
You will lose heaps in the first week, let that spur you on, but the weight loss will slow down to a reasonable rate (although being a bloke you will lose it faster than females - as proved by the sole male weight watcher at a meeting who lost at least 4-5lb every week - he did have 6 stones to shed though)
Good on you for taking the first step.
And you do know that we all love you no matterwhat, doncha?
Hello b.a.l.d. - I'm 5 ft 11 or 1.82m in the new money. Ideal weight for my height and build is about 12 1/2 stone, so I'm more than 3 stone over - in short a fat lump.
B.I.W.I - I'm following TPP - Tech's Patent Plan. It is: eat less in general, no takeaways, no sweets, no cheese, no wheat bread, v little pasta, less meat, much fruit + veg, and gym at least 4 times a week for at least 30 mins on cross trainer. Big brekkie and lunch, small dinner. I think dinners are the enemy of slim for me - I've noticed before that big dinner consumption => fat arse, at least in my case.
Meanwhile, I've just discovered pumpernickel. Did you know that one slice has 25% of your recommended fibre intake and only 120 calories in a low gi form? I've adopted it as my new secret weapon. Another plus: it appears to keep for six months until you open it, so it's easy to "have some in" in case of hunger pangs, and not eat choc biscuits and mars bars cos you're a bit hungry.
So, like a proper obsessive nerd, I'm weighing myself every day to monitor progress. But, apparently, the secret is not to take too much notice of each weigh-in. After a few days you can start keeping an "exponentially smoothed moving average" of your daily weigh-ins. That evens out daily fluctuations (like cos you had a salty dinner last night which made you retain water blah blah) and lets you see a trend more easily. It's all explained in this webpage called the hacker diet. I used it once before and found it v useful. Ignore his subtitle about losing weight and hair through stress and poor nutrition - it's all sensible stuff inside.....
Of course this message is just displacement activity cos I should be at the gym. Must go now. Ho hum.
tech? - I thought you'd been released into the wild world? Don't tell me you couldn't leave cos of 20,000 women at your fingertips?
Anyway - good luck with the old diet. A good pointer is having 1/2 your dinner plate with veg, 1/4 carb and 1/4 protein. (not heaped up though!!) sensible is the key. You can have pasta, rice make sure they are brown and a bit of bread but that should be as grainy as you can get.
Cut out the crap, try to make everything yourself, then you know how much fat/crap is in it. Good Luck!!
ps - don't weigh yourself everyday! recipe for disaster. If you think you are planning 1-2 lb a week, split that into a day and it's virtually zilch, disappointing. try once a week to see better results.
My Dp needed to lose weight. He did following: No alcohol (are you a drinker Tech?) No tea/coffe No carbs Loads of salad, fresh veg and fruit. Lean meat 5 meals aday - SMALL ones....
In 3 months he has lost 1.5 stones ....... (he was also a miserable b*stard for the first month but I put that down to the detox...)
- such touching nerdiness exactitude!
moondog is channelling cod. 
