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Tech is officially a fat article

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Tech · 17/11/2008 22:34

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

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JustineMumsnet · 17/11/2008 22:54

FATTY!

(sorry just been watching Little Britain USA)

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Tech · 19/11/2008 01:59

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.

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Tech · 24/11/2008 00:52

hello mp. your roundup made me laugh this week. That moments from my illustrious career thing had me howling.

Anyway, this week's weigh in: 218 lb - so down 2. OK but a slight disapp considering it's supposed to fall off at first. Hmm.

(BIWI must confess a spreadsheet is involved.)

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