UKBouldering.com

August lardathon (Read 63828 times)

Nibile

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 7991
  • Karma: +743/-4
  • Part Animal Part Machine
    • TOTOLORE
#75 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 01:09:44 pm
I don't want to piss on anyone's chips, but I think that instead of monitoring just weight, one should mostly check fat levels.
We all know that it's easier and faster to lose weight via muscle mass loss, but I think that it would be far better to lose maybe less weight, but via fat loss.
I know that more weight on the fingers is more weight on the fingers, regardless of muscle or fat, but I've found that keeping muscles and losing a little fat brings more advantages. More power, a better look, a healthier body more resistant to colds, etc, and most of all a higher metabolism, that is a key factor for having permanent weight loss instead of the usual ups and downs.
Just my 2 cents.
It goes without saying that I deeply support all the lardathletes here, and in no way I mean to detract anything from their efforts.
Keep it up.

SA Chris

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 29221
  • Karma: +630/-11
    • http://groups.msn.com/ChrisClix
#76 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 02:10:57 pm
You saying I'm fat?? :)

shark

Offline
  • *****
  • Administrator
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 8697
  • Karma: +625/-17
  • insect overlord #1
#77 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 02:23:14 pm
I don't want to piss on anyone's chips, but I think that instead of monitoring just weight, one should mostly check fat levels.


If monitoring fat % was as straightforward as weighing yourself I'd agree but most fat checking devices are inaccurate.


a dense loner

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 7165
  • Karma: +388/-28
#78 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 02:46:14 pm
The mirror is the most accurate thing yet devised

SA Chris

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 29221
  • Karma: +630/-11
    • http://groups.msn.com/ChrisClix
#79 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 03:04:42 pm
Yup!


Nibile

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 7991
  • Karma: +743/-4
  • Part Animal Part Machine
    • TOTOLORE
#80 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 03:42:00 pm
The mirror never lies.
Despite this, monitoring fat is very easy and very accurate. What isn't accurate is the plethora of different formulas used to calculate the %. But that's totally useless, I don't need to know my %, I only need to know whether the folds I measure with my calipers are increasing or decreasing.

tommytwotone

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Southern jessie turned Almscliff devotee
  • Posts: 3633
  • Karma: +199/-3
#81 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 04:09:15 pm
The mirror is the most accurate thing yet devised


Au contraire - I made the mistake of video-ing myself sans top for the first time in ages on Sunday.

They say the camera adds 10 pounds, in which case I think my camera's broken as it appears to have added about double that.

Muesli

Offline
  • **
  • addict
  • Posts: 134
  • Karma: +7/-0
#82 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 04:39:08 pm
My scales do have some impedance based way of calculating %body fat and to be fair the figure has dropped from 18.3% to 18.0% over the last month.


How accurate it might be is anyones guess.

moose

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Lankenstein's Monster
  • Posts: 2931
  • Karma: +228/-1
  • el flaco lento
#83 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 05:40:48 pm
Impedance based measurements might be pretty good for trends at the very least, even if the absolute value is inaccurate.  The measurements given by my scales were always very repeatable and, when they did trend, did so for explicable reasons - a slow, incremental rise when I put on a bit of weight, a fall when I lost weight, with the absolute values seeming pretty sensible.  That said, they are a fairly posh set of scales - a big handlebar grip that takes the whole of both hands, as well as foot-plates (which common-sense would suggest is more comprehensive than just footplates, or thumb pads) .

Muenchener

Offline
  • *****
  • Trusted Users
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 2692
  • Karma: +117/-0
#84 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 08:34:21 pm
I don't need to know my %, I only need to know whether the folds I measure with my calipers are increasing or decreasing.

What he said.

Also, I like that there is a "Jackson Pollock" method for calculating body fat. I presume it involves putting random splotches of paint across your belly and then seeing if they get bigger or smaller.

webbo

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 5028
  • Karma: +141/-13
#85 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 10:00:36 pm
 I thought the way to tell if you are carrying too much fat was to stand naked in front of the mirror and jump up and down whilst tensing your muscles. Anything that jiggles that shouldn't is fat.

SA Chris

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 29221
  • Karma: +630/-11
    • http://groups.msn.com/ChrisClix
#86 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 10:50:48 pm
Males only.

tomtom

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 20282
  • Karma: +641/-11
#87 Re: August lardathon
August 26, 2014, 10:56:20 pm

Males only.

My moobs don't count then? :(

shark

Offline
  • *****
  • Administrator
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 8697
  • Karma: +625/-17
  • insect overlord #1
#88 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 11:19:37 am
Time to start gradually losing the excess weight ready for Sendtember

Current weight 11.8
Target 11.2


 I was going well last week weighing 11.5-6 then had a splendid weekend of fine food, wine and technicolour cake so weighed in at 11.8 this morning. Hopefully I can shift that this week but nonetheless a disappointing end to the August Lardathon.





SA Chris

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 29221
  • Karma: +630/-11
    • http://groups.msn.com/ChrisClix
#89 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 11:24:30 am
Epic fail. Was doing OK, at 14st 2 mid last week.....

Then barbeque Saturday afternoon. A few beers resulted in going into gannet mode - it was totally overcatered, so just had to eat.

14st 5 this morning.

Oh well.

fatneck

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 2894
  • Karma: +143/-3
  • Fishing Helm
#90 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 11:44:58 am
My August has quite literally been a lardathon. 3kgs put on over the last three weeks mainly due to eating butties on the beach every day and drinking beer and eating snacks every night...

Back up at 90kgs today after being down at a 5yr record low of 87kgs just before my hols :no:

85kgs by Christmas is the goal...

Doylo

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 6694
  • Karma: +442/-7
#91 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 11:58:52 am
11.4 but with project ticked likely to creep up now.

tomtom

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 20282
  • Karma: +641/-11
#92 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 12:23:13 pm
About the same...

lagerstarfish

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Weapon Of Mass
  • Posts: 8810
  • Karma: +812/-10
  • "There's no cure for being a c#nt"
#93 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 12:58:07 pm
feeling very pleased to have kept weight steady at around 14st 7lb whilst having 2 weeks off work - this usually leads to quite a few extra lbs, but I've been reasonably controlled

drank alcohol most days, ate great food

no climbing

only exercise has been DIY related (carrying a fuckton of wood and concrete)

I did get the scales to register 14st 6lb one day

I am optimistic that I can resume the fat loss

a bit of climbing will boost motivation...

Three Nine

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 1305
  • Karma: +136/-55
#94 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 01:30:49 pm
Time to start gradually losing the excess weight ready for Sendtember

Current weight 11.8
Target 11.2


 I was going well last week weighing 11.5-6 then had a splendid weekend of fine food, wine and technicolour cake so weighed in at 11.8 this morning. Hopefully I can shift that this week but nonetheless a disappointing end to the August Lardathon.



So, to recap, you went from 11.8 to 11.8 over August, and you achieved this by eating cake. Sounds like another successful Simon Lee diet, following on from the excellent museli, honey and greek yoghurt between meals diet. The rainbow cake was a nice twist, but you are the world's most feeble athlete.

Three Nine

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 1305
  • Karma: +136/-55
#95 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 01:32:23 pm
If that sounds uncharitable, its because i'm actually dieting. You know, where you eat less and lose weight.

lagerstarfish

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Weapon Of Mass
  • Posts: 8810
  • Karma: +812/-10
  • "There's no cure for being a c#nt"
#96 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 01:59:06 pm
So, to recap, you went from 11.8 to 11.8 over August, and you achieved this by eating cake. Sounds like another successful Simon Lee diet, following on from the excellent museli, honey and greek yoghurt between meals diet. The rainbow cake was a nice twist, but you are STILL the world's most feeble athlete.

Three Nine

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 1305
  • Karma: +136/-55
#97 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 02:04:24 pm
Cheers for correcting me!

kelvin

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 1293
  • Karma: +60/-1
#98 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 02:08:33 pm
I dunno - it took a lot of strength to lift that slice of cake no doubt.

I spent all of the month on holiday... so it could have gone one of two ways.

The leg muscles are bigger and the waist smaller but this is mostly due to to the price of food in Switzerland and all the exercise from dodging rain showers.


shark

Offline
  • *****
  • Administrator
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 8697
  • Karma: +625/-17
  • insect overlord #1
#99 Re: August lardathon
September 01, 2014, 02:13:24 pm
I prefer to think of myself as "the world's most tenacious malingerer"

 

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2024, SimplePortal