[andy popp]

Mainly purple, puce, crimson and blue.

[Muesli]

Twelve days in, no beer, no ice cream, err some cake and 76.2 kg

[shark]

Craving for booze has gone down and not had any alcohol for 6 days. Scarcely any snacking either except at crag. Weight is the same but fat going from my midriff so expect to see a few pounds drop off soon.

[Doylo]

11.5 but in project mode so 5-2 diet initialised.

[Sasquatch]

Assuming Bishop in Nov happens, then my two goals are:
Current - 171lbs, 78kg, 12.3 st
Mid-Sept - 167lbs, 76kg, 11.13 st
Mid Nov - 162lbs, 73.5kg, 11.8 st

So let the August Lardbegoneathon begin!

8/15/14 - 168 lbs.  Going much faster than anticipated, although I think the non-stop active week in squamish really helped....

[lagerstarfish]

a manly volume of ale was consumed last weekend due to camping in the rain on the same site as The Mother-in-law

sticking to oatcakes and occasionally mixed nuts and dried fruit for daytime hunger management

no Greggs

no cakes at work

bouldered one evening - was told by someone who knows about these things that I was moving well

the scales registered a low point of 14st 7lb

YYFY!

[Muenchener]

Currently 81 target 77.

To be achieved by: long days out on the Alps in August

   currently 82 

The death of my dad meant my family visit to the uk at the start of the month involved no physical activity and a lot of sitting around drinking with my brother and various old friends.

Appalling weather meant the following week of alpine "climbing" mostly involved hillwalking in pouring rain, interspersed with sitting in huts desperately trying to consume enough calories to stay warm. Rather too successfully it would appear.

[tomtom]

Well done Lagers -

Theres a woody allen film where they go into the future and find out that smoking is good for you - the implication that he was stupid for giving up. I sometimes wonder if the same will happen with Greggs...

[Nibile]

I found this article very interesting, especially the ELEL/EMEM approach, which I had never thought about.
I hope it helps everyone with their goals, myself included.
http://www.t-nation.com/diet-fat-loss/truth-about-metabolic-damage

[SA Chris]

Guess I should give it a go. After getting down to 13st I'm creeping up to the 13 1/2 mark again.

On holiday next week, so it's going to be tough.

Post hol, still 13 1/2, guess I didn't lose any ground at least!

[abarro81]

I usually find gains/losses are delayed a week or so.. Don't count your chickens yet;)

[SA Chris]

Yeah, I find that too. I was fairly good though, not much booze, just a bit of excessive habitual snacking when driving. Managed a few reasonable length bike rides.

[Sasquatch]

started at 171, dropped to 168 last week.   

Then binged over the weekend back to 170.5.  prob just water weight.  Let's see how this week goes.

[shark]

Time to start gradually losing the excess weight ready for Sendtember

Current weight 11.8
Target 11.2

Achieved by: no home drinking and cutting out bread, chocolate, cheese and biscuits 

Anyone else?

Down to 11.5-6 this week. Limited drinking and snacking still but we're visiting my parents so will have to show restraint with Mum's home cooking especially as climbing psyche is at a low ebb.

[abarro81]

My deadline is a bit different, since I have a trip in October..
Current: 11.11
Goal (by start of Oct): 11.4

11.7-11.8 this week.. Getting there, but farting a lot in the process!

[SA Chris]

13 st 4. Bike, surf, climb it's been a busy week! Had a bacon roll in a moment of weakness this morning though.

[tomtom]

11st 5lb. Been steady at this all week... though being careful..

Out for dinner at some place called Char tonight... I don't think its a vegetarian restaurant...

[Sasquatch]

Assuming Bishop in Nov happens, then my two goals are:
Current - 171lbs, 78kg, 12.3 st
Mid-Sept - 167lbs, 76kg, 11.13 st
Mid Nov - 162lbs, 73.5kg, 11.8 st

So let the August Lardbegoneathon begin!

8/15/14 - 168 lbs.  Going much faster than anticipated, although I think the non-stop active week in squamish really helped....

8/22/14 - 167.4lbs

[Doylo]

My deadline is a bit different, since I have a trip in October..
Current: 11.11
Goal (by start of Oct): 11.4

11.7-11.8 this week.. Getting there, but farting a lot in the process!

Catch me if you can 

[lagerstarfish]

11st 5lb. Been steady at this all week... though being careful..

Out for dinner at some place called Char tonight... I don't think its a vegetarian restaurant...

a bit of positive re-enforcement in the form of bouldering success should help with maintaining the effort (even if it was a traverse)

[Muenchener]

Currently 81 target 77.

To be achieved by: long days out on the Alps in August

   currently 82 

81. Back to square one yyfy.

Interestingly, my rested/waking pulse is down from 47 in April to 44. Suggesting that all the bike riding to work, stair climbing, hillwalking in pouring rain etc. actually worked, and aerobic fitness wouldn't have been the limiting factor had I managed to get on any decent long alpine rock routes.

[SA Chris]

Out for dinner at some place called Char tonight... I don't think its a vegetarian restaurant...

Sounds fishy to me.

[shark]

Down to 11.5-6 this week. Limited drinking and snacking still but we're visiting my parents so will have to show restraint with Mum's home cooking especially as climbing psyche is at a low ebb.

11.6 this morning 

Gave in to  beer, cheese, wine, roast dinners, blackberry crumble over weekend but declined the cheesecake at dinner on Monday and participating in the McDonalds on the way home

[Muesli]

Hey ho


More cardio exercise, less cake, no drinking..... the result... weight resolutely stuck at 76.2kg


I do however feel at lot more motivated and with better energy levels than a month ago so still good.

[rodma]

having just finished a bag of dirtyros and about to start on some chewy triple chocolate cookies, I'm really enjoying reading about your diets 

currently 59.6kg, will be 60kg by the time the cookies are done