Help losing 20 lbs

[Tom Officer]

151.2 / 7.4 ……..Heisenberg, 475 watts for a 154 lb guy at FTP sounds pretty fast, you'd better not be an old guy like me!

[MarkC]

Friday 138.3 and 22 fat

[christian]

168.8

[Tom Officer]

168.8

I'm watching! good work

[e-RICHIE]

i just got back from a 3 hour pre-D2R2 ride with darren - can't wait to hop on the scale atmo.

[boots2000]

6.4 watt/kilo for 20 min? Those are pro tour numbers.

[Tom Officer]

150.2 / 8.0

[MarkC]

Saturday 138.8 and 22.7 fat (16.3%)

Sunday 137.8 and 20.8 fat (15%)

[Tom Officer]

150.6/7.0

[EricKeller]

I just got back from PBP and have visibly less fat just about everywhere. Only works every 4 years though.

[Yodelinpol]

Is someone going to join this thread that actually needs to lose some weight? Ya'll are killing me.

[Nate@Scarab]

151.2 / 7.4 ……..Heisenberg, 475 watts for a 154 lb guy at FTP sounds pretty fast, you'd better not be an old guy like me!

23...too old for axel. heh.

afraid to step on the scale after this weekend. impromptu decision to race led to some serious nutritional fail (read: perilously low glyco stores and intensity work led to me destroying vast quantities of complex carbs thurs/fri/saturday).

then i finished off saturday night with 4loko, everclear, and roman candle jousting on the race bike.

[christian]

Is someone going to join this thread that actually needs to lose some weight? Ya'll are killing me.

Yodel - a year ago, with a two-year old and a brand new baby, and the attendant time off the bike, I was 195.5. Looked in the mirror one morning and said "f#ck, if I don't get in order, I'm going to be 200 lbs!" That, and the shame of seeing my bicycle just hanging in the basement got me going again.

Got down to 178 super-easily, but then got stuck there for a few months. Took a bit of hunger and running to get the old body to play along again, but since then it's been coming off again.

I plan to be 160 by October 30 when I am running the Marine Corps marathon, and then 155 by Thanksgiving.

[Jawn P]

Damnit I'm in. Starting at 162, would like to lose ten. Here goes!

[MarkC]

Monday 138.7 and 21.6 fat

Tuesday 139 and 22 fat


I'm in a holding pattern of 138-139 pounds and 15% BF. Made some diet changes to work on the fat % Long term project - next year I want to race at 135 and 10%

[ThomasRZ]

Active.com is promoting a decent coupon for Tanita Ironman scales today. I'm getting one.

[Brandon White]

Active.com is promoting a decent coupon for Tanita Ironman scales today. I'm getting one.

I just paid the $15 ... Will complete the deal when the smoke has cleared from all my other recent bike purchases.

[TJ]

157/10.7.

Goal is to be around 6-7% come Feb making the same 20 minute power (450-475w). Will probably be down to about 153-155. Hopefully.

That's pretty serious sauce right there. My 20min (last time tested) was south of 350 at a 152 lbs and I thought that was decent but apparently I suck

[christian]

168.8

[davids]

when you guys who have stopped drinking talk about it, how much did you consume anyway? i never, ever have more than a drink a night (parties might be an exception) and have a hard time believing one IPA or a glass of malbec contributes to a weight issue. i think the benefits of the quiet time, or the end-of-the-day contemplation that comes with a drink has benefits that might equal or over ride jumping on a wagon atmo.

A good friend of mine (and a cyclist) is a prof of epidemiology at Harvard Sch of Public Health. He's the guy who's done all the statistical analyses of the alcohol consumption studies. His bottom line? Alcohol, in moderation, is good for adults and bad for kids. Two 'servings' a day (shots of the hard stuff, glasses of wine, or bottles of beer) is about right for the typical adult male, reducing the chances of heart disease and possibly other nasty things. But too much alcohol is much, much worse for you than none at all - heavy drinkers have much poorer health than teetotalers.

Me? I like nothing more than a good novel and a shot of good whisk(e)y on a cold winter's night. Or drinking whatever Darren puts in front of me.

And I stopped weighing myself years ago. I can look in the mirror and know when I need fewer calories and more exercise.