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Cycling for weight loss. Update
Well been 3 weeks now. Lost 8 pounds on week 1, 6 pounds on week 2 and 2
pounds last week. Loosing less and less will have to eat less and pedal more But seriously first few weeks I know you loose a lot of water too, so that's most likelly normal. Now just gotta find a way to keep loosing 4 pounds per week and I will be happy. I read a lot about those carbs. I decided to lower my intake of the ones that spike insulin production. Will be hard since I am a pasta and rice guy. Good thing is that I am not a potato guy, 95 on the glycemic index is insane How about you guys that were doing the same? |
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Cycling for weight loss. Update
Daniel Crispin writes:
Well been 3 weeks now. Lost 8 pounds on week 1, 6 pounds on week 2 and 2 pounds last week. Loosing less and less will have to eat less and pedal more But seriously first few weeks I know you loose a lot of water too, so that's most likely normal. Now just gotta find a way to keep loosing 4 pounds per week and I will be happy. This sounds hard to me. If yo don't like bicycling and riding in the mountains, the exercise becomes just that and wears on you. In the long run, riding a bicycle because you love it is a durable hobby and it allows you to eat well without counting calories. I read a lot about those carbs. I decided to lower my intake of the ones that spike insulin production. Will be hard since I am a pasta and rice guy. Good thing is that I am not a potato guy, 95 on the glycemic index is insane Ohhh, it sounds so unpleasant. Maybe you don't have nice mountains, forest and seascapes for your rides, but riding for the fun of it is more lasting and takes the drudgery out of 'exercising'. How about you guys that were doing the same? I don't. Jobst Brandt |
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Cycling for weight loss. Update
Daniel Crispin wrote:
I read a lot about those carbs. I decided to lower my intake of the ones that spike insulin production. Will be hard since I am a pasta and rice guy. Well, don't cut out the carbs completely, especially from your post-workout recovery meal. Recommended intake after a hard workout is 70-100 gm of carbs and 20-25 gm of protein. Skip the simple sugars, not the complex carbs. -- terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/ |
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Cycling for weight loss. Update
"Daniel Crispin" wrote in message
.. . Well been 3 weeks now. Lost 8 pounds on week 1, 6 pounds on week 2 and 2 pounds last week. Loosing less and less will have to eat less and pedal more But seriously first few weeks I know you loose a lot of water too, so that's most likelly normal. Now just gotta find a way to keep loosing 4 pounds per week and I will be happy. No offense, but you're dreaming. Your goal of losing 4 lbs per week is unrealistic. It would require a daily deficit of 2000 calories (1 lb of fat = 3500 calories). That means you need to eat 2000 calories less than you burn each day. That is a nearly impossible rate of weight loss, and potentially unhealthy because it's hard to get sufficient vitamins and minerals. It's also hard to exercise with such a large calorie deficit. Most authorities recommend a much more modest rate of weight loss - a deficit of 500 calories per day is recommended and should result in about 1 lb per week of weight loss. See http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/102_fat.html for more info on this. Keep up the bike riding, and aim for a modest, sustainable rate of weight loss. You didn't gain all that weight in a few months, and you won't lose it in a few months either. GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary I read a lot about those carbs. I decided to lower my intake of the ones that spike insulin production. Will be hard since I am a pasta and rice guy. Good thing is that I am not a potato guy, 95 on the glycemic index is insane How about you guys that were doing the same? |
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Cycling for weight loss. Update
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:15:08 -0400, "Daniel Crispin"
wrote: Well been 3 weeks now. Lost 8 pounds on week 1, 6 pounds on week 2 and 2 pounds last week. Loosing less and less will have to eat less and pedal more But seriously first few weeks I know you loose a lot of water too, so that's most likelly normal. Now just gotta find a way to keep loosing 4 pounds per week and I will be happy. I read a lot about those carbs. I decided to lower my intake of the ones that spike insulin production. Will be hard since I am a pasta and rice guy. Good thing is that I am not a potato guy, 95 on the glycemic index is insane How about you guys that were doing the same? I've lost about 2KG just putzing around enjoying the sights here in the 10 days or so since I got my new bike. I try to ride 2 times a day - once in the morning and once in the evening. Right now, we have a typhoon bearing down on us! http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V4e/typhoon/news/TYtrace.htm I went out for a ride today and I could hardly make headway against the high winds. There isn't a cloud in the sky yet and it will be 48 to 72 more hours before its actually here! Michael J. Klein Dasi Jen, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC Please replace mousepotato with asiancastings --------------------------------------------- |
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Cycling for weight loss. Update
Well done on the weight loss, of course you have to remember that as well burning the blubber, your two-wheeled road rocket improves fitness and builds muscles. Muscle is heavy, muscle is good, so you may find you don’t always lose weight. The alternative diets involving denying your body the raw materials to burn fuel, and sitting around waiting for the weight to fall off, are a recipe for bad health, wind and halitosis. Skinny and unfit, does not equal healthy
Just eat a healthy diet and go for the burn, few things look better than a lean mean pedalling machine. So take these words of wisdom from a man who is 40years of age, 100 kg in weight, doing 200+ a week and fit as a butcher’s dog. -- |
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Cycling for weight loss. Update
No offense, but you're dreaming. Your goal of losing 4 lbs per week is
unrealistic. It would require a daily deficit of 2000 calories (1 lb of fat = 3500 calories). That means you need to eat 2000 calories less than you burn each day. That is a nearly impossible rate of weight loss, and potentially unhealthy because it's hard to get sufficient vitamins and minerals. It's also hard to exercise with such a large calorie deficit. Most authorities recommend a much more modest rate of weight loss - a deficit of 500 calories per day is recommended and should result in about 1 lb per week of weight loss. I agree with this. The lb per week notion is good because that anything greater entails a pretty drastic situation that can not be sustained. Now, it is possible to lose weight faster. I went on a 2 week tour in the Rocky Mountains. It had a about 70 miles daily plus quite a bit of climbing. Plus it was a camping situation (at high schools and what not) but when you have to put up your tent and tear it down and walk to the showers and so on, you get in even more exercise. I figured I could lose some weight on the tour so I ate all the carbohydrates I could to replenish my glycogen for the next day and I avoided fats and ate a normal amount of protein. I was very surprised when I got home and discovered I had lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks and it all seemed to have been fat. But you can do that when you are on the bike oh 6 hours per day and active for another 3 hours or so. People did gain weight on the tour by eating massive cheese burgers, fries and sundaes. So it seems no matter how much you exercise, you can sabotage it by upping the intake. |
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Cycling for weight loss. Update
"Pbwalther" wrote in message
... No offense, but you're dreaming. Your goal of losing 4 lbs per week is unrealistic. It would require a daily deficit of 2000 calories (1 lb of fat = 3500 calories). That means you need to eat 2000 calories less than you burn each day. That is a nearly impossible rate of weight loss, and potentially unhealthy because it's hard to get sufficient vitamins and minerals. It's also hard to exercise with such a large calorie deficit. Most authorities recommend a much more modest rate of weight loss - a deficit of 500 calories per day is recommended and should result in about 1 lb per week of weight loss. I agree with this. The lb per week notion is good because that anything greater entails a pretty drastic situation that can not be sustained. Now, it is possible to lose weight faster. I went on a 2 week tour in the Rocky Mountains. It had a about 70 miles daily plus quite a bit of climbing. Plus it was a camping situation (at high schools and what not) but when you have to put up your tent and tear it down and walk to the showers and so on, you get in even more exercise. I figured I could lose some weight on the tour so I ate all the carbohydrates I could to replenish my glycogen for the next day and I avoided fats and ate a normal amount of protein. I was very surprised when I got home and discovered I had lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks and it all seemed to have been fat. But you can do that when you are on the bike oh 6 hours per day and active for another 3 hours or so. People did gain weight on the tour by eating massive cheese burgers, fries and sundaes. So it seems no matter how much you exercise, you can sabotage it by upping the intake. Too true. Most exercise burns off a depressingly small number of calories With respect to weight loss, the diet component is generally more important than the exercise component (with some exceptions like your week-long bike tour). It's really easy, especially after exercise, to sabatoge a weight loss plan by chowing down on calorie dense foods. Once after a century ride I was too lazy to cook and went to Jack in the Box. I ordered a healthy-sounding Turkey Pannido sandwich, and a small chocolate shake. Later I got curious, and looked them up online...imagine my surprise when I found out I had consumed over 1400 calories (most of it fat calories)! GG |
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Cycling for weight loss. Update
GaryG wrote:
"Daniel Crispin" wrote in message .. . Well been 3 weeks now. Lost 8 pounds on week 1, 6 pounds on week 2 and 2 pounds last week. Loosing less and less will have to eat less and pedal more But seriously first few weeks I know you loose a lot of water too, so that's most likelly normal. Now just gotta find a way to keep loosing 4 pounds per week and I will be happy. No offense, but you're dreaming. Your goal of losing 4 lbs per week is unrealistic. It would require a daily deficit of 2000 calories (1 lb of fat = 3500 calories). That means you need to eat 2000 calories less than you burn each day. That is a nearly impossible rate of weight loss, and potentially unhealthy because it's hard to get sufficient vitamins and minerals. It's also hard to exercise with such a large calorie deficit. Most authorities recommend a much more modest rate of weight loss - a deficit of 500 calories per day is recommended and should result in about 1 lb per week of weight loss. See http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/102_fat.html for more info on this. Keep up the bike riding, and aim for a modest, sustainable rate of weight loss. You didn't gain all that weight in a few months, and you won't lose it in a few months either. GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary I agree with you, aiming for an unreachable goal makes quitting easier when the weight loss isn't being achieved. I am in the midst of losing weight. I found myself at 206lbs in March, and for my size, I should be more like 170lbs. So I set a goal to drop from 206 to 180lbs by 31 December, a very realisitc goal. To do so, I need only drop approx. 1/2 lb per week. Seeing my recommended calorie intake was 2700, and that I was pumping in more like 3300 on a bad day, it was easy to knock off 500 calories a day from the recommended to set my goal at 2200; gave up a chocolate bar at night, dropped the Pepsi for diet Pepsi, and started eating more veggies instead of homemade fries. I also bike a fair amount, average about 1200-1500 calories burned per ride, say 3 times per week. The riding, however, isn't for weight loss, it's entertainment, with a good side effect that it also helps lose weight. So, my goal is to lose 1lb per week by adjusting my diet and calorie intake, and then if I lose another pound by biking, it's a bonus. So, since March 1, I've lost 24 pounds, roughly 1.5lbs per week( I do cheat, I don't count calories as carefully on weekends, have been known to indulge in a 'few' beers now and then, and still make homemade fries when I BBQ a good steak!) All in all, a realistic goal fairly easier to make, and without turning my passion of biking into a mandatory weight loss tool. |
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Cycling for weight loss. Update
wrote in message ... Daniel Crispin writes: This sounds hard to me. If yo don't like bicycling and riding in the mountains, the exercise becomes just that and wears on you. In the long run, riding a bicycle because you love it is a durable hobby and it allows you to eat well without counting calories. Unfortunatelly I am an Urban rider. There is a lot of nice trails around the island of Montreal, but only 1 small hill in the middle of the town... I would say a 500 feet climb or something like it. Maybe I should do that once a week. Last time I did it I was exausted at the top, it's a steep climb that goes for maybe 3 miles... or something like that. Anyways to loose weight you have to do both, only cycling would be too slow... I calculated it and it would take me 4 times as long. I read a lot about those carbs. I decided to lower my intake of the ones that spike insulin production. Will be hard since I am a pasta and rice guy. Good thing is that I am not a potato guy, 95 on the glycemic index is insane Ohhh, it sounds so unpleasant. Maybe you don't have nice mountains, forest and seascapes for your rides, but riding for the fun of it is more lasting and takes the drudgery out of 'exercising'. How about you guys that were doing the same? I don't. Jobst Brandt |
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