Fatbusting: Kirwan's log
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Probably the time you start to see tangible gains in fitness and in appearance - sounds like a really varied cardio plan with biking, running, rowing etc - all helps to keep the motivation going. Particulary as you can row (inside!) over winter when the other options aren't so attractive!<br />
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Great work on being so close to your target too, that sense of satisfaction will surely help you kick on. -
Wow 70 odd kg... I would flip my lid if I got under 90! Good thing about the incremental loss is its about better eating and an active lifestyle - waaaay less chance of hitting your target weight then getting slack and adding the kilos back on.<br />
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Funny how much sense it makes compared to those who swing between a feast/famine approach to diet/exercise. Much better to build up to something you can maintain in the long term than thrash yourself in the short term only to see it all go pear shaped (literally!!).<br />
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Did you happen to take any before/after pics? Amazing how much your bodyshape can change with a bit of hardwork. -
I'm a towering 176cm but can trace my lineage back to brick shithouses so that accounts for my big bonedness!! 100kg plus is def in the pie zone for me but mid to low 90's I'm ok with that
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[quote name='MN5']A 7 in front of my weight at 190cm is downright scary. Even in the 80's back in 2004 my Mother was concerned I wasn't eating properly ( I probably wasn't but there was certainly a lot of liquid in the diet ! )[/QUOTE]<br />
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My brother is the same height as me, and he's often around 68kg (and he's not skinny at all, decent amount of muscle). Just to freak you out <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
[quote name='Kirwan']My brother is the same height as me, and he's often around 68kg (and he's not skinny at all, decent amount of muscle). Just to freak you out <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/QUOTE]<br />
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A mate of mine is the same height as me but 72kg. Hell of a long distance runner though ! -
[QUOTE]I'm a towering 176cm but can trace [B]my lineage back to brick shithouses [/B]so that accounts for my big bonedness!! 100kg plus is def in the pie zone for me but mid to low 90's I'm ok with that [/QUOTE]<br />
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Classic. at a towering 1.78.5 90kg is pretty handy for me, competition weight of 80 sustainable for a week!!! -
To compare I am 180cm on the dot and currently about 82kg (fortnightly weighin is today). This weight feels pretty good but 85-86kg is my target and thats a lean 85-86kg so from here up more in muscle and down more in fat.<br />
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I left school in my mid 60s and pretty dam skinny and this was due to all the running I did where I competed in various long distance running (road race, cross country etc) at nationals level. Was pretty fit back then. Stopped all the running once I hit uni and from there started putting on the weight but given I was working out at the uni gym it was in control. <br />
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Post uni years I steadily climbed up through the 70s and ballooned in to the 80s. I blame all the corporate entertaining and (perceived) lack of time to exercise plus a couple of years in the UK didnt help either although at least I made an effort to go to the gym over there. My last trip to the UK in September though was the killer. Put on alot of weight while there and wasnt overly positive about how I was looking.<br />
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I always thought you were pretty slim or in shape back in the UK Kirwan? Did you put on your weight since you got back to NZ? What do you put it down to?<br />
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Good to see the progress you have made so far. Its pretty impressive how that weight is coming off. Keep it up eh. -
No, I pretty much maintained the weight in NZ. In the last four years I've been around 85 and heading back up to 87.<br />
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When I went to the UK in 99/00 I was around 73. When I was 28 I got down to my low of 68 but that was very brief and I was very skinny. I don't think that's achievable again as I've gotten older and much broader through the rib cage, stuff I can't change the shape of!<br />
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In the UK, I then proceeded to try and drink my own body weight weekly in a vain effort to keep up with Duluth <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> I can clearly remember see the scales hit 80kg for the first time and being in shock.<br />
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When did we last catch up? If it was around 2005, when I got married, then I was briefly back down to 83-85 so might have looked slightly trim. I was also playing a small amount of rugby then so wasn't too unfit. Rest of the time was a lard arse <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Ok, was a great week. Hitting the scales at 80.5kg, which is a 1.3kg loss for the week and 6.5kgs in total lost so far. That's the biggest drop in a week since I started.<br />
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Main changes this week were longer mid-intensity cardios (two 10km rows, a 14km and 11km cycle, and a short run) and eating more during the day and less in the evening. Was a cleaner diet too, with a moderate cheat day.<br />
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Getting under 80kg feels very, very close. And as other have noted, am starting to see some changes now that the weight loss is starting to accumulate.<br />
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I have three weeks to get as far under 80 as I can to protect against my work trip. American sized meals and alcohol will be my enemies, but I intend to have fun. Will just have to try and maintain a reasonable intake of food like I did for my summer holiday. -
[quote name='MN5']A 7 in front of my weight at 190cm is downright scary. Even in the 80's back in 2004 my Mother was concerned I wasn't eating properly ( I probably wasn't but there was certainly a lot of liquid in the diet ! )[/QUOTE]<br />
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I had my parents concerned that I was to small back in xmas 09 when I got down to 105kgs. I was fit as hell, but not big enough for a prop at my height (192cm). -
[quote name='Chubby13']I had my parents concerned that I was to small back in xmas 09 when I got down to 105kgs. I was fit as hell, but not big enough for a prop at my height (192cm).[/QUOTE]<br />
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Ha we're both just unders....you're just under 6 4 I'm just under 6 3 in the old language. I might try sleeping like a bat for awhile to stretch the spine to hit 191 !
