The Silver Fern

Haven't posted for a couple of weeks, but put on about 1.6kg week before last to go up to 98.9kg, but stormed home with a 1.2 loss this week to go back down to 97.7kg.<br />
It seems when I have a bad week, it takes two weeks to show up! Bizarre.<br />
Back on track now.

97.3kg at weigh in this week - total loss 14.1kgs.

Right back into it this week so far.<br />
Started back properly last Friday, with a good solid walk (still not allowed to run due to sciatica) and then 4 hours of golf on Saturday.<br />
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I only put on 400g in total over my exam period, so as I wasn't exercising or eating well, that is a re-sult.<br />
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A good tip to remember for any TSF fatbusting golfers: [i][b]carrying [/b][/i]your clubs rather than pushing a trundler will burn roughly an extra 2000 calories in one 18 hole round of golf!<br />
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Rebel Sport have good, cheap, back-pack style golf bags, that are actually prett easyto carry round.<br />
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Like this:[img]http://www.garindustries.com/images/products/GB320.jpg[/img]

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Wearing a size L tee shirt at the moment, for the first time since I was born...<br />
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Mrs Chowie shrunk one of my tees a coulple of weeks ago, and now it fits again!

What are you tipping the scales at these days Bartos?<br />
Still under the hundie?

Have decided to have this week off Weight Watchers, as the weather is utterly shite, and I've got to concentrate on my exams.<br />
Looking forward to this weekend, because that's when my four week orgy of World Cup, AB tests and hardcore exercise begins...

It's a pretty simple equation really.<br />
Energy in  &  Energy out<br />
Maximise your energy output with lots of cardio activity.<br />
This should be at least a half hour in duration, but build it up as quickly as you can.<br />
If your not up to running, then get on a bike, or simply go for a walk.<br />
It isn't complicated.<br />
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With regard to your eating, or 'energy in' side of things, it all comes down to common sense really.<br />
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If you need help in the eating area, join Weight Watchers.<br />
The money you spend on the weekly meetings (about $16) will easily pay for itself out of the money you will save at cafes etc.<br />
If you're worried that it seems a chick thing, don't, there are heaps of blokes at my centre, and lots of young blokes too.<br />
It's a great option for those that require the extra motivation of getting on the scales in front of someone each week. (Like me)

Only lost 100g (98.2kg - 13.2kg total loss) this week, still, at least I didn't put any weight on.<br />
Looking forward to the next few weeks, as after my last exam on Thursday I have four weeks off to solidly exercise. :twisted:

Down to 98.3kg (13.1kg total loss) at my latest weigh in, but my next one is tomorrow, and I expect to have put on a slight amount.<br />
Went for a hell pedal on sunday,from brooklyn down to owhiro bay, round the south coast and miramar peninsula, through the city and then back up brooklyn hill.<br />
Two and a half hard out hours.<br />
Going again this arvo.

99.0kg at the weigh-in today, so it's nice to have the under-the-hundie consolidated with a 900g loss.<br />
Happy with that, given I had to spend all weekend writing an essay, and couldn't exercise.<br />
Managed to squeeze in a couple of good pedals, though.<br />
I've started cycling as I've been told I have to stop running for a while as the jarring is aggravating my sciatic nerve.<br />
Now that I'm under the hundie, my next goal is 95kg, which I have not been under since I had glandular fever when I was 18.

I thought I was sticking my chin out a little bit too far there... <br />
Each to their own, I say!<br />
Just make sure you stick to whatever you choose, because that's the hard part.<br />
(And don't spend any dosh if you don't have to!)

I'm gonna have to agree to disagree with you here lads, the quickest way to drop body fat is aerobic exercise.<br />
You don't have to make things more complicated than they are, this is how gyms make their money! <br />
Just good old fashioned running is the best thing that we can do.  <br />
(PS I have a Dip. in Ex Sci, so I'm not talking completely out of my arse.)<br />
The hardest thing is simply sticking to it, and that's why Weight Watchers has worked for me so far.<br />
I had all the knowledge but couldn't be arsed to apply it to myself.

[quote name='BartMan']<br />
Chowie, I don't think I would get much below 95kg, not carrying too much fat at all now, and am probably fitter than when I was playing code!  Mind you, with that stupid BMI index thing, no doubnt I am still super obese.... :tickedoff:<br />
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I hear you, but I said the same thing to my doctor, and he said (and I quote) <br />
"Bullshit".<br />
Then he said " It's a simple fact that if you are 1.9m tall you should be 86kg, end of story."<br />
Then he said " Stop making excuses and get on with it!"<br />
He's quite a hard case my GP, but a good bloke, he gave me just the kick up the arse I needed.

Thought of another tip.<br />
I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already, but [b]Metamucil [/b]is great for cleaning out your insides, especially if you aren't the most regular of toilet-goers.<br />
If you've led one of those carnivorous, 'skip-the-salad-just-give-me-the-kilo-of-redmeat' lifestyles up til now (as I have), then you might want to try a [b]hycolonic irrigation[/b].<br />
Yes, I know there's a certain amount of embarrassment at shoving a tube up your bum, but I'd rather have what came out afterwards NOT inside me.<br />
Plus, I lost about a kilo in the process.

[quote name='BartMan']<br />
But getting there.  Don't think I would like to get much under the 100 at any rate - hate feeling 'small' after all theses years of being a frontrower.  Someone even picked me for a flanker the other day.  The shame :shifty:<br />
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Don't believe the hype, Bartos.<br />
'Small' lives longer, goes further, doesn't get diabetes, heart disease etc...<br />
We've just been told we need to be big by our coaches ever since college, so of course it's going to be hard to change your mindset, but you've gotta do it, for the sake of yourself. I don't know about you, but I want to meet my grandkids. (In about another thirty years, mind )<br />
I'm pretty sure we're about the same age (I'm 32), so now's the time to get cracking... or else we're heading down a road that ends at heart attack city.<br />
I'm planning on being around 85kg when I run the London Marathon, anything more and it'll just be too hard.

Keep a food diary. You'll always think twice about that pie if you have to write it down and see it later.<br />
Forget about weights until you've lost the weight, the ONLY thing that loses fat is AEROBIC training.<br />
Finally, if you know you can't make it on your own, bite the bullet  and join weight watchers, or jenny craig or what ever organisation suits you.<br />
The money you spend on the weekly meetings (about $15) will be saved at the cafeteria, believe me.<br />
There's nothing like getting weighed in every week with a queue of people behind you to motivate you to NOT eat that mars bar.<br />
It's not just for chicks either, so don't think you'll be treated as an oddity when you turn up there, there's heaps of guys at my WW centre in Welly (on Lambton Quay).<br />
I've lost 11.5kg now, so it actually works, and I feel great for it.

Good stuff mate, it's a pretty amazing feeling when you officially go under the hundie, as I finally found out on Thursday.<br />
It's a feeling that skinny people will never be able to understand...

Hey boys, it's been a while since I've been on here but I've been busy!<br />
I finally decided to eat humble pie (and not a 'Le Moulin' steak and cheese one either!) and realised that I had a weight problemo.<br />
This was also given a serious edge when my doctor informed me that I had high blood pressure.<br />
He put it in simple terms: you have 2 choices, you can either live or die.<br />
Chowie has momentary panic attack<br />
I joined Weight Watchers about 11 weeks ago and (drumroll please) I've now lost 11.5kg.<br />
I started at 111.4kg, and I'm now (as of Thursday) 99.9kg!<br />
This is a biggie for me, as it's the first time I've been in double digits since I came home from the UK.<br />
The secret for me has been the food diary that WW gives you, and regular [u][b][i]aerobic [/i][/b][/u] exercise.<br />
Simply waliking the dogs at a good pace to start was enough for me to start with, and I started playiung golf, I've even joined Wainui Golf Club.<br />
I'm now running and riding the old dusty mountain bike with Mrs Chowie (who did the Special K Dualthalon in Welly last month, and loved it so much that she went up to Roto-Vegas with her mate to do that one too!).<br />
Word of advice: forget about doing weights until you've lost the weight, then think about toning.<br />
My goal weight is to get to 85kg, which my doctor thinks is a realistic goal, I'm not so sure but I'll sure give it a nudge.<br />
I have 2 rewards in mind, one is to play 80:80 grade in Welly club, which would be a lot of fun.<br />
The other is to run the London Marathon, in 2008.<br />
I can now run for 6kms non-stop, which is a good start.<br />
Good luck lads, and I'll keep posting my progress, and be an interested reader of all yours.