Lose weight and keeping it off - Weight Loss diary and facts

All done

2008-03-05T20:37:00.005+13:00

Okay im pretty much done with the weight loss thing. Mostly into maintaining and no doubt dropping the last unimportant couple of kg. Im seriously into cycling which is awesome, My daughters are both now into cycling as well. This blog as a weight loss blog is pretty much dead but left here for anyone wanting to read it (for whatever reason)

My personal website is at http://wishes.debian.co.nz and of course being a geek i also have http://velofille.com which doesnt have a lot yet. The weight loss info is at http://weight-loss.co.nz which is a MUCH better website.

My new goals are to improve my cycling speed and endurance. I managed to make 18th on my last ride. I was in the first bunch for most of the way but hadnt ridden in 3 weeks so ended up cramping and dropping back in the last 10km.

Almost at my goal!

2007-12-10T19:48:00.000+13:00

60kg/130lb lost so far

2007-04-11T11:04:00.000+12:00

Well, ive lost a ton of weight - im officially the correct weigh in to donate my kidney to my brother.
I have now 3 months of tests ahead of me in which i will loose more weight and hopefully get down a fair bit more :)

you can see progress pictures at http://wishes.debian.co.nz/weight/

Im not really posting here much anymore, i generally post on my blog at my weight loss site

update - 49kg/112lb lost horay!

2007-01-17T23:38:00.000+13:00

Meep meep!

Time for my update again! Things are going great! ive lost 49kg/112lb (at a guess).

Have been back at work and therefore very busy!

Ive been doing more cycling lately and less weights.
Weights burn less calories, cycling more. Though i still go to the gym and maintain what I have.
Ive had to buy more clothes than ever before because they just dont fit. there is only so far you can wear REALLY baggy clothes for lol.
I have lots of friends in lots of sizes and we're doing great clothes swaps which helps. As i grow out of clothes i give them to the larger friends and as i grow into sizes friends give me their old clothes from when they used to be smaller or bigger or whatever. And ive had to buy new underwear and a few other things.

I have 2 weddings to go to in the next couple weeks, currently my hair is pink and yellow, im guessing i should probably go natural ... or blonde again (like the pic on my profile).

Not to sure what I'll do yet anyway, ill see and post pics :)

Its been a while since i posted .. update

2007-01-04T18:43:00.000+13:00

Okay well sorry its been a while
I actually started a proper website to get the basics into, its here at http://weight-loss.co.nz

Ive now lost 47kg/104lb and still going strong. Its been 6 1/2 months so im doing great!

Heres some before/during - this was at 44kg lost

The Book

2006-11-16T16:06:00.000+13:00

Well I have this large flap of skin now left on my tummy - its huge.
Its gross and it hangs down like 10-15cm .

Its a bad side effect of weight loss and it will never disappear without surgery. Surgery will cost me about 10 grand. So ive decided to write a book on weight loss, both factual and my personal experience.

Once ive done that Ill sell it on Trademe repeatedly until i make enough money to cover the cost of the operation.
By the time I get to my goal weight I will be about 70-80kg lighter than i started. Thats a serious weight loss.

Anyway thats my idea - might take some time lol.

Bike the Lake

2006-11-16T15:58:00.000+13:00

Well ive been going to the gym less and less now.
Just cycling to work and back, then the weekend before last i went in a Bike The Lake ride.
I did the 42km 1 lap challenge and came 272nd out of 500 odd in my field. It took me 1 hour 44mins.

Pics are here

Nutritional calculators

2006-11-06T19:34:00.001+13:00

Nutritional calculators are a great way to work out how much is in food you have baked or cooked yourself :)

Check this one out
http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html

I choose

2006-10-30T18:33:00.000+13:00

I Choose
to live by choice not by chance
to make changes not excuses
to be motivated not manipulated
to be useful not used
to excel not compete.
I choose self-esteem not self-pity.
I choose to listen to the inner voice not the random
opinion of others.

Poem

2006-10-25T22:33:00.000+13:00

Don't Quit

When you've eaten too much and you can't write it down,
And you feel like the biggest failure in town.
When you want to give up just because you gave in,
and forget all about being healthy and thin.
So What! You went over your grams a bit,
It's your next move that counts...So don't you quit!
It's a moment of truth, it's an attitude change.
It's learning the skills to get back in your range.
It's telling yourself, "You've done great up till now.
You can take on this challenge and beat it somehow."
It's part of your journey toward reaching your goal.
You're still gonna make it, just stay in control.
To stumble and fall is not a disgrace,
If you summon the will to get back in the race.
But, often the struggler's, when loosing their grip,
Just throw in the towel and continue to slip.
And learn too late when the damage is done,
that the race wasn't over...they still could have won.
Lifestyle change can be awkward and slow,
but facing each challenge will help you grow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
the silver tint in a cloud of doubt.
When you're pushing to the brink, just refuse to submit,
If you bite it, you write it....But don't you quit!

Cycling Race!

2006-10-17T16:03:00.000+13:00

Well i took the plunge and entered myself into a cycling race. Im only doing the beginners version which is 1 lap 42km around Lake Rotorua.
Its a BikeTheLake thing thats done every year. If i go ok with that Ill enter a 100km race from Rotorua to Taupo.

Sucess!

2006-10-07T19:22:00.000+13:00

Here is a comparison photo from a year ago at a BBQ and one taken today. I measured to make sure they were the same size (ie head size from top to bottom etc)

getting back into exercise

2006-10-06T18:01:00.000+13:00

Well im back into the sway of things, just updated one of my original posts about calories in vs calories out etc.

Ribs are good, hand is good. they still give me a bit of ass but motly i have sore muscles from getting back into exercise.

The Accident

2006-09-17T14:29:00.000+12:00

Dear Diary and perverted watchers,

Crap day today ... i survived but ended up at the hospital for several hours.
I finally got my husbands push bike off him and adjusted the brakes. I thought i would bike to the shops with miss 10yo and teach her road rules at the same time.
I showed her how to signal and to ride close to the curb. I explained you go around a parked car and signal. We start off fine. First parked car we get to i see her signal great and so i looked back to check for cars. No cars .. look back and my daughter has stopped right in front of me. I jammed on the brakes, which i had finely tuned only moments before and the bike stopped on a dime. The suspension bounced down and i promptly went over the handle bars.
I dont recall much except GREAT pain in the ribs as the handlebars gouged me and then rolling off the road. I recall seeing my daughter, telling her to get the bikes and herself to get off the road. And I recall seeing a red head lady about 100 mtrs down the road getting in her car and looking to see what the almighty roar was.
Next thing i recall was everything spinning and then stopping and i opened my eyes and the red head and some other lady asking me my address. I told her, then did a mental check that everything was intact, Stood up and walked back home with my daughter (after thanking everyone) and husband then took me to hosp.
Diagnosis was probable cracked ribs, Very badly bruised right side breast/rib area, Torn ligamints in right hand (im typing one handed with left atm), and mild concusion.
Apparently i hit my head thats why i passed out. I dont recall but the helmet has cracks so maybe thats true

Anyway i will be sore for a few days but not quitting anything. Ill use exercycle to stay fit and get it in, So long a breathing isnt an issue with the ribs.

Burning calories with sex!

2006-09-15T23:08:00.000+12:00

Taken from here

Question:
> Does anyone have any information on how many calories are burned by various
> sexual activities?  This may be the best physical exercise to lose weight!

Answer:
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ACTIVITY           CALORIES BURNED      ACTIVITY             CALORIES BURNED
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REMOVING CLOTHES:                       ORGASMIC INTENSITY SCALE:
With partner's consent..........12      Shoes flew off....................35
Without partner's consent......187      Expression didn't change...........1/2
                                        Orchestra swelled..................6
UNHOOKING BRA:                           Birds sang
Using two calm hands.............7       Large birds.......................7
Using one trembling hand........36       Small birds.......................3
                                        Earth moved.......................30
GETTING INTO BED:
Lifting partner.................15     PULLING OUT:
Dragging partner along floor....16      After orgasm.......................1/2
Using skateboard.................3      A few moments before orgasm......500

ACHIEVING ERECTIONS:                    PENIS ENVY:
For normal healthy man...........2.5    For woman..........................3
Losing erection.................14      For men...........................72
Searching for it...............115
                                       GUILT:
PUTTING ON CONDOM:                       Despite no formal training, orgasm
With erection....................1.5     comes easily, naturally..........53
Without erection...............300      You're enjoying sex, despite the
                                         fact that other people are
INSERTING DIAPHRAGM:                      starving..........................2
If the woman who does it is             Sex on your lunch hour.............3
 Experienced.....................6      Putting it on expense account.....20
 Inexperienced..................73
If a man does it...............680     AGGRAVATION:
Add (5) calories for retreiving it      Partner keeps showing plants.......5
from across the room.                   Partner insists on cuddling the dog
                                         during foreplay..................14
POSITIONS ACCORDING TO NATIONALITY:      Partner just visited bathroom for
Italian- Man on top, woman in            7th time.........................10
 kitchen........................26      Partner is taking phone calls......7
Russian- Woman on bottom,               Partner is making phone calls.....40
 man getting permission.........55
American- Both on top...........60     GETTING CAUGHT:
                                        By partner's spouse...............60
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF INTERCOURSE:    By your spouse...................100
Bouncing.........................7      Trying to explain.................55
Sliding around...................9      Trying to remain calm............100
Serious skidding................12      Leaping out of bed................75
Whiplash........................27      Getting dressed in one motion....500
                                        Thanking partner quickly...........2
ORGASM:
Real............................27
Faked..........................160

Shake your bon bon shake your bon bon!

2006-09-15T08:06:00.000+12:00

o/~ Shake your bon bon shake your bon bon!

Its times like this im glad im looseing weight

The Pasta Diet - humour

2006-09-14T07:47:00.000+12:00

The Pasta Diet and Your Health
ITALIAN PASTA DIET -- IT REALLY WORKS !!

1.. You walka pasta da bakery.

2.. You walka pasta da candy store.

3.. You walka pasta da Ice Cream shop.

4... You walka pasta da table and fridge.

You will lose weight!

Please Do Not Feed the Humans

2006-09-10T12:36:00.000+12:00

Taken from here

Please Do Not Feed the HumansThe global explosion of fat.

By William Saletan
Posted Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at 8:22 AM ET

In 1894, Congress established Labor Day to honor those who "from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold." In the century since, the grandeur of human achievement has multiplied. Over the past four decades, global population has doubled, but food output, driven by increases in productivity, has outpaced it. Poverty, infant mortality, and hunger are receding. For the first time in our planet's history, a species no longer lives at the mercy of scarcity. We have learned to feed ourselves.

We've learned so well, in fact, that we're getting fat. Not just the United States or Europe, but the whole world. Egyptian, Mexican, and South African women are now as fat as Americans. Far more Filipino adults are now overweight than underweight. In China, one in five adults is too heavy, and the rate of overweight in children is 28 times higher than it was two decades ago. In Thailand, Kuwait, and Tunisia, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are soaring.

Hunger is far from conquered. But since 1990, the global rate of malnutrition has declined an average of 1.7 percent a year. Based on data from the World Health Organization and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, for every two people who are malnourished, three are now overweight or obese. Among women, even in most African countries, overweight has surpassed underweight. The balance of peril is shifting.

Fat is no longer a rich man's disease. For middle- and high-income Americans, the obesity rate is 29 percent. For low-income Americans, it's 35 percent. Among middle- and high-income kids aged 15 to 17, the rate of overweight is 14 percent. Among low-income kids in the same age bracket, it's 23 percent. Globally, weight has tended to rise with income. But a study in Vancouver, Canada, published three months ago, found that preschoolers in "food-insecure" households were twice as likely as other kids to be overweight or obese. In Brazilian cities, the poor have become fatter than the rich.

Technologically, this is a triumph. In the early days of our species, even the rich starved. Barry Popkin, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina, divides history into several epochs. In the hunter-gatherer era, if we didn't find food, we died. In the agricultural era, if our crops perished, we died. In the industrial era, famine receded, but infectious diseases killed us. Now we've achieved such control over nature that we're dying not of starvation or infection, but of abundance. Nature isn't killing us. We're killing ourselves.

You don't have to go hungry anymore; we can fill you with fats and carbs more cheaply than ever. You don't have to chase your food; we can bring it to you. You don't have to cook it; we can deliver it ready-to-eat. You don't have to eat it before it spoils; we can pump it full of preservatives so it lasts forever. You don't even have to stop when you're full. We've got so much food to sell, we want you to keep eating.

What happened in America is happening everywhere, only faster. Fewer farmers' markets, more processed food. Fewer whole grains, more refined ones. More sweeteners, salt, and trans fats. Cheaper meat, more animal fat. Less cooking, more eating out. Bigger portions, more snacks.

Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut are spreading across the planet. Coca-Cola is in more than 200 countries. Half of McDonald's business is overseas. In China, animal-fat intake has tripled in 20 years. By 2020, meat consumption in developing countries will grow by 106 million metric tons, outstripping growth in developed countries by a factor of more than five. Forty years ago, to afford a high-fat diet, your country needed a gross national product per capita of nearly $1,500. Now the price is half that. You no longer have to be rich to die a rich man's death.

Soon, it'll be a poor man's death. The rich have Whole Foods, gyms, and personal trainers. The poor have 7-Eleven, Popeye's, and streets unsafe for walking. When money's tight, you feed your kids at Wendy's and stock up on macaroni and cheese. At a lunch buffet, you do what your ancestors did: store all the fat you can.

That's the punch line: Technology has changed everything but us. We evolved to survive scarcity. We crave fat. We're quick to gain weight and slow to lose it. Double what you serve us, and we'll double what we eat. Thanks to technology, the deprivation that made these traits useful is gone. So is the link between flavors and nutrients. The modern food industry can sell you sweetness without fruit, salt without protein, creaminess without milk. We can fatten you and starve you at the same time.

And that's just the diet side of the equation. Before technology, adult men had to expend about 3,000 calories a day. Now they expend about 2,000. Look at the new Segway scooter. The original model relieved you of the need to walk, pedal, or balance. With the new one, you don't even have to turn the handlebars or start it manually. In theory, Segway is replacing the car. In practice, it's replacing the body.

In country after country, service jobs are replacing hard labor. The folks who field your customer service calls in Bangalore are sitting at desks. Nearly everyone in China has a television set. Remember when Chinese rode bikes? In the past six years, the number of cars there has grown from six million to 20 million. More than one in seven Chinese has a motorized vehicle, and households with such vehicles have an obesity rate 80 percent higher than their peers.

The answer to these trends is simple. We have to exercise more and change the food we eat, donate, and subsidize. Next year, for example, the U.S. Women, Infants, and Children program, which subsidizes groceries for impoverished youngsters, will begin to pay for fruits and vegetables. For 32 years, the program has fed toddlers eggs and cheese but not one vegetable. And we wonder why poor kids are fat.

The hard part is changing our mentality. We have a distorted body image. We're so used to not having enough, as a species, that we can't believe the problem is too much. From China to Africa to Latin America, people are trying to fatten their kids. I just got back from a vacation with my Jewish mother and Jewish mother-in-law. They told me I need to eat more.

The other thing blinding us is liberal guilt. We're so caught up in the idea of giving that we can't see the importance of changing behavior rather than filling bellies. We know better than to feed buttered popcorn to zoo animals, yet we send it to a food bank and call ourselves humanitarians. Maybe we should ask what our fellow humans actually need.

A version of this piece appears in the Washington Post

Birthday - Halfway mark - great website!

2006-09-08T15:46:00.000+12:00

Well Yesterday was my birthday and i turned 33. It was a great day, It must be the first birthday ive had no cake - but i wasnt overly fussed on it.
I had lemon merangue instead which was AWESOME!
I missed going to the gym because i got to busy but i more than made it up today with weights and also cycling to work.

Another noteworthy thing, I hit exactly halfway to my goal weight so ive lost 27.5kg and have 27.5kg to go! :D

And my final say was I found this fantastic website with lots of exercises including silly animated gifs showing you how to do stuff :D

The Story so far ...

2006-08-31T22:05:00.000+12:00

Well at this point in time im down to 118.5kgs/260lb round about.
My birthday is next week (7th September).
I think its only just starting to hit home how much weight ive lost.

4 of my friends have been inspired by my weight loss and are also on a quest of their own. The info on this site has been helpful so im told.

I talk daily on a weight loss forum
with like minded people who never say anything nasty.

Anyway everything is going great, one day i might even hope to see all the muscle that is now developed under the flab lol.

I have no fat rolls any more, its just smooth sculpted fat :D

Stupid people at the gym

2006-08-25T22:08:00.000+12:00

I posted this on http://weight-loss.fitness.com originally but here it is for all to see :)

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Okay since its friday night and im bored shitless im gonna have a rant. This rant is not directed at anyone here on the forums - please do not take it that way (just letting off steam)

WHY do people pay tons of money to go to the gym, they get up at 5am to go in early before work and then just sit there half heartedly doing exercise whilst reading. I mean HELLO! if you arnt breaking a sweat then chances are your eyes are doing more of a workout whilst reading than anything else!
Im a reader - an avid reader. I speed read and can easily read a 300 page book in an hour (20 minutes at my best). If i cant read I go insane so i know what its like to want to read a book and exercise. Ive tried it myself! but it is IMPOSSIBLE to do a PROPER workout and read a book.
And as for that fat chick i see every morning who reads and exercises, why on earth do you waste your time?! She turns the treadmill on and is barely even moving (I shit you not .. its not even a decent walking pace) and does that for 5 minutes before moving to a laying back exercycle for another 5 minutes, then the rowing machine for another 2 minutes maybe all the while sighing loudly and looking determinedly bored and trying to read her book.
I do wonder if she has noticed that whilst she looks the same, ive gone from being HEAPS bigger than her down to a smaller size than her.
And there is this skinny chick, sure she has an ok body - but she is SOOO not toned. everything is just flat, straight. Looks kinda like a popcicle stick. And yet she goes to the gym every morning and again does a half hearted useing the stepper (whilst reading), and then reclined exercycle (reading a book), then some other cardio stuff. Never thinking once that perhaps they might go down to the weights section and actually give their muscles a real workout - or even crank the level up off the lowest.

ok now i have that off my chest, im tired and grumpy and probably shouldnt be posting to forums right now lol.
I take back anything nasty i might have implied! and huges to all *hugs*

how to work out how many calories are in something

2006-08-21T09:09:00.000+12:00

If it doesnt have Kilojoules or Calories on the packet try this little formula

Cals = fat X 9 + (carb - fiber) X 4 + protein X 4 + alcohol X 7

Listed as a spam blog!

2006-08-17T09:20:00.000+12:00

Heh I got listed as a spam blog by blogger and now i have to fill out a bunch of letters when i post.

Im not sure why i got listed but i did have a link on the template going to my home page. It was meant to be under every post but ive moved it up to the top and renamed it so it seems less spammy.

Either way its very lol.

So ive lost like 24.5kg so far - i have 31.5 to go before i hit 90kg.
My brother seems to have given up paying the kids to encourage me to loose the weight.
Nobody really seems to have noticed other than the odd person. I mean HELLO! IVE LOST A SHITLOAD OF WEIGHT!
Im not *THAT* fat that you just dont notice it.

My tummy is now going down though, and i can fit into a couple size smaller pants. I havnt really gone out and bought anything new because i plan to keep on loosing it. No point wasting money on clothes im only going to wear for a couple months.
So i have one pair of pants that fit for going out. and lots of my old shirts fit (Im wearing one i got 5 years ago for slackware)

Foods with "Negative Calories"

2006-08-17T09:11:00.000+12:00

These would be foods that are allowed to be eaten by anybody sticking to the Catabolic diet or the 'Negative Calorie" diet. The idea is that you burn more fat eating these foods, than if you were simply fasting.

apples
apricots
artichokes
asparagus
beet greens
beets
blackberries
blueberries
broccoli
Brussels sprouts
buffalo fish
cabbage
cantaloupe
carrots
cauliflower
celeriak
celery
cherries
chervil
chicory
Chinese cabbage
chives
clams
cod
corn
crabs
cranberries
cucumbers
currants
Damson plum
dandelion greens
eggplant
endive
flounder
frogs legs
garlic
grapefruit
grapes
green beans
honeydew
huckleberries
kale
kohlrabi
kumquats
leeks
lemons
lettuce
limes
lobster
loganberries
mangoes
mushrooms
muskmelons
mussels
mustard greens
nectarines
okra
onions
oranges
oysters
papaya
parsley leaves
parsnips
peaches
pears
peas
peppers (capsicum)
pineapple
pomegranates
prunes
pumpkin
quince
radishes
raspberries
red cabbage
rhubarb
rutabagas
salsify
sauerkraut
scallions
sea bass
shrimps
sorrel
spinach
squash
steaks
strawberries
string beans
tangerines
terrapin
tomato
turnips
watercress
watermelon

Burning calories - the fast way, and the slow way

2006-08-14T09:26:00.000+12:00

Burning calories - the fast way, and the slow way

In January's Food Magazine we gave a list of of calorie expenditure for different physical activities in our 'What the Doctor Reads' report. Since then we have received several letters requesting information on calorie use for more sedentary behaviour.

Some teachers, for instance, wrote to say that they would find information about sedentary activities useful, to help children make the comparison between playing sport and watching sport.

Two tables follow, one showing calorie expenditure during sedentary behaviour, the other showing calorie expenditure during different activities over a 20 minute period.

Energy expenditure and activity - sedentary behaviour This table gives the energy you would expend above your basal level (measured asleep). As you will see, some of the 'activities' burn so few calories they are hardly worth recording. A sign of the times, perhaps.
	Kcalories
Using TV remote control	<1
Getting up to change TV channel	3
Sitting, talking on the phone, 30 min	4
Letting dog out of the back door	2
Walking the dog, 30 minutes	125
Using pre-cut vegetables	0
Washing, cutting vegetables, 15 min	12
Using auto car wash	18
Washing and waxing car, 1 hour	300
Using a lift, 3 floors	<1
Walking up 3 floors	15
Sending email to colleague, 4 min	2
Walking and talking to colleague, 4 min	6
Shopping on-line, 1 hour	30
Shopping, pushing trolley, 1 hour	200
Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings (77) 2002

Burning calories during different activities The following chart shows approximate calorie expenditure for a range of activities:
Activity	Kcalories used in 20 minutes of activity
Aerobic dancing - low intensity, equivalent to walking	80
Aerobic dancing - medium intensity, equivalent to jogging	130
Aerobic dancing - high intensity, equivalent to running	170
Bed making	100
Cleaning windows	60
Cleaning stairs	65
Climbing stairs (72 steps per minute)	95
Climbing stairs (92 steps per minute)	130
Cycling on flat ground ('own speed')	125
Dancing (waltz)	130
Dusting	70
Gardening	110
Golf	100
Knitting	25
Office work (general)	25
Operating electric sewing machine	25
Playing cricket	160
Playing pool	65
Playing squash	200
Playing tennis	140
Playing football	140
Playing table tennis	90
Playing cards	40
Running (speed unspecified)	190
Sitting typing	30
Walking on the level (1-2 km per hour)	45
Walking on the level (4-5 km per hour)	85
Watching football	40
Source: Human Energy Requirements: A manual for planners and nutritionists, by WPT James and EC Schofield, published by the Oxford University Press (1990).