The weight loss challenge - Page 2

That's good going : to be able to lose 2st 4lbs in 4-5 months.

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it" - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

And then there's my quandary. I am consistently between 5-10 pounds over what I think would be my ideal racing weight (150 or slightly less). In other words, right at the point at which I can ignore the whole issue and put it off until a later date (closer to race season). Well enough of that. I'm in for the challenge.

Here in Canada, we have Tim Horton's, not Mr. Donuts. If I can skip the sour-glazed timbits when I get my coffee, and not buy chips when I buy groceries, this should not be a problem.

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HSCoach2 on other cycling forums

Thanks.

I asked for some ideas here (think the thread was called 'diet help') and got some good suggestions

Started out by tracking kilocalories but then realized this was unnecessary.

In simple form: lots and lots of training + sensible eating choices (cut out the cake, watch the alcohol intake, plenty of fresh food, and no starving oneself) = results.

Seems to work so far.

Alright, I am in:

Current weight 76-77 kg (175cm)

Goals:
70kg by January 31, 2010
67-68 kg by March 31, 2010

Let me join the quest to lose unwanted mass

Currently : 75 kg at 170.2 cm
Goal: 70 kg by May 1st 2010

I was heading in the right direction this summer, but when the cooler weather hit, and my longer weekend ride distances have been reduced in half, its crept to the current state of affairs.

I was using an FitDay.com to help monitor caloric intake last winter. I'll probably start doing that again.

I'm in. Currently weigh in at 86Kgs and would like to get down to 80Kgs. Less would be okay too, but 80 is the goal. (I was 91Kgs not too long ago)

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Fitness is as way of life that rewards you with good health.

Weigh in after a ride yesterday 89.1kg at 172.5cm. Set some good power but needed a recovery day today. Aim is to build fitness to be able to ride 6 days a week and get the balance right between improving racing fitness and getting in enough volume to chew through some calories.

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Hamish Ferguson: Cycling Coach
http://hamishferguson.blogspot.com/

So, I'm considering cutting down on some weight. I'm 5'11" 178 or so, and probably 16-20% bodyfat. While I lose the weight though, I want to make sure that I don't lose any of the progress I've made in my weight training over the last two months.
Does anyone around here know a good way to cut down on body fat without losing much strength? My current plan is to do around 45 minutes of cardio, and change my lifting program to sets of single heavy reps.
The rationale behind this idea, is that too much cardio can be catabolic and hurt my lifting, so I have to do some weight training. But, I don't want to go down to a lower weight with higher reps, since if I was doing 10-20 rep maxes, I'd be doing what bodybuilders do to bulk up, which seems to run counter to my goal of slimming down. So, I'd like to instead do low volume, high intensity lifting, while I'm doing high volume low intensity cardio.
Anyone have any comments?

Been riding 1.5hrs of L2 on the trainer or outdoors everyday for the past month and lost 4lbs. Been watching the quantity that I eat; not really particular as to what I eat.
Started at 198lbs and will get down to 189 by February. Critical is that I don't want to lose any power.

I forgot to weigh myself before breakfast today, but was the same weight as last week after drinking a glass of water, eating a banana 1 piece of toast with a small omelet.
That means I must be getting near to 73kilo something. half a kilo down from last week. Tyson

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Nice work I'm down about 1.2KG since last week, I have a lot more to loose than you though

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Steve
CyclingForums.com

Wow, can't match that Steve - not without starving myself.

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Tässä itse 1.4.-09 --> 8.11.-09 painoni on vähän tippunut
n. 150kg --> eilen mittasin 113kg eli 37kg vähemmän kuin huhtikuussa 7 kuukautta sitten.

Nyt ostin cyclocross KONA JAKEN palkkioksi itselleni hyvästä työstä ja tavoite on heinäkuussa olla 90kg.

oma linjani: jos kerran lipsuu koe morkkis ja yritetään kovemmin kohti tavoitetta heti huomenna alkaen ei parin viikon päästä.

1. katso mitä syöt (ei roskaruokaa eikä karkkia eikä muita mässyjä.)
[miksi syödä sellaista jos ei se auta tavoitteessa.]
2. Viina on sallittua (tosin ei tissuttelua vaan kunnolla sit harvoin jos oottaa). elämän iloista ei tarvii luopua.
3. ÄLÄ keksi tekosyitä vaan urheilemaan ilman mussutusta.

Update: first week diet fail.

First I ate too little, felt really weak by Wednesday and couldn't even finish my 2x20 even after taking Tuesday completely off.

Then I ate too much to compensate and had two consecutive days of three-month best CP20s (probably because of the extra rest from failing Weds).

Now I'm right back where I started.

LOL I know that situation so well. The question is how do you advance from where you are at this juncture. I think the answer is as you've hinted above; lose a little weight at a time and what's more, if you feel hungry after eating, grab an apple (not a banana) . I think drinking diet coke also exacerbates the hunger pangs. Tyson

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