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I decided I should start a new thread for the current year. One advantage of having the final weigh in on New Year's Eve is that your first weigh in after that is likely to show a loss! Good start to the year, but still not quite in the 'green zone'. Maybe next week?

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
31/12/17_______97.0__________n/a__________________n/a
07/01/18_______95.2__________-1.8_________________-1.8

Paul Victory wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:36 pm I decided I should start a new thread for the current year. One advantage of having the final weigh in on New Year's Eve is that your first weigh in after that is likely to show a loss! Good start to the year, but still not quite in the 'green zone'. Maybe next week?

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
31/12/17_______97.0__________n/a__________________n/a
07/01/18_______95.2__________-1.8_________________-1.8

That nicely cancels out the gain at the end of the year Paul. So that's one hurdle overcome already

Wow, Paul - ambitious goal with your green zone - now almost there...

If you don't mind Paul, I'll be joining you this year.
Just missed the dreaded 100kg at 99.6 this morning, so here goes...
Under 95kg being the modest(?) target.

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
09/01/18_______99.6__________n/a__________________n/a
16/01/18_______xxxx__________xxxx_________________xxxx

I've been otherwise occupied from fitness for a while but I was still quite shocked to see I'd ballooned to an all time high when I did my annual weight test recently - my target is <98kg. So erging has recommenced - not been doing it seriously for 8 years. And alcohol consumption has stopped (temporarily) - been doing that seriously for too long.

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
08/01/18_______112.6__________n/a__________________n/a

Paul, slow down you will be lighter than me soon and you are 3" taller

Well done mate

Great to see you back Jonny-good luck with losing weight and getting fit again

Thanks Alan and welcome onboard Wolfie and Jonny. Good to have some company.

Thanks Alan and welcome onboard Wolfie and Jonny. Good to have some company.

You are welcome Paul and you need to update your signature !!

M 64 6'1" 124kg (May05), 92kg (Feb06), 122kg (Aug10), 95kg (Sep11), 117kg (Jun13), 94kg (Dec15), now 102kg!!!!!

Thanks for the reminder Alan. It was getting a bit too long anyway!

I still need to update my PB/SB widget, but it's too depressing to do right now.

Need to get myself onto this thread too:

After 3 or 4 years of very little erging and constructive exercise I weighed in at the beginning of 2017 at 118kg:oops:.
Lost a bit of weight then stalled.
Weighed in at 115kg on 19th June, and then got down to 98.5kg 4 months later.
Weighed in again this morning after the end of year excesses and some time off the erg with a slipped disc and found myself at 103.5kg.

Will weigh at the beginning of every month and the aim is the low 90's by August, and ultimately sub-90kg, a weight I have not been at for about 18 years.

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Monthly change_______Total change
13/01/18_______103.5__________n/a__________________n/a

Paul G

Welcome on board Paul. I finally reached the 'green zone' today (just about). The trick will be staying there. Jennifer and I are off for a two day post wedding hotel break (in Castle Leslie in County Monaghan) tomorrow, so that may sabotage next week's weigh in.

Paul V

Date_________Mass (KG)____Weekly change_______Total change
31/12/17_______97.0__________n/a__________________n/a
07/01/18_______95.2__________-1.8_________________-1.8
13/01/18_______94.8 _______-0.4_________________-2.2

Sub 98kg could take a while ...

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
08/01/18_______112.6__________n/a__________________n/a
15/01/18_______111.6__________-1.0__________________-1.0

Well done Paul and Jonny

Some proper South African beef there Mr G!
Not sure how, as I've had/got the lurgy and done very little training, but I've recorded a loss.
But I'll take it.
Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
09/01/18_______99.6__________n/a__________________n/a
16/01/18_______97.4__________-2.2_________________-2.2

Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:04 am Some proper South African beef there Mr G!
Not sure how, as I've had/got the lurgy and done very little training, but I've recorded a loss.
But I'll take it.
Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
09/01/18_______99.6__________n/a__________________n/a
16/01/18_______97.4__________-2.2_________________-2.2

I wish it was beef without all the trimmings though

Well done on a good start to your weight loss journey.

Paul G

Slight gain this week, but not too bad considering we had a lovely (and very calorific) break up in County Monaghan.

Paul V

Date_________Mass (KG)____Weekly change_______Total change
31/12/17_______97.0__________n/a__________________n/a
07/01/18_______95.2__________-1.8_________________-1.8
13/01/18_______94.8 _______-0.4_________________-2.2
20/01/18_______95.0__________+0.2_________________-2.0

No booze, no cakes and lots of erg = 1.6kg. Pretty good but it'll be a while before I need to change my profile pic.

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
08/01/18_______112.6__________n/a__________________n/a
15/01/18_______111.6__________-1.0__________________-1.0
22/01/18_______110.0__________-1.6__________________-2.6

Well done Jonny, a kilo and a half every week would be superb in the long term

I had a feeling my first week could have been an anomaly!

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
09/01/18_______99.6__________n/a__________________n/a
16/01/18_______97.4__________-2.2_________________-2.2
23/01/18_______97.6__________+0.2_________________-2.0

Feeling much better after the cold/cough, more meters in a week than since I can remember, still no booze for Jan, and the scales go up slightly

I too am back on weight loss plan. I held the ~20kg I lost in the first 6 months of last year and am trying to push on. My rowing weight at Uni was 96kg, so that is the target.

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
01/01/18_______102.3__________n/a__________________n/a
08/01/18_______102.5__________+0.2_________________+0.2
15/01/18_______101.4__________-1.1_________________-0.9
22/01/18________99.5__________-1.9_________________-2.8 (rode 201km in the week - 60km in snow)

I am still a cyclist and trying to cycle 200km each week. I row once a week at the gym aiming for sub 1:40 3 x 300m/30s but that is on hold at the moment after cracking a rib sneezing! Once I can consistently manage the 3 x 300m / 30s at sub 1:40 I might start thinking about doing longer pieces.

Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:10 am ...more meters in a week than since I can remember, ... , and the scales go up slightly

Must be muscle mass then

20kg and kept it off - respect TWP. I'm expecting my anomolies to end soon Wolfie!

Dropped over 1kg this week and back under 94kg for the first time since May 2015.

Paul V

Date_________Mass (KG)____Weekly change_______Total change
31/12/17_______97.0__________n/a__________________n/a
07/01/18_______95.2__________-1.8_________________-1.8
13/01/18_______94.8 _______-0.4_________________-2.2
20/01/18_______95.0__________+0.2_________________-2.0
27/01/18_______93.8 _______-1.2_________________-3.2

Paul, many virtual ' Thumbs Up ' to you, it's so pleasing to see that you are back in the Green Zone

Be careful with your back; unlike Kryten in Red Dwarf, we cannot open our wardrobes and take out Spare Back One ... or Two ...

I do hope that everyone else will reach their weight loss goals. Good luck.

Austere lifestyle continuing with good results - at this rate I'll be back on the beer and curry before I know it

I've managed to get back into the routine of longish sessions without too much problem. However, on the odd occasion when I have tried to increase pace for a whole session then the extra effort required is significant to say the least! So I think another month or so of weight reduction is in order before I start targeting PB's ... not that I'm realistically expecting to achieve any but I'd like to get close(r).

Motivational posts by other members of what they have achieved are keeping me keen

Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change
08/01/18_______112.6__________n/a__________________n/a
15/01/18_______111.6__________-1.0__________________-1.0
22/01/18_______110.0__________-1.6__________________-2.6
29/01/18_______107.4__________-2.6__________________-5.2

Do I read that correctly that you lost more than five kilos in just three weeks? Don't overdo it, you'll be lightweight before you know it Well done by the way!