How often do you weigh yourself?
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Given the daily fluctuation, how do you know whether any given weekly weigh in is on the high or the low side of your normal fluctuation? If you had consistent daily weigh ins, you'd eventually be able to spot factors (sodium intake, sleep, carbs, stress, etc) impacting your weight, and have a better feel for what your base range is.
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There is no such thing as too much data or too much consistency. The only potential flaw is not using the data to make good decisions, or misinterpreting the data (i.e. - I" I lost 2 lbs yesterday, I can quit exercisnig now!").
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I'm the same way with my power and HR. I only look at random intervals, because I wouldn't want the data to mess with my mind.
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Everyone knows what a good diet and exercise program looks like, and they know if they're failing without weighing themselves everyday. Even "Biggest Losers" only weighed in once a week... and then sent a loser home.
A healthy persons weight really shouldn't be fluctuating all that much. If it is, somethings not right.
A healthy persons weight really shouldn't be fluctuating all that much. If it is, somethings not right.
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Everyone knows whether their car is going fast, too, but we still check the speedometer on a regular basis.
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I really enjoyed this thread, and reading how difficult it can be for some:
https://www.bikeforums.net/clydesdal...-so-big-3.html
Interestingly, pretty much all said their weight gain was from too much food/booze, and too little exercise. Some blamed their lifestyle choices on jobs/family/relationships, but just as many or more, said it was all on them. Not one blamed it on not weighing themselves often enough, which was the point I was making.
The difficult part is making the right choices.
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I used to weigh myself every day. Same time every day. Doing that made me realize what foods had a bigger impact on my weight (rice for dinner) and what food had no impact (almost everything else)
Now I weigh myself occasionally. I have learnt to use better measures for my fitness. Like how fast or how much further I can ride my bike And also how well my clothes fit me.
Now I weigh myself occasionally. I have learnt to use better measures for my fitness. Like how fast or how much further I can ride my bike And also how well my clothes fit me.
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It is easier to make the right choices when one is paying attention to diet and weight, and the daily weigh-in helps focus my attention. I knew I had gained some weight in my 50s but I was shocked when I finally pulled the scale out of storage and saw the number. I've been at my target weight, +/- 2 lbs, for a couple of years, but I still like the positive reinforcement when I check the number each morning.
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I disagree with the above....I think it's very easy to loose and maintain healthy weight...Most people who are having trouble with weight loss fall into one of those categories listed below:
- bad lifestyle choices
- laziness and lack of self-discipline
- following "fad diets" and following wrong type of workout routines which do nothing for fat loss
- those who have medical issues or are genetically predisposed to extreme weight gain
- those who are trapped into a lifestyle which prevents them from exercising and eating right
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None of it is easy. Averaging 16 hours of cardio a week, always under my calorie goals, still 15lbs over my optimum weight. If you think it's easy, you're either young, skinny, or have a hard time gaining weight. I can gain weight by sitting still and breathing heavily. A typical week for me looks like this:
15,330kcal weekly (2,190kcal per day)
14,689kcal recorded (2,099kcal per day)
10,196kcal burned (1,457kcal per day)
Net kcal per day: 642kcal
But I can't do this forever. I just want to sit down and eat a whole meatloaf and chase it with a cheesecake.
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I agree...and cardio is one of those activities that is easiest for your body to get acclimated to.
That's your problems right there. Too much cardio and not enough of anything else. Your body has become very efficient at cardio and it burns less and less calories...The more efficient you become at certain exercise the less fat and calories you burn...If you want to loose fat you should try doing some resistance training, weight training and some higher intensity stuff, do something that your body is less efficient at doing.
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It's just that easy, folks! Give up everything you love: eating, riding a bike, taking hikes, and replace it all with kale and resistance exercises!
If that's the "easy" way, I want nothing to do with it. Because the body gets used to stuff like weight lifting, too. Then when you stop lifting weights, you turn into a meatball.
If that's the "easy" way, I want nothing to do with it. Because the body gets used to stuff like weight lifting, too. Then when you stop lifting weights, you turn into a meatball.
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Someone here fall in "more is better" traps hehehehe...
I been trapped in loophole of "more is better" mindset for 2 years before I finally to cracked a code how to stay "healthy" and "maintenance" for whole life.
Balance and sustain is a key. You *can* do it forever. Not *must do* it forever.
I been trapped in loophole of "more is better" mindset for 2 years before I finally to cracked a code how to stay "healthy" and "maintenance" for whole life.
Balance and sustain is a key. You *can* do it forever. Not *must do* it forever.
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Most people who are having trouble with weight loss fall into one of those categories listed below:
- bad lifestyle choices
- laziness and lack of self-discipline
- following "fad diets" and following wrong type of workout routines which do nothing for fat loss
- those who have medical issues or are genetically predisposed to extreme weight gain
- those who are trapped into a lifestyle which prevents them from exercising and eating right
- bad lifestyle choices
- laziness and lack of self-discipline
- following "fad diets" and following wrong type of workout routines which do nothing for fat loss
- those who have medical issues or are genetically predisposed to extreme weight gain
- those who are trapped into a lifestyle which prevents them from exercising and eating right
There are entire civilizations with extremely low levels of obesity that ate/eat tons of rice as a main staple. Go figure.
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Actually, how you look is determined primarily (80%~) by your diet. If you want to change how you look, focus the majority of your attention there. No exercise necessary.
That said, for overall good fitness and health, you need to exercise. Cardio for good cardiovascular fitness, and weight training for your muscles. These encompass the remaining 20%.
That's because those civilizations burned those calories as fuel and maintained a lower overall caloric intake. Americans, on the other hand, consume twice their caloric intake they need daily. It begins with total caloric intake, and second, how these calories are used.
That said, for overall good fitness and health, you need to exercise. Cardio for good cardiovascular fitness, and weight training for your muscles. These encompass the remaining 20%.
Agreed. And the latest "fad" diet is low carb. A poster above claimed they can see it on the scale the next morning when they had rice the night before for dinner! Really? How many pounds of rice are they eating, and what is mixed in with it?
There are entire civilizations with extremely low levels of obesity that ate/eat tons of rice as a main staple. Go figure.
There are entire civilizations with extremely low levels of obesity that ate/eat tons of rice as a main staple. Go figure.
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You have a power meter. You know exactly how many calories you're burning on the bike, within 5 % of the gods' honest truth anyway.
Your power meter doesn't get wronger and wronger the more you get better at cycling.
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Guns don't kill people, people do. So true. On the other hand, I never me anyone overweight that didn't get that way by not gorging themselves on excess carbs.
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I never met anyone who was overweight who didn't get that way by eating more calories than they burned.
Some of those calories came from carbs. Some came from fat. Some came from protein. It's not like people are sitting around mainlining granulated sugar.
Some of those calories came from carbs. Some came from fat. Some came from protein. It's not like people are sitting around mainlining granulated sugar.
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Some of those calories came from carbs. Some came from fat. Some came from protein. It's not like people are sitting around mainlining granulated sugar.
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Of course it's not easy to achieve and maintain healthy weight!
I really enjoyed this thread, and reading how difficult it can be for some:
https://www.bikeforums.net/clydesdal...-so-big-3.html
Interestingly, pretty much all said their weight gain was from too much food/booze, and too little exercise. Some blamed their lifestyle choices on jobs/family/relationships, but just as many or more, said it was all on them. Not one blamed it on not weighing themselves often enough, which was the point I was making.
The difficult part is making the right choices.
I really enjoyed this thread, and reading how difficult it can be for some:
https://www.bikeforums.net/clydesdal...-so-big-3.html
Interestingly, pretty much all said their weight gain was from too much food/booze, and too little exercise. Some blamed their lifestyle choices on jobs/family/relationships, but just as many or more, said it was all on them. Not one blamed it on not weighing themselves often enough, which was the point I was making.
The difficult part is making the right choices.
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I weigh myself just about every morning. Myfitnesspal (I know, I know) reminds me to weigh myself every Monday morning. I just started using it a few weeks ago. I was 165 lbs, and it asked me if I wanted to lose or gain weight. I couldn't decide but then I decided to say my goal is to weigh 175 lbs. I'm up to 171, and I'm not sure if that's good, bad, or indifferent.
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Agreed. And the latest "fad" diet is low carb. A poster above claimed they can see it on the scale the next morning when they had rice the night before for dinner! Really? How many pounds of rice are they eating, and what is mixed in with it?
There are entire civilizations with extremely low levels of obesity that ate/eat tons of rice as a main staple. Go figure.
There are entire civilizations with extremely low levels of obesity that ate/eat tons of rice as a main staple. Go figure.