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Hmmm OK then Lardarse...
Can anyone help? Someone somewhere on this thread and I can't find it now mentioned that you can work out how much faster you should be able to run just based on how much weight you have lost. Apparently there is a formula somewhere.
Does anyone have a link please?
I am trying to work out what my next target 5k race should be, based solely on weight loss rather than training done.
Cheers for any help
http://www.runningforfitness.org/calc/weighteffect.php
try this Sweepie I find his site really useful and can become adictive!
Scales for me this morning, from 88.7kg at the start of December, now at 84.1kg... that'll do me... well on the was to sub 12 stone by London!
Pug
Cheers MtD,
Exactly what I was looking for!
I ate a chocolate brownie after lunch and now I feel sick and p*ssed off for giving in. Damn and blast to Harvey's sandwich shop
. At least I've not had any alcohol since New Year. Determined to keep up to that one at least. Walks away muttering.... I must not eat cr*p, I must not eat cr*p, I must not eat cr*p.
So this means I'll be at least a kilo heavier tomorrow morning
You lot sound completely obsessive - a kg is nothing, my weight will fluctuate a kg depending on whether or not I eat breakfast; that's not a reason not to eat breakfast, or if it is it's a terrible one. And similarly, you will lose a kg if you're dehydrated after a run. Similarly, as you train you will lose fat but gain muscle - so you may stay at an identical weight, or even put on weight, but get thinner. Eat healthily because it makes you feel better about your body and makes you run better - there's no point stressing over a kg - for example, if I don't train for a fortnight due to injury I probably lose 2kg of muscle - my best race weight is actually my heaviest, because that's where I'm strongest.
And you won't be strong if you eat like birds. Speaking of which, I'm gonig to make dinner. Which will consist of a sachet of rice which is meant for 2 people for a start, and then whatever else I can find, hmmm....
My point is 2-fold - 1) FUEL, and 2) POSITIVE BODY IMAGE - if you are happy with the way you look then it doesn't matter what you weigh. Chocolate brownies are fuel - they may not be good quality fuel, but still, and if chocolate makes you happy then if you are training to balance that then it doesn't matter. Or alternatively eat the straight chocolate, which has less fat than when it's melted into all the other cake ingredients.
I have double that... oh.
Molly your bmi is 20.3 - hardly overweight. Do you seriously think you can't afford to eat a chocolate hobnob? Even if you ate the whole packet your bmi would still be well in the safe region! Since bmi doesn't take muscle into account and you probably have a fair bit from running then being at the light side of the bmi may be a bit dodgy as it may mean you have too little fat. You say yourself your training times haven't suffered from the extra weight so why stress about it?
Sorry - I'm not trying to pick a fight, but whilst there are plenty of people who shouldn't be eating that chocolate hobnob - you're clearly not one of them. Take care.
Wish my BMI was 20.3, 21 is my target, which i think is around 11st 7lbs give or take for my height (6ft 1")... to be 20.3 Molly is excellent, means whatever training your doing is going into getting quicker and not lugging flab around like Puglet!
Pug
In terms of weight loss however, there are other ways to lose weight other than running.
For example I walk to Uni, town and anywhere else I have to go to regardless of the distance - as well as doing light weights, cooking, etc l as long as your keeping active all the time you shouldn't put much weight on.
I've lost 8lb since Chrimbo - BMI about 26.6 - looking to lose another 11lb.
I feel like I can run faster because of it.
Just wondering, somebody recently told me that ordinary rice crispies and semi skimmed milk is a good breakfast for somebody trying to loose weight.
Is this true ?
Any help would be welcomed.
Birkmyre,
Probably 'cause you'd need about 3 bowls to fill you up.....there is just nothiing to them and always leaving me feeling hungry. Surely, Sultana Bran or Porridge would be better. Low GI etc etc.
Sean, cheers for the advice.
Had a bowl of rice crispies and then toast and hot diluted juice this morning.
Suppose its just a case of trying to find what suits and I enjoy. Managed to avoid the choccy covered cereal that Miss B likes !
Still 73kgs
BMI STILL 23.9
Good job I don't run to lose weight.
On that note, I'm off for another run.
Well, I've got on the scales and put on 1kg this week, unbelievable, diet's been spot on, ran 34 mile, will be finishing the week off on 50+ for the third week on the trott... yet I've put a KG on... so, diet's going to have to move to the next level. Another 500 calroies off per day me thinks!
Pug
My bust is shrinking...gone down a whole size and 2 cup sizes
weigh in is Monday
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
It's normal for the body weight to vary around 0.5 to 1.0kg daily due to water retention. It's nothing to do with fat, just water.
Just done my BMI (though i'm not a fan of this method) 22.9.
Have lost about 4lbs this year and have at least another 10 to go. But am always eating, been running more but its making me more hungry
I'm sorry- i've let everyone down to day - but most of all myself- with my poor diet and drinking habits
Molly must try harder
Molly must try harder
Molly must try harder......
..............................................
Naughty Naughty Molly
Pug
I've updated my spreadsheet which anyone can use and download if you want to.
It's based on a Half Marathon I did in May 2005 and a 10k I did the week before, which were pretty spot on races. I was 13st 12lbs at the time, and thus devised this spreadsheet to see what I could run and at what weight at the same fitness level, assuming no strength and muscle mass is lost obviously.
To use it yourselves... all you do is, put your PB in under each column heading where the red PB time is (D6 to J6), input your weight in Pounds into A6 that you think you was when you set them (this will have to be approx if you really don't know) and your height in inches into B1...and the spreadsheet will do the rest.
I've used this and it's been pretty darn accurate with what I achieved getting down to 12st 4lbs at one point, the PB's reflected this...
Upto you guys and gals, just thought it might be useful for you! I've left my stats in there for now, just so it doesn't look odd, like I say, just replace the things in RED with your figures and see how it does
Anyone want any enhancements, let me know.
Click For Weight Versus Time Excel Spreadsheet
Pug
Bloody hell pug thats an amazing piece of work. I'll look at it in greater detail tomorrow. thanks.
I have been good today resisting all banned food temptation including an open tin of Roses chocolates! i deserve to lose 1/2 a stone for that- if only!
Good stuff Molly that's what it's all about... it's all will power and how much youw ant it... celebrate when you've reached your target weight... it's how I work...
I've just had two pieces of cod, 75 cals each for a little something before bed, good ole' protein...
MEGA DIET
Monday = 1150 cals eaten no run
Tuesday = 1369 cals eaten (8 mile run)
JUST ANOTHER 26 DAYS TO GO
Pug
Pug, thank you. This will fuel all our dreams!
I've entered my figures and would you believe my sub-25 5k target sits dead opposite what has always been my ideal weight (one I've maintained in the past but not one I've ever run at). Over 4kg to go still, which is a lot for a littl'un like myself, but what a great incentive.