Getting my body back
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That rolling average suggestion was great for the way I record my stats. Really removes the daily fluctuations nicely and gives you nice trend to monitor progress.<br />
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If you can't weigh yourself that regularly, and there is a strong school of thought that you shouldn't anyway, I would use the tape measure instead. After all, I'm assuming you really care how you look, not what you weigh, and you can do that at home regularly. -
[quote name='Mokey']Bloody hell mooshld!! Very interesting (and slightly frightening) post. Actually I think it was more my grazing over those days and four days without the gym, I actually only ate one Easter egg. The average weight thing sounds good, at the moment I weigh myself sporadically at best, maybe every 10 days or something and at different times so probably that is not helping. Don't have scales at home so only do the weigh in when I remember to at the gym.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Mokey,<br />
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I was trying to demonstrate with my calculations that its highly unlikely that your digressions over Easter have contributed to anything more then a few hundred grams of real weight change. I used chocolate as an example as its one of the most energy rich foods available, and even assuming you ate that its still unimaginable that you could have eaten enough. Its just a fluctuation they happen all the time don't worry about it.<br />
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If weight change is a big thing for you I suggest getting some digital scales and weighing yourself regularly and working on a rolling average, here in the UK you can get a set for 10 quid from boots. I am sure the warehouse will have something of comparable quality and price.<br />
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[quote name='Kirwan']That rolling average suggestion was great for the way I record my stats. Really removes the daily fluctuations nicely and gives you nice trend to monitor progress.<br />
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If you can't weigh yourself that regularly, and there is a strong school of thought that you shouldn't anyway, I would use the tape measure instead. After all, I'm assuming you really care how you look, not what you weigh, and you can do that at home regularly.[/QUOTE]<br />
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There is a strong school of thought that you shouldn't weigh yourself every day, and I think it comes from an attempt to calm excessive behaviour, and from a belief that the general population is not intelligent enough to comprehend some basic science and maths. I can understand the bit about excessive behaviour though as creating a data set but not applying the tools to interpret it can be dangerous as people are horrible at seeing patterns in numbers just really terrible at it. We think we are brilliant at it though which is where the problem arises. <br />
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That most people can't understand the science though I disagree, anyone who finished high school and can figure out an average is over qualified to do the same calculations with their weight. So why not get everyone doing it? Well for one thing weight watchers can't charge you to do maths so they say its better to come to a meeting where you can all talk about a random number you produce, while they try and sell you more of their own branded food. But that's probably just me being cynical. -
I would say there was zro weight gain, but plrnty of fluid. After my first nationals, I gained FOURTEEN kilos in 4 or 5 days. It was my body holding onto fluid after beind dehydrated along with me all of a sudden eating all these salt and sugary foods that I had not seen for ages. Extreme I know, but when you eat good food all the time, all of a sudden you eat a bit of crap and your body just reacts madly. it ain't going to be putting on fat.
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Arrgghh. Trapped at my sister's house since Sunday babysitting a 7 mth old with a cold, a 2 year old (say no more) and dealing with mice who are sneaking in from the farm. Woke up this morning to see one sitting in my bag and scratching at a book. Havent been to the gym for 4 days and there isnt so much as a chocolate in the house. Could this be my personal hell? Quite possibly.
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Every mouse's a critic aye!! at least the chronic lack of chocolate removes temptation... although that does sounds like a torturous situation! You could bench press the 2 year old... if the little bugger would stay still for longer that 7.5 seconds!
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[quote name='Paekakboyz']Every mouse's a critic aye!! at least the chronic lack of chocolate removes temptation... although that does sounds like a torturous situation! You could bench press the 2 year old... if the little bugger would stay still for longer that 7.5 seconds![/QUOTE]<br />
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I find lying on my back and throwing my kids in the air is great for power development. Catching them also builds co-ordination and helps alleviate tears. -
Lol, thanks for the primo advice guys!! Only trouble is, the two year old really likes that sort of thing and would then want to do it over and over and over. Luckily my mind is being exercised by multiple episodes of Dora the Explorer and Diego (Spanish), Ni hao Kai-lan (Brushing up on my Mandarin) and the musical genius of Wonderpets.
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Have decided to just write off this week. Got some utterly brilliant news this morning so have been in full celebration mode today, and of course full celebration mode means champers and chocolate and all things bad. Back into it when the world calms down again.
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at least till tomorrow!! lol<br />
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What on earth are camping squats!? -
[quote name='Mokey']3 hours nannying + gym workout + 4km walk = very tired me. And very hungry me. Must refrain from stuffing my face and negating all the good work! One kg to go. ONE LOUSY STUBBORN KILO.[/QUOTE]<br />
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You drinking lots of water? You could cheat a kilo off if you aren't drinking enough per day.
