sausskross wrote:
I met 4,3W/kg again in July this year just before a femur fraktur, happily
BioPrene still let some space for improvement. There is a great event called "
La Marmotte" to conquer Alpe d'Hues in peloton atmosphere ..
La Marmotte is the very event I mentioned in my previous post. I've signed up for the 2017 edition. It's got me worried. I'm not that strong rider and I'm not light. It's a lot of climbing! Hopefully it'll keep me motivated to lose weight while at the same time putting in lots of work on the bike. My current FTP is about 255W at 85kg so right on 3W/kg. Not exactly impressive. I'm hoping to raise my FTP to something like 275W while simultaneously dropping to 80kg. That would put me at 3.44W/kg. Still not impressive but could make a big difference. With my climbing ability as it stands, I'm guessing the 174km Marmotte route could take me something like 12hrs!!! More than double what I can do on just moderately hilly routes.
h2ofun wrote:
Toefuzz wrote:
I think a competition would best work as percentage loss if you wanted to go straight weight loss or change in Watts/KG.
I sure would not see this as a competition. Not everything in life has to be a competition, which implies winners and losers.....
.....So, over time, I have thrown out the ideas that I have used that have allowed me to keep the weight. Number 1 is looking at the scale each night
which tells me what quantity, and quality of food I can eat the next day. Lately I have been able to eat a lot of cookies. Will see what the scale
says tonight for tomorrow.
What tricks are other using?
I agree, a competition is probably not the right way to do it. It would likely be counterproductive for lots of people. A competition isn't just motivating, it can be excessively discouraging if everything isn't going to plan. While I have long term goals, I think it's better to make weight loss a rolling target. After all, maintaining healthy weight is more of a lifestyle than a one off event. Your method of evaluating it should reflect that. Otherwise the temptation is to give up because you're going to fail. There is no failure, just delays!
Look at all the fad diet folks. They frequently lose huge amounts of weight very fast. Then they either relax or more likely crack, and it all goes back on....plus a bit more. That's not the right approach.
Regarding looking at the scales each night. Beware the normal fluctuations that don't really reflect body fat or steady state weight!
A little dehydration from training, whether you've been to the toilet, the last meal you ate, inflammation, etc. These all cause variations that are transient but significantly large.
I think weighing yourself in the morning probably produces better consistency between measurements but also, I only allow myself worry or congratulate myself if changes in weight are a trend rather than just one or two closely spaced measurements.
It's well worth graphing your weigh-ins so you can see the trend over weeks. Weighing myself every day or two keeps the subject in my conciousness and helps see what's happening over time, but the individual readings are of limited value. Say I lose 100g of fat today but drink a 300ml glass of water at some stage this evening that I didn't drink yesterday. All else being equal, I weigh myself and think I gained 200g when in fact I lost 100g. Once you graph it and have multiple readings you can ignore the noise and see the overall trend. Then you can plan and predict with some confidence.
