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by Graham
Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:00 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 11 1/2lb, 38 1/2", BMI 23.8, WHtR 57.5%, Body Fat 32.3% Biggish weight drop - I had a low-carb meal in the evening before choir, biscuits at the choir but no meal afterwards (so I'm calling that my third meal of the day...), a pint of lager shandy after choir. How to go on? I saw a scary video ...
by Graham
Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:59 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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11st 0 1/4lb, 38 1/2", BMI 24.2, WHtR 57.5%, Body Fat 31.6%

The usual post fast GAIN... 1lb weight, 1/4" waist. Lets see how it goes over the next few days. Only I want my pay-off NOW! The feeling that I have to go on being disciplined, that I've got no slack to play with is burdensome.
by Graham
Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:47 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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10st 13 1/4lb, 38 1/4", BMI 24.1, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.2% Feeling quite healthy, I've already meditated and done my yoga. I'm fasting today - I even almost enjoyed my black unsweetened coffee! I wonder if my tweaking of my diet - slightly more emphasis on the protein/fat/veg and slightly de-empha...
by Graham
Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:01 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

waist 38 1/2", WHtR 57.5%
by Graham
Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:55 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: What Does Food Have to do with being fat?
Replies: 33
Views: 36357

@ Wosnes: the two sources you cite on ketosis are at worst equivocal about it. For a more positive (and erudite) take on ketosis go here: http://evolutionarypsychiatry.blogspot.com/2010/08/your-brain-on-ketones.html Burning ketones is only "abnormal" in those societies that consume lots of carbs and...
by Graham
Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:28 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: What Does Food Have to do with being fat?
Replies: 33
Views: 36357

Re the calories in/calories out thing - If you're under controlled conditions, where someone else regulates your calorific intake, that's one thing - out in the world, that is another matter. I think what Taubes is saying is that the low carb diet won't provoke excessive calorie consumption and will...
by Graham
Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:56 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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11st 1lb, 38 1/2", BMI 24.3, WHtR 57.5%, Body Fat 31.4% I can make no sense of these figures. During my fast I did drink plenty of water with lemon juice, my post-fast meal was substantial - but a GAIN of 2LBS? What on earth does it mean? I didn't avoid activity - I did an isometric workout, I went ...
by Graham
Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:20 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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10st 13lb, 38 3/8", BMI 24, WHtR 57.3%, Body Fat 31.6% I wonder why that weight came back, after another day of restrained eating? I had only 2 meals, both substantial, but not noticeably more so than the day before. Ho hum. Fasting today, after overcoming some sense of sorrow and reluctance, especi...
by Graham
Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:12 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 12 1/4lb, 38 1/8", BMI 23.9, WHtR 56.9%, Body Fat 31.1% Here's a weight/waist loss that wouldn't look bad if I'd been fasting. Actually, yesterday was yet another 2 meal day. I ate a very substantial but late breakfast - sausages, onion, apple, egg, toast and then not again till after my yoga c...
by Graham
Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:46 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 13 1/2lb, 38 5/8", BMI 24.1, WHtR 57.6%, Body Fat 32.1%
by Graham
Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:34 am
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: What Does Food Have to do with being fat?
Replies: 33
Views: 36357

Not sure whether Taubes' book covers it (I plan to read it, but not sure when as I don't read much these days and have a pile of "must read this" books already) but we should remind ourselves, the diets of the past and in the third world today are in conjunction with a high level of obligatory activ...
by Graham
Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:59 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 0 3/4lb, 38 3/4" BMI 24.3, WHtR 57.8%, Body Fat 32.1% More or less like last week: no weight lost, but a slight waist reduction, a mere 1/16"- so small it might even be an error. My fasting days come close to S days - one just after, one just before. That results in my Monday fast being less th...
by Graham
Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:40 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: What Does Food Have to do with being fat?
Replies: 33
Views: 36357

"the way the body handles carbs is what creates obesity in those who have a genetic tendency to become obese." As a matter of interest, does that principle point towards a low-carb solution, or a low GI solution? I noted Taubes referring to unprocessed grains as less obesogenic during the broadcast...
by Graham
Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:59 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: What Does Food Have to do with being fat?
Replies: 33
Views: 36357

Yes, BA, what I'm saying doesn't change the science, or reject it - rather it poses the question "Given our current population, how would we implement this knowledge?" It may be that it is perfectly possible, that there are ways to sidestep the Insulin issues whilst still using cereals, I was just w...
by Graham
Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:35 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: What Does Food Have to do with being fat?
Replies: 33
Views: 36357

BrightAngel, the broadcast was very interesting, it reminded me of the first successful diet I used back in the late '60s - following a low-carb regime devised by John Yudkin. (sadly I was also smoking to suppress the desire to eat more than my diet recommended) However, a low carb regime for the wh...
by Graham
Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:12 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 0 3/4lb, 38 13/16", BMI 24.3, WHtR 57.9%, Body Fat 32.3% A little lighter and slimmer than last week, and fasting once again. 9pm. I fasted till nearly 8pm, then had a solid 5-a-day beef stew with onions, tomatoes, carrot, swede, broccoli, mashed potatoes and buttered bread. I stopped when it h...
by Graham
Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:20 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

weight unknown, waist still 38 1/2" despite last night's excess - visitors, mulled wine, pumpkin soup, bread, cheese, christmas cake. I overdid it, felt queasy, couldn't even work up much desire for chocolates - just a few chocolate coated raisins and a mulled wine truffle. I will labour today - the...
by Graham
Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:19 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

weight unknown, waist still 38 1/2" despite last night's excess - visitors, mulled wine, pumkin soup, bread, cheese, christmas cake. I overdid it, felt queasy, couldn't even work up much desire for chocolates - just a few chocolate coated raisins and a mulled wine truffle. I will labour today - ther...
by Graham
Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:21 pm
Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
Topic: FAIL 9 Days In... I am so upset with myself
Replies: 22
Views: 25991

Gettingtheweightoff, I think your original "cocoa theory" has something going for it. My personal experience is that I've noticed a pressing needy feeling on the day following heavy chocolate consumption. (not to mention the spots, chocolate always gives me spots as well) The annoying thing for me i...
by Graham
Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:26 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 0lb, 38 1/2" BMI 24.2, WHtR 57.5%, Body Fat 31.6%

I haven't shed all I gained on Thursday night, but my waist is looking much trimmer. Good. WOW! just noticed I've dropped nearly a whole inch off my waist!
by Graham
Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:17 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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11st 0 3/4lb, 39 3/8", BMI 24.3, WHtR 58.8%, Body Fat 33.8% I visited hospitable people - they like their wines and are generous hosts. I guessed the visit, ostensibly just to pick up leaflets for our new year's advertising for the choir, might turn out that way. So, I have one pound more at the sta...
by Graham
Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:51 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 13 3/4lb, 39" BMI 24.1, WHtR 58.2%, Body Fat 33.1%

I have been experiencing cravings, and i suspect the night-time cocoa habit to be the cause. Ah the cocoa bean - will it prove, one day, to have done more harm than the coca leaf?
by Graham
Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:53 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 0 1/4lb, 39 1/16" BMI 24.2, WHtR 58.3%, Body Fat 33%
by Graham
Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:50 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 1 1/4lb, 38 3/4", BMI 24.4, WHtR 57.8%, Body Fat 32% 2:30pm Woke with very faint headache, slight hint of a thick chest, but mostly symptom-free after my fast - only I haven't lost any weight! I note the apparent 1/4" off the waist - but waist measurements are very tricky. I even took it a seco...
by Graham
Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:42 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 1 1/4lb, 39", BMI 24.4, WHtR 58.2%, Body Fat 32.7%

first fast of the new year, writing on my new laptop
by Graham
Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:30 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

What is the true measure today? On an old spring scale @11st 4lb, waist 38 7/8" BMI 24.8, WHtR 58%, Body Fat 31.6% At home, but after a coffee: 11st 2lb, waist 39 5/8" BMI 24.5, WHtR 59.1%, Body Fat 34.1% Can't decide between these, but the fat around the waist is visibly increased. I have been in a...
by Graham
Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:10 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

No Measurements today - but I look FAT! I've lost a lot of ground, I'm back to where I was a year ago, but not to where I was when I started No S, or IF. This year will have new challenges - old issues to unearth and resolve, and my father finally getting to a point where I might have to get involve...
by Graham
Fri Dec 31, 2010 4:44 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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11st 1 3/4lb, Waist 39" BMI 24.4, WHtR 58.2%, Body Fat 32.5% So, there it is, all the weight I lost since my Tuesday fast back again, with 1/8" less round the waist. I didn't fast - knowing I'd be going out in the evening, that I had a lot of shopping to do, that I like fasting days to be low stress...
by Graham
Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:01 pm
Forum: Help I'm confused!
Topic: search feature
Replies: 1
Views: 17025

searth feature

I recall asking about searching myself some time ago, wondering if a multi-word search was possible, and Reinhard said it wasn't, but some day it would be. I can't find that post now, so I can't swear to this, but I think I'm right. Therefore, there is no easy way to do what you want, just trawling ...
by Graham
Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:54 pm
Forum: Help I'm confused!
Topic: Will I be alerted to Edits to topics I'm following?
Replies: 0
Views: 15571

Will I be alerted to Edits to topics I'm following?

I just wondered, because I sometimes write stuff on my check-in and then write additional stuff later in the day as an edit. If someone were following my check-in as a topic (not that I'm saying anybody does) , they would get alerted when I post a new message initially, but would they be alerted to ...
by Graham
Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:45 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 13lb, 38 5/8" BMI 24, WHtR 57.6%, Body Fat 32.2% Feeling peckish, despite a sensible breakfast. I might be getting back to some good habits, restrained eating may explain further 3/4lb drop. I thought my waist was only 38 1/4" but then, doubting, I re-measured, and suddenly the extra 3/8" appea...
by Graham
Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:58 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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10st 13 3/4lb 38 5/8" BMI 24.1, WHtR 57.6%, Body Fat 32% Yesterday's @18hour fast left me with a mild headache and sore throat!. I had to take a lot of Vitamin C to deal with that - @3grams last night, another 3 grams this morning. What to make of it? Is infection lurking in my body, ready to spring...
by Graham
Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:13 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 1lb, 39 1/8", BMI 24.3, WHtR 58.4%, Body Fat 33.1% Fasting today, just till 6pm as I've got to go out this evening. I have been wanting to fast, yet I also feel reluctant. I can focus on that nice meal I will eat this evening and actually relish it more than if I were to be eating before then, ...
by Graham
Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:37 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 2 1/2lb 39 1/4" BMI 24.6, WHtR 58.6% Body Fat 33%

I have been stressed. I didn't fast today, waiting to resolve some worries before I took on that little challenge. Now I'm better placed to make that decision, so maybe soon.
by Graham
Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:32 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 0 1/4lb 38 7/8" BMI 24.2, WHtR 58%, Body Fat 32.6%
by Graham
Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:47 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 13lb, 38 5/8" BMI 24, WHtR 57.6%, Body Fat 32.2% Yesterday was strange - stressful, I felt hungry most of the day yet didn't eat to excess. I did snack on fudge and biscuits and chocolate provided in the Samaritans branch where I volunteer (mainly weekends so its S days, and the biscuits aren't...
by Graham
Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:57 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 1 3/4lb, 39 1/8" BMI 24.4, WHtR 58.4%, Body Fat 32.9%
by Graham
Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:23 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 1 1/4lb, 38 3/4" BMI 24.4, WHtR 57.8%, Body Fat 32% Some of the Christmas pressure is easing, waking with a mild headache and mild sore throat is ominous - is that my old infection reawakened, or yet another one? Can that be happening? I note a slight weight/waist drop from the day before - but...
by Graham
Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:13 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 1 1/2lb 39 1/16" BMI 24.4 WHtR 58.3% Body Fat 32.8% FAILURE It was the yoga class Christmas Party - a few biscuits offered to me directly by my teacher - I didn't have any artful way to say "No" - I wanted to be part, not separate from everybody, I've been too much the odd one out over my life.
by Graham
Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:13 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 0 1/4lb, 38 5/8" BMI 24.2, WHtR 57.6%, Body Fat 31.9% HabitCal is redder than it's ever been, yet yesterday brought a little joy. I ate a little less than I might have - I stayed within No-S according to my own interpretation (I have decided that a mince pie isn't a sweet and virtual plated it ...
by Graham
Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:53 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 1lb 39 1/8" BMI 24.3, WHtR 58.4%, Body Fat 33.1%

The Concert, the Pub, the food, the drink - and singing, cycling through the snow, my throat's a little better, my cough is still with me, but chest congestion reducing.
by Graham
Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:37 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 13 3/4lb Waist 39" BMI 24.1, WHtR 58.2%, Body Fat 33.1% It seems as though all the progress I've been making was pulling against a long piece of elastic - the moment I can't sustain the effort I'm dragged back. All sorts of turmoil about this - it is harder than I expected when I first heard of...
by Graham
Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:35 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 12 3/4" 38 7/8" BMI 24, WHtR 58%, Body Fat 33% My chest/throat infection continues, the weather's turning cold again, I'm not fasting again - assuming recovery compromised by fasting - just a guess, might be the opposite is true. And I'm getting FATTER. Nearly all good habits have stopped, No S...
by Graham
Thu Dec 16, 2010 2:04 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 12 1/2lb 38 1/2" BMI 23.9, WHtR 57.5%, Body Fat 32%
by Graham
Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:21 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 11lb 37 7/8" BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.5%, Body Fat 30.7%
by Graham
Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:37 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

Monday 11st 0 1/4lb 38 3/4" BMI 24.2, WHtR 57.8%, Body Fat 32.2%
Tuesday 10st 12 3/4lb 38 3/4" BMI 24, WHtR 57.8%, Body Fat 32.6%
by Graham
Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:28 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 10 3/4lb 38 1/8" BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.9%, Body Fat 31.5% Eventually ate a lot of chocolates yesterday - also ate 2 sensible meals and got my 5-a-day. I have a sore throat - a mild cold perhaps? Very feverish sleep, strange dreams. An annoying thing about chocolates - they are enjoyable, but they d...
by Graham
Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:08 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 12lb 37 15/16" BMI 23.9, WHtR 56.6%, Body Fat 30.6% Weight up, waist down, ILL AGAIN! Feels like yet another "cold" - sore nose/throat, mild headache, slight dizziness, somewhat congested chest - What is this about? Is this ageing? or fasting? or the cold weather, or a combination of some/all o...
by Graham
Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:40 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 10 3/4lb 38 1/8" BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.9%, Body Fat 31.5% No data collected yesterday. Slightly less weight and waist than Wednesday. Fasting. I will also exercise. The weather's milder, for a while. @BA: A new toy doesn't sound right just now, maybe in a while. 10:33pm. Fast is over, but the subtl...
by Graham
Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:40 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

Tuesday: 10st 11 3/4lb Waist 38 1/4" BMI 23.8, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.5% Wednesday 10st 11lb Waist 38 3/8" BMI 23.7, WHtR 57.3%, Body Fat 32.1% @BrightAngel - "You might be interested in following some of the links that I've posted on my Check-In Thread." - this will take a very long time. I have a...
by Graham
Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:46 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

11st 0 1/4lb 38 1/2" BMI 24.2, WHtR 57.5&, Body Fat 31.6% Cold weather, and a recurrence of an old viral malady lured me into thinking I shouldn't fast today - but now, having had my coffee with milk and sugar, I feel a little sad. Might have felt sad if I'd been fasting too I suspect. I ate a lot o...
by Graham
Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:50 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 12lb 38 1/4" BMI 23.9, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.5% @ Bright Angel: thanks for clarification. I'm back to thinking about my question now. I know you do much more than No S to maintain your weight loss, I'm wondering how much I might have to do to achieve my weight/waist goals as No S alone wasn't...
by Graham
Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:15 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

Friday 10st 9 3/4lb 38 1/4" BMI 23.5, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 32.1% Saturday 10st 12 1/2lb 38 1/8" BMI 23.9, WHtR 56.9%, Body Fat 31% @Bright Angel: thanks for your input. Seems to me your WHtR is well within the range that would be considered healthy, not sure what your comments on your genes mean in ...
by Graham
Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:32 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 10 3/4lb 38 1/4" BMI 23.7, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.8% 10:14am I made some progress with No S and IF combined, then stalled a few months back. Winter may play a part? I am still carrying a lot of body fat, visible, unsightly. BMI is pretty useless as a guide here, so are most people I know - say...
by Graham
Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:28 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 10 3/4lb 37 13/16" BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.4%, Body Fat 30.6% Weight/waist falling back, no special effort, perplexity. A new month - and I'm feeling burdened by all those HabitCal categories I set up. Maybe I was foolish today - skipped lunch or breakfast - but ended up having seconds at my evening ...
by Graham
Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:43 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 12 1/4lb 38 1/4" BMI 23.9, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.4% The fast lost me 3/4lb - but I'd gained 3 1/2lb in the day before that - I can't make sense of this - cold weather might be a factor? I am "doing right" but going wrong - except, of course, the scales and tape measure suggest I can't be "doi...
by Graham
Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:30 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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10st 13lb, 38 3/16" BMI 24, WHtR 57%, Body Fat 31.1% Worst figures in over a month. Yesterday - odd, certainly. Weather may be a part of how I ate and drank. I had two beers yesterday! I never do that! One was a shandy, but 2 x 25cl bottles of 4.9% lager beer. And 6 chocolate truffles, peanut brittl...
by Graham
Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:55 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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10st 9 1/2lb 37 3/4" BMI 23.5, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.8% Cold weather continues, adding to the challenge of weight-loss - the usual tendency is to fatten-up during cold weather. Fasting is a challenge, but I will give it a go. Weather apart, this is a good time to fast, I've 2 suitable days in a we...
by Graham
Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:52 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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10st 9 1/4lb 37 7/8" BMI 23.4, WHtR 56.5%, Body Fat 31.2% After midnight last night a jar of spicy snacks beckoned - and my new collection of chocolate truffles. Still, I'd only had one meal all day, and only one meal the previous day, so I must forgive myself. 5:01pm - bike day! From 11:30 to 3pm m...
by Graham
Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:53 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
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10st 9 3/4lb 38 1/8" BMI 23.5, WHtR 56.9%, Body Fat 31.7% Yesterday was odd, today too: Fasting. Yesterday I had restless energy and a gyppy tummy - I got a new tyre for my Mountain Bike, riding it again reminded me why I wasn't certain whether to go for a new one - so heavy, it needs a service or m...
by Graham
Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:26 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 10 1/4lb 38 1/8" BMI 23.6, WHtR 56.9%, Body Fat 31.6%

Odd figures - what's the ongoing waist increase about? Not good, that's for certain. Still no work. Uneasy, though I've been assured all will be back to normal next week.
by Graham
Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:13 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

My goodness - two visitors in the same day!

Thanks for the thanksgiving greeting BA - I wish you the same.

I don'tknow - just to clarify, the whiskey was at the pub AFTER the choir... But as I sat there, savouring a Jamesons, the thought of pre-choir intake did cross my mind.
by Graham
Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:37 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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@10st 12lb, 38" BMI 23.9, WHtR 56.7%, Body Fat 30.8% biscuits, Irish Whiskey, late excess. Choir numbers down, moral support at the pub required, the rest follows automatically. Good news - my voice is improving. Postscript on Thursday: Wednesday was an odd day. I experienced cravings, ate rubbish f...
by Graham
Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:32 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 10 1/2lb 37 3/8" BMI 23.6, WHtR 55.8%, Body Fat 29.5% By the end of yesterday's fast I had a headache which eating didn't abolish - even waking this morning, I detected it faintly still. Despite the discomfort, the profit is slight - 1/8" off my waist. Hopefully my composition changed even thou...
by Graham
Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:01 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10stone 10 1/2lb, Waist 37 1/2" BMI 23.6, WHtR 56%, Body Fat 29.8% Fasting and feeling the cold! It isn't that cold, I assume its the fasting on top that's making my hands and feet so chilly. Odd day - I'm not "at work" so I've not got the usual distractions from how my stomach feels, or how my eyes...
by Graham
Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:00 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 10lb, 37 1/4" BMI 23.5, WHtR 55.6%, Body Fat 29.2% Apart from skipping my evening meal (late breakfast, lunch at 5pm....) no special effort to produce these figures - might have been a bit of water weight involved. If I'd fasted yesterday in a deliberate effort to shed fat would I have weighed/...
by Graham
Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:00 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 11 1/2lb 37 9/16" BMI 23.8, WHtR 56%, Body Fat 29.6% Be careful what you wish for.. Back from a Tango class that didn't happen, SO was tired, we were the only people there, the teacher unwilling to do it for so few people. - and the answer to my question "When can I do a second fast in my busy ...
by Graham
Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:21 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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Tuesday 10st 10 1/2 Waist 37 1/4" BMI 23.6, WHtR 55.6%, Body Fat 29.1% Wednesday 10st 11 1/4 waist 38" BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.7%, Body Fat 31% Thursday: 10st 11 1/4lb 37 3/4" BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.3% About Tuesday: it is choir night - and PUB night. Pubs aren't my thing, particularly, but bei...
by Graham
Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:53 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 11 1/2lb, 37 3/4", BMI 23.8, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.2% Fasting. 5:39pm, monitoring my own state, how well could I perform at any of my evening activities in my current state? And, how well after I've eaten? One fast a week won't do, two was barely enough before I got sidetracked. Added on Thur...
by Graham
Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:58 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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No data today. Still recovering from a cold. Mood low some of the time. Might be more than an infection to it. The belt on my trousers isn't too tight today, no reason for pessimism.
by Graham
Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:33 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 11lb 38", BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.7%, Body Fat 31.1%
by Graham
Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:00 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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Thursday 10st 10 3/4lb 38 1/4", BMI 23.7, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.8%

Friday 10st 13lb W 38 1/4", BMI 24, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.2%

I have a cold, not sure how that connects to drastic upwards weight trend. Damn.
by Graham
Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:28 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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Views: 1293859

10st 11 1/2lb 38 1/4" BMI 23.8, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.6%
by Graham
Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:52 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 10 1/2lb 37 3/4" BMI 23.6, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.5%

The fast had an effect, but overall trend is upwards. The weather is cold and wet, all exercise-related strategies seem unappealing. The cold may also provoke increased eating.
by Graham
Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:42 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 11 1/2lb 37 3/4" BMI 23.8, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.2% Fasting. Awoke with very light headache. I do wonder about chocolate - the reactions I have to it, unsettled and needy. Enjoyable at the time, of course. 2:50pm I rowed 2K in 2 5-minute bursts. Headache stays slight except when i exercise, t...
by Graham
Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:43 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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Views: 1293859

10st 10lb, Waist 38" BMI 23.5, WHtR 56.7% Body Fat 31.3%
by Graham
Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:20 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 10lb, 37 1/2" BMI 23.5, WHtR 56%, Body Fat 29.9%
by Graham
Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:18 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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Thursday 10st 9 3/4lb, Waist 37 1/2" BMI 23.5, WHtR 56% Body Fat 30% Friday 10st 10lb Waist 37 3/4" BMI 23.5, WHtR 56.3% Body Fat 30.6% Up far too late last night, ate a meal I could have done without, look at the stats - they say "no progress". SO and other circumstances pushing me to make hard dec...
by Graham
Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:30 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 8 1/2lb Waist 37 1/2" BMI 23.3, WHtR 56%, Body Fat 30.3% I felt preoccupied with food yesterday. I kept to No S rules (just!) but I sensed I wanted more food than I had, my hunger pacing restlessly up and down it's cage, waiting for the next meal. I have under-exercise issues partly because bot...
by Graham
Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:07 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
Replies: 1417
Views: 1293859

10st 8lb Waist 37 1/2" BMI 23.3, WHtR 56%, Body Fat 30.5% That fast was hard - mood low, energy hard to find, then, following a substantial evening meal, profound fatigue. I can't expect to retain all the loss, especially on only one fast a week. I've already failed one HabitCal category - to read a...
by Graham
Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:49 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 10 1/4lb, Waist 37 3/4", BMI 23.6, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.6% Fasting. Only one opportunity for it this week once again (and for the foreseeable future) so weight/waist loss will be a challenge. 1K on the rower in @ 6 minutes, and a new Month on HabitCal begins. Last month ended with only 2 med...
by Graham
Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:02 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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Views: 1293859

Weight? 10 stone 10-ish, Waist 37 1/4" definitely. WHtR 55.6%
by Graham
Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:08 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 10 1/2lb, waist 38 1/4" BMI 23.6, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.9%

Had to go out early - these figures collected around 3am this morning, 8 hours after a large post-fast meal. Hopefully a blip.
by Graham
Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:21 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 8 1/2lb Waist 37 1/4" BMI 23.3, WHtR 55.6%, Body Fat 29.6%

Better night, fasting today.
by Graham
Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:12 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 9 3/4lb Waist 38" BMI 23.5, WHtR 56.7%, Body Fat 31.4%

5:11 am Poor sleep - up early, probably affects measurements (how long since last meal etc.)
by Graham
Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:33 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 9lbs Waist 37 5/8" BMI 23.4, WHtR 56.2%, Body Fat 30.5%
by Graham
Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:25 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 9lbs Waist 37 5/8" BMI 23.4, WHtR 56.2%, Body Fat 30.5% 9:17am. Stressful times. The fast went tolerably well, No S adhered to for the one and only meal of the day. Held back on exercise, partly circumstantial constraints, after tonight things may get a little easier - but I'm bouncing from cri...
by Graham
Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:50 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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Views: 1293859

10 stone 11lbs Waist 37 5/8" BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.2%, Body Fat 30%
by Graham
Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:08 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 11 1/2lbs w 38" bmi 23.8. whtr 56.7% body fat 30.9%
by Graham
Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:30 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Disappointment
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Views: 20112

oolala53 wrote:With all due respect, such extreme measures are not in keeping with No S.
And, with all due respect, that is why I posted this item in the Off Topic section.. No. S police have no authority here! 8)

Graham
by Graham
Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:27 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 11 1/4 lb, Waist 37 7/8", BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.5%, Body Fat 30.7% Yesterday was busy but no time for any exercise, ate too much perhaps to get my 5-a-day all in my final meal. I'm assuming my chest and general immunity is helped more by getting the nutrients than it is harmed by the excess calorie...
by Graham
Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:50 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10 stone 9 1/2lb waist 37 5/8" BMI 23.5, WHtR 56.2%, Body Fat 30.4%
by Graham
Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:17 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10 stone 8 1/4 lb, Waist 37 7/8" BMI 23.3, WHtR 56.5%, Body Fat 31.4%

Rowed 2K in 10 minutes - brisk, feeling better but without depth to go longer (but my effort was with 10 minutes/2K in mind)
by Graham
Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:02 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10stone 9 1/4 lbs, Waist 37 3/4" BMI 23.4, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.8% At a pub last night and even though indoor smoking no longer happens, my lungs still feel aggravated today. The damp climate, the cold, going from hot places to breathing cold air on the bike, ageing (damn that one!). I had read, ...
by Graham
Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:49 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10 stone 9 1/2* lbs waist 37 3/4" BMI 23.5, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.8% 8:40am Slept fairly well, slight headache, chest a little sore again. Leaving a centrally over-heated house to make a bike ride home through chilly autumn streets may be perpetuating my discomfort. Would it be kinder to my lungs ...
by Graham
Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:49 pm
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10 stone 11 lbs, Waist 37 13/16" BMI 23.7, WHtR 56.4%, Body Fat 30.5% Feeling rather more prepared to fast than last week. I'm not yet as fit and healthy as I was before my cold, still focusing on keeping up such things as "5-a-day", supplements, keeping warm, & exercising without strain. Again this...
by Graham
Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:11 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10 stone 10 1/2 lbs, Waist 37 3/4" BMI 23.6, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.5%
by Graham
Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:33 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10 stone 10 1/2 lbs, Waist 37 3/4" BMI 23.6, WHtR 56.3%, Body Fat 30.5% No convenient opportunity for a second fast, plus the aftermath of a cold still sitting on my chest prompted attention to sound nutrition, supplements and extra rest. Weight/Waist loss programme is suffering, I wonder if I need ...
by Graham
Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:15 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10stone 10 1/4lbs Waist 38 1/4" BMI 23.6, WHtR 57.1%, Body Fat 31.9%

No row yesterday, only 2k today, fast II not convenient now the next 2 weeks see a Friday evening tango class.

I am not managing my weight well these days, though the last 2 days eating has been modest - seems a little unfair.
by Graham
Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:33 am
Forum: Daily Check In
Topic: Graham's Daily Check In
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10st 9 3/4lbs Waist 37 7/8"