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Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.4%, #

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 38.9%

My diet is currently a bit more starch, carbs and milk and less vegetables and protein. Is that what is going on here? I haven't been this heavy in quite a while - or is the scale lying to me?

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 7/16", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.6% Making no sense at all of these figures. Nothing particularly excessive in my behaviour or eating yesterday. The starch to protein and fat ratio wasn't good, but that's the only thing I can think of, and it seems too little to account for ...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40%, # I fasted, had 2 bike rides, then ate a large meal which wasn't satisfying enough. Too little protein I believe. Then a chocolate bar. Then fatigue, an early night, fitful sleep, and here I am with disappointing results and puzzlement. The ...

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 43 7/16", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40.1%, #, Fasting

@aspencer27: I note your comments. You may be right.

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40.2%, #

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.7%, # So, what gives? A gain of 1 1/2lbs. I had a bike ride of over an hour, I ate only 2 meals, got my 5-a-day, didn't snack or have any sweets (thought about it...). Breakfast was my final fried pork sausages meal. It perhaps tells me that a...

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.1, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 40.1%, # I was so hungry after my fast, I went way beyond my one-plate meal. Cheese and biscuits and then ice cream. Felt like I needed it. I'm relieved to see that I still lost some weight/waist despite it. I didn't cycle yesterday, but if the w...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 7/16", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40%, Fasting

Graham

12st 2lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 40.4% My goodness but I'm disappointed with these figures. I felt tired on Saturday, I ate 5-a-day well, some chocolate and cola but not to any obvious excess, though I got no significant exercise. Today I did cycle and tomorrow I'll fast, but am I g...

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.1, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.8%, # Horrid eating last night. It's me in Southport again. And a nostalgia for meat.. and what happens when I have access to lots of fresh, tasty bread. I ate lots of ham sandwiches post fast - and some chocolate, and that was supper. The fas...

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6%, # Fasting In Southport. The scale is playing games with me, I must put it on exactly the same bit of floor every day, same angle, to have any confidence at all in its pronouncements. Let us hope that these figures are true. I shopped by bi...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6%, #

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6%, #

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6%, #

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.7%, Fasting

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.4%

All my tango classes are on break till September, as is my choir. There are a couple of milongas dotted around I might go to, but it may be time to plan a trip up north. There is a working bicycle in the garage there.

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.1%, #

Fasting went OK, I quite enjoyed it. The meal was a compromise, including mashed potato and accompanied by a beer. Are those two fattening? Weight and waist aren't always going hand-in-hand.

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.4%, # Fasting

An exacting tango class, engaging and stimulating mind and body. I wish they happened more often.

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.3%, #

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.9% # After seeing the benefit of Monday night's dancing, I decided there was no need to fast on Tuesday. I found myself with quite an appetite, and snacked on spicy pistachios in addition to plum tart with cream and sugar. Still, the weight & ...

Graham

12st 2lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.8%, #

Tango

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 9/16", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.5%, Body Fat 39.9%

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 40.2%

Yet another meal out, a choir social. Wine and a buffet.

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 7/16", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.9%, # The fast felt very demanding at times. I was lethargic, though active at the allotment once I'd been persuaded to go. Post-fast eating spoiled by a well-meant "starter" prepared by SO for me to eat while I prepared the planned meal. I c...

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43", BMI 26.5, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.5%, # Fasting

More visitors, another meal out

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.6%, #

A meal out, with dessert, yet slimmer. I had meat. I had shandy, I drove for a couple of hours, did some furniture moving, slept long and well. Weight same, waist less.

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 5/16", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.2%, Body Fat 39.7%, #

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb 43 3/8" BMI 26.2, I WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 40% # Hi Marianna, couldn't respond to your comment earlier, my laptop was broken and submitting anything to this site beyond the essential data with my mobile phone is excruciating. Now have laptop back. As the hot weather passes, so too will th...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40.2%, Fasting

The waist increase is a puzzle. What is happening to cause this abrupt increase, especially as I drop 1lb? Could lemonade and shandy be doing it?

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.4%

Choir instead of tango, plus, entertaining a house-guest, I prepared excellent food and indulged myself. Today I may dance after choir, more time on the dance floor, less in the kitchen.

Graham

12st 0 1/2lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.1, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.6%, #

Walked a lot, tiring fast. Post meal ate sweets while stuck in a traffic jam. The meal was modest because I was pressed for time and too tired to cook. 3x beans on toast.

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.9%, # Fasting

Not sure what's going on here, except SO doing some of the cooking and the starch content of meals has risen. Still dancing, though the class I attend currently uses less calories per hour. Heat discouraging exercise.

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.3%, #

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.3% #

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.1, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.8%, #

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.7%, Fasting It has been very hot here, and I went to the Spitalfields open-air milonga yesterday. Though there is some impact to be seen, not so much as on previous occasions. If my body has now adapted to the impact of this form of exercise, ...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.6%

Can't make sense of the rising weight.

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.1, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.8% # This is really disappointing, and unexpected. The fast went ok, I ended it around 6pm, so I'd be ready to sing at choir by 7:30. I ate a generous meal, as is my custom, a quorn stir-fry with onion, peppers and pineapple, but this time wit...

Graham

11st 13 3/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 25.9, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.8%, # Fasting Bike ride, later a new tango class, then birthday cake. Too awkward to refuse, too fragile to carry home for later, so I ate some. So I'm fasting today, but part of me wonders why, when food plus a bike ride seems to offer simil...

Graham

12st 0 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.7%, #

Most satisfactory.

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6%, # An odd eating day. My evening meal was unsatisfying, and maybe that is why I searched out a packet of biscuits and ate nearly all of them. As I ate, it felt like I was just doing what I needed to do, only now do I question it, but I thin...

Graham

12st 0 1/2lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.1, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.6% # I felt strangely tense after my meal last night, and still this morning, sort of unfinished despite eating a large, comprehensively nutritious meal. I was pleased not to go snacking, SO not here to witness it, and a stash of chocolate pre...

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.3%, Fasting

Visitors, pasta, football, beer. And snacking. Starch-lovers derail me.

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 42 13/16", BMI 26.1, WHtR 63,4, Body Fat 38.8%

Plenty of tango, vals & milonga over at least 3 of 4 hours, yet here I seem a bit heavier, if slimmer. My evening meal: corn on the cob, green salad, rice with dal and cream cheese, later a beer and 100g of chocolate.

Graham

12st 0 1/4lb, 42 15/16", BMI 26, WHtR 63.6%, Body Fat 39.2%, #

Did what I ate affect this figure? Lentil dal with rice, mango chutney and cream cheese as there was no yoghurt. A modest meal before choir, then again several hours later when I returned after choir, this time with added broccoli.

Graham

11st 13 1/2lb, 43 1/16", BMI 25.9, WHtR 63.8%, Body Fat 39.7%,# Fasting

Last night dancing, today fasting. Offered some dried fruit at tango as a snack, wanted to be nice, accepted, so it's another red....

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.7%, # I ate "too well" yesterday. The 3rd meal of the day didn't feel necessary but I had it anyway, a salad with bread and cheese, very good bread but too much of it for sure. I tried not to let all that affect my eating today, no punitive me...

Graham

11st 13 1/2lb, 42 7/8", BMI 25.9, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 39.3% # I haven't been below 12 stone since December 15th 2011, (2 1/2 years ago! Wow! That is a long time!) after my dad died in the November. I noted the result, but my mood is low and I'm having to work to savour it, re-reading old postings t...

Graham

Mon 12st 1 1/2lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6% Tue 12st 0 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.7% # Fasting Again, the tango effect. I went to a milonga, danced for about 2 of the 3 hours I was there. And today I'm fasting. Have I done a fast the day after dancing before?...

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.7%

There was tango, but then 2 pints of lager in a pub watching Argentina vs Belgium.

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.1, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.9%, # Post-fast pre-choir meal a fried egg on beans on toast. Worked. No post choir party, nor any great pressure to eat again once I was home. It was a tiring fast, though I wasn't particularly active. I haven't identified why that was so, bu...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6%, # Fasting

Weight loss follows tango class, again.

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.1% Body Fat 39.1%, #

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43", BMI 26.5, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.5%, #

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.1% Body Fat 39.1%, #

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39%

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.3%, #

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.7%, #

Chores press, no fast today.

Graham

12st 2lb, 43 7/16", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.9%, #

Washing paintwork, plenty of effort, eating incautiously seemed unlikely to have such an inflationary effect. Disappointing. Is upper body effort less effective than lower body effort for weight/waist reduction?

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 42 15/16", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.6%, Body Fat 38.9%, #

For reasons unclear, that fast felt more demanding. I felt weak during the afternoon. A free evening meant I didn't eat till after 8, but summer brings abundant fresh, organic fruit from our allotment, hence dessert and a No S fail.

Graham

12 2 1/2lb, 43", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.7%, # Fasting

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 3/8"* BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.9% * the waist suddenly increased after I walked around for a few minutes looking for a pair of spectacles. Waist measurement seems very tricky. I feel like a balloon, so variable in girth, what inflates/deflates it isn't just fat. Could there...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.1%

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, forgot to measure waist but it'd be up, I'm pretty sure. # After fasting I ate, then went to choir, where a birthday wine & snacks event drew me into some eating I hadn't expected or planned for - but who was I to refuse? Extra calories, inevitably. Being fatter, especially after a fas...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/16", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.8%, Body Fat 39.1%, # Fasting Yesterday I had an evening tango class. Danced for about 2 hours. Eating fitted around it. Rather little protein, just one egg. With 1/2 a buttered baguette. Later came a simple salad: lettuce, carrot, raisins, almonds in a hone...

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.1%, #

Boiler installed. Evening Dal, toast, yoghourt and mango chutney followed by a film, philosophy, 2 pints of shandy with cheese on toast to finish.

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/16", BMI 26.3, WHtR 63.8%, Body Fat 39%, #

No boiler but spent several hours walking/shopping. Today, boiler being installed -after nearly a year's delay!

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39%, #

Got my 5-a-day, went for hot, filling meals on a wintry summer's day. No aerobic exercise to speak of.

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.7% Missed my 5-a-day again. Porridge with nuts and raisins, "lunch" was a cake with hot chocolate at an outdoor milonga. Danced about 2 of the 3 hours. Evening eating: rice, dal, yoghourt, mango chutney, broccoli, followed by freshly picked ra...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.9% Yesterday's eating wasn't "good": porridge with nuts and raisins for breakfast, no lunch but several biscuits with tea during the afternoon, then a can of lemonade, rice, lentil dal and fried tofu, followed by apple crumble with cream and sugar...

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.7%, #

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.7%, #

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.9%, #

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 38.8%, # Small seconds as SO moved some of her food onto my plate. Otherwise a day of moderate eating. No alcohol, nor any exercise to speak of. I'm going backwards. I am still using the supplement I thought was the sponsor of recent weeks' gentl...

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39%, # The fast-ending meal was great. The guacamole & pita starter made it a 2-plater, but that and the quorn, onion, mushroom, pepper and pineapple stir-fry served with rice that followed were delicious. And I shared a beer with SO. The fast ha...

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39% Fasting If eating beans instead of quorn were the problem it would be unfortunate. I'd rather have more food that wasn't coming from a factory, though Quorn is my idea of what food factories should be doing, replacing meat with something bett...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.9% I weighed and measured the same 2 weeks ago. Despite all the intervening efforts, I am right where I was 14 days ago. The only questionable factor in my mind is the refried beans. Had them 2 days in a row. Could they be making the difference? T...

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 43", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 39%, # And my weight goes up? Ideally I'd have eaten later, but choir attendance requires eating around 6pm. I had refried beans, sweetcorn, broccoli and pita bread. It would have fitted on one plate. And here I am, facing this provoking mystery. I b...

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.1, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.5%, # Fasting Once again: can I be below 12st by tomorrow morning? It may depend on what I eat when my fast ends. I'm soaking some black beans to cook tonight, are they a safe choice to build a meal around, or too "carby"? I've been re-reading...

Graham

12st 0 1/2lb, 43", BMI 26.1, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 39.3%, # I started the day with a sore throat and have been thinking about the fasting/immune system link that seems to work against me, not for me. I found a report that linked loss of over 1% per week to increase the risk of a decline in T cells. F...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 38.3%, # A bit of a let-down. No effect? I was reasonably active, the meal seemed a bit on the light side calorie wise (not much in peppers, courgettes, onions, broccoli etc.) so the result is not what I expected. I ate earlyish but I didn't snac...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 42 13/16", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.4%, Body Fat 38.5%, # , Fasting It would be nice to be at or below 12st this time tomorrow. Do my struggles to control my weight cause me to ignore more problematic issues? 6:50pm My evening meal came early to oblige SO. It was not a sweet and milky meal, t...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6% I'm a little unhappy over the 1/2" gain in 24 hours. How does that happen? As I'm dancing tonight I elected to fast tomorrow instead. My weekend was interesting: no chocolate or other sweets, but I did have waffles and other snacks. Mostly ...

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 38.4%

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 42 3/4" BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 38.5%, # The fail wasn't monster. I was obliged to consciously fail anyway: meal plans disrupted, option 2 was a bowl of salad followed by a quorn burger with onions and cheese - 2 plates. That seemed to make it easy to eat that last piece of choc...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6%, # Fasting

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 38.8%, # A day that started ok-ish but went out of shape. A very late lunch, late-evening tiredness, ambivalence about eating or an early night, then a mini-meal that led to snacking and probable excess. All sense of understanding myself gone, ba...

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 43", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.7%, 39%, #

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.4%, #

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.3%, 39.4%, Fasting I could mention the party I got invited to, but I had little of the Jollof rice and stuck to the chicken and salad leaves. Then came cream cake. No, I wanted to mention the chocolate bar that I ate most of, nearly 200 grams, @ 1,000 calorie...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.9%

Snacks plus 4 hour tango class, some choir practice, fitful sleep.

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 42 15/16" BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.6%, Body Fat 38.8%, #

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.4%, # Fasting

I got my 5-a-day, tango class with @2 hours virtually non-stop dancing. Feeling like a slow learner but everyone was kind, I made some progress.

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39%, # An evening outing to a film, had a pint of beer. Had had substantial late lunch, and had mushrooms on toast on my return - more of a 5 a day thing than a hunger thing. And the stats look bad. Rapid gain. I am dealing with some emotional st...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.4%, # If I look at what I'd call wrong with yesterday's eating, it would be to focus on 2 things: no proper lunch or evening meal. Going out early evening meant fewer vegetables, less protein and a very starch-based late evening "meal". I don'...

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 38.4%, # Fast finished by 6, ate SO's chicken stock & vegetable broth with bread and cheese, went to a new tango venue, with a class then about 2 hours dancing. Then home, the last of the soup, bed. And look! under 43" - wow, that has taken such ...

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.3%, Fasting

Graham

saturday 12st 3 3/4lb, 43 5/8" BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.9%, # Sunday 12st 3 1/4lb, 43 3/8" BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.4% EDIT: the weight & waist hike followed an unheralded birthday party post choir. I'd already eaten before I went, but all that food, pizza and spicy breaded chicken...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.1% #

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