Everyday Systems

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 13/16, BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.9, Body Fat 40.2%, #

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb 43 7/8" BMI 26.5, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.6%

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 13/16" BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.9%, Body Fat 40.5%

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.5% I wondered if yesterday's hours of tango might impact these figures, they did not. I have a definite post-fast nose/throat thing. The simplest way to interpret this is to assume fasting lowers my immune response. So: do I carry on fasting o...

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.5%, #

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.7%, #, Fasting

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.7%, #

My fast-ending meal was unusual: channa dal with broccoli, sweet potato, yoghourt and freshly baked bread rolls. With mixed results: lighter yet fatter. Hmm.

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.6%, # Fasting I had a dreadful cold over Christmas. This will be my first fast in many weeks. I hope it, and the post-fast meal go OK. I may not follow my progress so frequently as hitherto, I don't feel so interested in the process at the mom...

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.3%, # Fasting I ate a bit less yesterday. I didn't make any particular effort to do that. Only 2 meals, the second a large salad which I didn't then accompany with cooked protein as I thought I'd get indigestion. Earlier in the day I'd spent s...

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb, 44", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65.2%, Body Fat 40.1%, #

I am losing it. Not a happy bunny.

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.8, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.1%, # This fast ended badly. I was feeling particularly hungry, I had half a grapefruit before my stir-fry, then I was very careful not to use "too much" fat - and cooked a meal that looked right but felt really inadequate. I remained hungry and...

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 44", BMI 26.6, WHtR 65.2%, Body Fat 40.7%, Fasting Is this the right day to fast? Climbing weight/waist suggests it, though a prospective party tonight contradicts it. I think I'd rather stay home, but I've the whole day to decide that. Last night's concert went pretty well considering...

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.6%

Back in London since Friday. Singing and eating, with another concert on Monday night. 15 different Christmas pieces, some of such intricacy I doubt I'll master them all this year. And I haven't danced for weeks. I was making progress too.

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 3/4" BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.8%, # Weight/waist has been up and down on this brief Southport trip. No fasting, 2 upcoming carol concerts, and weather so bad cycling or walking were ruled out. Pity I'm going back today, it is a bright, enticing morning, but there it is. I h...

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 40.6% #

Graham

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

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2 WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.7% A musical day. An afternoon rehearsal, then out for a 15 minute walk to a pub, 1 whiskey, walk back, buffet, sing Handel's Messiah, more sandwiches, home. Both this and tango afternoons have this in common: buffet eating: standing up, grazin...

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.6%, #

Graham

12st 3* 43 5/8" * scale won't show fractions today.

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.6% #

a fast followed by a friend's birthday meal. There was no better option this week, it was how it was.

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.6%

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 3/16", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.6% Yesterday was an all-day choir rehearsal. A good day but nothing like as calorie-consuming as tango. Next Saturday will be just as problematic: an afternoon rehearsal and then my first "Messiah" in the evening. It is what I've chosen. It d...

Graham

12st 0 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 40% #

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.5%, # Fasting Today's figures are a surprise. Yesterday's eating and mood were hugely different to Wednesday's. I ate only two meals. I had no fried food. I had some vegetables grilled that would otherwise have been fried. I got my five a day....

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40% # What can be learned here? 1. the idea that, following a typical 5:2 600 calorie fast, the following day's unregulated eating won't be enough to eradicate the previous day's deficiency seems almost wishful thinking. I am still 1/4lb lighter ...

Graham

12st 0 1/2lb, 42 15/16", BMI 26.1, WHtR 63.6%, Body Fat 39.1% #

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.9%, # Fasting Nothing unusual about yesterday's eating, save the timing. My last meal was after choir: onion, apple and cheese, around midnight. Though my weight has climbed over the last couple of days, it is still less than the same day last...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40.2% Tango again, but then the delightful social occasion turned edible and I didn't manage my conflicting needs and wishes well. I wanted to be friendly, involved, part of it all, though I suspected I wouldn't enjoy the meal everyone else was w...

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.1, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.5%

I ate as I wished, went to 3 hours tango plus snacks, home to a generous meal and later ice cream, lemonade and rehearsing today's music. A good day.

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 40.6%, # A mistake last night, I used too little fat in my stir-fry. Resulting in post choir sense of gnawing hunger. Being uncertain how many calories I'd had, I ate some toast with cream cheese, but still was restless. Then I had a beer, and la...

Graham

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

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.1, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 40.1%, #

Westfield Tango works its magic once again.

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 43 5/16", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.2%, Body Fat 39.8%, #

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.1%, #, Fasting

Graham

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

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40% There was tango, then there was pizza. I am not back to using my rower yet. I've not done anything that would alter how my joints work, I'm uncertain whether the rower is going to be a regular part of my regime going forward. If not, a bicycl...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.4%, # My stir-fry is easily under 600 calories provided I don't go crazy with the cooking oil. I bought a new non-stick pan to help with that, all went well. The results of this second fast of the week seem a little low-key compared to the fir...

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.7%, # Fasting

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.1%, # I was mildly hungry after my meal, but having a pre-prepared calorie counted meal made sticking to the plan easy enough. I want to compose my own calorie-counted meal and maybe it won't be so hard if I plan it in advance. I think I'll do...

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.8, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.2%, # Fasting Back again, after a week off with a heavy cold. Diet and exercise regime gone to pot. I was already having a problem with the rower though, an annoying clicking joint, might have been my left hip. Not painful but had me wondering...

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.5%

I danced yesterday but didn't row. I had some of the most enjoyable tangos of my life, felt great but not so intensely calorie-burning.

Row 8Km 51min 40sec

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43", BMI 26.5, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.5% #

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 11/16", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.7%, Body Fat 40.2%, # So, despite rowing, and a tango class, waist gain. Was my bed-time hot milk to blame? Why have the the milk? It aids sound sleep and that aids weight-loss. So, what to do? I had only 2 meals: breakfast porridge and late afternoon stir-...

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 7/16", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.6% #

Row 7.1Km 49min

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.9%, # Fasting It seems rather soon to be fasting again, but Wednesday was when I planned to fast, and it is still an ideal day insofar as I'm not having to go anywhere or do anything afterwards. I can time the meal a little later, taking more ...

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.7% # Post fast eating both before and after choir, I didn't resist my appetite. This was more or less planned, as I wanted to eat, but not too much, before singing. I would rather not have anything demanding to do after a post-fast meal, but m...

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 27, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 39.4% Fasting What on earth is happening to me? I think whoever said "there's no such thing as fattening food" was a fool or a liar. I've had fish fingers and chips and lemonade two days running, but never stuffing myself, no parties, no booze. I h...

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.8, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.2% I am shocked. I was under the weather yesterday, lethargic till the late evening, when I had the impulse to row before watching tv. Eating wasn't obviously excessive. I did have 2 fizzy drinks: 1 can of cola, 1 of lemonade - but that's it f...

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.7%, # I thought I didn't need a 3rd meal after choir, but tortilla chips and mayonnaise figured later, I can't call that a meal, it felt like snacking. I didn't enjoy them much, and the feeling afterwards of having mindlessly munched disappoin...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 38.3% I don't feel I can fast and row. Rowing seems more waist-trimming than fasting so, today, though I have some yearning for a fast, I won't do it. Saturday is a busy tango day, Sunday morning church choir - when can I fast? When do I neither ...

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43 7/16", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40.2%, #

Row 3K 22min, I tried, couldn't get into it, enough for now.

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.6% #

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.7% #

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.1% My waist's back up despite last night's rowing. No fast today: there's a greenhouse delivery and tonight's choir to rehearse for. Tomorrow? Might be busy too, perhaps building the greenhouse if the weather is favourable and an evening tango...

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38% I can't recall what I weighed yesterday, but my waist was the same. It was a choir day - so no dancing, but many cakes! Numerous accomplished bakers amongst the choir, it isn't as bad as my old choir's compulsory pub attendance, but calorific...

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 42 7/8" BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.8%, #

Row 5Km 32min 50sec So! a bit slower, just in a couple of days, fitness reduced. Off to choir soon.

Graham

12st 0 3/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.1, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 38.9%, # I did go to a tango class, probably didn't eat as much as usual, again had pickled onions with melted cheese and pita for supper, didn't get my 5-a-day, didn't row, does any of that sufficiently explain the weight/waist drop? I'd love to...

Graham

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

I went to a tango class, nothing too strenuous though, and had melted cheese with pickled onion in pita bread on coming home. Plus snacks, someone brings candied papaya and pineapple - so I sinned, yet slimmed.

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.1% #

Row 5Km 32min 30sec Smooth, started slow, built up, one d/l water break.

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 39.9% Looking back a week, how did almost daily dancing/no fasting go? I am Half a pound heavier, and 1/4" fatter round the waist. I have no "eat more than I usually would" occasions to blame for this. I'm probably slightly fitter, it was a pleas...

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.3% My week of tango/no fasting nears it's end. I've been rowing a bit too. Yesterday's decision not to row was precautionary, my knee had been complaining. Knowing I had another tango event today, I decided to lessen the load, though I'm not s...

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39%, #

Graham

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

Row: 4K, 27min Pretty steady, got quicker over time, a drink and de-layer break at 13min.

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.9%, # 4 Hours of tango - but it was also Zero Hour's 15th birthday party! After the lesson, and the demonstration, there were cakes! and crisps, nuts, cheese, grapes and sparkling wine. Row: 3.5Km 25min Fairly smooth, one break, could have don...

Graham

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

Graham

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

Rowing 22min 3K - uninspired, arbitrary halting point, several breaks. The rower is now positioned where the performance monitor is harder to read, that was a disruptive factor I'll seek to remedy tomorrow.

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 1/2" BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.5% I finally tackled the big jar of chana dal I'd been given yesterday evening. I had never cooked it before. Is it to blame for these figures? It was a lazy day too, apart from choir and laundry I didn't do much: no rowing or other exertion. T...

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.6% So, numerically back to where I was on Friday. I was in a wonderful mood after focusing on Saturday, I went to Piccadilly Circus and drank in an unrepeatable sequence of faces from the 4 corners of the world. I wanted to absorb something of...

Graham

12st 3lb, 44 1/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 65.6%, Body Fat 41.6%, # This is so crazy. Fasting and my evening activities don't blend well. Fast/eat/go to choir is not going well. I had my voice OK but returned home with a background edginess, had a small beer, then noticed I was hungry. A fried haloumi sandwi...

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.6%, # Fasting Yesterday was such a good day, I was happy and busy, exercising, attending a dance class, eating moderately, yet the numbers hint at excess. I don't think I should have exercised more, I woke with an aching knee, which tells me I...

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.7%, # A tango class in Cambridge: 2hrs dancing plus 2 hours driving. I ate as much as I liked yesterday yet I'm lighter today. That is how I like it to go. I nearly forgot to mention: I resurrected my rowing machine yesterday. 10 minutes, 1 1/...

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.3%, # I recall the proposition which first drew me to fasting: that post-fast eating tended to be less than the calorie deficit produced by the fast. In my own case, looking over a 24 hour period, that seems to be untrue. Looking over 2 days, ...

Graham

12st 2lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.2%, # Fasting

My voice was much better without the fast. I would like to understand more about the problem, but for now I am satisfied with that simple stratagem.

Graham

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

Not fasting, preserving my voice for tonight's choir. May fast tomorrow.

Graham

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

Tango effect strikes again, despite later chocolates and cream cheese indulgence. Magic.

Graham

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

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.9%, #

Chest improved sometime during or after last night's tango class & dancing. Now I could sing. Off on a jaunt for 2 days, driving, probably snacking on the road, not weighing or measuring.

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 40%, # My first probationary attendance at a new choir. After a day fasting, quorn stir-fry with vegetables, fruit and rice. Spicy, as usual. A one-plate meal. I'd been feeling good all day, yet, at choir, things went badly. I couldn't reach and ...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/2" BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40%, #

Tango class cancelled, danced at home instead.

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.3%, #

Graham

I've only just spotted this discussion, so this is a late response to the question. I have used IF combined with No S on and off more or less since I started No S, as No S alone didn't alter my weight at all. I fast 2 days a week, from evening meal to the next day's evening meal. My experience has b...

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.4%, Fasting

Yesterday's was the last of this year's Spitalfields open-air milongas. Organised by Tango Fever, delightfully well-chosen music, they are one of the joys of London life. To lose weight without trying, what could be better?

Graham

12st 4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.5%

Yesterday's tango didn't do it, how about today's?

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.1%, # Beyond disappointed with my weight and last night. Fast went ok, meal at the end wasn't ok, not what I wanted but SO prevailed. Had soup and bread with melted cheese on it. Then choir where I noticed chest and throat irritation. Then, un...

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 40%, # Fasting

Tango class last night, wasn't strenuous, ? cause/effect? Fasting till 6-ish, choir rehearsal tonight

Graham

12st 3 1/4, 43 3/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.4%, #

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.7%, #

Trying supplements A & M in milk again, G was not helpful weight-wise. Focusing went well yesterday, investigating CoDA, all good input. Ate less, woke well rested.

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.7%, # I didn't get the post-fast evening meal right, neither in ingredients nor in the emotional constraint that lay behind my choice. I needed more vegetables, didn't have them. Later dissatisfaction led to snacking: first ice-cream, then bis...

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.6%, Fasting

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 40.3%

Graham

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

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.4%, # Fasting

I ate a little less than I might have, SO has returned, we ate well but modestly - and all that doesn't sufficiently explain shedding 2lb and 3/8" off my waist. Hmm. I will fast today anyway.

Graham

12st 5 1/2lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 39.7%, #

A green day - but I put on more weight. What is happening? I seem to be losing the battle.

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40%, #

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39%, #

Fast went easily enough, ended well enough, no lighter, a little slimmer. I need a bike here.

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.6%, Fasting

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.4%

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 7/16", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.6%, #

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.3%, #, Fasting

Yesterday I felt like fasting but a busy schedule contradicted it. Today these perplexing figures tell me I must fast - but I feel hungry already! Drat.

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.3%, #

Back in London since Tuesday afternoon, first tango class in a while tonight, I will fast tomorrow.

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