I took a week off the bike...
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I took a week off the bike...
Yesterday I went for 30 for the first time in a week.
I weighed myself.
I lost 3 lbs this past week.
Discuss.
I weighed myself.
I lost 3 lbs this past week.
Discuss.
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Could be due to
-waterweight
-time of day
-diet
-alignment of the planets
-if you've taken the browns to the super-bowl before (or not) weighing
-clothing at the time
I don't consider any weight loss considerable unless it is an average of 5 lbs difference over time. FWIW I am 5'11" and 160 lbs.
-waterweight
-time of day
-diet
-alignment of the planets
-if you've taken the browns to the super-bowl before (or not) weighing
-clothing at the time
I don't consider any weight loss considerable unless it is an average of 5 lbs difference over time. FWIW I am 5'11" and 160 lbs.
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Hopefully it wasn't muscle mass in your guads.
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Well I doubt it was muscle or fat loss in only a week. It's pretty critical to weigh oneself at the same time every day, every week - say every Friday morning after taking your first piss and before breakfast.
Otherwise weighing at random times, a 3lbs increase OR decrease could be explained away very easily.
Otherwise weighing at random times, a 3lbs increase OR decrease could be explained away very easily.
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I took a week off and then sneezed after which I weighed three pounds less. Must have been a three pound sneeze.
Not enough data to support any worthwhile conclusions.
Not enough data to support any worthwhile conclusions.
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Well I doubt it was muscle or fat loss in only a week. It's pretty critical to weigh oneself at the same time every day, every week - say every Friday morning after taking your first piss and before breakfast.
Otherwise weighing at random times, a 3lbs increase OR decrease could be explained away very easily.
Otherwise weighing at random times, a 3lbs increase OR decrease could be explained away very easily.
Let me make myself clear.
I lost 1.3 lbs due to the ride.
167.2 after the ride, 168.5 before.
I'm still 3lbs short of the 169.5-172.5 i usually find myself hovering around.
Are my guads shrinking? I sure hope not. You can't crush souls with shrunken guads.
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I just got back from a cycling vacation. I am taking a few days off until I stop being sore. Sad to say I found some great restaurants and gained a pound.
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The body can fluctuate a couple of pounds on a daily basis, with most of the difference being water weight. Don't worry about a single weigh-in - it's the long-term trend that matters.
And FYI, it's quad, not guad. Unless guad is some slang that I'm not familiar with?
And FYI, it's quad, not guad. Unless guad is some slang that I'm not familiar with?
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And its guad, unless you're in the real world, which we're not.
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I took two weeks off, not by choice but because of family stuff. First week in, I gained 2 pounds and felt like a fat, fatty fat. Second week, despair. Hit the bike this past Saturday and feeling much better. I think it's a combo of the actual return to working out as well as the psych that accompany's.
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168.5 as your pre-ride weight is only 1 lb below the bottom end of your "normal" range, so I don't see where you're getting 5-6 lbs lighter...
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I have not ridden for the past week but not by choice, my bike is in the shop getting the entire chain drive replaced. I am hoping to get it back this afternoon. I have been feeling a lot of anxiety and not unlike Jabba the Hut.
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Timmy, I know what you mean. I actually lost weight when I didn't didn't do any exercise for about 2 weeks after I broke my collarbone. I gained a tiny bit of weight at first but once my appetite adjusted I lost weight. Riding hard and training and racing does not tend to work towards weight loss, if you are not overweight to begin with...