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Forum: Training & Nutrition
02-04-18, 07:43 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

I had gained a bit of weight leading up to...

I had gained a bit of weight leading up to Christmas and throughout the Christmas season.

Since mid-January, I've dropped 2.5 kg. :)
Forum: Training & Nutrition
01-24-18, 07:41 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Not good enough ... sorry. ...

Not good enough ... sorry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpHykP6e_Uk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnnpUYmr0OM
Forum: Training & Nutrition
01-24-18, 03:38 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

You don't have to cut out breads and rice type...

You don't have to cut out breads and rice type grains.

Do you weigh your food and log everything?

When you entered your information into MFP, and selected sedentary as your activity level, and...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
08-29-17, 10:26 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

You won't get a decent spin bike for $250 ......

You won't get a decent spin bike for $250 ... unless maybe you get really lucky with an ebay sale or something. They're in the $1000+ range.

Trainers, however, you can get for that. I've got a...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
08-28-17, 08:40 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

It is impossible for fat to turn into muscle...

It is impossible for fat to turn into muscle because they are two different things.

However, you can lose fat and gain muscle ... it takes some time and effort to do that, especially the gaining...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
08-28-17, 04:11 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Well no. That's actually impossible. :) ...

Well no. That's actually impossible. :)




Have you been tracking your calories?

As for winter riding, get a trainer and put your bicycle on that. I also take spinning classes from time to...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
08-22-17, 08:03 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

I don't plan my workouts in advance ... or at...

I don't plan my workouts in advance ... or at least, I have some idea what I might like to do, but they aren't set in stone. I don't work that way. Life is too uncertain for that.

I also don't...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
08-21-17, 03:02 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

I'm finding the information in My Fitness Pal to...

I'm finding the information in My Fitness Pal to be adequate for my needs at the moment. Have you researched what's available currently?
Forum: Training & Nutrition
04-06-17, 03:03 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

I'm a Canadian Australia ... not an American. :)

I'm a Canadian Australia ... not an American. :)
Forum: Training & Nutrition
04-06-17, 02:47 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

10 speeds and 11 speeds are common. But the...

10 speeds and 11 speeds are common.

But the 10 speeds of today are not the same as the 10 speeds you're thinking of. The 10 speeds of today refer to the cassette ... there are 10 gears in the...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
04-06-17, 02:37 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Welcome here! If you're at 10 minutes right...

Welcome here!

If you're at 10 minutes right now ... I wouldn't expect to be up to 2-3 hours a day in a month's time.

A more realistic goal might be to get up to doing 30 minutes a day 4 days a...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-15-16, 09:15 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

A bit of an anniversary ... I've maintained...

A bit of an anniversary ...

I've maintained my first goal weight for a year now, and have, in fact, gone on to lose an additional 13 kg since then. :)


I've also been maintaining my second...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
03-10-16, 12:14 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

About my birthday last year ... ...

About my birthday last year ...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8586/16783038832_543e471e04.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/albums/72157648779392193)


About my birthday this year ... ...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
02-18-16, 02:32 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

I "celebrated" my one-year anniversary of...

I "celebrated" my one-year anniversary of starting with MyFitnessPal and starting to lose weight yesterday. :)

I've been more or less maintaining for a little while now, but am easing back into...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
12-23-15, 04:47 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

2015 has been a surprisingly good year for me. ...

2015 has been a surprisingly good year for me.

It didn't start particularly well with two separate cancer concerns, and thus two surgeries, in January ... but then things started looking up....
Forum: Training & Nutrition
11-20-15, 07:29 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

I'm down 25 kg (55 lbs) ... so about 3 kg lighter...

I'm down 25 kg (55 lbs) ... so about 3 kg lighter than I was in the photos of me in the red jersey, at the beach, above. :)
Forum: Training & Nutrition
10-24-15, 08:13 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

-24 kg. :)

-24 kg. :)
Forum: Training & Nutrition
10-24-15, 08:13 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Thanks!! :) I feel like I'm back to normal...

Thanks!! :)

I feel like I'm back to normal again.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
09-25-15, 08:55 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Since mid-Feb, i have lost 22 kg. :)

Since mid-Feb, i have lost 22 kg. :)
Forum: Training & Nutrition
09-21-15, 05:49 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Thanks. :) I think I'd have do to a lot...

Thanks. :)


I think I'd have do to a lot of work on my little toothpick arms before I could come anywhere close to fitness modelling. :lol:
Forum: Training & Nutrition
09-21-15, 06:52 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

January 2015: Before I started with MyFitnessPal...

January 2015: Before I started with MyFitnessPal ...
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7577/15997975957_849d946017.jpg
(https://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/albums/72157649676307016)


September...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
09-16-15, 11:59 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

This is an interesting site: 12 July 2012 -...

This is an interesting site:

12 July 2012 - Where are you on the global fat scale?
BBC News - Where are you on the global fat scale? (http://www.bbc.com/news/health-18770328)




Of me, it...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
09-06-15, 06:21 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

:thumb:

:thumb:
Forum: Training & Nutrition
08-24-15, 08:45 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Just make sure you eat fewer calories than you...

Just make sure you eat fewer calories than you burn. I use a tracking site called MyFitnessPal, but there are others out there as well. And I log everything. It does take a little bit of work, but...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
08-22-15, 07:43 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Thanks ... and I'm working on it! :D Just in...

Thanks ... and I'm working on it! :D

Just in the last couple weeks, I've started climbing the stairs to my floor at work several times a day. First week I did that (5 flights, 3 times a day), my...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
08-21-15, 07:54 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

I have lost 42 lb (19 kg) in the past 6 months. I...

I have lost 42 lb (19 kg) in the past 6 months. I am getting closer to my Randonneuring weight!! :D
Forum: Training & Nutrition
08-02-15, 09:38 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

And then, mid-June ... I went on holidays. ...

And then, mid-June ... I went on holidays.

While I was gone, I ate whatever I wanted to eat, and lots of it. But I also exercised a whole lot. In 3 weeks, I cycled about 390 km, including riding a...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
06-10-15, 06:58 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

16 weeks ago I embarked on a mission to lose some...

16 weeks ago I embarked on a mission to lose some weight. When I started, I didn't have a set number in mind, but along the way I created a few little goals.

First up was to fit into my Ground...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
06-01-15, 08:02 PM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

About 6 months ago I went for a complete...

About 6 months ago I went for a complete physical. When my Dr weighed me, she suggested that I might consider losing 10 kg. When I got my blood work results, my total cholesterol was 5.2 which wasn't...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-26-15, 01:10 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Posted: 05-16-15, 11:54 AM in the Calorie...

Posted: 05-16-15, 11:54 AM in the Calorie Tracking thread: http://www.bikeforums.net/training-nutrition/994162-calorie-tracking-websites-3.html


12 kg down ... CI<CO still works. :)


CICO...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-26-15, 01:08 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Posted: 04-01-15, 01:30 PM in the Calorie...

Posted: 04-01-15, 01:30 PM in the Calorie Tracking thread http://www.bikeforums.net/training-nutrition/994162-calorie-tracking-websites-3.html

7 kg ... 15.5 lbs ... down!! :)

It took a little...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-26-15, 01:05 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

Posted: 02-28-15, 10:37 AM in the Calorie...

Posted: 02-28-15, 10:37 AM in the Calorie Tracking thread: http://www.bikeforums.net/training-nutrition/994162-calorie-tracking-websites-3.html

10 days on MyFitnessPal ... 2.5 kg down. Finally!!
...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
04-19-14, 12:40 AM
Replies: 2,583
Views: 381,468
Posted By Machka

+1 Great post! And congratulations!

+1

Great post!

And congratulations!
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