Fat Club Update
Posted on February 9, 2010, by Conor O'Neill, under Health.
The idea of relentlessly banging on about weight and fitness here and on Twitter didn’t really work. There are only two people that I follow on Twitter doing it and one of them is my sister. But I have been marking major milestones and today was one of them.
So from Dec 29th to Feb 9th, I have lost 20 pounds.
How? No booze, no snacking, no sweets, normal breakfast, normal lunch, smaller dinner, fruit whenever I’m peckish and a small amount of treadmill Mon-Fri.
My BMI, body fat and visceral fat are all still atrocious but on the way down.
On advice from @adventsparky on Twitter, we invested in a body fat analysis machine (aka tarted up weighing scales) on Amazon. This Omron BF510 Body Fat & Composition Bathroom Scales has both feet pads and handgrips to give a much more accurate analysis of fat by running a small signal through your body.
I then track that in a spreadsheet in Google Docs.
Next major milestone will be the 2 stone mark. I figure about another 2ish weeks for that.
Eventual aim is 4+ stone reduction by mid-late summer. Fingers crossed.
8 Replies to "Fat Club Update"
Conor O'Neill on February 9, 2010
Totally. Every other time when I did it quietly, I gave up in under a month.
I’d actually be happy to use the Withings scales to auto-tweet my weight a la @jason or @leolaporte. But the Omron is a better device and less than a third of the price.
Now I feel like I’d be letting people down if I gave up. I’m so looking forward to the day I announce I’m at my marriage weight!
Ant Galvin on February 9, 2010
Well Done Conor. That’s a massive achievement already.
Conor O'Neill on February 9, 2010
Thanks Ant. Been easier than I expected. The hard bit was (like giving up the smokes 11 years ago) just making the decision to do it.
Des on February 10, 2010
Whoa ! The main link in Amazon (from Pharmacy Place) charges uk£36 for postage…
Conor O'Neill on February 10, 2010
P&P was nearly the same price as the scales when I got it so it must have gone up again. Not good. Dabs would send that for a tenner to Ireland if they sold them.
Des on February 10, 2010
Addendum: The Seller SuSuu is only charging uk£6 postage.
Conor O'Neill on February 10, 2010
Bum. I wish I’d seen that!
mollydot on February 9, 2010
Is the accountability helpful, even if other people aren’t doing it?