dukandebut
Goat herder(ess)
Good luck with moving back to the main office, Jo. Hope it turns out to be a more pleasant place to work at least, but sorry to hear that you may not be able to pop in as often.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, try try try again and again (and again...)
- Thread starter Maintainer
- Start date
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
Morning all - it's early, I've been awake half the night (duh), and I've made beef and turkey luclac already (to OH's disgust cos it's only 6.30am...!). New scales arrived yesterday (WW Precision Body Analyser - fancy scales are so much cheaper in the UK than here). Kinder weigh in than old ones but perhaps due to sleepness night? I'll take it anyway...
Off to house tonight for 3 day weekend. Dinner out and BBQ in planned with visitors but will do my best to compensate with lighter lunch and extra exercise. Got to do this reintroduction thing at some time and not been suffering since Tues out of ketosis.
Friend bringing me (hopefully): quark, Mullers and LOTS of Philly xlite cos the sell by dates are sooo far off
OH requested a thick sliced white plastic loaf. Amazing what some people miss from England!
Off to house tonight for 3 day weekend. Dinner out and BBQ in planned with visitors but will do my best to compensate with lighter lunch and extra exercise. Got to do this reintroduction thing at some time and not been suffering since Tues out of ketosis.
Friend bringing me (hopefully): quark, Mullers and LOTS of Philly xlite cos the sell by dates are sooo far off
OH requested a thick sliced white plastic loaf. Amazing what some people miss from England!
Last edited:
anjuschka
Dukan Ancestor!!
Good morning - good about the scales thing! But it shows that really how much they can differ, even if they are calibrated and set to zero... We should all be using measurements. I'm still half a kg over, but belts and clothes tell me I haven't gained any 'mass', at least not round the middle where it would show first...
Re Quark: have you tried Lidl? The one on Spain stocked the 0.1% variety, which saved my life. However the one in UK does not...
Hope you have a good weekend!
Re Quark: have you tried Lidl? The one on Spain stocked the 0.1% variety, which saved my life
. However the one in UK does not...Hope you have a good weekend!
LVLLM
Gold Member
fab on the scales though and what a relief
Yak white plastic loaf (sush yummy toasted dripping with salty butter)
Hope you enjoy your weekend with visitors
Im off to scarborough for dinner bed and breakfast - wanting to stay legal so will see what the set menu is (dreading in case its curry and rice ill just throw a princess fit - i aint eating that sh*t)
Yak white plastic loaf (sush yummy toasted dripping with salty butter)
Hope you enjoy your weekend with visitors
Im off to scarborough for dinner bed and breakfast - wanting to stay legal so will see what the set menu is (dreading in case its curry and rice ill just throw a princess fit - i aint eating that sh*t)
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
You're right Anja - scales really are a pain. Strangely enough, while I weighed 200g more on the "old" scales, my other half weighed 500g more on the "new" ones and now refuses to use them!!!
Vicky - these scales told me things I'm not sure I want to know like how many K my fat weighs, what percentage it is, and how much water I have... obviously, I can't remember the figures I briefly caught sight of in the dark this morning now, but what should I be aiming at?
Vicky - these scales told me things I'm not sure I want to know like how many K my fat weighs, what percentage it is, and how much water I have... obviously, I can't remember the figures I briefly caught sight of in the dark this morning now, but what should I be aiming at?
LVLLM
Gold Member
water should be 50% plus, fat 20s and muscle 30s
http://www.builtlean.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Ideal-Body-Fat-Percentage-Chart3.jpg
http://www.builtlean.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Ideal-Body-Fat-Percentage-Chart3.jpg
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
My water was way over 50 last night, but 40 something this morning. I don't think mine talk "muscle"...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weight-Watchers-8991BU-Precision-Electronic/dp/B0007VHVVS
Just noticed your comment about "dinner"... yes, humm, in B&B it's very likely to be a filling cheap option, particularly in this colder weather! Perhaps you need to have something in your bag, in case!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weight-Watchers-8991BU-Precision-Electronic/dp/B0007VHVVS
Just noticed your comment about "dinner"... yes, humm, in B&B it's very likely to be a filling cheap option, particularly in this colder weather! Perhaps you need to have something in your bag, in case!
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
water should be 50% plus, fat 20s and muscle 30s
http://www.builtlean.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Ideal-Body-Fat-Percentage-Chart3.jpg
Clicked on link, found nothing helpful?
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
When I click on that link, I get the home page...
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
Got it by pasting into a clean internet page! OK mine is 'average' (ok the HIGH end of average.) I can live with that. No choice! (I think it was 34 something.) Next time I weigh, I'll write it down but this morning was the first time and the scales don't have a backlight and it was dark!!
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
I'm sure I read something at one time that these numbers are all bull anyway because pear shaped people make them go awry... I wonder why my water should be lower than it ought first time (when dehydrated)? If I drank any more, I'd float off!
anjuschka
Dukan Ancestor!!
Since you asked - this is how to ride a bike with gears.
First of all, some technical info on how they work:
How they work - bicycle gears
Your gears (sorry I don't know all the technical terms) use them like this:
Now the dial on the left controls the derailleur for the pedals. For starters it's probably best to keep it in 2. 1 is for hills (lots of easy fast pedalling) and 3 is for downhill/high speed (less pedalling but much harder at slower speeds)
The one on the right controls the back derailleur. And that's the one you'll be changing much more often. Now the extreme combinations are not advised to you don't actually have all the permutations at your disposal, and there is some duplication: 2-4 might feel the same as 3-1.
For example don't do 1-6 or 3-1 as that might stretch the chain a bit too much.
Anyway - start with 1 or 2 on the left and leave it there for starters. Remember that you can only change gear while the pedals are moving (see last bit about stopping)
To start from standing, you want to be in a low gear on the right, so start with 1-1 or 2-1. Then as you pick up a bit of speed and your legs go faster and faster switch the RIGHT one up a notch - to 2. And so on. It's generally a good idea to wait to feel the chain move into the new position before switching again.
If you're cruising on 5 for example, and the comes a hill, gradually switch the right one back to 4 - 3 - 2 until it is comfortable.
When you come to a stop make sure you switch right down before stopping to make it easier to pull off again.
My bike only has 6 gears, so I can't describe good techniques for one with 18 like yours. I use 1 to pull off, 3 going up hills (errm, railway bridges actually) and 5/6 to whizz fast on a flat or downhill.
Good luck I'm sure you'll get the hang of it!
First of all, some technical info on how they work:
How they work - bicycle gears
Your gears (sorry I don't know all the technical terms) use them like this:
Now the dial on the left controls the derailleur for the pedals. For starters it's probably best to keep it in 2. 1 is for hills (lots of easy fast pedalling) and 3 is for downhill/high speed (less pedalling but much harder at slower speeds)
The one on the right controls the back derailleur. And that's the one you'll be changing much more often. Now the extreme combinations are not advised to you don't actually have all the permutations at your disposal, and there is some duplication: 2-4 might feel the same as 3-1.
For example don't do 1-6 or 3-1 as that might stretch the chain a bit too much.
Anyway - start with 1 or 2 on the left and leave it there for starters. Remember that you can only change gear while the pedals are moving (see last bit about stopping)
To start from standing, you want to be in a low gear on the right, so start with 1-1 or 2-1. Then as you pick up a bit of speed and your legs go faster and faster switch the RIGHT one up a notch - to 2. And so on. It's generally a good idea to wait to feel the chain move into the new position before switching again.
If you're cruising on 5 for example, and the comes a hill, gradually switch the right one back to 4 - 3 - 2 until it is comfortable.
When you come to a stop make sure you switch right down before stopping to make it easier to pull off again.
My bike only has 6 gears, so I can't describe good techniques for one with 18 like yours. I use 1 to pull off, 3 going up hills (errm, railway bridges actually) and 5/6 to whizz fast on a flat or downhill.
Good luck I'm sure you'll get the hang of it!
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
Oh Anja. That is SO kind of you! My other half can't understand why I get in such a pickle! I follow him, seeing his legs going round nice and slowly, while mine are going round 19 to the dozen!
I'm going to print off your words now... and take them with me.
I am ALMOST convinced to sign up to Vélib here now that I've seen how much more painful cycling is to my long walk which obviously no longer pushes me. Just the traffic bothers me a bit here... even at the relative early hour I come to work. (I'd still metro home).
I'm going to print off your words now... and take them with me.
I am ALMOST convinced to sign up to Vélib here now that I've seen how much more painful cycling is to my long walk which obviously no longer pushes me. Just the traffic bothers me a bit here... even at the relative early hour I come to work. (I'd still metro home).
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
Quick update before heading off to ... errr the unknown. Back to "head office" (just 5 mins walk from previous address, but "different world") and the unknown...
My three day weekend was brilliant. Involved cherry picking, eating out at a restaurant by a lake, then walking dog round same. BBQ at ours. Weather ok when it needed to be. I unfortunately (and predictably) lost the food plot and although I started out ok with "just dinner" on Saturday, it all spiralled and I ate for TEN from Sun am through last night. (I was ill half the night - serves me right!).
So no weigh in. PP again today...
My three day weekend was brilliant. Involved cherry picking, eating out at a restaurant by a lake, then walking dog round same. BBQ at ours. Weather ok when it needed to be. I unfortunately (and predictably) lost the food plot and although I started out ok with "just dinner" on Saturday, it all spiralled and I ate for TEN from Sun am through last night. (I was ill half the night - serves me right!).
So no weigh in. PP again today...
