paulbuxton Member

Weight change over the period of a weekend is basically the content of your stomach, it is not fat.= (see here http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/e4/rubberbag.html for a good explanation). Weight changes due to fat gain/loss are very slight and can only really be seen as a trend which is why it is often recommended to only…

Fantastic achievement! Well done. I have been considering trying a triathlon, but I think I need to improve my swimming first :-) One thing you might want to try as fun alternative to a triathlon is an adventure race. http://www.questars.co.uk/ It is a combination of running, cycling and (sometimes) canoeing. With some…

I am doing what I call the Veg Box diet. I get a box of random veg delivered once a week and plan my meals around whatever comes in the box. This means I tend to eat vegetarian a couple of times a week. Other meals I will stop by my local butcher or use some of the salmon fillets I have in the freezer. I combine this with…

Everyones weight will fluctuate quite a lot from day to day so looking from one day to the next can be offputting if you don't keep things in perspective. I personally weighy everyday and log it on Fitbit.com I can then use Trendweight.com to look at the overall trend of my weight rather than at an individual weigh in…

I confess to being a little confused with your post. You mention that you consider it a good indicator, and that in your job you have to apply it strictly as defined. But then provide links that talk about the drawbacks. One of my concerns if it has these drawbacks then you need to know you are in one of these groups to be…

Bear in mind that 18lb is nearly 10% of your total body weight. This is a very noticeable difference! People may be exaggerating but it is probably only because they have noticed how much better you look. Try taking the compliments in the spirit in which they are intended and don't worry about them being exaggerated! Stick…

Sorry but BMI really is useless. As has been said (several times above) it was never intended for individual weight measurements. It was for evaluating populations where differences in frame size and muscularity are averaged out. Whilst I hesitate to use wikipedia as a reference it does cover this quite well.…

Ignore the BMI, it was never intended to be used by an individual to assess their fitness. It was intended to be used in measuring for a population. Based on BMI I will be considered overweight until I get down to 10% bodyfat, and I am not particularly muscular! Bodyfat is a better measure, you could also use waist to…

Before I got my Fitbit Aria scale I was just logging on the days when I was down. It is quite good motivationally speaking, and whilst you are losing weight it is a good way of seeing the trend. It becomes less useful if you are trying to maintain weight.

I count my calories but not too religiously. MFP is great because it has a really good food database which helps quite a lot, and barcode scanning is really handy. If you are finding it difficult to hit your goal on a regular basis then you maybe need to reevaluate your calorie goal. The other thing to do is to look at…

Ouch that is a seriously tight budget! Definitely worth looking at using more frozen veg. Beans and pulses can be quite cheap. For meat you can often get buy 1 get 1 free on whole chickens in the supermarket. You can then stick 1 in the freezer and joint the other one and probably get 2 meals for the family from it.…

Stick with the weight gain. If you use any of the fitbit products for tracking steps or weight, you can use a site called trendweight to look at the underlying trend of your weight rather than individual weight measurements. You can then switch to weighing yourself everyday to get a view of your weight change. It uses the…