The Running/Keeping Fit Thread

[RedReet]

They do taste a little funny out of them. I had some myself, but only used them a couple of times.

That's right, you also have to use butter or oil which sort of defeats the purpose.

[Neil Young]

Do you weigh yourself every single morning?

Yes.

Why is that amusing? The scales are in a corner of the kitchen because it's the only hard surface in the house and it takes about three seconds while I'm waiting for the kettle to boil.

[Muddled]

To poach a good egg, you need to get the boiling water circulating *THEN* put in the egg.

[Assassin]

I was 600g lighter this morning compared to both Sunday and Monday mornings.

Do you weigh yourself under the same conditions each day. Do you do this for example pre or post dump and pre or post piss?

[Alex]

I weigh myself every morning after my morning piss. Helps me to know im not putting on too much or losing too quickly.

[dom9]

I shared a bag of Revels at the cinema yesterday evening. Then I had fish and chips last night, including 3 slices of white sliced bread for chip butties (I was educating my daughter who had never had a chip butty before - she didn't like it so I ate one of hers as well as my own). Then I had some profiteroles about an hour or so before bed.

I was 600g lighter this morning compared to both Sunday and Monday mornings.

You're one of those noisey ****ers in the cinema.

[Neil Young]

Do you weigh yourself under the same conditions each day. Do you do this for example pre or post dump and pre or post piss?

Yes, it's much the same. Do you really want to know the details?

[Red_Polo]

I think just tell us if it's before or after you've been taken for your walk, and leave it at that!

[Neil Young]

You're one of those noisey ****ers in the cinema.

No, I'm not. I take care not to rustle and only dip into the bag when the music is loud and there's no real change in the action (like during a long tracking shot of Ryan Gosling riding a motorbike in the woods or something). Plus the cinema was almost empty and we had no one within five metres of us.

I'm nothing like the bloke who came in as the film was starting and stood around in my eye-line for a minute while deciding where to sit. Then when he finally chose a seat and moved into it, he coughed, ripped open a bag of sweets and rustled around. All during the quiet opening couple of minutes.

[dom9]

No, I'm not. I take care not to rustle and only dip into the bag when the music is loud and there's no real change in the action (like during a long tracking shot of Ryan Gosling riding a motorbike in the woods or something). Plus the cinema was almost empty and we had no one within five metres of us.

I'm nothing like the bloke who came in as the film was starting and stood around in my eye-line for a minute while deciding where to sit. Then when he finally chose a seat and moved into it, he coughed, ripped open a bag of sweets and rustled around. All during the quiet opening couple of minutes.

What a c*nt.

[Assassin]

Yes, it's much the same. Do you really want to know the details?

I think you can spare us from the details

Its good to see you are comparing like with like

[Neil Young]

What a c*nt.

In fairness though I should confess my daub did make a noise during that whole episode. She told me to calm down.

[Neil Young]

I think you can spare us from the details

Its good to see you are comparing like with like

It's the only way to do it.

Since Fake hasn't explained why he found it funny... I mean, I know it looks funny to weigh yourself every day but it's logical really. Helios reckons you should weigh yourself every week but for me it would put such a lot of pressure on that one moment a week. What happens if you have an abnormally high reading because, I don't know, you're retaining water because you're coming down with a cold? Or an abnormally low one so you think it's going great when actually the trend is flat? You can't judge the trend and that's what matters, it's a long term thing.

So weighing yourself every day is just a way of ironing out the abnormal readings and checking whether you're making progress or slipping back. It's constant reinforcement of the process.

So that's not funny.

No, what actually is funny is that I note it all down, along with other data, in a spreadsheet, that generates a two different charts and a rolling seven-day average, all of which is easily compared against my goals for the year...

True story.

[Pablo]

I was in a two hour meeting . Do I have to have a reason why I find it amusing?

It just seems a bit obsessive that's all, which I find amusing.

[Neil Young]

No, of course you don't have to. I simply said you hadn't replied to my question, I wasn't reading anything into it.

It seems obsessive but really it's just logical to me. As I say, what's obsessive is writing it all down.