I was paddling out at Palmy this morning not long after sun-up. I could see Sam from WS&Snow and a guy that looked like CASSO surfing with him (bright green boardies were a give away).

As I approach I had to take a double take - he looked nothing like the CASSO we surfed with at MAMBO. I seriously thought I was mistaken.

I've heard of guys and girls trimming down from SUP but this is ridiculous! How much did you drop CASSO?




Any other good stories out there!

Andrew.A

Thats me in the black and white boardies. But I'm trying and am off the grog.

Rod

Ha, that's funny AA.

Yeah, I've dropped a bit of excess baggage. I've lost 10kgs since I started SUPing, 12 months ago. The last 5 of those kgs has been since Mambo (about 3 months ago) when that first photo was taken.

I put that intensive last 5kgs down to riding a smaller board (I got my 9'3" not too long after getting back from Mambo) and heaps more time in the water (due to being out of work since Dec).

I haven't change my (not so good) diet at all - it's all due to SUPing (and a bit of landscaping in my backyard).

The power of SUP!

I hear ya Brooko. While I sit here on the couch after 3 beers and almost 3 Jack & cokes. It will be 4 Jacks before a hit the sack.

elbeau said...

It isn't neccessarily the grog.
I lost 5 kilos in 6 weeks eating ckicken breasts, lean low fat mince and rye bread with low fat cheese and tomatoes, lettuce, shallotts.
Low fat yogurt for sweets. Last thing,didn't use oil at all for cooking,just heat pan really hot first and the meat doesn't stick.
Drank as much as usual (beer) (heaps) and still lost weight. Walked a lot though as I was locum for 6 weeks and had no private transport.
Just arrived back from East Timor recently where I started the giardia diet. Very effective.
8 kilos off in 6 weeks

I think I will just stick with paddling harder and longer Elbeau! You get to eat lots AND drink beer

When I started SUP'ing I was training pretty hard on my MTB. I was sure I would put on weight when I stopped training. I didn't and I also did not lose leg strength, which blew me away. When you go from riding 3 times a week to once a fortnight it usually hurts every time you ride. I have lost my endurance but the legs are always good for climbing, thanks to SUP!

The magic of SUP is that you get fit and your having so much fun, you don't even know about it!

Give it a few years and it will be standard cross training for a whole lot of different sports.

AA

hilly said...

Stopped drinking during the week have dropped from 115kg to 103 in a month. I think when I don't drink I eat less too, win win.

Good work I will be starting the no- drink during the week policy from monday as well.

Yer mac62 thats what I have been sayin for years....... i will start that next week.....

I really mean the week after next,this time anyway,I've lost 5kgs and feel great about that but geee if I lost another 5 WOW!

mac

The problem I have is I don't eat much. I don't eat until diner full stop!
Three coffees in the morning,eat the one meal at night and a couple of rums after that same same !

mac

62mac said...

The problem I have is I don't eat much. I don't eat until diner full stop!
Three coffees in the morning,eat the one meal at night and a couple of rums after that same same !

mac

Mac...I used to do this a bit too until I found out it has the opposite effect that you want. When you don't feed your body every 3-4 hrs, it actually goes into "survival" mode where it thinks you may be starving or in famine. So you body stores the fat in preparation for not getting food. It's getting ready for the famine. You will never lose weight if you only eat 1 meal a day. Your body will hold onto all the fat to "survive".

You gotta start eating small meals, good snacks every 3-4 hours to reboot your metabolism and stopping drinking also does this. It takes about 2 weeks for your body to reboot and then the weight will start dropping off.

I've lost 3 kg's in 4 weeks from not drinking, eating good snacks more (handful of almonds), swimming 2 x week and lots of paddling. Good luck all !!

P.S. A group of my girlfriends actually conduct a 6 week weight lose challenge between them 2 x year. It's for 6 weeks. They each throw in $100. And at the end of the six weeks the person who lost the most weight takes all the cash. Last time there were 10 in it so the winner got $1000. It's based on the % of weight lose of your starting weight. ie. If a 100 kg person and a 120kg person both lost 8kg...the 100kg person would win as it is a higher percentage of his starting weight.

Maybe you "Seabreezer" willing might want to start a challenge like this. ?? It certainly helps get you started and more motivated knowing others are doing it too and makes it a bit more fun also.

Thats brilliant AA had a big laugh over this one

Well done Casso mate your 've trimmed up well ,from when I saw you last at the Mambo .

I've also lost weight ,and what a big differance it makes when your paddling and I've really noticed it with my surfing 9FT 6 Mal.

Boylos

I think wahines idea is great you could document weight with scales and a date , and winner takes all ! Im in if anyone is keen