Sushi is manna from...umm, the sea. Yeah. That is the realest food there is. Except for sea urchin. It's against my religion to eat anything with the word "urchin" in it.

*gently adjusts sweetpea's self-perception to allow her to see how beyond perfection she already is*

Then just call it uni :)

I dropped below the 200 lbs mark this week.. :D

198 lbs, total lost is 77 lbs and I'm 8 lbs away from my goal weight.

I go to the Dr next week for a follow up visit (minor back issues..I aggrovated while working out), so my goal was to get below 200 for the visit. Thanks for the posts of encouragement, this is part of how I keep going.

Good for you! :D keep it up and take care of your back, it's the only one you've got! ;)

sweetpea

Broke the 14st barrier this week. Down to 13st 13lbs, a total loss of 4lbs. Which is nice.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I'll keep going with the updates, since I had an interesting week.

I went crazy Superbowl Sunday and ate and drank the way I "used to." Of course, I made sure I was in the mindset that this was an exception, and not the rule. It was actually quite strange, reaching for and eating all that bad stuff. I almost stopped myself several times when at the food table, my reflexes were pulling away from the high-fat foods.

2 Days later, I weighed in at 206, an 8lb gain! No wonder I was so huge, parties where I'd eat like that were almost every weekend. And if I wasn't at a party, I'd eat like that anyway. So I went back on the wagon this week and am back down to 199. Actually, this week I was adding some higher fat/calorie ingredients to my meals in a effort to maintain my weight, despite the Superbowl setback. (I figured the party weight was a temporary thing anyway)

Feb 1st 2006: 253 lbs

Feb 11th 2006: 242 lbs

..and I eat curry every night!

;)

My offical "Dr office" weight was 196lbs, my gym weigh-in was 195 (Dr was with keys, wallet and I was wearing jeans so...I'll take the 195). Total loss hit 80 lbs, and 5 more to go.

The Doc said that I need to go to Physical Therapy for my back starting next week. He says the reason my back is hurting is probably due to my weight loss, since I'm carrying myself differently I've aggrovated muscles that I haven't been using...

:) wow wow wow! awesome job!! :D

sweetpea

good work!! :D

sweetpea

weigh in:

131 lbs, down another pound this week!
now, only 3 pounds from my goal. :)

sweetpea

13st 13lbs. So the same as last week. Ah well never mind.

keep at it :icare: you're doing great!

sweetpea

weigh in:

130 pounds today. minus another pound. :)
i'm feeling really healthy and fit, lost about 5 pounds total this month... looking to lose just a couple more.

sweetpea

wow great job sweetpea! You're really on track with your goal. I really do admire your stick-to-itiveness

Great job all!!

194lbs, -1 lb from last week and 4lbs away from my goal. The closer I get to my the harder it seems to lose. No cheating at all this week...

thank you skier! :)

Weigh in today: down another pound to 129lbs. I've really been pushing the workouts and it's showing esp in my abs and general tone. Eating lots of rice and veggies.

sweetpea

excellent job!! keep it up :)

sweetpea

My maintainece is going fine. I have been fluctuating between 198 and 203 for the last 2 weeks. I pretty much stick to what I was doing for breakfast and lunch during the week, and weekends tend to be whatever I feel like.

excellent! :) :thumbsup: /pats you on back for job well done

sweetpea

Late update from Satuday: 13st 13lbs, again. Or 'still' even. Onward, although hopefully not upwards, I guess.

still even, not bad :)

Weigh in today:

128.5 pounds.

Almost to my goal of 126 pounds... almost there... next week, should hit my target of losing 10 pounds. :thumbsup:

continuing to focus on eating very healthy, lots of rice, veggies and fat free milk. Doing workouts on the eliptical three times a week to keep myself toned. I'm noticing a big difference in my body from last month to this month... just a lot of better overall tone.

sweetpea

Great job sweetpea.

I'm still hovering around 200. Started doing more "excersize" (crunches, pushups ect) and can feel the difference. I'm still a little self-concious of the flabby excess skin around my mid section, (which is why I haven't posted pix yet) but aparently, I just have to wait that out. [shrug] I have taken some pictures, but the mirror lies, the camera doesn't.

14st exactly so one pound up. I'm not too bothered at the moment I just seem to be too busy to pay attention to my eating at the moment. This week should be better though, as the rush is off a little.

Thanks!! :D

i hovered for a long time too... that's okay :) you just gotta stick with it like you have been :icare:

sweetpea

No, for me, hovering is good. I don't want to lose any more weight. If anything, I want to tone up and stay the same weight. 200 is in the "ideal" weight for my height, so I'm good with the non-loss.

GOAL!!

Weighed in yesterday at 190 on the dot, total loss was 85 lbs. Thinking about staying on it for a few more pounds. The last 10 lbs were the hardest and took the longest. This week I started lifting weights as well as doing the treadmill..

AWESOME!!! :) i'm so proud of you! :)

That's great then! :) good job!!

sweetpea

GOAL achieved!! :D

weigh in: 5'5" and 128lbs. I'm finally done.

:)

now i'm just going to focus on maintaining.

thanks everyone for your kind words of encouragement! :)

sweetpea

Gratz Sweetpea!!

I'm thinking maintaining will be tougher than actually losing the weight..

Would like to join you. 6.o m 200lbs Still trying to lose the same 10 pounds. Never tried WW. Did Atkins with success but the smell of those Ketones escaping was bad.
Since I couldn't stay with Atkins- I try to eat right but lately ye old chocolate is calling me. I use a bowflex 3/4 times a week so maybe all that chocolate will turn to muscle while I'm napping.....................

thanks!! :)

maintaining should be fairly easy... i hope :)

sweetpea

:) good luck!! :)

keep us updated!! :)


sweetpea

14st nought pounds again. Gonna have to re-think my outlook a little I think. Not being quite as strict on myself as perhaps I should be.

Alright TFP I'm looking to improve my figure with the rest of you. I'm at 228 right now(down from 240) and I'm hoping this will be just the extra boost I need to hit my goal(sub 200). I'm about 6' and fairly large build but with my body fat percentage I know there is no reason for me to weigh more than 200 lbs other than laziness. Plus I'd really like to look all studly from when my gf gets back from Italy(May 14th) :lol:

Getting back on Weight Watchers was harder than I thought it would be. But now that I have a point finder and my books, and something to keep track of it all on, I did much better this week. I lost 3 lbs this week! I hope I don't find them again this week coming up. It will be the hardest week of the month, I always crave ice cream and chocolate.

It is very inspiring to read about all of the pounds lost here at TFP. WTG to those who lost, made a goal, or maintained! :thumbsup:

13st 11lbs. Three pounds down. Not bad considering that I have been at a bit of a sticking point for the past few weeks. Going to have to try and keep the momentum up, that is going to be the challenge for the next few months.

3lbs on so back to 14st. Damn this yo yo weight program. Ah well never mind, better luck next week.

Even though I hit my goal, I really havent changed the way I eat. I'm just not being as picky as was when we decide to eat out, but I'm not going crazy either.

I stepped up my exercise and started doing some minor lifting to tone up. I weighed in yesterday at 188lbs, 2 lbs below my original goal.

Crap week for the diet and yet still I managed to shed 2lbs, so I am now down to 13st 12lbs. Err...good, I guess.

Good job!

That happens to me as well, think there is no way I could lose and I do, of course it sucks when it happens in reverse..

On March 9th I weighed in at 141.8 lbs. Today I weigh in at 134.6 lbs! I still have 10 more to lose, but I feel more motivated then ever.


I have a question though. I am not very athletically inclined and I know I need to do exercize. I really need to tone up my stomach area. Any suggestions? Will walking help? I would be walking in a very hilly area, if that matters.

13st 13lbs so 1lb on.

Three weeks and Easter holidays. Back up three pounds to 14st 2lbs. Doh!

Im not on Weight Watchers, but I feel like sharing my story. Last early July I went to the beach, and a few weeks later we had pictures developed from the trip. I didn’t like the way I looked. I decided before my birthday in late October I was going to loose all the weight. I replaced eggo waffles and 2 bowls of cereal in the morning with yogurt, and McDs, pizza, and cheesesteaks for lunch with meal bars.

My starting weight was 215 and made it down to 190 by birthday. My next goal was to get down to my high school weight of 165 by the time beach season rolled around. By the time the febuary came, and the last time I weighed myself I was down to 175.

A month ago I started out walking, and that turned into hiking and now I am running and walking six miles four times a week. I have no idea what my weight is I don’t have a scale at my new place, but I feel that there is still some work to do. Im hoping to graduate from walking/running to just running and maybe add some weight training in the mix.

So in a few months when you see that guy at the beach with the killer bod. Don’t hesitate to come up and say hi to me :D

I have managed to float up a little to 207, which is only 2 lbs. over my maintainance level I have set for myself at 205. I find it really difficult now that the "weight loss" part of my diet is over to be strict with myself, especially on days that I'm at home all day. I'm constantly snacking.

I have a feeling I'll go back on the wagon for the work week and get back to normal.

Even though my goal was 190, I haven't quite gone off my diet. I've upped my daily calories somewhat and added in more "treats". Still exercise at least one hour a day.

Yesterday I weighed in at 181, down a total of 94 lbs.

We just planned our summer vacation to the beach and looking forward to it this year, no wearing a T-shirt to "attempt" to hide my gut in the pool or ocean anymore. I tend to eat more on vacation so I need some padding for that week.

Hello fellow weight watchers. I've lost a lot of weight over the past couple of years, but saddly I've backslid some. I weighted myself this morning, and I weigh in at 222. I'm in the Coast Guard and I need to lose 11 lbs to make weight. However, I think I would rather continue on and lose a good 20 lbs.
I'm going to use atkins because it worked pretty well for me in the past.
Also, the place I work has a pretty nice gym, so I'm hoping to get an hour in each day before work.

Losing Weight
 

I joined weight watchers on August 7th 2004. A year later and 133 pounds lighter... it WORKS and I can do things that I never thought I could before.
It can be done!

Long time no post. Been of the salads for a few weeks now. Weighed in this weekend at 14st 3lbs, so only one poind on since my last post.

Wife has lost about 15 lbs since March, and i have lost about 20 lbs since sometime last year, not sure when i weighted 165ish.

Figured I'd toss this thread a bump since there might some tfpers looking to get on the wagon, ah hell, who am I kidding. It's for my own personal glory :D. Last time I weighed myself was last thursday, the scale read a lower than expected 215, which puts me down 23 pounds in 8 weeks. Will be interesting to see what's happened this past week though if I can locate a scale somewhere on campus since I stopped work and am now relying on rugby to keep me in shape. Well, that and jogging in the mornings, which I hopefully can develop into a full fledged habit.

I'm a little late, but here...

8-5-01 = 5'7", 213 lb.

8-31-06 = 5'9", 160

July 10th 2006: 214 lbs

September 4th 2006: 221 lbs

No, I'm not sliding back, all of the mass that was put back on was in muscle. You guys are really great motivators!

oh man.... talk about "weight loss accountability"

9/1/06 = 255lbs

Some of that is muscle tho, because my clothes have been fitting a bit looser.

Ahh long time no post. I've had a bit of a falling out with the internet over the past few months so no posts nor nuthin'. Anyway back here again to pick up where I left off. Currently I weigh in at 14 stone. Hoping to drop a further 2lbs by next Saturday.

After the move and some partying, I've managed to pack on 20 lbs! I still fit in my 36's, but I'm going to have to get back on the wagon here. This morning I was 224, which was actually less than I thought I was. I have really been unmotivated because of the stressors involved with the move, new job and my new website / home business.

My goal will be to get back to 200. With the Holidays upon us, I'll need a head start.

Wow, it's been a while since I've been here. I mean a while. Several months since I stopped in and said I was with you guys in the weight loss battle. That was mostly bullshit, but since september I've really kicked myself in the ass and lost some weight. I was hovering around 5'8" 209 lbs. at the end of the summer, but as of three weeks ago I had lost 15 lbs, and considering that I've had to tighten up the belt even more and kept up on my diet and exercise, I speculate that I've lost even more.

I wish I could be more specific with wieght goals, however the fact that I don't have a scale in my apartment, coupled with the fact that my trainer (ie Roommate) was encouraging me not to focus on how many pounds I'd lost, but how I felt/looked. So I can tell from the mirror that I still have a little ways to go, but I'm a lot closer than I was.

Forgot about this thread..

I continued to lose weight to bottom out at 166lbs total loss was 109 lbs. Since then I'm stay around 170, I started working out with weights to get back the muscle that I lost during my loss. My only problem left is some loose skin, but its slowly tighening up, I can actually see some of my abs for the 1st time since I was a teen. Ended up spending 500-600 bucks on a new wardrobe, so my wife said I HAVE to keep off the weight since we donated my old clothes to Goodwill.

Is the jury still out on whether the hope that Pandora released from her box was a good thing or a bad thing? Last week I hoped to loose two more pounds by this very day. This very day has rolled round and I am still 14st exactly.

Hmm, nice to see that some of the old faces are still around. Given the time lapse between my last entry and the preceding one, I was afraid that I would be only one still on this quest of weight loss.

Memories of the fat asthmatic kid who came last in cross country came flooding back to me. It felt for a moment there as though everyone else had crossed the finish line.

I know it's not a race, but it did feel a little lonely for a second there.

Well, so far so good... sort of.

After professing I'd get back on the wagon (at 224), I had a particularly bad weekend, and managed to gain even more weight, up to 229. Damn. But I turned the boat around and was 225 this morning. Bad habbits are so easy to fall into.

For the life of me, I don't understand how some people can stay at the same weight without doing anything. I'm either gaining or losing weight all the time. That perfect balance still eludes me.

13st 12lbs which means that I am down this week by two whole pounds. So yay me and all that, as well as hopes (there's that word again) that there will be another 2lbs shed by this day next week.

Oh and for the record Mister Coaster I know exactly what you are talking about. If I don't pay attention to my weight it changes while I'm not watching, and usually up as well. I've come to the conclusion that the only way to maintain weight is to monitor it.

I wonder if that will prove to be different if I reach my target weight.

Nov 22, 245lbs
lost 10 in the last 3 weeks by primarily cutting down my white rice portion at dinner in half, walking home from train station each workday(12 min walk), and doing 2 hours of yoga per week.

Hope to keep this up.

im 5'10" and bmi says i should be around 175, but im aiming at 185 cause i know i have a larger frame than most,(my shoulder span is about 20% wider than my friend that is the same height)

November 24th, day after Thanksgiving: 214lbs

Still more muscle and less bodyfat. Doing cardio 30 min/day and weights for 1 hr per day.

Pictures available upon request. ;)

This thread rocks.

First, the history: I was athletic in high school, and I enjoyed exercising. At 6' and 185, I was pretty muscular. Time and two jobs crept up on me though, and over many years I crept up to 220. Hey, it was only 2 pounds a year over eighteen years.

What I didn't realize over the next few years was that I have sleep apnea. I ballooned up to 249. Then came a high school reunion. I went on Jenny Craig for three months, learned portion control, and got down to 227 or so.

However, the sleep apnea was still around. All it took was a few days where I had to burn the midnight oil with work, and my workout routine was shot. Plus, if you're tired and sleepy all of the time, you don't go to the gym--you just kind of doze off after eating dinner. Then my physician died at about age 43. I think it might have been sleep apnea.

This year, maybe because of the deaths of Reggie White, my physician, and some others, I decided to get the physical I'd been skipping since my physician died. First, I did a sleep study. I pay my own health insurance, so to make the high deductible work for me, I crammed everything into this year. The sleep study alone was $3600 --no problem hitting my deductible.

Then came all of the blood work. And an EKG, since my physician mentioned that sleep apnea can give you right side heart failure. The EKG was fine.

Conclusions: I'm pre-everything. In general, carrying weight around the middle is hazardous for men. At 249, my BP was 140/90, blood sugar 107, and I forget what my cholesterol was, but it was too high (over 200), and the good cholesterol level sucked. In short:

Get the BP down, or I'm risking a stroke in a few years. The physician wants me on a blood pressure medication, but I think that's just masking the problem, which is too much weight.

Get the cholesterol down, or I'm risking heart attack down the road.

Get the blood sugar down, or I'm risking diabetes down the road.

It's amazing that modern medicine can give you warnings like these. I'm not the type of person who has to be hit over the head with something to get the message. The weight has to come off.

So I've been working out more, both with weights and cardio exercise. I rejoined Jenny Craig, with a longer-term obligation. My goal is to lose 50 pounds over the next year.

Some may fault Jenny Craig, but it's the type of thing I need. You have a list of what you're to eat that day, and it's already prepared for you. My schedule is busy enough that I will eat whatever is fast and handy, so my plan is to make sure the proper food is readily accessible. If you don't know, the other thing involved in their plan is something called "free foods." I can eat all the salad (but not dressing) that I want. All the broccoli I want. All the sugar-free jello I want. Since I like all three, I can usually get enough of a feeling of fullness from them to be satisfied with the meals from Jenny, which seem to total only about 1000 calories a day. If you've done it before, it wouldn't be hard at all to follow their guidelines without buying their food, but I want the obligation to go once a week for weigh-in. Otherwise, I might backslide. Besides, their food actually tastes pretty good, and there is a lot of variety.

I didn't want to mess around with half-assed measures on the sleep apnea, so I jumped right to a CPAP. For those who don't know, it provides room air under pressure through a nasal mask. The appropriate pressure for me, according to the sleep study, was on the high end of low, if that makes any sense. It has helped quite a bit. My hope is that the CPAP will no longer be necessary if I lose the 50.

My home scales today said I weigh 241, but the one at the gym said 244. One week ago, at Jenny (with clothes on--it's not THAT much of a fun place) their scale said 249. It will be interesting to see what theirs says tomorrow.

I hardly drink, so that's not a factor. I only slightly splurged for Thanksgiving--no sense in being so hardcore you don't enjoy it.

This is going to be for the long haul. One or two pounds a week is my goal; I'm considering this a year-long project. If it happens faster, great.

It was nice to spot this thread after it got bumped. Putting it in writing gives me more motivation.

One other thing: I don't think my physician thinks I can do it, so I have a little more motivation to prove him wrong. I'm to see him again in three months.

Stay tuned.

Interesting post magictoy and welcome to the thread. Good luck with the goal, let's hope that you prove your physician wrong.

My own loss this week has been one pound. I am down to 13st 11lbs, which is nice. Another 15lbs to go.

My scale says 237 today. Hunger (between meals) is assuaged by salads and jello. It's becoming obvious that I do habit eating, so veggies and jello are consumed then. I'm working out at least every other day.

So far, so good.

Thanksgiving x 2 = Bad for the diet.

233 this morning, I'm going back to my hard-core, low-fat, no beer/liquor, no samples (I work at a grocery store), diet. No excuses, no exceptions. I REFUSE to buy larger pants despite the 36's being tight. Excersize will be tough because it's supposed to be butt-cold here in Denver for the next week or so. I'll have to run in place or something.

Give me some encouragement...

disco dancing in your skivvies is good exercise - and it's good entertainment for the missus coaster :D do a strip tease for her :D

Don't deprive yourself too much - that can lead to binging.. moderation is your friend :D

/me dusts off her pompoms and shakes tham at Mister Coaster - you can do this!! :D

236 at Jenny yesterday (that's with clothes), 234 on my home scale, nekkid.

Don't make me be the only one to post here!

Down to 226. Yeah for me, 7 lb. loss.

From 13st 11lbs down to 13st 10lbs. Another one down, which will do me.

Just out of interest do you people weigh yourselves in the nip? I do every Saturday morning. I like to think that it brightens up the day of the people waiting for a train.

Only joking, and a pointless joke to all those who don't remember when there used to be weighing machines at train stations.

230 this morning, in the buff.

Wonder if there will be more contributions after New Year's.

229lbs this morning, compared to 245 2 months ago.

still on track :)

Not a terribly active thread, but I'll toss a post here.

April of last year I was diagnosed with Hypertension. Not surprising, considering I weighed 316lbs (at 5'11") and was almost entirely sedentary. The hypertension was bad enough that the doc slapped me on meds and told me not to exercise. Seems that I was in danger of a BP spike causing a stroke. Yay.

Needless to say, that whole not-wanting-to-die thing was a moivator. Since then, I've lost about 80lbs. the first half was through diet alone. I basically went on Atkins, with some modifiers. I did not believe the hoopla about all sorts of fats being okay, so I made sure that I concentrated on healthier fats, and ate way more fiber tha suggested (I'm a nut for salads). It works. I dropped weight like crazy.

When my weight and BP were more stabilised, I bought a mountain bike and took up biking, generally 3-4 days a week. I preferred trail to road, but did whichever I could, given time constraints.

A combination of things caused me to back off of cycling. While it mad eme lose weight, I realised that I was also losing some muscle. I really don't want to be weak, so I took up weightlifting again. I did it way back in High School and enjoyed it then. Got out of it for stupid reasons, and am kicking myself, as I'd forgotten how much I enjoy it. I now train 3-4 days a week and catch the odd trail ride once a month or so (though it is WAY too cold right now).

My weight, perhaps unfortunately, has stabilised. I'm pretty solidly stuck fluctating between 233lbs and 241lbs. It goes up and down. Right now, I think it is going up because of muscle gain. This doesn't bother too awful much, as gain due to muscle is good, but I would still like to drop more body fat.

I'd set a goal to be under 220lbs, but I'm starting to think that it ain't gonna happen. So I am contemplating a new goal solely based on body composition, and ignoring the scale. I've been tracking my waist, and thus my body fat, and paying more attention to that. Add that in to my goals vis a vis weightlifting, and I have some solid metrics to track success.

And that is really the core of my experience. The big thing I've learned is to set goals and drive for them HARD! I attack the trails when I ride and assault the weights when I lift. I look at food as fuel, and choose things that will help me to go faster, harder, and longer. It has been an eye-opener for me, and I've realised some stupendous gains from it.

April '06
Weight: 316lbs
Body fat: somewhere appraoching 40%

February '07
Weight 239lbs
Body fat: somewhere around 20%

October '06 (when I started lifting)
Bench Press: 135lbs
Deadlift: 220lbs

February '07
Bench press: 230lbs (I manage to still suck at the bench, but I've made huge improvements)
Deadlift: 410lbs

Set goals; strive for them.

Throw out all the bad food in your house; don't buy any more bad food.

Don't drink empty calories (soda, alcohol).

Don't eat empty calories (bread, pasta, sweets)

Move. That's it, get up and move around, preferably while moving heavy shit.

Cheat, every once in a while. A Monster Burger once in three months won't kill you, and it may well keep you sane.

You can do it. Here's hoping I can continue to do it =)

Nice post, Moonduck. We're of similar philosophies, although I don't bike.

If you read my prior post, on Nov. 17 I was 249.

This morning, I was 217. I'm getting compliments. My BP was 123/79.

A note of encouragement, and a note of caution: You've done very well so far, but at 5'11", very few people are "large-framed" enough to carry 220. Keep pushing for the weight loss. Diet and exercise will definitely do it. Also, unless steroids are involved, depending on your age, 5 lbs of muscle in a year is a very significant gain. I like your attitude on body composition, but it's unlikely that muscle gain is keeping your weight up much. Much more probable is that your body has hit a plateau, and you just have to break through it.

And be careful with the dead lifting! An injury can really throw you off track.

Kudos on a job well done so far.

Thanks for the feedback.

I'm thinking it is a plateau as well, as I've been sitting at it for a while now (almost two months, very frustrating). I mentioned muscle gain because that is a recent change and is tracking along with some serious strength gains (FrEx, I hit 245lbs on the bench last night, up 15lbs from two weeks ago). When the weight goes up, but the pants fit the same, I call it muscle gain. Could be wrong, I could just be finding new and interesting ways to depost fat *shrug*

As to 220, again *shrug*. I weighed about 220# throughout muc of high school, and I was rather seriously active then, as well as having a lower body fat % overall. I have slightly in excess of 8" wrists, and that is a damned good sign that I can honestly claim to be "big-boned".

The problem with the plateau is that i worry that I've dieted too long and I've gone into a protracted metabolic slow-down. I say that largely because my cold tolerance is almost entirely gone. I complain about chilly temps nearly as much as my chronically low BP wife. I've read more than a few articles that say that extended caloric deprivation can cause said slow-downs as an autonomic defense mechanism. A slow metabolism is actively counterproductive at this point, so I need to figure out ways to ramp it back up.

And deadlifting is very safe when done correctly. I make sure that I don't lift to failure, or eve to exhaustion. High weight sets are done to low reps and with solid rest periods in between. Injuries happen when you get sloppy, and exhaustion is the leading cause of sloppy lifts. My back and knees feel better than they have in ten years, and I can honestly say that smart lifting is the reason.

The next experiment in metabolism-boosting will be short, intense workouts added in on otherwise non-lifting days, consisting of barbell complexes. These are well known to ramp up metabolism, frequently for hours afterwards, so I'm going to give it a shot for a few weeks and see how it does. For now, I'm only going to add in one extra workout a week like this, as I don't want to stress the system too much.

Sounds like you've got a very good handle on things. Perhaps a change in eating habits would help as well. It's difficult (timewise) to eat 5-6 small meals a day, but that is supposed to help with the metabolic problem you describe.

I don't want this thread to die, so even if this bump goes into my last post, I'm making it anyway.

Comparison of 11/17/06 to today, 2/16/07:

I'm not finished, but I was very pleasantly surprised about the cholesterol. Not bad for someone over 50.

20 months, 200 pounds. The first 180 took about 14 months. The rest has been a bitch.

But anyways, 445 to 245

BEFORE:
Spring break 05
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...69096887_l.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...aystuff047.jpg

AFTER:
December 06
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...i_dec_2006.jpg

Halloween 06
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...64505_2747.jpg

Bravo! That's some serious body comp change!

On my own front, I have been working on the metabolism. Both by increase in NEPA (Non-Exercise Physical Activity) and an increase in calories. While it has caused my weight to creep up a bit more, my cold tolerance has gotten way better. The barbell complexes on off days turned into a recovery nightmare, so I cut those back. I did up my training days slightly, but I still need more rest than I am getting.

I am possibly going to undergo a major sea change in my training. We'll see this weekend. I found an oly lifting club local enough to me to be realistically doable. The coach is a professional, with serious programs, requirements, etc. As oly lifting is something I really dig, I may join this club. If I do, I expect a change in workouts, GPP, etc.

Even if I don't, I picked up John Berardi's Precision Nutrition, and my wife and I are going to give that program a serious go. I'll report how it runs and how it works.

Amazing work, naughty.

I'm slowing down. I think my body needs a shakeup. Can't seem to drop below 215, although I'm in much better shape now.

Any tips for breaking through those plateaus?

P.S. How tall are you? You certainly don't look like you're 245 in your "after" pictures.

BUMP: Because I need it!

Brief history... In 2005 I went on a diet. (all chronicled in this topic) Lost 112 lbs. That took me to 198, as of yesterday morning, after yo-yo-ing for several months, I have gained HALF of it back and was 254. Very drpressing, yet motivating at the same time.

I started up the weight loss machine yesterday and will keep y'all posted weekly, others who are trying to do the same, please jump in.

So it's been a week, and here's my weigh-in... 245 That's a 9 pound loss in a week. I think this is pretty typical of someone just starting a diet after falling into the bad habbits, then doing a 180. I'm sure it will slow down again once my body adjusts to what I'm putting into it again.

Come on folks, I know there are more of you out there on a diet!

Starting weight: 195 lbs. (January, 2007)
Current weight: 147 lbs. (August, 2007)
Goal weight: 135 lbs.
Starting body fat percentage: 42%
Current body fat percentage: 35%
Goal body fat percentage: 20%
Starting pants size: 14
Current pants size: 8

12 pounds to go, and with those 12 pounds I've been focusing more on improving my body composition.

The last ones are always the hardest, supposedly, so wish me luck!

Way to go, snowy. And I don't mean to pry, but when we met up in Seattle about a year ago, what were you then, because you cretianly didn't look anywhere near the 190's.

impressive loss there, snowy... really well done...

Im the exact same weight I was when I made this post...

ach.

well you didn't gain any so you could take that as a positive :D

Well, I was probably between 180-185 when we met up. I can be pretty heavy and still not look terribly chubby--I have a large chest and I'm tall, so that helps. But I look very different now.

Im gonna start going to diet classes this week... I have a reason / motivation beyond the general "its a lot healthier" stuff... we'll see if it works.

My start weight will be about 315 lbs... (and I'm 5 10)

Starting Weight: 338 Pounds (June 7th, 2007)
Current Weight: 301 Pounds (August 22nd, 2007)

I'm 22, and when I stepped on that scale and saw 338 at the doctors, followed by getting test results indicating I was at super high risk for things like diabetes, it pretty much scared the shit out of me. That, and I am tired of not having a social life... or at least, the kind of one I'd like to have.

I started out just modifying my diet. Then I slowly added in working out. I got busy with work over the past few weeks, so my progress slowed down since I couldn't make it to the gym much, but that's over with so now I can make it 5 times a week, so things should pick up again.

I'm 1 pound (curses!) from my first goal, getting to 300. I just started lifting this week along with the cardio as well, so I'm excited.

I suppose some people would consider going under the knife and being forced to eat essentially nothing for a few days to be cheating, but that (as the title of this board suggests) is life.

As of this morning I'm down to 232, a 22 lb. loss, 32 to go.

146...1 pound in a week, sounds a little slow but I'll take it!

I broke my nose last week and so I've been waiting for it to heal before I resume working out--I broke so many blood vessels in my nose I've been afraid to blow another one. Needless to say, I won't be playing contact sports for a while.

Bump! I was updating pictures on my myspace page just now, and saw for the first time what a drastic difference a loss of 61 pounds makes.

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Thinking about the differences in my life in those two pictures is pretty insane. In the first one, I was depressed, living in the middle of nowhere away from everyone I cared about... basically hopeless. Now though, I feel a LOT better about myself in many ways, live in a much better situation, and things seem to just be coming together.

I still have a long ways to go (around 100 pounds is my estimate), but I just wanted to thank everyone here for the encouraging stories and great advice. I know I'm mostly a lurker, but everyone that has contributed to this forum has helped a great deal. Here's to the next 60!

EDIT: The same facial expression on the two pictures was a complete coincidence, and something I just noticed. Perhaps I should try smiling? :rolleyes:

Wow, I like this thread. I just got done with my daily routine I started about a week ago. So I suppose I will start here too.

Current Weight: 220lbs
Goal Weight: Unknown
Current Size: 18
Goal Size: 14

I have only lost about 5 lbs in the last few weeks, but thats better than nothing. I quit smoking and drinking over a month ago. I haven't had a soda in 2 months. And Im trying to eat healthier as well. But I am a snack lover. Anyone got any suggestions for some low fat snacks? (Other than the obvious veggies and fruit)

And mass congratulations to everyone on here losing all those pounds!! At least now I know it can really be done. You guys look awesome! :D

Oh and Nimbletoe... yes, you could smile. *grin*

I agree, this is a great thread. My wife and I started an exercise routine at the local YMCA. We do different aerobics classes 3-4 times daily.

My motivation, having horrible cholesterol and I am in my early 30's.

Starting Weight = 235 lbs
Current Weight = 225 lbs

I would love it if I could get down to 200 lbs.

Well

I started dieting again just before Xmas

on Dec 15th I was 320 lbs

Today Im 304 lbs

And today... 300.5 lbs

Since this thread started I went....

Down 15, down 5, down 10, up 12, up 10, down 5 (each period was a time where I was actively weighing myself or noting I got fat and paying attention).

I'm hoping to lose about 10 more again, 205 is where I wanna be.