Reserved in case.

 

Day 1,

Weight:210lbs

 

Happy to say that I fit into two suits and a sport coat I had in storage and now have some business casual pants that also work. No shopping needed for my business trip next week.

Soon, I'll fit into my tuxedo. Now I just need a black tie event to go to.

And I started week 3 of C25K today. Moving along.

 

Awesome mate

I have actually been pretty good so far since starting this. Calories under 2.5k days on walking days and 3k on weights days. No idea what my maintenance is at this level of exercise though, but now I am logging I should find out in a couple of weeks.

I want to buy a new set of clothes (something smarter) but need to shed some lbs so I can fit into something reasonable (or wear tigher clothes and be able to actually tuck the *******s in without feeling self conscious about my lower stomach. Got a feeling this time the fat is coming off .

 

Start - 228.6 (My start on 3/26)
Prior Week - 204.4
Current - 202.2

Motoring along. Still difficult to know how much of this is diet vs the newly added exercise. Sadly, I do live in fear of eating these days because I don't want to lose any ground. I strained my back last night so don't know what that'll mean for my jogging this week. Oh well, each week can't be perfect, though next week I have a 3 day business trip with 3 nights of travel. That'll be the real test.

 

@splendidbob Thanks, appreciate your advice. My problem right now is convincing myself that this is all worth it. It's not going so well.

 

It's a difficult one to answer, because it all depends on you and how you feel.

If you will only ever be happy with an unreachable goal then maybe that needs working on first. I mean if you aren't really going to be happy weight / body wise, then likely the motivation wont be there. But if you can honestly say to yourself "I will be happy at x weight, and that is achievable", then its only a matter of short term vs long term.

I say only a matter, but that isn't an easy thing . So it's kinda, if you could, tomorrow make yourself a certain weight (your target), and you know you would feel more comfortable and happy at that weight, then you know it's what you want, really.

If you don't think it would make much difference, then, more "meh". But, if you have depression, then that can be interfering with what you want, and how you see yourself and all of that.

I can only speak for myself personally, I know that I will feel a lot happier with myself if I can get rid of the last 20-30 lbs. I kinda know what that will do for me:

1. Women will find me a lot more attractive. That sounds crass maybe, but there isn't anything wrong with that.

2. People will treat me better / differently. As I lose that last bit, my body shape will change dramatically (much more of a v taper). I want to see how that pans out

3. I will be able to wear things like shirts and tuck them in and not feel self conscious (this is a surprisingly big thing).

4. I will be able to buy more expensive / stylish clothes because that will be my final weight (give or take) and I won't be jumping from large to 2xl (seriously, its ****ing annoying that this happens over the space of 15lbs).

Those things are more valuable to me than short term eating.

The thing with short term vs long term and weight, food is a pitiful drug . The "high" it gives is mostly the anticipation, all you really tend to get at the time is a feeling of guilt and disappointment (which weirdly fuels the overeating the next time).

Not sure if this will annoy you / others, it's a difficult thing to talk about.

What part of the day are people at their lightest?

Not sure tbh, i only weigh in the morning. I imagine that as you drink more liquids weight would go up, but not sure.

 

What part of the day are people at their lightest?

 

Update on body fat estimates.

I just bothered to set up my bull**** scales which measure body fat. Came up with 15.9% or thereabouts.

So found an old spreadsheet with caliper readings and did my best to replicate:

From the spreadsheet:

Lightest:
193lbs approximately 1 year ago,
Body fat 14%
Lean Mass 165.7lbs

Current,
209.3lbs
Body fat 15%
Lean Mass 177.9lbs

Aiming at 190ish again.

 

End of week 1.

Weight 207.6 lbs. 2.4lbs drop. Feeling like **** today lol, very fatigued as I am still struggling to get to sleep.

Calories this week:
2882, 2728, 3568, 2680, 2464, 2704, 3113

Average: 2887

No idea on calorie burn from exercise, but it's probably very high. 300-800 per day I imagine.

Aiming for sub 2500 calorie average.

 

Nice loss! I'm impressed with your calorie intake. I'm so fearful of gain, I'm sure I'm very restricted.

End of week 1.

Weight 207.6 lbs. 2.4lbs drop. Feeling like **** today lol, very fatigued as I am still struggling to get to sleep.

Calories this week:
2882, 2728, 3568, 2680, 2464, 2704, 3113

Average: 2887

No idea on calorie burn from exercise, but it's probably very high. 300-800 per day I imagine.

Aiming for sub 2500 calorie average.

 

Good luck with your weight loss journeys everyone been trying my best with this too I hope you all get the results you want!

 

I'm starting today, once again after stopping with it a while ago.

My height is 172 cm and my weight is 75 kg (around 166 lbs). My first and most important goal is to achieve 65 kg (around 143 lbs), which is a loss of 10 kg (22 lbs). After that, we'll see. I'll try and not count that much with calories, just cut out calories and try feeling my way through it all. Trying to reduce carbs and no cheat days at all. May change things while going but until then.

I have no stress about time, especially when summer heat is already here and I'm not currently showing my body that much at all in public. So hopefully before new year but otherwise before June 1st next year.

Wish me good luck and good luck to you all.

 

A tad troubled with all the takes on "ideal weight" as provided by http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html

I have no idea which one is right, though I know that BMI is pretty flawed.

All I know is that my original goal weight was much higher than what these indicate. Guess I'll just have to keep fighting.

Based on the Robinson formula (1983), your ideal weight is 164.9 lbs
Based on the Miller formula (1983), your ideal weight is 161.2 lbs
Based on the Devine formula (1974), your ideal weight is 171.1 lbs
Based on the Hamwi formula (1964), your ideal weight is 177.2 lbs
Based on the healthy BMI recommendation, your recommended weight is 136.4 lbs - 184.3 lbs

 

Was browsing through my old imgur and found this image, quite fun :b

If you can, get some cheap calipers and do a 5 or 7 point body fat test, see what % you are, that will be a lot more useful than a bmi type thing. It will also see you further because you can enter into a muscle building phase and won't freak out when you start gaining weight (as you will need to) .

Anywhere between 10-20% is fine tbh, though if you do plan to gain muscle, get as close to 11% as you can (better hormonal environment for putting on muscle rather than fat).

I actually think that (weirdly) my electronic scales are probably pretty close to my body fat levels based on appearance (5 point calipers said 17% or so, 3 point, 15, scales 17.5). I am aiming for 11% though because of the weird body fat distribution I have (and my loose skin on the stomach, that fat area needs to be burned into to see what happens with the skin, really I just want to be able to tuck in shirts and not have an obvious handful of fat there ).

Worth considering adding in some body fat % measurements for you soon though, imo.

 

I keep alternating between periods of dedication, focus, and making lots of progress and periods where I'm doing nothing and ignoring diet for weeks at a time.


Still, I'm making overall long-term progress, since I lose more in the diet periods than I gain when I'm off the diet. I'm down roughly 15kg in the last 12 months.

 

I keep alternating between periods of dedication, focus, and making lots of progress and periods where I'm doing nothing and ignoring diet for weeks at a time.

Still, I'm making overall long-term progress, since I lose more in the diet periods than I gain when I'm off the diet. I'm down roughly 15kg in the last 12 months.

Good job

Yeh, I keep fluctuating between 200-210lbs for the same reason, ends up like little mini bulks and cuts as I am still training. It's far from optimal, but seems to be recomping me slowly.

So long as it's going down over time, it's all good .

Today was my weigh in day. Down another 1.4 pounds since last Sunday. Still just trying to eat right, but I know I have to incorporate exercise soon to see better results. Either way, I'm happy with it.

Well done . 1.4lbs is a great consistent and realistic weight loss.

 

Today was my weigh in day. Down another 1.4 pounds since last Sunday. Still just trying to eat right, but I know I have to incorporate exercise soon to see better results. Either way, I'm happy with it.

 

You should be proud. I am.

 

Start - 228.6 (My start on 3/26)
Prior Week - 202.2
Current - 199.6

I've dipped below the 200 mark!!!...I hope that it won't totally bounce back up, but I don't think so. I've got a business trip this week so I'm going to have to be really on my guard on eating. I'm bringing some exercise clothes, so need to take advantage of the hotel's gym.

I also started week 4 of the C25K program yesterday. I'm worried, though, because my hip started to ache in the exact same way it did before when I had to stop. It just may be this old man can't handle the impact and will have to stick to lower impact cardio. This is a bummer, but reality is reality. I may have to see an orthopedist to really get to the bottom of this, though.

 

Start - 228.6 (My start on 3/26)
Prior Week - 202.2
Current - 199.6

I've dipped below the 200 mark!!!...I hope that it won't totally bounce back up, but I don't think so. I've got a business trip this week so I'm going to have to be really on my guard on eating. I'm bringing some exercise clothes, so need to take advantage of the hotel's gym.

I also started week 4 of the C25K program yesterday. I'm worried, though, because my hip started to ache in the exact same way it did before when I had to stop. It just may be this old man can't handle the impact and will have to stick to lower impact cardio. This is a bummer, but reality is reality. I may have to see an orthopedist to really get to the bottom of this, though.

Awesome mate.

I was thinking, try a bike?

 

@SofaKing congrats mate

No reason to think it will bounce back, seems in line with your current weight loss. Yeh, my spine sucks and any kind of impact seems to set it off. Knees too. Perhaps you can drop back a week and see if that helps things?

 

Thanks! I've had it x-rayed and there is a narrowing that may have to be addressed. I rested it for over a year, lol...so we'll see what taking the week off does for it.

I'm getting curious about your fasting plan. I wonder the difference in true fasting versus a VLCD. Have you researched already?

I'm already at a high calorie deficit so didn't know if I'm missing out on other options.

 

So I'm already down a bit since Sunday morning. I'm noticing that trend. The weight drops more between Sunday and Tuesday, but from Tuesday to the next Sunday it doesn't move much. Is that normal to have a particular part of the week where your body just drops the weight? Sundays are my weigh in day for Weight Watchers and Tuesday is my weigh in day for our Family Biggest Loser group.

 

Yes, weight drops for all kinds of reasons (what you eat / drink / how much salt you have) and so forth. Weight loss is very unreliable over short term because the body can fluctuate 5bs+ for no reason, its why you ahve to not get disconcerted if you weigh in and the scale shows bizarre **** (for example today I was 210lbs, from 206.4 yesterday).

Weighing in at the same time helps, but really you are looking at 2-3 weeks to start worrying something is wrong. (at which pon't, drop calories by 50 per day).

Another area where mental reslience comes into play. It's very easy to get some bloating, weigh heavy, step on the scales, panic, but have actually lost the right annount of fat that week. then you might think you have failed and fall off the diet .

Some people are lucky and lose like clockwork, others, weight loss is spikey (mine is spikey)

The way it might work (nobody is quite sure) that fat cells get depleted of fat, but temporarily fill with water, this means that eh scales dont change and than a couple of weeks later, suddenly you drop 6 lbs lol.

So typical advice is wait a couple of weeks before adjusting, stay strong. I used to use an averaging spreadsheet (both weight and calories) which showed my patterns pretty clearly.

above all else, weight loss is correlated with fat loss, but it can be other things too, so just take weight with a pinch of salt (in the short term at least).

If you run into any snags, either post here or gimme a shout and I will do my best to help.

Keep going Crisi, am proud of ya

 

Let's see if cutting out alcohol will cause any weight loss.

 

It's helped me...I'm less likely to eat something that goes along with the drink that I shouldn't have either.

 

Weighed myself this morning for no reason. I'm 17 pounds down!! Wow. I think that's a better number than my first ever try with WW. Although I started at a much higher number this time around. Onward!!

 

Down 4 pounds from last Sunday. Just over 17 pounds in total. Long way to go.

You're doing amazing!

 

204.6 lbs this afternoon. Down a good amount but afternoon weigh in so probably a couple fo lbs higher than that.

Just binged like a lunatic, but on those 310 calorie tubs of ice cream (hurraah, not eve over maintenance).

 

Okay. I'm down to 73.5 kg. Give or take. Going hungry a bit more than usual but that was expected. Starting to get used to it. Hopefully I didn't just ruin everything by saying that.

At this speed I can already see the finish line.

 

Weighed in at 206.4 (2lbs up from the other day but I knew that was a freak). Very happy to be around 4lbs down atm. Every lb at my body fat levels starts making a big visual difference so its good stuff .

Also my body seems to be getting used to the lower calories, finally.

Okay. I'm down to 73.5 kg. Give or take. Going hungry a bit more than usual but that was expected. Starting to get used to it. Hopefully I didn't just ruin everything by saying that.

At this speed I can already see the finish line.

Good stuff

Down 4 pounds from last Sunday. Just over 17 pounds in total. Long way to go.

Well done - just keep it going and you will get there in no time .

 

Down 4 pounds from last Sunday. Just over 17 pounds in total. Long way to go.

 

Also worth pointing out my supplementing regime atm. Basically scarfing down a whole bunch of ****:

1. Decent multivitamin
2. B vitamins
3. Fish oil
4. C & Zinc
5. Extra vitamin D
6. Iron
7. Methyl folate

Am Also taking extra sodium and some potassium tablets.

Will be doing a 48 hour fast this week (with annoying video log), sodium and potassium necessary there for sure. Will see which days I have least stuff on and then time it so my weight training day is the second of the two (so can gobble lots of foods after ).

With long fasts the key is controlling calories post fast tho, its very easy to just eat the lot back afterwards . At current maintenence levels it should be worth a free 1.5-2lbs during the week. Will be interesting to see how tough training is as well .

 

Well I binged an extra 1200 cals last night so whoops

 

Body trolling me this morning, 211.2lbs

4.8lbs overnight.

That means I will probably do the 48 hour fast starting tomorrow @ around 8pm as weight should be back to roughly normal tomorrow. Have to start it after a heavy weights session, pray I can get to sleep that night (will be the hardest job tbh) fast the next day with only mild cardio) another pray i can get to sleep, then the final day should be a piece of piss and finish up with a heavy fasted weights session before breaking the fast.

Should be fun.

 

Is it hard to lose weight while building muscles at the same time? The only thing I do atm is walks and nothing else, because it didn't feel right at all mixing those two up. My plan is to lose all the extra weight, 22-25 pounds or more and Then start with the muscles.

 

Uploading my preparatory thoughts re the incoming 48 hour fast. Once this goes up there isn't any backing out now, I am committed. (plus, you guys know me, I love the sound of my own voice ).

 

Good luck! I'm interested in your results.