Thanks! It really is amazing. I am still surprised by how fast my body got over not eating as much food everyday, and a little excercise is not really all that bad.
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Thanks! It really is amazing. I am still surprised by how fast my body got over not eating as much food everyday, and a little excercise is not really all that bad.
Hey all,
I have been on Weight Watchers since January. I am 6' 1" and I started out at 234.2. Last week, I weighed in at 198.6 (a total loss of 35.6 pounds). My goal is 185.
I have been on Weight Watchers since January. I am 6' 1" and I started out at 234.2. Last week, I weighed in at 198.6 (a total loss of 35.6 pounds). My goal is 185.
First of all, congratulations to each of you on your accomplishments. It's not easy to make the decision to get in better shape, and it's even harder to stick with it. You are all to be commended.
I'm not overweight, but I am trying to improve my overall health. I started biking to work and class (about 5 mi each way) and I think it's helping. I get the satisfaction of knowing I'm aiding my health, saving gas, saving money, and helping the environment. Plus, it's pretty darn fun (especially when you cruise by cars stuck in traffic). It takes only a few minutes longer travel time because of heavy traffic. I encourage you to give it a try if you live a decent distance from work.
Again, congrats and keep up the good work!
I'm not overweight, but I am trying to improve my overall health. I started biking to work and class (about 5 mi each way) and I think it's helping. I get the satisfaction of knowing I'm aiding my health, saving gas, saving money, and helping the environment. Plus, it's pretty darn fun (especially when you cruise by cars stuck in traffic). It takes only a few minutes longer travel time because of heavy traffic. I encourage you to give it a try if you live a decent distance from work.
Again, congrats and keep up the good work!
Down to around 220 now, still aiming to get below 200. I'm thinking 185 may be the sweet spot.
Question, reading the nutritional facts on peanut butter, it's quite unhealthy, but then it's also advertised as having lots of nutrients and such. All nuts seem to have a lot of fat. Are they something someone trying to lose weight should keep to an absolute minimum?
Question, reading the nutritional facts on peanut butter, it's quite unhealthy, but then it's also advertised as having lots of nutrients and such. All nuts seem to have a lot of fat. Are they something someone trying to lose weight should keep to an absolute minimum?
It's high in fat and protein...the key is not to avoid it, but to be smart about which brand you buy...lots of them have added salt, sugar, what have you...but there are some good ones out there that are just peanuts.
This is a good thread I'm always happy to see people working to fix their problems.
I'm 5'9" and 225 (pounds). My high (or low, depending on how you view it) was 240, just a couple months ago. I weighed about 160 or so when I met my wife, and I'd like to get down to 150 at least. She and I have been dieting for four months now, but we both have problems with willpower, depressive self-destructive benders, and so forth. Anyway, my goal is to lose 2 pounds per week for the next 37.5 weeks, after which I will celebrate by gaining roughly twenty pounds over the next .5 weeks. I'll then have a hemorrhage.
I'm always happy to see people working to fix their problems.I'm 5'9" and 225 (pounds). My high (or low, depending on how you view it) was 240, just a couple months ago. I weighed about 160 or so when I met my wife, and I'd like to get down to 150 at least. She and I have been dieting for four months now, but we both have problems with willpower, depressive self-destructive benders, and so forth. Anyway, my goal is to lose 2 pounds per week for the next 37.5 weeks, after which I will celebrate by gaining roughly twenty pounds over the next .5 weeks. I'll then have a hemorrhage.
How is everyone doing on their weight loss? It's been awhile since the last post, so I thought I would ask.
I know that I'm not part of the challenge, but one of my New Year's Resolutions is to have the scale say less than 160 before the year is over. The goal is to have a better physique, sure, but also to take some of the stress off of my knees. Both of my knees have been surgically repaired (ACL constructions), so every pound I shed helps tremendously. My highest weight this year (and in my life) was 176.something.
This morning, I weighed in at 165.8, the lightest I've been in several years. I'm doing this by eating better first of all. I used to go out for fast food pretty much everyday for lunch, and now I'm eating Lean Cuisine meals and chips, which saves me 600-800 Calories, and a couple dollars! I've been mentally keeping track of Calories most days, though nothing formal. In addition, I've been able to get back to playing soccer on average twice a week, and one more night playing another sport. So, I *think* that I'm doing the weight loss thing at least mostly right.
How's everyone else doing?
I know that I'm not part of the challenge, but one of my New Year's Resolutions is to have the scale say less than 160 before the year is over. The goal is to have a better physique, sure, but also to take some of the stress off of my knees. Both of my knees have been surgically repaired (ACL constructions), so every pound I shed helps tremendously. My highest weight this year (and in my life) was 176.something.
This morning, I weighed in at 165.8, the lightest I've been in several years. I'm doing this by eating better first of all. I used to go out for fast food pretty much everyday for lunch, and now I'm eating Lean Cuisine meals and chips, which saves me 600-800 Calories, and a couple dollars! I've been mentally keeping track of Calories most days, though nothing formal. In addition, I've been able to get back to playing soccer on average twice a week, and one more night playing another sport. So, I *think* that I'm doing the weight loss thing at least mostly right.
How's everyone else doing?
Well the contest at work is over this Saturday, so an update here is a good idea too. The goal I had set was somewhere in the 220lb range in 4 months, I have been as low as 226lbs but have flucuated a little the past week or so. I hope to be back down to around 226lbs again by the final contest weigh in this weekend.
start 4/4/07 286lbs
first update 4/12/07 277lbs
last update 05/16/07 252lbs
today 07/31/07 230lbs
set goal 8/4/07 220ish lbs
start 4/4/07 286lbs
first update 4/12/07 277lbs
last update 05/16/07 252lbs
today 07/31/07 230lbs
set goal 8/4/07 220ish lbs
now i got to it
for a few years, here or elsewhere, on this thread or others on the topic, i have kept around 180 or so (pounds) and i am male and only 5'7"
obese, basically
but more than a week ago, i got serious and now i am in the upper 160s with a goal of 160...and to stay there!
my thin, not being able to pinch an inch, or even a centimeter, on the tummy weight for me is 150, but at age 43, i may just be all wrinkles if i get to 150 instead of a decent 160 for my rather stocky 5'7" frame
a very birdlike person at 5'7" can actually still look chunky at 150, but i have big bones
for a few years, here or elsewhere, on this thread or others on the topic, i have kept around 180 or so (pounds) and i am male and only 5'7"
obese, basically
but more than a week ago, i got serious and now i am in the upper 160s with a goal of 160...and to stay there!
my thin, not being able to pinch an inch, or even a centimeter, on the tummy weight for me is 150, but at age 43, i may just be all wrinkles if i get to 150 instead of a decent 160 for my rather stocky 5'7" frame
a very birdlike person at 5'7" can actually still look chunky at 150, but i have big bones
I'm in!
M, 5' 8" 241 about 3 months ago. Down to 219.4 as of 8/1/07.
My goal was to be at 200 by end of summer but I've been stuck at 217 - 221 for the past month.
I'm a vegatarian but I used to eas TONS of junk food. As long as it did not have meat, I'd eat it.
I go to the gym M-F for weight lifting and walk 4.3MPH @ 5% incline for 30 - 45 minutes M-F.
I try to keep calorie intake to 1200 - 1500 per day. I base my new eating habits on the Duke Rice Diet.
I'm glad that this thread was started!
oh, my highest point was almost 260 about 3 years ago.
M, 5' 8" 241 about 3 months ago. Down to 219.4 as of 8/1/07.
My goal was to be at 200 by end of summer but I've been stuck at 217 - 221 for the past month.
I'm a vegatarian but I used to eas TONS of junk food. As long as it did not have meat, I'd eat it.
I go to the gym M-F for weight lifting and walk 4.3MPH @ 5% incline for 30 - 45 minutes M-F.
I try to keep calorie intake to 1200 - 1500 per day. I base my new eating habits on the Duke Rice Diet.
I'm glad that this thread was started!
oh, my highest point was almost 260 about 3 years ago.
I really need this. I find it hard to keep a routine. Like, I'll bike or run for a day or two, and then I'll be like "I won't do it today, but I'll catch up tomorrow" and then I don't do it.
I also have horrible eating habits. I eat whenever I want really, and don't have much of an eating schedule. During school, I never ate breakfast, and only sometimes ate lunch, and then I just ate a bunch when I came home, and ate at like, 12:00AM.
I'm about 6'0", and between 205-215 pounds. I don't really care how much I weigh, I just want to look good, and feel good about my body. I have a pretty big stomach, and rear end, which are my two body parts I hate the most.
I'm going to start Friday, a day from now. I say friday, because I'm in summer school right now, and have to do exams and stuff, so my head is a little crowded now, but once that's over, I have a month to work really hard until school starts, and then i'll hopefully develop a routine, and get my dream body by June of 08'.
Anyone have tips on losing mostly Stomach and Butt/Thigh fat?
Thanks.
I also have horrible eating habits. I eat whenever I want really, and don't have much of an eating schedule. During school, I never ate breakfast, and only sometimes ate lunch, and then I just ate a bunch when I came home, and ate at like, 12:00AM.
I'm about 6'0", and between 205-215 pounds. I don't really care how much I weigh, I just want to look good, and feel good about my body. I have a pretty big stomach, and rear end, which are my two body parts I hate the most.
I'm going to start Friday, a day from now. I say friday, because I'm in summer school right now, and have to do exams and stuff, so my head is a little crowded now, but once that's over, I have a month to work really hard until school starts, and then i'll hopefully develop a routine, and get my dream body by June of 08'.
Anyone have tips on losing mostly Stomach and Butt/Thigh fat?
Thanks.
i have had a lot of stomach fat of two kinds, visceral and subcutaneous
the visceral fat in the gut is mixed in with the muscle and it around the organs and gets shed rather easily with diet and light exercise
the subcutaneous fat, however, the soft fat just under your skin on your stomach, is a lot harder to get rid of...it takes longer dieting and more cardio work out
if i am over 30 pounds overweight, the 20 lbs or so of visceral fat can come off in two weeks to a few months for me, but it's that last five or ten pounds, or the almost impossible quest for six pack abs that takes a ton of work for many of us, especially males
in 1995, it took six months of hard work to lose the 30 pounds, and four of those months were dedicated to the last 7 pounds or so...that soft flabby subcutaneous stuff
ten days ago, i was 30 pounds overweight, and i decided to lost just 20 becuase i know that is the easiest part to lose...i have lost around 13-14 pounds so far
when i hit that rather easy goal of 20 pounds of the visceral fat shed, i will have to really decide if i want to go that extra mile to get down to 150, and it can't be easier now than it was 12 years ago to lose that last smidgen
i will accept being slender without a six pack set of abs and a little flab here and there is ok for my comfort level
anyway, lose that visceral fat for starters
Goodnight! Is that healthy to lose weight that fast? I thought healthy weight loss was 1-2 pounds per week. I understand that you can lose more if you are seriously overweight, but an average of 10 pounds per week seems dangerous...to this completely untrained guy.
How are you doing it?
Dropped down to around 210 in the beginning of July, feel great. I've been backpacking the last couple weeks however, and haven't had a whole lot of time to get my daily exercise routine in, and I've thrown caution to the wind with my diet. Heck, I only live once, and I know when I get home I can start the exercising back up. So no big worries.
Good work everyone else
Good work everyone else
I'm glad to see this thread taking off again but wish my personal progress was better.
I rebounded from my broken arms pretty well and got back into working out regularly, but I eased up too much on my diet/portions and have climbed back to 232 (10 pounds higher than when I crashed and my "start" weight from March). My goal now is to lose 6 pounds a month (average - 1 to 2 pounds a week) for the rest of the year to get me back on track for hitting 200.
I rebounded from my broken arms pretty well and got back into working out regularly, but I eased up too much on my diet/portions and have climbed back to 232 (10 pounds higher than when I crashed and my "start" weight from March)
. My goal now is to lose 6 pounds a month (average - 1 to 2 pounds a week) for the rest of the year to get me back on track for hitting 200.I'm glad to see this thread taking off again but wish my personal progress was better.
I rebounded from my broken arms pretty well and got back into working out regularly, but I eased up too much on my diet/portions and have climbed back to 232 (10 pounds higher than when I crashed and my "start" weight from March)
hi rower, jefhatfield here:
anyway, are you still rowing in san diego, or keeping up with that type of exercise?
part of my weight loss plan back in the 90s was the rowing machine in the gym
i wanted so much to do two impossible things...1) get into stanford, and 2) join their rowing team...he he, and these days, it's easier to row around the world ten times before being accepted to stanford
Hey, jef'!
Haven't rowed in a while, either on water or on a machine. My gym doesn't have an erg (as they're affectionately called among rowers) and I don't have the space to keep one in my condo. Someday, maybe...
These days it's mountain biking and distance running for my cardio with weights and softball mixed in for cross-training/fun.
Haven't rowed in a while, either on water or on a machine. My gym doesn't have an erg (as they're affectionately called among rowers) and I don't have the space to keep one in my condo. Someday, maybe...
These days it's mountain biking and distance running for my cardio with weights and softball mixed in for cross-training/fun.
that sounds great with mountain biking and distance running
there is this great english type crew/row boat, but a replica of something i think would be oxford-cambridge type of the 1920s, and i see it everytime i walk my dog...it looks to be cedar or koa and it's in a boating clothing store, but the thing is around 30 grand...and it has sat there for years and will probably be there until the store goes out of business or changes into another type of store
another store nearby has this totally orginal vw convertible turned on its side, because it's called the earthquake clothing store, or something to that effect (after the quake, maybe?), and the car is there for decoration
well, back to the rower, one salesperson mentioned that it supposedly works very well, but due to the price of the totally handmade thing, would be foolhardy to be using in fear of damaging it
the only places near me i could use it would get me cited and fined as they only allow boats, connected to a rental paddle boat business, allowed on the lake...hmm, i think there's a connection there
we have a hawaiian outrigger club that goes out in the ocean from time to time on the central coast below sf, and of course ocean kayak rentals, which they ask people not to surf with, but they do....and it's fun
i want a four foot open top plastic kayak and surf it...and it's only about $300 dollars, but then there is the wetsuit, finding the time, and cleaning everything everytime you go out
all the small boat and kayak owners i know just end up having the stuff sit on their properties, unused, for years after just a few times out
Haven't posted in awhile but I am down to 128.5 at the end of the semester from 132. I'm not really trying to lose weight but all the RPM classes are making the weight drop off. I need to start doing weights I'm looking quite waify
I was just reminded of this thread from the "Forum Projects..." thread in Site Recommendations, and realized that I posted here a couple of months ago.
At the beginning of August, I was weighing in at just under 166 on my lightest days. Now, I'm under 164 on my heaviest days, and have dipped under 161 on the lightest ones. I'm very close to achieving my goal of seeing 159 on the scale.
Since I'm down to one day a week of soccer (and even that will be going away soon), I do need to find some other ways to increase my workouts. I really should get back into running again.
At the beginning of August, I was weighing in at just under 166 on my lightest days. Now, I'm under 164 on my heaviest days, and have dipped under 161 on the lightest ones. I'm very close to achieving my goal of seeing 159 on the scale.
Since I'm down to one day a week of soccer (and even that will be going away soon), I do need to find some other ways to increase my workouts. I really should get back into running again.
Well, I achieved my goal for the year. In fact, this morning I was over a pound and a half past my goal of 159.9 lbs. That means I've lost 17.4 lbs since May. Eating better was the biggest change for me; I've always been pretty active.
How is anyone else doing? Anyone care to "weigh in?" hahahahahahahahahaha
How is anyone else doing? Anyone care to "weigh in?" hahahahahahahahahaha