Weight loss and weight management catch-all!

kaostheory wrote:
sometimesdee wrote:

Start 1/15/15: 256.6lb
Current: 1/29/15: 250.4lb
5% goal by 3/15: 243.8

I was sure I was going to gain this week, since I haven't quite gotten back to tracking foods, since last week's gastro-explosion. When it comes to meals, I've been measuring out serving sizes, but I haven't been measuring snacks at all, including the biggest culprit: bedside candies.

I'm now moisturizing my hands and placing them in cotton gloves at night, not only for softer hands, but because it's more difficult to unwrap candy if you have to unwrap your hands first. Maybe all of this is helping. Maybe it's just a fluke. We'll see.

Sunday is the Super Bowl, but I'm not sure what we're going to eat for it. Wings would be nice, but they're buttery as all heck.

Good work!

Parties/Events are always the hardest for me. Anything that allows for grazing is a challenge. I've gotten to the point where I don't overfill my plate and pick healthier options, but if I'm standing around a table full of food idly chatting, I am eating. Continuously. I can make the conscious decision to not eat until I stop concentrating - like when actively listening to someone else.

Yeah. We were invited to a FOOD (and superbowl) party this weekend. It was stressed that we should come for the food because we aren't interested in the sports stuff. But since I'm trying to be better about eating, and the alternate to food will be football, I don't think it's the best idea for me right now.

Random side change: I take back what I said about my mind being my greatest enemy. My Zune decided it wanted to run out of power as soon as I hit "start" on the treadmill.

Little jerk ain't gonna get the best of me.

Every Christmas is basically food grazing parties for a month for me - nearly everyday, with sumptuous buffets on top. I managed not to gain 10 pounds last month by a rather simple expedient - I paid attention to the food when I was eating so I could enjoy every last bit of it. And then I stopped eating. Replace grazing food with sipping water. Your relative inattention means that you probably won't notice the difference, anyway, and water keeps you full and hydrated.

The problem is with parties that don't stock ice water. Those are awful.

LarryC wrote:

The problem is with parties that don't stock ice water. Those are awful.

Parties that don't stock ice water? What kind of party is that?

You know, I might just find a Super Bowl Drinking Game out there and replace the booze with water. There should be enough mentions of "Deflategate" to have me drink a gallon before kickoff.

Super bowels sounds bad for diets and healthy eating. You should just use regular sized bowel so you don't over eat.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

Super bowels sounds bad for diets and healthy eating. You should just use regular sized bowel so you don't over eat.

You sound full of it. Might need to do a cleanse.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

Super bowels sounds bad for diets and healthy eating. You should just use regular sized bowel so you don't over eat.

Lol. I had to scroll up to make sure I hadn't made a typo!

Ha HA I misspelled it twice. I have tears in my eyes from laughing.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

Ha HA I misspelled it twice. I have tears in my eyes from laughing.

Oh that's even better than when I thought it was intentional.

I agree with yellek.

sometimesdee wrote:

You know, I might just find a Super Bowl Drinking Game out there and replace the booze with water. There should be enough mentions of "Deflategate" to have me drink a gallon before kickoff.

just be mindful of Water intoxication which is not as fun as the name might lead one to believe.

I appreciate the discussion about differences between men's and women's diets. My wife and I are seeing the same nutritionist and are on similar...ideas of plans. But when I first started and was all like, "I get *how* much meat?" (which was hard for me), my wife's portion was less than half of mine. Which, to be honest, shut me the hell up about my portion.

The meal that's hard for me is lunch, where I get 1 cup of carbs (so 2 pieces of sandwich bread, or cup o' rice, etc.) and 3 cups of veggies, and some meat. Most often I cut up a salad that's mostly not lettuce (so lots of tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, etc.) and dump the rest of my food in it and mix it all up, sauces and balsamic vinegar and all. This seems to magically make me feel much more full than plowing my way through 3 cups of salad after basically having a small sandwich (so I dump rice or spaghetti in my salad).

Starting Weight: 311 (7/8/2013)
Previous Weight: 191.2 (11/7/2014)
Current Weight: 202.3 (1/30/2015)
Height: 6' 1"
Body Fat: 18.2%
Target Weight: 195

I had to go back a few pages to find when I last weighed in... sheesh, almost 3 months ago. Holidays were not kind to me. I'm working my way back down to 195. Once there, I'll decide if I want to push for 190 again or not.

krev82 wrote:
sometimesdee wrote:

You know, I might just find a Super Bowl Drinking Game out there and replace the booze with water. There should be enough mentions of "Deflategate" to have me drink a gallon before kickoff.

just be mindful of Water intoxication which is not as fun as the name might lead one to believe.

Thanks. I wasn't being 100% serious, but water intoxication is serious business.

Tuesday weigh-in.

Starting Weight: 321.4 lbs (01/20/2015)
Previous Weight: 314.6 lbs (1/27/15)
Current Weight: 312.6 lbs (2/3/2015)
Change: -2.0
Short term goal: Below 300 by 03/01/15
Long term goal: 231 by 12/01/2015

I really could use some of this myself when I check in, so let me just say...

GO FLEABAGMATT GO!! (*pom poms* *cheering*)

Especially at the beginning...I could really have used a cheering section. 2 lbs is awesome. Keep up the great stuff.

Whoa. I haven't been 300 pounds, but 5 pounds in a week and 20 pounds in 5 weeks sounds rather scary. It could just be water weight, but be careful out there, folks!

Spoiler:

For those who know me, I AM a doctor, but I know jack sh*t about weight loss and diet. This is NOT an expert opinion.

Way to go, Fleabagmatt! Do you like your work program so far?

Ok, checking in again. It's coming off slowly, but at least it's going in the right direction.

Starting Weight: 198lbs (Feb/2014)
Previous Weight: 186.8 lbs (01/21/2015)
Current Weight: 185.5 lbs (02/04/2015)
Short Term Goal: 178 180 lbs by (02/28/2015)
Long Term Goal: 138 lbs

Adjusted my short term goal based on current loss rate.

Starting Weight (12/28/13): 295 lbs
Previous Weight (01/27/15): 219.2 lbs
Current Weight (02/03/15): 219.0 lbs
Change: -0.2 lbs
Overall Progress: -76 lbs

I weighed in yesterday morning, but had a super busy day and didn't write up my post. Pretty even this past week. Nothing exciting, but progress is progress.

Start 1/15/15: 256.6lb
Previous Weight 1/29/15: 250.4
Current: 2/5/15: 250.0
5% goal by 3/15: 243.8

I've been slipping when it comes to tracking, but at least I joined Curves yesterday. I'm not sure if I'll be able to go as I planned tomorrow, if work is anywhere near as busy as it was today. (I get off at 5, and Curves closes at 6.)

My Aria FitBit scale is stuck "ERR".

Yellek wrote:

My Aria FitBit scale is stuck "ERR". :(

I had an issue with my Aria too. I went through support and they sent me a brand new unit. Didn't even need to send the broken one back.

gore wrote:
Yellek wrote:

My Aria FitBit scale is stuck "ERR". :(

I had an issue with my Aria too. I went through support and they sent me a brand new unit. Didn't even need to send the broken one back.

Yeah, I filled out a form with support. Hoping to get your result, especially since I found someone online who did the same and then fixed the broken one by opening it up and splicing a frayed wire. I don't want to do that before they resolve it tho in case it voids warranty or something.

Anyone using the Microsoft Band? I've been skeptical of the use of a fitness tracker, but I'm tempted now.

If you have a smartphone, you might want to test it out first by downloading a pedometer. I'm using the pedometer with S Health on the S5. It's cute, but not enough for me to buy and wear a device just for it.

I have been sick, with one illness or another, since before Christmas. Haven't been to the gym since then, but I've been following my program for portions and such. Time to weigh in and head back to the gym...but I actually have lost about 1.5 kilos (3.3 lbs) since Christmas, so that's really cool. Pushing back my target date a month...but I'm not too worried about when, just getting back to making steady progress.

Height 185cm (6'1")
Starting Weight: 120kg (6/6/2014 - 264 lbs)
Today's Weight: 105.6 kg (2/6/2014 - 232 lbs)
Target Date/Weight: 100kg (4/25/2015 - 220 lbs)

WARNING: Equivalent of a LiveJournal post incoming.

Unfortunately I still do not have a scale. Hoping to rectify that this weekend. I am thinking of modifying my exercise schedule a bit. Right now I only exercise on weekdays and then leave weekends free, but by Sunday I start to feel a bit sluggish and need to motivate myself to do even the most basic of errands. Now that I'll be getting paid regularly, what I might do is not use the treadmill on Mondays and Fridays, days where I'm likely to socialize with friends on a regular basis, and instead use the treadmill Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. I'm still doing my handful of free-weight exercises with 20 lb. dumbells in my bedroom Mon., Wed., and Fri. morning as soon as I wake up, and I'm thinking I might start pushing to 10 reps instead of 8 since it's becoming "easier". I might also try to find additional exercises to expand with.

During the week, eating right is a lot easier. Cereal for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, decently sized dinner with ingredients that typically don't even hit 2000 calories. I'm going to try and more accurately count my calories next week so I have a better idea of how much I'm ingesting in case I'm actually malnourished, which would explain why I feel so tired at times (though that's been less of an issue this week, so perhaps it was just about adjusting to a sleep schedule). The weekends are, again, where things get rough. I find myself not wanting to eat anything in the house, and while I'd like to limit myself to take-out once a week for health and budgetary reasons, I've found myself eating out at least twice. In addition, that plan may not work so well if I'm going to a friend's house or a Bible Study immediately after work on Mondays and Fridays, respectively. So perhaps what I just need to be careful of is what I eat and the quantity. This will still help with health and budget.

While I don't have a scale, my pants and belt are feeling a bit better than a month ago, so I'm pretty sure I've lost some weight again. I just really don't want to keep being in this roughly 300lb. cycle. I want to get down to 200 and then see where I go from there.

Sorry for the blog-ish post, I just wanted to put my thoughts out there in an effort to sort of sort them out (sort of sort...hey guys, I'm a writer!).

Starting Weight: 311 (7/8/2013)
Previous Weight: 202.3 (1/30/2015)
Current Weight: 199.2 (2/6/2015)
Height: 6' 1"
Body Fat: 18.5%
Target Weight: 195

Hemidal wrote:

Starting Weight: 311 (7/8/2013)
Previous Weight: 202.3 (1/30/2015)
Current Weight: 199.2 (2/6/2015)
Height: 6' 1"
Body Fat: 18.5%
Target Weight: 195

Good work this week!

ccesarano wrote:

While I don't have a scale, my pants and belt are feeling a bit better than a month ago, so I'm pretty sure I've lost some weight again.

I didn't have a scale for a month or so over the fall/early winter and it was rough. It's been really helpful for me to be able to regularly monitor my progress.

However, barring a scale, the belt/pants test is the best way to monitor progress. Today, I'm wearing a pair of pants without a belt. I have an goal to have to put a belt on with these pants. I bought a bunch of clothes over the summer/fall and a new belt. That belt is currently at the second to last notch and the dress clothes I bought to go to a wedding require a belt and actually look kind of baggy now.