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Scale #3 is on it's way. Crossing my fingers!

Starting Weight: 301.6 (2/9/2015)
Current Weight: 292.8 (2/17/2015)
Height: 5'7"

Short Term Goal: 290 lb. by 4/5/2015
Long Term Goal: 200 lb.

So...yeah. I actually did pretty badly last week exercise and diet wise. Not the worst, but not really well either. So what's up with that severe loss of weight?

Food poisoning, or what I can only guess was the cause of the full system purge of my body yesterday. I was expecting to be a little bit lighter, but it's suddenly a lot more understandable why I was so tired and weak all day considering I was too nauseous to eat anything (we didn't have any saltines in the apartment and I was not equipped to go get some) and unable to drink water beyond little sips without feeling worse.

I imagine next week there will be quite the increase in weight as I return to a more well-fed and hydrated lifestyle, but man, I don't think I have ever been as sick in my life as I was yesterday, and just looking at that reading on the scale hammers it home just how bad of a shape I was in.

So, to continue my habit of posting here and never coming back...

I'm actually starting well this time, so i'll join up again:

Starting Weight: 226 (16/02/2015)
Current Weight: 226 (17/02/2015)
Height: 5'8"

Short Term Goal: 196 lb. by 11/07/2015 (my birthday:P).
Long Term Goal: 170 lb. by 2016

I've been recording my food intake weekdays since last Monday. I'm doing alright. My snacking could use a huge kick in the ass, so i'm hovering between maintenance intake and target intake every day. Also, i did a lot of swimming yesterday and was pretty wobbly after it. Looking at my diary i didn't eat nearly enough, so it was handy for that as well. Tomorrow i'll be better prepared! Since New Year i've also been doing pilates class once a week, and swimming 3 times a week. I'm repeating the Fundamentals I in Pilates, as i'm not up to strength on the basics yet. Swimming i'm up to 900m in around 40 mins, which is a good time to still have time to eat my lunch before starting work again.

Starting Weight (12/28/13): 295 lbs
Current Weight (02/10/15): 217.8 lbs
Previous Weight (02/17/15): 218.0 lbs
Change: +0.2 lbs
Overall Progress: -77.0 lbs

Practically no change this week. I made some unwise choices this weekend. Most of those unwise choices were delicious and I don't regret them. Some of those decisions tasted awful and should have been made differently. Friday night we tried a local place and ordered wings as an appetizer. We decided to be "good" and got the oven roasted rather than the fried or boneless variety. MISTAKE! The skin on the wings was soft and mushy. They were nearly inedible. Gross. The rest of the food was pretty bad too, but those wings took the cake.

Friends had a birthday party for their 1 year old at Pequods Pizza (one of the top pizza places in the amazing pizza city, Chicago). I tried to behave and failed miserably. I regret nothing!

Tomorrow, we head to Mexico for a much needed vacation. I expect to gain this week. I'll try to be outside and move around a bunch, but I'm not going to worry overly about what I eat and drink. Vacation from work and vacation from diet.

I feel good about what I've done over the past year+. I know that adding a couple pounds over vacation will just get me to my goal a little slower, not prevent me from ever getting there.

kaostheory wrote:

...Friends had a birthday party for their 1 year old at Pequods Pizza (one of the top pizza places in the amazing pizza city, Chicago). I tried to behave and failed miserably. I regret nothing!

OMG Pequods is SO damn good. Its a must-stop if we go up to Chicago. Blows the others out of the water in my personal opinion. I dont blame you, sir!

I guess I should...

Starting Weight (01/01/15) - 375 lbs
Current Weight (02/17/15) - [PLACEHOLDER]
Height: 5'9"
Goal: 225

Might as well start tracking this crap. I'm due for the weigh in today but the gym has one of those old scale weights. Are those fairly accurate?

I'm doing fresh veg/fruit juice for Breakfast, protein and fresh veg (salads and such) for lunch, and then low carb normal dinners (no pasta, rice, white bread, stuff like that, avoiding white potatoes and such.).

I know I've lost some inches as my pants keep falling off my butt and my belt is at the lowest rung.

Trying do the Ice Cream Fitness variation on the Strong Lifts 5x5 program 3 days a week, with Cardio the other days. Can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can do more walking.

Benticore wrote:

I'm due for the weigh in today but the gym has one of those old scale weights. Are those fairly accurate?

Depends entirely on whether the gym maintains it well, and when it was last calibrated. But probably accurate enough.

Benticore wrote:

I guess I should...

Starting Weight (01/01/15) - 375 lbs
Current Weight (02/17/15) - [PLACEHOLDER]
Height: 5'9"
Goal: 225

Might as well start tracking this crap. I'm due for the weigh in today but the gym has one of those old scale weights. Are those fairly accurate?

I'm doing fresh veg/fruit juice for Breakfast, protein and fresh veg (salads and such) for lunch, and then low carb normal dinners (no pasta, rice, white bread, stuff like that, avoiding white potatoes and such.).

I know I've lost some inches as my pants keep falling off my butt and my belt is at the lowest rung.

Trying do the Ice Cream Fitness variation on the Strong Lifts 5x5 program 3 days a week, with Cardio the other days. Can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can do more walking.

I'm gonna make one more plug for seeing a nutritionist. Mine wants me eating protein and carbs in the meal after I lift weights, so that I don't lose muscle mass while losing weight. I've actually gained muscle mass while losing weight (which I've seen most directly when I see my weight not changing, while my fat% went down, and my belly became a better shape). Denial of all carbs to yourself might be bad. I am *seriously* not the expert, just doing what the nutritionist tells me to do. And so far so good.

I think the not losing muscle mass is why she has me eating even a tiny bit of protein at every snack/meal (so like a snack can be 2 fruit and 6 almonds...and yeah, it's hard to just eat 6 almonds...).

Thanks for the tips Roo. I'm trying to go into some draconion diet with Zero Carbs because that seems ridiculous to me. I'm just trying to keep it the 3rd wheel on the blind date that is my meal....if that makes sense...

Tuesday weigh-in.

Starting Weight: 321.4 lbs (01/20/2015)
Previous Weight: 309.6 lbs (02/10/2015)
Current Weight: 309.0 lbs (2/17/2015)
Change: -0.6
Total to date: -12.4
Short term goal: 265 by 07/28/2015
Long term goal: 231 by 12/01/2015

Well, I was wondering how I got away with those bad eating habits last weekend before my weigh-in, I guess they caught up with me. 0.6 pounds is good, considering. We joined a gym and had our first weight lifting session yesterday, I look forward to seeing how the weight program affects things.

ccesarano wrote:

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!).

I know you have since posted that you were sick, but just a word to the wise. If you are always tired and a normal caloric intake for your size does not help you stay at a healthy weight, you may have other issues. I was a little surprised to find out about my thyroid issue, and my mom has been struggling with it for decades. Doctors are very useful, and if your blood test comes back without issues they can at least recommend a good nutritionist.

Starting Weight: 320.6 1/5/15
Previous Weight: 306.2 1/26/15
Current Weight: 307.0 2/18/15
Goal for now: 250 12/31/15

Fell off the wagon at the superbowl party we had... and then just sorta paid attention for a long time... got down to 304 a couple times but have come back up. Hopefully I will be able to stay on track the rest of the week.

I have got to break 300 (>1 year above this now).
Then 285 (>5 years above this).
Then 275 (>10 years at this weight).

Anybody doing MyFitnessPal for meal/exercise tracking? I'm on there as Benticore if you wanna hit me up. WE CAN BE MEAL BUDDIES! Then, when we hit our Bikini weight we can meet up and give the most epic of Bro-Fisted Handshakes! Will you be the Dutch to my Dillon?

I'm bummed that all of these calorie tracking services don't talk to each other. I'm on Lose It! now and don't think I'll switch simply due to inertia at this point, but it doesn't play nicely with MFP so I can't join you guys

Added you, benticore.

NSMike wrote:

...are you calling me a Female Doggo, NSMike? Is that a challenge or are you hitting on me?

...or both? =0)

DSGamer wrote:

Added you, benticore.

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I have to say, though, that I was a little bummed when that video turned out to be from Predator. I saw Carl Weathers and was hoping it was the Rocky 3 training montage. Works either way.

Might as well come clean with the numbers. I was 255lbs. before my accident in 2008. That's quite thin for me as I'm a big guy in general. I was 175lbs. and lean in 8th grade so I'm never going to be much lighter than 230. Anyway, as I've said far too many times, that accident changed my life dramatically, so here goes.

Starting Weight: 385 (11/04/2014)
Current Weight: 370 (2/18/2015)
Height: 6'1"

Short Term Goal: 320 lb. by 1/1/2016
Long Term Goal: 240 lb.

I'm on MyFitnessPal as jewelrybykelley.

For those of you using whey where are you buying it from? The biggest size the store nearest me sells it in 1.3 pound tubes. I see on amazon I can get 5 pound tub for $57 which is pricey but about half the price of buying four 1.3 tubes. Still saving a good amount of money over buying three 1.3 pound tubes. Cool I think but after the reading the reviews there appears to be $5 price hike that got people upset. Some people are saying you can get the stuff cheaper elsewhere.

So is there a place online where I could get a better deal on whey?

I used to buy whey protein from GNC, until I started getting the runs. Turns out whey protein that's non-isolate still has some lactose. It might have been half off the last time I bought it.

To piggyback, I'm now looking for a reasonable lactose-free, flavor-free protein powder.

I'm fleabagmatt on myfitnesspal if anyone wants to send a friend request.

I'm Delerat on MyFitnessPal.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

For those of you using whey where are you buying it from?

I'm vegan, so I can't do any of the whey protein, but I use a hemp-based protein powder that I buy in bulk from Bulk Barn and it's good. I don't buy a lot at a time though as I only use 1 or 2 tbsps a day. I've found with branded protein powders I've used in the past, the serving sizes they suggested were ridiculous and they were packed with so much sugar and other crap I didn't really need, I pretty much avoid them now.

sometimesdee wrote:

To piggyback, I'm now looking for a reasonable lactose-free, flavor-free protein powder.

Haven't really noticed a flavour, but I mix the hemp protein into a hearty smoothie so it might just be hard to notice.

Bodybuilding.com often has some sales on whey protein. The current brand I'm using was buy one get one free during a sale. I got two 5lbs for about $53, Iron Whey (Arnold S. brand).

Starting Weight: 311 (7/8/2013)
Previous Weight: 200.0 (2/13/2015)
Current Weight: 200.8 (2/20/2015)
Height: 6' 1"
Body Fat: 17.7%
Target Weight: 195

up another .8, but body fat % dropped .8%. 195 might be a little more difficult than I thought. I've switched to running 3 days a week and back on weights 6 days. I still walk every day. I think I need to load calories at lunch and work on my dinners and evening snacking. I work out in the evenings and I want to eat a horse when I get home. I might have to look at gym before work, but that means getting up at 4:45 during the week, which isn't very appealing.

Woohoo! New free Aria scale is working. Now what to do with these 2 large paperweights.

Yellek wrote:

Woohoo! New free Aria scale is working. Now what to do with these 2 large paperweights.

Hah! Congratulations. I'm wondering what to do with my old scale, too.

Bonus, at least you get free AA batteries I guess?

gore wrote:
Yellek wrote:

Woohoo! New free Aria scale is working. Now what to do with these 2 large paperweights.

Hah! Congratulations. I'm wondering what to do with my old scale, too.

Bonus, at least you get free AA batteries I guess?

I'm still thinking of opening them up to see if there are pinched wires or something. If I can get one of them fixed I may bring it to my parents the next time I visit so I can use it there.