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212.4 this morning.
By the end of next week, there won't be anything left of me.
I was kinda excited about seeing 210, but now I'm kinda scared to see 200.

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Good job, Scott!:tu

I need to get myself back on track. I've been pretending lately.
And eating good for the week of the 4th.

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i am down to 250. One week of hostel food helped me. I am going to work out a lot during the next 2 month and i am trying to get down to 225 lbs during that time frame...

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What's your workout look like?
congrats on the loss.:tu

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I usually go 3-5 times a week to the gym 3 times lifting 2 cardio (60min-120).
my plan for next couple of months is to go 1.5 times per day to the gym.
7x 90min-120 min crosstrainer/other cardio exercise.
3x weight lifting (1 day chest/triceps 1: back/biceps 1 legs)
Its going to be hard and i am probably going to take a couple of off days but i think that i can reach my goal...

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That's a lot of cardio for a day. I try to keep my cardio to 45min. max. But if it's working for you, then go for it.:tu

The weightlifting is about on par with my routine.

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Ugh...I'm ashamed! I haven't worked out in months. I'll get on the scale in the morning and hope I'm still under 200. Time to get back to it.

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I'm in the same boat as you, Ricky. I've been working out, but not eating right.

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i have a tip...
No Aspartame. I cut it out of my diet around Christmas. Since then my joints have all healed, and the weight just simply came off.
Don't take my word for it, read up on it. The sh1t will kill you.
I lived on it.

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i worked out a lot this week.
6xcardio (3x 90min + 3x120min) + 3x weightlifting.
Even though i ate healthier than usual i added a lbs.I expected to cut 2 lbs last week. If idont loose a couple of pounds this week, i am going to add more cardio and lifting.

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I ate everything in sight for the last three days. Went conoeing yesterday.
This morning, 210.4.
That's officially 40 pounds since somewhere around the first of the year. 2 pounds in the last 11 days. I'm averaging about 1 1/2 pounds a week and I don't do anything to make it happen. I just keep active as I can and don't eat any artificial stuff except sucralose.

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If only I could do the same. I've been hitting the gym, but my food cravings have been hitting me hard over the summer.

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I'm sick 90% of the day because of the pain and meds, so that helps. :)
I drink at least a gallon or two of Aquafina grape water, or just ice water, or powerade zero. I always have a 32 ouncer sitting by me and I drink it religiously.
I keep it warm and pour it over ice, so it's always watered down 50% or better. So it's really just water. Keeps me full.
When I eat, I really eat. The last 3 days I ate everything in sight, but really only one meal a day.
If I get hungry before 5:00, which doesn't generally happen, I eat a snack. Whatever I find first. It might be a candy bar or granola or jelly beans or whatever's sitting around. Doesn't matter. A couple bites settles my stomach so I don't get sick, then I try to eat around 5, then that's it.
If I get hungry at 1 in the morning, I eat a bowl of cereal or something.

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208.4 this morning.
Got a lot of exercise this week, got lots of work done, and only spent a couple days laid up. Yesterday I think I had a tuna salad sammich and some peanut M&M's.
Only smoked one cigar, too.
I wanna go for a hike today. Or something before it starts raining.
I oughta go cut my grass and have a cigar. :)

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Whew! Found my way back again. Been a busy 4 weeks with lots of paddling. I'll be weighing in again on Thursday or Friday. I haven't really anything and there may even be a small gain, but over all I have been able to stay a about 5lbs below my usual weight.

Hope everyone is having a great summer.:tu

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Glad to see you back in here, Ian. Both you and Scott are making me look bad.:)

BTW, I found a place about three hours from here that rent kayaks. I'm thinking about headed back up that way soon and trying one out.


I am down from 248 to 244 this morning.

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Cool. Post some pics when you do.

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207.6 today. :tu

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I screwed that up. 206.8. I had the scale sitting on an earring thing. Must have screwed it up.

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After a few weeks of paddling I've stayed pretty much the same, though I have a 1lb gain since my last weigh in.

I've got to start some regular activity for the rest of the summer and fall now.

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206.0 today.
I'm seven pounds away from buying the chocolate pudding. :)

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I've been doing nothing but eating crappy and not exercising for the last few months. This week I decided to get back on with what i know i should do.. In life, a lot of the decisions we make come down to risk vs reward. To get healthy for me is almost no risk, with a huge reward of not getting diabetes, heart disease, heart attack and whatever else comes with being a fat ass :) It's hard because i love, and maybe i'm obsessed with food, and i hate exercise. But regardless, i started again, I'm vowing to walk at least 3 times a week, and i'm trying for more. So this last weekend I walked on Saturday and Sunday, and started following weight watchers again, and i'm down 3 lbs already in just 4-5 days. Here we go again ! *rollseyes* :D

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Congrats on the 3 lbs and the recommitment:tu

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:D

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205.6 this morning.
That makes me 20 pounds heavier than I was 13 years ago when my daughter was born. At 29 I was 185 and ripped. Spent every day at the gym.
Once the baby came, we laid around all day eating ice cream and getting hollered at by mom.
I promised myself by the time I was 45 I'd be in better shape than I was at 29.
So I set to trying. It didn't go well. Then I quit trying and gave it all to God.
Now it's going great.
I just got a new TENS unit yesterday and it's cut my meds in half. In a few more days I should be able to get back to doing something aside from staring at the ceiling in bed. :tu

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I haven't seen that number since my freshman year of college, Scott.

Pudding!

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Pudding, bay-bee!!!! :r

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Thought I'd jump on here...I've lost about 10 lbs in the last 3 months, but I have a new goal of losing about 7 more before the 28th of this month. I do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and I have a tournament on the 28th, and I want to be in the 170 - 189 lb division, rather than the 190 - 209 lb division. I'm at about 195 right now (give or take a pound). I'm only 5'8" and I'd love to be right around 180 - 185 lb walking around weight.

It's great to see you guys working at losing the weight, I love food so it's quite hard for me to give things up...but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!

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OK here goes I'm starting P90X next Monday, I hope to drop about 25 lbs. My biggest issue is going to be the nutrition plan, not because of what I'm limited to eating but how much and how often to eat. Right Now I eat 3 meals a day, one in the morning between 8 and 10, Lunch between 1 and 3 and my last meal usually at 10 at night. My other issue is I don't like to cook so lunch is usually a foot long turkey from Subway and supper is whatever I can scrape together in 5 minutes.

I'm going to the grocery store after work and am stocking up on everything that I'm going to need for next week and use Sunday afternoon to grill up tons of chicken breasts.

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I decided to just go for it and started P90X yesterday... To say that it is a workout is an understatement. I convinced the fiancee to do plyometrics with me today.

I've stated the nutritional plan that goes along with the workout and I can't stop drinking water, I'm thirsty all the time, but I'm so full of water. Blah.

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:tpd:

Well, almost. Second year I went from 165 to 190 and haven't looked back since.:D

I'll never get that small again, unless I get sick or lose a leg.:r

I'll weigh in again this week but will have some work to do to not have a gain.

Need to get back into Muay Thai. Great cardio work out (my biggest weakness) and lots of fun.

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I went to Kennywood Amusement park yesterday and ate everything in the world.
The day before I had a voracious apetite, too.
It's cause of this new TENS unit for my back. They say it works the muscles and releases endorphines like I'm getting a workout. Makes me tired and hungry.
It has really been a Godsend as far as the pain goes.
Today I'm back to normal. No appetite and I'm drinking my water. Go figure?
Still around 205, too.
I'd really like to get to 185, but I think I'll be too small at that weight.
I gained 3 holes on my church belt, and my skinny clothes all fit now, so that's a bonus. My wardrobe has really expanded. lol :)

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204.2 today.

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Well, I'm up another 3 lbs this week. Time to stop this or head back over to Dan's thread.:(

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I'm still at 204.2.

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lost another lb today, was weigh in day. NExt week i'm on the road, gunna be hard

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Ok, so I've seen this thread around for a bit, but really had no reason to read too much into it. I still didn't read all of the 586 posts, but I understand this is where I need to post up and go for some moral support on this board. Here goes:

Started dieting Tuesday of last week (8/3) because my wife's doctor put her on a low calorie diet, so I too started cutting calories. As many have stated in this thread, it is easier with a support network in place and both of eating on the same type of diet will be less likely to sabotage the other. Her goal is to keep under 1200 calories per day, but I'm a bit larger and try to keep mine under 1400 calories. It has not been that difficult for me thus far, other than last weekend at my grandmother's and her offering ice cream with every meal (damn that sweet tooth), but I did not partake. Also started swimming yesterday. Signed up for the 7-day free trial of 24hr Fitness and did the tour thing yesterday at lunch and got in 150 meters in the 10 minutes I had to swim. Returned this morning before work with the goal of hitting 450 meters in 30 minutes, but was able to push it to 500 meters. It's a small victory, but I'll take it and push myself harder on Monday (might make it to the gym on the weekend, but it's not likely, still plenty of yard work and a garage that needs to be cleaned/painted so it should be no problem staying busy).

8/3
360lbs.
6'5" (not expecting this number to change, just throwing it in for reference)

8/13
349lbs.

I know that cutting back the calories, cutting out the fast food (still 6" chicken breast from Subway for lunch, but that beats the hell out of the 1090 calorie Bacon Ultimate from Jack in the Crack), cutting the junk food at home has been the biggest benefit. I already feel a lot better. I don't get that crash after lunch and have to fight to stay awake. So far I've been able to fall asleep faster and don't wake up as much during the night (unless my wife punches me in the ribs for snoring, I swear one of these days she's going to punch too hard, break a rib, and puncture a lung).

Thanks for letting me chime in and I'll update as I progress. Good luck to everyone in trying to maintain a lifestyle of healthier choices.

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Dan's not here anymore. ;s I'm with you on that mode of thought, though.:(
Don't get frustrated. Be patient.
:tu
Way to go on the first 10 days. Don't get discouraged when the weight stops dropping as fast. You'll lose a lot at first, but then it'll start to drop at a much slower rate. Keep it up!:tu

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Thanks man. I'm used to the plateau that usually hits, for me at least, in the second to third month. My biggest thing is sticking to the diet and exercise and getting my cardio up. I want to be able to run the annual Jingle Bell Run (FW arthritis charity 5k) without slowing down. I have 4 months to get in shape for it.

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I try not to diet per se, but watch what I'm eating in general. Usually the biggest thing for me is keeping my activity level up. I need to work the cardio and should start hitting the indoor track at the University. I don't know if I've ever run more than a km or two in one go. Might be a good thing to work on.

I should also get back into writing down everything I eat so that I am more accountable to it.

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I'm almost finished with my first week of P90X. Honestly the hardest workout this week was the 1.5 hours of Yoga, yes Yoga. The nutrition plan is going well, it's a crap ton of protein, so I've been grilling chicken breasts a whole bag at a time, so I always have extra around. I feel pretty good, so we'll see in 3 weeks from now now much of a change it's made.

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I haven't taken a dump in two days. Tomorrow morning I'll be 202. :r

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Still at 204.2. :tu
I just discovered Orange Cream smoothies at Sheetz yesterday.
I plan on drinking 3 today, I could only squeeze in two yesterday. lol

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Awesome:tu
I'm about to start back with my high-protein/low-fat diet when I get back in the gym.
TMI
Go for it! You have to splurge sometimes.:dr

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Not dieting as much as making much healthier choices on what I eat. It used to be fast food for breakfast and lunch and sometimes dinner. Now it's counting the calories I take in and making sure I don't eat as much bad stuff. Instead of a bag of doritos for a snack it's baby carrots; just changes like that. Also managed to swim 825 meters in half an hour this morning, which is up from 500 meters last friday and 700 meters yesterday. The time constraint is pretty rigid, so I just have to keep pushing myself to do more in the time I have. The thing that surprises me most is that I don't feel tired afterward, or at any point in the day for that matter.

8/3 360
8/13 349
8/18 340

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I only managed to fit in two orange cream smoothies the last two days.
I gotta run out here shortly and I'm having another one.
205 this morning. I ate good yesterday, plus the smoothies are working.
I was starting to get worried about how fast I was shrinking.

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Nice job:tu
Don't worry about the gain. It'll come back off. Enjoy the smoothies:banger

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I had a smoothie, chicken fingers and onion rings.
That'll be my food for the day. I can't eat past 5:00pm anyways cause it makes me sick (meds and back stuff).
I'm gonna have a nap and then get back to work. :)

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I had a pretty terrible weekend, in terms of weight of course, due to shack herf and a family reunion dinner. Up 5 lbs :(

WTB ability to not drink excessivley

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It took 6 orange cream smoothies in 3 days, but I made it to 203.8.
I've been eating at least once a day, too. I think I've finally burned out on smoothies.
The one from last nite is in the fridge. I couldn't get it down.
I'm getting dehydrated, and I can really feel it this morning. I'll have a gallon of water by lunch, and I'm gonna work in the garden until I fall over. Literally.
I can tell the rain's coming, my entire body hurts from the tip of my toes to my pounding headache.