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241. Down a pound. First drop since Easter.

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Closing in on that goal. Keep it up. :tu

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Only three away, but it's taking forever!

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205.2 this morning. Not sure if that's the lowest I've reported to date, but I haven't been at the computer much.

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Keep it up, Scott.:tu

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Reporting in at 218 :) Got to start some where.

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A start is always good. Keep it up!

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Okay my weigh-in is today. I thought I would be the same or gain some but I still lost weight. I was bad last weekend, ate a Hamburger and Fries and a plate of Taco's. Today I weigh 190.8 slow and steady wins the race.

5/03 205
5/11 196.2
5/18 193
5/25 190.8

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Well done, Kirk. :tu
That 2.2 lbs. the last week would be an awesome average. It might settle down a little lower, but if it stayed, that'd be sweet.
I usually lose around 1.6 lbs a week (or did in the past, I haven't tracked any numbers this time at all), and it's always steady. I'm getting more active so I try to eat a bit more to match it. I don't usually eat odd stuff at all, and don't binge except maybe at Family Day where I eat tiny bits all day until I finally can't eat another bite, but that never amounts to moving the scale one way or another.

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182 this morning,
down 2 lbs from 2 weeks ago

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Nice work, Kirk and James.:tu

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Well done, James!!! :tu

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Good news all around. Keep it up people. I don't want to have to come to your house and kick your butts around. :r

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Come and get me Bob. :)

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down here to the lowest ive been in a while, still wanna get lower, but its nice to see the results come, even if they're coming slower than i'd like. It's been over a month since i've been doing atkins (modified for what i can do) - it's the longest i've ever stuck to a new eating plan.

The nice thing about the new atkins is that its not like the old one where its just high protein, on this new one you are supposed to eat like 6 cups of salad greens and 2 cups of the right cooked vegetables a day, plus the good fats like olive oil etc, although i've been enjoying some cheese and cream cheese too, and even whipped cream with splenda! And too much protein can actually hinder fat loss. Amazing book the new one is. I recommend it to anyone that wants to try this, or if its something you're not interested in, it's just a good read, and you'll learn a lot. Anyway, not going to lie - this is easy, effective, and awesome :) muahaha.

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Ill check it out when i get back Myles. I'm sure it'll help me with my diabetes, especially since that's the main reason Atkins founded the diet.

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Question:
Since I've been on a plateau for about a month now, would it be feasible to follow the Atkins for about two to three weeks in order to shake things up and then revert back to my regular diet (which is just a scaled back bit of everything)?

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Mayo Clinic says reassess your habits. Increase your workouts.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/wei...lateau/MY01152

Try counting your calories for a day or two (best a week) and see what your average is. And then calculate what your caloric intake should be for your desired weight. At first when losing weight cutting back on what you eat helps allot..but from past experience you'll need to cut back again before you get to your goal weight.

Atkins might work too, but I think in the long run, try to find a way to either increase your workouts a bit or decrease your calories...or both.

:tu:tu:tu Keep at it!

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Back to working out hard today. Insanity is insane! ;)

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I'm not a doctor, but there could be many reasons for a plateau, and sure you could do atkins for 2 weeks, but going off it and starting to eat the **** that is absolute garbage for you ie bread, pasta, sugar is just going to make you gain it back. I'm not a doctor tho, but i'm doing this for life.

The best thing about this is never hungry between meals, and 0 cravings

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I wouldn't call it garbage or ****, just not what is perscribed for the Atkins diet. But that's my question. If I only do it for two weeks and then go back to my low portioning/lower fat content diet, will it reverse the effects of the two weeks on the Atkins?

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Took my PT Test today.

70 push ups in 1 minute
60 sit ups in 1 minute
35.5 inch waist
190lbs
1.5 miles in 13:03 minutes
The run was slower than last time I took the test but everything else was better. I'm pretty proud of maxing out push ups and sit ups.

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Good job, Earl!:tu

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Sorry Andy, can't really help you with the Atkins questions. I doubt it could hurt, but I'm guessing you'd not see any real benefits if you only do it two weeks. I think it takes that long for your body to get into ketosis (Myles, correct me if I"m wrong), where it's starting to burn it's fat stores for energy.

I would go with Kirk's suggestion and change up your workout. That's the major concept behind systems like Insanity and P90x. Over time you're body will get used to the routine. Need to change it up to keep it guessing.

Nice job Earl. I'm hoping to get to that level some day.

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I believe Bob is right Andy. I think Atkins is meant to be a lifestyle change not a temporary thing. You can get into ketosis fairly quickly bob, but if yiou're just going to go off it soon after, i IMAGINE, that you'll just gain back everything you lost.

Andy, as for calling Bread, Pasta, Sugar as Garbage or Sh1t, i didn't mean to offend you and hope i didn't. It's just my opinion that these foods don't have a positive benefit for someone trying to lose weight unless they are an extreme ectomorph and cardio machine, like a kenyan marathon runner. Just my opinion tho :)

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I wasn't offended, just clarifying. There's also some foods that are totally allowed with low carb dieting (not sure about Atkins) that are pure bad for you too, such as greasy bacon and sausage. I love them though.:dr It goes both ways.

Thanks for the response, Myles.:tu

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If you read the books, you'd see that bacon and natural meat products including their own fat are not at all bad for you. It's conventional teachings of "health" that has you brain washed. Yet look at how many people bust their balls eating "low fat" and never...ever lose weight. With Respect.

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correction: saturated fats are not bad for you..in the context of a low carb lifestyle.

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Nice job Earl!! Impressive, can't wait till I can do more then 3 push ups again, lol.

Ok, so the bad thing is I found out the scale at work is 10 lbs heavier then at home. Of course the good news, now that my home scale can read my weight(400lbmax) I am down to 379 from 412. I started almost 3 weeks ago, just another 100 to go! lol

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They eat products labeled low fat or reduced fat. Those labels are misleading and at other times outright lies. Low fat means eating more natural foods really. Lean meats, fruits and vegetables are all low fat.
I definitely agree with you about natural foods. Processed foods are what is wrong with our health now.

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BINGO! We have a winner! :D

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Reading Michael Pollan's books have really opened my eyes to how our "food" is currently made. It's not by chefs or cooks, but by scientists who break down the raw product into so many different parts, only to use a formula to put it all back together to get a finished product. I'm sorry, but that's not food.
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[quote=Chainsaw13;1276535]BINGO! We have a winner! :D

But they all taste ohhhh soo good!!!

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Andy, I think you'd just get lots of extra fat from the meats that will get stored as fat because your body is running on the carbs you take in.
Meaning you'd put on mass and gain weight.
At least that's how I understand it.
You have to eliminate carbs, or severely restrict them for your body to start using your fat stores, then you can run on that for a long time.
That's a wildly pared down explanation of what Atkins does.

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Amen.
Problem is, there's no Mom's at home who have all day to prepare meals from scratch, using stuff we've grown and picked/slaughtered at home.
So in comes processed regurgitated snot to care for the masses, and save the day, ya know?
We get run so ragged that lots of times we get backed into the corner and get forced to eat sh1t or starve.
Ever see any fat Amish kids? They're the antipathy of our society, and they eat and do as we should. They have the extra hands and time to do it, we don't. It's just how we live.
I suppose we could go to good food with good ingredients if we gave up lots of other things we do, but we're tv trained.
It's a tough situation, yo?

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Weekend is starting out ok, not eating so great, but walking more. We shall see what happends on Wednesday.

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I didnt eat great last night, but I didnt eat terrible. I have 4 graduation parties to goto this weekend...gonna be tough.

Today was the first day of 'double workouts' in insanity. Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs... wow. And then I went on a 5 mile walk with my wife. Trying to do some more activity besides the insanity workouts.

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It is, but there are plenty of good choices that aren't processed and full of crap. Problem is, eating a lot of protein and fats is expensive. I'm lucky i can afford it.

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204.2 today. I think pound 204 has been the longest pound ever.
I do expect the 190's to come real quick now that the weather has turned and my muscles are working right again.

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I'm in the same boat this week, Kirk. My brother is in town for the week before he gets shipped to Afghanistan. I plan on doing some heavy drinking this week at some point. I've kept my weight stable by cutting back on the alcohol as of late, but this weekend may be all out for at least a day or two.

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Keep up the good work everyone. I'm using the heck out of the treadmill at the hotel. Did a 5k yesterday in 40:32. Ran over a full mile of it. Felt good. Starting to get close to going down another belt notch. Blowing it a bit today though. Needed a taste of home and hit up the Hooters for some wings and rings. Should've stuck with the beef.
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I've been holding steady at 214 since I started the new job, I weighed myself after dinner tonight and I've lost five pounds this week (209). I also had my first cigar on an empty stomach vomit on Friday. I went to an event at the local b&m and didn't have time to eat first, I think thats the last time I'll make that mistake.

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What'd you smoke, Jorgen? Must've been something really potent.

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Nice job on the weight loss Jorgen. Sorry to hear you got sick from the cigar.

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GM Guys! :)

Sorry I haven't checked in for a week, but life has been crazy.
Wasn't someone supposed to PM me? ;)

I had my weigh in Sunday, down a pound. (271.7)
Not bad considering Saturday I gorged myself at my first BBQ of the season.
I cooked my first whole pig and managed to throw my back out lugging it around, so I've been inactive ever since.
Going to be really picky about what I eat this week in an attempt to make up for the inability to move.

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A pound is good if you had a barbecue. I usually gain weight on those weeks.:)

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Tough weekend, had four graduation parties and then a memorial day party. Hopefully I dont break the scale tomorrow!

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Good luck, Kirk:tu

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Good Luck, Kirk. :tu
Just keep hangin', Dom.

I have no idea where I'm at. Probably around 204. Yesterday was family day/picnic and I eat a lot there. It's picking, though. When dinner came, I didn't even eat half of it.
Today I had my customary bowl of cereal. For dinner I had a couple corn dogs, some rice and half an energy drink (so my drugs don't put me to sleep).
I'm gonna go back outside and sweat for awhile. :tu

Oh, if any of you guys didn't see my best buddy Scott's progress, check it out.
He and I got skinny together the first time, then I packed a bunch back on. He just kept losing. Now he's buffed out and I'm still a chunk.
I'll catch him before too long. :tu

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Back up to 242 today. I just can't shake this number right now...

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I am also stuck at a number, not sure if its a mini plateau or what, but it's pissing me off because the whole thing with what im doing is that it's supposed to burn your fat stores for energy, and it's not! and i got lots of fat stores!