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Going slowly, but down another pound this week.

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201.8 this past Sunday. A new low for me. Was running like a fiend on the treadmill at the hotel in Chicago. Did 5 miles in 45 mins one day. Got in the zone and kept running.

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205.8 this morning, down 29 lbs total since the start of the year. Not quite ready to get in my 36's just yet. Should be able to at 195 for sure.

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Stayed the same last week. On vaca, gonna be tough. Will really hafta get on the beam once I get back!

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I checked this morning, I'm up to 209.0. I've just completely lost interest. I still drink tons of water, and I don't eat much, but I'm zero active.

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down a total of 31.5 - 32 pounds and 7 days away from 5 months, continuing on my high fat/medium protein/low carb lifestyle, so good :)

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I started off on 08/28 at 256. The next time I get weighed is on October 6 at my doctors office. I will be curious to see how much I weigh then. My shorts are all falling off now.

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I held this past week, but I was just happy I didn't gain. I wasn't nearly as disciplined with my diet and had my worst week at the gym. I only made it to spinning 3 times and two of them were with bad instructors. I wear a heart rate monitor that determines average heart rate, max heart rate, calories, etc and with my "good" instructor, I'll burn 1000+ calories in an hour and exceed my "max" heart rate. I barely broke a sweat last week for 2 of the classes.

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new low again, and CHEAT DAY TODAY :D :D :D :D

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Back down to 206. Eating less and getting around better. Looking good. :tu

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Yeah Scott!!!

I'm at 287 down 27 lbs so far.....long way to go

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Been steady with my NFL Training Camp workouts lately. I'm starting to enjoy it, but finding time is not easy.

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meh might as well join the crowd its been a bad/good year. started off with doctors trip 3rd jan and they blasted me a new one said everything was off the charts and at that time i was 285. so me and the wife went on adkins and I love it went from 285 to 246 in 4-5 months. I slipped away and fell of the band wagon now back to 265. now my wife is another story she totally kicks my arse she is still on diet and went from 220 to 160 since the first of the year. sadly she mainly was doing it to help me and I failed so far. I am going back on induction soon as I can afford it. just wanted to say hello and I hope to loose some weight with you fine Botl/Sotl.

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Welcome Jason! I am doing Atkins as well, modified i suppose, since i have cheat days once or twice a month, but good for you man, welcome aboard! :)

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Sweet...just found this thread...I started out about 4 months ago at 222.8...since then I've lost 20 lbs. (down to 202.8)...no diet...just a lifestyle change as starscream talked about in his opening post...my diabetes was out of control, my blood pressure was out of control, and my cholesterol was out of control...now my numbers are returning to normal...I've read several books on changing how you eat...Dr. Dean Ornish touts a vegetarian food regime to reverse heart disease...Dr. Neal Barnard touts veganism to reverse diabetes...and Dr. Daniel Amen is pushing weight loss by vegetarian/veganism as a way to reverse the brain damage done by being overweight (and it's considerable)...all these hot shot docs are saying the same things...there is an epidemic of obesity and and epidemic of type II diabetes in the US and it's being caused by our food processing industries...they're as bad as the cigarette makers...they put tons of fat and sugar in foods to addict you and keep you buying their products...to save money and get more profit out of your pocket they've started using a poison to sweeten things because its cheaper than sugar...your body has no mechanism to metabolize high fructose corn syrup so it just jams it into fat cells...and the artificial sweeters are all mostly chemicals that are harmful to your health and just keep you craving sweet stuff...

I stopped eating sugar...I stopped eating white bread and white rice...they're just straight glucose and zing goes your blood sugaer...we eat only whole grain breads and whole wheat pasta and brown rice...so my new routine is no sugar...also low-sodium as they use that to get you coming back too by oversalting everything you buy...and here's the clincher...they were right about the vegetarian/vegan thing...I eat very little in the way of animal fats anymore and I'm feeling tons better...you can actually feel yourself getting healthier...and, the weight loss happens by itself...I haven't been dieting...I eat until I'm full...I eat what I want in these four major food groups...whole grains, legumes (beans), vegetables, and fruit...since I got off the sugar I have no cravings and my appetite is less because sugar causes cravings and increases your appetite...I'm satisfied with what I'm eating and not always looking for something else, and I don't miss the meat...oddly enough I thought I would...I still have a little cheese and eggs but in moderation...once in a while I'll have chicken or fish...and some of the vegetarian faux meats are fanstastic...after you get used to them you don't know the difference...20 pounds, four months...no diet...just eating the way we're supposed to be eating...evolution developed our bodies a certain way and our teeth are the biggest indicator...we're not omnivores or carnivores...we don't have the teeth for it...the perfect food regime for a healthy human body is whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruit...it really works...MY BMI has dropped from 35 to 31 and I've lost several inches on my waist with no exercise...the docs are right...you are what you eat...you ever see a fat vegetarian or vegan?

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Happily, getting on the scale today showed no increase from two weeks ago when I went on vaca. So, altho not a loss, I ate pretty well down in ole Virginny, and I'm happy I don't hafta re-lose a lot of lbs. Onwards and downwards!

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I'm still hovering around the 202-204 mark. Been on the road a lot for work, but getting some workouts in, mostly running on the treadmill. Probably not a bad thing to plateau a bit since I was on a pretty good tear losing. My belt though is going down notches, so I"m happy with that. Plus Im putting on some muscle, which is a good thing.

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Down to 203.2 this morning. Sadly, I feel like I ate a lot Fri/Sat/Sun and was still down 2.6 for the week. My scrub pants may need shortened again before too long. I'm really hoping to crack the 200 mark by Monday with a big week of spinning/treadmill work ahead of me.

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Glad to hear you guys are doing so well!!! :tu
I've dropped off the map, but I have to get back on now or I'll be 500 lbs come Spring. I'm not far from doing what I'm supposed to be doing, I just need to avoid the junk food. I'll get back to that today and keep moving ahead in the right direction.
It shouldn't be tough, I'm feeling pretty good since I quit one of my meds, and I'm doing much better. Things are definately looking up.

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Had some chicken for dinner last night. Amazingly, my non-carnivore teeth ripped right through it...
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I got weighed at the doctors office today. After 40 days I am down to 230 pounds or a loss of 26 pounds. 60 more to go.

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It's sad...I'm already plotting my new year's day food intake after hitting my goal. I started off the year with the resolution to not eat deep fried foods and regular soft drinks. Here it is, 9+ months later and I've stuck to it. It's been tough and I've white knuckled it a few times driving by a couple of places a few times. Imagine the torture of putting fries to your lips to test the temp before giving to your 4 year old son to make sure they're not too hot and pass them off.

Only problem is that inducing a number of fried foods in a single day will probably make me feel lousy.

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Awesome job!

I officially hit my goal of 200, on the dot no less. Now to set a new goal. I think 185 is do-able.

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minus one this past week. Not good enough.

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How much are you down total? I put a pretty lofty goal of 86 pounds or down to 170. So I have quite a ways to go. I was about to pick up a scale at Costco that looked pretty nice but I decided it was better not to look to often. Maybe when I get down to 200 I will be ready to buy it!

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i was planning a cheat meal tonight for thanksgiving dinner at my sisters place. Debating on turning it into a cheat day and going for dimsum :)

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I started three years ago somewhere in the 295-300 range. I never set foot on a scale except the couple times a year at the doctors. Heaviest I ever saw was 306. The first 2 years or so I lost about 30lbs by just changing my diet. It's the last 7-8 months I've dropped the bulk of it.

I like the scale I got at Target. Tanita brand. It has the biometric sensors to tell your body fat and hydration percentages. Seems pretty accurate as it's on target with the scale at the doctors.

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that is pretty cool that it can do that other stuff, how much was it Bob? What it's max capacity?

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I was bummed stepping on the scale this morning....202.8, a whopping loss of 0.4 lbs.

Last week, I did 7.5 hours of time between spinning, treadmill, and elliptical for a total of 6600 calories according to my heart rate monitor. I still wasn't very strict diet-wise, but didn't think it was any worse than the previous week when I did a lot better than 0.4 lbs.

Back at it again this week and everything I eat is going into the WW app and I'm cutting out all of the excess this week. Gotta break the 200 lb mark this week.

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My doctor asked what I was doing and said you can burn all the calories you want but to really lose a lot, you have to change your diet. I was burning 1500 calories a day at the gym and not losing any weight at all. I would celebrate afterwards with the highest caloric beer I could find every night.

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It was right around $50. Max capacity I 330lbs. This is the newer model to the one I have: http://www.tanita.com/en/um028/

Broke through the 200 mark today, 197.8.

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Good job y'all!

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I understand that-I did follow WW with the exception of a little splurge here and there. Given I was down 2.8 or so the week prior with similar eating habits overall and I burned more calories this week, I was expecting to be a lot closer to the previous loss than what the scale reflected.

With WW, I have a daily point total, a flexible amount for the week, and then I earn extra points for working out. More times than not, I stay within my daily point totals without even using the flexible and activity points. I just know I didn't go over that much.

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201.8...lost a freaking pound. I think I was still pretty loaded with water as I drank water pretty consistently all afternoon/evening though because I had a bit of a sore throat. (Just for grins, I stepped on the scale Wednesday morning last week and I was at 198). Still a bit frustrated the past 2 weeks have been such a stall though, especially when I'm burning through so many calories in spinning class.

My goal for the week is not to go over my points allowance any days without the points I'm given for the workouts. My goal for the week is 9000 calories burned.

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try a cheat day duane, then get back on it

It is true, you can burn as many calories as you want, the real determining factor in weight loss is what goes into your mouth.

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I know how to lose weight as I lost 63 lbs in 21 weeks about 9 years ago. I then got a nagging case of plantar fasciitis and proceeded to gain it all back over the course of 3-4 years.

To test my theory of retaining excess water this morning, I got on the scales a few minutes ago and weighed in at 197.4, a difference of 4.4 lbs from about 10 hours ago. Granted, I did my workout this morning, but I've also taken in ~ 1.5L of water as well, so it's not like I'm dehydrated.

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i was not implying that you didn't not know how to lose weight, i was replying to acarr's last post.

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You may need to change up your routine. It sounds like you have plateaued. Been there and done that tons of times. Are you mixing in any strength training? HIIT training? Also, you CAN get to a point where if you are burning too much and not taking in enough, your body will start panicking and you can actually gain some weight.

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I guess my diet is going to end here shortly. The doc put me back on prednisone. I will try to stay on the diet for as long as I can but it will be difficult since I feel like eating 6 5lbs steaks a day now.

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ok guys,,,,back on the wagon! Been MIA from the gym in 2 months! Luckily I only gained back about 3 pounds. So better eating has definitely helped!

Looking to get sub 200 finally for the first time in over 12 years then gonna attempt to bulk up some. woohooo

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Good luck to you!

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I went from 193 up to 213 back down to 200. I was eating all kinds of crap while I wasn't feeling good and was laid up a lot. I just stopped eating junk and started drinking lots of water again.

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I'm also in a rut. Need to get down to business- easier said than done!

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Got home from Brazil today, jumped on the scale. 196.2. Trying to figure that one out as I ate at a buffet like 75% of the time. I'll take it.
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193.2 this morning before my run. I'm getting there.
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Poking my head in here to say that I've decided it's time to drop some weight, my plan is to start slow and just try to eat better and try to spend at least a half hour a day on the treadmill.

Eventually I'd like to re-do the C25K program, I felt great after the last time I finished, and have a few 5ks under my belt, just need to work on getting my belly from over my belt again :r Anyway, hoping joining you guys in dropping the pounds will keep me on track and motivated to make it happen.

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Welcome aboard Brian and good luck with the goals.

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Back on the beam- -6 this past week- lowest now that I've been in 5-6 years.

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Awesome job Hugh! :tu Isn't is such a great feeling?

Weigh-in today, 192.8. Down to 22% body fat. That's having started at 35-37% when I first bought my scale. And that wasn't even at my heaviest. My goal is 15-17% body fat.