Biggest loser

GSTim said:
Hi all,

Been lurking here since the beginning but just haven't gotten around to posting. Getting a lot of motivation from everyone's great progress. I started mid-February after having trouble buckling my belt that I've had at the same notch for years. I guess working from home put those few extra pounds on to push me over the limit. I'm not really obsessive about my weight and really hadn't been on a scale in years other than the doc's office. I just use my clothes fit to tell me when somethings up. Trying to lose by doing these things:
1. Logging ALL food, drinks and exercise on My Fitness Pal app.
2. Trying to limit alcohol intake (only mildly successfully)
3. Trying to get in more rides or trainer rides

Using the MFP app has made me much more conscious of the snacking that I'm doing and the benefit from exercise on keeping to the goals.

My goal is to get down to around 205, which I probably haven't seen in 25 years.

Anywho, here's the deal:

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Thanks for the motivation.
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Sill lurking but trying not to obsess. I saw a number below 210 yesterday which I probably haven't seen in 20 years. More than 75% to my initial goal, Sucks that I just bought a couple of pairs of new jeans at the maximum that now look ridiculous with the belt buckled to the next lower notch. Slow and steady, The Tree House IPA delivery from @Patrick will help fill the jeans back out. 😎

Kind of incredible that just logging what you eat has that much impact on self-control, and also don't really feel deprived at all. We'll see what happens once I go back to the office more and have a lot more temptations.

Don't think I would have tried it without reading all of the good stuff here.

Thanks for the motivation and good luck!
 
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GSTim said:
Sill lurking but trying not to obsess. I saw a number below 210 yesterday which I probably haven't seen in 20 years. More than 75% to my initial goal, Sucks that I just bought a couple of pairs of new jeans at the maximum that now look ridiculous with the belt buckled to the next lower notch. Slow and steady, The Tree House IPA delivery from @Patrick will help fill the jeans back out. 😎

Kind of incredible that just logging what you eat has that much impact on self-control, and also don't really feel deprived at all. We'll see what happens once I go back to the office more and have a lot more temptations.

Don't think I would have tried it without reading all of the good stuff here.

Thanks for the motivation and good luck!
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Congrats keep up the great work 👍
 
Week 20

Start: 208.3
Current: 183.9
Diff: 24.4
Last Week: -1.9
Goal: Low 170s

Was busy all week! Officiating multiple track meets (I stand in the javelin sector and try not to get hit)
Working the gravel grinder and clean-up. 6MR bridge work. I even rode a bike a couple times. BONUS!

Had a couple of real beers during the week - and a couple of non-drinking days.
Trying not to fall back into the daily beer routine. Need to try harder.

I was also hungry all week. Not drop everything and find food, just the "Geez, I could use a sammich" hungry.

Not drinking enough water. This I know. And I lost my MTBNJ water bottle. 🙁

Busy week coming up - two days in NYC, two days doing track meets up in Randolph,
My niece's graduation party this weekend (BME from RPI!) means a ton of house/yard prep.

Speaking of: Time to make the brisket!
 
JDurk said:
E2M program Rd 3, Wk 3, Day 6

Diet
Stuck with the experiment of heathy carbs, just reduced the serving size of the fruit. It was a hungry week though and I powered through it. Don't want to make any drastic changes and have fluctuations, up or down, in weight the week before TSE. Staying the course. Did go out to dinner with my parents and MIL Thursday night, and today there will be a family gathering at our place, so another meal of "cheating".

Exercise
Plan circuits and spin bike sessions as I've been doing. Did get in a few lunch walks. No Belmont this week. Still keeping it easy the week before TSE. Prepping and packing for the week will be the exercise between today and travelling on Monday. May take the bike out for a spin.

Weight
1/2/22 Starting weight = 235.4
4/30/22 Current weight = 180.6
Diff: weekly down 1.2, total lost = 54.8
Looks like I'm maintaining well, back down to the same number from 2wks ago. Probably the extra activity of walking at lunch helped. So close to being in the 170s. Think I'll settle in the 175-180 range. Next week at TSE, planning to fuel enough and stay close to plan. With the amount of activity for 5 days, fueling is the priority. Will be interesting to weigh in when I return home on Sunday.
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E2M program Rd 3, Wk 4, Day 7+1

Day late with checking in for Week 4, got home from a week at TSE
Diet
Stuck with the plan last week through Monday. Packed food that's on plan to prepare before and after each stage of TSE. Tuesday was Stage 1, broke my fast at 7am, wanted to eat 3hrs before 10am race start each day. Fueled during each stage with Hammer Nutrition, multi-hour bottle of Perpetuem in a 22oz bottle on the bike and a bottle(s) of Heed in a 20oz bottle in the jersey pocket or hip pack. Would use the aid stations for a cup of M&Ms, a fig bar, and piece of PBJ, refilling the bottles of Heed with straight water or Heed. Carried a gel flask on Day 1, but didn't really use it the rest of the week. Dinner was included with race registration, so did eat more and included dessert of choc chip cookies, brownies or peach cobbler. On Saturday, it was an early meal of baked ziti and more dessert. Later, while hanging with some others, we drank beers, ordered pizza and sat up until late into the night.

Exercise.
Rode my bike everyday for 5 days. Will be recapping in another post. If you don't follow my Strava feed, it was 156 miles and 17,202ft over 17hrs.

Weight
1/2/22 Starting weight = 235.4
4/30/22 Current weight = 183
Diff: weekly up 2.4, total lost = 52.4
Up a few pounds as I was eating and drinking to fuel and recover. Assume the body is dealing with some inflammation from the 5 days of #eastcoastrocks and holding onto some water. I was also eating many more carbs in the form of sugar, pasta, rice and beer as well as some cheese. Back onto the plan today and will see how it goes when I weigh in Saturday.
 
So far my lowest has been around 175, but I'm back up to 178 after a week in Florida with suboptimal food choices, lol. However, I've finally got my sprout operation back up and running...
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On the paper towel are lentil sprouts on the left and broccoli sprouts on the right, after 5 days, just harvested from the jars. The jars on the right in the back i just put new lentil and broccoli seeds in. The jars on the left are two days in, the first has alfalfa, and the second has a radish and mustard seed mix. I just ordered a bunch more seeds (mung, sunflower, a couple different mixes), along with trays and bags to try out.
These things are great to fill you up and are really nutritious. I put them on sandwiches, wraps, salads, and eat then just the way they are too. They do a great job at keeping me from eating junk.
 
Mahnken said:
So far my lowest has been around 175, but I'm back up to 178 after a week in Florida with suboptimal food choices, lol. However, I've finally got my sprout operation back up and running...
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On the paper towel are lentil sprouts on the left and broccoli sprouts on the right, after 5 days, just harvested from the jars. The jars on the right in the back i just put new lentil and broccoli seeds in. The jars on the left are two days in, the first has alfalfa, and the second has a radish and mustard seed mix. I just ordered a bunch more seeds (mung, sunflower, a couple different mixes), along with trays and bags to try out.
These things are great to fill you up and are really nutritious. I put them on sandwiches, wraps, salads, and eat then just the way they are too. They do a great job at keeping me from eating junk.
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Interesting I'm always looking for some bulk to keep me full. What are the calories like for them?
 
Hell ya - well done, and happy birthday!

Might be at the point that upping the calories and exercise will still trim fat and put on muscle.
ain't about he weight anymore!
 
JDurk said:
E2M program Rd 3, Wk 4, Day 7+1

Day late with checking in for Week 4, got home from a week at TSE
Diet
Stuck with the plan last week through Monday. Packed food that's on plan to prepare before and after each stage of TSE. Tuesday was Stage 1, broke my fast at 7am, wanted to eat 3hrs before 10am race start each day. Fueled during each stage with Hammer Nutrition, multi-hour bottle of Perpetuem in a 22oz bottle on the bike and a bottle(s) of Heed in a 20oz bottle in the jersey pocket or hip pack. Would use the aid stations for a cup of M&Ms, a fig bar, and piece of PBJ, refilling the bottles of Heed with straight water or Heed. Carried a gel flask on Day 1, but didn't really use it the rest of the week. Dinner was included with race registration, so did eat more and included dessert of choc chip cookies, brownies or peach cobbler. On Saturday, it was an early meal of baked ziti and more dessert. Later, while hanging with some others, we drank beers, ordered pizza and sat up until late into the night.

Exercise.
Rode my bike everyday for 5 days. Will be recapping in another post. If you don't follow my Strava feed, it was 156 miles and 17,202ft over 17hrs.

Weight
1/2/22 Starting weight = 235.4
4/30/22 Current weight = 183
Diff: weekly up 2.4, total lost = 52.4
Up a few pounds as I was eating and drinking to fuel and recover. Assume the body is dealing with some inflammation from the 5 days of #eastcoastrocks and holding onto some water. I was also eating many more carbs in the form of sugar, pasta, rice and beer as well as some cheese. Back onto the plan today and will see how it goes when I weigh in Saturday.
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E2M program Rd 3, Wk 5, Day 6

Diet
After a week of TSE eating, back to the regular meal plan of I.F. and approved foods. Didn't really have much in the way of simple carbs like brown rice and sweet potatoes, just some fruit with each meal. Heading out for our weekly cheat meal at Central Taco and Tequila this afternoon.

Exercise
Back to the plan circuits T/W/F this week. Spin bike session Thurs instead of Belmont because of weather. Short ride this morning and Wissahickon tomorrow.

Weight
1/2/22 Starting weight = 235.4
4/30/22 Current weight = 177.4
Diff: weekly down 5.6, total lost = 58
I'll assume that after a week of riding the #eastcoastrocks of TSE, the inflammation and water retention was the reason for last weeks increase in weight. Back to the plan and getting plenty of rest this week helped with the drop. Seeing a new low and planning to settle around the 175 mark looks good. Since I'm actually in maintenance, may start to have a 2nd cheat meal. This round of E2M ends 6/26, so will probably not be so strict after that and see what happens.

Wife is still seeing steady numbers in the good direction. Down 29lbs, but still 5lbs from her goal. She's slowed things down by not eating so strict to the plan, but increasing her activity level.
 
Over the Bars said:
Progress pics taken 5 months apart 1/3/22 vs 6/3/22. Weight is comming off much slower now but I'm very happy to say I turn 35 tommorow in the best shape of my life and 1 month closer to my goal physique! Only lost 3.6 lbs in May but I deffinitly lost fat from all over including some of the fat from my hardest to lose areas in my chest, and lower belly. It was not a perfect month I had some slip ups and cheats and needed to do a re feed day. I also just upped my daily calorie Intake last week by 150 to combat the lack of energy and Hunger. I'm going to keep on pushing forward with the diet and exercise and have signed up for a tough mudder race in September as a way of keeping my motivation high for lifting and loosing some more fat. Keep up the hard work everyone it's deffinitly worth it.
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Yeah baby! Happy birthday! Looking good, although you flexing hard in that 2nd pic. 😁

🤔 Reminds me, need to pick up some razors.
 
Patrick said:
Hell ya - well done, and happy birthday!

Might be at the point that upping the calories and exercise will still trim fat and put on muscle.
ain't about he weight anymore!
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Thanks Patrick. The calories are a deffintly something I keep going back and forth on. I set mine at 1950 right now but have been ending up closer to 2000 most days.
 
Over the Bars said:
Progress pics taken 5 months apart 1/3/22 vs 6/3/22. Weight is comming off much slower now but I'm very happy to say I turn 35 tommorow in the best shape of my life and 1 month closer to my goal physique! Only lost 3.6 lbs in May but I deffinitly lost fat from all over including some of the fat from my hardest to lose areas in my chest, and lower belly. It was not a perfect month I had some slip ups and cheats and needed to do a re feed day. I also just upped my daily calorie Intake last week by 150 to combat the lack of energy and Hunger. I'm going to keep on pushing forward with the diet and exercise and have signed up for a tough mudder race in September as a way of keeping my motivation high for lifting and loosing some more fat. Keep up the hard work everyone it's deffinitly worth it.
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Ripped!! 💪🏻💪🏻
 
It’s maintenance for me now. 158.8 this morning. I guess at some point I should start working out but I ain’t got no time for that. Maybe this winter. I ride and lift the kids, that’s all I got.

I’m still losing a tiny bit, and that’s really where I want to be. I think the absolute floor will be 155. That’s actually my thought going into the Wilderness race(7weeks). If I can get there before the 101 it’ll make that day just a bit easier going up and down all those hills.

With the weight coming down, confidence and fitness are getting much better. I need to focus on more top end work and get more long days in, but I’m happy with all the gains I’ve made in the last 5 months for sure! Racing has been awesome and I’m finishing with very fast company!

Summer is coming up. No work for two months, but LOTS of home projects are staring at me. It does open up more riding time if I can get my stuff done.
 
I've just been hovering in maintenance mode since Easter, and after straining my lower back three weeks ago, I had to claw my way back. Daily exercise routine has never slipped, but I seriously upped the core work and netted a 3lb. loss this week. Final goal will be another 10lbs, then set a new maintenance mode. Feels good to be back...
 
one piece crank said:
I've just been hovering in maintenance mode since Easter, and after straining my lower back three weeks ago, I had to claw my way back. Daily exercise routine has never slipped, but I seriously upped the core work and netted a 3lb. loss this week. Final goal will be another 10lbs, then set a new maintenance mode. Feels good to be back...
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Nice work
 
JDurk said:
E2M program Rd 3, Wk 5, Day 6

Diet
After a week of TSE eating, back to the regular meal plan of I.F. and approved foods. Didn't really have much in the way of simple carbs like brown rice and sweet potatoes, just some fruit with each meal. Heading out for our weekly cheat meal at Central Taco and Tequila this afternoon.

Exercise
Back to the plan circuits T/W/F this week. Spin bike session Thurs instead of Belmont because of weather. Short ride this morning and Wissahickon tomorrow.

Weight
1/2/22 Starting weight = 235.4
4/30/22 Current weight = 177.4
Diff: weekly down 5.6, total lost = 58
I'll assume that after a week of riding the #eastcoastrocks of TSE, the inflammation and water retention was the reason for last weeks increase in weight. Back to the plan and getting plenty of rest this week helped with the drop. Seeing a new low and planning to settle around the 175 mark looks good. Since I'm actually in maintenance, may start to have a 2nd cheat meal. This round of E2M ends 6/26, so will probably not be so strict after that and see what happens.

Wife is still seeing steady numbers in the good direction. Down 29lbs, but still 5lbs from her goal. She's slowed things down by not eating so strict to the plan, but increasing her activity level.
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E2M program Rd 3, Wk 6, Day 5

Checking in a day early
Diet
Started the week with regular meal plan I.F. and approved foods. After a few hungry days and lower energy earlier in the week, added some sweet potatoes and brown rice. The hangry's went away. Added some Hammer Endurolytes in the morning as I was feeling thirsty, though I was drinking at least 1gal of water a day. Weighed in early because catching up with some of my dudes at a brewery this afternoon in Glenside, PA. Bill's Best Brewery and there will be a food truck on site, Babalouie BBQ. So this will be cheat meal #1. Cheat meal #2 will be a gathering Sunday afternoon with family to celebrate my mom finally retiring.

Exercise
After falling at Wiss on Sunday, took Monday to recover. Jumped back into circuits T/W/F. Did the #notarace at Belmont last evening. A pretty regular occurrence is seeing someone for the first time in a long time, saying "What's up (insert name here)?", and getting a puzzled look with a reply like "Hey, what's up?" Then a "Holy shit, I didn't recognize you!" Had a good night on the bike too. Chased and caught a few riders that were always faster than I was. Also had some chasers comment they tried to catch me and couldn't. I was on the rigid SS 32/20 and they were FS geared. Weekend weather looks iffy. Was going to do the MASS race at Neshaminy, but that place is not fun when conditions could be slippery.

Weight
1/2/22 Starting weight = 235.4
4/30/22 Current weight = 176.6
Diff: weekly down .8, total lost = 58.8
I'll take it as I'm trying to slow it down anyway. Activity level has increased somewhat and feeling tired, so trying to sleep a little more and recover. Road trip vacation coming up in 2wks too.

Wife is down 2ish lbs this week and 3lbs from her goal. Swimming is her favorite activity and has been doing a bit more now that the semester is over. She's pretty much eating similar to my maintenance plan, just smaller portions.
 
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I’m curious for all of you who are tracking your weight - what’s your heavy day? For me it’s Monday. I’m still very active all weekend but maybe it’s the extra salt, treats or beers but Monday is the heavy one for me. I should probably skip the scale on Mondays. It usually takes a couple days and I’m back where I should be.
 
xc62701 said:
I’m curious for all of you who are tracking your weight - what’s your heavy day? For me it’s Monday. I’m still very active all weekend but maybe it’s the extra salt, treats or beers but Monday is the heavy one for me. I should probably skip the scale on Mondays. It usually takes a couple days and I’m back where I should be.
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I only weigh myself once a week. Either Friday or Saturday morning depending on cheat meal timing. The cheat meal usually includes all those things you listed: salt, treats and beers. And the reaction I get from my body, using data via fitness tracking on my Garmin Vivoactive 4, confirms many things. RHR, stress level and body battery all spike during and after through the night, and sleep tracker shows bad things too. Now I know why old me vs new me was overweight and lacked energy.
 
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