Biggest loser

xc62701 said:
Diet is still working well and prep is the biggest concern. I was making a turkey meatloaf last night and someone shut the timer off and it got a bit over done - almost annihilated. I started to get really pissed as this was going to be my meal prep for the next few days. I think it's still salvageable, but it's amazing how much more thought goes into food and how much more each bite means. It's kinda weird. I love going out to eat, but I don't want to since I know there won't be many options to keep me in my calorie range. I'm happier cooking at home and knowing I'm staying on track to keep the scale moving downward.
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I hear you. I have stopped going out to eat entirely, along with no booze…..it makes things a lot easier to drop weight. Having done this in the past, even if I allowed one cheat a week my focus would be on that cheat and I would be more susceptible to having multiple cheats. My thought this year is to just suck it up, it’s a 100 days (my diet plan), then I can start to insert things once the spring is here.

Breaking things for 100 days also resets some of the habits I had with people. My friends still call to go out every weekend or have a BBQ/beer share on a cold day. My family still packs desert and lots of salty food for gatherings expecting me to house it. But I have to say no to everyone and explain I am on a quest. That is the hardest part. Having done this for the third year in a row it is getting a lot easier as it is forming a pattern with family/friends - especially with booze and eating out.

It feels incredibly selfish, but I am sure it is not.

Last year I only lost eight pounds when I did this, but I did not ride as much and walked instead. In addition my cheat meals were out of hand. Some weeks I had two cheats…..these would essentially negate all progress.

Once I completed the no booze thing last year for three months or so I left on my annual journey to Moab. My first drink was going to be in Amarillo Texas where we were waiting for some other friends to join up so we could caravan through New Mexico into Utah. We stopped at a steak house where I ordered deep fried mushrooms and was desperately craving a Stone IPA. I asked the bartender if they had such beer, to which she stated no and tried to sell me a local beer. After not having booze for 85 days or so I was set in what I wanted. She remembered she had a bottled beer with a dragon or something on it, after asking if I could see it I pleasantly ordered two (don’t worry, it was my turn to sit in the passenger seat). I ordered a third 🤪
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status quo...but I'll take it because my "skinny" jeans are a bit loose. I'm taking that as a win this week.

Having 2 delayed openings this week, I was able to run longer/do more in the mornings. School/work in general has been a bit...crazy, so putting that energy into something productive.

Sunday I'm going out to visit my dad - and he loves food. Will put in some extra work for those extra calories.

Happy Friday!
 
Well it's only been 3 weeks and I surpassed my initial goal of 15lbs that I wanted to achieve by the end of May. I was definitly afraid I didn't have the commitment to the diet portion to make this happen at all this time. I bumped up the goal to 25 lbs last week but looking back at photos from 7 years ago of myself 165lbs is a better weight target. Making the total 35 lbs of loss with the same target date of May. lifting and doing a high Intensity ride on the trainer has the weight just shedding off. I keep adding 5 additional minutes to each time I get on it and do my own timed intervals since it's only a cheap Magnetic one. Keep it going everyone!
 
Johnny Utah said:
I hear you. I have stopped going out to eat entirely, along with no booze…..it makes things a lot easier to drop weight. Having done this in the past, even if I allowed one cheat a week my focus would be on that cheat and I would be more susceptible to having multiple cheats. My thought this year is to just suck it up, it’s a 100 days (my diet plan), then I can start to insert things once the spring is here.
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Yeah, you are definitely right with this. This is my current experience. I dropped 10 of the 15+ I'm after by combining strict diet and exercise. Once I moderated and included cheats I have stayed static for about a week and a half now (started before everyone in early December). Granted I stabilized a little in the last 2 weeks and even err to the good side but fresh downward sustained movement has stalled. I'm also seeing progress gains in strength training so I know there is some muscle gain off setting. I can tell myself I can see a path to maintaining a weight. While thats nice (once I get to the goal) I'm learning the only way to move down further is another strict push on diet for a sustained period of time.

Eating light morning and lunch I've been increasingly hungrier at dinner and letting it slip there on eating more. Tuesday some coworkers noticed I lost weight. I turned that into an excuse to go out to eat on Wednesday at Chili's and eat an entire order of chips and queso plus the meal. Feeling guilty I rode the trainer for 2+ hours last night. Drinking has been reduced but is still a factor and throws off that evening's eating.

I need some better consistency for sure.
 
Great workout today, and on an empty stomach! Chest and core with some simple legs thrown in. Finished up with hill intervals on the recumbent bike.
1 min max effort / 165 HR
2 mins recovery / 127 HR
X 8 cycles

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Big salad for my first meal.
 
I think I can officially say the build back up from COVID phase is finished and now I have to get back to my regular workouts. I also have to stop the little cheats every day like the stupid candy bowl and cookies around the house its gonna catch up to me since my outdoor riding and miles/hours have been reduced.

The last week I have been having fruit with lunch instead of the stupid mini snickers (well more like 3-5 of them). Just making small changes here and there to not feel like I am really denying myself too much but I do have to get better at it.

I made up this interval workout on the fly to see how it would feel to get the HR going higher for a bit longer and I felt good. Back when I first started riding 10+ years ago, I bought a Fluid2 trainer watched and Youtube videos (pre zwift and strava), I did 3 months of indoor intervals following some videos with dudes from Australia or NZ and lost 25lbs from Jan - March. I would highly recommend intervals 2-3 times a week to anyone in this group as a way to get the most value in a short time.

Next week time to start adding in 1-2 days of off the bike workouts for sure - almost looking forward to it.

Great to see people making progress here. For those that might not be happy with their progress, don't worry about the scale too much just keep plugging away! Even changing one small habit or doing 30 minutes of exercise is a step in the right direction.

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2Julianas said:
It is amazing how quicky males can lose weight!!

I have not had any alcohol, sugar, grains or dairy since I started Jan 8, and I have lost ~1lb which is essentially a usual deviation if I weigh myself randomly without trying. I’ve been working out for at least 30 mins every day, including both cardio and strength. My body composition has shifted slightly with more muscle and less fat (2%) so that’s good at least. Will keep on keeping on!!
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Many women have trouble with holding on to too much fat but its been my experience at the gym that women make faster gains with weightlifting and put on muscle pretty quickly, so you could just be (and probably are) putting on muscle and using fat stores at an equal rate. Increasing cardio will probably increase the usage of fat stores.
 
cassinonorth said:
Always naked, always right after morning bathroom.
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While not a rule when checking the scale, I wear a little and morning activities are not a requirement. In fact I use the lack of those activities as a mental buffer for where I think I should be. Granted I don't think I can really #1 or #2 as much the allowance I have in my head but I like the possibility. This game is partly mental and thats where I have hope because I'm mental for sure🤪
 
cassinonorth said:
Starting Weight: 200.2 lbs, Goal Weight: 175 lbs Current Weight: 190.4 lbs (-9.8 lbs)

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My Wednesday-Saturday was -1.6 lbs so still a bit high, Not complaining though. Going to keep rolling with 2200...I feel flush with options to fill out my week. This week I had chipotle, a bagel with cream cheese, a buffalo chicken slice, and Lenny and Larry's cookies.

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And finally training plan which once again is quite green and my fitness level is slowly climbing upwards, for reference my CTL on race day will be 60 and at my peak 70.3 training I was over 100.

Working snowboarding in is a little complicated. It's a decent workout but not enough to take the whole day from training.


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@Patrick be like :thumbsup:

The rest of us ... 🥱
 
cassinonorth said:
Starting Weight: 200.2 lbs, Goal Weight: 175 lbs Current Weight: 190.4 lbs (-9.8 lbs)

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My Wednesday-Saturday was -1.6 lbs so still a bit high, Not complaining though. Going to keep rolling with 2200...I feel flush with options to fill out my week. This week I had chipotle, a bagel with cream cheese, a buffalo chicken slice, and Lenny and Larry's cookies.

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And finally training plan which once again is quite green and my fitness level is slowly climbing upwards, for reference my CTL on race day will be 60 and at my peak 70.3 training I was over 100.

Working snowboarding in is a little complicated. It's a decent workout but not enough to take the whole day from training.
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What Software are you using for to measure ctl?
 
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