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Clearly I’ve followed your nutrition story for too long, because I read the first sentence and thought “doesn’t Corporation typically see weight fluctuations on day 2 following a big meal?” Lol.
Day 1.
You can do it. I bought 2 pairs of jeans yesterday for the first time in I don’t know how long. When I started in March, I could barely get in to 38” waist pants. I tried 32’s yesterday, and they were shockingly comfortable at the waist, but a little tight in the thighs. Walked out with 33’s.
This is such an awesome plan! Yes, after 3-4 days for me the hunger subsides. I just look at my belly and say "Clearly I will not starve to death"
That is remarkable!
Fantastic start! Water is always something I need to add. If it makes you feel better about your diet soda consumption, mine is usually around 100 oz per dayWeek 1 in the books. Overall pretty happy. I need to make time to move a little more. With my back I dont want to overdo it too soon. Played golf and walked a little and did my stretches almost daily. Got one small kettlebell workout in.
Drank more water than normal but still not enough. My next thing I need to tackle is cutting out diet soda, I have 14-21oz pretty regularly, (we buy the mini 7oz cans)
But it just quenches that sweets craving i have. Also still getting cravings at night, I miss having a glass of milk.
I also need to track my calories closer. I would know about what I would have but knew anything else didnt have carbs so didnt bother. I'm sure I went above my caloric limit a few times.
All that being said.
12/30 234
1/6 228.4 - I'll take it
In my slim defense, I don't drink coffee or alcohol.
I don't drink alcohol really. Just if out maybe one or two golfing but do drink coffee in the morning sometimes in the afternoon.Fantastic start! Water is always something I need to add. If it makes you feel better about your diet soda consumption, mine is usually around 100 oz per dayWeek 1 in the books. Overall pretty happy. I need to make time to move a little more. With my back I dont want to overdo it too soon. Played golf and walked a little and did my stretches almost daily. Got one small kettlebell workout in.
Drank more water than normal but still not enough. My next thing I need to tackle is cutting out diet soda, I have 14-21oz pretty regularly, (we buy the mini 7oz cans)
But it just quenches that sweets craving i have. Also still getting cravings at night, I miss having a glass of milk.
I also need to track my calories closer. I would know about what I would have but knew anything else didnt have carbs so didnt bother. I'm sure I went above my caloric limit a few times.
All that being said.
12/30 234
1/6 228.4 - I'll take it
The reason I stick to this plan I have is because I'm terrible at estimating calories. I know how much (approximately) is in my chipotle bowl and whats in the chicken breast and corepower shake. Things that seem like they wouldn't be calorie intensive will shock me with how much they have.
Keep it up!
Awesome plan!
Thanks for the heads up on Caroline, I will check it out! The nutrition plan is so critical if you are looking for weight loss (sounds like you might not be in bad shape though with the level of activity you've had). A physician told me "You can't outwork a bad diet". Now a fringe few can (Michael Phelps level eating - workout) but for most folks it is really difficult. I have real life friends who say they don't understand why they aren't losing when they are calorie negative on the day. I've tried telling them they are underestimating what they are eating, and these apps are giving them way too much credit for calories burned. If you are truly calorie negative, you aren't going to last long.
I don’t need to lose weight. I need to displace it.
I’m usually good at breakfast (bowl of fruit or cheerios) but then it goes downhill. I have to get better at this and I’m hoping that my personal goal of martial arts will give me the will power.
It all adds up!Im counting the little bit of snow i had to shovel as exercise damnit.
Maybe ill stretch later
I'm gonna enjoy the hell out of the next 9 years with teenage snow blowers. A rude awakening is gonna smack me across the face at the end of it though.Im counting the little bit of snow i had to shovel as exercise damnit.
Maybe ill stretch later
Yep I didn't buy a snow blower until my son left homeI'm gonna enjoy the hell out of the next 9 years with teenage snow blowers. A rude awakening is gonna smack me across the face at the end of it though.Im counting the little bit of snow i had to shovel as exercise damnit.
Maybe ill stretch later
| Date | Weight | Chg From Start | Weekly Loss | Calories |
| Dec 7 | 234.1 | - | - | Way too many |
| Jan 1 | 223.1 | 11.0 | - | 1260 |
| Jan 2 | 222.0 | 12.1 | - | 1300 |
| Jan 3 | 221.4 | 12.7 | - | 1380 |
| Jan 4 | 220.0 | 14.1 | - | 2800 |
| Jan 5 | 219.1 | 15.0 | - | 1330 |
| Jan 6 | 218.8 | 15.3 | - | 1450 |
| Jan 7 | 219.1 | 15.0 | - |
I was able to cut this today and run for 50 mins despite operating on a relatively small dinner last night- turkey meatloaf, sprouts, and kraut (and chocolate of course).
I haven't played ball since the pandemic, and I've had my back issues 3 times since then. I really miss it but I'm not sure at 51 how much I really ought to think about it. I'm sure I'll see a play that I could make a decade ago and think I can still do it, then end up with a popped Achilles (which I saw 3 times with guys I used to play with).
Well, I probably shouldn’t be playing anymore either as 50 is rapidly approaching (less than 3 months away). The group I play with is all old guys like me, and that helps to right-size my behavior…..
How did you settle on those ratios?
I’m basically ignoring today’s weigh in and assuming it is due to massive dehydration. (Which isn’t a good thing) Way too big of a drop, expect it to bounce back up tomorrow. Unless I somehow dropped 2.3 lbs again yesterday, which to my math is impossible.
You're within the generally accepted ranges- standard guidance, just ensure healthy fats and avoid simple carbs.
A friend told me to shoot for 30/30/40 and I thought I was pretty close until I just did the calculation. Didn’t realize I was as high on carbs as I was and low on fats.
Not be constantly stressed and overweight. Would love to regain some of the energy - libido and just general energy - I had 5-10 years ago. And, ultimately, for people who knew me back when I was very athletic and fit to not judge me for letting myself go like I have.
Absolutely! This is all an iterative process and you can take it in stages. I'm looking to get my weight in a range first, then add calories and extra activity. I think that will be better for my joint health, as it probably isn't good for a 220 pound man to be running on concrete. Keep it up!
So this is one of my arguments for daily weighing with a long term perspective. Let's say you have a bump back tomorrow of up 1.2 pounds. You would look at a 2 day loss of 1.1 pounds as good. If you weigh only weekly and the day of the big drop was your data point, you might be setting up for a disappointment when you weigh a week later, and that "normalization" bump up of 1.2 "decreases" the amount of weight you lost that next week. You may think I did all the right things but didn't see the results. And vice versa of course.
| Date | Weight | Chg From Start | Weekly Loss | Calories |
| Dec 7 | 234.1 | - | - | Way too many |
| Jan 1 | 223.1 | 11.0 | - | 1260 |
| Jan 2 | 222.0 | 12.1 | - | 1300 |
| Jan 3 | 221.4 | 12.7 | - | 1380 |
| Jan 4 | 220.0 | 14.1 | - | 2800 |
| Jan 5 | 219.1 | 15.0 | - | 1330 |
| Jan 6 | 218.8 | 15.3 | - | 1450 |
| Jan 7 | 219.1 | 15.0 | - | 1300 |
| Jan 8 | 218.7 | 15.4 | 4.4 |
As a math/stats guy, I see it exactly the same way. Fully expect that I’ll be up 1-1.5 lbs tomorrow vs today. But 30-45 days from now if I plotted my weight on a chart, today’s number would just be random noise.
Very consistent approach and execution of your plan. Consistency leads to progress. Thanks for being a good role model of how this all works.
I'm curious where this is coming from. Do you have a reference?
There's a complex answer to corp's inquiry, but I've found over the years that complex answers don't correlate with sustained success. KISS is a must in any health plan as humans are very unlikely to sustain habits they don't enjoy / requires them to expend a large amount of mental energy executing. Are his protein macros a little high? Yeah, but is there reason for concern as long as it's not filled with fried meats, beef, brats, heavily processed foods, etc? Standard operating procedure, consult with your doctor, but I'd need convinced. If this is something sustainable, he sees results, and his doc signs off on it, go for it.
I took the grams of each one, added them all up, then divided each category by the total. I was surprised fats were low but not surprised by the protein, as the Corepower shake gives 26g of protein with only 170 calories. Seems to help me feel full and sustained until my biggest meal at lunch.
No problem in dress shoes and khakis | Date | Weight | Chg From Start | Weekly Loss | Calories |
| Dec 7 | 234.1 | - | - | Way too many |
| Jan 1 | 223.1 | 11.0 | - | 1260 |
| Jan 8 | 218.7 | 15.4 | 4.4 | Week avg 1546 |
| Jan 9 | 218.1 | 16.0 | - |
