From Fat to Fit 2025 - I Really Mean It This Time! (1 Viewer)

[Terminalxylem]

Blood work back. Back into the diabetic range with A1C so I have some work to do.

3/7/25 7.1
1/23/24 5.8
9/19/23. 5.8
6/22/23. 6.7
2/21/23. 6.3
10/26/22. 6.3
7/25/22. 6.3
4/27/21. 5.9
12/14/19. 5.7
5/22/19. 5.9
2/22/17 5.7

Just started the Metformin last night. The diarrhea should kick in soon.

That was a pretty big jump. My boss was hit with the same, and she was speaking with a different doctor who was shocked. The doctor said she tested glucose around the same time she got the A1C, and the numbers didn't seem to correlate. The other doctor now wants to do an independent testing of A1C as she feels there could have been a lab error. Hope you are able to get it under control.

Lab errors definitely happen. FWIW, A1c of 7.1 correlates to an average blood glucose of 157.

Easy enough to recheck though.

For sure. 7.1 is pretty high and also a big jump from a long stretch of testing for u. I wouldnt be toooooo concerned yet, but would want a retest for sure. I know those a1c results can really vary based on sugar intake leading up to it. For example. Prolly don't want to eat 8 boxes of pop tarts the night before the blood draw

One night of dietary indiscretion won’t hurt A1c, as it’s proportional to your average blood glucose over the lifespan of a red blood cell, about 120 days.

Interesting. Exactly the opposite of what my doctor specifically told me. He also said those numbers can spike and lower frequently depending on what u out into your body. The concern is when they obviously stay at those numbers.

For more context in my specific case. Also. I'm far from a doctor. When it comes to medical stuff I listen to them. I have had labs drawn every 6 months for decades. My a1c has always been at solid levels. Randomly a year ago it registered at the very bottom number of being prediabetic. He told me that these numbers can spike depending on what I put into my body the week or so leading up. Six months later I was back to normal. Who knows. Ha ha

A lab processing error is a much more plausible explanation.

 

[Nugget]

Could a lab processing error explain the large variance I am reading on my scale? Asking for a friend.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Could a lab processing error explain the large variance I am reading on my scale? Asking for a friend.

No, but flab processing could be your (buddy’s) problem.

 

[FarFromHome]

Could a lab processing error explain the large variance I am reading on my scale? Asking for a friend.

No, but flab processing could be your (buddy’s) problem.

I can handle this one Terminalxylem. Just zero your scale at minus 10. Ha ha

 

[Judge Smails]

Back under 200. Focus is on getting to 190. Wasn’t in the mood to cook last night so went and got a lettuce wrapped double char at The Habit. So good. Think it’s the best one out there. Get your burger fix without straying too far from the program. Can’t eat chicken and fish every day

 

[Judge Smails]

45 minutes with Kendall on Peloton, 40 minute walk, strength training, core and stretching. Good day yesterday. 198.2. Have 190 in my crosshairs then will see where I'm at. Man, I might have way underestimated "I only need to lose 20 so I'm not that bad". Maybe the charts weren't off at all. Could be that 180 is where I need to be. We'll see.

 

[Major]

Back under 200. Focus is on getting to 190. Wasn’t in the mood to cook last night so went and got a lettuce wrapped double char at The Habit. So good. Think it’s the best one out there. Get your burger fix without straying too far from the program. Can’t eat chicken and fish every day

Bison burgers are a glitch in the matrix. I actually prefer them to the beef variety - so lean and tender. Love the steaks as well

 

[Corporation]

How is everyone doing? I'm at 193 and have added a fair amount of calories back to my diet, probably up to about 1800 (up from around 1200 - 1300). Have nominal increased activity but not as much as I need to/would like to.

 

[belljr]

Not good. I have not got back on track since vacation and I'm mad. Don't care all the above

 

[Alex P Keaton]

How is everyone doing? I'm at 193 and have added a fair amount of calories back to my diet, probably up to about 1800 (up from around 1200 - 1300). Have nominal increased activity but not as much as I need to/would like to.

I had a 2-week lapse between vacation and work travel. Fortunately the damage was minimal because I was highly active. Back at it with healthier eating. Rehabbing some knee pain which is annoying.


Good to see you checking in here!

 

[Mister CIA]

Still grinding away. Weight still the same.

Added cardio (step mill) last week, finally. Just doing 30 minutes routines in the evening (4x week) and tracking floors climbed. In a span of four days i ramped up floor count from 92 to 127. Goal is to hit 200 floors in 30 minutes (months away from target, if i can even hit it).

No appreciable weight loss yet, but improved sleep has been niiiiice. Let's hope it keeps up.

Fighting urge to go buy new fitness watch and ring.

 

[Corporation]

Not good. I have not got back on track since vacation and I'm mad. Don't care all the above

It's super easy to get down on yourself when you "mess up". But really it is just an opportunity to do the next right thing. Better eating, more activity and you will be right back on track.

 

[MAC_32]

How is everyone doing? I'm at 193 and have added a fair amount of calories back to my diet, probably up to about 1800 (up from around 1200 - 1300). Have nominal increased activity but not as much as I need to/would like to.

Not great, Bob.

I was on a forward trajectory deep into March, but my body started being unhappy as coaching responsibilities ramped up, then despite taking the foot off the gas on running (14 mi in a week, had been averaging ~25) strained my calf. Tried to restart after a week off, but felt it tightening up a quarter mile in and bagged it. I was able to do a bit today (10 mins of stairs, 10 mins on the track), but that was my first run in 18 days. While I pivoted okay for exercise purposes (eight gym sessions), I've done very poorly elsewhere- I just lose my discipline too easily when I can't run. I sleep less, am more stressed, then make worse diet decisions, and I can feel it in my clothes.

Positive spin, strength gains have been real, so maybe I can re-find my stride and turn some of this fat into muscle.

 

[Corporation]

How is everyone doing? I'm at 193 and have added a fair amount of calories back to my diet, probably up to about 1800 (up from around 1200 - 1300). Have nominal increased activity but not as much as I need to/would like to.

Not great, Bob.

I was on a forward trajectory deep into March, but my body started being unhappy as coaching responsibilities ramped up, then despite taking the foot off the gas on running (14 mi in a week, had been averaging ~25) strained my calf. Tried to restart after a week off, but felt it tightening up a quarter mile in and bagged it. I was able to do a bit today (10 mins of stairs, 10 mins on the track), but that was my first run in 18 days. While I pivoted okay for exercise purposes (eight gym sessions), I've done very poorly elsewhere- I just lose my discipline too easily when I can't run. I sleep less, am more stressed, then make worse diet decisions, and I can feel it in my clothes.

Positive spin, strength gains have been real, so maybe I can re-find my stride and turn some of this fat into muscle.

Well at least you know what's going on, and that way you can fix it. Diet is 80% of fitness so any improvements there combined with your activity is likely to show some results fairly quickly.

 

[MAC_32]

Well at least you know what's going on, and that way you can fix it. Diet is 80% of fitness so any improvements there combined with your activity is likely to show some results fairly quickly.

Yep, I also think this latest setback was the shove I needed to make some sustainable changes and pivot away from what I want to do. I did everything (okay, most things) right this winter to both get and stay healthy. I was more consistent in the gym, focusing on the right areas and not vanity, spent much less time on my feet when not exercising, regular massages, never (okay, rarely) running with much effort. Despite all that, still couldn't avoid an injury.

I'm both going to cut back on coaching starting mid-May and begin to introduce other forms of cardio than running. The days of 40 miles ran / week, 20K+ steps / day, coaching 1-2 teams, and 2-3 lifting sessions / week are just no more.

 

[Major]

Still grinding away. Weight still the same.

Added cardio (step mill) last week, finally. Just doing 30 minutes routines in the evening (4x week) and tracking floors climbed. In a span of four days i ramped up floor count from 92 to 127. Goal is to hit 200 floors in 30 minutes (months away from target, if i can even hit it).

No appreciable weight loss yet, but improved sleep has been niiiiice. Let's hope it keeps up.

Fighting urge to go buy new fitness watch and ring.

I'm a stepmill guy as well. Only gym cardio that really breaks a sweat for me. While you may not be necessarily "losing weight", you're definitely building muscle and losing fat on that machine. Love it what it does for the quads and hammys.

 

[3C's]

Trying to get to 170, which would be the lowest weight in many decades, but I'm stuck around 175. I'll get there though.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Trying to get to 170, which would be the lowest weight in many decades, but I'm stuck around 175. I'll get there though.

Also a 170 lb-er. Currently in the low 180s after a winter of cultivating mass and heavy weights. Changing up the diet and workouts to get back into fighting weight. This transition always sucks. More salads, more cardio, more calorie tracking. Nobody said being this beautiful would be easy

 

[Mister CIA]

I'm a stepmill guy as well. Only gym cardio that really breaks a sweat for me. While you may not be necessarily "losing weight", you're definitely building muscle and losing fat on that machine. Love it what it does for the quads and hammys.

Have you ever run actual stadium steps? It's a strength building exercise to say the least. Would love to do again but I don't have any convenient options ... I really should look though.

 

[Major]

I'm a stepmill guy as well. Only gym cardio that really breaks a sweat for me. While you may not be necessarily "losing weight", you're definitely building muscle and losing fat on that machine. Love it what it does for the quads and hammys.

Have you ever run actual stadium steps? It's a strength building exercise to say the least. Would love to do again but I don't have any convenient options ... I really should look though.

One of my favorite workouts during my younger athlete years. I still do them when the various stadiums around Rice University are open. I really enjoy steps and climbing workouts much more than long distance running. When I lived on the 25th floor in NYC, I'd occasionally walk up the stairs when I knew I didn't have time to hit the gym.

 

[Corporation]

I'm a stepmill guy as well. Only gym cardio that really breaks a sweat for me. While you may not be necessarily "losing weight", you're definitely building muscle and losing fat on that machine. Love it what it does for the quads and hammys.

Have you ever run actual stadium steps? It's a strength building exercise to say the least. Would love to do again but I don't have any convenient options ... I really should look though.

Sometimes I will do the stairs in my office, 15 flights. To say I'm exhausted by the time I get there is an understatement. I find real life steps are way more tiring than the machines.

 

[Mister CIA]

I'm a stepmill guy as well. Only gym cardio that really breaks a sweat for me. While you may not be necessarily "losing weight", you're definitely building muscle and losing fat on that machine. Love it what it does for the quads and hammys.

Have you ever run actual stadium steps? It's a strength building exercise to say the least. Would love to do again but I don't have any convenient options ... I really should look though.

Sometimes I will do the stairs in my office, 15 flights. To say I'm exhausted by the time I get there is an understatement. I find real life steps are way more tiring than the machines.

Used to hit this place up Mon-Fri at 6:00 am back in the day. There were probably about 30-40 of us who cycled through there in that hour of the morning. Memory is fuzzy, but I recall it took about 30 minutes to zig zag along the bottom half of the U, and back. Running the upper-half was flirting with death. The rise in slope for the upper half might not look like much, but I can assure you that it is. I completed it once, barely.

And then finish with wind sprints - me and Walter Payton's ghost. Good times.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I've lost 8 pounds in the last 3 weeks

 

[Corporation]

I've lost 8 pounds in the last 3 weeks

Great job! That's a good steady pace. What are you doing to get the results?

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I'm sticking to a 2,000 calorie/per day diet (but it's usually just a little under anywhere from the 1,700-1,900 range) and drinking more water. I am trying to get up more often and I did some pushups and jumping jacks.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I'm also writing everything I eat down (and how many calories) which probably helps from going over.

 

[Major]

I'm sticking to a 2,000 calorie/per day diet (but it's usually just a little under anywhere from the 1,700-1,900 range) and drinking more water. I am trying to get up more often and I did some pushups and jumping jacks.

Sounds like a good plan just don't forget those steps. Walking is the easiest and more enjoyable forms of cardio you can do. I highly recommend it to anyone just getting started with working out and movement in general. Try to start with at least 5k steps daily and eventually bump it up to 10-15k range. Most smart phones track this feature.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

I'm also writing everything I eat down (and how many calories) which probably helps from going over.

This is key to effective weight loss imo. You can't outrun, outlift, outanything a bad diet especially as we age. I used my fitness pal for this for a long time, but in the last few years changed to an app called chronometer. Much easier app to maintain accurate calories in. Add to this a smart watch to track calories out and you can really dial everything in.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

I'm sticking to a 2,000 calorie/per day diet (but it's usually just a little under anywhere from the 1,700-1,900 range) and drinking more water. I am trying to get up more often and I did some pushups and jumping jacks.

Sounds like a good plan just don't forget those steps. Walking is the easiest and more enjoyable forms of cardio you can do. I highly recommend it to anyone just getting started with working out and movement in general. Try to start with at least 5k steps daily and eventually bump it up to 10-15k range. Most smart phones track this feature.

This. Pound for pound you can't beat walking. Low impact high result movement. Criminally underrated. I take a 2mi walk first thing every morning no excuses. It's a nice warmup for a workout after or good enough on its own if the day is busy and i have to miss other workouts.

 

[3C's]

Trying to get to 170, which would be the lowest weight in many decades, but I'm stuck around 175. I'll get there though.

I know they're not entirely accurate and can vary depending on hydration level, but my "smart" scale (body impedance) says my body fat % is down 4 points from earlier this year and muscle % is up a couple of points. Getting closer to 170 too. Just might make it "soon"

 

[Judge Smails]

I'm sticking to a 2,000 calorie/per day diet (but it's usually just a little under anywhere from the 1,700-1,900 range) and drinking more water. I am trying to get up more often and I did some pushups and jumping jacks.

Sounds like a good plan just don't forget those steps. Walking is the easiest and more enjoyable forms of cardio you can do. I highly recommend it to anyone just getting started with working out and movement in general. Try to start with at least 5k steps daily and eventually bump it up to 10-15k range. Most smart phones track this feature.

This. Pound for pound you can't beat walking. Low impact high result movement. Criminally underrated. I take a 2mi walk first thing every morning no excuses. It's a nice warmup for a workout after or good enough on its own if the day is busy and i have to miss other workouts.

When I moved into our development 20+ years ago we had many original homeowners. Many of them elderly. We used to walk our dog and see couples and singles out walking every single day. Moving. Guess what? Not a single one of them were out of shape. Nobody was limping. All had a good gait. Many in their 70's/80's. They were our inspiration and now it's us every day. Same thing as golf. Never see players who walk every day out of shape. I walk every chance I get. When I retire I want to be able to walk everywhere when traveling and be healthy enough to enjoy it.

 

[Major]

I'm sticking to a 2,000 calorie/per day diet (but it's usually just a little under anywhere from the 1,700-1,900 range) and drinking more water. I am trying to get up more often and I did some pushups and jumping jacks.

Sounds like a good plan just don't forget those steps. Walking is the easiest and more enjoyable forms of cardio you can do. I highly recommend it to anyone just getting started with working out and movement in general. Try to start with at least 5k steps daily and eventually bump it up to 10-15k range. Most smart phones track this feature.

This. Pound for pound you can't beat walking. Low impact high result movement. Criminally underrated. I take a 2mi walk first thing every morning no excuses. It's a nice warmup for a workout after or good enough on its own if the day is busy and i have to miss other workouts.

When I moved into our development 20+ years ago we had many original homeowners. Many of them elderly. We used to walk our dog and see couples and singles out walking every single day. Moving. Guess what? Not a single one of them were out of shape. Nobody was limping. All had a good gait. Many in their 70's/80's. They were our inspiration and now it's us every day. Same thing as golf. Never see players who walk every day out of shape. I walk every chance I get. When I retire I want to be able to walk everywhere when traveling and be healthy enough to enjoy it.

Another cheat code I use for extra steps is taking parking spots furthest away from the store/venue. Not only does your car not get dinged but you're forced to burn a few extra calories.

 

[Instinctive]

Just checking in as I return to work. During parental leave, I went from 215 to maintaining at 195 for about a month straight now.

Think I'm gonna change jobs. Never waking up stressed at 4am and always going to bed before midnight have been major gamechangers. Add in an hour of physical activity every day without really having to try hard to fit it in...idk if I can go back lol

 

[Terminalxylem]

I'm a stepmill guy as well. Only gym cardio that really breaks a sweat for me. While you may not be necessarily "losing weight", you're definitely building muscle and losing fat on that machine. Love it what it does for the quads and hammys.

Have you ever run actual stadium steps? It's a strength building exercise to say the least. Would love to do again but I don't have any convenient options ... I really should look though.

One of my favorite workouts during my younger athlete years. I still do them when the various stadiums around Rice University are open. I really enjoy steps and climbing workouts much more than long distance running. When I lived on the 25th floor in NYC, I'd occasionally walk up the stairs when I knew I didn't have time to hit the gym.

You should try gym climbing. Such a good mix of strength, balance, and flexibility. And you can make it a decent cardiovascular work out, too.

Or if you really want a physical challenge, try actual mountain climbing. Even though I didn’t make the summit, climbing Denali was the hardest thing I’ve done in my life.

 

[Terminalxylem]

I'm sticking to a 2,000 calorie/per day diet (but it's usually just a little under anywhere from the 1,700-1,900 range) and drinking more water. I am trying to get up more often and I did some pushups and jumping jacks.

Sounds like a good plan just don't forget those steps. Walking is the easiest and more enjoyable forms of cardio you can do. I highly recommend it to anyone just getting started with working out and movement in general. Try to start with at least 5k steps daily and eventually bump it up to 10-15k range. Most smart phones track this feature.

This. Pound for pound you can't beat walking. Low impact high result movement. Criminally underrated. I take a 2mi walk first thing every morning no excuses. It's a nice warmup for a workout after or good enough on its own if the day is busy and i have to miss other workouts.

Agree

It’s not as efficient as running, but far easier on the joints. I try to go 4-5 miles/day, typically with ~800 feet elevation gain.

 

[3C's]

Trying to get to 170, which would be the lowest weight in many decades, but I'm stuck around 175. I'll get there though.

I know they're not entirely accurate and can vary depending on hydration level, but my "smart" scale (body impedance) says my body fat % is down 4 points from earlier this year and muscle % is up a couple of points. Getting closer to 170 too. Just might make it "soon"

172.6 this morning; 170 squarely in my sites by the end of the month.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

How is everyone doing? I'm at 193 and have added a fair amount of calories back to my diet, probably up to about 1800 (up from around 1200 - 1300). Have nominal increased activity but not as much as I need to/would like to.

I had a 2-week lapse between vacation and work travel. Fortunately the damage was minimal because I was highly active. Back at it with healthier eating. Rehabbing some knee pain which is annoying.


Good to see you checking in here!

Ok, and a week later I’m struggling. Gotta just stick to the plan. Knee pain is improving, my food habits are NOT!

Too much junk food in my house. Even worse was a 2-day visit to my parents. They eat like 1980s teenagers. Just awful food habits up in Wisconsin.

 

[odin33]

Struggled through the winter trading small gains with small losses, but have picked up the losing trend the last 6 weeks. Closing in on sub 250lbs, 250.8 this morning, and 110 lbs. down (248) is close. Down to mid college year weight which is a LONG time ago for this mid 40s guy.

Hit 30% body weight loss this week which just seems preposterous. Going to need to start shopping for jeans that start with a 3... far cry from when I was close to buying ones starting with 5.