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Website to track food and excercise. Helped a bunch of us out the first go-round.MyFitnessPalWhat is "Fitness Pal"
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 278
Goal Weight: 230
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Oh, and after workout this AM....I can't lift my hands above my head.
Now's the time, man. Head into spring/summer next year and reap the rewards.
I always laugh at the whole idea of starting a diet after New Years when its freezing out and you're stuffed in a packed gym with a whole bunch of overweight people also starting their new diet. Shocking that most people fail. Start a new diet at the start of spring when you can get outside during much longer and warmer days and do some hiking or running or biking or whatever that doesn't involve you being trapped in a hot, cramped, smelly room. A 3 month spring diet would be ideal.
Why? Are there "good" times to get healthy vs "bad" times?
Get ahead of the game and you won't struggle as much come January. As a general rule I advise my clients to not get discouraged if they don't make progress during this 6 week stretch but with proper planning you can at least maintain and get to January several steps ahead of most others. I eat like #### this time of year like everyone else, but I also make sure not to skip ANY of my workouts either. Running a 5k Thanksgiving morning, looking at a couple of other early December too. Workout in the morning, endulge without guilt later.
Noted.
Has to be a lot of falsehoods being peddled over there. "Sure, I lost 4%"
Not so much an excuse as it is an unavoidable change in surroundings, options, and temptations. Indulgences that I choose to partake in (extra drinking, cigars with dad/brother/my run through Napa last week/etc.)Holidays for me mean a lot of travel, a lot of entertaining for business, a lot of extra socializing with friends, guests in our home.
Damn man, didnt you win last year's competition?
I have had a great run so far. Down from 267.....but if I do not hit goal or bloat back up then all is for nothing. Not sure who won what. To win this one I am going to need to kick some really serious ###. Time to shoot for Junior High weight
It is not hard if you don't let it be hard. Busier time of year, doesn't mean cutting out exercise is the solution.
Didn't say it was hard... I said it was harder. This isn't really arguable for my situation, of course every situation is different (was never an issue prior to family and career advancement). I don't think I ever suggested cutting out exercise was a solution.
It is not hard if you don't let it be hard...........
IF it was easy we would all be skinny. Exercise is not even remotely the problem. My problem is eating. No one tries to stuff Turkey down my face in MArch. Halloween is full of Candy. Christmas is brutal with family parties, work parties, friends parties. Blah blah blah. New Years=Booze.
I got down to 270 and am holding steady for time being. A combo of flu that ran through the family and my lack of will power for some sweets here in the house at Christmas have stalled me. I'm back on my feet and have learned quickly how different I feel when I work out vs when I don't. Once my wife is back on her feet, I'm back at the gym 6 days a week.What is "Fitness Pal"
Keep at it. There are times you will fall off the wagon. We all have. You just have to keep going.I got down to 270 and am holding steady for time being. A combo of flu that ran through the family and my lack of will power for some sweets here in the house at Christmas have stalled me. I'm back on my feet and have learned quickly how different I feel when I work out vs when I don't. Once my wife is back on her feet, I'm back at the gym 6 days a week.What is "Fitness Pal"
Until you hit your goal weight, for some it lasts until spring, others summer or fall. Some of us... well we are still here.
I gave up all sweets until February not just because it will benefit me greatly in losing weight, but because sweets are my greatest weakness. I cut them out during the holidays because it is the hardest time of the year to avoid sweets. I am an all or nothing guy, and this test of wills is the motivation I need to get past all of this... I set my end date as Super Bowl sunday. After that I will strictly limit my sweets, maybe by then I won't crave them anymore.It is not hard if you don't let it be hard...........
This time of year might not be "Harder" But it is much more challenging. I wish I had your will power... This is EZ because i say it is
Oh I get it. What I have trouble with is the notion that everyday between November and early January should be conceded along with those days where we deservedly indulge. Believe me, I have been eating more since Thanksgiving and certainly drinking more, but I also have missed only two workouts. And, while my caloric intake has increased (most likely due to increased red wine intake), the overwhelming majority of my food choices on the non party days (and even on the party days) are still of the very healthy variety.I just think we can do better and "this time of year" is not an excuse to let everything go to heck.
I've learned a valuable lesson already...that is, I need to exercise. Whether I lose another pound or not, I need to be active. That 45 minutes a day does a lot for me.Keep at it. There are times you will fall off the wagon. We all have. You just have to keep going.I got down to 270 and am holding steady for time being. A combo of flu that ran through the family and my lack of will power for some sweets here in the house at Christmas have stalled me. I'm back on my feet and have learned quickly how different I feel when I work out vs when I don't. Once my wife is back on her feet, I'm back at the gym 6 days a week.What is "Fitness Pal"
I have zero will power, wrote much earlier that I eat like #### this time of year. I make sure not to miss a workout though, ever. Exercise 6x week this time of year and you won't gain. You won't lose if you eat/drink terribly, but you won't regress either. Find an hour in your day to do good for your body so you can spend the other 15 hours doing lousy things to it.Weight myself every year the day before Thanksgiving and take my body fat measurement too. Re-evaluate twice during the holidays with the goal being on January 2 I am the same as I was the day before Thanksgiving. Clean up diet, keep exercising, and will be in good shape by the time summer rolls around...
Yes, and the day I decided this my wife returned home with two boxes of Christmas cookies and made a banana cream pie. She was then mad at me when I refused even a taste. I think my wife may secretly want me fat or just hates me.
Takes will power to go to the gym six times a week. Give yourself credit you have will power. Gained 17 pounds from August until Thanksgiving. Freaked me out how easily the weight went back on. First my diet went to crap but my workouts were still OK. Then i quit doing my workouts and kept eating like crap. Very bad combination. I am glad i caught it when I did. Working out again, eating good and hoping to keep the losing trend throughout Christmas. Sounds like a great plan you have. Keep it up
Gotcha.I thought given the thread title that is was a new competition of some sort.
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like I do every year, then end up not bothering and gaining a few more pounds. 
