Otis fad diet thread — yoga, fasting, and kevzilla walking on🚶‍♂️ (2 Viewers)

[DA RAIDERS]

Ok.... so, I got my fat rear to the gym today.

It has been my next goal step that I wanted to do. It is a little hard to figure out a good time because the only real 'good' time for schedule and life is early morning and I am very much not a morning person. Even when I was healthy as a kid, trying to consistently wake up early to work out never worked.

But then I am sitting here and go into this thread and I am thinking.... ok, there is no schedule issue for me going now.... so what is your excuse? So, I got up and went.

The plan was to get a 'light' workout in just to basically get back. It started out decently but by the end of the workout, my arms were basically at muscle failure. Apparently I don't know how not to push myself when I am working out (I guess that is a good thing as long as I consistently go).

It has been a while since I have been in the gym really and I have seen a hundred plus of those "Joey Swoll" videos. I am naturally a people watcher and when I am working out there isn't much to do with yourself but people watch.... but I know that is creepy. It hasn't been a problem much in the past because the majority of the people at my gym are elderly (meaning even older than me) so I am self conscious about happening to glance over at them or looking in their general direction. I just don't think Grandma is going to turn on me and accuse me of creeping on her. However, I go in and there is a very fit, very attractive Asian girl (I have a weakness for Asians) wearing basically a bra and yoga pants working out on a machine doing hip thrusts that is just a little over to the right of where looking straight from my machines would be. I think the harder part of the workout was trying to look anywhere else other than in her direction. Awkward. For me.

So, one down.... now to make it a habit. Tomorow will be challenging to figure out a time to go but I want to make it a priority.

I can’t stress this enough. Don’t hurt yourself. Go light. Stop early. Do one set less. Don’t listen to that 25 year old inside of you. Wait until at least a month of regularly working out before you start pushing the envelope. You really don’t want to hurt yourself. It’s easy to do and the set back is really hard to overcome.

Signed a guy that hurt himself over and over until I got a personal trainer to stop my dumb *** from hurting myself.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Not too far behind you @GregR down 40 pounds. About another.... damn, like 120 to go. I just looked up 6'1'' in "ideal" weight and I was surprised to see it at 188. That seems like too skinny to me but maybe I can gain some muscle and just focus on the BMI when I start getting into the low 200's.

“ Too skinny” is subjective, of course, but 188 is a BMI 24.8.

At your height, I see an ideal weight range between 164-189, using several different estimates.

 

[Chadstroma]

Ok.... so, I got my fat rear to the gym today.

It has been my next goal step that I wanted to do. It is a little hard to figure out a good time because the only real 'good' time for schedule and life is early morning and I am very much not a morning person. Even when I was healthy as a kid, trying to consistently wake up early to work out never worked.

But then I am sitting here and go into this thread and I am thinking.... ok, there is no schedule issue for me going now.... so what is your excuse? So, I got up and went.

The plan was to get a 'light' workout in just to basically get back. It started out decently but by the end of the workout, my arms were basically at muscle failure. Apparently I don't know how not to push myself when I am working out (I guess that is a good thing as long as I consistently go).

It has been a while since I have been in the gym really and I have seen a hundred plus of those "Joey Swoll" videos. I am naturally a people watcher and when I am working out there isn't much to do with yourself but people watch.... but I know that is creepy. It hasn't been a problem much in the past because the majority of the people at my gym are elderly (meaning even older than me) so I am self conscious about happening to glance over at them or looking in their general direction. I just don't think Grandma is going to turn on me and accuse me of creeping on her. However, I go in and there is a very fit, very attractive Asian girl (I have a weakness for Asians) wearing basically a bra and yoga pants working out on a machine doing hip thrusts that is just a little over to the right of where looking straight from my machines would be. I think the harder part of the workout was trying to look anywhere else other than in her direction. Awkward. For me.

So, one down.... now to make it a habit. Tomorow will be challenging to figure out a time to go but I want to make it a priority.

I can’t stress this enough. Don’t hurt yourself. Go light. Stop early. Do one set less. Don’t listen to that 25 year old inside of you. Wait until at least a month of regularly working out before you start pushing the envelope. You really don’t want to hurt yourself. It’s easy to do and the set back is really hard to overcome.

Signed a guy that hurt himself over and over until I got a personal trainer to stop my dumb *** from hurting myself.

I know... I started off well enough but by the time I got to the curls I was getting close to muscle failure. The press was hard but pushed through. I am a little sore today but not too bad. But yes, I know, a big reason why I like swim is that injury risk is minimal (as long as you don't drown).

 

[Chadstroma]

Not too far behind you @GregR down 40 pounds. About another.... damn, like 120 to go. I just looked up 6'1'' in "ideal" weight and I was surprised to see it at 188. That seems like too skinny to me but maybe I can gain some muscle and just focus on the BMI when I start getting into the low 200's.

“ Too skinny” is subjective, of course, but 188 is a BMI 24.8.

At your height, I see an ideal weight range between 164-189, using several different estimates.

Yea, when I looked it up 6'1'' it says 188..... I don't think I have been 188 since Jr High.... and I was a very lean, athletic kid. I am thinking 200 is prob good for me but that is still 100 lbs to go. And if I get down the low then I will be pretty active so if I add muscle and my BMI is low then I am not worrying about it. We will see when I get there.

 

[Chadstroma]

3 honey even.

I can no longer say "north of 300".... and soon should be able to say "less than 300".

Has anyone else dealt with constipation when losing weight? I really normally have never had constipation but since I have really been dropping the pounds it has not been as regular. I have been taking extra fiber/prebiotic chews but that doesn't seem to have helped much. I took some stool softener last night. Did my business today and then I went to weight myself after because I was like.... that had to be dropping some weight.... sure enough... 2 pounds from yesterday.

 

[Battersbox]

3 honey even.

I can no longer say "north of 300".... and soon should be able to say "less than 300".

Has anyone else dealt with constipation when losing weight? I really normally have never had constipation but since I have really been dropping the pounds it has not been as regular. I have been taking extra fiber/prebiotic chews but that doesn't seem to have helped much. I took some stool softener last night. Did my business today and then I went to weight myself after because I was like.... that had to be dropping some weight.... sure enough... 2 pounds from yesterday.

Since I've been on Semaglutide yes, definitely. I've found a nice big glass of Metamucil before bed regulates it pretty well though. Metamucil is a wonder product as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Chadstroma]

3 honey even.

I can no longer say "north of 300".... and soon should be able to say "less than 300".

Has anyone else dealt with constipation when losing weight? I really normally have never had constipation but since I have really been dropping the pounds it has not been as regular. I have been taking extra fiber/prebiotic chews but that doesn't seem to have helped much. I took some stool softener last night. Did my business today and then I went to weight myself after because I was like.... that had to be dropping some weight.... sure enough... 2 pounds from yesterday.

Since I've been on Semaglutide yes, definitely. I've found a nice big glass of Metamucil before bed regulates it pretty well though. Metamucil is a wonder product as far as I'm concerned.

I might be forced to do that.... I really haven't liked Metamucil in the past but dang man.... this aggression will not stand man

 

[Battersbox]

3 honey even.

I can no longer say "north of 300".... and soon should be able to say "less than 300".

Has anyone else dealt with constipation when losing weight? I really normally have never had constipation but since I have really been dropping the pounds it has not been as regular. I have been taking extra fiber/prebiotic chews but that doesn't seem to have helped much. I took some stool softener last night. Did my business today and then I went to weight myself after because I was like.... that had to be dropping some weight.... sure enough... 2 pounds from yesterday.

Since I've been on Semaglutide yes, definitely. I've found a nice big glass of Metamucil before bed regulates it pretty well though. Metamucil is a wonder product as far as I'm concerned.

I might be forced to do that.... I really haven't liked Metamucil in the past but dang man.... this aggression will not stand man

I highly recommend. 8-10 oz glass of water, stir it in quickly, drink it quickly. After 2-3 days of this you'll be a changed man. Added bonus: do it in the evening when you might have a snack craving and it will kill that pretty quick cuz you're full.

 

[belljr]

Back on the wagon. Back and knee are very bad so I do stretches and walk that's it.

Still play golf but I'll be in pain the next day

 

[Judge Smails]

Back in. Need to gain strength. Really haven't lifted much since my rotator cuff surgery but it's time. Fully healed. Tired of feeling soft. Walking, doing cardio and eating pretty well. But need to be very disciplined to drop 15 or so. Motivation is Greece in September - don't want to look like Spaulding

 

[GoBirds]

I overheard someone mention berberine as a weight loss supplement, anyone heard of this or tried it?

I’m still down about 15 for the year but have plateaued as kids sports have ramped up and I’ve been in keep up mode. Put 5 back on from my low, need to hit another good stretch.

 

[3C's]

Had a goal in mind before my physical on Tuesday. 1 single more pound to go and it can't get here soon enough.

After that though I'm going to keep going. Want to see how low I can go.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

First truly sunny hot day today. The pools at the gym were going off! DJ the whole 9 yards. GB the south OC

 

[kevzilla]

I have been trying to heal a bone-on-bone sensation in my right knee for...I don't know, two months? It's better, but I peeled my right big toenail off the nail bed in the meantime. Fortunately, diabetic neuropathy kept that from hurting too much.

Going to try to walk in the morning, toes crossed.

 

[Chadstroma]

Things I am not use to saying...

"No way, I am not wasting my calories on that." You get picky when you are limiting your calories... stuff that is "ok" but high in calories are easily passed up.

Getting back to the gym has been hard... mostly because of the summer crazy schedule of being DADDY Taxi but to make it even harder my back has started bothering me more recently.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Finally getting my mri this Friday. Someone messed up ordering it.

Weighed myself today to see if the lack of cardio has affected my weight. Zero change. 185.6. Score one for diet. That’s with no movement of any kind the last 8 days of May.

I have gone to the gym 7 times in June so far. The ski erg is the only cardio I’ve done and I’ve done upper body workouts pretty much exclusively. And I have been back at work the last 2 weeks, which can be grueling. 23.8K steps yesterday.

Knee is improving slightly every day. I’m very interested in what the mri reveals.

Keep moving

 

[Chaos34]

I've never been a gym guy but maybe if I lived in South OC. I've had a decent recumbent bike for about a decade. Never had a good spot for it. Only used it when the desert heat became too much for my mostly daily hike. So I gave it away in the middle of winter. We had several 100+ degree days in May and I sort of missed it. So I bought this little thing not sure I'd use it but what the heck. Pedaling at my desk seemed more convenient than dragging the recumbent in front of the tv. Amazon says they delivered May 20th. I use it every day. I've gone from 45 minutes without resistance to pedaling while watching 2+ hours of the NBA finals today with resistance turned up to 4 (8 levels). My legs were so weak by the end of the game I was wobbly. Anyway, I paid $100. It's on sale for $58. So I bought another one. Very surprised how much I use it. Very pleased with the results. To quote my daughter, "Dad your legs are like rocks." Thought I'd share.

 

[kevzilla]

Update: Yesterday morning's walk did not prevent this morning's walk. On my way!

 

[GregR]

So had eye surgery Monday to replace lens with artificial one. And I was diagnosed with skin cancer 3 weeks ago. It was pretty rough not knowing how bad it was. Today had Mohs surgery (remove more flesh, test it in office, keep going until clean margins obtained or hit bone). Thankfully didn't get into the bone. They said they got it all, and this kind rarely regrows, just have to keep a watch on that area (back of index finger).

I was down a pound or two going into this week but I considered it a win this week to just maintain. Hit a fancy steakhouse to celebrate today.

For now I'm pretty much emotionally spent and going to take another day or two to recharge, and then will get back to the weight loss. Start doing walks on the gym treadmill probably Tuesday.

 

[Chadstroma]

Finally getting my mri this Friday. Someone messed up ordering it.

Weighed myself today to see if the lack of cardio has affected my weight. Zero change. 185.6. Score one for diet. That’s with no movement of any kind the last 8 days of May.

I have gone to the gym 7 times in June so far. The ski erg is the only cardio I’ve done and I’ve done upper body workouts pretty much exclusively. And I have been back at work the last 2 weeks, which can be grueling. 23.8K steps yesterday.

Knee is improving slightly every day. I’m very interested in what the mri reveals.

Keep moving

Good luck on the MRI.... hopefully nothing bad and just inflammation because you are old.

 

[Chadstroma]

So had eye surgery Monday to replace lens with artificial one. And I was diagnosed with skin cancer 3 weeks ago. It was pretty rough not knowing how bad it was. Today had Mohs surgery (remove more flesh, test it in office, keep going until clean margins obtained or hit bone). Thankfully didn't get into the bone. They said they got it all, and this kind rarely regrows, just have to keep a watch on that area (back of index finger).

I was down a pound or two going into this week but I considered it a win this week to just maintain. Hit a fancy steakhouse to celebrate today.

For now I'm pretty much emotionally spent and going to take another day or two to recharge, and then will get back to the weight loss. Start doing walks on the gym treadmill probably Tuesday.

Glad it all seems good with the cancer.

F cancer.

Yea, you have been through it recently emotionally and mentally for sure. I don't think anyone would fault you for taking a breather.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Finally getting my mri this Friday. Someone messed up ordering it.

Weighed myself today to see if the lack of cardio has affected my weight. Zero change. 185.6. Score one for diet. That’s with no movement of any kind the last 8 days of May.

I have gone to the gym 7 times in June so far. The ski erg is the only cardio I’ve done and I’ve done upper body workouts pretty much exclusively. And I have been back at work the last 2 weeks, which can be grueling. 23.8K steps yesterday.

Knee is improving slightly every day. I’m very interested in what the mri reveals.

Keep moving

Good luck on the MRI.... hopefully nothing bad and just inflammation because you are old.

Old and f’ing crushing skulls.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Update: cause I know y’all care

15 trips to the gym in June. Im very pleased with this because my knee was f’d for the first week or so.

Speaking of my knee, saw the doc yesterday. MRI results came back. They said this dude is 55 and has battered the crap out of that knee for 35+ years. No loose bodies. No new tears. Nothing new wrong with it. Still no acl. Bucket tear of the meniscus(non operable) nearly zero meniscus in the outside of the knee. Arthritis is prevalent and was the most likely culprit in this recent episode of massive pain and swelling.

So…the knee feels more or less normal now. I’m getting an updated brace(mine is 15 years old) and am going to do some PT. Gotta get as prepared as possible so I can keep up with @Terminalxylem on the slopes.

Keep moving people.

 

[Chadstroma]

Update: cause I know y’all care

15 trips to the gym in June. Im very pleased with this because my knee was f’d for the first week or so.

Speaking of my knee, saw the doc yesterday. MRI results came back. They said this dude is 55 and has battered the crap out of that knee for 35+ years. No loose bodies. No new tears. Nothing new wrong with it. Still no acl. Bucket tear of the meniscus(non operable) nearly zero meniscus in the outside of the knee. Arthritis is prevalent and was the most likely culprit in this recent episode of massive pain and swelling.

So…the knee feels more or less normal now. I’m getting an updated brace(mine is 15 years old) and am going to do some PT. Gotta get as prepared as possible so I can keep up with @Terminalxylem on the slopes.

Keep moving people.

Cortisone shots?

My knee is not nearly as bad as yours but it isn't good either. There was a period that it was giving me a lot more issues than usual for an extending period of time. Went to the Doc and basically said your knee is bone on bone and you don't have this and don't have that and you have arthritis. Here is a cortisone shot. Come back if it gets worse or doesn't get better.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Update: cause I know y’all care

15 trips to the gym in June. Im very pleased with this because my knee was f’d for the first week or so.

Speaking of my knee, saw the doc yesterday. MRI results came back. They said this dude is 55 and has battered the crap out of that knee for 35+ years. No loose bodies. No new tears. Nothing new wrong with it. Still no acl. Bucket tear of the meniscus(non operable) nearly zero meniscus in the outside of the knee. Arthritis is prevalent and was the most likely culprit in this recent episode of massive pain and swelling.

So…the knee feels more or less normal now. I’m getting an updated brace(mine is 15 years old) and am going to do some PT. Gotta get as prepared as possible so I can keep up with @Terminalxylem on the slopes.

Keep moving people.

Cortisone shots?

My knee is not nearly as bad as yours but it isn't good either. There was a period that it was giving me a lot more issues than usual for an extending period of time. Went to the Doc and basically said your knee is bone on bone and you don't have this and don't have that and you have arthritis. Here is a cortisone shot. Come back if it gets worse or doesn't get better.

Kenalog a corticosteroid.

 

[Chadstroma]

Weighed in today.... I was actually kind of not looking forward to the results as I felt like I was more loose during the period since I last weighed in. Maybe two actual meals versus the normal one with meal replacement bars/shakes, had a little bit of candy with my kids watching movies, etc

In a couple of days over a week, I dropped 3 more pounds. So, still keeping at roughly 2 pounds a week and that brings me to 50 pounds lighter from my heaviest point. If I keep that pace through the end of the year then I will be about 240ish and exceed the 70 pounds I lost under the low carb diet before.

Gym has still been failure though I got a walk in and when I took my kids to the pool last Sunday, I did a bunch of laps in the lap pool to get some exercise. Still need to up my game on the exercise front though. After August, it should be easier for me to get into a habit of going after the kids go to school.

 

[Chadstroma]

Weighed in today.... I was actually kind of not looking forward to the results as I felt like I was more loose during the period since I last weighed in. Maybe two actual meals versus the normal one with meal replacement bars/shakes, had a little bit of candy with my kids watching movies, etc

In a couple of days over a week, I dropped 3 more pounds. So, still keeping at roughly 2 pounds a week and that brings me to 50 pounds lighter from my heaviest point. If I keep that pace through the end of the year then I will be about 240ish and exceed the 70 pounds I lost under the low carb diet before.

Gym has still been failure though I got a walk in and when I took my kids to the pool last Sunday, I did a bunch of laps in the lap pool to get some exercise. Still need to up my game on the exercise front though. After August, it should be easier for me to get into a habit of going after the kids go to school.

I saw a message back from my Endocrinologist where she is going to switch me from Ozempic to WeGovy. This was based on my communication with her leading up to my follow up visit in late August. The reason for the change is that even though they are the exact same actual drug, the WeGovy is approved with a higher dosage amount for weight loss. My original Endocrinologist actually wanted to put me on WeGovy to begin with but checked my insurance and they did not cover it. So, since I was just on the line of being pre-diabetic he thought there was a chance my insurance would cover it. This was before I realized that all of it would be covered because of hitting our family deductible.

Along the same lines, my wife just told me that her last surgery has been pushed back and may even end up in the next year. So, the bad news is that our HSA will be drained again but the good news if that happens is that I would have up to another year worth of assistance from these medications from a financial perspective.

Gym will continue to be a struggle. I had some bad back pain late on the 4th and it is very tight/tense now. It is very hard to do any exercise when you are nursing a bad back.

 

[Chadstroma]

Weigh in...
291
-3 from last weigh in on the 4th
-54 from heaviest

Kind of surprised. I allowed myself a little more calories than usual on the 4th and the day after. I didn't go crazy but I also didn't stay the course of what I have been doing. Last night was a little bit of a struggle than usual. I had a little more calories than usual for lunch and then for dinner I took a small portion of the dinner my wife made but then some pretzel chips. Since I have been on the weight loss journey this time around (I refuse to call it diet) I have been able to grab a couple of chips and get a taste and be good. This time, I went back a couple of times for more. Now, these aren't the unhealthiest chips but they do have some calories. Then last night, I woke up in the middle of the night. I felt an urge to eat.... not a craving like before, just a little hungry and the thought of 'I want to eat'. I went and drank some of the crystal light I made earlier that night and went back to bed instead. Those instances have been the hardest having to fight off wanting to eat more etc. I have felt like the Ozempic was having less effectiveness earlier so I already got switched to WeGovy at a higher dose. I have one dose of Ozempic left (Friday) and then the following week will go on the WeGovy.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Weigh in...
291
-3 from last weigh in on the 4th
-54 from heaviest

Kind of surprised. I allowed myself a little more calories than usual on the 4th and the day after. I didn't go crazy but I also didn't stay the course of what I have been doing. Last night was a little bit of a struggle than usual. I had a little more calories than usual for lunch and then for dinner I took a small portion of the dinner my wife made but then some pretzel chips. Since I have been on the weight loss journey this time around (I refuse to call it diet) I have been able to grab a couple of chips and get a taste and be good. This time, I went back a couple of times for more. Now, these aren't the unhealthiest chips but they do have some calories. Then last night, I woke up in the middle of the night. I felt an urge to eat.... not a craving like before, just a little hungry and the thought of 'I want to eat'. I went and drank some of the crystal light I made earlier that night and went back to bed instead. Those instances have been the hardest having to fight off wanting to eat more etc. I have felt like the Ozempic was having less effectiveness earlier so I already got switched to WeGovy at a higher dose. I have one dose of Ozempic left (Friday) and then the following week will go on the WeGovy.

Stay the course brother. It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle change! You’re doing this because you want to do it.

If you can, don’t eat any chips. Try cucumbers or something else. Kids goldfish are really low calorie. And see if you can start avoiding fake sugars in order to break your body’s addiction to the sweets. It’s crazy hard. But it is possible. I drink water and booze mostly water though. nothing else. No soda/tea/fruit juice/etc. eta: 1 double espresso most mornings. Black

 

[Chadstroma]

Weigh in...
291
-3 from last weigh in on the 4th
-54 from heaviest

Kind of surprised. I allowed myself a little more calories than usual on the 4th and the day after. I didn't go crazy but I also didn't stay the course of what I have been doing. Last night was a little bit of a struggle than usual. I had a little more calories than usual for lunch and then for dinner I took a small portion of the dinner my wife made but then some pretzel chips. Since I have been on the weight loss journey this time around (I refuse to call it diet) I have been able to grab a couple of chips and get a taste and be good. This time, I went back a couple of times for more. Now, these aren't the unhealthiest chips but they do have some calories. Then last night, I woke up in the middle of the night. I felt an urge to eat.... not a craving like before, just a little hungry and the thought of 'I want to eat'. I went and drank some of the crystal light I made earlier that night and went back to bed instead. Those instances have been the hardest having to fight off wanting to eat more etc. I have felt like the Ozempic was having less effectiveness earlier so I already got switched to WeGovy at a higher dose. I have one dose of Ozempic left (Friday) and then the following week will go on the WeGovy.

Stay the course brother. It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle change! You’re doing this because you want to do it.

If you can, don’t eat any chips. Try cucumbers or something else. Kids goldfish are really low calorie. And see if you can start avoiding fake sugars in order to break your body’s addiction to the sweets. It’s crazy hard. But it is possible. I drink water and booze mostly water though. nothing else. No soda/tea/fruit juice/etc. eta: 1 double espresso most mornings. Black

The chips I have had.... other than last night.... were my sneaking a Dorito or two while putting together a kids lunch or something. It is part of my strategy to not completely deny myself of things that I like but just get a taste and be good instead of eating half a bag of Doritos like before. I actually just did the same thing about 20 minutes ago when I got my son his lunch and grabbed a couple of Doritos to get the taste and move on in life. When I say a couple, I really mean, a couple. 2 or 3 chips and done. The pretzel chips got to me a little bit last night but I think it also was because I went so light on the portion for dinner so that was a couple of handfuls.

Drinking, I am 90% water or Crystal Light (the Crystal Light is not going away because it is part of making sure I don't have Kidney Stones again.... it is high in Citrates which helps keep stones from combining). The other 10% is maybe something like a Ice or Bai or yesterday I grabbed a Gatorade Zero on my way out to pick up kids because I hadn't restocked the fridge and had no water bottles cold. I haven't had soda in.... I don't even know but it has been a while.... if I have, likely it was like a 'no real choice' thing and got Diet. I don't drink juice now because too many calories. I have never liked beer, tea or coffee and I don't drink wine or mixed drinks often anyways. So, mostly water or Crystal Light (actually Aldi version of Crystal Light) is really the majority of what I drink.

Sugar really isn't a thing for me. The kids can have ice cream or other sweets and I am not even tempted. I have had some candy (very little portions) and dessert (celebrating the 4th but again, very small portions) which again fits into my strategy of not totally denying myself but to retrain myself. Thus my whole back and forth with Joe about it being a 'cost' or 'sacrifice'. If I don't attack it like that but attack it like this is my life now and it isn't so bad because I can have a little something here and there then change for good is more likely to happen once I do drop the weight I want to.

ETA: I forgot.... I do have one ZipFizz every day. I get these at Costco.... they are 20 calories and basically a liquid multi vitamin with a crap ton of vitamin C and B12 along with some Green Tea extract, grape seed extract, etc. A much healthier way to get that pick me up over coffee or an energy drink.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

3 honey even.

I can no longer say "north of 300".... and soon should be able to say "less than 300".

Has anyone else dealt with constipation when losing weight? I really normally have never had constipation but since I have really been dropping the pounds it has not been as regular. I have been taking extra fiber/prebiotic chews but that doesn't seem to have helped much. I took some stool softener last night. Did my business today and then I went to weight myself after because I was like.... that had to be dropping some weight.... sure enough... 2 pounds from yesterday.

Impacted bowels when you are losing weight in the beginning, this will change your views on health IMHO

-That stomach ache you feel shortly after waking up that most men feel every morning and mistake for hunger, that's really your body letting you know you likely have at least 1 bal movement that's gotta come thru, more likely it will be like a classical symphony with several pieces to be played throughout the morning/day...

-Hunger is felt in the throat, you will not die if you push thru that first wave of tummy pain in the morning. I do not eat solid food before Noon outside of maybe a banana if I think i need something. I do drink coffee however and typically it's 1 cup and time to go Va-VOOM

I'm happy for you coming into this thread. My life changed a lot 4 years ago when the Covid hit and I was pulling my hair out but KNEW I needed to just keep my head down and focus on ME and not everyone else that was losing it around me. Best thing I did was channel my energy back into my well being and physical health.

I need to get back to walking more regularly on days I don't play tennis. Tennis courts are not gymnasiums, you do better on the courts when you take care of yourself away from the tennis courts. This nice group of folks in here helped me tremendously and I have a soft spot for every single poster that has either donated their time to help others in here or made the journey thru weight loss with the aid of this thread.

And it's just fun to post your results and check in so you have a little accountability. I have not been eating great but mostly maintaining because I play a lot of tennis.
But I need to do better. I started around 260+ in here, made it down to what is called 1derLand or 199 and below. I tend to float however more around 210.

You have helped many FBGs with their mortgage questions and trying to purchase homes, you deserve to take care of yourself and make yourself Priority-1
It's a marathon not a sprint so day to day results are not as important as month to month but I use to obsess daily so I understand

Cheers!

 

[Chadstroma]

Impacted bowels when you are losing weight in the beginning, this will change your views on health IMHO

-That stomach ache you feel shortly after waking up that most men feel every morning and mistake for hunger, that's really your body letting you know you likely have at least 1 bal movement that's gotta come thru, more likely it will be like a classical symphony with several pieces to be played throughout the morning/day...

-Hunger is felt in the throat, you will not die if you push thru that first wave of tummy pain in the morning. I do not eat solid food before Noon outside of maybe a banana if I think i need something. I do drink coffee however and typically it's 1 cup and time to go Va-VOOM

I'm happy for you coming into this thread. My life changed a lot 4 years ago when the Covid hit and I was pulling my hair out but KNEW I needed to just keep my head down and focus on ME and not everyone else that was losing it around me. Best thing I did was channel my energy back into my well being and physical health.

I need to get back to walking more regularly on days I don't play tennis. Tennis courts are not gymnasiums, you do better on the courts when you take care of yourself away from the tennis courts. This nice group of folks in here helped me tremendously and I have a soft spot for every single poster that has either donated their time to help others in here or made the journey thru weight loss with the aid of this thread.

And it's just fun to post your results and check in so you have a little accountability. I have not been eating great but mostly maintaining because I play a lot of tennis.
But I need to do better. I started around 260+ in here, made it down to what is called 1derLand or 199 and below. I tend to float however more around 210.

You have helped many FBGs with their mortgage questions and trying to purchase homes, you deserve to take care of yourself and make yourself Priority-1
It's a marathon not a sprint so day to day results are not as important as month to month but I use to obsess daily so I understand

Cheers!

You know, I have never really had an issue with hunger in the mornings. I actually end up not eating until lunch time or later.... and that was before and now.

Exercise is a big missing piece for me right now that I know I need to add. Right now is hard with the summer because I am shutting one of the three kids to one of their camps or practice or whatever and picking another one up after etc and then try to sneak in some actual work too in between. The only way that I could really make it happen right now is getting up early and then going but that seems like a bridge too far for me right now. I am not a morning person and extra don't feel like exercising in the mornings let alone get up earlier to do it. I have tried to do it, I don't know how many times.... even in my youth and super athletic/healthy and have failed over and over. So, my plan is to try to sneak some exercise in here and there and then come school year, try to make it a habit to get to the gym while the kids are at school. I could do a walk in the evenings more though so will try to step that up more but seriously some days it is just 'nope' status. Like yesterday, dropped off one kid at 9am and then from there with maybe 30-90 minutes breaks in between was picking up/dropping off, taking to practice, etc until 8pm. (and again, that is with trying to work in between all that as well) so I was just done for the day by then. Yet, again, I need to pick it up and make it more of a priority.

I try to do weigh in's about once a week or so just to keep tabs on my progress as I am not exactly calorie counting or anything and more just portion control and guesstimating calories as I go with along with the assistance from drugs has been working.

Thank you for the encouragement and extremely nice words. I very much appreciate it!

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Go for a mellow walk in the early evening. It will become a habit that you enjoy. And as your body gets used to it, you can pick up the pace.

I remember MOP would regale us regularly with his evening bike rides as only he can.

 

[3C's]

Had a goal in mind before my physical on Tuesday. 1 single more pound to go and it can't get here soon enough.

After that though I'm going to keep going. Want to see how low I can go.

Down 5+ lbs from that last post. Mind you I checked my weight post bike ride where I sweated off a bit for sure but I'll take it.

 

[Chadstroma]

Not exactly weight related but sorta is...

My back, as I have said a couple of times, has been not the best recently. This weekend was a long one of getting up at 5am to drive 45 min away to a pool and sit around for about 5 hours waiting for a couple of 30 seconds of excitement which is hard on my back but doable.

Afterwards, we did a celebration lunch at our kids favorite breakfast spot. I got my usual but expected to have plenty of leftovers... which I did. Fine. Not problem. I had not ate yet during the day anyways knowing I would want to spend more calories on that. I had a portion of it and took the rest home. I did have more for dinner.... later in the night, my stomach wasn't feeling well. The dish I had had Chorizo in it and I think the I think the grease from that which I am not use to anymore, was just too much. And make a long story shorter and gloss over some details that are not exactly needed to go over.... I threw up. It was a violent throw up though. The violence of the throwing up with me hunched over the toilet threw my back out. I was hoping it would recover over the night as often times my back will get very sore and improve significantly over night. Nope. All day has been a fight to get out of bed or stand up from a sitting position. Walking has been hard. My back has not been this bad for many years.

No exercise is in the near future. I am laying in my bed typing this with my laptop on my belly after taking a breather from work to type this.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Not exactly weight related but sorta is...

My back, as I have said a couple of times, has been not the best recently. This weekend was a long one of getting up at 5am to drive 45 min away to a pool and sit around for about 5 hours waiting for a couple of 30 seconds of excitement which is hard on my back but doable.

Afterwards, we did a celebration lunch at our kids favorite breakfast spot. I got my usual but expected to have plenty of leftovers... which I did. Fine. Not problem. I had not ate yet during the day anyways knowing I would want to spend more calories on that. I had a portion of it and took the rest home. I did have more for dinner.... later in the night, my stomach wasn't feeling well. The dish I had had Chorizo in it and I think the I think the grease from that which I am not use to anymore, was just too much. And make a long story shorter and gloss over some details that are not exactly needed to go over.... I threw up. It was a violent throw up though. The violence of the throwing up with me hunched over the toilet threw my back out. I was hoping it would recover over the night as often times my back will get very sore and improve significantly over night. Nope. All day has been a fight to get out of bed or stand up from a sitting position. Walking has been hard. My back has not been this bad for many years.

No exercise is in the near future. I am laying in my bed typing this with my laptop on my belly after taking a breather from work to type this.

Well that sucks!

 

[DA RAIDERS]

In NYC for my kids 18th. There’s a LIFETIME around the corner from our hotel. Just did a killer workout and am in the sauna now. 175 degrees. Sweating that pizza and aperol spritz out. . It's glorious.

LIFETIME really is an amazing product/company. They are ridiculously expensive. but imho they deliver a vastly superior product. They are basically mini country clubs. Nice ones.

We dipped into the one in the financial district yesterday just to use the bathroom, have some water and sit in the ac. . So there’s that too.

 

[GregR]

Feel like I'm able to see some light at the end of the tunnel. So yeah, had the month of cancer worry (surgery went well, have appt tomorrow to make sure it's not regrowing). Had that overlap with another month no exercise restriction because of surgery on the second eye. Then Hurricane Beryl and no power or internet for a week. Followed immediately by knee surgery a week ago.

And I ate like crap over several stretches there and put some pounds back on. But honestly, not all that bad. And I've been shaving away at it and this morning I was 228, only 3 lbs heavy compared to previous best. My hydration is crap right now so it won't surprise me if getting back to drinking a gallon of water a day like I had been, drops enough water weight to get me back to 225, my previous low. We'll see. Making it a focus to dump the water weight this weekend.

Already cleared for exercise after the eye. Wednesday is follow up with orthopedist, get the stitches out and get set up with physical therapy. I can bend the knee enough to very very carefully get the exercise bike to go around. Though not comfortable actually doing that beyond a test, until I hear from the doc Wednesday.

But hopefully I'll be able to work into exercising again and can get back into a good groove.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

17 trips to the gym in July. Quite pleased. And that included a 6 day trip back east.

Keep moving people

 

[Chadstroma]

288 so another 2 pounds.... the pace has got much slower as the last weight in was a little over two weeks ago and I had been at a 2 pound a week pace. Of course, we all know that that happens but I totally expected it. I have taken my foot off the gas a bit so to speak.

I been really working on my back to get it decent. I am using a chair massager in my office chair pretty much anytime I am sitting working, using lidocaine and capsaicin patches alot, trying to stretch, rest and use Naproxen and my muscle relaxer sparingly. I am helping coach my younger son as football so practice is an hour and half of being on my feet and being active in some way which has been pushing me to my limit as is. Hoping I can continue to make progress and then get back into the gym soon.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

16 trips to the gymnasium for August.

Keep moving people!

 

[belljr]

Did my first 5 mile bike ride on my new bike god I suck

 

[kevzilla]

Back to the treadmill for me, at least until the weather breaks.

 

[belljr]

6 miles ride today. Now back on the food wagon

 

[belljr]

Eminem bike ride today