NutterButter
Footballguy
I'm in great shape at 42 and I love naps. Nothing beats a nap when in comes to topping off the gas tank for the rest of the day.
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Otis fad diet thread — yoga, fasting, and kevzilla walking on🚶♂️ (3 Viewers)
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
Week 8/9 Weigh-In
Starting Weight: 180.0
Last Week: 170.0
Current Weight: 170.9
Overall Lost: 9.1 lbs
I was on a week long TO for a Kraft joke so no update last week. I saw 167/168 about 10 days ago. Spent the last 3 days in the mountains - ate mostly Keto but drank beer. I also hiked a ton so wasn’t sure it would offset. There’s lots of things I feel like I have a handle on and understanding that my weight is like 95% what I’m eating and drinking is in the top 3. Even doing all that hiking I can’t drink a lot and expect results. Back at it today and will be mixing in at least one fast day this week.
Starting Weight: 180.0
Last Week: 170.0
Current Weight: 170.9
Overall Lost: 9.1 lbs
I was on a week long TO for a Kraft joke so no update last week. I saw 167/168 about 10 days ago. Spent the last 3 days in the mountains - ate mostly Keto but drank beer. I also hiked a ton so wasn’t sure it would offset. There’s lots of things I feel like I have a handle on and understanding that my weight is like 95% what I’m eating and drinking is in the top 3. Even doing all that hiking I can’t drink a lot and expect results. Back at it today and will be mixing in at least one fast day this week.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Yeah, don’t get me wrong - naps and sleep aren’t bad but I’m talking about eating a heavy/carb loaded lunch and then getting back to my desk and it’s all I can do to keep my eyes open.
Otis
Footballguy
In the end I think this is the most important thing to remember. You are what you eat. Eat like a fat guy, you’ll be a fat guy. Eat like a thin guy, you’ll be a thin guy. The cardio and lifting help on the margins, and you can help change your overall shape and body composition that way, but in the end, you are what you eat.
James Daulton
Footballguy
Still on track. Cautiously optimistic I'll get back my beautiful status for summer.
The Flying Turtle
Footballguy
Starting Weight - January 1 - 257
Current weight - March 4 - 239.7
Initial Goal - 230
Another 2 lbs this week. Officially under 240 for the first time in 1 year. My next milestone is 238.2 which was 3 years ago.
Current weight - March 4 - 239.7
Initial Goal - 230
Another 2 lbs this week. Officially under 240 for the first time in 1 year. My next milestone is 238.2 which was 3 years ago.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Between diet, exercise, stress, and rest - I think you just need to avoid one of them being a major weakness. At least one of them is going to be a weakness, so you just need to recognize it then adjust to your own reality. Since they all feed into each other, if one is an issue then it spills over into the other areas. But as long as you minimize the damage from the weakness then you'll be in a good place. I eat like a fat guy more frequently than I should. Of those 4 areas, it's clearly my weakness. As a result I've really focused on my diet during the week and plot out my weeks to be better than average in the other three areas. This makes it easier for my system to handle those weekend binges.
So in the end I don't think what you wrote is necessarily the most important thing to remember - it's about quality self assessment. What are your goals? strengths? weaknesses? and how do you manage the latter two to put yourself in a position to achieve the former. and then sustain.
Otis
Footballguy
Fair points. And stress and rest can be really hard sometimes too. Exercise is the one I find the easiest, because it's just an excuse if you don't do it, and I have carved out an hour each morning to make time for it. But above all, the diet is the hardest part for me (and I suspect others), and it has, I think, the most direct impact.
NutterButter
Footballguy
I think it would be impossible for me to be in great shape if I regularly experienced a significant amount of stress or fatigue. I know for a fact that I do some of my worst eating when I'm tired and too undisciplined to either take a nap if its earlier in the day or to just go to bed for the night.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Week 10 Weigh-In
Starting Weight: 180.0
Last Week: 170.9
Current Weight: 166.5
Overall Lost: 13.5 lbs
TMI time - last couple of weeks before this one I was having some Keto-constipation going on. I drank more coffee and added some more fiber (black beans) and ate a couple of salads and things seemed to right themselves somewhat. I had also drank too much camping the weekend before.
If I lose 6.5 more pounds I will have lost more than 1/3 of my body weight. I still have a scale pic with me over 240. I was closer to 250 at one time though.
LET’S GO!!!
Starting Weight: 180.0
Last Week: 170.9
Current Weight: 166.5
Overall Lost: 13.5 lbs
TMI time - last couple of weeks before this one I was having some Keto-constipation going on. I drank more coffee and added some more fiber (black beans) and ate a couple of salads and things seemed to right themselves somewhat. I had also drank too much camping the weekend before.
If I lose 6.5 more pounds I will have lost more than 1/3 of my body weight. I still have a scale pic with me over 240. I was closer to 250 at one time though.
LET’S GO!!!
NutterButter
Footballguy
You're a weight losing beast. You hitting the weights? I've been doing just bench press (5 sets of 6 reps) 2 or 3 times a week for about 6 months now and its done a great job of giving me some nice definition on my skinnier frame. Makes a big difference in terms of how your body looks as you get skinny again.
The Flying Turtle
Footballguy
The Flying Turtle
Footballguy
Starting Weight - January 1 - 257
Current weight - March 4 - 234.7
Initial Goal - 230
5 more lbs this week.
Cauliflower rice has become my go to item. The grocery store near us has it already cut up for cheap. I throw it in a pan with a little soy and spices and it tastes like I am cheating. I change the sauce and spices up to add variety.
Current weight - March 4 - 234.7
Initial Goal - 230
5 more lbs this week.
Cauliflower rice has become my go to item. The grocery store near us has it already cut up for cheap. I throw it in a pan with a little soy and spices and it tastes like I am cheating. I change the sauce and spices up to add variety.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I was for weeks starting back first of the year. I tore my hamstring in October and it's still not right - then 2-3 weeks ago I got really sick and stayed sick for 2 weeks. Basically done nothing but some walking and hiking for the last month. I plan to start back this week as I'm finally feeling better. Damn hamstring won't get better and is frustrating the hell out of me.
Completely agree that it makes a difference. I'd love to swap about 10-15 pounds of fat for 10 pounds of muscle.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Which store - I'd be all over this as cutting it up and then getting the blender out is such a PITA. I've only done it twice for that reason and the frozen stuff isn't that good and is expensive.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I've discovered something quite disturbing after losing all of this weight. My belly button isn't as centered as I thought. I'm a freak.
The Flying Turtle
Footballguy
Lidl. It is a new store in our area similar to Aldi.
Lowes food has it as well, but it is more expensive.
Nugget
Footballguy
I can’t find it pre- riced, so I just buy the steamer bags for a buck. 6 minutes later I toss it with some wing sauce and can mash it with a fork.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Maybe I'm not looking hard enough but the ones we have are like $3 from what I remember and it's really only enough for 1-2 people.
culdeus
Footballguy
ditka...mike ditka
Footballguy
First of all, great work! Thats some massive weight loss. How tall are you and what is your goal weight?
NutterButter
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
5’9” - and I don’t really have a goal weight, for a couple of reasons:ditka...mike ditka said:
1. I’ve been fat off and on (mostly on) for so long I don’t really know what I should weigh.
2. I’m not dieting any longer in the conventional sense of the term. I’ve changed my diet and lifestyle. If I continue to lose weight then I’m going to assume that’s ok. I’m not starving myself. If I gain a little that’s ok too - I think I need a couple of years for my body to recalibrate my set point and get used to being at a lower weight.
As mentioned, I’d love to swap some fat for muscle but 165-170 isn’t a bad range for me. Based on the amount of abdominal fat I still have it may be closer to 155-160. I’m more concerned in the short term in getting my hamstring healthy and starting to do more activities I enjoy. I love to hike and been doing a decent amount of that lately. I’d like to do some more triathlons so need to train if I’m going to do that.
I’ll say this much, the more I lose the more I realize I was really fat. 155 is not unrealistic but sounds so damn skinny.
ProstheticRGK
Footballguy
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Back on this train starting Monday. Will be doing a Beachbody 8 week routine I did once before. I tried doing it on Keto the first time around, but there just aren't enough carbs to perform well while doing it. Will likely follow a modified Beachbody diet plan (just using their macro breakdown and calorie recomendation) and see how that works for me.
I've got that topped. I have that, plus an umbilical hernia I keep procrastinating on getting fixed.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I developed walking pneumonia in the last week. Between the weight loss and the sickness people in my office think I caught the plague or something.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Week 11 Weigh-In
Starting Weight: 180.0
Last Week: 166:5
Current Weight: 164.8
Overall Lost: 15.2 lbs
Starting Weight: 180.0
Last Week: 166:5
Current Weight: 164.8
Overall Lost: 15.2 lbs
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Checking in for my starting date. Finally back on the horse after basketball season preventing me from having any structure at all. So far so good on the diet, well, since I started today and generally don't eat breakfast.
Starting weight - 188
Doing LIIFT4 (Beachbody program, wife is a Beachbody shill so I have access to their full catelogue) which is an 8 week program. I'd love to be at 180 by the end of the program.
Starting weight - 188
Doing LIIFT4 (Beachbody program, wife is a Beachbody shill so I have access to their full catelogue) which is an 8 week program. I'd love to be at 180 by the end of the program.
Cold Dead Hands
Footballguy
Me too. I still try to run a few times a week.I've got that topped. I have that, plus an umbilical hernia I keep procrastinating on getting fixed.
The Flying Turtle
Footballguy
Starting Weight - January 1 - 257.7
Current weight - March 18 - 233.6
Initial Goal - 230
It was rough behaving this weekend staying at a hotel with many friends for my daughters soccer tournament, but somehow still managed to lose a pound.
Current weight - March 18 - 233.6
Initial Goal - 230
It was rough behaving this weekend staying at a hotel with many friends for my daughters soccer tournament, but somehow still managed to lose a pound.
ProstheticRGK
Footballguy
Finally cracked thru the 250 barrier. Starting weight was somewhere around 285.
Doing prep days on Saturday is working well for my whole family, and I love taking a whole day cooking and trying new recipes. My wife loves that she doesn't have to worry about what's for dinner.
Doing prep days on Saturday is working well for my whole family, and I love taking a whole day cooking and trying new recipes. My wife loves that she doesn't have to worry about what's for dinner.
The Flying Turtle
Footballguy
Great job. Breaking those barriers is huge. I really like the days when that second digit drops!
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Week 12 Weigh-In
Starting Weight: 180.0
Last Week: 164.8
Current Weight: 165.0
Overall Lost: 15.0 lbs
Started a longer fast yesterday afternoon- been reading more and more about the benefits and I have vacation next week - thought now would be a good time to do it.
Starting Weight: 180.0
Last Week: 164.8
Current Weight: 165.0
Overall Lost: 15.0 lbs
Started a longer fast yesterday afternoon- been reading more and more about the benefits and I have vacation next week - thought now would be a good time to do it.
The Flying Turtle
Footballguy
Starting Weight - January 1 - 257.7
Current weight - March 18 - 232.7
Initial Goal - 230
Still heading down about 1 pound / week. HIt 25 pound loss which makes me happy. Almost time to reduce my goal.
As someone said earlier, losing this weight makes me realize how big I was. I am down 25 pounds and still have a lot of extra weight on this body.
Current weight - March 18 - 232.7
Initial Goal - 230
Still heading down about 1 pound / week. HIt 25 pound loss which makes me happy. Almost time to reduce my goal.
As someone said earlier, losing this weight makes me realize how big I was. I am down 25 pounds and still have a lot of extra weight on this body.
NutterButter
Footballguy
It is pretty amazing. I thought I'd have to cut off a leg to get down to 190 when I was sitting at 230 and thinking I had nowhere near that much to lose.
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
That was me. At my biggest, I was pushing 250 - never officially broke that number but definitely 245 and over. I’m 165 today and still have a small gut and love handles. I probably definitely need to add muscle but I know for a fact I have at least another 10-15 pounds of fat on my body. Being on Keto I just keep losing even though I’m not trying. And at this point because of various things I haven’t worked out in weeks. I could weigh 150 pounds and I won’t have to do it by becoming a heroine addict.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Yep - what it told me is we (as a society) have really accepted being overweight. And I’m not talking about not fat shaming, I think we just have lost all perspective on what our bodies should look like.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Tecumseh
Footballguy
James Daulton
Footballguy
James Daulton
Footballguy
Still slow but steady for me. Don't weigh myself but I'm almost into my normal pants and I've been lifting steady and getting my strength back. When I look in the mirror I'm not repulsed anymore. Not super happy, but baby steps.
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