Otis fad diet thread — Also rowing, yoga and pillows (and let’s not be fat)

[Otis 13,536]

There's a tray of chicken fingers and french fries out on our kitchen counter calling to me, like that ring calling to Frodo.  

[Sabertooth 5,925]

39 minutes ago, Donny Loved Bowling said:

I am well over 400 lbs and I recently turned 40 and this is the year I am going to freaking do something about it. I'm tired of making excuses. I'm tired of deluding myself into thinking that I "carry the weight well" on my 6'7 frame. I really want to make a significant change and I hope it's not too late. Not going to buy in to the 3 month contest because I need to make a wholesale lifestyle change, not just work towards short-term gains. (losses)  I think a LCHF plan is probably my best bet, but I am more than willing to listen to advice from FBGs thinner than me. (Pretty much everyone then.)

Get on the Keto Reddit.  Plenty of guys who started bigger than you who have dropped 150+.  You have height which I'd love to have (5'7").  

 

[Otis 13,536]

1 hour ago, Slapdash said:

So much of this stuff is mental.  You guys not starting with @Otis today are not hawks.  Going to need to switch habits bigly to win

The world needs ditch diggers too.

[matuski 4,968]

Official weigh in 260.2 lbs.  

It was higher, I worked out and sat in the sauna until I about passed out before getting back on scale because I really didn't want that second digit to be a 6. 

Edited January 1, 2017 by matuski

[bentley 3,219]

Did Otis or Woz ever win that bet?

[bentley 3,219]

I'd play along but I think I would actually have to catch AIDS to drop 10% at this point.

[bushdocda 3,487]

Good luck all. Interested in seeing all the zany methods that are used. 

 

[matuski 4,968]

3 minutes ago, bushdocda said:

Good luck all. Interested in seeing all the zany methods that are used. 

 

Matuski's Zany Method:

Work out 

Eat less

Potatoes

[Mister CIA 8,440]

My zany method:

Work out

Eat real food (no processed foods)

No beer ... an easy 20 pound loss to be had on this last point,

[The Gator 8,402]

Cocaine

Water

More cocaine

[fantasycurse42 8,316]

1 minute ago, The Gator said:

Cocaine

Water

More cocaine

Winner

[xulf 2,417]

@Otis how were the 6 chicken fingers dipped in ranch, fries (potatoes!), 2 Coors light, 2 glasses of red, kids Santa candy, and 2 scotches?

[kutta 5,529]

So should we have a Google docs spreadsheet set up where we can enter weight each week for the next 12 weeks? Might be fun to track percent weight loss running totals to see where we stand.

[fantasycurse42 8,316]

I'm curious to see what you guys are eating though. My problem usually just comes from menu fatigue - yogurts mixed with fruits/granola, salads, soups, fish, & chicken.

Just so repetitive.

[Otis 13,536]

3 minutes ago, xulf said:

@Otis how were the 6 chicken fingers dipped in ranch, fries (potatoes!), 2 Coors light, 2 glasses of red, kids Santa candy, and 2 scotches?

They all were amazing.  Yesterday.

Today I'm really struggling.  I was in complete food and booze death spiral mode, so to go cold turkey to very low calorie of bland potatoes, and seltzer...    not easy...

The potatoes were actually making me a little nauseous at the end.  I may need to quickly transition to making potato wedges in the oven and covering those with tomato sauce.  Which was fairly amazing.  And I don't see that slowing my progress much.

[xulf 2,417]

2 minutes ago, Otis said:

They all were amazing.  Yesterday.

Today I'm really struggling.  I was in complete food and booze death spiral mode, so to go cold turkey to very low calorie of bland potatoes, and seltzer...    not easy...

The potatoes were actually making me a little nauseous at the end.  I may need to quickly transition to making potato wedges in the oven and covering those with tomato sauce.  Which was fairly amazing.  And I don't see that slowing my progress much.

I was going to fire up my diet today...going on a vacation in Mexico in a month...then realized I have soooooo many leftovers from last night (a whole pizza from my favorite place,  2 lbs of buffalo chicken dip, guacamole, etc.).  I wanted to work out but just said F it.  New Year begins tomorrow and I'm a pound heavier.

[AAABatteries 24,799]

1 hour ago, bentley said:

I'd play along but I think I would actually have to catch AIDS to drop 10% at this point.

How long does it take for the weight loss to start?

[Binky The Doormat 12,819]

37 minutes ago, Otis said:

They all were amazing.  Yesterday.

Today I'm really struggling.  I was in complete food and booze death spiral mode, so to go cold turkey to very low calorie of bland potatoes, and seltzer...    not easy...

The potatoes were actually making me a little nauseous at the end.  I may need to quickly transition to making potato wedges in the oven and covering those with tomato sauce.  Which was fairly amazing.  And I don't see that slowing my progress much.

 

This is what got me.  I was mid-late week 2 and couldn't take another potato.  Made me nauseous.  

I didn't touch a potato or even my favorite ...potato chips for a couple of months.  The thought made me want to gag. 

I did have amazing blood pressure and lab results - I just happened to have a regular doctor appoint after the first week.  

 

[chet 4,635]

Just finished a 400 mile drive.  In for charity or whatever the group decides.  

[fantasycurse42 8,316]

If you want to make an impact -- if you want to show folks who’s boss, and do something that will be remembered, here’s what you do on weigh-in day:

 

Throw away your first weigh-in. Seriously. Toss it. When you're sitting around the scale and your turn comes up and everyone looks at you, just politely say "pass," then nonchalantly take a sip of your potato juice. Then do the same thing during the second weigh-in.

 

Some of them will laugh. The ones who don’t laugh, the quiet ones, are the ones who are realizing, at that very moment, that they aren't dealing with just any ordinary fantasy magic diet guy. This is a real life hawk, sitting right across the scale from them, and the one thing that is going through their mind is what they should be putting in the Memo field of the $100 check they are writing to your favorite charity, because this diet season has already ended for them as quickly as it began. It’s like the schoolyard bully taking everyone’s lunch money, except he doesn’t have to ask--the kids just line up and fork it over.

[xulf 2,417]

4 minutes ago, fantasycurse42 said:

If you want to make an impact -- if you want to show folks who’s boss, and do something that will be remembered, here’s what you do on weigh-in day:

 

Throw away your first weigh-in. Seriously. Toss it. When you're sitting around the scale and your turn comes up and everyone looks at you, just politely say "pass," then nonchalantly take a sip of your potato juice. Then do the same thing during the second weigh-in.

 

Some of them will laugh. The ones who don’t laugh, the quiet ones, are the ones who are realizing, at that very moment, that they aren't dealing with just any ordinary fantasy magic diet guy. This is a real life hawk, sitting right across the scale from them, and the one thing that is going through their mind is what they should be putting in the Memo field of the $100 check they are writing to your favorite charity, because this diet season has already ended for them as quickly as it began. It’s like the schoolyard bully taking everyone’s lunch money, except he doesn’t have to ask--the kids just line up and fork it over.

Well said.  Here are pics of penis doughnuts

[Yankee23Fan 9,376]

Final meal before taking this seriously.... beef,veal,pork meatballs in a sauce that's been cooking for 13 hours, along with some fresh Italian sausage, linguini, fresh bread, oil dish with herbs for bread dunking. Finish that up with some nice creme brulee and 3 cups of coffee.

Gained 4 pounds just with meal.  Worth it. Going backwards.

[ragincajun 904]

How do I start a non profit?

 

Ok ran it passed the wife.  She doesn't approve due to the fact that I take it to the extreme, i.e. Nothing but bacon, cheese, pork rinds, chicken, steak for 12 weeks.  It's not the easiest to cook 2 meals for the family when I do Keto.  I have won a previous competition that way.  Something like 40 pounds in 12 weeks.

 

Anywho in for fun but not for money .

 

I feel like a pigeon now.

 

[ditka...mike ditka 830]

8 hours ago, Otis said:

I edited the first post with the rules and list of participants (on the money/charity portion).  Quoted here above for posterity.  I have question marks next to some folks who I wasn't sure are interested in buying in or not--if we don't hear confirmation from those folks by tomorrow I'll assume they're out.  Since we're allowing starting weigh-ins tomorrow, we can probably extend entries till then too.  If anyone else is interested, post now or forever hold your fat gut.  We've change the parameters a bit here since we first started the list, so if anyone of you heartless bastards decides you now want OUT since it isn't about cheating us out of our money I mean winning money, let us know.

 

 

 

AND IM BACK IN THE GAME!!! Charity donation is a great idea.  Ill weigh in tomorrow.

And thanks @krista4 for saying you'd vouch for me.  Despite all the Ditka's on the board, you did help with my profile years back.  After years of online dating, I met my fiancé on a dating app a little less than two years ago!

[krista4 25,026]

1 minute ago, ditka...mike ditka said:

AND IM BACK IN THE GAME!!! Charity donation is a great idea.  Ill weigh in tomorrow.

And thanks @krista4 for saying you'd vouch for me.  Despite all the Ditka's on the board, you did help with my profile years back.  After years of online dating, I met my fiancé on a dating app a little less than two years ago!

Congrats, GB!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^{You poor dumb bastard.}

 

 

 

 

[ditka...mike ditka 830]

Just now, krista4 said:

Congrats, GB!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^{You poor dumb bastard.}

 

 

 

 

[John Bender 6,527]

I'd be interested but in South America til the 4th.  Can I weigh in then and still only take til 3/31 for my final weigh in? 

There's a scale in my hotel room but it's kilograms and that seems hard to do the math on 

[East Coast Bias 1,284]

1 minute ago, John Bender said:

I'd be interested but in South America til the 4th.  Can I weigh in then and still only take til 3/31 for my final weigh in? 

There's a scale in my hotel room but it's kilograms and that seems hard to do the math on 

Can't you go back there and weigh in when this is over?

[Zow 8,615]

3 hours ago, bentley said:

Did Otis or Woz ever win that bet?

I reached the goal. But then kept struggling to hit the requisite seven days straight under and got frustrated and gave up. 

[Zow 8,615]

Ugh I came down with a fever today. Have barely eaten anything. Should have just weighed in this morning. 

[shadyridr 14,318]

3 hours ago, fantasycurse42 said:

I'm curious to see what you guys are eating though. My problem usually just comes from menu fatigue - yogurts mixed with fruits/granola, salads, soups, fish, & chicken.

Just so repetitive.

I've never had an issue eating the same thing every day

[Binky The Doormat 12,819]

1 hour ago, xulf said:

Well said.  Here are pics of penis doughnuts

real life snack #####

[Mister CIA 8,440]

15 minutes ago, shadyridr said:

I've never had an issue eating the same thing every day

Mmmm pizza.

[Sabertooth 5,925]

19 minutes ago, shadyridr said:

I've never had an issue eating the same thing every day

Yeah, that's why you are in this thread. 

[Tiger Fan 3,867]

8 hours ago, belljr said:

Yes you are the only one who is not motivated unless cash is on the line

I'm exponentially more motivated when cash is on the line...and honestly why I joined in the first place.  But I'm not gonna be that dick who says he's out now that it's for charity.  

[chet 4,635]

56 minutes ago, John Bender said:

I'd be interested but in South America til the 4th.  Can I weigh in then and still only take til 3/31 for my final weigh in? 

There's a scale in my hotel room but it's kilograms and that seems hard to do the math on 

2.54x

hth

[Keerock 5,065]

Going to just watch you guys this time around... good luck!

[fantasycurse42 8,316]

1 hour ago, John Bender said:

I'd be interested but in South America til the 4th.  Can I weigh in then and still only take til 3/31 for my final weigh in? 

There's a scale in my hotel room but it's kilograms and that seems hard to do the math on 

30 a kilogram

[ProstheticRGK 4,062]

Weigh in tomorrow. I just woke up and come down stairs to get a cup of coffee and say 'good morning' to the family and all of the leftovers from the New Year's party are warmed up spread out on the table. I ate 5 lil smokies pretzel dogs while waiting for my cup of coffee.

I will wait until after the 2nd cup to tear into the jalapeño popper dip- that feels more like lunch. My body is a temple. To Bacchus.

[Judge Smails 3,751]

Actually I was on the program from Labor Day to Thanksgiving.  Great results with pounds dropped, cholesterol down to 154, etc.  Q1 is tough for me as I'm on the road a ton.  If I maintain I'll be doing great.  Will gladly add to any charity cause though.

And it turns out that I had potatoes a couple days in a row.  Roasted baby potatoes with olive oil, salt and pepper. Had them last night with crab legs and then tonight again as my daughter and her boyfriend came by, so it was easy with the chicken.  After 2-3 meals I don't want to look at a spud again.  Don't see how this can be a focal point of any lasting diet.

[cheeseypoof 1,742]

Not in on the charity bet but playing along at home. 

As a newly diagnosed diabetic whose blood sugar was out of control I needed to make some serious life style and dietary changes.  I've gotten a head start on this challenge as I was diagnosed on 11/30-12/1, so I'm a month in on the dietary changes.

I was 354# with a BMI of 50.88 when I was admitted to the hospital on 11/30.

I weighed myself tonight and was 335.6# with a BMI of 48.15.  So just under 20# lost in just over a month.  Only changes so far have been dietary.  Cold turkey on sugary drinks (soda, Gatorade and Vitamin water) and sweets, incorporating more veggies into my diet, cut way back on carbs and smaller portions.

I feel I'm doing well.  My blood sugar when I arrived at the hospital was 440mg/l.  My blood sugar is averaging between 120-125mg/l since I was discharged.

Good luck to everybody participating in the challenge.

 

Cheeseypoof

[boots11234 2,160]

Otis, I don't gamble...at all.  However I'd like to be in as a non betting participant.  If I win, which I plan, defer to second place.  Is that ok?     

Id really like the motivation however I just can't gamble.  Sorry.  

[msommer 8,980]

9 hours ago, John Bender said:

I'd be interested but in South America til the 4th.  Can I weigh in then and still only take til 3/31 for my final weigh in? 

There's a scale in my hotel room but it's kilograms and that seems hard to do the math on 

If only you had access to the internet to do the conversion for you.....

[eoMMan 5,665]

Honor system on weighing yourself and posting the results....hmmm.  This should go well.

[ditka...mike ditka 830]

1 hour ago, eoMMan said:

Honor system on weighing yourself and posting the results....hmmm.  This should go well.

Thanks for checking in!  Happy new year!

[Cold Dead Hands 1,764]

Ok, official weigh-in. It is a ####show.

6' 224 lbs.

Heaviest I have ever been.

[East Coast Bias 1,284]

Down 1.6 pounds.  On pace to lose 144.

[Yankee23Fan 9,376]

So... are we supposed to post daily, weekly, bigly?  

I was going to get on the scale again this morning but the thing was in the corner shaking. So now I need to lose weight and get my scale treated for PTSD.

[AAABatteries 24,799]

Need a ruling - I ate a metric #### ton yesterday and then weighed myself after midnight.  Can I go with that weigh in or go with my usual weigh-in time?  Just want to do what everyone else is doing.  

ETA - there was a 2.6 lb difference between 12:01 and just now. I'm fine with either.  @Otis

Edited January 2, 2017 by AAABatteries

[Otis 13,536]

26 minutes ago, Yankee23Fan said:

So... are we supposed to post daily, weekly, bigly?  

I was going to get on the scale again this morning but the thing was in the corner shaking. So now I need to lose weight and get my scale treated for PTSD.

Post as often as you reasonably can.  It will help evidence your 3 months, and in any event, will be helpful motivation for you.