HIHK Weight loss tracking

If you can handle tuna fish, it bests even chicken breats and is quite portable. When I was lifting weights, used to go through 4-6 tins a day. Would get tehm water-packed (no oil) and make tunafish salad with fat free mayo and relish (or squirt mustard on it and eat it out of the can).

Unfortunately, I ate so much I can't stand the site of it anymore. Chicken breasts almost met the same fate.
 
Well this is going to open up the floodgates but oh well...

I decided to quit being a fat ***. I have lost 40 lbs since March and a total of 90 since my fattest in 2004.

I have about 30 to go with a final goal of about 205, although i dont know if I can get that low since my lean mass is about 201 according to caliper tests.


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Waist is down to a 37 (36 is tight, 38 is loose) from a 42
Suit size is down to a 46 from a 52
Up to 70 pushups from 15
can run 4 mi at about 10 minute mile (I know I am slow) from 1/2 mile in 8 minutes before being tired.
Up to 5 widegrip pull ups (my lats are still pretty weak) from 0.

My power clean, lunges and squats are way up also, but I did not max out at the start b/c I was afraid I was going to hurt myself.
 
congrats gardner. the pull ups thing is impressive. i remember when i first starting working out, i couldn't do but maybe one. so i used the pull down machine until i could do at least 4. ego is a *****
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great exercise. 37 from 42 is HIGHLY commendable. that is the thing, once you get going you start to realize the body you want is an attainable thing with some effort.
 
That you seem to be focusing on natural body weight and resistance workouts is great and the way to go. It is a sustaining and long lasting habit that you form. When people rely on gyms or weights they get into funks or lazy spells easier. "I'm too tired to drive to gym today", or "Parking is a nightmare this time of night and I don't want to workout too late". Excuses.

Do stuff you can do at home as a big part of your routine and you never have an excuse other than being a turd. Not that you are, you know what I am saying.

Congrats on your newer fitness. Don't worry about being "slow" on your runs or weak with this or that. It all comes around in time and you are past the hump. No **** for you from here, just props.

Mix in bike riding, jump rope and you may not like this...yoga or pilates. Stretch your muscles and be as dextrous as you can be. The benefits of the other exercises increase and you lower your risks of injury or setbacks.

Make sure to reward yourself too. No purging.
 
See, I originally had a before and after pic in there on my first post. I deleted it though, because I decided that I did not want it on the interwebz.

I do jumprope. mainly for footwork, but I do it in sets of 2 minutes/2 minute rest. Switching feet is really hard for me as I get tangled up, but I am working on it.

Yoga is too expensive and classes are too rigid in terms of time since I travel all of the time. I doubt I will do that.
 
I like tuna with fresh pico-- ---1 can, 1/2 cup of Pico with 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 tsp balsamic
 
This will sound stupid but it works. When I kickboxed some of us had a tough time jumping rope as fast as we wanted to (or as fast as our instructors wanted us to). They had us simulate the jump, working on footwork. So whenever we were not doing anything such as watching others spar, waiting for water fountain or anything else, we had to pretend we were jumping rope with footwork.

It really helped getting that rhythm down pat and then just getting the rope speed to coordinate with it. Our hands and wrists already had the motion. Maybe this will work for you. But yes, you are going to look silly in the process. But not any more silly than somebody with a rope learning to get better. Rest assured that just about anybody snickering from afar cannot do it better than you if as good. ("it" being jumping rope)
 
Update: I was at 219.5 this morning, which is great since I got bombed Friday night and then enjoyed some great Greek food and wine at Taverna Opa Saturday night. But, I played basketball for 1.5 hrs in the Florida sun yesterday, then came home and did some situps and pushups.

Overall, I am very happy with my strategy of eating well most of the time, enjoying myself on weekends, and getting exercise at least 5 days a week.
 
I was at 223 yesterday at HEB with a BP of 110/68 ( I quit taking my BP meds 6 months ago)-- Turned 40 last week and was 278 in Oct 06-- I would like to get to 205-210

With a bad back( parachute accident) and rebuilt ankle ( trampoline mishap) running hurts everything. I lost most of the weight on a treadmill or eliptical, lots of core work, tons of pushups, speed squats and lunges and various barbell exercises( also generally very active as well). More importantly--I eat well-- modified south beach -- the biggest thing I learned, portions and eat snacks.

Exercise is great, but I took a month off from working out when my shoulder flared up but stayed on my regular eating habits-- actually lost a couple of lbs--maybe muscle. However; if I work out and blow off my diet--I will gain weight, feel bloated and lethargic.
 
186 as of yesterday. I bought heart rate monitor and watch and it's really cool - my resting heartrate is about 73 which I think is awful. Need to work on that.

I am making some hornian 3-2-1 ribs w/o smoker
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and will eat like 2 or 3 - with some broccoli on the side.

Whoever said portions was right on - I'm eating very small portions so I get hungry about every 2 hours - I then eat either an apple or a banana. It works like a charm.

Now I normally dont eat aything like pork ribs - just tuna or chicken breast but I just weighed myself butt nekkid and I was 184 after a run. I think my bathroom scale is 2 pounds light so I think I'm really at 186. I'm going to do the twin peaks mountain hike tomorrow
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takes about 4 hours and I want to check the cals on my heart rate monitor. I imagine at least 1000 maybe 1500 for that hike.

PSA - Msg horn4life (summer79) if you want some good advice on weight loss - he is a genius.
 
Me:
7/1/08 - 207 lbs
7/21/08 - 202 lbs
7/28/08 - 199.5 lbs
8/6/08 - 196

I'm taking a mini-vacation this weekend to attend a friend's wedding. I have a feeling there may be an uptick in my weight come Monday....

For whatever reason, I re-read HIHK's original post. Man... 2 big macs and 20 nuggets is a heck of a lot of food. I'm impressed you could stuff all of that in.
 
Congrats HIHK!

You don't need to "lose" 3.4 pounds. As I wrote above, you've already won. Three weeks to spare. That **** was too easy.
 
this is fantastic. i am going the opposite direction, but in a good way. I am up to 229. I had shoulder reconstruction one year ago, and could not lift for about 6 months. I was very careful with my diet at that time. I lost a bunch of muscle mass and was down to 184 from 214. In the last 6 months i have started lifting again. I am able to do things now that I couldn't for many years( put real weight on the bench, dips, etc), and it has been a termendous help in regaining lost mass. So I am up to 229 while maintaining a 34 inch waste. I am 6'4 in height.

Sounds like you have this bet in the bag HIHK. you'll probably make weight by the end of the week. maybe you could press them to double or nothing for an extra 5 pounds of something.
 
oddly enough i was at 187 this morning. So weird.

However even though I'm on vacation I got up at 630, went to the gym and did a trainer session. I then ate cereal.

I'm relaxed about it.

Scipio, I'd rather not have to do the water manipulation but of course will if I have to - not looking froward to it but hell I'll do it.
 
HIKK...how's that bet coming along?

I weighed in at 216lbs this morning. It was another good week of working out and eating healthy "most" of the time. I had some delicious lasagna and cheese filled ravioli for dinner Friday night, 3 slices of pizza Sat night, and a decent amount of booze. Still, this is what I was hoping for....eating what I want sometimes, working out, and eating healthy most of the time.

Recap:
March - 242
7/22 - 225
8/04 - 219.5
8/18 - 216
 
183.5 - ill have a long post about it in a few weeks when I collect.

I likely won't need any special treatment.

As H4L says it's really just a math problem - i didn't believe it deep down but I can assure you now, that's all it is.
 
I'm definitely taking it down below 180 to around 175, I still have some discernable fat around my middle that I don't like.

I want to experiment next on how much I can eat and drink and maintain. I am having pasta dreams.
 
Me:
7/1/08 - 207 lbs
7/21/08 - 202 lbs
7/28/08 - 199.5 lbs
8/6/08 - 196
8/19/08 - 194

I've gone out of town the last two weekends and it shows in my progress.
 
Woo Hoo last week.

about 182 when I woke up this morning. I'm definitely at a steady state plateua however well withing range where a simple one hour run takes me easily below the target.
 
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