I'm still not sure...

Average Joe said:

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bthotugigem05 said:

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bthotugigem05 said:

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Fell off the wagon from my (admittedly pretty crazy) weight loss in 2020, where I dropped 75 pounds in 8 months. Was too ashamed to weigh myself since basically October 2020.

The weight is back, all of it, and it brought some friends. Rejoining this thread trying to look forward and not backward.

1/3/22: 309.5
2/4/22: 282.2
2/11/22: 276.3

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Weighing in on Thursday this week before I'm off to Italy and Slovenia for a quick weekend holiday. Pulled a muscle in my back and have not been moving around very much this week, hoping it calms down soon.

2/11/22: 273.6

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You have eaten this year, right?!?

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For a more serious reply, I'm basically following Whole30 unless a situation presents itself where I can't/don't want to. I'm probably getting fewer calories than I should but my energy levels feel fine, so I dunno.

I'm single and live by myself. If it's just me eating at the house, I'm strict Whole30. If I'm meeting friends for a drink at a bar, I'll have a beer and bar food without feeling bad about anything. Or like this weekend I'm off to a trip abroad, you can bet your ass I'm going to have some good pasta and pizza in Italy and I'm not going to feel bad about it.

I don't eat any of the "approved" Whole30 substitutes because if I want to, for example, get some ice cream, I want some freaking Blue Bell. If I want chocolate chip cookies, I don't want flourless wheatless zucchini cookies or whatever, I want to go wait in line at Levain Bakery in NYC to get the best cookies in the world. I just need to practice getting back on track better than I did after the wheels fell off in October 2020.

My year has been the reverse so far up 4 pounds but have been exercising more and lifting weights consistently for 2 months. Just gotta buckle down on diet.

Also I've never been any good at weight lifting so trying StrongLifts to see how far I can progress.

bthotugigem05 said:

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Average Joe said:

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bthotugigem05 said:

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bthotugigem05 said:

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Fell off the wagon from my (admittedly pretty crazy) weight loss in 2020, where I dropped 75 pounds in 8 months. Was too ashamed to weigh myself since basically October 2020.

The weight is back, all of it, and it brought some friends. Rejoining this thread trying to look forward and not backward.

1/3/22: 309.5
2/4/22: 282.2
2/11/22: 276.3

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Weighing in on Thursday this week before I'm off to Italy and Slovenia for a quick weekend holiday. Pulled a muscle in my back and have not been moving around very much this week, hoping it calms down soon.

2/11/22: 273.6

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You have eaten this year, right?!?

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For a more serious reply, I'm basically following Whole30 unless a situation presents itself where I can't/don't want to. I'm probably getting fewer calories than I should but my energy levels feel fine, so I dunno.

I'm single and live by myself. If it's just me eating at the house, I'm strict Whole30. If I'm meeting friends for a drink at a bar, I'll have a beer and bar food without feeling bad about anything. Or like this weekend I'm off to a trip abroad, you can bet your ass I'm going to have some good pasta and pizza in Italy and I'm not going to feel bad about it.

I don't eat any of the "approved" Whole30 substitutes because if I want to, for example, get some ice cream, I want some freaking Blue Bell. If I want chocolate chip cookies, I don't want flourless wheatless zucchini cookies or whatever, I want to go wait in line at Levain Bakery in NYC to get the best cookies in the world. I just need to practice getting back on track better than I did after the wheels fell off in October 2020.

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I am 100% with you on fake dessert. I'd rather just eat some cottage cheese and wait to eat real dessert on my cheat day than fake it.

Anyway, sounds like you got it down, but I encourage you to find some go-to habits you can employ when the social stuff goes on. In my past I used to be a "good most of the time" healthy eater but found I had special reasons to not eat healthy about five nights a week. Especially when I was single and much more social. The slide from not worrying about my diet four or five meals a week to eleven or twelve meals a week was REALLY easy.

For vacation -- absolutely let things go and enjoy yourself. Especially because in Europe their food is actually made from real food and isn't as bad as the pizza and pasta you get here.

Have fun on your trip!

Well I'm single but also suffer from pretty bad social anxiety, so social settings aren't that big of a problem for me because there just aren't that many of them (I wish there were). All a work in progress.

5'9
Goal: 155

1/1. 173
1/10. 170
1/18. 169.3
1/24. 167.9
2/4. 166.6
2/14. 166.5
2/20. 164.4

1/1: 279
1/12: 270.4
1/17: 266.6
1/24: 264.6
1/31: 260.8
2/7: 257.4
2/14: N/A
2/21: 256.2

Super bowl super cheat weekend was fun but glad to be back on the horse.

6' 1"
Goal is BMI<30
12/21/21: 241 Lbs
01/9/22: 239 Lbs
Flurona lost 10 Lbs in as many days.
01/26/22: 229 Lbs

Took 3 weeks to feel good and eating again.

02/21/22: 233 Lbs BMI 30.74

Goal is 220 by summer time.

OilandGasAg2014 said:

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1/1: 238.9
2/13: 229.7

Was losing a steady amount of weight the first couple of weeks but have hit a wall the last couple of weeks. I workout 5-6 days a week but am thinking about incorporating an outdoor run a couple of days out of the week and IMF.

Want to get to ~210 by end of April for my wedding!

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1/1: 238.9
2/13: 229.7
2/21: 225.0

Food poisoning over the weekend helped me get over my plateau of not losing weight!

So this January instead of starting a 'diet' I started just trying to eat regular balanced meals with consistent exercise... as opposed to a <name> diet plus some intense but un-maintainable exercise plan.

6-7 weeks the results are - mixed? I feel good and think I look more fit, but the scale has actually crept up about 5-7 pounds. I'm hopeful that with consistency I'll see my metabolism kick in a little more and see some weight loss kick in.

I saw something similar when I did the 3 months of M2 Performance's Nutrition plan - weight crept up the first 4-6 weeks of the 12 week program and then started a steady decline.

Fingers crossed that's what happens here!

Just saw this thread but I'm in.

65 yrs old
1/3/22 - 199.3
2/22/22 - 196.6

Target weight: 165 by the end of June.

Can't walk/run due to back issues. Hell I can't stand longer than a minute without my feet going numb. Surgery is scheduled for May. I do 100 pushups in the morning and 100 at night in sets of 25. I need to start, stretching, sit-ups, crunches as well to help with my core before surgery.

sorry to hear that and hope the surgery goes well. Stretching does wonders so do as much of that as you can manage.

Bunk Moreland said:

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sorry to hear that and hope the surgery goes well. Stretching does wonders so do as much of that as you can manage.

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Thanks for the encouragement, I need it!

Im stupid and cant believe this isnt higher after about 3 straight weeks of treating my body like an amusement park between my 40th bday, followed by wifes 40th bday, followed by O&G convention, followed by Midland business trip. Its been fun, but i definately feel like crap and have unwound the January well-oiled machine ... just gotta get back on!

Back off the booze, back on the bike (which has also been in the shop).

1/3/2022: 216
1/10/2022: 210
1/17/2022: 212
1/20/2022: 209
1/26/2022: 209
2/22/2022: 213

Side note this has been all while adding some muscle as well. Started working with 135 on seated military press (feels badass throwing up the big plates) yesterday so between that and getting below 210 this morning my ego has gotten a little boost the last couple days.

Feel like I'm on track for my "Fit at 40" goals.

Yet ANOTHER side note: wife ordered a pizza for dinner last night. I didn't touch it. Wasn't even hard to resist.

bagger05 said:

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Yet ANOTHER side note: wife ordered a pizza for dinner last night. I didn't touch it. Wasn't even hard to resist.

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That makes one of us. I ate the pizza my wife ordered. Way to stay strong.!

bagger05 said:

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Yet ANOTHER side note: wife ordered a pizza for dinner last night. I didn't touch it. Wasn't even hard to resist.

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My wife makes pizza for the kids all the time. 50/50 proposition if I resist. At best.

I'm telling y'all, the cheat day is magical. It's a lot easier to resist knowing I can eat an entire pizza by myself on Saturday if I want to. I didn't have to say no - I just had to say "only a couple more days."

bagger05 said:

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I'm telling y'all, the cheat day is magical. It's a lot easier to resist knowing I can eat an entire pizza by myself on Saturday if I want to. I didn't have to say no - I just had to say "only a couple more days."

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You may have already posted this but are you exercising? I can't do a lot until my back is fixed but I am stretching, pushups, stomach etc. Going to start back-up with dumbbells tomorrow morning. Rotator cuff surgery is next after the back. Woohoo

Yeah I exercise quite a bit. I'm following Bigger, Leaner, Stronger which I think is a great program. Mostly heavy lifting. Focus of the workouts are heavy sets where you're in the 4-6 rep range with 3 minutes of rest between each of your three sets per exercise. Usually 2-3 of those type of exercises then a couple of accessory exercises where you're in the 8-10 rep range.

My workout calendar:

Monday - chest
Tuesday - back
Wednesday - shoulders then cardio at Orange Theory
Thursday - legs
Friday - upper body then cardio at Orange Theory

bagger05 said:

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Yeah I exercise quite a bit. I'm following Bigger, Leaner, Stronger which I think is a great program. Mostly heavy lifting. Focus of the workouts are heavy sets where you're in the 4-6 rep range with 3 minutes of rest between each of your three sets per exercise. Usually 2-3 of those type of exercises then a couple of accessory exercises where you're in the 8-10 rep range.

My workout calendar:

Monday - chest
Tuesday - back
Wednesday - shoulders then cardio at Orange Theory
Thursday - legs
Friday - upper body then cardio at Orange Theory

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That's a good program. I like the heavy lifting program. Before injuries I had a similar program combined with 3 days a week of jump rope for 15 minutes and finish with a mile run. No red meat for 2 years. Ripped. Those days are long gone! LOL

bthotugigem05 said:

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Fell off the wagon from my (admittedly pretty crazy) weight loss in 2020, where I dropped 75 pounds in 8 months. Was too ashamed to weigh myself since basically October 2020.

The weight is back, all of it, and it brought some friends. Rejoining this thread trying to look forward and not backward.

1/3/22: 309.5
2/4/22: 282.2
2/11/22: 276.3
2/17/22: 273.6

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Italy was great, enjoyed some really good food while out there and put on a few pounds. The most important part though…I got back on track when I got home! That's the habit I needed to develop the first time.

2/25/22: 273.1

Feb 1st: 225
Feb 25: 220

Always feels good to cross a threshold like that. Keep it up.

ABATTBQ87 said:

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ABATTBQ87 said:

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Age: 56
Height: 6'3"
Current weight 235

The goal for June (birthday) is 220

The goal for the end of 2022: 210

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February 1st weight = 232

Walked 104 miles in January

1080 situps and 680 pushups in January

New Goal: 210 by November 18 (35th class reunion)

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March 1st weight = 229

February highlights:

Walked 109 miles

1,486 situps

992 pushups

February was a wash, unfortunately. COVID rolled into a cough that I haven't shaken completely. Getting back into running has resulted in getting a quarter mile down the road and coughing up both lungs.

Diet was maintained for the most part. Last week I started tracking calories much better and have a ceiling of 1500 daily (between 11 and 7 with IF).

Despite the lack of exorcise and not being consistent with my diet I still lost 2 pounds over February.

3/1 - 206

Goals
100 pushups per day
100 situps per day
Increase daily water intake
Under 200 by 3/15

Great progress