Austin Half Marathon in 1:45:33. This was my 10th half-marathon, and I have ran one full marathon (2022 Austin Marathon).
Agzonfire said:Agzonfire said:
Age: 39
Current: 263
June goal: 250
2024 goal: 240
Update. 258 this morning. If I hit goals early, I'm good with that. I didn't want to put out some crazy number that would seem unattainable at the time. Or maybe I go under the goal weights and then slowly gain to where I still hit the numbers. I don't know, I just want this to be something that lasts and not a 1-2 month sprint.
Nothing like a power dump to get you across the line, amirite?bagger05 said:
I'm a mere 0.8 lbs from being down 20.
Eating lots of fiber today lol.
That is my struggle. My wife keeps saying don't weigh yourself everyday, but I can't help it.bagger05 said:
Didn't make it (despite my best efforts). Weight was up 0.2 today.
Day-to-day these measurements are pretty meaningless. And I know this. But doesn't keep me from hoping I am down a little bit every single morning.
I slipped below 155 for the first time yesterday. back up over 156 today. The key for me is week-by-week. My average weight is down each week by at least 1.3 lbs.bagger05 said:
Didn't make it (despite my best efforts). Weight was up 0.2 today.
Day-to-day these measurements are pretty meaningless. And I know this. But doesn't keep me from hoping I am down a little bit every single morning.
I'm the same way, and it's hard to resist the urge to get down on myself when the number is the same or goes the other direction. I always try to measure progress in other ways, like my clothes fitting better or me feeling good and having more energy. I know after a while, if I continue doing the right things, that my body will eventually "correct" itself and I'll see a drop.bagger05 said:
Didn't make it (despite my best efforts). Weight was up 0.2 today.
Day-to-day these measurements are pretty meaningless. And I know this. But doesn't keep me from hoping I am down a little bit every single morning.
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12/15/23
Age: 36
Ht: 5'05"
Wt: 174
nFFMI: 25.02
BF%: ~17%
I weighed 174 in mid December when I started my goal to be down to about 160 by mid-March. I have floated between 170-180 since about 2014. I'm built like a tank with a mesomorph body, so BMI and Navy standards always have a problem with me (Was always sent to the "fat" line for weigh-ins).
My progress has been stunning, and I'm crashing through what I thought possible.
1/22/24
Wt: 163
nFFMI: 24.04
BF%: ~15%
80% of this is clean eating. I started ordering daily meals from Factor, which usually are chicken/pork and a vegetable, ranging from 400-900 Calories. For snacks, it's either a fruit (cherries/peaches/apple sauce), a slice of prosciutto, or a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter. The goal is to hit between 1600-2200 Calories six days per week. I do take creatine, using the HCl dosage. It's what we used to take playing football in college, and I got away from it after an emergency surgery in 2014 when my appendix staged a coup. Dinner is usually about 4 oz of steak or a few scrambled eggs with Tabasco, coupled with the aforementioned snacks.
I have a cheat meal each week, where I eat whatever I want, but I usually plan that. For example, Sunday was a Large Wing Combo from Wingstop with +5 wings on the side. A week ago, it was 2 Chipotle burritos plus chips and guac. I've found this keeps me on track and keeps cravings away.
The workouts have become essential as well. It's divided into three parts upper/lower/run, one per day with a rest day. I do each twice per week. I am also a walking fiend. I aim to hit 10,000 steps/day but routinely crush through 15,000/day. I was a walking dude before any of this weight loss started, so I'm on about a 70-day streak of breaking 10,000 steps. I've also lowered my mile time by about 1:15/mile, which is huge for a slow a guy like me. Resting heart rate has dropped from about 65bpm to 57 bpm.
Last week at the office, I had multiple people ask me if I'd lost weight and told me I looked younger. Midsection definition has returned, but abs are not fully formed yet. Upper chest definition has returned as well. Now, that I'm smashing through the original goal, I'm aiming for 150. I ran a marathon in 2012 at about 145.
Wt: 160.4 lbs
Wt: 158.8 lbs
Had a couple of superfluous days. I smashed a large popcorn and Coke Zero at the movies the other day and did a story at a sports bar, where I downed some delicious wings. Still dropped for the week, so we're good.
Wt: 155.8 lbs
Checking in a day early, because Super Bowl Cheat Day. Had to order a new belt this week.
Wt: 155.0 lbs
texag06ish said:
YTD cumulative totals:
Weight: Down 23.2lbs
Total Exercise time: 80 hours, 37 min and 39 seconds
Total Active Calories Burned: 38,154
Between 2/4 and 2/26 I've lost 6.4lbs of body fat and gained .3lbs of muscle mass.
I am 6.5 months into this journey and I'm 9.8lbs away from my original goal of losing 100lbs. New goal is to get my total body fat into the 15-18% range.
I have an Excel spreadsheet with a formula that tells me how big a ball of the fat I've lost would be and has basketball and beach ball diameters for comparison.bagger05 said:
Friend of mine advised me to find some stuff that weighs 20 lbs to put it in perspective.
20 lbs is about six bottles of wine. I put six into one of those little carrier bags and recognized I used to be carrying that around all day every day a couple months ago.
Seeing the weight tick down a little every day is very cool but it's also cool to stop and appreciate it this way.
One of our main lady anchors stopped me in the parking lot last week and asked if I'd lost weight. Said I was looking great on the TVs.bagger05 said:
My gym friend just walked up to me and said "dude have you lost weight? You're lookin good"
My gym friend is a dude. You win.BassCowboy33 said:One of our main lady anchors stopped me in the parking lot last week and asked if I'd lost weight. Said I was looking great on the TVs.bagger05 said:
My gym friend just walked up to me and said "dude have you lost weight? You're lookin good"