Fitness and Weightloss
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I am with you and I have a lot of apps to help but nothing can beat will power. Right now I am 24 years old 6 foot and 269 lbs. I would love to get back to 180 so lets see what we can all do.
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I did Medifast a few years ago and lost 90lbs. It was great.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I did Medifast a few years ago and lost 90lbs. It was great.
I have personally never followed any programs. Just watched the food intake and got exercise.
This was me at GenCon in 2005. I had lost 50 pounds but was still around 300.
This was July 28, 2007 at my Wedding in Tokyo at 176
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I'm 6'3" was 180pounds 6 months ago. Since I haven't been able to do much in the last few months I think I'm at like 230 right now I need to get back to 180 or less soon!
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@thecreativeone91 said:
I'm 6'3" was 180pounds 6 months ago. Since I haven't been able to do much in the last few months I think I'm at like 230 right now I need to get back to 180 or less soon!
You're 6'3", 230 and COMPLAINING?! I'm 6'4", 310-315 (last I checked) and would kill to be at 230 again! Damn bipolar meds have put a crap ton of weight on me.
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I should add, though, I've been told by dozens (no exaggeration) of people that I carry my weight very well and no one ever guesses my weight. They all usually lowball by 30-60 lbs. So I have that going for me.
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Spent the last three days at 102.4kg. This morning the scale said 101.6kg. I must admit, it feels nice!
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Good start.
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This morning was 101.8kg, happy to be under 102kg for a few days!
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Interesting topic..i think i should take it seriously..
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I have been 101.0kg for the last 2 days!
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updated my chart.
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That is some good, sustainable progress, Jared - are you incorporating any exercise in there?
It's not always about weight loss itself, but developing routines that reinforce a healthy lifestyle to keep the weight off. A balanced diet with lean protein and vegetables, along with minimal carbs and starches is one way to go that has worked well for me. http://www.myfitnesspal.com is a good online community tool with related mobile apps for tracking exercise and calorie intake. -
@Katie
Not doing any specific exercise, basically because family/work.Seriously over the last year we have tried and tried to get some type of consistent exercise schedule working for me. Nothing holds up.
Early morning cannot happen because I simply will NOT get up that early. Period. I know myself better than to even say I can do early morning workouts.
We tried me going to the gym right after I drop the kids off at school, but work simply interrupts too much to make it work.
Tried early evenings but that kept failing due to either working late or having to do something for the kids.
Tried late evening, but by the time the kids are bathed and in bed, and I read story time, I am about to pass out myself. Story time is too relaxing of an activity, and many nights i will fall asleep with the girls.I was able to add regular exercise the first time around because I worked in a cube farm and had fixed break and lunch times. I used those times to exercise. I would walk up and down 4 flights of stairs for the solid 15 minute break times in the morning and afternoon. At lunch I would walk for ~2 miles.
Now I have a completely flexible schedule and I make use of that to have family time when it is better for my kids. Instead of only seeing dad for 10 minutes int he morning and an hour or two at night.
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@JaredBusch I can understand the work/life balance conundrum. I have a hard time fitting in as much exercise as I want.
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Bringing back an old topic because i just linked it to someone..
I am at 98.6kg (216.92lbs) this morning. I most certainly have not continued losing like I wanted.
That lack of a way to consistently get exercise that does not impact my schedule is so damned hard.
I am eating healthy, my last blood test had everything in the normal ranges except cholesterol.
Just need to get a routine.
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Congrats man!!
edit: read the OP/topic and didnt see the date
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6'4" at 270lbs... really need to start doing some of this stuff. Eating healthier would be a good start though.
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My life was in so much turmoil last year that I lost all track of my diet. This year I am really hoping that I can at very least focus on health if not weight loss directly. We moved to Greece on January 1st and so it works out that we will be in countries where eating very healthy will be very easy for a full six months. I'll be walking places all of the time and eating local produce almost exclusively. There is no local restaurant (at least during this season) so no eating out options. All food has to be made at home or with great travel effort.
I am hoping that small village life for an extended period of time will help me to "reset" to healthy eating again.
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As I sit here eating a bunch of cherry candies,.. I agree - my physician would like to see me lose about 50lbs.
Working a routine that I can do and stay on task for the office.
