Get rid of that spare tire, who's up for the challenge??

ohh man - CONFESSION TIME - since the start of this thread - I lost the spare twice - and got it back twice - the spare is there now - I hate it so much..:oops:

I don't have that big gut anymore but I used to. I gave up sugar and it went away.

When I had it, it was like I was carrying a dead animal around my waist all day. When
I went to sleep at night, my stomach would lie down first and I would curl around it the
best I could. I hated it. Pants were falling down all the time.

It's so hard to give up sugar (including pasta, rolls). I still want it but I've managed
to toe the line. I know that one little emotional upset (my team didn't win, I broke
a string during a show) can make me forget. It is hard.

This is a great thread! It's nice to see a bunch of guys so motivated to do something about their health!

I wish I could so some of the things I've read that work so well. I was recently diagnosed with being Glucose Intolerant (which is the medical way to say "if you keep stuffing your face with crap, you're going to be diabetic). I'm 31 years old. So I had to change things drastically. I cut out sugar and used Splenda instead. No more soda unless it's the "0" products, i.e. coke zero, sprite zero, etc... I started walking in the morning and in the evenings...

BUT

The problem is, I'm a veteran and in my service time, I was injured and had to have emergency back surgery. I have some permenant nerve damage in my spine and have bad pain in my feet which makes it hard to walk. I already walk with a cane most of the time. Exercise is pretty much out of the question. I can't even get underneath my jeep w/o paying for it the following 2 days.

So pretty much the best thing I can do is change my diet to something healthy. I lost probably 20 lbs the first month by changing my diet and walking alone, but since I stopped walking, I have leveled off at around 215-220. My target weight is 195-200 lbs. It's not easy man. I like to eat.

Ya know, I was doing great last year up until we went on holidays for 2 weeks in July. I could never really get back in the groove after that. But, starting January 3rd Wifey and I are going to police each other and motivate each other and hopefully we can both manage to stick with it.

Well, it's finally my turn to post here. When I graduated High School in 2005, I was 200lbs and 5'11.75". Fast forward to today, I'm right at 6' and weigh 240lbs.

I talked to my doctor a month or so ago, and he advised that given my height and my really broad body structure (my shoulders and chest are really big) I should keep my weight between 195-205lbs, preferably closer to the lower end of that.

So that's my quest. I'm going to try to lose 40lbs. I'm going to try to keep my calorie intake between 1500-1800 a day, and I asked my supervisor if I could leave the office to jog for 20-30 minutes everyday, and she approved and said it would be a great idea.

Any advice or things I should do different that someone more knowledgeable might suggest?

Any advice or things I should do different that someone more knowledgeable might suggest?

You gotta hit the weights! Jogging on its own is great for the heart, but doesn't help to burn calories. You have to work all of your muscles, especially the large muscles.

Check out Body for Life - they have a great routine. Start slow, and work your way up to more repetitions and more weight.

Good Luck!

Good Idea. I'll go tomorrow and see what I can find in the way of weights.

I am down 100lbs from when this thread opened.
I yo-yo'd a few times but it has been 18 months & still dropping.
35 more to go!

I have always been a fat boy and probably always will, but, I have lost 118 lbs since Jan 1st. Hope to be able to keep it up for awhile longer.

Here is an update. From 1/1/08 until 1/1/09, I lost a total of 182lbs!

Congrats you guys and gals! I'm always impressed when people can do this. I'm currently on the rise and have been the past two years getting close to my all time personal best of 300lbs. Like most it's the achey back, stiff joints and cloudy outlook on things that really makes it apparent things are bad. It is the motivation though that hasn't been there recently if that hasn't been enough. Used to go to the gym regularly and remember how good things felt mentally and physically. The past couple of years it's been a lot of starts and stops that really make me feel more defeated. Just sold my sofa chairs in front of the TV to get that temptation out. Thought about replacing it with a treadmill. So I'm not going to jump in to say today is the day but these posts are really inspiring. You guys gotta post some pics...with your guitars of course.

I went to the doctor Thursday morning & was back up to 264.
I need to find something to do all day besides cook.
I haven't been walking as much as I should because of the cold. And I'm eating like I did when I was working like a beast. So my calorie intake is way higher than what I'm burning off these days.
I know what I need to do. But knowing it & actually doing it again are not the same thing.

Jogging on its own is great for the heart, but doesn't help to burn calories.

If you live long enough, you'll hear everything. :smile:

OK so this advice is the opposite of true, a.k.a. to be avoided:

1. Jogging burns more calories than weight lifting (http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist4.htm) obviously -- and is aerobic activity as opposed to anaerobic. You need to do cardio to lose weight and get in great shape.

2. Don't buy it? Ask an expert (http://health.msn.com/fitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100164486) -- suuuurvey says:

Q: I started lifting weights because I heard you can burn more calories from lifting than from doing cardio. Is this true?

A: There's a lot of confusion about exactly what lifting weights can do for you. One thing is for sure, if you're trying to lose weight, then doing more cardio activities—such as walking, running or using machines like the elliptical trainer—is the way to go.

3. Always take health advice in a guitar forum with a grain of salt. The last thing you want to do right now is lift weights. Stick with cardio and good eating. (and don't eat before bed) Peace. :cool:

I went to the doctor Thursday morning & was back up to 264.
I need to find something to do all day besides cook.
I haven't been walking as much as I should because of the cold. And I'm eating like I did when I was working like a beast. So my calorie intake is way higher than what I'm burning off these days.
I know what I need to do. But knowing it & actually doing it again are not the same thing.

I can relate to what you are saying. I am about 255#. I don't eat much in the morning & afternoon, but I eat continuously in the evenings. I don't exercise currently. I really need to get below 200#, but that seems like a long way away. I have lost substantial amounts of weight in my like, but always put it back on...I know what the right thing to do is, but really can't commit to it. Heart trouble in the family should be a motivator, but it hasn't been for me. Its like eating is an addiction.

i recommend playing your favourite guitar licks (on a tele of course) at double the normal speed you are used to in order to raise your metabolic rate and Hey Presto instant weight loss, as well as being able to fit in twice as many tunes a day! Go on gorge yourself on tunes, you know it makes sense!

Here is an update. From 1/1/08 until 1/1/09, I lost a total of 182lbs!

That is awesome! great job! Keep going!

Well, I don't even own a scale that goes above 70 lbs., so I'm not sure of my weight. I have been as high as 225 lbs., I might be a little over that now. I'd like to lose about 50 lbs. so I can tolerate seeing pictures of me at the beach next year. My wife loves to cook, and I love to eat. Since half of our kids got married, my wife still cooks the same amount of food, and I'm obliged to eat it so it doesn't get thrown away. She tells me I need to lose weight, then overcooks and gets angry when food sits in the refrigerator. The other problem is I teach until 9PM, come home, eat dinner, then fall asleep. Combined with hypothyroidism, it's a recipe for disaster. I tried the Atkins diet a few years ago- lost a bunch of weight, had trouble with my joints (now a known problem with Atkins) and sheesh... I missed bread, pasta, etc.. So I found all the weight I had lost plus more. I was rollerblading every day a couple of years ago, but it hurts my back and my blading partners moved away. I hate to do it alone, and need to find a good form of aerobic exercise that I will stick with. I hate running, bicycling is OK, but all this stuff is time consuming.. Between owning a business, building guitars, teaching lessons, playing in two groups- time is really limited. There has to be an effective means of exercising that can be done on-the-fly. I can likely put down the shovel and pick up a fork.

Well, found myself over 200 lbs again. The holidays took their toll. Went back on the Atkins this week. It's the only thing that works for me. Boy those first few days w/o sugar are tough. Hope to get back to 185 in a couple of months.

On my third week of cutting back.

500 calories per meal/3 meals per day. No snacks. 2 light beers a day. Getting results but no fun at all.

On my third week of cutting back.

500 calories per meal/3 meals per day. No snacks. 2 light beers a day. Getting results but no fun at all.

clayfeat, when I was a student in Bloomington I was a bit of a gym freak, ate like a horse, and weighed 185 at 6'2'' - now I am nearly twice as old as I was then and weigh 260ish.

I'm in for any lighthearted group therapy that helps me acheive goals - being healthy, becoming a better musician. Wish me luck!

Good luck, nrand!

If you live long enough, you'll hear everything. :smile:

OK so this advice is the opposite of true, a.k.a. to be avoided:

1. Jogging burns more calories than weight lifting (http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist4.htm) obviously -- and is aerobic activity as opposed to anaerobic. You need to do cardio to lose weight and get in great shape.

2. Don't buy it? Ask an expert (http://health.msn.com/fitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100164486) -- suuuurvey says:



3. Always take health advice in a guitar forum with a grain of salt. The last thing you want to do right now is lift weights. Stick with cardio and good eating. (and don't eat before bed) Peace. :cool:

OK, I mispoke - jogging burns calories, lifting weights burns calories. This tells you activity and diet is the key to losing weight.

Per the second link you posted, it looked like many of the commentators disagreed with the expert's answer.

When it comes down to it, why do we want to lose weight? To look and feel good about ourselves. Lifting weights and aerobic activity will probably accomplish this better than jogging alone.

Personally, I will continue doing both. I pointed the interested readers of this column to a great source of information, Body for Life. Don't believe me? Check out the photos on the web site.

I didn't claim to be an expert on fitness, I only play one on TV.

So I hadn't taken the time to read this thread all the way through until just now. And, man, there are a lot of inspiring stories in here, especially where the person had to try a couple times before making it.

I don't have anything so dramatic. I've coasted most of my life on a pretty healthy metabolism, but now that I'm approaching 30, it's slowing down, and my old habit of eating whatever I wanted isn't working anymore. For the last two years or so, I've been around 170-175 lbs on a medium-sized 5'8" frame. Which would be fine if I were carrying a lot of muscle, but I'm not. :razz: So I'm shooting for 155-160 lbs.

To that end, I entered a cardio-kickboxing class at my work gym, and am trying to eat healthier -- less junk, more protein. Five weeks in, I weigh between 169-171 lbs every morning, and I'm definitely getting stronger. To help keep me on the right path, I'm not buying any new clothes that aren't a little snug. It seems that most people buy clothes with "room to grow", and sure enough, they do. :wink:

Thanks for having this thread, and best of luck to everyone here!

- Scott

One month into South Beach and I've dropped 10#, but stalled for the last week and a half. At least I've cut out the junk at night. Need to drop 10 more, and 15 is the target. Gotta fit into that bikini by May...

Here is an update. From 1/1/08 until 1/1/09, I lost a total of 182lbs!



WOW!!!!! :shock: :mrgreen::mrgreen:

That is awesome.

23lbs since January 15th.

Ya know, I was doing great last year up until we went on holidays for 2 weeks in July. I could never really get back in the groove after that. But, starting January 3rd Wifey and I are going to police each other and motivate each other and hopefully we can both manage to stick with it.

Just an update on my situation... on January 3rd I weighted in at 229.5 pounds. Since then my wife and I have been eating right, working out with weights 3 times a week and going for 4 mile walk 3 times a week. Saturday we take a break and even indulge a bit with our eating, but we don't go overboard.

So after just under 6 weeks I weighted in this morning at 216.0 pounds. That's a drop of 13.5 pounds. My goal has been to get under 200 pounds and stay there. Hopefully in another 8 weeks I'll be there.

Ok, I'm in too. I weigh about 99kg (218lbs) and have for the past while. It just kinda crept up on me. To the best of my knowledge Ive never gone over 100kg, and altho its just an arbitrary number, I feel as if that would really be a disappointment, and I am trying to avoid it if possible. I've started to exercise more, I've even long-term borrowed my brothers weights (he doesnt need them anymore), but its the eating and smoking thing that is the hardest for me.
Ive managed to quit cigarettes a few times, but I always start again. It just brings my self esteem down thinking about how hard it can be to quit for good. With eating, well, I'm hypoglyceamic and need to eat every hour or two to keep functioning in body and mind. It makes it a bit harder. Also if I eat sugar I have a short burst of energy , then am completly drained for the next few hours. I find it fun lifting weights/jogging etc, but the food thing is gonna be tough.
I'll be trying my best tho...

I am 43 years old, and I am literally a food addict and an emotional eater. (I struggle with depression, but am hanging tough in that department...I have seen some lows though.) My health, or lack thereof, is killing me. All my numbers are high...bp, sugar, trigl, cholesterol, weight...you name it. My Dad has had 2 multiple bypass surgeries since 2006, so heredity ain't on my side. I can commit for short periods of time, but I struggle with the long hall. I currently weigh in at about 260#. My ideal body weight is around 180#.

I need motivation...and fear of dyin' ain't doin' it...as crazy as that sounds. Somebody kick me in the ass!

I've become addicted to Diet Coke - 2 bottles or cans minimum everyday.



You've come this far now ditch the soda. It's poison.

I am 6'4" and tip the scales at about 320. 15 years ago when I met my wife I was 217. Man it just kind of sneaks up on you slowly, then one day you're a slob. I quit drinking alcohol over a year ago and tobacco about 3 months ago. I have been riding an exercise bike for a half an hour every day. The heaviest I've ever been was on my wedding 7 years ago. I was 365. I would like to lose it slowly and get back to around 220.

I kept myself really fit and ripped for years. Then suffered a DVT leg issue which prevents me from taking part in exercise (I was a dumbo and thought I had a muscle strain)

I have no weight gain, and what really annoy's me is the fact that I can't fly anymore (no airline will take me unless I lie)

Bad idea, 70% chance of yet another DVT. But we should all keep fit anf lose weight.

The way to go? No damn junk food, lite beer and stay away from the 4x4!

So I hadn't taken the time to read this thread all the way through until just now. And, man, there are a lot of inspiring stories in here, especially where the person had to try a couple times before making it.

I don't have anything so dramatic. I've coasted most of my life on a pretty healthy metabolism, but now that I'm approaching 30, it's slowing down, and my old habit of eating whatever I wanted isn't working anymore.

I'm in the same boat. I normally weigh about 63 kg / 140 lbs, but I'm up to 72 kg / 158 lbs and not happy about it. Taken up cycling to work a few days a week, once my cardio is back to where it was I'll try running again too.

c-

I am 43 years old, and I am literally a food addict and an emotional eater. (I struggle with depression, but am hanging tough in that department...I have seen some lows though.) My health, or lack thereof, is killing me. All my numbers are high...bp, sugar, trigl, cholesterol, weight...you name it. My Dad has had 2 multiple bypass surgeries since 2006, so heredity ain't on my side. I can commit for short periods of time, but I struggle with the long hall. I currently weigh in at about 260#. My ideal body weight is around 180#.

I need motivation...and fear of dyin' ain't doin' it...as crazy as that sounds. Somebody kick me in the ass!

Raf

If reading what you wrote isn't enough motivation then I'm not sure what anyone here can say to you.

The only thing I can tell you is if you decide to do it, take it slow. Start cutting back on the crap foods. There is food that is good for you in the convenience stores, you just have to pick it up and eat it.

Go for walks. Join a gym. If you start going to the gym take baby steps. I see so many people that go gang busters then never come back. Start on the treadmill at a reasonable pace for like 15 minutes. Bring some sort of music player and headphones, it makes all the difference in the world. You don't need a trainer, they will most likely hammer you into the ground and you'll get discouraged. I was in your same boat and still have to keep an eye on my cholesterol but I'm in great shape now and I feel great too. I hated exercise when I was out of shape. I laid on the couch and watched TV for hours and was miserable. Not anymore.

Good luck with your decision. I hope you do it for yourself and the people that depend on you.

Raf

If reading what you wrote isn't enough motivation then I'm not sure what anyone here can say to you.

The only thing I can tell you is if you decide to do it, take it slow. Start cutting back on the crap foods. There is food that is good for you in the convenience stores, you just have to pick it up and eat it.

Go for walks. Join a gym. If you start going to the gym take baby steps. I see so many people that go gang busters then never come back. Start on the treadmill at a reasonable pace for like 15 minutes. Bring some sort of music player and headphones, it makes all the difference in the world. You don't need a trainer, they will most likely hammer you into the ground and you'll get discouraged. I was in your same boat and still have to keep an eye on my cholesterol but I'm in great shape now and I feel great too. I hated exercise when I was out of shape. I laid on the couch and watched TV for hours and was miserable. Not anymore.

Good luck with your decision. I hope you do it for yourself and the people that depend on you.

And I am doing just that...I have begun to make some healthier food choices & walk on the treadmill - have been doing pretty well for a little over a week. I am not taking the "all or none approach." That is, I am not going to tell myself that I will eat perfectly clean or never miss a walk...and that is o.k. Its about making the right choices the majority of the time over the long haul. Thanks for your comment.

Was 226# in early November last year. I was 181 this morning when I weighed. Just some aerobic exercise and watching what I eat.

I gained A LOT of weight last summer by coming home every afternoon after work and sitting out by the chicken coop and playing my National El Trovador. I really got better at playing country blues. The only problem was I drank a cool of Miller High Life while I played. It was an idyllic summer, but now I'm paying the price. I'm now a really good slide player who is 20 pounds overweight. And the chickens got killed, tool

Well, I visited the Doctor yesterday. Time to get serious. Heaviest I've ever been, 5'8" and 232 lbs... Like a freakin' beached whale. hypothyroid, borderline diabetic, crazy high cholesterol and blood sugar. No wonder I feel like I'm 80 years old. According to him I should be underground right about now..

So.. I spent some quality time on the treadmill, took some meds for the thyroid, and will continue to do so for the next 4 weeks. Then we go back for another round of bloodwork and see if he's helping me or killing me.

I'm too damn busy to croak right now, so I guess I'll try to stick around for a while. ;) LOL

I'm in the same boat. I normally weigh about 63 kg / 140 lbs, but I'm up to 72 kg / 158 lbs and not happy about it. Taken up cycling to work a few days a week, once my cardio is back to where it was I'll try running again too.

c-

Yep thats me too :sad:

I could be even more now, havn,t weighed myself in a while

I,ve always been very active, with the jobs that I had I was always on the go.
Now I run my business from home and have become very sedentary. Sitting in front of the computer in the afternoons, never did that before. And working 7 days a week, I,m either at home or doing shopping when I can. And eating all the wrong foods which I never did before

Man can I understand this thread...

I started this year at 215 and have been as high as 227. At 5'10" that's not good. I've got family history of heart/artery disease and decided that now is as good a time as any to make some much needed lifestyle changes. I've lost about 45 lbs since Jan. 1, 40 of it in the 1st month or so.

I am right around 170 now and feel mentally sharper and physically better than I have in 20 years.

Saw some old bandmates recently. When we played together they were overweight. Now they look great and I'm carrying 20 extra ponds. I've been wanting to lose the weight but not willing to give up the way I eat. So I've been playing hockey a couple times a week but in my mid thirties now and it's just not enough. So I'm drinking a slurpee while I write this and I had a burger and fries for lunch like I do everyday.

Tomorrow is my first day of cutting out the starches and sugars.

Thanks for the motivation. I'm 6 ft nuthin and around 190 right now.

Billy

Four days in and I'm down 5 lbs.

Four days in and I'm down 5 lbs.

That's awesome!

Nothing like the momentum of success to motivate.

Tomorrow is my first day of cutting out the starches and sugars.



Billy

I'm in.

Started a low carb/no sugar diet last friday. Haven't gotten on the scale yet, but I can already feel my clothes getting loose after 5 days. I did this low carb thing a few years ago, and it really is the only thing that works for me. This time, I just want to lose maybe 15 pounds...so I've been living off of protein shakes and slim-jims. Gonna keep it up till the end of the month.

gone from 265 back in January to 225 now...eating a little cleaner - more fruits, veggies, salads, nuts, but still have some mexican & chinese food periodically. Lifting weights 3-5 times a week and walk/jog on treadmill a minimum of 30 minutes a day...still want to get down to 200, but really interested in just stripping fat away at this point...

Long thread, and someone may have mentioned it, but green tea worked for me. I've lost 60 lbs since October. All I drink is Lipton diet green tea. Supposed to raise your metabolism and I believe it. I also quit eating anything within 4 hours of going to bed. That combo is working for me anyhow.

I'm down about 15 now - saw a number on the scale this morning I haven't seen in almost 10 years. Slow going, so I've gotten better about getting on the treadmill 3x/week. My problem is still the nighttime cravings, but I'm trying to just drink more water, and that seems to be helping.

I've really eliminated starchy junk. I might have 2 cookies in a month. No more donuts & junk at church, which probably contributed to a lot of gain in past couple of years. I can't cut out carbs entirely - eating an omelet without a piece of toast is just torture. So, trying to watch portions a bit, too. It all helps. 5 more to go...

10 lbs and dropping, and in 2 1/2 weeks! It feels great just to be working towards the downhill side, instead of feeling like I'm constantly gaining. Plus, I see an increase in wind and stamina, too.

Feeling hopeful about making my goal of 40 lbs for the summer.

I was feeling really bad back in January...just tired & down...and got sick of it. so I started trying to eat a little better. About 2 months ago, I kicked into high gear with regular exercise. Diet not perfect, alot of fruits, veggies, lean meat...I don't have cheeseburgers & french fries anymore...still have chinese & mexican food periodically & even had pizza last night for the first time in a long time...I have gone from 265# to 215#. I feel better than I have felt in years - I was sleeping my life away on the couch, but not anymore! I still want to get below 200#, but at this point am more concerned with what the weight looks like...If I can strip away the fat layer and get lean, I would be happy with my current weight.

Right now the exercise plan is: bowflex/freeweights/situps/treadmill (mon-wed), treadmill intervals (thurs-fri), off (sat-sun).

It is working well...I have not felt this alive in years!

Just a little updte.. I posted my plight last April, and have rediscovered a love for bicycling. I started out being able to ride 7 houses down, then had to quit and try to walk home. Not good. I stayed with it, and about a week later I got up to about a mile. Continued to ride, and changed my eating habits, now ride 15-20 miles per day. So far I've dropped over 30 pounds, lost 5" off my waist, and feel better than I have in decades. Another 30 lbs. to go, but it is working. Big lifestyle change, but big results. I guess I'll keep going...

Here is an update. From 1/1/08 until 1/1/09, I lost a total of 182lbs!

Another update. I have lost 253 lbs! It took 82 weeks! Don't know if I can do much more.

Wanted to post this for a while.
Perhaps this can be a source of inspiration for people who think they can't exercise and/or lose weight.

sY61YCYdIUU

I've lost about 5kg (not that I am chubby now but I was once) by simply having a girlfriend and not drinking beer anymore.
Yes folks, it works, sex is similiar to daily exercise.
And beer really makes fat.

About three years ago I lost 30 pounds just by counting calories. 1400 were the maximum I ate per day. I was 15 1/2 back then, mind that.

Awesome updates! I've continued to ride my bicycle, become obsessed with riding, modding, and building custom (high end) bikes... So far, I'm down about 60 lbs. since last April- quaility of life is tremendously improved. I have had to constantly go buy new clothing, which has been fun.. I used to just wear the same stuff for decades, now none of that old stuff even comes close to fitting. Nice to have more fashionable clothing, new and different- puts a new spin on my outlook. I'm just loving the new "me", (wife says I'm better where it counts.. LOL)... I'm averaging about 30+ miles per day, so far..

Last week I went for a little bike ride, and ended up doing 55 miles- Unbelievable for an old fart like me- next month planning to do my first Century ride- 100 miles in a day- The Harmon Hundred, with one of my sons.

A "diet" in the modern lingo is a temporary thing and Ladies & Gentlemen let Me assure You the resulting weight loss is also temporary. And in many cases followed by a significant GAIN.
The right way to do it is simply: Change Your Lifestyle
For Good.
For Me - I became a Vegan.
Now - Two years ago I weighed 336 pounds.
This morning I was 223 pounds.
I do not exercise in fact I detest exercise in most forms with the exception of Chores. If You have
Chores You'll burn FAT.
Do I miss Chicken - Steak - Fish.
Nope - and I don't miss the associated heartburn either.
My goal for ideal weight is 175 - BUT - I'd like to get to
160 and eat back up to 170 and stay there.
When I can get back into a pair of 34's I'll be Home.
And 22 sizes smaller than My peak weight.
Staying outdoors is the biggest help of all.
I won't say the Brand Name - BUT - I eat a bowl of "Good Friends" with WHOLE MILK everyday at night.
I have a simple Breakfast of Coffee with 1 sugar and evaporated milk (blows Starbuck's away) with 4-5 slices
of Pane' Bread with Margerine sprinkled with Garlic Powder and Olive Oil then baked at 250-300 for like 20 minutes or until it's crisp. For Lunch either 2 tubs of LowFat Yoghurt OR an entre of Butternut Squash nuked
for 5 minutes.
I've become addicted to Diet Coke - 2 bottles or cans minimum everyday.
Improving Your Home or Apartment or helping friends do likewise will blow away any gym or stationary macheen.
That's how I'm doing and I've got 48 pounds more to go
but will probably drop 63 and then gain to get the look I want.
If I'm doing it and succeeding You can do it too.
All "exercise" ever did was make Me more hungry.
Chores is the best workout 'cause You're results are instantaneous.
The reason why I always failed in the past was because I believed in order to reach the goal I'd have to suffer which is completely wrong.

wow, this is about the worst and most uneducated way of losing weight i've ever heard. horrible advice.

I lost 25 lbs on Nutrasystem this year. I didn't exercise. Granted my line of work, Heating & Air can be very labor intensive. I.E. pulling 50lbs compressors onto rooftops with a rope.

I still need to lose 10 lbs to reach my ideal weight but I have stopped losing weight. I suppose I could start walking everyday or something. I don't run...the US military left me with a nice knee injury that still bothers me when I try and run.

I plateaued about a month ago, about 70 lbs. gone. I'd like to lose 10 more, but have gone from a 38"-40" waist down to 32"-31". All new wardrobe, all new me.

I spent last week in Cozumel at an all-inclusive resort- found 14 pounds in a week- need to get back on track again. It was fun, but I'm glad I can't go there often...

I did my first scuba dive last week- another item off my "bucket list". I'm seriously hooked now, I don't think I would have been able to do it when I was fatter. Just another reason to continue with my new lifestyle, eating and exercise habits.

Gotta fit into that bikini by May...At 60? NO!:lol:

I'm really late to this thread - but I need to get past my denial that I have a big problem - so I'm in.

All the way through school up until I was in college I was always in sports all the time - in the summer time I lived on my bicycle. Although had always been a big kid, I was in great shape. At 6 feet tall, I think when I was 18 I weighed 180#, by the time I finished college the first time, I lived a year with some marathoners and developed a love for running - but kind of messed up my knee, I got married to my first wife and enlisted in the military. I weighed 220# when I enlisted: After boot camp I was back down to 190# - that was a big lifestyle change!

I hated the military, intensely, but my bosses loved my work and I was more than happy to serve (if that makes any sense). I figured that since I was in for 6 years, I would get into great shape and just add 6 years to my life before I get out. Somewhere in the middle of that I got divorced and took up running again and loving it. I got married again and when I had a year left I got really serious about working out - and on a ship in the middle of an ocean that was not easy. I was in awesome shape by the time I got out of the military - I think I weighed 190# at that point, but I have a pretty stocky build so I think that is was a good weight for me.

Then things started going down hill fast. OK, now I'm out of the military and back in college for the 2nd time. I wanted to catch up on everything I missed out on while I was in the Navy, as well as making a huge change in life starting college again and studying really complicated stuff (which I was completely unprepared for). I think my reaction to the combination of all the stress killed any sort of exercise that I had tried to maintain and really hurt my habits. I finished a very stressful, yet very successful, 4 more years of college (sleeping maybe 4 hours a night max) and I was done with school! The problem was - I weighed 240# by then. I remember at 240# I was still playing football games with kids as well as anything with a ball and running form time to time, but never sustaining any kind of exercise.

I amped up the stress - big time (working crazy hours and never sleeping for the next 10 years) - and have now cranked out a decade and a half of a great career. But now I'm up to 310#. A few years ago I started getting back into music and hobbies related to music - I think that got me back to being a normal person - as far as my approach to life not being all about work, but I need to do something about my weight now.

For years, I've told myself that as long as I was below a certain weight, I could take it off with some work. But, when I got well over 300# I realized that I simply have to face this issue - I can't continue to ignore it and it's going to kill me if I don't do something.

As far as my lifestyle, I walk a mile everyday to get to work, I'm sleeping about 6 hours a night, but I tend to eat a lot of carbs.

As far as my health, the 310# is really my only issue. I have always had a cholesterol problem - which is controlled by medicine, but all of my blood work, heart/lungs... all are in great shape - surprisingly. I had to run to catch a train a few weeks ago and broke the heel of my foot, so I'm kind of restricted just to walking enough to get to work until that gets a little better.

I really want to get on the other side of this as it really messes with my head dealing a weight issue for this long. I love the success stories I've read and I want to be one of them. So, I'm in on this because the rest of my life is great and I want to be around for a while longer.

I'll give some periodic updates and I would appreciate if if you guys hold me accountable if I'm not making progress. If you guys have some tips let me know: Although I've lost some weight in the past, I don't think I've every changed my eating habits since high school and I think that is my biggest challenge. Every time I've tried to do something different, it's not worked for long.

Lost 281 lbs in 2 years! I think I am done now. I'm 6'2" and weigh 222lbs now. That's right, I weighed 503 2 years ago!

hey guys,

guess i will chime in here too...

been at this weight loss thing for many years and have failed just lke everyone else has from time to time.

my first great sucess was with adkins... this is not a diet that i would tell my friends about. it was not good for me. more like it reinforced my bad habits for food that is bad for you. i lost 75lbs and wound up just over a weight of 200lbs. then celebrater back to 250lbs

i tried it again and failed.

a few years later i tried hypnosis where i did lose some weight. i made it to 225 lbs. the most remarkable thing was the fact that it made me pick up a guitar at the age of 39 and play every day. i now cannot live without a guitar.

eventually i worked my way up to 265lbs and i think part of it was my obsession with guitar. acoustic for the most part. i friggin love it and im not especially good at it...

although i failed at the weight loss, i am thankful for the gift of guitar, higher self esteem and confidense.. that is priceless to me...

this time i went on another diet to help my wife with hers. i was not going to do it but i had a sort of epiphany (howdoyouspellthatanyways??) i thought i was going to have a stroke tying my boots... so on halloween of 2010 i joined into the medifast craze with my wife and friends.

it is a john hopkins approved intervention diet. it has everything you need to survive (matrix) i actually like the food and only deviated from the plan for christmas dinner. i lost 13 lbs the first week..... that sounds so bad to say...
i was putting a stop to my destructive eating. you really didnt want to get near my mouth...

as of now, i have lost 51lbs. am under 210 now and look great. i havent been under 200 lbs since i was in 8th grade and i am almost 41 now. 195 is my goal...

3/4 of my clothes are now too big.
they are going away. keeping them would be a show of lack of confidence.
working on a plan to maintain my weight when i reach my goal of 195 lbs
there is an iphone app called lose it that is going to help me, it seems pretty good.

i really wanted to wish you guys luck with your weightloss and wanted to say that you can do it!!! i think it took a scare to make me focus and i still reinforce my diet with hypnosis..

tim :wink:

I want to join.

I am 5'11, 153 pounds. I was 141 and super skinny, and I was comfortable in my body at that weight. I'd like to be 135. I wear 29x32 jeans and a pair of my favorite jeans have become too tight around my waist. I have 18 pounds to go for 135, 12 for my 'comfort' weight. I have no health need to lose weight, but a personal desire

I started a Medifast diet 5 weeks ago at 225 lbs. I lost 22 lbs. after the first four weeks. Tomorrow is my next weigh-in so I'm looking forward to seeing the numbers go down once again. I feel better than I've felt in years and I really enjoy the food that I'm eating, in spite of missing some of my favorites. I am targeting a weight of 175 lbs., although I feel pretty good right now. My wife and I are doing this together, which really helps. She is following a different diet plan, but we both get to share the same lean-and-green meal every night for dinner. Since starting this, we've studied the nutritional value of the dining-out foods we used to eat that we always thought were relatively healthy. What a revelation.

I ate some BBQ ribs and It was good. I lost a few lbs.

These guys remove mullet from your diet.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj136/audapostrophe/mullet.jpg

I've been low carb since February and I've lost about 20 pounds. My shirt size has dropped from XXL to XL--a big deal for me. This is not really an easy diet since so many tasty foods are filled with carbs, but I believe that I can maintain it. New goal: the next five pounds!

dmarg, how does your low carb diet work. Is it the Atkins?

All I can say is the Medifast diet worked great for me. I lost 53 lbs. in 4 months, feel 10-15 years younger. I finished my weight loss phase two weeks ago and am now in transition, which takes about 3 months. This diet has been far easier than I ever thought it would be. A year ago I would have been ecstatic to lose 10 lbs. At 50 lbs down I'm like a new person.

wow, this is about the worst and most uneducated way of losing weight i've ever heard. horrible advice.

Yes, I have to say that I was shaking my head reading that as well...not that becoming a vegan is bad but that the post made it seem like there was not much variety in the daily food intake. One of the keystones of being a 'successful' vegan is variety.

The diet Coke recommendation is horrible...you're better off with the HFCS, especially if it is only 2 or 3 bottles/cans per day. The 'whole milk' recommendation is off too...AND NOT VEGAN. Aside from it not being vegan, milk is for a baby cow to double its weight in a few months. Humans should not be consuming the glandular extract from another species...in fact, if you didn't have it 'served to you' from the time that you were very small, you'd likely puke if you tried it. Not to mention that the calcium is too coarse for the human system to really absorb well, there is enough protein in cow's milk to actually cause calcium to leech from your skeletal system in order to neutralize the effects of it and IGF1 growth factor is identical in bovines as it is in humans...it is known to increase the rate of growth of every cancer known to man. It is amazing how a rich industry can promote itself into the psyche of such a huge population.

However, it is difficult to convince a person that they are doing something 'wrong' if they are seeing results from it - the problem is that the results may not be conducive to good health. A complete starvation diet will make a person lose weight but it won't be healthy.

Yes, I have to say that I was shaking my head reading that as well...not that becoming a vegan is bad but that the post made it seem like there was not much variety in the daily food intake. One of the keystones of being a 'successful' vegan is variety.

The diet Coke recommendation is horrible...you're better off with the HFCS, especially if it is only 2 or 3 bottles/cans per day. The 'whole milk' recommendation is off too...AND NOT VEGAN. Aside from it not being vegan, milk is for a baby cow to double its weight in a few months. Humans should not be consuming the glandular extract from another species...in fact, if you didn't have it 'served to you' from the time that you were very small, you'd likely puke if you tried it. Not to mention that the calcium is too coarse for the human system to really absorb well, there is enough protein in cow's milk to actually cause calcium to leech from your skeletal system in order to neutralize the effects of it and IGF1 growth factor is identical in bovines as it is in humans...it is known to increase the rate of growth of every cancer known to man. It is amazing how a rich industry can promote itself into the psyche of such a huge population.

However, it is difficult to convince a person that they are doing something 'wrong' if they are seeing results from it - the problem is that the results may not be conducive to good health. A complete starvation diet will make a person lose weight but it won't be healthy.

In all fairness, he didn't suggest a single thing except for "change for yourlifestyle for good". The stuff he then listed is what he ("For me") did that worked for him. Odd yes, but it wasn't really advice.

Eat healthily and do exercise to increase your metabolism. Forget about calories - they are meaningless.

You don't put on weight overnight, so don't expect to lose it overnight. Not if you want to stay healthy and keep it off anyway.

I've taken a slow approach this time with better food choices and walking over my usual fad diet and have lost 27 pounds. Ten more would be great, but I am comfortable at the 200 pound level right now.

I've got to say I'm pissed off at myself. I've tried to lose weight a few times and was actually successful. The key of course is to change your eating habits and lifestyle. Very hard to change habits that have taken 50 years to form. Anyways, every time I lose, then stop, I gain and now I have no idea how much I weigh, but it's got to be around 260 (I'm 6'0"). I liked the diet I did, it's the no "s" diet. Ever hear of it? No sugar, no seconds, no snacks, Mon - Fri. Then Sat. and Sun. you can have some esses. Sounds stupid but it worked. After awhile I even stopped having snacks and seconds on the weekends. What I liked was being able to eat what I usually ate. My problem was not excersing (the chores idea someone mentioned makes sense) and then of course falling off the diet. Usually happens in Oct. because our family has birthdays just about everyday and of course we have to have pizza and cake and ice cream. It just destroys me. Well sorry so long...that's me though.

Ditch sugar, just do battle with the craving and get rid of it....you won't miss those crashes either.

I've got to say I'm pissed off at myself. I've tried to lose weight a few times and was actually successful. The key of course is to change your eating habits and lifestyle. Very hard to change habits that have taken 50 years to form. Anyways, every time I lose, then stop, I gain and now I have no idea how much I weigh, but it's got to be around 260 (I'm 6'0"). I liked the diet I did, it's the no "s" diet. Ever hear of it? No sugar, no seconds, no snacks, Mon - Fri. Then Sat. and Sun. you can have some esses. Sounds stupid but it worked. After awhile I even stopped having snacks and seconds on the weekends. What I liked was being able to eat what I usually ate. My problem was not excersing (the chores idea someone mentioned makes sense) and then of course falling off the diet. Usually happens in Oct. because our family has birthdays just about everyday and of course we have to have pizza and cake and ice cream. It just destroys me. Well sorry so long...that's me though.

I feel your pain.. Been there, done that, and used my old tee shirt as a sail..

If you are physically able to ride a bike (distance doesn't matter at this point), I suggest you go for a short ride after a meal. Every meal where it is possible, actually. The distances increase with practice, and the little exercise is pretty low impact on your joints. Lower gears are better for training, as you will exert less force and have more movement of your legs. Great for cardio, and it gets your body loosened up and moving more freely.

If you can manage to do this a couple of times per day, and a ride after dinner, you will lose weight. If you can cut out sugar (or reduce it dramatically) that will speed things up quite a bit.

Exercising sounds too much like work to me, but going for a leisurely bike ride can be interesting and will speed up your metabolic rate. That way you will continue to burn fat while you are sleeping!

Smaller seconds, less sugar. more movement, and ditch as many pre-packaged, processed foods as you can. You won't miss the foods once you become accustomed to real food gain.

BTW, I still eat beef combos with cheese, cheeseburgers, pizza, hot fudge sundaes with whipped cream, basically anything I want- as long as I keep gravitating toward the bicycle rides. I've straightened out obesity, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, sleep apnea, joint pain, physical weakness and chronic exhaustion, type 2 diabetes, and more within the past 16 months- plus dropped 70 pounds- rediscovered my libido- all with diet and exercise. No drugs necessary. I had a complete physical about an hour ago, and my doctor was totally amazed. He gave me 1 month to live in April, 2010. I refused his pharmaceutical treatment, did this my way, and have a completely clean bill of health today. Blew his mind... :mrgreen:

At Christmas for my own amusement I jumped on a set of scales at a friends place. I was shocked to say the least! 105kg (232.4 lbs)
I'm 6'1" and have walked around at as low as 76kg (167.5 lbs), but a comfortable weight would be 82-84kg (181-185 lbs)
I made a decision at that very moment to do something about it. I don't exercise but I work hard, so I figure that is my exercise? So all I did was cut out the majority of carbs from my diet (pastas, rice etc) and any junk food.
Today I jumped on the scales (I went out and bought a set right after Christams) and today I weigh in at 88.1kg (194.2 lbs).
I'm happy with the result, especially when the product I work with in my work place is ICE CREAM!

Well, I finally got a serious start on this after a number of false starts over the last 8 months - one of which was the 2011 build challenge where I lost 10 lbs just being too busy to eat :)

That post I made 8 months ago was a big step out of my denial - so thanks to everyone that's posted here - it's all helped to motivate me.

I had no idea what to do, so I started reading about carbs and the right foods, exercise... For 2 weeks I killed myself and lost 15 pounds really fast, but I was eating just eggs, fish oil pills, grilled chicken/turkey and salad as well as drinking about a gallon of water a day. My metabolism slowed to just about zero and my wife talked me into WWFM and I'm really liking it; Life is very much back to normal after a few days and I'm still loosing weight. The rate of weight loss has slowed to maybe 2 lbs a week - but I can see a path to loosing the weight I need to and it is so much easier; I could eat this way the rest of my life. I'm still taking fish oil and balancing carbs with fiber, but now I'm back to eating normal stuff just no pizza, fast food, candy bars... and actually eating the serving sizes on the labels. That seems to be working well for me right now. I have a lot more to loose over the next year.

Wanted to post this for a while.
Perhaps this can be a source of inspiration for people who think they can't exercise and/or lose weight.
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Wow that's amazing! I know him!

25 years ago, I used to date a girl that his Mom took in as sort of a foster child: The years while I was dating her Steve (Stevie Zee) was about 13-15 years old - he and I were pretty close. I ended up marrying her and then I got into the US Navy and then Years later I got divorced from her and I lost touch with him and his family. It's great to see that he's doing well - he is one amazing person.

You would have had to see how much he has obviously over come from where he was at 25 years ago. For being an untreatable condition it looks like he has made a lot of improvement to be able to do all the things he has.

...The rate of weight loss has slowed to maybe 2 lbs a week - but I can see a path to loosing the weight I need to and it is so much easier; I could eat this way the rest of my life. I'm still taking fish oil and balancing carbs with fiber, but now I'm back to eating normal stuff just no pizza, fast food, candy bars... and actually eating the serving sizes on the labels. That seems to be working well for me right now. I have a lot more to loose over the next year.
Lost another 5 lbs - down 20 total now. I started exercising just about everyday - most of the time it's just walking a couple of miles - but it really makes a difference.

Lost another 5 lbs - down 20 total now. I started exercising just about everyday - most of the time it's just walking a couple of miles - but it really makes a difference.

I've lost another 15 pounds - now I'm down 35 pounds total and if feels like I'm settling in to a lifestyle that supports health and have a lot more energy.

Good for you Mojotron. Keep up the good work and don't be a statistic. I've lost 65 lbs. this year myself.

Good for you Mojotron. Keep up the good work and don't be a statistic. I've lost 65 lbs. this year myself.

All Right! Good for you too!! I'll get there too. It's amazing how much more I can get done now - can't wait 'til I get there.

I've lost another 15 pounds - now I'm down 35 pounds total and if feels like I'm settling in to a lifestyle that supports health and have a lot more energy.

Lost another 15 pounds and I'm now down 50 pounds from where I started a few months ago (I'm down 60 pounds from that first post I made almost a year a go - then did very little for 7 months...). I'm doing a lot of work on my house right now and it's amazing much how easier things are to do now, I don't really get warn out like I used to and I can get a lot more done.

The colder weather and rain has kind of put a kink in my working out routine - so things have kind of slowed down in the last couple of weeks. I'll have to get that going again, I've just been lazy in the last week or so - but still loosing weight.

I think I'll loose another 30 to 50 pounds then see where I go from there. I got some blood work back a while ago that I had done in September and it was all greatly improved and all in normal ranges. I bet another few weeks of this and I can stop taking my cholesterol meds. I wonder why I waited nearly 2 decades to do this?

I went back and re-read that first post I made in this thread back in December of last year: Wow, that was one sad dude!! At the time I thought it would be impossible, but it's actually been quite easy with the Weight Watchers For Men online stuff - keeping away from non-fiber carbs, walking, and having soup for lunch everyday... The last 3 months have changed my life.

OK - I'm going to go sand a wall or somthin' to get some exercise.

I'm on a liquid/sometime solid food diet, and have dropped 37 lbs in two months. I'm down from 300 lbs.

110 G of protein, 550-750 cals per day. Exercise 4x + per week. 2-4 qts. of water per day. It's medically supervised, weekly visits and monthly blood tests, EKGs etc. Counseling and advice sessions, but no rah-rah.

I'm not hungry, have not felt any ill effects, except getting cold. I feel clearer headed and lighter on my feet, can bend over, shoes fit better, and not so out of breath climbing hills in San Francisco.

Plus the liquid stuff I will eat green vegetables and fish (raw oysters are good) or meat about twice a week, and cheat (!) with a couple of glasses of red wine. Maybe a handful of cashews or peanuts. No starches - bread, rice, spuds, tortillas, desserts, butter, sugar, fried stuff or dairy. The hardest part earlier on was business lunches and dinners - at first I did the liquid stuff, but folks felt a little weird. So now I'll eat, but limit the meal to fish and greens. I have done two business trips and did well.

My first goal is to get down to 225 lbs., and then from there we'll see. Press on!

I have lost 60+ pounds since April, and went down 6" on my waist. I still have about 25-30 pounds to go. Nothing special I did, either, just less food and more activity. I don't ever detail my "diet" to anyone as I don't want to be responsible for someone trying it and failing. I don't expect to lose much during the holidays (I never have before), so I don't worry about it for now. Just staying where I am is good enough until January.

I've lost another 15 pounds - now I'm down 35 pounds total and if feels like I'm settling in to a lifestyle that supports health and have a lot more energy.
Lost another 15 pounds and I'm now down 50 pounds ...

OK - I'm going to go sand a wall or somthin' to get some exercise.

Well - my house remodeling has been going, going... - lot of work and I've lost another 25 pounds. I've now lost 75 pounds in the last 8 months (85 pounds since my first post in this thread). People are starting to not recognize me. My hair has started to fall out in the last couple of months - I guess that is a common thing: It grows back once a person's weight evens out for a while. I've read that Super Biotin supplements can help reverse the hair loss.

I've not exercised since October - just the remodeling work has been my only exercise - but that can get pretty intense.

I'm feeling great - been loosing 1 to 2 pounds a week lately.

Well - after loosing another 10 lbs (90 lbs total) - I decided my body needed a break, and I stopped tracking everything I eat through WW online, about 5 or 6 weeks ago, so I've tried to maintain my weight and new habits - had no problem so far.

This thread has been great - pushed me to do something I really needed to do: Thanks everyone that has posted their stories - they helped me a lot to see that it was possible and that made a huge difference!

Great job Mojotron. I'm sure you will be an inspiration to many. Be careful about the tracking though. At least don't stop regular weekly weighings. I finished my diet almost 8 months ago but I still track my eating everyday and don't plan to ever stop. It's just part of my daily routine - I don't think twice about it.

I'm in. On sept 11 2010 I weighed about 165 when I woke up. Certainly less than far at the end of the day (I did a 1/2 iron distance triathlon). Due to many circumstances, I've stopped exercising and have gained 25 lbs. schedule is too crazy for regular exercise, but I haven't changed my eating habits since I've stopped tri training. Long story short, I need accountability and a weekly weigh in. 197 with a goal of 170-175. Change starts NOW.

Great job Mojotron. I'm sure you will be an inspiration to many. Be careful about the tracking though. At least don't stop regular weekly weighings. I finished my diet almost 8 months ago but I still track my eating everyday and don't plan to ever stop. It's just part of my daily routine - I don't think twice about it.
Yep - I'll keep a lot of the same habits that got me here. Thanks!

I'm in. On sept 11 2010 I weighed about 165 when I woke up. Certainly less than far at the end of the day (I did a 1/2 iron distance triathlon). Due to many circumstances, I've stopped exercising and have gained 25 lbs. schedule is too crazy for regular exercise, but I haven't changed my eating habits since I've stopped tri training. Long story short, I need accountability and a weekly weigh in. 197 with a goal of 170-175. Change starts NOW.
Go for it! Ya it's a lot easier to loose 20-30 lbs than what I just went through, but I got to 310 lbs by not getting serious and starting to loose weight much earlier on. I wish you the best - the time to start is now, but make sure you do it in a way that is sustainable. Weight loss has to be sustainable and working - you find that it is not make changes: There is a weight loss method for everyone out there, I went with WW online and it worked great for me.

Update, as I said above, I'm not doing WW online anymore - haven't been for about 6 months now. It was not that hard to stay at the same weight - eat fairly normally - but with all of the recently found realizations of how much eating and what to eat that is good for me. I lost a lot of muscle in the process of loosing 90 Lbs though and I also felt it was time to move on to something that is going to work for burning fat that the body does not normally burn.

So, after a lot of research, I switched to eating stuff that allows the liver to perform more optimally - lots of nuts (a 1-1.5 cups/day), all kinds of different oats, tons of Bran Buds (really been my key to loose weight), apples and raisins in the morning, I have a progresso soup for lunch and usually have something that is protein heavy and kind of light on carbs for dinner (stake with brown rice, chicken fajitas with high fiber tortillas and tons of peppers): Basically, everything has mostly simple ingredients, and I completely cut out any chemicals and sugar that I could find - absolutely no artificial sweeteners or preservatives. And - drinking a lot of water - filtered water if I can - 64 to 96 Oz a day. Though I may not have been drinking that much water, also I should have cut out all caffeine - but I still need 4-6 cups of coffee to function in the morning...

Basically, as I understand it, getting rid of all the chemicals I can allows the liver to stop having to filter out all of what the body sees as toxins, or things it does not know what to do with, and starts getting more proactive/efficient at disposing of fats in the blood stream. Getting rid of the artificial sweeteners and sugar keeps my body from releasing insulin - which makes the body want to store sugars as fat: And, it acclimates me to a diet that has much more variety instead of just sweet stuff. And, adding a lot of peanuts and almonds (which studies have shown to be diet neutral - that is in the end the result in a health body is to get protein out of the nuts and not gain weight in the process): So, I eat one to ten almonds or peanuts when every I start getting hungry - and in 5 minutes I'm not hungry...

I also started walking 3-5 miles a day (5-6 days a week) and now I'm running 2 and walking 2 miles a day. And I do 20 or so pushups a couple of times a day. Trying to get some strength back. But, most of all - running (and it takes some work to get the technique down to not hurt yourself while running) gets the body to burn more of the the fat that is stored in the organs.

Also - I do daily weigh-ins every morning - if I see the scale go up a few days in a row, I know that I'm doing something wrong and I can correct it sooner rather than later.

So - with all of that going on at the same time, I've lost another 10 lbs in the last 3 weeks while eating lots of ribs, stake, Mexican food... The best part is that I'm gaining a lot of muscle mass, burning fat and I feel like I did when I was much younger. And, I finally saw the scale hit 210 - so somewhere in the last year, using lots of different approaches, I've lost 100 pounds! Wow - I never thought that was possible!

Seems like a bit of a eating disorder reading this, but I think I'm actually eating more food than I was before I started weight loss. I think what matters the most is that I'm eating stuff I like and avoiding things that my body can not handle.

Well as all of this started with kind of a New Years resolution 2 years ago - I guess I'll mention where I'm at: yesterday I got on the scale and it read 198. So over the last couple of years I've lost 112lbs. I've also been running 20-25 miles a week for the last 4 months.

Thank God - This has taken a lot of prayer to change!

Great job Mojotron. Welcome to one-derland.