Today is the first day since 1/19 that I haven’t been to the gym. I’m feeling guilty about it and don’t think I’ll have time to make it today.
Last week and this week will be a challenge. I’m moving on Friday so all of my kitchen stuff is packed up so won’t be able to cook until it’s unpacked. My GF did find this local meal delivery service, that’s been pretty clutch. They have regular and “lean” options but they’re all like restaurant quality instead of boring meal prep type meals. We’ve been splitting one for dinner so it ends up being 350-450 calories each, and the cost is reasonable considering it’s $14 per meal. Might keep doing it for the convenience and variety.
Had my annual blood work done last week too. My A1C went up 0.1 which sadly I’d consider a moral victory based on how bad I ate the last year ish lol I’m now at 5.8 which is the low end of prediabetic. Hoping if I get back to eating OK and fairly consistent workouts I can keep that in check or even lower it over time. Also had my Vitamin D levels checked for the first time that I’m aware of and I guess it was extremely low so have to start taking some daily vitamins. The past year or so I’ve randomly been very sore, I figured it was just my weight and lack of movement, but I’d guess the Vitamin D levels also contributed to that.
Week1 - 244.4 Week 2 - 243 (-1.4) Week 3 - 241 (-2) Week 4 - 237.8 (-3.2) Week 5 - 235.6 (-2.2) Week 6 - 232.6 (-3-
in the terms of fairness. I'm starting a weightloss drug next week so I'll withdraw myself from contention Good news is my knee is stating to fele normal
Put on almost a pound last week from not working out and eating like a fool. Back on the horse this week damnit.
Week -1: 304.2 Week 0: 296.6 Week 1: 292.4 Week 2: 290.1 Week 3: 287.0 Week 4: 283.0 Week 5: 283.4 -14.2 for the contest -20.8 since Jan 2 Minor superbowl slip up. Expect a pretty good number this week though. At least I won’t be binging booze and wings the night before weigh in this week.
Start: 179.5 Week 1: 176.6 Week 2: 175.3 Week 3: 174.5 Week 4: 174.7 Week 5: 172.6 Really good week for me after not the best prior. Thankfully I’m on my way to Asheville to eat and drink all weekend, so the gains will be short lived. Yolo!
Week1 - 244.4 Week 2 - 243 (-1.4) Week 3 - 241 (-2) Week 4 - 237.8 (-3.2) Week 5 - 235.6 (-2.2) Week 6 - 232.6 (-3) Week 7 - 229.4 (-3.2)
Down over 20# since 1/1. Still haven't had a "big" week outside the 1st week before this comp Went to a concert last night and was able to avoid drinking. Still no booze since 1/1. Hoping you keep 3# a week. Maybe 3.2 for the next 9 weeks before I go to El Salvador. Should put me at 200. Surf for a week, hopefully beer and pupusas will not kill me. Then back home for 4 weeks, hopefully reset week 1, then 3 final weeks of the comp and another vacation to Nicaragua. Goal is 195
Week -1: 304.2 Week 0: 296.6 Week 1: 292.4 Week 2: 290.1 Week 3: 287.0 Week 4: 283.0 Week 5: 283.4 Week 6: 280.4 -16.2 for the contest -23.8 since Jan 2
I fell off the wagon hard this weekend with my daughter’s birthday party. Had a lot of people over, snacks, cake, sodas, tequila, cookies, etc. yesterday wasn’t much better with a hangover. Gotta make sure to the horse and not let one bad weekend derail me.
This reminded me but I'm so bad with either being 100% or 0%. Can't remember where I heard it but I have to remind myself a lot it doesn't have to be all or nothing, it can be all or something.
Finally got below 180 lbs(179.8), and hoping I can at least keeping making some progress now. Should have more opportunities now that my wife finished a month of hell with work and will be more available.
We are going on a cruise the first week of June and I have about the same goals as you. Want to have a 1 at the beginning of my weight! Weather has been great this week so I’ve been doing yard cleanup and getting garden area ready for spring so that helps. Let’s get after it!
Didn’t end up joining because I got lazy with taking a photo and knew I wouldn’t update the spreadsheet. But I’m down 18 pounds since Christmas Start: 184 Today: 166
Week1 - 244.4 Week 2 - 243 (-1.4) Week 3 - 241 (-2) Week 4 - 237.8 (-3.2) Week 5 - 235.6 (-2.2) Week 6 - 232.6 (-3) Week 7 - 229.4 (-3.2) Week 8 - 227.6 (-1.8 ) Annoyed about this weight. Was looking for another 3# week. Ate flawless and worked out hard. Mirror looked/clothes fit like it was going to be better
I had a terrible week. Fell into the office trap and was terrible all week and barely made it to the gym. Lucky I only gained a pound. Starting fresh today.
Had a similar week and similar thoughts. Had to remind myself a bunch that the scale isn't the only thing that matter and sometimes lags. This was my best week by a good bit diet wise and I only lost 1 pound, frustrating but I also take waist measurements for this reason, I don't do those often but was nice to see that down 1.5 inches since the start.
Have no idea where I packed my scale during the move but hopefully will find it this week and get a weight logged. Unfortunately I’m probably back to where I was week 1 so we’ll see lol
Week -1: 304.2 Week 0: 296.6 Week 1: 292.4 Week 2: 290.1 Week 3: 287.0 Week 4: 283.0 Week 5: 283.4 Week 6: 280.4 Week 7: 278.2 -18.4 for the contest -26.0 since Jan 2 Really need to buckle down the next month with spring break coming up.
Went back up to 181.0 after last week. This past weekend was my daughter’s musical theatre competition thing, so there was a lot of eating fast food and stress eating. Whoops. I’ll be fine though.
Maybe it was lagging or had some water retention or something. Week1 - 244.4 Week 2 - 243 (-1.4) Week 3 - 241 (-2) Week 4 - 237.8 (-3.2) Week 5 - 235.6 (-2.2) Week 6 - 232.6 (-3) Week 7 - 229.4 (-3.2) Week 8 - 227.6 (-1.8 ) Week 9 - 232.2 (-4.4 ) Only took 9 weeks to have my first shedding and first 4lb week. Hopefully I can follow it up with a solid 2.5lb week. I started used a new app called Cronometer. Better than myfittnesspal. Barcode scanner is free. Net Carbs is free, tracks a bunch of other shit, has some decent features.
Don't want to be an asshole rule enforcer, b/c I have to play that part at work and home....but I shaded some folks in red that are in violation of this. I'd like them to keep participating and hop back in b/c the overall goal of this is to encourage people. Don't want to make up rules, but OKAY with them staying in as long as they don't come back 6 weeks later and are magically 18# lighter or something
Week -1: 304.2 Week 0: 296.6 Week 1: 292.4 Week 2: 290.1 Week 3: 287.0 Week 4: 283.0 Week 5: 283.4 Week 6: 280.4 Week 7: 278.2 Week 8: 277.4 -19.2 for the contest -26.8 since Jan 2
250p 40c 80f ~2000 calories. Haven't drank since 1/1 so no empty calories. Lift 6x a week Walk 30-60min a day Sprinkle additional cardio in when I can.
Assuming your not super lean though right? So 1.2/lb when your carrying around a decent amount of body fat is decently high. It's working so maybe you choose not to make any changes but if it was me I'd be going for something like 1 gram per goal weight, and use those calories on carbs. Just my 2 cents though.
my weight has plateaued and it’s because med changes, a respiratory infection, and depression have kept me out of the gym for like a month. i’ve gotta get back into it.
I've always lost more consistently on lower carb than trying to do a better carb split. Not trying to do Keto/Sub 20g or anything. Trying to maintain as much muscle as possible. At 200-205 I'm relatively lean I'd like to maintain this through the end of the contest then slowly bump my carbs up and stay around 200. Maybe slowly work lower. to 195
I have similar goals. Your doing a much better job so far though, I need to cut the booze out, that's mostly my issue. That habit of 2-3 drinks to unwind after work is hard to break and really adds up on the calorie front. I want to get to that low 200 mark as well and then start working my calories back up. Not really to reverse diet or anything but just keep loosing a little bit of weight till I can see what my maintenance calories are these days.
Two week sinus infection with appetite suppressing decongestants and antibiotics has been great for weight loss. Hoping to hop back on a cardio routine this week.
The ritual of drinking after work/Friday/Sat is hard to break. I want to drink an entire bottle of wine badly. Right now I just get up at 540 so I'm ready to fall asleep at 930 and little to no time to relax after my son falls asleep
Idk what the fuck is going on today but I've just been absolutely starving all day long and can't get satisfied
Nice work. No alcohol helps so much. No empty calories. No binge eating, No hang over or groggy feeling so can always get up the next day. I did have an Untitled Art NA IPA this weekend when I was out. Was pretty solid, but a 6pk is like $18.
Week1 - 244.4 Week 2 - 243 (-1.4) Week 3 - 241 (-2) Week 4 - 237.8 (-3.2) Week 5 - 235.6 (-2.2) Week 6 - 232.6 (-3) Week 7 - 229.4 (-3.2) Week 8 - 227.6 (-1.8 ) Week 9 - 232.2 (-4.4 ) Week 10 - 219.6 (-3.6) Now I feel like I'm losing too much weight too fast Still no alcohol. Been hitting cals (2050) consistently and walking at least 45 minutes daily. Longer on the weekends. Lifting 6x. I should be able to easily add 500 cals and still lose ~2.5lbs. Still around 40 net carbs. Going to give myself 2 more weeks then started a mini reverse diet and just start adding ~30g of carbs a week over the next 4 weeks. Start out with some nutrient dense potatoes in a salad. That should put me around 250p, 160c, 80f (2500) cals with about 5 weeks left here. 1 week will be surfing all week, but body should be ready for a lot of the carbs I'll eat, then the 4 week final stretch in May. Hoping to end up around 200. That's 2.5 a week for the rest of the comp.