My original weight loss started at 301lbs, I'm now half way there to a healthy weight. My weight has been stagnant for over a year now, so I'm starting over.

Starting Stats:

33years old
224lbs
5' 7.75"

Stomach: 41.5"
Hips: 48"
Chest, under boobs: 36"
On top of boobs: 42"
Thigh: 25.5" (10" down)
Thigh: 22" (12" down from hips)
Calf: 14.75"
Upper Arm: 13"
Upper Arm Flexed: 14.5"
Neck: 13.5"

I will just try to be under 1800 calories a day and establish good eating+exercise habits.

My overall cholesterol levels are really good/really low, but my HDL levels were in the 20's and less than half the minimum needed level. I am trying to drink a glass of red wine every night and will be incorporating more avacado and nuts in my diet. I know these are calorie bombs, but I'll have to work around them with other lower calorie foods.

I'll get my starting lifting weights this weekend. Due to back issues, DL may be out and leg press will have to replace squats.

Good luck!

I will be in Dallas next week for training, so possible resteraunt meals everyday for lunch. Ill need to stay focused on making good decisions and not gorging on BBQ and stuff.

I also might have an upcoming job change and move which will alter my eating/exercising schedule. It's a 30% increase in pay and a move to Dallas. I'm only in the 2nd round of 5 interviews for the position, so still a long shot and 6weeks out if it happens.

Good luck!

One easy habit to start that works for me is start your day with high protein and some fat. A can of sardines every morning is a good way to get omega 3s, protein and fat and if you have never tried them you will be surprised how good they are. It will set up your head in the right frame of mind, be a quick win toward your goal first thing, and is easy.

If you can’t hack sardines (try them before you decide!) find something else that is high protein with some fat, very low carb and easy to prepare to start your day. Just doing this, deleting any sugary drinks at all, and cutting down booze will help get you most of the way toward sustainable habits that are individual step—not whole cloth drastic change where a slip means you fall back to square one all at once.

GL, good possibility for success!

MLY,

Worry less about eating foods that have some tenuous correlation with increased HDL levels and worry more about maintaining a consistent caloric deficit. If losing 100 lbs by eating primarily whole foods and cutting down on high sugar/saturated fat foods doesn't improve your levels to where your doctor wants them, worry about intervening then. It's a small rock compared to your weight.

Weren't educated at all by that article, were you? What a thick-headed trans-phobic capitalist patriarch!

:Thumb: on the sardines. I tried them a couple of months ago and surprised at how good they were.

My eating habits have been good for breakfast and dinner, but I've been going out and getting junk everyday for lunch.

I have hardly had any veggies in the last few months as well :/, like maybe 1 serving of veggies a month

Breakfast+Dinners:
Oatmeal
Cream of wheat
Honey
Eggs
Laughing cow cheese
Cheddar cheese
Blueberries
Bananas
Tuna
Salmon
Walnuts
Red wine
Eating well cherry pork
Noosa yogurt
Shisami (tuna and salmon)

I've been having a combination of these 5x a week:
Scholtzeys Pizza/gas station Pizza
Chilies crispers and waffles
Fajitas, Chips+salsa
McDonald's double cheeseburger+FF

Especially since any potential health benefits of alcohol are out-weighed by the risks.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...310-2/fulltext

Cliffs: less wine and walnuts, more fish. I hear sardines are good.

So did Aidan relent on his ridiculous conditions or did you actually meet them?

In either case good luck this time around.

Also +1 to what Monte said. Losing 100lbs will likely fix all of your numbers. Almost doesn't matter how you do it.

Eating some vegetables might help, though.

Supported. They are the main key to mine weight loss.

#bikinibod2021

gas station Pizza


GL MLY glad you're back!

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Well it's football season and I'm cutting, so frequently going with a gameday spread of guac and salsa with celery and carrot sticks instead of chips. It's actually not much of a calorie bomb that way. Add pickles and then, bam, you got yourself a couple of helpings of veggies!

These days they have lots of nice veggie blends in the frozen section that steam right in the bag in the microwave. Some of them come with rice or quinoa or such and kill 2 birds with one stone. Check the calories for added sauces and oils, but I haven't really seen anything gasp inducing yet. I'm as lazy as anyone when it comes to cooking but as long as I remember to shop I can be sure of serving some. Not even any pots to wash.

What sort of back issues have you been having?

Yeah, the frozen spaghetti cut squash are pretty good. I've got a shelf full of canned veggies, just a matter of eating them.

I have a building disk in my neck. I had a nuerotomy that eliminated the pain, but it has only lasted a coupe of months and the painting is returning. My lower back was hurting real bad and I found out my spine is slightly curved. Then my thigh and lower back started locking up on me playing softball. I've been taking it real easy this past month.

It has been a while, so I've forgotten, but how did you develop the neck problem?

About a year and.a half ago I was working in with some guys doing squats
The bar was too high and dropped on my neck when I lifted it up.

I'm not sure if this was the root cause or my sitting position+curve.

Not off to the best start. About at maintenance calories today. Getting refocused the next couple of days and back I'm the habit of logging every meal.

I'm not quite sure I can even picture what you're talking about exactly. But I guess the moral of the story is that when you get back to it, make sure you get the form down pat. Using terrible form to try to lift some extra weight is a recipe for ... well, exactly what happened.

MLYLT,

Hope to see proper food logs every day! I've been harping on about it in your thread for like two years, but logging the bad days is a habit you need to get into. Good luck.

Thanks Fabian!

I'm just hoping this log will help me get back into the habit of logging calories everyday.

Hell yeah, I just got 3lbs of salmon in Dallas @6.99/lb

I can only find it in East Texas for a min of 11.99/lb, I'll be stocking up next weekend before I head home.

Jesus wept, that's 16 stone. Your heart does not want to carry that sort of load. I'm 11 stone and I'm a 6 foot man. But then I walk about six miles most days. People get fat because they don't walk anywhere. It's difficult in the US because if you walk anywhere you get stopped by the police, and in US cities there isn't anywhere to walk because it's all subtopia, whereas I've got Hampstead Heath at the end of the street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampstead_Heath

But the body is designed and evolved for walking, and trying to make up for a sedentary lifestyle in the gym doesn't really work. And you can't compensate by fiddle-faddling with your food intake. Although avocado vinaigrette is rather brilliant, and so is sardines on toast with a spot of mayonnaise. And ground black pepper, obviously.

MLYLT,