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Originally Posted by Bigoldnit
Adam,
My inspiration isn't quite as profound as yours, but inspiration did indeed strike me today...
To make a long story short, the past few months have been pretty psychologically brutal for me, and, in a mistaken attempt to comfort myself I've been spending waaaayyy to much time with my old friends Ben, Jerry, and Ronald McDonald. I've been successfully dodging scales and full length mirrors for a while, but I was finally forced to confront my growing girth head on today when I bent down to pick up something from the floor and was greated by the sickening sound of cloth ripping as the inseam of my favorite pants finally declared no mas...
Anyway, I don't want to reveal my vital stats, but I will say that my goal is to lose 25 pounds by July 4th through a combination of healthier eating and more exercise (more meals cooked at home, walking to work every day, and investing some of my tax refund in shiny new exercise equipment)
Gogogo!!!
Welcome aboard nit! Ya, me and Ron are tight as well. He's going to wonder where I've been lately.
Post pics of shiny new equipment when you get it.
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Originally Posted by Punker
I am 6'4, 300 pounds, BMI 36.5. I have a really pear shape so it's not like I'm one of these guys who's just big - I've got skinny arms and legs and a huge belly; that said, I'm still pretty tall and can carry a fair bit of weight. I don't drink or smoke, but I do eat a lot more than I should, and way too unhealthy. I don't really like weight based goals as I haven't found them to motivate me very well.
My goal is to do a sprint triathlon (swim 750m, bike 20km, run 5km) on June 28 of this year and complete it in under 2 hours.
As of today, in an isolated setting (ie, not doing them one after the other):
I can do the swim (in a 25m pool) in about 22 minutes
I can run about 2km in 12 minutes
I can bike about 5K in about 15 minutes.
Old school 2+2'er on board!
Ya, glad people are posting their personal goals. Sprint triathlon sounds fun and a great goal. Are these things held everywhere?
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Originally Posted by Aimee
Just posting to offer my support as a longtime podcast listener and 2+2 lurker It's great to see everyone taking charge of their health and RJ has the right attitude - no one gained the weight in a week (or month, or even year) and it takes long term changes and goals to get healthy as well. I'm rooting for you all!
Also, Adam, the smoothie sounds great - will have to try that with my protein powder sometime this week!
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Johnny Douglas
Good timing. I've been talking about doing a prop bet with one of coworkers for weight loss. About a month ago I signed up Weight Watchers online and its trifecta of apps has been doing me well, but I feel I'm at a plateau and need to redouble my efforts.
I'm 6' 1", 268.5 pounds. I started at 281.5 which was a crazy shock. My first goal is 265.
GOGOGOGO JD. Awesome to have you on board. It's all about Huck!
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Originally Posted by TChan
I have to lose 5.5 lbs by this time tomorrow, can I play?
Completely unsolicited advice follows:
You (Adam) don't need the honey in your smoothie. And also, take it easy on the fruit. Not everything has to taste sweet. Our culture is quite literally addicted to sweetness.
Eat lots of omega-3 polyunsaturated fats and saturated fats, especially in the morning, so you will feel satiated throughout the day. Avoid omega-6 fats like the plague.
Good luck to everyone!
Thanks for the advice, T. I know how in-tune with nutrition and how the body reacts to it you are.
Honey is only temporary (and for Rudy when he shares). The fruit part is mostly to make it tasty, what other smoothie ingredients do you suggest to replace it?
Define "eat lots" because as you know I can do that. What specific foods do you eat to get in lots of omega 3's and which foods do you avoid like plague?
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Originally Posted by ugerhard
What's kept the "diet" and low carb fun is that I've started to extensively cook and experiment with ingredients that I normally would have used once in a blue moon if ever: Parsnip, Sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke), Tofu, Seitan (I've also tried to have 2 or 3 vegetarian days a week as well, but more for ecological than for dietary reasons) etc.
I am now at 89 kg (196 lbs); that's -15 kg (-33 lbs) in 2.5 months. My goal is to get to around 75 kg (165 lbs) in another 3 months or so - and stay there :-)
All the best to everybody with their efforts!
Ya, I think the part about making it fun is important. It's too easy to slide back to fast foods if you're not enjoying making the food and how your body reacts to it. So far, I'm having fun with it.
Great job so far and keep us updated on progress.
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Originally Posted by outragous76
Great stuff Adam - I lost 3 st (42lbs) last year and have kept it off. It will definately invigorate you!
If I can offer you 2 pieces of advice it would be the following:
1. Please ignore BMI. There are many good benchmarks, this is not one of them. Every single profeesional rugby player would be considered obese on their scale!
2. Measure yourself! - Take 6 key meansurements around your body. There will be times when your weight loss plateaus, but you will be changing shape and size. They eye doesnt really pick up on this, the tape measure does! I cant tell you strongly enough how much motivation the tape will give you during periods of a plateau. (i measured neck, chest, belly, waist, around bum and thigh.
GLGL
Ya, I really only used BMI because that's what categorized me as obese. Paying most of my attention to weight, how I feel and hopefully building muscle when I start with a weight program.
Love the idea of measuring. Will do that for sure.
Congrats on keeping the weight off!
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Originally Posted by hornsby15
I'm willing to try public humiliation in an attempt to lose weight, sure.
Sidenote - aside from the heating thing, is the Vitamix not just a blender?
Welcome aboard!
As RJ said, Vitamix is a blender but because of it's power it's capable of many things. Soups, bread making, hummus etc.
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Originally Posted by CdnSweets
Great timing for this thread of me.
Recently my wife just had our first child (Desmond Jack on March 8th) anyway before he got here I decided to my butt back in shape. I met my wife a few years ago and i was a gym rat and weighed in at 210-215 lbs. well fast forward to this winter i wasn't feeling so great and had my first child on the way i hopped on my scale and was close to 300 pounds!
Im 5'10" and was 300 lbs? scared the crap out of me!
So i have started working on my cardio on a bike and watching what i eat again and now touch the scale at 275 lbs.
Start 300 lbs
Current 275 lbs
Goal under 250 lbs (parents pool springboard weight limit) by summer
ultimate goal 225 lbs
Good luck to everyone on there goals!
Congrats on the little guy, gives you a whole new reason to be healthy.
Great job so far, keep us updated on how it's going.
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Originally Posted by Bunner
I'm onboard!!
Started the day off (after posting the latest episode of the PokerCast of course) with a nice egg and baby spinach sandwich with a flaxseed / olive oil combo instead of butter with a little cat-sup and a coffee. Now its off to my local fitness museum for Back & Core Madness! will post my stats and goals later today...
Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum...
Wow that looks delicious. Who made it?
When I posted this yesterday, this was exactly the response I was hoping for. The key is for people to stay engaged and updating, even if things aren't going as well as you would have hoped.
Off to the basement to jump on our coatrack (err treadmill) for a half hour!