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I bet he's still the same height.
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I'm kind of heavy for my weight, but that's ok because I'm kind of tall for my height
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Smartassery aside, I started in a snug size 40 and am now in a loose size 38, as far as pant size is concerned.
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2 days of refeeding and I gained 4.2 pounds. So now at 250.6. Interested to see where it goes. My gut is still dormant for the most part so I am sure I will have a healthy movement at some point, a lot of that is probably just what I ate as it is just sitting there. Constipation sucks. I will take diarrhea instead any day...well with my exploits maybe not any day. Both suck, let's just leave it at that. I am still intermittent fasting and eating keto for now. Mainly because I still have a bunch of keto foods we bought so I am working through that, then I will switch to just a whole foods diet, with fruits, veggies, and meats. Nothing processed if I can help it. Although I am DYING for ice cream. We have one of those liquid nitrogen places here locally and I want to get a whole quart of that so bad. Ugh. Still, the will is there. I did go a bit overboard yesterday, but it was all keto friendly, however I topped 1800 calories. But on keto that is not supposed to matter as much. If I can settle in at 250 or below for my next weigh-in I will be happy. I am not taking any weight this week as it is all jacked up from the fast. Next week back on the normal schedule.
Wife is up and down. Lots of pain and discomfort still. But the good thing is the direct pain is turning to discomfort more and more, which is progress. We walked maybe 2 miles or more every day over this weekend, a half hour walk at a time, as she needs to walk frequently to get her gut moving and expel all the gas that is left from the surgery. She lost 10 pounds so far following surgery, and I am sure it will keep dropping. The toughest thing is getting enough fluids. She says she is just dying to actually like guzzle a glass of water, but she can only really tolerate a few swallows before her gut is distended and uncomfortable, so keeping hydrated is tough.
Follow up appointment with the dr tomorrow. She should go on a more solid diet then, soft foods and not just liquids. She feels a lot better when she can get something more substantial than broth in her, like cream soups or what-not. Just good to see her improving even if it is just little by little. So far she says she regrets everything, but in the long run this will just be her big surgery story, and she will be happy about it overall I am sure.
Wife is up and down. Lots of pain and discomfort still. But the good thing is the direct pain is turning to discomfort more and more, which is progress. We walked maybe 2 miles or more every day over this weekend, a half hour walk at a time, as she needs to walk frequently to get her gut moving and expel all the gas that is left from the surgery. She lost 10 pounds so far following surgery, and I am sure it will keep dropping. The toughest thing is getting enough fluids. She says she is just dying to actually like guzzle a glass of water, but she can only really tolerate a few swallows before her gut is distended and uncomfortable, so keeping hydrated is tough.
Follow up appointment with the dr tomorrow. She should go on a more solid diet then, soft foods and not just liquids. She feels a lot better when she can get something more substantial than broth in her, like cream soups or what-not. Just good to see her improving even if it is just little by little. So far she says she regrets everything, but in the long run this will just be her big surgery story, and she will be happy about it overall I am sure.
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She's doing better every day. Eating more regular-ish food. Still adapting to just eating so much less, but that's part of it. Still has her moments when she curses the day she decided to do this, but it's getting better. Still a long slog ahead of her to really get adapted to everything but right now feeling pretty good.
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So here is my update after all the crap going on the last 2 weeks. Seems some gains have stuck.
Week 0, Aug 15 = 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Well more of the fast losses stuck than I expected. I did get back up to 256 briefly after refeeding, but then dropped down to 251. Probably water fluctuations and all that mostly. I will take it. Still essentially losing 3 pounds per week, as I have been mostly all along. Close to being in the 240's now, not bad. Still kind of surprised I haven't leveled out much at all along the way, as I keep expecting to stall out for at least a week or 2.
35 pounds is a good milestone. And my size 38s are starting to fit looser now. I imagine another 15 pounds or so to get firmly into 36s. Bought a new belt a few weeks ago and at the time it was on the first notch so almost too big, but now I am 1 notch away from it being too small.
Week 0, Aug 15 = 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Well more of the fast losses stuck than I expected. I did get back up to 256 briefly after refeeding, but then dropped down to 251. Probably water fluctuations and all that mostly. I will take it. Still essentially losing 3 pounds per week, as I have been mostly all along. Close to being in the 240's now, not bad. Still kind of surprised I haven't leveled out much at all along the way, as I keep expecting to stall out for at least a week or 2.
35 pounds is a good milestone. And my size 38s are starting to fit looser now. I imagine another 15 pounds or so to get firmly into 36s. Bought a new belt a few weeks ago and at the time it was on the first notch so almost too big, but now I am 1 notch away from it being too small.
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Week 0, Aug 15 = 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Ok I will take that. 3 pounds last week, not bad, mostly on the pace I have had all along, averaging about 3 pounds per week. Had to tighten the belt one notch tighter, so won't be long and I will need a new one. Another week of keto then transitioning to whole foods diet in prep for thanksgiving. And that is about when my wife goes on more of a whole foods diet. She is still eating soft foods and very small amounts, which will be the norm forever for her really, small amounts. But after the dr appointment next week we expect her to be released to eat pretty much whatever, which will consist mostly of veggies and protein initially. I will transition with her so we can make one meal and she can eat what she can stomach and I will eat the rest to help with my portion control. That will be my biggest issue, that and snacking. I am a HUGE snacker, especially during jazz games and watching TV, so that's going to be hard. On keto I have a lot of keto snack foods but they are not all great on a regular diet because they are so high in fat and sodium that the calorie control will be difficult. But I plan on eating a lot of veggies and fruit for snacks, with cheese of course, I am not an animal. Should be over 40 pounds down next week if all goes according to plan. I am happy how disciplined I have been through all this, but it has NOT been easy. I have had a few days of sliding back, but followed it up with a single day fast or just getting back on track, but that is good practice for, you know, the rest of my life if I want to keep the lower weight I am headed to. I can take weight off fast but I guarantee I can put it back on much much faster.
I do expect to gain some weight when I re-introduce carbs, as they really retain water. But should be fairly minimal, as in 5 pounds or so on the outside I hope. But you never know. Toughest thing will be not going on a binge, as my capacity for food is still pretty high, and I can sock away an entire pizza with little effort, so trying to build the right habits to help mitigate that.
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Ok I will take that. 3 pounds last week, not bad, mostly on the pace I have had all along, averaging about 3 pounds per week. Had to tighten the belt one notch tighter, so won't be long and I will need a new one. Another week of keto then transitioning to whole foods diet in prep for thanksgiving. And that is about when my wife goes on more of a whole foods diet. She is still eating soft foods and very small amounts, which will be the norm forever for her really, small amounts. But after the dr appointment next week we expect her to be released to eat pretty much whatever, which will consist mostly of veggies and protein initially. I will transition with her so we can make one meal and she can eat what she can stomach and I will eat the rest to help with my portion control. That will be my biggest issue, that and snacking. I am a HUGE snacker, especially during jazz games and watching TV, so that's going to be hard. On keto I have a lot of keto snack foods but they are not all great on a regular diet because they are so high in fat and sodium that the calorie control will be difficult. But I plan on eating a lot of veggies and fruit for snacks, with cheese of course, I am not an animal. Should be over 40 pounds down next week if all goes according to plan. I am happy how disciplined I have been through all this, but it has NOT been easy. I have had a few days of sliding back, but followed it up with a single day fast or just getting back on track, but that is good practice for, you know, the rest of my life if I want to keep the lower weight I am headed to. I can take weight off fast but I guarantee I can put it back on much much faster.
I do expect to gain some weight when I re-introduce carbs, as they really retain water. But should be fairly minimal, as in 5 pounds or so on the outside I hope. But you never know. Toughest thing will be not going on a binge, as my capacity for food is still pretty high, and I can sock away an entire pizza with little effort, so trying to build the right habits to help mitigate that.
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Week 0, Aug 15 = 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Week 12, Nov 8 = 248.8 (=0; -38.2)
Leveled off this week. I kind of anticipated this. Transitioning from keto to a whole foods diet is adding on with water weight as the carbs go up. Focusing on veggies, fruits, meats, avoiding processed foods as much as possible. Might see an uptick next week even, I was thinking, but then it should get back on track. I am down a lot and probably nearing or even lower than my natural set-point, so it will likely get harder to make progress. Probably need to up my exercise game. I found out that climbing mountains in Breath of the Wild doesn't count as exercise...who knew?
Also by way of update, my wife is doing better. Eating real food now, just controlled amounts. She ate an entire piece of pizza at the Jazz/Clippers game Sunday...albeit over the course of the entire game, one little bite at a time. But since she hasn't had pizza in 3 months, she thought it was the best pizza she ever had - truth be told it really sucked, but I was happy for her. Everything is healing well and she is getting better energy, so that's good.
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Week 12, Nov 8 = 248.8 (=0; -38.2)
Leveled off this week. I kind of anticipated this. Transitioning from keto to a whole foods diet is adding on with water weight as the carbs go up. Focusing on veggies, fruits, meats, avoiding processed foods as much as possible. Might see an uptick next week even, I was thinking, but then it should get back on track. I am down a lot and probably nearing or even lower than my natural set-point, so it will likely get harder to make progress. Probably need to up my exercise game. I found out that climbing mountains in Breath of the Wild doesn't count as exercise...who knew?
Also by way of update, my wife is doing better. Eating real food now, just controlled amounts. She ate an entire piece of pizza at the Jazz/Clippers game Sunday...albeit over the course of the entire game, one little bite at a time. But since she hasn't had pizza in 3 months, she thought it was the best pizza she ever had - truth be told it really sucked, but I was happy for her. Everything is healing well and she is getting better energy, so that's good.
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Leveling off is to be expected. Counting calories will help - snacking is what really gets people. Cookie here, some crackers here and suddenly your 500 calories in the hole for the day that's not even meals.
What's important is that you feel better and you've probably had friends/family/co-workers notice the change and give you kudos - even if 240'ish ends up just kind of being where it is and a tough nut to crack, losing 40 pounds in 3 months is a remarkable accomplishment.
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Yeah my wife and I both started back with weight watchers. I lost 50 pounds with them once before and she lost 75 pounds way back when with weight watchers. Their app is really convenient, but even better you learn to become pretty good at estimating just by looking at the food and the nutrition labels and stuff. It is the best program I have seen yet, but like all of it, if you don't make permanent changes it will all come back.
And yes people have noticed. I also moved into a smaller safety vest at work. We have specific colors for each level of leadership so I got a new one in a smaller size as the other one was baggy and people were commenting, and I was actually concerned it might get caught on something and pose a safety risk. That kind of stuff is the real motivator.
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Forgot to post this week...
Week 0, Aug 15 = 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Week 12, Nov 8 = 248.8 (=0; -38.2)
Week 13, Nov 15 = 252 (+3.1; -35.1)
Went up this week, kind of expected as I added carbs back into my diet and built up some water weight. I expect it will level off this week, then start back down again. Plus entering the 240's I imagine I am fairly close to my natural set point and it will get progressively harder to drop weight as I go further down. I expect it to drop to 1-2 pounds per week, but that is a healthy pace. So I need to lose about 20-25 more pounds, and I am taking the Thanksgiving weekend off and Christmas week, so I would expect to be somewhere in the mid-240's after the new year, which is fine with me. Then I can focus on dropping the rest before we go to Hawaii in May next year. Should be able to lose 25 pounds in 5 months fairly easily. I do hope to get closer to 240 before coming to Utah for our Christmas visit, that would be ideal.
I have to say, controlling my eating is much much harder on a "normal" diet than it was on keto. I find I have much stronger cravings now than on keto. I still have successfully been avoiding processed foods, but eating fruits and veggies seems to have awakened my carb cravings again. I may go back to keto after the new year for a couple of months to see if I can drop the 25 pounds I need to, which would get me to 220-222-ish, then go back to a regular diet and try to maintain at maybe 5 pounds more than that, which would put me at 225-230, which is a good weight for me. Then is the challenge of settling into a sustainable diet that maintains my weight without needing to think about it too much. That is the hard part.
But so far so good. I feel good, my clothes are looser, I think I look better, although at 52 you can only look so good, you know, like a greek god.
Week 0, Aug 15 = 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Week 12, Nov 8 = 248.8 (=0; -38.2)
Week 13, Nov 15 = 252 (+3.1; -35.1)
Went up this week, kind of expected as I added carbs back into my diet and built up some water weight. I expect it will level off this week, then start back down again. Plus entering the 240's I imagine I am fairly close to my natural set point and it will get progressively harder to drop weight as I go further down. I expect it to drop to 1-2 pounds per week, but that is a healthy pace. So I need to lose about 20-25 more pounds, and I am taking the Thanksgiving weekend off and Christmas week, so I would expect to be somewhere in the mid-240's after the new year, which is fine with me. Then I can focus on dropping the rest before we go to Hawaii in May next year. Should be able to lose 25 pounds in 5 months fairly easily. I do hope to get closer to 240 before coming to Utah for our Christmas visit, that would be ideal.
I have to say, controlling my eating is much much harder on a "normal" diet than it was on keto. I find I have much stronger cravings now than on keto. I still have successfully been avoiding processed foods, but eating fruits and veggies seems to have awakened my carb cravings again. I may go back to keto after the new year for a couple of months to see if I can drop the 25 pounds I need to, which would get me to 220-222-ish, then go back to a regular diet and try to maintain at maybe 5 pounds more than that, which would put me at 225-230, which is a good weight for me. Then is the challenge of settling into a sustainable diet that maintains my weight without needing to think about it too much. That is the hard part.
But so far so good. I feel good, my clothes are looser, I think I look better, although at 52 you can only look so good, you know, like a greek god.
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Wow I haven't posted on this in a while. Too much going on, things are crazy at work and getting ready for Christmas half the time I forget to weigh in. But I weighed today, so here we go...
Week 0, Aug 15 = 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Week 12, Nov 8 = 248.8 (=0; -38.2)
Week 13, Nov 15 = 252 (+3.1; -35.1)
Week (gets out calculator), 17!, Dec 13 = 247.0 (-5.0; -40.0)
Well, topped 40 this week! Woohoo! It has been a long slog since mid-November. Thanksgiving was great, but rough. Totally messed me up. But I planned for it, so I went back on plan and recovered pretty well. I think I am adding muscle as well, as my pants fit looser now, almost in 36's from my 38's, but the weight hasn't changed much and the weights I am using at the gym are going up. Can do 30 push-ups now pretty well, still a struggle at the end, but a far cry from the barely 20 I could do earlier and I am using 40 lb dumbbells for chest work, as an example, whereas I started with 20's 6 weeks ago. Squats have gone up as well. Started using 2x35's (dumbbells, one in each hand) for basic squats now I am on barbell machine and using the 2 45 plates, so what is that, 135? Not bad progress. That one should go up pretty fast I would imagine, but it is a lot harder to gain in strength as I get older I have noticed. Still I imagine within 6 months I should be back over 250 for squats, maybe pushing 300. One change this time around for me is I am focusing a lot more on building strength and conditioning rather than just toning or definition, and that pays off faster I think. Lifting heavier weights sooner with lower reps kind of thing. Feeling pretty good too, although my pain levels have been pretty bad with the cold. Ugh. Taking more Percocet than I want, but it gets me through. Hoping to be down another couple of pounds before we head for Utah on the 23rd. Should be doable at this rate. But who knows? As you add muscle your weight does weird things, so I could go back up a bit I suppose. I did take 4 days off this weekend from my exercise as my wife was in the hospital with a heavy bacterial infection (I will talk about that in a different post), but I am back on track now, and even then I did body weight exercises at home to maintain. So far, so good, I would say. 40 pounds in 4 months is pretty good progress overall.
Week 0, Aug 15 = 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Week 12, Nov 8 = 248.8 (=0; -38.2)
Week 13, Nov 15 = 252 (+3.1; -35.1)
Week (gets out calculator), 17!, Dec 13 = 247.0 (-5.0; -40.0)
Well, topped 40 this week! Woohoo! It has been a long slog since mid-November. Thanksgiving was great, but rough. Totally messed me up. But I planned for it, so I went back on plan and recovered pretty well. I think I am adding muscle as well, as my pants fit looser now, almost in 36's from my 38's, but the weight hasn't changed much and the weights I am using at the gym are going up. Can do 30 push-ups now pretty well, still a struggle at the end, but a far cry from the barely 20 I could do earlier and I am using 40 lb dumbbells for chest work, as an example, whereas I started with 20's 6 weeks ago. Squats have gone up as well. Started using 2x35's (dumbbells, one in each hand) for basic squats now I am on barbell machine and using the 2 45 plates, so what is that, 135? Not bad progress. That one should go up pretty fast I would imagine, but it is a lot harder to gain in strength as I get older I have noticed. Still I imagine within 6 months I should be back over 250 for squats, maybe pushing 300. One change this time around for me is I am focusing a lot more on building strength and conditioning rather than just toning or definition, and that pays off faster I think. Lifting heavier weights sooner with lower reps kind of thing. Feeling pretty good too, although my pain levels have been pretty bad with the cold. Ugh. Taking more Percocet than I want, but it gets me through. Hoping to be down another couple of pounds before we head for Utah on the 23rd. Should be doable at this rate. But who knows? As you add muscle your weight does weird things, so I could go back up a bit I suppose. I did take 4 days off this weekend from my exercise as my wife was in the hospital with a heavy bacterial infection (I will talk about that in a different post), but I am back on track now, and even then I did body weight exercises at home to maintain. So far, so good, I would say. 40 pounds in 4 months is pretty good progress overall.
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Congrats!
I lost 40lbs earlier this year (technically 10lbs last year, 30lbs this year). I've been able to maintain for the past 7 months, and feeling pretty good. I've lost weight in the past, but eventually have gained it back, so maintaining long term is a big deal. I was thinking of typing up some thoughts on my experiences, but would be too long and uninteresting.
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I would find it interesting. Always looking for strategies and techniques. It helps me that my wife had her bariatric surgery so it keeps me cognizant of her weight loss journey and how she has to eat which helps me stay on track better. I am hopeful of maintaining, or at least being able to quickly recover if needed. I admittedly did poorly with eating over Thanksgiving, but it was planned and I still restrained myself from what my Thanksgiving would normally be (as in, I would normally make 2 pumpkin pies, and the family would only see 1, you know, like that), so the recovery wasn't too bad yet I still feel like I had what I wanted. I am planning the same thing over Christmas and New Year's as I am not coming all the way to Utah from SoCal without hitting up my favorite restaurants, not to mention all the good stuff at the family parties. Of course, when we come back, we have already food-proofed our house, so we come back to only things that are conducive to the lifestyle we want to be living. No ice cream, cookies, cake, pastries, chocolate (except really dark chocolate), etc. allowed in the house. We cleaned all that out and we determined that if we want it bad enough we will go get exactly what we want and nothing more. So that also helps get back on track. But I still have 25 or so to lose before we go to Hawaii in May, so that is a good goal. I think I have a good shot at that. The real challenge will come after that when my wife is more used to her diet and I don't have a Hawaii trip to look forward to, but I am still hopeful. I think we have done a lot of the right things to keep us going.
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Week 0, Aug 15 = 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Week 12, Nov 8 = 248.8 (=0; -38.2)
Week 13, Nov 15 = 252 (+3.1; -35.1)
Week (gets out calculator), 17!, Dec 13 = 247.0 (-5.0; -40.0)
Week 17, Dec 20 = 249.8 (+2.8; -37.2)
Still stalled out at that 250-ish mark. Finding it hard to get past it. Still thinking adding muscle at a faster rate now is making a minor difference, as I am getting stronger. I feel like I have crossed over that threshold where you struggle then suddenly you can lift more or go longer on the treadmill, etc. Lifting higher weights the past few days with less soreness and better recovery between, then increasing again. Squats went from 2 45s, to 2 45s + 2 25s, so there is that. Bench press is getting better too. Pants/clothes overall fit about the same, no real dropping off there. Although my 38s are definitely looser so I imagine in a couple more week will drop into tight 36s. But it is a bit frustrating to be solid on my eating and workouts and not seeing a shift in the scale, I will admit. I am going to go back on keto after the holiday, that seemed to help me the most. I cannot do it long term but I saw the most success doing that, so shifting back for a month or 2 can't hurt. Probably work in another longer-term fast as well at some point in January.
Anyone with any suggestions on getting past the plateau?
My wife is doing pretty good. She had a weekend in the hospital with a antibiotic-resistant bacterial UTI that was kind of scary. But she has lost around 55 pounds now. Passed me up by far. Close to 100 pounds lost between us. She is still struggling with eating right, so she can get her nutrition with such small amounts of food. She can literally eat 2 bites of something. The 3rd bite is a crap shoot if it will come back up, and a 4th bite guarantees regurgitation. It isn't really like vomiting, not to be too gross, but she says the food literally just comes back into her mouth as if she never swallowed it. She could chew it back up again I guess but she spits it out, even though she said the taste is nearly completely unchanged, with zero stomach acid taste at all. Weird. Almost like that last bite just didn't even get into the tiny stomach pouch. Not sure I could deal with that. She still expressed equal amounts of regret and happiness at having had the surgery done. I keep reminding her she needs to really give it a full year for her body to adapt, then she can see what the true effects are, but right now she is still healing, so it will all be more extreme for sure.
Week 1, Aug 23 = 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 = 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 = 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 = 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)
Week 5, Sep 20 = 268.2 (-4.6; - 18.8)
Week 6, Sep 27 = 265.8 (-2.4; -21.2)
Week 7, Oct 04 = 264.8 (-1.0; -22.2)
Week 8, Oct 11 = 258.4 (-6.4; -28.6)
Week 9 - bye week (surgery and water fast)
Week 10, Oct 25 = 251.8 (-6.6; -35.2)
Week 11, Nov 1 = 248.8 (-3.0; -38.2)
Week 12, Nov 8 = 248.8 (=0; -38.2)
Week 13, Nov 15 = 252 (+3.1; -35.1)
Week (gets out calculator), 17!, Dec 13 = 247.0 (-5.0; -40.0)
Week 17, Dec 20 = 249.8 (+2.8; -37.2)
Still stalled out at that 250-ish mark. Finding it hard to get past it. Still thinking adding muscle at a faster rate now is making a minor difference, as I am getting stronger. I feel like I have crossed over that threshold where you struggle then suddenly you can lift more or go longer on the treadmill, etc. Lifting higher weights the past few days with less soreness and better recovery between, then increasing again. Squats went from 2 45s, to 2 45s + 2 25s, so there is that. Bench press is getting better too. Pants/clothes overall fit about the same, no real dropping off there. Although my 38s are definitely looser so I imagine in a couple more week will drop into tight 36s. But it is a bit frustrating to be solid on my eating and workouts and not seeing a shift in the scale, I will admit. I am going to go back on keto after the holiday, that seemed to help me the most. I cannot do it long term but I saw the most success doing that, so shifting back for a month or 2 can't hurt. Probably work in another longer-term fast as well at some point in January.
Anyone with any suggestions on getting past the plateau?
My wife is doing pretty good. She had a weekend in the hospital with a antibiotic-resistant bacterial UTI that was kind of scary. But she has lost around 55 pounds now. Passed me up by far. Close to 100 pounds lost between us. She is still struggling with eating right, so she can get her nutrition with such small amounts of food. She can literally eat 2 bites of something. The 3rd bite is a crap shoot if it will come back up, and a 4th bite guarantees regurgitation. It isn't really like vomiting, not to be too gross, but she says the food literally just comes back into her mouth as if she never swallowed it. She could chew it back up again I guess but she spits it out, even though she said the taste is nearly completely unchanged, with zero stomach acid taste at all. Weird. Almost like that last bite just didn't even get into the tiny stomach pouch. Not sure I could deal with that. She still expressed equal amounts of regret and happiness at having had the surgery done. I keep reminding her she needs to really give it a full year for her body to adapt, then she can see what the true effects are, but right now she is still healing, so it will all be more extreme for sure.
My brother's weight loss surgery on Nov 22 has gone well. He's down 50 pounds from the point 10 days before the surgery when he had to go on a strict regimen to decrease the size of his liver. Tomorrow is our family Christmas party, which will be his first big experience being around food away from home that he can't eat. We are limiting the menu, I guess in some sort of solidarity.
Douchebag K
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congrats dude, keep at it