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Crap! Forgot to update. I realize that might take me out of it, but I'm down to about 182. So for the duration, I've taken off about 11 lbs, so not too shabby. Ran a 10K on the treadmill yesterday like it was nothing, which is good, because I'm doing a real 10K for charity this Sunday.
 
Neuromancer said:
I'm wondering if I should stop drinking diet soda. I like it so much though. Drink about 4 cans a day (2 with each meal.)

=(
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Carbonated water replaced coke for me for the most part! I always thought it was gross but instead of tasting it in your mouth, chug it down immediately so you feel the tickling in your throat, at some point you'll start liking it if you're like me :)
 
Teetris said:
Carbonated water replaced coke for me for the most part! I always thought it was gross but instead of tasting it in your mouth, chug it down immediately so you feel the tickling in your throat, at some point you'll start liking it if you're like me :)
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Gross indeed!

Anyway, checking in:

Week 0 - 230
Week 1 - 227
Week 2 - 226
Week 3 - 221
Week 4 - 220
Week 5 - 221
Week 6- 219.5
Week 7 - 218.5
Week 8 - 216.5
Week 9 - 216
Week 10 - 213
 
Checking in 175lb (79.5kg)

Finally broke the 177lb trend that was driving me crazy. I think I've reached a point that any further weight loss is going to eat too much into the muscle gain I made late last year. Time to begin heavy lifting once again!

So far -
Jan 5th - 83.1kg / 183lb
Jan 13th - 81.5kg / 180lb
Jan 21st - 82kg / 181lb
Jan 28th - 81.7kg / 180lb
Feb 9th - 81kg / 179lb
Feb 19th - 80.3kg / 177lb
Feb 28th - 80.3kg / 177lb
Mar 7th - 80.3kg / 177lb
Mar 12th - 79.5kg / 175lb
 
1/1: 257
1/8: 252
1/15: 250
1/22: 250
1/29: 249
2/5: 245
2/12: 244
2/19: 239
2/28: 241
3/06: 233
3/13: 232

Nothing new to say this week. Still making progress.
 
Hmm, am I too late to jump in on this? I don't care about a prize or anything, just think posting results and being part of a group would be a huge motivation :P

Height: 6'1"
Age: 23
Starting Weight: 220 lbs
Goal Weight: 180 lbs

I have made some progress since starting a conscious effort to get healthier. So here is the starting vs week 1 result:

Starting: 220 lbs
Week 1: 216 lbs
 
Week 1 - 180
Week 2 - 177
Week 3 - 174
Week 4 - 172
Week 5 - 170
Week 6 - 169
Week 7 - 166
Week 8 - 163
Week 9 - 162
Week 10 - 163
Week 11 - 162

Yet another week of nothing. These last 2 pounds are proving to be harder than the previous 40.
 
Week 1/Starting Weight - 229
Week 2 - 233.6
Week 3 - 225.4
Week 4: 226.8
Week 5: 224.4
Week 6: 225.2
Week 7: 224.0
Week 8: 225.0
Week 9: 220.4
Week 10: 218.6
Week 11: 218
 
Checking in 177lb (79kg)

So far -
Jan 5th - 83.1kg / 183lb
Jan 13th - 81.5kg / 180lb
Jan 21st - 82kg / 181lb
Jan 28th - 81.7kg / 180lb
Feb 9th - 81kg / 179lb
Feb 19th - 80.3kg / 177lb
Feb 28th - 80.3kg / 177lb
Mar 7th - 80.3kg / 177lb
Mar 12th - 79.5kg / 175lb
Mar 19th - 79kg / 174lb

Okay body, you can stop losing weight now ._.
 
Checking in:

Week 0 - 230
Week 1 - 227
Week 2 - 226
Week 3 - 221
Week 4 - 220
Week 5 - 221
Week 6- 219.5
Week 7 - 218.5
Week 8 - 216.5
Week 9 - 216
Week 10 - 213
Week 11 - 213.5

=(
 
1/2: 167.4 (starting weight)
1/9: 167.4
1/16: 165.5
1/23: 165.4
1/30: 165.4
2/6: 164.4
2/13: 163.7
2/20: 162.8
2/27: 162.7
3/5: 163.7
3/12: 163.1
3/19: 162.9
 
Shalashaska161 said:
Week 1 - 180
Week 2 - 177
Week 3 - 174
Week 4 - 172
Week 5 - 170
Week 6 - 169
Week 7 - 166
Week 8 - 163
Week 9 - 162
Week 10 - 163
Week 11 - 162

Yet another week of nothing. These last 2 pounds are proving to be harder than the previous 40.
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What's your goal weight?
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
Start - 223
Jan 16 - 216
Jan 23 - 213.5
Jan 30 - 212
Feb 6 - 214
Feb 13 - 211
Feb 20 - 212
Feb 27 - 209.5
March 5 - 209.5
March 12 - 206
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Last March - 233

Start - 223
Jan 16 - 216
Jan 23 - 213.5
Jan 30 - 212
Feb 6 - 214
Feb 13 - 211
Feb 20 - 212
Feb 27 - 209.5
March 5 - 209.5
March 12 - 206
March 19 - 205
 
1/1: 257
1/8: 252
1/15: 250
1/22: 250
1/29: 249
2/5: 245
2/12: 244
2/19: 239
2/28: 241
3/06: 233
3/13: 232
3/20: 234

OK yeah. Too much partying specifically. Still doing my workout, so the weight training may be building my muscle up a bit...
 
Week 1/Starting Weight - 229
Week 2 - 233.6
Week 3 - 225.4
Week 4: 226.8
Week 5: 224.4
Week 6: 225.2
Week 7: 224.0
Week 8: 225.0
Week 9: 220.4
Week 10: 218.6
Week 11: 218
Week 12: 220.4



Yeah, I was sick all week and instead of eating healthy like a normal person would have I ate junk food all week. Plus I drank Friday and Saturday night.
 
Week 1 - 180
Week 2 - 177
Week 3 - 174
Week 4 - 172
Week 5 - 170
Week 6 - 169
Week 7 - 166
Week 8 - 163
Week 9 - 162
Week 10 - 163
Week 11 - 162
Week 12 - 163

Forgot to check in this week. But ya, seems I've plateaued. On the bright side though, my shoulder has healed enough from its operation that I can swim again.
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
Last March - 233

Start - 223
Jan 16 - 216
Jan 23 - 213.5
Jan 30 - 212
Feb 6 - 214
Feb 13 - 211
Feb 20 - 212
Feb 27 - 209.5
March 5 - 209.5
March 12 - 206
March 19 - 205
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Start - 223
Jan 16 - 216
Jan 23 - 213.5
Jan 30 - 212
Feb 6 - 214
Feb 13 - 211
Feb 20 - 212
Feb 27 - 209.5
March 5 - 209.5
March 12 - 206
March 19 - 205
March 26 - 206

Not much of a productive week, and this week is my break week from P90X2, so I doubt there will be much change.
 
Checking in:

Week 0 - 230
Week 1 - 227
Week 2 - 226
Week 3 - 221
Week 4 - 220
Week 5 - 221
Week 6- 219.5
Week 7 - 218.5
Week 8 - 216.5
Week 9 - 216
Week 10 - 213
Week 11 - 213.5
Week 12 - 217

God damn it what the hell
 
Forgot to post yesterday.

1/2: 167.4 (starting weight)
1/9: 167.4
1/16: 165.5
1/23: 165.4
1/30: 165.4
2/6: 164.4
2/13: 163.7
2/20: 162.8
2/27: 162.7
3/5: 163.7
3/12: 163.1
3/19: 162.9
3/26: 163.7
 
RubxQub said:
What are you actually doing?

Through diet alone you should be able to lose 2-3 pounds a week (or more) really quickly by just changing your diet to consist of only clean foods:

- Meat
- Eggs
- Vegetables

Get your fat and protein high and your carbs super low and watch the weight fly off. Do some light full body exercises so you maintain your muscle or even slightly build and the pounds will come shedding off. Like ripping the eff off.
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I can confirm that this is true as well, at least in my own personal experience. In fact, I was actually the most overweight I've ever been when I was riding my bike to and from work every day for 9 months. I thought because I was exercising a lot that I could eat whatever I wanted... When I changed my diet (a salad for at least one meal, only drinking water instead of teas / fruit juices, etc.), I lost 4 pounds a week for 3 weeks straight, and finally had to find a middle ground because my coworkers thought that I had become ill with some sort of disease.

EDIT: Great numbers everyone!
 
Stumpokapow said:
I used to drink at least that much. I stopped drinking cola (Coke, primarily) in 2003. I haven't had any kind of soda since maybe 2006 or so. Stopped drinking mixed drinks as well. Now it's just water, tea, juice, and beer. I don't have a ton of willpower and I don't take the best care of myself, but cutting out soda was easy--I simply don't have it. No cheating, no "it's only one can", no "well it's a special occasion", no "I'm on vacation", nothing. No soda.
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I have maybe one a month. Once you realize that soda used to be considered a "dessert", it isn't hard to rationalize you shouldn't be drinking it every meal, if not most meals. Been mostly soda free for 3-4 years. My friends have been getting heavier and heavier post college. I keep getting comments that I am far skinnier.

Moral of the story is you don't have to 100% cut soda, but you should cut it by 98%. It really does your body no good. Add in a healthy diet and some exercise and the calories will melt away.
 
RubxQub said:
What are you actually doing?

Through diet alone you should be able to lose 2-3 pounds a week (or more) really quickly by just changing your diet to consist of only clean foods:

- Meat
- Eggs
- Vegetables

Get your fat and protein high and your carbs super low and watch the weight fly off. Do some light full body exercises so you maintain your muscle or even slightly build and the pounds will come shedding off. Like ripping the eff off.
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I've done this but I'm not losing the multiple pounds per week like others are. Kinda disheartening to see the scale only down under two pounds in a week, but I do feel better and clothes are fitting me better.

First time sub 250 in a long time. Still much work to be done.
 
1/1: 257
1/8: 252
1/15: 250
1/22: 250
1/29: 249
2/5: 245
2/12: 244
2/19: 239
2/28: 241
3/06: 233
3/13: 232
3/20: 234
3/27: 230
 
Neuromancer said:
Checking in:

Week 0 - 230
Week 1 - 227
Week 2 - 226
Week 3 - 221
Week 4 - 220
Week 5 - 221
Week 6- 219.5
Week 7 - 218.5
Week 8 - 216.5
Week 9 - 216
Week 10 - 213
Week 11 - 213.5
Week 12 - 217

God damn it what the hell
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Must have just been due to weekend excesses... Today I was down to 214.5, hopefully by next week I'll be back to where I was.
 
Checking in 175lb (79.5kg)

So far -
Jan 5th - 83.1kg / 183lb
Jan 13th - 81.5kg / 180lb
Jan 21st - 82kg / 181lb
Jan 28th - 81.7kg / 180lb
Feb 9th - 81kg / 179lb
Feb 19th - 80.3kg / 177lb
Feb 28th - 80.3kg / 177lb
Mar 7th - 80.3kg / 177lb
Mar 12th - 79.5kg / 175lb
Mar 19th - 79kg / 174lb
Mar 29th - 79.5kg / 175lb
 
Starting: 108.5
1: 106
2: 106
3: 105
4: 104
5: 102
6: 103.5
7: 102.5
8: 103
9: 102.5
10: 102
11: 103
12: 103
Today: 104

Bad couple of weeks for me.
 
Week 1/Starting Weight - 229
Week 2 - 233.6
Week 3 - 225.4
Week 4: 226.8
Week 5: 224.4
Week 6: 225.2
Week 7: 224.0
Week 8: 225.0
Week 9: 220.4
Week 10: 218.6
Week 11: 218
Week 12: 220.4
Week 13: 217.8


Went to the gym twice during the week. But, I also have ate nothing but junk this weekend. Have a weigh-in at work, we're starting a "biggest loser" thing there.
 
I decided I'm not disqualifying people if they don't check in every two weeks seeing as I myself have missed some probably.

Anyway I'm back down to 268. Hope I can keep dropping. I need to get on the ball. Should be easier now that it's getting warmer out, at least.
 
I've been stuck at 113kg or thereabouts for 2 months. Frustrating, given that I have dramatically changed my lifestyle and exercise everyday now.

Oh well. At least I'm getting fitter and more flexible. That'll probably go away really quickly upon stopping though!
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
Start - 223
Jan 16 - 216
Jan 23 - 213.5
Jan 30 - 212
Feb 6 - 214
Feb 13 - 211
Feb 20 - 212
Feb 27 - 209.5
March 5 - 209.5
March 12 - 206
March 19 - 205
March 26 - 206
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Start - 223
Jan 16 - 216
Jan 23 - 213.5
Jan 30 - 212
Feb 6 - 214
Feb 13 - 211
Feb 20 - 212
Feb 27 - 209.5
March 5 - 209.5
March 12 - 206
March 19 - 205
March 26 - 206
April 2 - 203

This last week was my break week from P90X2 and the only exercising I did was a 2 mile run on Tuesday. Not sure how I still lost 3 pounds. :P

I am officially down 30 pounds since last year at this time though!
 
I think my scale at home has been lying to me :<

We're doing a biggest loser thing here at work. Yesterday I weighed 217.8, my weigh in which I just did I was 226.

I'll admit I ate a LOT of junk food yesterday to put on weight and I did drink a glass of water at home and drank through one fillup of my water bottle but... that discrepancy seems a bit much.
 
Checking in:

Week 0 - 230
Week 1 - 227
Week 2 - 226
Week 3 - 221
Week 4 - 220
Week 5 - 221
Week 6- 219.5
Week 7 - 218.5
Week 8 - 216.5
Week 9 - 216
Week 10 - 213
Week 11 - 213.5
Week 12 - 217
Week 13 - 214
 
1/2: 167.4 (starting weight)
1/9: 167.4
1/16: 165.5
1/23: 165.4
1/30: 165.4
2/6: 164.4
2/13: 163.7
2/20: 162.8
2/27: 162.7
3/5: 163.7
3/12: 163.1
3/19: 162.9
3/26: 163.7
4/1: 163.7
 
1/1: 257
1/8: 252
1/15: 250
1/22: 250
1/29: 249
2/5: 245
2/12: 244
2/19: 239
2/28: 241
3/06: 233
3/13: 232
3/20: 234
3/27: 230
4/03: 230

Between near constant socialization, dates, and intentionally eating a fair amount in a sort of pre-PAX boosting period I've remained steady.

I am curious to see what PAX does to me. I'm guessing a few pounds loss. We shall see!
 
I am 185lbs down from 194 at the start.

Goal is 180, though I will probably go up as I've been getting back into heavy lifting again.
 
Darren870 said:
I am 185lbs down from 194 at the start.

Goal is 180, though I will probably go up as I've been getting back into heavy lifting again.
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Stick to a calorie deficit and you should still be able to lose weight while lifting. Feed your body plenty of protein and most of that weight loss should be fat and not muscle as a bonus.

For people stuck on a 'plateau', keep in mind that the more weight you lose, the less calories you need. If you were 200lbs and were eating 1800 calories a day to lose weight, but now you're 180lbs, you'll probably need to cut it down to 1500-1600 calories a day to continue the weight loss. That 1800 calories you were eating before might just be your new maintenance level(meaning it keeps you at 180lbs, no loss and no gain).

Also, I know I didn't join back in January like I should have, but I've been back on the wagon the past month or so. Been losing a steady 2 to 3 pounds a week and have gone from 212 to 200. By the end of y'alls competition, I expect and hope to be around 175-180. If I had started in January, I could already be getting close to my goal of 165. :(
 
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