Team Skinny...Oct. 2011- The Pounds are "Falling" off! (Page 3)

Nice week

that is a real nice week!

I wish I could have a week like that. I am stuck at 190. I fought hard to get here and cant get below.

I have been using Myfitnesspal app on my droid and it has made all the difference in what/how much I eat.

i use the website daily burn .com for my food tracking (and workouts) but I have not been faithful at it. I might have gotten lazy but I guess I need to step it up a notch.

My wife just started a weight loss program with a doc.  Like we often do, she ate like cr#p the two days before starting, then ate clean and weighed in that day at the doc's office, +3 #.  She was angry cuz she ate clean that day!!!    I just shared with her my experience, that it's about consistent good choices over the course of a period of time, not a single day of good or bad eating.

As an aside, I am pleased to report that I am no longer obese by western medicine BMI stds    I am merely at the top end of overweight.  I never thought I was obese, or that badly overweight, but accdg to BMI I need to weigh 192 - THIRTY THREE MORE POUNDS - just to be at the top end of "healthy."  Quite frankly, I think I would look sick at that weight.

Hopefully it's not too late to jump into the mix?

was doing well at the beginning of the season, but then had back problems that required surgery. I had gone from 245 to 222, but then back surgery, feed my sorrows, vacation, way too much eating and drinking and right back up to 236. back is better and I am starting to get back to a workout routine. my goal is to get to 228 by the end of the month!

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Never too late, welcome to the group~

Those BMI scales are a joke in some cases. I am on the verge of obese. 3 of my 6 IM's I was considered obese with the other 3 just overweight. I use to run marathons around 3 hrs in the middle of the overweight category. I guess I can only imagine what i might be able to do if I lost the 60 pounds to get down to "healthy" weight.

Oct 2   - 187.2

Oct 8   - 185.6

Oct 16 -

Oct 23 -

Oct 30 -

Goal 180.

Didn't get much excersize in this week. But did manage to stay out of the fast food.  I found that tracking my calories make a big difference as it make me aware that most fast food meals are 1200+ calories easy.

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Welcome back!

nice week!

didnt realize i needed to weigh in on wednesday....oops

so starting weight-202

current weight-201

will check in again on wednesday and get on the right day

Just stick with it.  I lost 55lbs from 225-170.  I had several plateaus, eventually I broke through.  The lowest i was was 167, i maintained 170-174 until I broke my clavicle and had surgery.  I said I need food to recover properly, so I gained back up to 187.

Stick with it, it gets easier. 

steve

What would you say is a good weight for you? Your numbers seem to line up with mine. I am 6'0 and in great shape around 175 but have been hanging out north of 200 for the last 5 years

Talking BMI what a joke of a concept if ever there was one, especially when I was reading over the weekend the just before his first Mr Olympia win, Ronnie Coleman was apparently "obese" according to BMI !! AT SUB 10% BODY FAT  I do not think so. Will try to find the article again and link to it, it went through a numer of current and former sports stars in all sports from BB through track and field etc who all rated as obese in their prime !!

well, something is "falling off" but it's not the pounds ....it's definitely me, off the wagon.

Week between Sept and Oct challenge: was SUUUUUUPER busy with work (like 12+ hr days), stressed, ate like crap. 

10/5: 173.5 (up from 170 the week before)

Then I did a 5 day road trip to TN - lots of BBQ, road trip food (read drive-through and beef jerky), friend's wedding (read awesome food, more awesome cakes and pies, followed with open bar)

10/11 (OK, not Wed yet...I'll check in tomorrow too - hopefully better): 178.3 !!!

My goal for this month is to get back to 170!  I'll take a maintain month because this month has tons of stress, 5 day road trip to TN, my birthday, next weekend is girl's cruise to the bahamas, renn fest w/ my best friend, and then a cooking party with church.

I'm re-starting again, and hopefully will not "fall off" any more this month!

If I go much below 160 I look different, maybe not bad, but the women at the office say I am too skinny.  I am 5 8", at 225 i was a porker.  Now at 185 i still look fat.  I think 160-165 is ideal for me. 

If I can stay out of the fast food for lunch, I will be set.  Sometimes work gets the best of me.  If i dont plan my meals I "fall off the wagon".  That has been the key to my weight loss.

steve

Glad to see I'm not the only one who fell off this weekend! Hard couple of weeks and then unwinding with some friends, lots of food and drink! Now I have a cold that is impeding my workouts.

BMI is a joke, I am 6'3" and would need to weigh in under 200 to not be over weight, that hasn't happened since high school! Once I trim my waist I could care less how much I weigh!

This time of year gets really tough for me. As the weather changes and gets cold at night, so often I just want to kick back with appetizers and beer and football and kill away the day.

WE ALL NEED TO STAY STRONG!!!!

ohh - and another vote for "BMI sucks"

In my profile picture, I am 1/2 way between "overweight" and "obese" - at size 4 (and my goal weight)  Right now (at a WHOPPING size 8/10), I am "morbidly obese" according to BMI...

to be at the top of my BMI scale, I'd have to be a size 0 (and with my hips, that's never happening) - to be at the low end of my BMI range, I'd have to lose a leg...