It's Wednesday weigh ins! 2007-2022

[simple girl]

Still 130#. I did much better last weekend. We ate out one night and had a few drinks. Saturday night and Sunday I didn't drink a thing. I've worked out every day (except today - sore ankle after dancing too hard last night).

Feeling great and although the scale doesn't show it, I feel thinner. I'm hoping my calorie deficit will add up soon and result in a weight loss to report.

< sigh > 131#

I've continued to work out 5 days a week. I have been watching my diet - not religiously counting calories, though. I'm sure that is what I need to do, but I just can't bring myself to do that right now. Just too much going on my life right now to take that on.

I also have added weight training over the past 3 wks. I am hoping some of the weight plateau/gain is related to that and that I'll start to see more results soon on the scale from an increased metabolism. I can see muscle definition in my arms that hadn't been there before. That's encouraging!

We'll see!

 

[Bestwifeever]

End of week 3 at Weight Watchers, still going in the right direction in spite of major partying Saturday night:

Date|Week|Result
04/09/09|1|-2.2
04/16/09|2|-2.2
04/23/09|3|-1.4
total|3 weeks|-5.8

 

[FinanceDude]

Is this thread only for those who are trying to lose weight or can I join. I'm trying to gain weight. When I graduated high school I was 6'6" 150lbs with 10% body fat. I lifted weights for 2 years and peaked at 185lbs with 4% body fat. Then I tore a muscle in my back and had to stop lifting for a few months. I never got back into it. Over the last 9 years i've slowly lost most of the muscle I gained and am now 153.5 lbs at 6.0% body fat. I've been wanting to gain weight for years but am now planning to take a more active role in getting it done. My goal is 2 pounds/month hopefully mostly muscle but some fat is fine.

4/22/09: 153.5lbs 6.0% body fat

Muscle weighs more than fat. I wouldn't go the fast food bad food way to gain weight. I think working out, including strength training is the way to go.

Some folks have a high metabolism like you. Others can gain 5 pounds LOOKING at a brownie.

Maybe you're one of those tall skinny types. Seems to be a lot less of you types out there these days..........

 

[Frugality_of_Apathy]

Muscle weighs more than fat. I wouldn't go the fast food bad food way to gain weight. I think working out, including strength training is the way to go.

Some folks have a high metabolism like you. Others can gain 5 pounds LOOKING at a brownie.

Maybe you're one of those tall skinny types. Seems to be a lot less of you types out there these days..........

Wow thanks, I'm going to have to do an extra half hour of biking now. I just gained 2 pounds reading the B word there.

 

[Rambler]

Still floating around 235 or 236. Up and down, up and down. And yes, I gain weight just by looking at anything with calories in it. I run (on the treadmill), bike, use the eliptical, etc almost daily for about an hour (been doing that for a year) walk 30-45 min at lunch 3 or 4 days a week (just started that up again a few weeks ago), and I have begun pacing in the office for an hour or so a day (since about 2-3 weeks ago, better than sitting for burning cals). I just ordered a combination rowing/recumbent bike machine, and I intend to use it for at least 1/2 the time that the TV is on in the evenings, even if it cuts into my ER.org browsing time, (maybe 30-60 min per day). It is coming tomorrow.

I don't care to be skinny, just healthy. I would like to get down to 175, but I don't mind it taking 3-4 years, if I am still working that long. Even if I get it to less than 200 in that time period I would be OK. But I would really prefer to have it within the normal BMI prior to trying to find private health insurance when we FIRE, otherwise I may find myself RE but not as FI as I think I am.

R

 

[Vinnyfrombrooklyn]

All Time High 237 2007

06-16 223 32.7 bmi
06-18 221 31.7
06-25 220.5 31.6
07-2 217 31.1
07-9 217 31.1
07-23 219.5
10-20 219.4
10-29 218.8
skipped a week
11/12 220.4
11/19 220.0
12/04 220.0
12/11 218.2
12/24 219.6
12/31 219.6
01/21 218.8
02/25 219.0
03/04 219.6
04/01 217.0
04/08 216.4
04/15 214.8
04/23 216.4

Moved scale around and got 3 different weights settled for the one in the middle

 

[Ronstar]

I'm starting over.

4/15 200.2
4/22 198.2

 

[Dawg52]

6'0" Target 175lbs

2/11 185
2/18 184
2/25 184
3/04 182
3/11 180.5
3/18 180
3/25 180
4/01 180
4/08 180
4/15 179.5
4/22 180.5
4/29 180

I've about to come to the conclusion that 180 is my appropriate weight. But 5 less would sure do some good around the waist.

 

[aaronc879]

4/22/09: 153.5lbs 6.0% body fat
4/29/09: 156.0lbs 7.0% body fat

 

[Kronk]

1/23: 196.8 17.1% body fat.
(snip ...)
7/30: 191.8 16.0%
(snip ...)
11/12: 195.2 17.1%
12/03: 198.2 17.8%
1/07: 200.6 17.9%
2/04: 199.4 18.4%
3/04: 201.8 17.7%
3/11: 201.2 17.3%
3/18: 202.0 18.0%
3/25: 196.8 17.3% *diet week
4/01: 198.2 17.3%
4/08: 198.4 17.0%
4/15: 200.8 17.3%
4/22: 194.6 16.6%*diet week
4/29: 197.2 16.8%

Goal: 190.0 15.3%

I've been yo-yoing my weight with a big old diet and then letting my body recover. Not sure if I'll do that again. On the up side, my fat percentage has dropped overall (diet week always leads to aberrations). This past weekend was a National Holiday -- or should have been anyway. The NFL Draft means a weekend on the couch and ordering pizza.

I'm now trying to make smaller dietary changes, and limiting my lunch calories a bit more. We'll see how that works.

 

[NotReady4Purple]

No change this week - but my clothes are looser.

4 Oct 2008 230 (Pre-retirement; All-time high)
28 Jan 2009 220
4 Feb 2009 220
11 Feb 2009 219.5
18 Feb 2009 219
25 Feb 2009 - Vacation
4 Mar 2009 - 219
11 Mar 2009 - 218.5
18 Mar 2009 - Vacation
25 Mar 2009 - 218.5
1 Apr 2009 - 217.5
8 Apr 2009 - 215
11 Apr 2009 - 211.5
22 Apr 2009 - 211.5
29 Apr 2009 - 211.5

First Goal Met: 215 - 8 Apr 2009

Shorter Term Goal 210
Short Term Goal 200
Final Goal 140

 

[Frugality_of_Apathy]

4-1-2009 196.2# 22.4% fat
Due to a bout of bronchitis, I've cut way back on smoking.

4-8-2009 197.2# 21% fat
I think I'm at the limit where not eating much will get me without losing muscle mass. For the last month or so I've been eating a protein shake and coffee for breakfast steamed rice with hot mustard for lunch and then usually some stirfry or a burger for dinner. Prior to this I didn't eat breakfast at all which I hear is a bad thing to do.

4-15-2009 198.2 22% fat
Yeah...I'm definitely at the limit of what diet can do for my body unless I start only drinking liquids like when I had bronchitis. I'm (re)joining a gym today and we'll see if that helps anything.[/QUOTE]

4-22-2009 199 23% jiggly
Hmmm I seem to be going the wrong way. I did go to the gym last night and drank tons of water so maybe it's just waterweight? Anyway, I'm going to start gyming daily after work and see what I can accomplish.[/QUOTE]

4-29-2009 197 22% fat

Goal more muscle; less fat. Looks like I'm going to have to add another notch to my belt bants are getting a little slippy.

 

[FinanceDude]

December 1st, 2008: 252 (lifetime high )
February 3rd: 244.5
February 11th: 239.5
February 18th: 238
February 25th: 235.5
March 4th: 236.0
March 11th: 236.0
March 18th: 234.0
March 25th: 231.0
April 1st: 235.0
April 8th: 234.0
April 15th: On vacation, did not weigh
April 22nd: 233.0!!!!
April 29th: 235.0

Bad week, too much food, not enough exercise. Back to the grindstone.........

 

[Ronstar]

4/15 200.2
4/22 198.2
4/29 197.2 tues pizza buffet did me in

 

[freebird5825]

177.5 Nov 2008
180.5 Dec 26, 2008 a few holiday parties got me!
181 Dec 31, 2008 - weight is peaked

179 Jan 7, 2009
179 Jan 21 food portion control plan working. Started using daily fiber supplements for hunger control.
178 Jan 28
179 Feb 6 (late reporting)
179 Feb 11
177 Feb 18
180 Feb 25
178.5 Mar 4
179 Mar 11
178 Mar 18
177 Mar 25 -
177.5 Apr 1 - consistency, though boring, means no weight gain.
178 Apr 8
177.5 Apr 15
176 Apr 22 - 4x exercise bike last week, 15-20 mins per session, started light barbells for upper body
177 Apr 29 - 2x ex bike/barbells last week, now substituting garden work for exercise bike.


Short Term Goal - 170 lbs and maintaining all through 2009
Long Term Goal - 165 lbs for 2010
High school weight 135 lbs senior year, running track

 

[Bestwifeever]

4/22/09: 153.5lbs 6.0% body fat
4/29/09: 156.0lbs 7.0% body fat

That's the spirit!

I believe it is a scientific fact that fat never disappears--for some of us to lose weight, someone else has to gain it. Thanks, Aaron!

 

[aaronc879]

That's the spirit!

I believe it is a scientific fact that fat never disappears--for some of us to lose weight, someone else has to gain it. Thanks, Aaron!

Your welcome. Glad I could help.

 

[Rambler]

Work commitments for the last 4 working days have kept me away from the gym. Still floating around 235. Got my new combination rowing machine/recumbent bike on saturday, and have been using it at moderately resistance for 30min at a time while DW has the TV on. I haven't done an all-out workout on it, but will probably do a heavy workout on it over the upcoming holidays (in JP). With the moderate resistance, the computer is telling me I'm burning about 200 - 240 cals in 30 mins. If I do that for 30-60 min per day, in addition to the gym and as an alternative to being a tater on the couch, then perhaps the extra calories burned will add up to 15-20# in a year's time. We'll see how it goes.

R

 

[Vinnyfrombrooklyn]

All Time High 237 2007

06-16 223 32.7 bmi
06-18 221 31.7
06-25 220.5 31.6
07-2 217 31.1
07-9 217 31.1
07-23 219.5
10-20 219.4
10-29 218.8
skipped a week
11/12 220.4
11/19 220.0
12/04 220.0
12/11 218.2
12/24 219.6
12/31 219.6
01/21 218.8
02/25 219.0
03/04 219.6
04/01 217.0
04/08 216.4
04/15 214.8
04/23 216.4
04/30 216.4

Think its time for some short term goals

 

[Bestwifeever]

Date	Week	Result
04/09/09	1	-2.2
04/16/09	2	-2.2
04/23/09	3	-1.4
04/30/09	4	-1.4
total	4 weeks	-7.2

Chipping away, little by little....

 

[Amethyst]

Abby enough at 135?

Somebody is always saying “this thread is useless without pics,” so I challenge the rest of us to post a picture, and to start the ball rolling, here is a picture of my midsection at 135 lbs.
Feever – you’ve lost as much in 3 weeks as I have in 3 months!
I’m quite active and although I do not count calories, I’m eating healthy things, and never eat more than it takes to keep from being hungry (“eat when you’re hungry, stop before you’re full.”) I’m never completely satisfied, always want a bit more. Months have gone by, without a brownie, cookie, ice cream, or a piece of the cheesecake I made for our guests last week. Maybe I should offer my metabolism to the Department of Energy as a fabulous energy conservation machine.
I figure there is no point in being hungry in order to lose weight, because I would only gain it back again. So I guess 135 pounds is the best I can do without hunger.
SimpleGirl, could it be you’ve added a little bit of muscle weight? When I started working out with weights many years ago I quickly put on several pounds, but my clothing size stayed the same (and not because the manufacturers made the sizes bigger). What’s inside the clothes just got denser.
Rambler, I like your exercising during TV watching and even in the office. That has to be good for you in more ways than weight loss alone. I once heard a lecture by a personal trainer who said he wished people would only realize our bodies are made to move almost constantly, except when we’re asleep.
Apathy, you are just bad.
Aaron, since you want to gain weight, have you researched what the athletes like Lance Armstrong eat while they’re using 5-10,000 calories a day? (Lance has said he puts on weight when he's not racing, by the way).

 

[aaronc879]

Aaron, since you want to gain weight, have you researched what the athletes like Lance Armstrong eat while they’re using 5-10,000 calories a day? (Lance has said he puts on weight when he's not racing, by the way).

I remember during the olympics hearing what Micheal Phelps eats. I would have to quit my job and eat full time to eat what he does. When I w*rk, I w*rk 12 hrs and am only aloud one 30 minute meal break so I can't eat that much. I have to make up for it on my days off.

 

[Amethyst]

IWhen I w*rk, I w*rk 12 hrs and am only aloud one 30 minute meal break.

OMG, Aaron, what kind of Simon Legree do you work for?

Are you in an environment where spilled food and drink constitute a hazard--for example, lots of keyboards, or open wounds?

I'm just thinking...my office generally resonates with the sounds of munching and chomping, there are so many crunchy snacks being consumed all day long. In fact, it is quite gross to listen to, but I can tell you that nobody in the roomsuffers from a weight deficit.

The only other solution I can suggest to you is: time. You're almost 30, right? Many former string beans find that once they are in their 30s, weight goes on and stays on more easily. That is true of my husband, for example. It was also true of me, but I was never a string bean to begin with

 

[CuppaJoe]

OMG, Aaron, what kind of Simon Legree do you work for?

....

Aaron, I really feel for you. A 30-minute lunch was one of the worst things about my former j*b. Even though I rarely worked more than 8 hrs./day, it was actually a real motivator to leave.

I remembering meeting a guy at a lunch counter, back in the days when they had such things in dept. store basements. He said that when his company cut his lunch down to a 1/2 hour, he just stopped eating lunch altogether because it wasn't enough time.

If it wasn't for the state law, many people would get by with less. I've worked with soooo many people who would work a 10-hr. shift without any break so that they could leave sooner; that always struck me as "penny wise and pound foolish." What would be the equivalent to "knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing"? Must be the one we hear here so often, "time is more valuable than money."

 

[Khan]

Originally Posted by Khan
Quote:
Originally Posted by Khan
I slipped on the ice in Dec and landed on my wrist; haven't exercised since.

Today (25 Feb) 137
4 Mar 137 waist 29"

5'3"
Max 215
Goal 115

11 Mar 137
1 April 2009: 140# waist 29"
Long hard winter
Getting back to exercising and eating more fruits/vegetables
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Month|Weight|Waist
Mar|137|29
Apr|140|29
May|137|28.5