OK, guys, forgive me for being late. I have no excuse. 
As always, in an effort to keep this from growing big - and more importantly to kick off the new year, here is our new thread.
I’m in.
Post-Christmas weight: 160. Target: 140.
Resolutions:[ol][li]stop drinking beer (oh, beautiful world that has such ambrosia in it; I shall miss you).[/li][li]Do some exercise at least once a day. Yoga, abdominal and pectoral exercise, that sort of thing. No good at c/v.[/li][li]Stop snacking. Or just eat fruit if I’m feeling really hungry.[/li]Stop eating gas station food (tough, this one, as I’m driving a lot for work these days - will have to be resolute the night before in preparing lunch and breakfast each day).[/ol]Generalized support much appreciated.
Well, I tired this once before but couldn’t stick with it due to stress and my crazy schedule. I only have a few pants that fit now and I am not going to buy new clothes. I had to make losing weight a shudder resolution, part of which is to actually exercise this year so I am looking into yoga classes, too.
I need to lose 25 pounds now, instead of just 20. I have no real diet plan except to cut back on junk and sodas and exercise more.
Started biking to work again today (50 degrees in Boston on Jan 2?!) and will start the gym membership going again. My weight loss stalled in Nov and it’s time to pick it back up again.
Goal remains getting under 200, right now at 213.
Since I now: own a scale and I’m starting to fit into regular-sized clothes again (as opposed to only being able to shop in the women’s department) and I’d like to keep that going, I’ll try to join in.
Post christmas weight: 210 (down from 220 on December 5 at my doctor’s appointment and 280 just over a year ago).
Goal weight: 190 by March 13, with continued weight loss thereafter. Ultimate goal is 160.
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I start WW January 17 - there’s a program being offered on the campus where I work, and I have to make this as convenient as possible or I won’t do it.
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Continue to work out - I’m up to 45 minutes a day on the treadmill daily - this is working out to almost 3 miles at my speed. Walking, not running.
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Working with fitday.com as well as Weight Watchers, reduce the fat percentage of my diet - I was shocked by what I saw there when I put in my food intake over a couple of days. Sugars/carbs are good, but the fat percentage is way high.
I am back in. I ballooned up to 206.5 since Thanksgiving and I will now be back to dieting hard to get back to 197 and then start my year long Goal of getting down to 170.
I started my diet last year at 239.5 lbs.
I still have not found a winter exercise program, rowing machines cost too much, so I need a plan B.
Good Luck everyone,
Jim
::sigh:: Here I am!
I had my thyroid nuked in February and have not had sufficient metabolism to keep weight from increasing. (I’m 6’1" and weigh something like 210; up from about 185) I’ve increased thyroid med dosage (per Dr.'s orders) and am now eating less and trying to be more active. Oh, and I’m having to give up the beer… 
It’s hard with three kids and a job to get the diet/excercise thing going, but I must. I saw some pics of myself the other day and just about died of shame. I look like the Michelin Man or something. So, food and beer, fuck off; you obviously hate me, so I’m going to hate you right back. Go fatten someone else.
I’m in as well. This time I’m for real, and I hope this thread will help.
At 5 ft 7 inch (Dutch women are tall, I know) I weigh 198 pounds where I should weigh 159.
I’m joining Weigth Watchers next week, and I’ve ordered a recipy book for easy, quick and light recipies.
I’m in. I am planning on going to Weight Watchers on my day off this Thursday for my first meeting. I am almost 29, 5’5" and about 200lbs. As much as I keep telling myself that I carry it well, and my giant chest helps me look proportional…I have seen myself in pictures lately and it’s not pretty.
My exercise plan is to do a half hour a day of DDR or an improvised ballet barre or jazz warm up.
Good luck all!
I enjoy being a girl. My official first weigh-in for January is 179.5, which is about two pounds up from where I was pre-monthly gain. Alright, whatever, that’ll be my official beginning weight for the year.
I want to get to 165, possibly 160, this year. Since I’m so close to my goal, my weight is very reluctant to leave me - I wish I could have weeks where I drop one pound, let alone the two or three or five some of you (gay Amish boys) pull off.
My exercise regimen is still pretty good. I’m up to running 12 minute miles on the treadmill (I’m on it for 20) and at least 20 on the elliptical machine each time I hit the gym. I will try to continue with bikram yoga twice a week (1200 calories in 90 minutes) but it’s expensive and a huge chunk of time for me. It’s a half-hour drive there (and back), along with 90 minutes in the class and another fifteen to shower and change afterward. I just really don’t have that kind of time very often, with two kids. I’ll resolve to get yoga on dvd done, at least once a week.
I’m disappointed that I haven’t made my goal, but you know what? I’m not that inactive, unhealthy, fat girl anymore and that’s a pretty huge achievement for me.
Okay I am in. Current weight 200. Goal weight - lose 5 lbs a month untill I hit 175 (will actually aim for 170 so I can stabilize my weight without going over 175).
I have lost weight succesfully in the past, and then it creeps up on me again slowly. I have not been able to make changes made during the diet permanent, because they are too boring. Also I have sometimes been sidetracked by a slick new idea that didn’t work. Will concentrate harder on the levelling out process this time.
To contribute something I like this site for tracking my weight and it is free. It smooths out those awful day to day fluctuations that can be very disheartening and gives you a better picture of your true weight. It is based on the hacker’s diet which made a lot of sense for me.
I have also had good luck with weight watchers, but will try to do the program without them, as I know the basics.
UPDATE:
I am a 43 year old, 6’-3" man, who weighs:
July 1st: ~310#
Aug 1st: 297# (-13)
Sep 1st: 287# (-10)
Oct 1st: 281# (-6)
Nov 1st: 269# (-12)
Dec 1st: 263.5# (-5.5)
Jan 1st: 260.0# (-3.5) on the new Tanita scale I got for Christmas!
Since this new (1/1/07) weigh-in is my NEKKID weight instead of my gym clothes weight, I will just accept December as a no-loss, no-gain weight and future weigh-ins are NEKKID weigh-ins. Still, I really did eat and snacked heartily these last two weeks, but my exercise (which was not 5x a week like usual) still kept everything in check…I’m happy about that.
A New Year’s resolution of losing weight this year doesn’t seem so insurmountable now since I started last year! I believe that I am half-way to my goal of 210, maybe 200. Just gotta get rid of the sugar cookies and left-overs in my fridge now. My wife made some killer turkey soup that I just love to eat. After that, back to 2500-3000 calorie/day diet and 1100 calorie/day elliptical workouts.
Happy New Year to all, and may we all be big losers together!
Mikemike2, I’ve been doing WW on my own since April 2003. No, it hasn’t taken me this long to lose 80 lbs; I had a baby on Remembrance Day 2004.
I prefer to do it on my own. I hated meetings, listening to whiners.
I actually usually liked the meetings. There were often some good tips about new foods and recipes, and no whining that I remember. However most of the info I already knew as I have spent a lot of time reading about diets. What was most important to me was the weekly weigh-ins. I found it really kept me focused that my progress would be measured in public once a week. Glad the plan is working for you.
Hello!
My goal this year is to lose 20 pounds before the summer. We’ll see how this goes between work worries, academic anxieties and the usual insanity. I work out at least twice a week, and I’m trying to cut down on snacks. My hypothyroidism is under control, but I’m still getting used to the metabolic changes. (I’m hungry more often now. Its a struggle.)
Good luck everybody!
Okay, I’m in.
Weight = N.
Proximate Goal = N - 10 by 3/1/06.
Er, um… Hi. I’m not sure what I weigh, probably 205 or so at this point, 170 is my target but I’m not optimistic about that (despite my username).
I’ll dig up a scale sometime and get some real numbers. Planning on doing a little exercise and dumping the high-fat, high salt, preprocessed crap for lunch.
Never really tried to lose weight before, so I’m not sure how this’ll work out.
Hah. I’m in!
As of Friday weight: 285.
Target weight 215.
Entirely possible once I get back on track. I dropped 30 pounds in 4 months leading up to my vacation in October. I put on about 5 pounds between Thanksgiving and now.
Well, I got a kick in the motivation this morning. When I got to work, I got an e-mail saying that a woman I worked with a few years ago died on December 29 from a heart attack. She was a few months short of 50. As far as I know, she didn’t have a history of heart disease.
I have a family history of heart disease. So, losing the weight is for more than cosmetic reasons. I also climbed on the exercise bike for thirty minutes this evening. Its a step in the right direction.
01/2005 : 360
01/2006 : 230 (-130)
02/2006 : 219 (-11)
03/2006 : 210 (-9)
04/2006 : 207 (-3)
05/2006 : 208 (+1)
06/2006 : 197 (-11)
07/2006 : 189 (-8)
08/2006 : 182 (-7)
09/2006 : ??? (???)
10/2006 : 185 (+3)
11/2006 : 181 (-4)
12/2006 : 182 (+1)
01/2007 : 183 (+1)
I lost 47 pounds overall in 2006 but considering almost all of that was done in the first half of the year, I’m still not that happy with my progress but am hoping I can somehow repeat it even though the last four months don’t bode very well.