Still comfortably at my normal weight of right about 170lbs (5’ 10" male, age 40, from a high of 212lbs), I’ve been at my goal for several years now.
Actually 168 this morning - I spent all last week backpacking the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. Rugged hiking at higher altitudes with a heavy pack burns a ton of energy, plus I went for a run after work yesterday with some folks.
Keep up the good work everyone!
You dropped 12 pounds in a month, that’s quite fast, so please don’t look at it as not doing well. You probably won’t be able to keep that pace up for long (and that’s not a bad thing, don’t worry) so just focus on what works and aim for a healthy, sustainable rate down to an appropriate weight.
July 1st: 211
July 16th: 206.8
Goal: 130 by July of next year.
I’ve been counting calories, trying to get between 1200-1500 a day of whole grains, veggies, and lean protein (the chili dog I had for lunch falls nowhere in that spectrum, but I’m still 90 calories short of 1200 for the day and I’m going to bed soon anyway) and exercising sporadically.
Sometimes at work we’ll throw in an exercise DVD. I tried walking, and it was nice, but country folk are friendly and it’s hard to keep up a good pace when people keep stopping to offer you a lift. I also have some core-strengthening exercises my physical therapist gave me last year when my back got all kinds of hostile. But I hate exercising and I loathe, abominate, and despise the feeling of being sweaty because it’s freaking gross. So I’m still trying to find an exercise I enjoy doing enough to make up for the repulsive sweatiness of it all.
I’ve been treading water for about a month at 50.3 - 50.8kg, with a brief dip to 49.6kg and also a scary increase to 51.4kg. I know exactly what the problem is - I’ve been on a baking kick, and those yummy cakes and cookies are too tempting to resist - but the rest of my diet is really good. I’ve started buying eggs by the tray instead of the carton so I can have lots of hard boiled eggs ready to snack on. I also need a lot of eggs for baking, so that works out well.
Yesterday at Brazilian jiu jitsu I was paired with a much bigger guy for a warm-up drill. He said that I’m much stronger than I look. 
I can now do 2 pull-ups (pronated grip, starting from a dead hang, completely controlled). Losing weight has helped with that since there’s less of me to pull up now.
My goal is to be at 48kg by November. That weight means I’ll be able to comfortably make the under 49kg weight class for BJJ competitions (somewhat futile, since I’ll likely be bumped up to the under 55kg class because there isn’t anyone else at my weight). I’ll be pretty close to essential bodyfat, and if the rest of my abs haven’t shown up by then, then I guess they never will.
Heh - speaking of abs, I was feeling something weird on the sides of my stomach the other day - according to my husband, they’re abdominal muscles. You think of digging strengthening your legs and arms, but you don’t think of your abs - apparently mine have been getting a workout! 
Started on Jan 2010 I was around: 158 pounds
Target is: 143 pounds
As of 21st July 2010: 143 pounds
It may be too early for me call a celebration, because my weight fluctuates by about a pound or two in the week. It has been around 145 for a week or so, then drops to 143 on Wednesday. Now I am trying to go for 132…
I am noticing that I am getting hungrier than before, especially if I am working out. For breakfast I take some Post cereal with low fat milk, and after an hour of working out in the gym or swimming, I am literally starving. Anyone familiar with this?
After my workout yesterday I weight 179, down about 4 lbs from my previous weigh-in which was on a day I didn’t work out. Hot days exercising outside really lead to quick weight loss - even if it is just water weight.
My goal is to be down to 175 before the end of August.
Hey everyone. I’m starting up again after a long absence. This time, I’m doing it using Tony Horton’s Power90 program (not the beefier P90X one) and being more diligent on tracking calories on SparkPeople. This is my second week; last week I lost about 2 pounds. However…
This week’s been bad. I went to a happy hour with friends on Monday and drank too much, then felt horrible all Tuesday and Wednesday morning. I thought it was just a run-of-the-mill hangover, but with a fever and stomach cramps too? Anyway, got over that, so now I’m just kind of taking care of myself; I haven’t exercised since Tuesday morning. I’ve been doing OK on calories, but I’d like to do better. I won’t let this setback stop me, though - onwards and upwards! (Or downwards, as the case may be.)
I started out at 160, currently 158. Goal is 145 by 19 October.
I generally don’t do this because I’m ashamed of my lack of sticktoitness, but I just started the Dukan diet (alone) and C25K with hubby. We also got back on the Wii Fit that we got last Christmas and did for about a week.
I spent my entire childhood and first fifteen years of adulthood slim and now I’m overweight and miserable. I’m not currently at my heaviest, but I’m hovering around 165-170ish. My goal is 139 – only because I know 130 is unattainable 
– and I desperately want to feel fit at 40 which is coming in November.
I’ve just finished my first day of Dukan and I have to say it’s really hard to manage to eat a sustainable amount of calories on strictly lean protein. I barely made 700. Fortunately, this is only three days, then I can enter the next phase and add some veggies. Thank goodness! I’m not much of a meat eater, so this is really weird for me, but I couldn’t quite manage to reduce my carbs enough to make much of a difference with my weight. And I’m having other issues… I also went back to SparkPeople to track my caloric intake, so I can try to moderate it, even though Dukan doesn’t require it. Still I think it’s good to know when you aren’t taking in enough calories. It tells me when I need to keep eating which for me is about as important as telling me when to stop.
C25K seems fun and the yoga on the Wii Fit is kicking my ass. Strangely, I’m not sore. That came weekend before last when I pulled weeds at my MILs and spent the next two days walking like I was 80. That was the proverbial straw.
I hope I can keep this up this time. If anyone knows more about Dukan, I can’t find the book and can’t afford coaching on his site, I’d love to get some advice and feedback. Everyone I’m come into contact with reports wonderful results on a protein diet…this one seems more reasonable than others.
Well, I had a bad couple weeks (final exams, apartment craziness, mom in the hospital) where I was eating poorly and not exercising, but I’m back on track now. 144 as of June 24th, and 140 today! My clothes all look better, and some of my older smaller stuff is starting to look decent as well. Only lost 4 pounds in the last month, but hey, anything is better than nothing!
Well, my goal of 145 by July 25th for my vacation was totally missed - I was on track until that stupid one-two punch of laryngitis and bronchitis kicked my eating habits to the curb.
But… As of this morning, returning from my trip, I did not gain any weight on the tip! I’m sitting pretty at 151.0.
So, hopefully I’ll be able to stay healthy for the next few weeks, and that will let me stick to my diet and do my weights/ bike. Not setting a goal at the moment, because I’m really not quite over the bronchitis, and I don’t want to disappoint myself if it flares back up.
Starting Weight - June 23 218
Initial Goal by Dec 31 163
Last Week 206
This Week 204
Even though I’m only tracking weekly weighins I am checking the scale most mornings. This week I was actually gaining up until Sunday when I said the heck with it if I’m going to gain anyway I’m having a piece of my friend birthday cheesecake and a handful of popcorn at the movie. End result I lost the 1.5lbs I gained and two more. I seem to do better on a higher level of carbs so I’m jumping up to 35g a day this week and we’ll see how that works out.
This is a weird diet. I’ve only lost one lb. in the three days I’ve been working out and eating nothing but protein. I’ve only eaten a total of 2255 cals, 63g of fat, 81g carbs, and 338g protein in the last three days. Maybe I’m full of poop. I haven’t pooped since I started the diet. I feel great though. I feel well fed most of the day except right before the meal. Why aren’t I losing weight yet? everything I’ve read has people losing gobs of weight in attack phase. The reduced calories and carbs + exercise has done nothing for me yet. 
Day 2 of C25K was easier than Day 1. I’m trying some different running techniques which makes the running intervals much easier. I’m liking the Pose method a lot. I can’t wait for my FiveFingers to come in.
WiiFit is making my muscles sore, but I feel good. Why am I not losing weight though? Husband has lost 3 lbs and hasn’t changed his diet much at all.
I was down to 181.6 on my weigh in, down 1.6 from last week which was an up week. Now that I’m working again I can’t workout before my weigh in, which was probably artificially lowering my weight. But I’ve weighed myself after some recent runs and I was as low as 176, so getting back into running is doing me good.
Work is presenting challenges, opportunities to eat donuts and changed work hours, but it’s also a routine which should help.
Starting weight: 190
Current weight: 160
Target weight: whatever looks/feels right
Still plateauing. I think this is the eighth week of it. I previously said I didn’t really care, but I’m finding that doing nothing and not seeing results is more frustrating than doing something and not seeing results. I’d rather be trying than not.
So I’ve added different kinds of exercises (jumping jacks, sit-ups, push-ups, and squats), hoping that a new kind of physical activity kicks my metabolism to life. I’ve so far done these 5 times in the last two weeks, which is more or less my target. I’ve also skewed my diet more toward protein whole-grain sources of carbohydrates. We’ll see what happens in a few weeks.
Brown Eyed Girl, don’t get discouraged. It’s only been three days. I’m using a different methodology, but I didn’t start seeing or feeling results for 2-3 weeks. People didn’t notice or comment on it for months. Changes take time.
I recommend finding ways of building in rewards or incentives into your program. You need something to generate positive feedback for you, especially at this early stage. If you stick to your caloric intake or exercise like you wanted, put a gold star sticker on a calendar for that day, and tell yourself you can buy a new Thingamabob if you get 10 stickers. Or your husband owes you a footrub. Something. You won’t see weight loss right away, nor will you consistently see results for weeks on end, so you can’t let your motivation rest solely on your progress. As my posts lately have shown, your progress will let you down.
I myself have a calorie tracking program, and for every time I go over my intake limit, the bar goes red. If I stay under, it’s green. I’m really proud of my long stretches of entirely green bars.
Don’t compare yourself to your husband either-- he’s a different person with a different physiology. Focus on consistency and making good habits stick, and don’t get so caught up in day-to-day weight loss progress.
I’m trying to lose weight in a slow, permanent way, and I keep running into plateaus too. What is helping me feel better is changing my goals into things that I have more control over - like a goal to exercise at least 200 calories worth every day (or at least most days) and keep my daily calories between 1500 and 2000.
My rewards tend to be new clothes, since I have hardly any that fit any longer.
Men suck 
Husband and I are trying to reach the same total lbs lost and it’s been much easier for him than for me.
Same here. It was a great day when I got myself into size 10 pants, not only because of the size, but because I didn’t need a belt for the first time in 6 months.
My weigh-in was yesterday and I’m down to 157, but I’ve been bouncing up and down about 5lbs over the last two months. My goal isn’t just to lose 1.5lbs per week anymore, it’s to do these exercises (ow, squats) 3 times a week, too. At least this way I don’t feel like nothing was accomplished if my weight goes back up.
It just reinforces something someone on the board said once (not quite sure who) about weight loss being a mental thing. There is the physical sensation of the hunger, but most of the struggle is mental: changing your attitude toward food and health, reducing any emotional attachment to food, planning meals, planning restaurant outings, talking yourself out of bad habits, convincing yourself of good habits, etc. The sensation of hunger doesn’t hit me nearly as often as the need to coach, remind, plan, and outsmart myself.
Started on 7/9 at 293 pounds.
Weighed self about 5 minutes ago: 276 pounds.
That’s three weeks. I know it probably won’t keep pouring off like that, but that’s 20 days and 17 pounds.
I’ve… cough cheated a little. The first time I did was with a plate of Greek food: gyro meat and chicken and tzadziki and spanakopita. It was delicious, it was wonderful, it was nauseating and waaaaaaay too much food.
Since then I have still eaten some food that isn’t on the plan, but it’s been scrupulously healthy: shrimp and vegetables or fresh, un-sauced sushi with eel and cucumber and a little avocado. Mostly it’s been shakes and cereal and entrees, though.
And then there was the day I accidentally a whole five and a half miles. 
I’m going out tomorrow to shop for a cheapo used bicycle to go down the Brushy Creek Trail from end to end. Doing the whole six and three quarter miles one way seems like a daunting prospect on foot. I’ll have to tell the story somewhere in MPSIMS about how I took that unexpected trek – actually I DID write it, but it got eaten.
Start: June 1 at 103.5 kg (BMI 30)
16 July: 93.4 kg (BMI 27) (previous post)
Now: 90.8 kg (BMI 26.2)
Goal for 1 September: 83.5 kg (BMI 24)
Sticking to Subway diet; upped running from 2 x 5000 m to 2 x 7500 m last week (recovery OK), this Tuesday ran 10,000 m for the first time in my life (1:01:49 - need to get better than that), but my body told me that 2 x 10,000 m/week is not on yet. So I ran a bit faster today (3000 m in 16:08 - best time since I left school)
Looks like I’ll miss my Sep 1 target (to lose 7.3 kg in 4 1/2 weeks isnt’t feasible without cutting down still more, and as to exercise I am too close for comfort to overtraining), but I’ll still slip under the BMI 25 bar 