I’ve been back on a SlimFast diet since March. Last time I did this I lost about 80 pounds over a couple of years. Weighed myself last night and found I had lost another 18.
If this trend continues, by next Christmas I’ll be the same size as when I graduated high school!
I joined Fitocracy. (username RACINGSLUG)
Weight loss is more of a secondary goal for me. I need to get in the habit of regular exercise in order to maintain my mental health. Which isn’t to say I don’t need to lose weight - I do - but weight loss alone doesn’t seem to be a sufficient motivator to keep the weight off.
I’m having a really hard time with portion control and overreating due to one of the medications I’m on, so what I’m actually going to have to do is remove all temptation from the house. No drinks other than water, no cookies or other snacks… I just can’t deal with that stuff in the house right now. I’ve already declared a moratorium on eating out, but it didn’t help as much as I thought it would.
I have been exercising 2-3x a week for the last month or two. I started up the Couch 2 5K program again; I’m in Week 2. I have a goal to run a 5K at a 12 minute pace. That’s a really lofty goal for me as my typical pace is 15:00/mile and the fastest I ever ran 5K was 13:30. But I’ll get there. I’ve decided I’m more interested in speed than distance. I wouldn’t mind working up to 10 miles, but at that point I’d rather work on improving my pace then run a marathon or something.
Sounds familiar. The reason I decided to try SlimFast again is that some sort of kidney infection killed my appetite and any desire to overeat went along with it.
I also joined Fitocracy (user name NymeriaStark).
I’ve been low-carb/carb-free for a week and a half now, and have lost a little over 3kg. The loss was dramatic for a few days, which is normal. It seems to have stabilized somewhere around 100-150 gr./day. If this keeps up, I could be looking at my target weight next summer, although realistically it will be 2-3 years. I’m okay with that. I feel great. I’ve lost all cravings, and I’m never hungry anymore (even the day i skipped breakfast by accident), and I have more energy than I’ve had in years. I even get up easier in the morning. I’m really hopeful this time.
Down 38 pounds.
Still a-ok with low-carb.
Doing more walking, some swimming.
All good.
Here are my first of the month weights for 2011:
Jan. 229,9
Feb. 226.6
Mar. 225.7
Apr. 221.6
May 221.0
June 218,2
July 214.6
Aug. 214.3
Sep. 213.6
These are actually weighted (10%) moving averages. So I am actually losing 2 pounds per month on average. The last two months included a vacation and a visit for a week from my daughter and family where we went out several times. April was similar, for similar reasons. The only change in my diet was to stop snacking cold turkey.
I’m down around 40 pounds this year (205 to 165) and 50 from my heaviest (in 2009). Today’s watershed moment: fitting into two pairs of 29-inch waist pants. A year ago I was a 35.
That’s actually pretty good, given that the women’s world record is about 14:11.
I think she means 13:30 per mile 
Well, yes. I didn’t really think she’d gone from a 15 minute mile to shattering world records. I just found the wording amusing.
I’m on Fitocracy, too. Same name as here. I lost around 12-13 pounds during August. This puts me at around 60-70 since the end of February. I started exercising, though that’s not so much to lose weight as it is to take care of my body. I still have quite a bit of weight left to lose.
On Fitocracy, but can’t really use it yet–still in PT from my back.
Haven’t lost much in the last month but my clothes are fitting more loosely, so I guess I’m putting on some muscle.
I’m down 60 lbs as of last week. I’m still doing well on Weight Watchers.
Exercise, though, is off the table because my neck is acting up again. I can walk, but I can’t really do upper body work without making the neck problems worse and more painful. I am going to ask for a referral to a physical therapist so I can learn some exercises that I can do that won’t overdevelop my neck, chest, or shoulder muscles. If that’s even possible. Meanwhile, I’m still walking, so that’s helpful.
I joined a weight loss challenge at work. I weighed 135 when we started on July 5th. I was 124.8 on September 2nd. Not too far from my goal. I’m going to try for 120. I want wiggle room for the winter.
I walk/jog pretty much every day. I usually enjoy it, but I still fear the day when I can no longer convince myself to get my butt out of the chair. I live in the mountains, so steep grades are automatically built in. That helps too.
Yesterday morning, I saw a fellow bent over at the waist down the road. It was apparent that he was having difficulty catching his breath. I have to admit it gave me a tiny little thrill to realize that it was the younger than me sheriff struggling up the hill as I went jogging past him.
But mostly I say good for him. Good for all of us fighting this fight. It’s a pain in the ass, but it’s worth it cause being fit really does feel better than anything tastes.
Keep up the good work everyone.