Well, I am going to be in my daughter’s wedding pictures. Big motivator.
OT: I’m gonna lose 25 pounds by June.
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...and just to be clear, IM him the pics. we don't need to see them. I don't care how good you look by then.
LOL, no, but I will admit I am shaving seconds off routinely. The four aerobic exercises I like the most are stairs, elliptical, rower ( I rowed crew in college ) and stationary bike. I hate treadmills.
Setting the treadmill speed at 3.8mph, I do one minute at 2% incline and three at 7%, that's one set, four minutes, and I do five sets, all with a 15 pound kettlebell being passed from hand to hand every :30 (when at 2%) or :45 (when at 7%). The kettlebell makes a difference, believe me. Very happy to have it back in my arsenal, so to speak. It's not at all fun but it's only twenty minutes with three minutes max of pain at a time. It's doable. Lombardi: "Fatigue makes cowards of us all." (Apropos of nothing, the older I get the more I admire Vince Lombardi.)
From what I have read, when you have your first meal of the day during IF, make sure to start with proteins before fats.
Hmmm? Didn't know that. I eat some fat because I take Vitamin D and K at 11am. I will look into that. Thanks.
Ok so I will update half way through month.
Weighed in at 232 right after golf this am.
Down 33 lbs but I need to hit 229 or less by March 30. Tough sledding this month as I’m only down 7 lbs.
Ughh. Can it get warmer already. Dear lord I live in south Carolina and it was 50 yesterday for golf.
Weighed in at 232 right after golf this am.
Down 33 lbs but I need to hit 229 or less by March 30. Tough sledding this month as I’m only down 7 lbs.
Ughh. Can it get warmer already. Dear lord I live in south Carolina and it was 50 yesterday for golf.
I made it. thanks very much. several others have one , I made a few and raffled them off at tailgates. We used to have a life band once a year, and the money went to them.
I just wanted to congratulate those of you participating in this. I just read an article in which they tracked (on fitbits and other bluetooth enabled devices for people weighing themselves) and the average Americans' weight gain during COVID lockdowns and restrictions was 1.5 lbs per month. And they were measuring those with fitness devices so likely it is higher among the less health conscious. At any rate, you all are bucking the trend and hats off to you.
Well, I contributed to the weight gain trend, so I now can contribute to the trend of losing the weight.
Jan 2: 260
Mar 19: 232.8
Mar 26: 231.0
I lacked eating discipline this week, chowing down on junk food several evenings. But I got a bunch of exercise with the nice weather. So I'll take the loss of 1.8 and move on.
Mar 19: 232.8
Mar 26: 231.0
I lacked eating discipline this week, chowing down on junk food several evenings. But I got a bunch of exercise with the nice weather. So I'll take the loss of 1.8 and move on.
My weight loss is is less ambitious - only want to lose 10 pounds with only 14 more to go!
1/7/21 ... 237.0 .. 231.6 .. 232.2 .. 229.2 .. 227.0
2/5/21 ... 224.6... 223.6...220.2 .. 224.6
3/5/21 ... 222.6 .. 221.8 ...216.8 ...217.0
4/2/21 goal 215.5
2/5/21 ... 224.6... 223.6...220.2 .. 224.6
3/5/21 ... 222.6 .. 221.8 ...216.8 ...217.0
4/2/21 goal 215.5
I am trying to get to my birth weight. Figure that’s where it all started.
Moms freaked out and cancelled the move plan. A few weeks ago I met with a builder and he sold the lot we wanted out from under us. Once that happened moms got pissed and said F it let's enjoy the lake this summer (we already paid slip fees $4300) last fall so staying put for now. We were going to build and have a 5 minute walk to Mcdaniels yacht basin.
Kinda pissed kinda chill about it.
McDaniel Yacht Basin - Galahad Marine
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Everyone knows you can divide the positive real numbers into two disjoint groups, rational numbers (fractions, or, equivalently, repeating decimals) and irrational numbers. Lambert proved in 1761 that pi is irrational.
Here's a different, more important distinction: algebraic and transcendental (i.e., non-algebraic) numbers. An algebraic number is simply a number which is a zero of some polynomial. Every rational number is algebraic: for example, 2/3 is a zero of the polynomial 3x-2. Some irrational numbers are algebraic: the square root of two is irrational (this is in Euclid's Elements) but it is algebraic because it is a zero of x^2-2. Lindemann proved in 1882 that pi is transcendental. This is historically important because it proved that you can't construct a line segment of length pi by using a ruler and compass. Constructible numbers, at a minimum, have to be algebraic. (More specifically, constructible numbers are algebraic numbers with a minimal polynomial of degree a power of 2, meaning, the polynomial has to have degree 1, 2, 4, 8, etc. You can construct the square root of 2 as it's the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle with legs of length 1, but you can't construct the cube root of two because its minimal polynomial is x^3-2, degree 3, not a power of two.)
Squaring the circle - Wikipedia
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Small world. My brother-in-law used to keep his boat at McDaniels.Moms freaked out and cancelled the move plan. A few weeks ago I met with a builder and he sold the lot we wanted out from under us. Once that happened moms got pissed and said F it let's enjoy the lake this summer (we ready paid slip fees $4300) last fall so staying put for now. We were going to build and have a 5 minute walk to Mcdaniels yacht basin.
Kinda pissed kinda chill about it.
McDaniel Yacht Basin - Galahad Marine
You know...I am not so sure about that. Considering the weight of your organs tissues and bones as an adult- I think you would weigh more.
When my father died and cremated his ashes were in a box and it was definitely more than what he would have weighed at birth. Even taking out the weight of the box and bag.
Price of materials is sky and expected to go up even more. Worse they expect shortages of critical materials so your build may have been delayed anyway.Moms freaked out and cancelled the move plan. A few weeks ago I met with a builder and he sold the lot we wanted out from under us. Once that happened moms got pissed and said F it let's enjoy the lake this summer (we ready paid slip fees $4300) last fall so staying put for now. We were going to build and have a 5 minute walk to Mcdaniels yacht basin.
Kinda pissed kinda chill about it.
McDaniel Yacht Basin - Galahad Marine
Only downside of waiting is that interest rates will go up substantially next year. Not an issue if selling your current house generates enough to pay for all or a majority of the new build.
This is true. 400% increase on sheets etc. sell high buy high or chill and enjoy the Hopat summer. As for interest, we are cash.
stopped tracking calories but generally the same diet. Down to 168 lbs.Running 20+ miles per week. Need to get back into weight training once I can get vaccinated. Was benching 225 a year ago, now the bar might kill me.
Just hit goal of 229 yesterday. Weighed in at 228. Started at 265 Jan 1.
Next goal is 219 for April. This time I’m not having a calorie free for all party to start month.
Pool should be open sometime in April to help with building muscle and cardio that I have been lacking since weather has been terrible for months with all of the rain.
Next goal is 219 for April. This time I’m not having a calorie free for all party to start month.
Pool should be open sometime in April to help with building muscle and cardio that I have been lacking since weather has been terrible for months with all of the rain.
1/7/21 ... 237.0 .. 231.6 .. 232.2 .. 229.2 .. 227.0
2/5/21 ... 224.6... 223.6...220.2 .. 224.6
3/5/21 ... 222.6 .. 221.8 ...216.8 ...217.0
4/2/21 ... 219.0
4/30/21 goal 210lbs
2/5/21 ... 224.6... 223.6...220.2 .. 224.6
3/5/21 ... 222.6 .. 221.8 ...216.8 ...217.0
4/2/21 ... 219.0
4/30/21 goal 210lbs
Jan 2: 260
Mar 26: 231.0
April 1: 229.8
I came to camp Thursday, so weighed in that morning.
Mar 26: 231.0
April 1: 229.8
I came to camp Thursday, so weighed in that morning.
Started out January 18 at 203
this morning weighed in at 182.
goal met.
next goal is same weight a month from now.
We also spent last week at a small resort in Antigua and I ate 3 meals per day plus drinks and wine daily ( but at a much more reasonable volume than any past trip in my life ). I did keep an eye on volume and kept desserts to a small portion.
this morning weighed in at 182.
goal met.
next goal is same weight a month from now.
We also spent last week at a small resort in Antigua and I ate 3 meals per day plus drinks and wine daily ( but at a much more reasonable volume than any past trip in my life ). I did keep an eye on volume and kept desserts to a small portion.
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Congratulations on hitting your goal. And good luck maintaining it as well.
Prior to covid, I was doing intermittent fasting and lifting weights/cardio. During covid, i was doing IF and cardio. Once they lifted the restrictions and i went back to the gym, I continued with IF and cardio (treadmill).
Last few weeks I have gotten weight lifting back in my routine, but damned if I can do the IF - I am famished in the morning and feel the need to eat something. Granted, I am still counting calories consumed and burned, but can't seem to do the IF.
Last few weeks I have gotten weight lifting back in my routine, but damned if I can do the IF - I am famished in the morning and feel the need to eat something. Granted, I am still counting calories consumed and burned, but can't seem to do the IF.
Congrats!!!
I'm right there with you started out right before Christmas at 217 now down to 187! Just trying to maintain now.
