My Fitness Pal tracks it all. It has calories along with the other nutrients the food has.
OT: I’m gonna lose 25 pounds by June.
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Carbs are one part of macros- along with proteins and fats. Figure out how many of each you need every day for whatever your goal is and then use that as your baseline. Counting calories alone will it necessarily give you an accurate idea of what your intake is.
Like in my previous example, if you decide you need 1800 calories a day, and you consume all 1800 calories in candy bars, then you’ve done yourself no good. Sure, you’ve met your caloric intake goal, but it wasn’t the right type of calories. Know how many carbs you need, how many proteins you need and how many fats you need.
You don’t need any apps and quite frankly from my experience, forcing yourself to do it mentally works a whole lot better anyway. We have become so dependent on technology, even to lose weight. Do you want to lose weight or not? It’s about discipline including exercise on a regular basis and hydration.
Focus folks, focus. Either you want to lose weight or you don’t.
Focus folks, focus. Either you want to lose weight or you don’t.
Bacon cheeseburgers are the best thing to eat on a low carb diet. Just dont eat the hamburger bun.
This is my second day in the gym without a mask. (The gym’s mandate ended yesterday.) From a totally apolitical perspective, it’s glorious. Being able to lipread again after a year, being able to have dialogues, God, so freakin great. Being able to see people smile, you don’t quite realize how important that is until you get it back after a year.
I have a deaf voice and need to work to be sure I am speaking clearly enough. (My voice is understandable enough that I spoke for myself while teaching at Tennessee.) I could never be sure I was being understood when I spoke with a mask. Was I speaking loud enough? Too loud? I now see people’s expressions and know that I’m being understood, that they’re digging my vibe.
I don’t ever spend too much time analyzing the reasons something works or doesn’t, but I kicked ass both yesterday and today. Good days.
I have a deaf voice and need to work to be sure I am speaking clearly enough. (My voice is understandable enough that I spoke for myself while teaching at Tennessee.) I could never be sure I was being understood when I spoke with a mask. Was I speaking loud enough? Too loud? I now see people’s expressions and know that I’m being understood, that they’re digging my vibe.
I don’t ever spend too much time analyzing the reasons something works or doesn’t, but I kicked ass both yesterday and today. Good days.
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Had to be really difficult for you and your community. I would think a substantial percentage isolated themselves more, suffered from depression or something similar, and possibly that affected relationships. Happy this is nearly over and life is much closer to normal.
I dropped my 25 by mid February and am still at that weight. Been trying to drop to 185 but that last 5 pounds is hard to lose.
At this rate you will be back to your birth weight by football season
Yeah, I have found once the weight comes off it’s not all that difficult staying in a 5 pound range. If I have a binge weekend it only takes a couple days to drop back down to my new “ normal “ weight.
Down 30 since January- I'm pretty distraught that my coworkers didn't invite me to the 21- 5 - 21 blackjack party at Big Joel's place- I might eat my feelings through some cookie dough ice cream tonight.
Holding at 210, down from 224. i took a good sideways look today and ten more pounds need to go.
I’ve been doing my 20-minute treadmill loaded carries every day for the last week or so. That has always been my go-to fat blaster and going without the mask makes it easier.
I’ve been doing my 20-minute treadmill loaded carries every day for the last week or so. That has always been my go-to fat blaster and going without the mask makes it easier.
First month I will not hit my goal weight. I guess that is what happens after surgery lol. So I’m up 5 lbs and today I finally was able to eat a lower calorie amount. Can’t exercise at all for at least a month.
So I will extend my goal to October and hit 205 by then!!! 🤞
So I will extend my goal to October and hit 205 by then!!! 🤞
FWIW, my daughter is getting married in October. I anticipate not reaching my goal of 195/200 until close to that time. When I started this process I was more or less guessing what my ideal weight should be and now it’s clear that it’s in the range of 195-200 pounds. I didn’t do my treadmill loaded carries all that often before the mask mandate ceased and now they’re a daily ordeal. Like I said, these suckers work like a charm. I’ll hit 195 before October, guaranteed.
You got a specific method you follow for those loaded carries? I usually burn an hour on the treadmill 4-5 days a week, going as fast as I can push myself. I'm up to 4.7 to 4.8 miles. But my weight loss has stagnated and I'm up for suggestions how to kick start it again.
I take a 25-pound dumbbell and set the treadmill to a constant 3.8 mph, 15:50 minutes per mile. First minute at 2% incline, then three minutes at 6.5%. That’s one set, four minutes. I switch hands at :30, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4:00. I do five sets for a total of 20 minutes.
First thing to do is to find the correct pace for yourself and don’t change it. Find a comfortable pace at a 2% incline and stick with it. You vary your workload by either changing the weight of your dumbbell or by varying the incline for the last three minutes of your sets. (The first minute of each set is always at 2%.) When I got back to this I started at 15 pounds at a 5% incline, then worked up to 20 at 7% and now 25 pounds at 6.5%. I anticipate going to 25 pounds and 7% and then 30 pounds at 6%, working up that way. I have found that I need to constantly go higher as the workout becomes easier.
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Ok. That seems reasonable. I'll have to snag some weights and give it a shot
It’s easy enough to vary your incline from set to set if that’s what you feel a need to do. You’ll figure it out.
I'll keep my 5 lbs. of fat!I heard the vaccine causes people to lose 5 pounds the first week!
I’m down 18 lbs in 2 months. Low carb and biking three times a week. I have a long way to go for a healthy weight, but exceeded my short term goal before vacation in June. Weighing in every day makes me more accountable for decisions, even though official weigh in is just once per week.
Heading to the beach one month from today. Hoping to drop 10 pounds by then.
That’s prime motivation. Doesn’t get better than that.
Right. It’s one thing if I have to see this gut every day in the mirror but there is no need for the masses to have to suffer.
Yeah, it’s not about us in the slightest. “Do no harm,” I always say.
On January 4th, after two consecutive 4-Day weekends of gluttony and, after a November/December speakeasy tour that included 4 birthday and one anniversary celebrations held in private at top notch downtown locations, I topped the scales at 241 pounds. This occurred while not being able to get to the gym during the entire time and 4-6 months prior.
I got my ass back to the gym in January and it was unbelievable how long it took to get back to being able to do even 15 minutes on an elliptical let alone my normal 30 minutes! I kept plugging away and am now down to 221. On Tuesday, the mask mandate was lifted at the gym and today was the first day that I did my old routine of 30 minutes, 2+ miles and 400 calories on the elliptical.
Lion Jim was my inspiration ( along with that hot bitch wearing an ankle bracelet and PSU shirt in the cardio section)!!
I got my ass back to the gym in January and it was unbelievable how long it took to get back to being able to do even 15 minutes on an elliptical let alone my normal 30 minutes! I kept plugging away and am now down to 221. On Tuesday, the mask mandate was lifted at the gym and today was the first day that I did my old routine of 30 minutes, 2+ miles and 400 calories on the elliptical.
Lion Jim was my inspiration ( along with that hot bitch wearing an ankle bracelet and PSU shirt in the cardio section)!!
Ok so I have been doing low calorie for two weeks since surgery and i have lost another net of 4 .lbs and that puts me at.....
50 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since Jan 1. 265 ish to 215!
Wahoo...
Still going to 205 and may be able to do that by August. Still cannot do any exercise or abs or lift even 10lbs but.... Low calorie of 1200-1500 a day is still working.
50 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since Jan 1. 265 ish to 215!
Wahoo...
Still going to 205 and may be able to do that by August. Still cannot do any exercise or abs or lift even 10lbs but.... Low calorie of 1200-1500 a day is still working.
Surpassed the 30 pound loss mark finally. Started in February and I haven’t looked back. No gym membership, just a good pair of running shoes, some resistance bands, and lots of willpower. Some days are harder than others, and if i could cut my beer intake I know I’d do much better.
Everyone in this thread is an inspiration, and I enjoy reading everyone’s progress. I’m doing everything on my own, so being able to read what others are doing keeps me motivated. My goal is 160, and I’m 12 pounds away.
Everyone in this thread is an inspiration, and I enjoy reading everyone’s progress. I’m doing everything on my own, so being able to read what others are doing keeps me motivated. My goal is 160, and I’m 12 pounds away.
