TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge
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I am the thinned fat man in the group. Or the fattest thin man... Can’t make up my mind. Think I’ll eat a Reese’s and cogitate on that for a bit.
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Ok, a weigh in tomorrow. With waist measurements. And I won’t be posting either. I’ll take some photos, but maybe post them after I’ve seen some progress - this is so depressing - I’m at my heaviest weight ever. And the older I get, the harder it is to get the weight off. I was that skinny kid and young adult who could eat anything, and so I never actually had to learn moderation.
I’ve dropped weight successfully before, but it goes back on when I quit paying attention to portion control - my biggest issue is that I eat for way more reasons than just being hungry! I do best when I start out counting calories (and actually using a kitchen scale). I don’t count everything - I don’t count the veggies (except for the potatoes).I am also someone who does better with protein (egg) and a small carb (half a whole grain English muffin, toasted but nothing added) for breakfast. We almost never eat out, and I cook from scratch - so processed foods aren’t a huge issue, but I do have a thing for sugar. I did really well earlier this month with no added sugar (I ate a piece of fruit when I was craving something sweet) but had issues with going over on the fat calories every day (because an apple is sometimes more satisfying with a spoonful of peanut butter
). I can’t drink alcohol any more (sadness) it triggers migraines more often than not, and so does dark chocolate (extra sadness).I am going for a pound loss a week, at least in the beginning. I figure it’s going to take a year to get back to where I’d like to be. I’m going to try for 20 minutes of elevated heart rate a day, to start - which shouldn’t be difficult for me, I’m in terrible shape! (Steve saw something in the AARP magazine about getting your heart into an elevated zone for 150 minutes a week). I don’t have high blood pressure yet, (I’ll be 62 this year) but both my parents do - and my dad had a knee replaced - and they both are having pretty big memory issues now - I need to get this weight off to try to hold those things off for me as long as possible. I cannot wait for spring (a few months away here) - its so much easier to get exercise when I’m out messing in the garden. I’m tired of the ice and snow!
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I need to eat healthy. It’s a real challenge for me. It’s not that I consume lots of bad foods like pizza or ice cream or cookies or chips. I never noticed any beneficial impact in the past but I have to assume it makes a big difference go forward. Even a vascular study showed great blood flow.
So I would join showing progress on meeting certain food objectives. What would be real helpful is what fruits and vegetables I need to eat and when. Nothing fancy, whatever it takes to hit the quantity by day.
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My biggest concern is that I have discovered that I am very sensitive to a lot of low carb vegetables. I’ve had years of stomach cramps and pains that we now know is a result of cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower and more giving me a little gas. Not enough to have the obvious noxious side effects (it would probably be better if I did) but enough to inflame my stomach and intestinal lining. All the stuff that I should eat (and I enjoy eating!) will make me physically ill. This is going to have to be about portion control and exercise for me.
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For me it’s discipline to do a semblance of a workout at home. I mean weights and isometric muscle building stuff, not cardio (though that’s important too).
I was so disciplined about hitting the gym 6 days a week for years, now I can’t get myself to lift some dumbbells that I can almost reach from my desk.
This joint endeavor is just what I need to guilt me into it.
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I need to find some more easy Mediterranean type diet recipes. I make a super yummy dinner last night - sautéed up some mushrooms, shallots, garlic, sun dried tomatoes (costco, packed in olive oil), Greek olives, roasted red peppers (from a jar) and spinach, a little tomato paste and a splash of white wine - served it over polenta rounds (Melissa’s organic sun dried polenta, fried up in the already oily pan after removing the veggies) , topped it with grated pecorino Romano (Costco). It was great.
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And yes - the workout thing - we have a fantastic new YMCA (two pools, lots of classes, nice space for weights and machines) 3 blocks from our house - I am still paying the ~$60 a month to help keep it going, but we haven’t been in a year because of COVID. Probably will start going after I get vaccinated. Steve just bought more weights for home - but wow it’s hard to do that stuff at home, not sure why. I even have a bike set up in front of the freaking TV and haven’t been on it in several weeks. I did just get home from a 30 minute very brisk walk with Steve on the bike trail, though - so that’s a start!
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OK tubbos. I'm in. I'm convinced.
The fasting stuff is interesting. What I also find interesting, is the input on certain foods having a negative effect on your respective bodies, and where certain foods were consumed for years until stumbling across removing certain foods had a huge positive effect.
I have met so many people that are staunch gluten-free, and have heard the story repeated that removing grains, for example, was such a remarkably positive thing that just changing what one eats is enough to get weight under control, and feeling 1,000 % better.
I did find a very positive effect when trying Jordan Peterson's diet. We switched to a simple chicken slab with a vegetable or just a small salad. Every night. I confess I did feel better! But it's so hard to stay away from fast food. I'm amazed at the cooking expertise of many of you, and that is an impossible act for me/us to follow.
Anyway, I'll go for it. 20 lbs is what I need to peel off. I could also go with growing a couple of inches, but, one thing at a time.
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@jon-nyc said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
For me it’s discipline to do a semblance of a workout at home. I mean weights and isometric muscle building stuff, not cardio (though that’s important too).
I was so disciplined about hitting the gym 6 days a week for years, now I can’t get myself to lift some dumbbells that I can almost reach from my desk.
This joint endeavor is just what I need to guilt me into it.
Ok. I would do that too.
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Since today’s the last day before it starts, I think I’ll have an Italian sausage sub and a beer...
@Aqua-Letifer @89th @Copper Santinis ftw...
Me/rry/Christmas
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@lufins-dad cheers!
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Ok, I'll join in, damn you.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@doctor-phibes said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Ok, I'll join in, damn you.
The weight loss challenge or the Italian sausage sub and beer?
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@doctor-phibes On my long run today, I was thinking, "Wait 'till Phibes hears cycling season has begun!" (saw a couple groups and several solo riders)
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I've seen a couple of people out there. Maniacs, in this weather.
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It’s been in the 60’s the last week in DC. We had a temperature drop yesterday and today, but I’ve given thought to getting the bike out of the shed.
Me/rry/Christmas
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@lufins-dad Ok summarize the rules or whatever? Maybe this can be March and April?
