TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge
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@catseye3 said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
How I'm handling the cold weather:
head - Snarling and bitching and remaining viciously torqued off until spring. Just like every year.
body - See #1.
hands - See #1.
legs - See #1.
feet - See #1.I get that. Most days in the past week, I did not and I mean DID NOT WANT to go out there. But after coming back, I've never once regretted it. So, I start anyway.
My deal with myself is I give it 2 miles. If I still felt like packing it in by then, I would.
@aqua-letifer said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
My deal with myself is I give it 2 miles. If I still felt like packing it in by then, I would.
That's a good idea. There's a mountain hike I do where there's a shortcut which cuts it back from 7 miles to 2. I should let myself take that shortcut guilt-free, just as long as I start it.
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@aqua-letifer said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
My deal with myself is I give it 2 miles. If I still felt like packing it in by then, I would.
That's a good idea. There's a mountain hike I do where there's a shortcut which cuts it back from 7 miles to 2. I should let myself take that shortcut guilt-free, just as long as I start it.
@horace said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
@aqua-letifer said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
My deal with myself is I give it 2 miles. If I still felt like packing it in by then, I would.
That's a good idea. There's a mountain hike I do where there's a shortcut which cuts it back from 7 miles to 2. I should let myself take that shortcut guilt-free, just as long as I start it.
I don't know if you'd call it a brain hack or what—for me it just seems like further proof that my present self can be shit-for-brains when making decisions—but yeah, it seems to work, more often than not. On the days it doesn't, who cares, because averaged out it still does.
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I’m halfway back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I had a bad 2 months while Luke was back over the holidays then got stuck here until February… Got back on plan in early March and dropped about 15lbs. I’m hoping to drop another 15 by May 9th. Then I will be back within my healthy range (though on the high side).
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I’m halfway back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I had a bad 2 months while Luke was back over the holidays then got stuck here until February… Got back on plan in early March and dropped about 15lbs. I’m hoping to drop another 15 by May 9th. Then I will be back within my healthy range (though on the high side).
@LuFins-Dad what "plan?"
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@LuFins-Dad what "plan?"
@George-K said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
@LuFins-Dad what "plan?"
Back in 2018, Karla had started an “optimal health” plan… That was really just a marketing slang for Optavia, which was just a rebranding of Medifast. But here’s the thing, it really worked for her.
So, seeing her, a lot of our friends wanted to lose weight. They all started Optavia, and started losing weight. I had been going at it the old fashioned way and had gone from 240 to 230, but wasn’t going any lower. So I gave it a try. Dropped down to 205 and was happy enough…
A few months later and Karla was pregnant so the sympathy weight started. Then she was put in bed rest in month 5 and the weight kept coming… Finley was born in September of 19 and I leveled off at 225. Then a few months later came COVID… I got right back to 245…
When I started the thread I managed to lose some weight but stalled. So I am back on the plan and making progress. I hope to be at 205 in 5 weeks, and after the trip I’m hoping to knock out a bit more. I’m eyeballing 195…
The Brad
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@George-K said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
@LuFins-Dad what "plan?"
Back in 2018, Karla had started an “optimal health” plan… That was really just a marketing slang for Optavia, which was just a rebranding of Medifast. But here’s the thing, it really worked for her.
So, seeing her, a lot of our friends wanted to lose weight. They all started Optavia, and started losing weight. I had been going at it the old fashioned way and had gone from 240 to 230, but wasn’t going any lower. So I gave it a try. Dropped down to 205 and was happy enough…
A few months later and Karla was pregnant so the sympathy weight started. Then she was put in bed rest in month 5 and the weight kept coming… Finley was born in September of 19 and I leveled off at 225. Then a few months later came COVID… I got right back to 245…
When I started the thread I managed to lose some weight but stalled. So I am back on the plan and making progress. I hope to be at 205 in 5 weeks, and after the trip I’m hoping to knock out a bit more. I’m eyeballing 195…
@LuFins-Dad said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
When I started the thread I managed to lose some weight but stalled. So I am back on the plan and making progress. I hope to be at 205 in 5 weeks, and after the trip I’m hoping to knock out a bit more. I’m eyeballing 195…
Not quite at the 205, but close... It's nice to be back within the limits (barely) of "optimal weight" for my height!
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@LuFins-Dad said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
When I started the thread I managed to lose some weight but stalled. So I am back on the plan and making progress. I hope to be at 205 in 5 weeks, and after the trip I’m hoping to knock out a bit more. I’m eyeballing 195…
Not quite at the 205, but close... It's nice to be back within the limits (barely) of "optimal weight" for my height!
Anybody remember this thread?
I haven't being doing much proper exercise over the winter, but I've been fasting up until 11.30am1 about 4-5 times a week.
Down at 168 pounds now, which is 12 pounds lost for not much effort.
I was only joking
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I'm trying to use my treadmill as much as my knees will allow. Lifting weights every day, but that's just going to increase my weight. One door to door salesman recently asked if I had played division 1 football. I was so flattered, I bought two solar panel arrays from him. I found out at install, that my home only had one roof. Awkward.
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I'm trying to use my treadmill as much as my knees will allow. Lifting weights every day, but that's just going to increase my weight. One door to door salesman recently asked if I had played division 1 football. I was so flattered, I bought two solar panel arrays from him. I found out at install, that my home only had one roof. Awkward.
@Horace said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
I was so flattered, I bought two solar panel arrays from him.
lol
They always tell me how wonderful my accent is, presumably because complimenting my physique would probably be construed as sarcasm.
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Anybody remember this thread?
I haven't being doing much proper exercise over the winter, but I've been fasting up until 11.30am1 about 4-5 times a week.
Down at 168 pounds now, which is 12 pounds lost for not much effort.
@Doctor-Phibes said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Anybody remember this thread?
I haven't being doing much proper exercise over the winter, but I've been fasting up until 11.30am1 about 4-5 times a week.
Down at 168 pounds now, which is 12 pounds lost for not much effort.
Don’t u mean 12 stone?
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@Doctor-Phibes said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Anybody remember this thread?
I haven't being doing much proper exercise over the winter, but I've been fasting up until 11.30am1 about 4-5 times a week.
Down at 168 pounds now, which is 12 pounds lost for not much effort.
Don’t u mean 12 stone?
@bachophile said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Don’t u mean 12 stone?
I was translating it for the less well educated types we get here.
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I haven’t gained the weight back that I lost during my year long gym absence due to Covid. I also took off about 3-4 months when I tore my rotator cuff last June. But I’m back at the gym, 1hr15 or so 7 days a week. I’m putting muscle mass back on, and I’ve started a treadmill cardio routine for the first time since well before transplant.
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@jon-nyc said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
And they say Americans will use anything but the metric system.
The Brits use all the systems. Metric, imperial, Ancient Roman...we mix and match as necessary.
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@jon-nyc said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
And they say Americans will use anything but the metric system.
The Brits use all the systems. Metric, imperial, Ancient Roman...we mix and match as necessary.
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@jon-nyc that's pretty much spot on.
When I was a kid, older people would habitually swap between the old money (pre-decimalisation) and the new money, so you'd hear people referring to two-bob or ten-bob, meaning 2 shillings (10 new pence), 10 shillings (50 new pence) despite shillings not being legal tender, and occasionally talk of 'half a crown' - which was 2 shillings and sixpence (12 1/2 new pence). Posh people would talk about Guineas - 1 pound and 1 shilling, or 105 new pence.
The really odd thing was that nobody thought it was weird.
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I failed miserably last year. I’ve been doing next to no added sugar since the beginning of the year, and not eating anything after dinner. And not drinking my calories. Sugar is probably my biggest issue. (It’s not 100% no added sugar, as some of the condiments/sauces and things I cook with have some sugar in them). I’ve got a long way to go, but so far it’s working (and it’s a lot easier now than it was 3 weeks ago).
