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luckykitty said:
I'm doing it!

uhm without the pics.

This comes at a good time - diet was getting hard, as it is colder than usual way longer than it is cool usually (does that even make sense) - or to put it differently:
just before a winter depression could make an end to the process ...

I started with 105kg at the end of last october, went down to 95 by Dec 31st, and since then I'm stuck weight wise, but have lost several cm around the waist.

I do have medical problems that stop me from running (I may try intervals as soon as I'm below 70), so I cycle and do pushups and crunches + workout with weights.
Currently I'm trying to find a gym that is close by and doesn't charge more than I can pay.
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I was wondering where you were luckyKitty, nice to see you on board.
 
crowdog said:
I was wondering where you were luckyKitty, nice to see you on board.
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literally started to go down the road of winter depression ...
I have a workout day today (as opposed to a cycling or walking day) and I was close to skipping it, just because it started snowing again.
 
count me in here too. last july my 88 yr old mother was diagnosed with cancer. tho she'd had no symptoms prior to that point it had spread to so many organs there was nothing to do. pain managment as that became necessary. she failed quickly and from the first of august until her death the end of october i lived with her fulltime. soon after i moved in i couldnt leave her at all for more than the hr or so she slept after taking her narcotics.(and when hospice relieved me-but that was also typically only an hr or two at a time and she got nervous if i was gone long). needless to say i spent lots of time watching tv reading and other inactivity...gained about 15lbs but more than that lost some conditioning. after returning from her home, closed my retail shop to open online only(took a full month to sell off what i could, and store what i couldnt), am still in the process of emptying my mothers house and then starting on my own to move fulltime to portland oregon. and of course its mostly been winter since. tho ive been on the bike quite a bit, and able to get one week long camping trip and some single day hikes, still feeling sluggish and the excess lbs. so yeah i need to hunker down and get back into a more active routine. eating wise i do pretty good. always room for improvement tho. no end in sight at present to the schlepping of stuf(you'd think with all the boxes and large tools/work benches etc hauled id regain some strength). so im in for losing that 15lbs and getting more woods/bike time into my schedule.
 
I AM IN!

I'm 41, 5'7 and at about 256 right now. I was almost 300 a couple of years ago. I've been jogging 2-3 miles a few times a week and playing basketball to drop some pounds.

Found out today that I need to get my bad knee scoped and will get a knee replacement this fall, but my doc wants me down to 200 before he does it. Guess this thread is perfect for me.

I'm gonna change over to swimming, elyptical and biking for cardio and will start hitting the weights to build some muscle to help burn the fat.

Sent pics to Mrs S... sorry for that:eek:
 
All the interest and participation on this is really getting me pumped, I am very happy so many of you are jumping on this opportunity. Lol you don’t even want to know what’s charged at the gym for personal training. :D
By Monday I figure everyone involved should have posted, and if they haven’t then they will be out of luck for the contest portion, from Monday onward we will begin counting down tell the 3months have passed.
Come Monday I will have posted resources, call it home work of sorts; this is information I NEED you to be in touch with and educated on. Much of your successes are going to be hinging upon the knowledge of how to manipulate your bodies.
Words of forewarning, the way to make this happen is not through excuses/ justifications and pride. Its one of the bigger lessons I’ve learned in being a student, leave the ego at the door. When pride rules, you fail; and worse yet, you could sustain injury, seen it first hand multiple times.
So with that being said lets keep an open mind and a supportive hand, your all competing but your on the same team, working toward common goals; so share your findings and be supportive of the others in here that had enough balls to step up to this challenge.
 
Well today was a fail day for me. We had a work lunch today and of course the guys picked Hooters. Well the bossman said if you can eat 40 wings lunch is on him. Well it was a challenge, so what did I do? I ate my 40 and now I am sick. Not sick to my stomach, but sick that I didn't turn him down.

5 wings at hooters = 866 calories. Oh good Lord what did I do?
 
I'm Doin' It! Awesome idea guys! I have already started my own weight loss program in preparation for BLET.

Height: 5'9"
Weight: 212

My goal is to get to 180 lbs., continue to improve my strength as well as my running. I want to get to 3 miles continous run and also be able to run a sub 8 min. mile! I'll be emailing you the pics when I can take them Mrs. S!
 
roar-k said:
Well today was a fail day for me. We had a work lunch today and of course the guys picked Hooters. Well the bossman said if you can eat 40 wings lunch is on him. Well it was a challenge, so what did I do? I ate my 40 and now I am sick. Not sick to my stomach, but sick that I didn't turn him down.

5 wings at hooters = 866 calories. Oh good Lord what did I do?
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LOL learn to love the threadmill my friend :P

just look at it like Monday is the start line, get mentally preped this weekend, get excited to rock and roll and become dedicated.
So come monday if the Boss throughs that out there you'll reply with "not me, im dieting" say it proudly. the truth is they envy you even though they will most likely start ribing you. come 3months they will be asking for advice.
 
Cpl Punishment said:
I'd like to be able to run 2 miles straight through (do 3/4 mile now).
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I may not know much about dieting or weightlifting, but what I do have some knowledge in is running, I played 7 years of soccer and then quit it for a year or two and proceeded to do nothing. Then I decided to run a mile one day, should be a piece of cake right? :eek: eye opening experience, when it comes to running, if you don't use it (your leg muscle/endurance) you loose it fast. Seeing as I could barely run a mile I decided to try out for the cross country team, I didn't have any running shoes, I only had some merrell hiking shoes, and seeing how I was broke at the time I ran in those merrells for a week or two and finally a job came up, I missed practice and spent 7 hours pressure washing, bought some running shoes, and proceeded to push myself in practice everyday, I kept up running until the end of December and I was running 3-4 miles daily, :o but with this snow I haven;t ran in weeks. So long story short the key to running is to keep at it, and if you take more than a couple days off chances are your starting to loose some endurance/muscle. Good luck :thumbup:
 
One thing about the human body that is amazing though is muscle memory, it is much easier for you as a soccer player to get back into running shape then say someone else, same size weight, body fat, whatever, that did not have a running history. You will get back into it quicker then the other person.
 
I'm Doin' It.

I'm 6'4'' and 215-220lbs and 32 years old. I'm fairly active just now working out maybe 4 times a week for a couple of hours at a time. Pretty much weights and strength training. I do throw in bodyweight exercises to ensure i'm not too out of balance. My cardio is the area I need to work on the most. I run a few miles a week, not really enough to consider it a decent workout though.

My goal is by the summer to be running 7 minute miles for 6 miles. Not only that but be able to do a 45 minute circuit after the run. I plan to break the time between now and then into week long goals. Starting off with 3 mile runs 3 times a week and slowly getting up to 6 milers. The circuits I'll start with 30 minutes long then get up to 45. At first I'll give myself a break between the run and the circuit then I'll shorten the break before finally doing away with it.

Apart from that in 2 weeks time I have 6 weeks of heavy training where I'll be trying to put as much strength and size on as possible so that I don't become too small with all the running.

Got a couple of tests or events coming up but I'll wait until they're closer in the diary to mention them.

I consider this a challenge but one within my upper limits. I've been there before and therefore I should be able to get back to it failing injury.

I start next friday when i'm back from my vacation.
 
crowdog said:
LOL learn to love the threadmill my friend :P

just look at it like Monday is the start line, get mentally preped this weekend, get excited to rock and roll and become dedicated.
So come monday if the Boss throughs that out there you'll reply with "not me, im dieting" say it proudly. the truth is they envy you even though they will most likely start ribing you. come 3months they will be asking for advice.
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Yeah I know what you mean. I suck at the treadmill though, it tears my shins and knees up. I will gladly brave the cold to run on some sort of track. At the moment I am going to go punish myself with a mile run and some sprints.

Yeah, I will not necessarily tell them I am on a diet, but I will tell them I am back to eating healthy. Already have one guy that looks like I did a year or so ago wanting to start running with me. He saw my picture and asked how I did it and hopefully he will stick with it.
 
hey if the treadmill kills your knees use the eliptical instead, works up a good sweat and dosn't kill your knees.

my daily workout varies, i spend an hour at the gym 5 days a week
start with streching, then 200 situps in groups of 50 in between sets i do curls and tricept presses while balanced on a half ball. then weight machines, depending on the day differnt body parts legs one day arms and chest the other alternating. then 30 minutes on the eliptical. i'm going to push the cardio up to 45 minutes next week.

diet try to eat well and often usually 5 small meals a day lot of turkey and chicken raw veggies and fruit. lots of grapefruit because thats my favorite.

bananas when i'm sore.

on days i just can't get to the gym i do an hour on the wii fit. pretty lame but not bad workout. on the other hand it does keep track of my weight and my wii fit age which was 28 this morning. lol.

my current body fat is 17% i'm aiming for 15%

take it easy
cricket
 
starting preperations now:

today I started logging food intake - what, how much, how much fat does it contain and how many calories ... I did that the last two month of 2009 and it helped a lot.
I tried without from January onwards, but I have the feeling it was too early to stop doing it.

todo:
figure out how to integrate more sports in my somewhat tight and unpredictable schedule.
 
I AM IN! I am 5'6", 223lb.

My goal is better over all health. -7min. mile, 15+ dead hang pull ups, 50+ crunches in 2min. 50-60+ push ups. Down to -190lbs. by at least June, 1st.

Why? Because I don't like being fat and it feels soo much better to be able to walk up a flight of stairs at school and not get winded.

For a work out routine, I got one of those "alphabet numbers X" programs 3 yrs ago and have done nothing with it, even when I started working out about 2yrs ago. So now is the time.
As for pics, if there necessary I'll post them towards the end unless otherwise requested.
 
I'm in. If only I could enter this retroactively, hahah. Anyway, my current physical goals are as follows...

Last time I got checked officially (Feb 1, 2010) I was:
6' 2"
209 lbs
12.2% BF


By August 25, 2010 I would like to have accomplished the following:
-Ability to do 10 pull-ups continuous
-Ability to do 50 pushups continuous
-Sub 10% BF
-Sub 7 minute mile


The only reason that I'm so specific on the goal date is because it will be the two-year anniversary of my decision to become healthier. I had been obese/morbidly obese pretty much my entire life, and I had no idea just how negatively it had been affecting my life until I started to change things for the better. Everything from reduction in social ineptitude to getting a better job (currently leading backpacking/kayaking/outdoors trips part time, hopefully full time in the future) are becoming possible.

A couple of words for everyone in this thread that I've come to appreciate over the last year and a half:
1. Time is always on your side, because ultimately you've got time to change. The goals are important to set, but unless it's for a contest/event/physical, it matters little whether you achieved your goal in 8 months or 9 months (or 2 years versus 2.5 years).
2. Support is important, whether it is someone you can confide-in in real life or the other members of this group here. No one is strong 100% of the time, especially not under duress, and just having someone to talk to can so often make the difference.
3. People are people. You'll probably "mess up" from time to time...eat something you weren't planning to, miss a workout. Everybody does. This really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things (see point one), and the best thing to do is to get over it immediately and move forward.


Seriously, though, those three tenets have helped me out tremendously on my journey so far.









Photo on the left I was approximately ~48% BF and over 380lbs. Photo on the right I took this morning.
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Much luck to you all! You've got every reason to succeed, and I'm sure that you will.
 
Ok ... starting Monday ... That means I need to find my food log (it does help me, I can log food and exercise in one place).
I do really appreciate having a community that will help hold me accountable. So many times people want me to cheer them on but they don't have the energy to return the favor.
Here's to success!
Stacy
www.armoralleather.com
 
a great resource i used was my-calorie-counter.com. I would log my food and my exercise. Once I got the swing of things I stopped logging, but it gave me a way to track and count what I was taking in.
 
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