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PA Weight Loss Challenge: Beware the Ides of March!
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I knew back in Novemeber/December that I was eating too much so, I wasn't concerned with not losing the weight when I thought I should have been. But in January and February I cut back a lot.
Well, it turns out I cut back too much. As soon as I added another 300 or so calories each I noticed that I was staying more consistent in my weight loss, and now, I'm down to 205 and I think I'll be able to make it my year goal of 200 by May. Hell, depending how I look feel I may try and get down to 195-190.
Anyhow, hang in there guys! And good job!
Pre vacation my weight loss was 8 lbs for the month. Post vacation it is 2. Damn lent.
I start marathon training in earnest tomorrow so i'll probably see a rapid weight loss after that.
I started off with this routine that was designed for beginners and whatnot that wasn't focused on a high weight low rep kind of thing. Lately, I've moved onto doing 5 sets of 5 on pretty much everything.
I've pretty much been doing the other routine since September of 2010 and have only rarely not done the routine. The thing is after two weeks doing the more weight/fewer reps, I've noticed that my chest isn't nearly as sore working out as the gets with the previous routine.
So, here's more information:
My workplace gym, where I workout, only has machines and dumbbells. So, for the beginner routine, it says to do 4 sets of 12, 10, 10 and 10 reps. Then, it'd call for 2 sets of 10 reps of incline. I would do this routine with the maximum amount of weight that I could complete or almost complete it with. I would also use the dumbbells for the bench, but the machine for the incline bench.
With the heavier weights, I'm uncomfortable using the dumbbells, so I use the machine on both the bench and the incline bench. Machines don't make mistakes! I do 5 sets of 5 on bench and also 5 sets of 5 on incline bench.
Do you guys think I should switch back to the first routine since I'm more sore after it? Or is being sore not relevant to progress?
So I'm about 2.5 months from my goal at this rate
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Once the snow melts here I'll be walking or biking the 8.1K to work on a frequent basis.
Looking basically for a quick morning workout before my evening planned one. Maybe 15 laps of the track?
vegetables will save your life here: cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts, kale, spinach, collards, rapini, etc etc etc. i don't even know how you could maintain this diet for long without getting lots of veggies. Also greek yogurt. I allow myself a little bit of onion and jalapeno as well.
If you know how to cook at all, you can do a surprising amount with just this
You have an easy metric for measuring progress in the amount of weight you're able to lift each week. Soreness (or the lack thereof) can be affected by other factors. The general consensus is that doing more than twelve repetitions moves into endurance training and not as effective at achieving muscle growth or strength.
what really helped was the walking. I do cardio rarely because I just find it so boring, but actually having a reason to walk was helpful
I'm trying to think of places near home I can walk to reasonably just to get it in as part of my day.
anyway, I'm down 5 pounds over a week+ a day or two, around when I made a post in here about momentum, so that's good.
walking is fantastic. unfortunately, a lot of cities don't really support it much - when i lived in northern virginia, there literally weren't sidewalks or any way to walk to a nearby place short of kicking along a highway shoulder. it's one of the things i really love about boston.
Wow! Where is this? I need to find something like that.
I walk more at work than I did at PAX. Pretty ridiculous.
It took about 7 months. I was committed to my diet and working out 6 times a week. Weights 2 days a week, and hard cardio (50-90 minutes on elliptical) the other 4 days.
Then, I made the transition out of the gym and started running (and doing body weight exercises) and went from 206 to 185-ish over the next 3-4 months.
however, the jeans are starting to fit a bit better, a little looser. And I do have more energy. I just don't have the numbers to go with it.
I should really get a scale...
You have to fight through some bad days, to earn the best days of your life.
oh yeah I figured a while after that's why you didn't want pizza, I had the exact same line of reasoning going
I'm not a huge fan of vegetables unless I can cook them in butter.
Also, I couldn't imagine eating more than I currently am, really. With all the protein I'm getting, I'm pretty consistently full.
retro fitnesssssss! it's only 20 bones a month too. pretty sweet. i used to belong to planet fitness, which was 10 a month. the facilities are generally really well-maintained and awesome. today the movie at retro is goodfellas, and yesterday it was tommy boy. i'm stoked.
gained about 6 lbs over the long weekend. probably the great majority of it is water weight but still
starting back on the protein fast today. gonna get down to 170 and then shift gears a little.
Will be making a new thread in the afternoon. If anyone wants anything added to the OP let me know.
This is the scale I have. It's really great. I haven't verified it's accuracy because I don't really care. The thing that matters to me is that it is consistent, and I have no complaints in that department. You don't have to zero it before you step on, and it gives you your reading really fast. $30 well spent.
Now it is time to look for gyms, but I will likely end up with YMCA due to getting in free via my mom's job.
I have this scale as well as a soehnle scale.
I'm pretty sure this scale cheats quite a bit to maintain consistency. i.e. I step on, check weight, add a semi-significant (maybe a pound or two) of stuff and it still claims I'm the same weight. The soehnle scale also cheats, but after 0.5-1 pound it'll decide to adjust.
Between the two though I *think* the eatsmart scale is more accurate. It makes me 1lb heavier than the soehnle scale.
I usually use both to make sure one of the readings isn't too off.
It comes with a pretty nice tape measure to measure waist size too.
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but yeah, i prefer a digital scale over analog. simply cause i can't bend over and see past my stomach well enough yet to get the analog.
man, i want a crosstrainer.
I'm wondering if I can convince my dad to buy me one.
no, i'll wait and see what goes on sale...
You have to fight through some bad days, to earn the best days of your life.
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I have seen people wearing them, and yes, they are as bizarre looking as you think they will be. But, the people never complained and in fact seemed quite happy with their frog feet. which is what they looked like.
I know my stride is crap, I can feel it.
that being said, 20 minutes of hill climbing/walking/cardio (dear god my lungs hate me) done and I feel pretty good. It took less time for the stabbing pain of the breathing to get better. I'm still wondering if I should be having that much pain breathing. I account it to being out of shape in general and the 9 years of smoking almost a pack and a half a day.
edit:: for the record, I no longer smoke, been quit 15 months now.
You have to fight through some bad days, to earn the best days of your life.
If you don't have absolutely perfect arches, which very few people do they will absolutely fuck your feet running as well.
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I was a bit shocked.
So to combat this, I've started to play soccer three times a week and goto the gym for basic cardio stuff for about 45min once or twice a week.
Dropped to 189 so far =D
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From morning to evening I tend to go up a couple pounds, probably about three average. I'm always lightest in the morning before breakfast.
I think the biggest weight change I've had from one day to the next was five pounds (gained from pigging out) but that was really unusual for me. Usually more like one pound change maximum, typical result being six ounces or so.
yeah i have been quit for 27 months now and i still feel like i need to knock the tar out of my lungs
From day to day, for example on occasion (last happened this week) Friday- 193 (i tend to stay the same within the day) saturday,198, sunday- 204. monday, back down to 194 :shock: I dunno wtf is going on but changes like that seem a bit big to me from day to day
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