Weight control

clww · April 30, 2014, 04:43:22 PM

Been wondering about you guys. Congrats to SB! 8)

SawyerBrown · April 30, 2014, 08:41:58 PM

Thanks, clww. Holding 205-210. Weigh almost every day, when I start to tip the scale a little on the heavy side I spend a day or two back on the diet, and it takes it right off. Watching it every day and making small corrections seems to work better for me than going way off kilter and then trying to do it all again.

OlJarhead, we'll look for you to start posting in a week or so and hold you accountable!!

OlJarhead · May 01, 2014, 10:24:19 PM

Good!

Weighed in at 241.4 today

so already back down a bit...rode my bike for another 12 miles today (and yesterday) and hit the gym, also kept to my correct calorie count

I'M determined!

SawyerBrown · May 02, 2014, 07:44:48 AM

Determination and commitment is the key. Keep at it!

OlJarhead · May 07, 2014, 10:18:49 AM

Forgot to post Monday so here it is:

Start: 246
Week 1: 241.6 (I was down to 239 two days before but it's vacation time! -- still I'm at 240 now so doing ok)

Working hard around the cabin and not worrying too much about the diet but keeping the weight under control.

SawyerBrown · May 08, 2014, 10:40:38 PM

Nice! Keep nibbling away at it. (That may be a poor choice if words ...).

OlJarhead · May 12, 2014, 08:26:18 AM

Start: 246 lbs
Week 1: 241.6 lbs
Week 2: 239.6 lbs

Despite a week vacation with my wife and a fair amount of brownies and such I managed to work hard enough to keep the weight on the downward swing

Now I'm back to work and riding my bike etc so I'm hoping to see this continue into the future.

My goal remains to try to get under 200 pounds so we''ll call it "40 to go"!

SawyerBrown · May 14, 2014, 08:37:47 PM

Keep at it. Well, except for the "fair amount of brownies"! ;D

OlJarhead · May 20, 2014, 08:24:20 AM

Start: 246 lbs
Week 1: 241.6 lbs
Week 2: 239.6 lbs
Week 3: 239.4 lbs

After dropping to 238 and possibly lower I was really making progress but then I had to travel for a staff meeting and eat pizza...and then eat eggs and toast and cheese for breakfast all weekend.....

OK I didn't HAVE to but I was weak...so I rode an even harder ride when I got back to work this week and beat myself up pretty good ;) I'm back at it and didn't seem to lose much momentum so I will keep at it and darn sure do better this week/month.

OlJarhead · May 26, 2014, 11:35:58 AM

Start: 246 lbs
Week 1: 241.6 lbs - 4.4 lbs
Week 2: 239.6 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 3: 239.4 lbs - 0.2 lbs
Week 4: 237.8 lbs - 1.6 lbs

Slow but steady

My measurements are actually about where they were when I was 227lbs last year (waist and stomach) however I've going to the gym 1 -3 days a week and doing light weight training to tone the muscle up (I used to live in a gym just about), so I'm thinking that my weight loss is back on track (meaning I've lost the weight I gained from the winter) but the extra 10lbs may well be muscle. One thing is for certain, shirts don't fit so well any more because of the increased muscle -- I'm not planning on adding any weight to my workouts though as I just want to tone up but years of pushing heavy weight seems to have the added effect that the muscle rebounds quickly and adds size back (not all of it but some of it) quickly, so after just three months of hitting the gym and I'm stronger and harder -- which I don't mind ;)

SawyerBrown · May 27, 2014, 11:32:19 AM

238 lb of muscle. Whatever we're playing, I want to be on your team!

Nice steady progress. Way to go!! 8)

OlJarhead · May 27, 2014, 09:21:12 PM

Not hardly! Once upon a time I was a gym rat -- actually I had over 700lbs of Olympic weights in what should have been my dining room (no table of course)....I was a Sgt in the Army (yes Army, I did that after a 5+ year break in service from the corps and was too old for the corps they told me so I went into the Army and got the training I wanted)....and benching 350....but these days I have no desire to lift heavy weights. Now it's just about toning up ;)

OlJarhead · June 03, 2014, 08:37:12 AM

Start: 246 lbs
Week 1: 241.6 lbs - 4.4 lbs
Week 2: 239.6 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 3: 239.4 lbs - 0.2 lbs
Week 4: 237.8 lbs - 1.6 lbs
Week 5: 236.0 lbs - 1.8 lbs

Total weight lost in 5 weeks - 10lbs

Not stellar but steady. Had that one lost week but otherwise sticking pretty close to my target of 2lbs per week.

OlJarhead · June 12, 2014, 01:20:58 PM

Forgot to update

Start: 246 lbs
Week 1: 241.6 lbs - 4.4 lbs
Week 2: 239.6 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 3: 239.4 lbs - 0.2 lbs
Week 4: 237.8 lbs - 1.6 lbs
Week 5: 236.0 lbs - 1.8 lbs
Week 6: 237.0 lbs +1 lb

Total weight lost in 5 weeks - 9lbs

Strange week for me. I finished on Friday with a ride taking me to 49 for the week then walked over 12 miles through the weekend. I was certain, since I'd been very good on my food intake, that I'd be 235 on Monday. However, travel back to the cabin prevented me from weighing in and I weighed in on Tuesday at 237 -- again without doing anything wrong that I know of.

I was pretty frustrated and while I believed I was likely just retaining water from eating too much salty foods or something like that (though I did not go over my daily caloric goals) I was just downright dissapointed. I overate on Wednesday though excessively so and even had a little ice cream last night. I've been traveling more than usual lately and that hasn't helped.

Today I got on the scale here at home (I try not to use it because it reads higher than the scale at the cabin which I use most of the time since I've been living there) and surprise! I was 237.2lbs which translates to about 235 on the other scale. I feel good too so I'm thinking I probably just needed a break. I'll be back out riding again today and if all goes well ought to see a drop by Monday (on the normal scale).

On a side note I have a change coming to my job which will make it more difficult for me. I'll be taking over another area (and keeping the area around my cabin still) which means I'll have to live at home now for about 3 or 4 days a week until we move. So, I'll do more traveling and have less opportunity to ride my bike (I think) but we'll see, I'm determined!

OlJarhead · June 16, 2014, 08:46:19 AM

Start: 246 lbs
Week 1: 241.6 lbs - 4.4 lbs
Week 2: 239.6 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 3: 239.4 lbs - 0.2 lbs
Week 4: 237.8 lbs - 1.6 lbs
Week 5: 236.0 lbs - 1.8 lbs
Week 6: 237.0 lbs +1 lb
Week 7: 235.0 lbs - 2 lbs
11 pounds down so far.

I was actually down to 234.8 yesterday but today is 'official' weigh in day ;)

Not sure why the rise and then drop but I'm not complaining. Still losing weight and as long as I keep that up then I'm good.

SawyerBrown · June 16, 2014, 11:25:00 AM

Agreed. I was the same way, up and down a little. But overall progress down. Keep up the good work!!

sawguy21 · June 22, 2014, 12:43:19 PM

My cholesterol has always been on the high side, my doctor put me on Crestor and read me the riot act. Get the weight off, the cholesterol down or face the risk of a stroke. Finally got off my lazy butt and started walking 2 km, just over a mile, every day after lunch plus stopped at one serving for supper. Down 15 lbs from my Christmas weight, want another 15 by the end of the summer. I have a desk job so don't get out as much as I would like.

Magicman · June 22, 2014, 02:33:12 PM

Congrats. It sounds like you have taken control of the rest of your life. 8)

OlJarhead · July 07, 2014, 04:09:30 PM

Start: 246 lbs
Week 1: 241.6 lbs - 4.4 lbs
Week 2: 239.6 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 3: 239.4 lbs - 0.2 lbs
Week 4: 237.8 lbs - 1.6 lbs
Week 5: 236.0 lbs - 1.8 lbs
Week 6: 237.0 lbs +1 lb
Week 7: 235.0 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 8: 234.8 lbs -0.2 lbs
Week 9: 234.6 lbs -0.2 lbs
Week 10: ***changed scales*** -- 240.0 lbs

Some changes lately have me back home for most of the time (commuting to a different office 70 miles away) and no longer living at the cabin most of the time (work had a re-org and I have new area). I took a week off and got the deck done at the cabin and dropped to 234lbs on my old scale which would be put down 12lbs from when I began to track again however all the work inflamed my old tendinitis badly and after the week of work on the deck I slacked off, took a real break (from diet and working) and when I made the move to my new area didn't get back on the wagon so to speak so I'm a little heavier (old scale was about 3lbs lighter than the one at home which I am now using). I am guessing I'm up 3lbs but with the new scale I'll have to track from there and ignore the old scale readings.

All in all I'm struggling to be as determined as I was before (perhaps the rather painful arm and the longer commute etc didn't help) but I'm once again trying to get my diet under control and am riding still (didn't quit riding though backed off for a couple weeks during the move and vacation).

So, we'll see where it goes from here but clearly I have work to do!

OlJarhead · July 16, 2014, 08:26:26 AM

Start: 246 lbs
Week 1: 241.6 lbs - 4.4 lbs
Week 2: 239.6 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 3: 239.4 lbs - 0.2 lbs
Week 4: 237.8 lbs - 1.6 lbs
Week 5: 236.0 lbs - 1.8 lbs
Week 6: 237.0 lbs +1 lb
Week 7: 235.0 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 8: 234.8 lbs -0.2 lbs
Week 9: 234.6 lbs -0.2 lbs
Week 10: ***changed scales*** -- 240.0 lbs
Week 11: 238.6 lbs -1.4 lbs

It's a struggle but I'm increasing my cardio in hopes of driving my weight down more since eating less isn't doing it for me (and I keep going off the rails lol)

OlJarhead · August 04, 2014, 10:58:56 AM

Start: 246 lbs
Week 1: 241.6 lbs - 4.4 lbs
Week 2: 239.6 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 3: 239.4 lbs - 0.2 lbs
Week 4: 237.8 lbs - 1.6 lbs
Week 5: 236.0 lbs - 1.8 lbs
Week 6: 237.0 lbs +1 lb
Week 7: 235.0 lbs - 2 lbs
Week 8: 234.8 lbs -0.2 lbs
Week 9: 234.6 lbs -0.2 lbs
Week 10: ***changed scales*** -- 240.0 lbs
Week 11: 238.6 lbs -1.4 lbs
Week 12: NA
Week 13: NA
Week 14 (I think): 242lbs -- +3.4

Honestly, I don't really know what week this is and will have to start over. After nearly 3 weeks of trying to rebuild our network from the fire I've gained back 3 pounds but am positive I can get back on track so I'll have to 'start over' with records lol