weight loss contest/support

[Jeff]

I had went up to around 225 at deer season after not weighing myself all summer, but my clothes all fit the same. Pretty sure it was muscle gain from all the cabin work all summer.

However, in the 2 months since I closed the cabin, I had went up to 240. Still in the same clothes, but not comfortable. Im back down to 234 and plan on working on it until im back between 215 and 220. By then break up will be here and I wont havt to worry about it because ill be outide and active.  I just dont do well in the cold any more, so physical winter activities past keeping snow cleared are few.

[mike_belben]

Spent 5 days working at the cabin eating when and what I wanted. Got on the scales at 110.2
 I actually know when I need to eat now. I can get an empty tank now if I don't. It used to be I would eat to eat, eat to much and then not feel like doing anything.  Now if I don't eat when I am hungry I can feel my energy dropping, and then when I do eat, it is like getting my battery charged. I can feel the energy come back.

Quitting grains, processed food, cane sugar, corn syrup and seed oils has largely eliminated my continuual hungry state.  


When dabbling back into it i discovered that what i used to consider "hungry" is actually some form of indigestion.  I was raised on almost entirely industrial food and though i never got fat i never knew that there was such a thing as satisfied between meals.  Id go from full to hungry at all times.  It was actually from full to stomach ache to full to stomache ache ...

The first week of wheat withdrawal was intense craving all over like a true addict.  Now its slightly mental.  Every few weeks ill say what the heck.  Ill make big sandwhich that ive been dreaming about.. And its just not as good as i remember. Each time makes it easier to give up.  

Never weighed myself as its more about pain management and getting my wifes condition under control.  I certainly feel better.

[Jeff]

My problems have never been about being hungry.

[metalspinner]

I'm not trying to enter any contest. 

From the beginning of September to the beginning of October, I dropped 25 pounds. Which might not sound like a lot. But going from 179 to 154, you can really tell the difference. 
Then suddenly, I leveled off in the mid 150's. In December, I managed to put on a couple pounds and get back above 160. 
Now today, I'm back down to 154. 

The first 25 pounds came with zero appetite. I barely ate a thing for several weeks. Of course, Wifey signed me up to see the GP. He didn't see anything in the bloodwork, etc that would point to any issues. He said let's just wait it out. 
That's when things leveled out for a while. But now, today, the numbers are going down. I've noticed I don't have much of an appetite again. Only ate half my dinner last night and one piece of toast this morning. 
🙄

[doc henderson]

Well here we are again.  I think we all compete with our own will power.  We all were winners last time, but I am back where I started.  It is still good to try.  If you quit smoking every other year, for a year, as an analogy, it is still better than not.

[B.C.C. Lapp]

But Doc I've read its bad for you to continually gain and lose weight.  That not true?

I got down to 165 from 200 over 18 months. Kinda quit trying to lose more then when I hit 165 and wife thought I was getting to thin.  Ive gained back 10 pounds of that.   I figure its time to start watching myself again. When I lost the weight everything improved, BS, BP, cholesterol, everything.   

[Ljohnsaw]

I got down to 189 over the summer from 210 high in the winter. Felt great and lots of people noticed and thought I lost more than that. So, lots of muscle gain. Now I'm back up to 200.

[Jeff]

Im in need of shedding some. Ive not been getting around good but still eating. Was in an mri for a total 90 minutes yesterday. Been jumping through onsurance hoops since spring to finally get to some testing that might give an answer. They threw 2 months of pt at me this spring that was required. It didnt help, so I headed for the cabin and dug my pond.

[doc henderson]

We were and are all winners, but Jeff you prob. won the contest if we were all about that.  good luck,

[doc henderson]

well, the wife and I are trying to get in shape.  She turns 30 X 2 on August 30.  We have had success with Adkins, noom, and even some intermittent fasting.  How are we all doing?  anyone else up for the struggle?  Just checking in.

[Bert]

I run a 5k every morning for the past MANY years. 

Noticed Im gaining weigh recently. Need to step it up. I like to garden, grill, drink to get my mind off real world problems. Not helping. Got the rowing machine out yesterday so yeah I'm in.

[Jeff]

There is currently 5 gallonsof Blueberry waffle cone ice cream in our freezer. Ill first need help in eradicating this insurmountable barrier next week in order to consider any participation 

[dougtrr2]

I burn a lot of calories on my bicycle.  I am over 2,700 miles this year.  My problem is that I am just so darn good at putting the calories back on.

Doug in SW IA

[Magicman]

Ill first need help in eradicating this insurmountable barrier next week in order to consider any participation 

Win one for the Gipper. 

[RetiredTech]

Boy oh boy, this topic hits home. I've been working on this problem for a long time. I think my all time high was around 220lbs. I felt awful. I'm currently fluctuating between 210 and 213. My biggest problem is when we have to go somewhere and eat away from home and it seems like we're in the road an awful lot these days. It's not going to stop me though, I'm trying to get below 200 and I won't stop till I get there. It's been many many years since I've been below 200.

[doc henderson]

We called it a contest; you are your own competition.  We are all here to support each other and cheer you on.