Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine Dieters Support Thread

sketch, I've been eating like a pig since THANKSGIVING. I am going to try to eat a lot less this week so I can lots on the New Year's weekend. I am sick of eating. Have to pace myself.

I'm watching what I eat, but haven't been to the gym at all. It does help. I had a terrible cold during the week surrounding New Year's Day, so I couldn't manage to do any exercise. I'm better now, but have begun a terrible cycle of staying up WAY too late at night and sleeping in WAY too late in the day. Then, I work evenings, so I wreck my gym time! It's always something.

I've been working out hard and eating clean for last two weeks...and yes that means cardio too! I've lost only 7 pounds this month. Trust me most of it is temporary fat I gained eating like a horse on purpose the last three months...usually i drop twice as much when I start dieting.

ohwell kids spring and summer is right around the corner...time for us to start working on the sexy look.

I've been eating really healthy and way less and I'm HATING IT!!!! Still haven't been back to the gym, but my company's annual fitness challenge is coming back and I'm doing it again. My evaluation is on Feb 9.

I am hating it also Sketch. After a week of hard working out and running...tonight I am hanging with the guys! Pizza and beer!!! I can't wait. Oh, um, i mean I will eat celery while everyone else pigs out.

Sketch good luck on the fitness challenge. Is it like pushups, situps, etc?

They weigh us, determine body fat percentage by pinching with calipers, test heart rate before and after using a step for a minute (or three?), they measure our flexibility in a sitting reach, and yes, count pushups and crunches in a minute. Then, three months later, we're tested again. I placed one year (7th). Otherwise, I generally do enough work to improve, but never place higher. This year, I really want to try harder because I'm going to Maui next month and I turn 40 in July!

Egad.

Went to the gym for a really quick workout today. Felt good. I ate too much last Saturday, but have tried to keep it clean otherwise. This is more difficult, the older one gets...

I'm doing Weight Watchers.

I'm very determined to get lighter than I have been in years.

Almost done with my third week, and it's going very well. This "points" thing is prett easy to follow and stick with.

At my second week weigh-in last Wednesday, I had lost a total of 9 pounds.

I'll update my progress periodically here.

Good luck LASH, but tell me if Weight Watchers is just as good as Jenny Craig, money-wise...

I have no idea.

Fair enough - just keep slogging away, dude...

I'm in so much pain right now! I took a weight lifting class on Tue and Thur and I'm so sore, it's pathetic. I keep telling myself that this is the road to improvement, but all I want to do is lay down and sleep until the pain goes away. No pain, no gain. UGG!!

Guess what! I recovered! I went and did the same class again on Tue and it felt fine. I even felt a bit engergized throughout my night! Hey, this exercise stuff might have something to it!

Did the "paint the basement stairs" workout today. Wasn't that hard, really. I have my fitness evaluation tomorrow. Calipers!

OMG, I just ate a whole pack of Pepperidge Farms Brussels Mints!!! I meant to only have one or two or three. I have to leave for the gym, to be evaluated in about half an hour! ....groan...

Just got back from the gym. My fitness assessment wasn't really as bad as I'd been fearing.

I weigh 195! Whew! I still haven't toppled over 200 yet. (I'm 5'9" btw)

After pinching the fat at my chest, stomach and thigh, it is determined that I have 24% body fat. Not as bad as I thought. I need to be between 12 and 20%.

I did 3 minutes on the stair stepper and my heartrate (cardio test) was 104 which is average. I need to be between 97 and 103 for good and below 83 for excellent.

I did 64 crunches in a minute. This rated excellent! Yay me!

I did 23 pushups in a minute. I need to do 45 or more to rate excellent.

I did a sitting reach for the flexibility test, I measured at 12 3/4" I need to reach 14- 18" in order to get an average rating, so good and excellent seem like a distant goal.

In the past, I've left these tests feeling terrible about myself and in big pain, but today I feel hopeful about my chances of improving!

Wow, it's interesting to compare to last year.

Eep! This is becoming Sketch Lad's fitness blog...

Anyway, I did an hour on the ellyptical today, burned 1000 calories. Did a little stretching after. Whew! It's starting to feel good instead of torture!

More from me!

After a weekend of pretty much *bad* behavior, I went to my class in the gym and had a difficult time doing all the exercises. Boy, it shows if you miss the gym for a few days....

Glad I went, though.

Went on to create a fat-tastic Valentine's dinner! New York steak with mashed potatoes and spinach with sparkling wine. Vanilla ice cream with sugared strawberries and whipped cream. Yeah, pretty sinful, but hey, it's Valetine's Day. Oh yeah, gave the kids yummy candy which I helped them snack on. I have some work to do.

Been eating really light and did my class again today. I leave for Maui on Sunday!

Today's weight: 185

Total pounds lost: 22


So I'm back on this thread and the story can be told.

Early 2005 (as documented here) I resigned myself to being content with 185 pounds. Then around April/May (also documented here) I began daily miles-long walks, finding myself in the upper 180s-lower 190s, but not really minding.

Then I got kind-of silent here later on in 2005.

That's because after the time jumped forward, and it got colder, and the treadmills in my apartment broke down (only recently got repaired, too), the walks stopped dead.

But the eating continued, unabated... and even increased.

So long story short, before I knew it, I was a whopping 207 pounds.

Now, March of last year, my Mom started Weight Watchers. She was only 148 pounds, but being that she's so short, that was really big for her. She dropped all the way down to 113-115 pounds (and is still there), and looks years younger (she was also my walking buddy before winter kicked in).

So then, distressed about my weight, and realizing I didn't really have anyone else to do it, she started in on my weight gain and how bad I was looking.

She was right.

And I had tried my usual round of crazy diets, and nothing was working, and I couldn't commit to any of them because they were so awful.

So finally, after seeing how doughy and awful I looked in Christmas pictures, I told her January 1st I wanted her to help me do this Weight Watchers thingie.

I started on January 3 with her guidance.

Today is day 2 of my 8th week. 22 pounds down, that's a smidge over 3 pounds a week.

And I ain't stopping here. This diet is WAY too easy, fulfilling, and even fun. I eat all the frickin' time and the weight has plummeted off. I even have my friend at work (also my primary party buddy) on it. He lost 5 pounds the first week and is nearing the end of his second. The two of us have inspired our other work friend, who is making a trial run of it this week.

The 170s is firmly in my sight and I know I'm going to get there now. It's been a mighty lOOOOOOng time! Got tons of cute clothes waiting to be worn... *giddy!*

And all this withOUT the excercise.... once Spring kicks in and the walking starts back again--- Maybe I should shoot for the 160s. That's my High School territory!

What poundage is usually classed as overweight, LASH? I'd seen a few photos of you over the months and you didnt look anything but skinny (to me, at least)

It's all relative, really. No one guessed I weighed over 200 pounds, yet I couldn't fit into my cute club clothes anymore. And now that I've lost so much, everyone realizes I really WAS big.

Thank gawd Mom was paying attention.

Plus I didn't post any pictures during when I had really packed it on.

This week's weight: 183

Pounds lost: 24


*eyes 70s gleefully*

It may not happen next week, because generally I've been losing 1-3 pounds a week, but I predict in 2 weeks I will be in the long-unseen land of the 170s.

Are you very tall, LASH? Coz being overweight might vary according to your height...Otherwise, it's good that you are approaching the end of the rainbow and about to go for the gold!