I am celebrating. I am now below my High School weight

[Cajuncowboy]

I had gotten up to almost 250 lbs back in January. So I decided to try to lose some wight. I don't have a lot of time to exercise like I wanted so I cut my calorie intake down to 2,000 calories per day. I am also restricting my sodium to under 2,000 mg per day.

With that said, My weight in 12th grade, 27 years ago was 220 lbs. Today I am at 219. First time since then.

I want to lose the other 19 lbs by the end of June and have decided to add three days of exercise per week. Gonna do the tread mill thing and see how that goes. My gym just got extended hours so now I should be able to do it.

I know this doesn't effect anyone else but I wanted to brag on myself for this. I'm really jazzed about it.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Crack is whack ;-)

 

[Doomsday101]

I have been able to stay within 5 to 10 pounds of the weight I was at in High School. Currently at 175

 

[Ren]

Congrats, i've lost a lot of weight this year too my new years resolution was to get back in shape and for once i actually stuck to it.

I was 198lbs back in January i'm down to 169lbs now. I will never be highschool weight again though i was really skinny back then like 140 lol

 

[Wimbo]

Awesome! Congrats!

However, I call BS on one thing... A guy with 20,184 posts is not allowed to say he doesn't have time to exercise.

 

[cowboyblue31]

I had gotten up to almost 250 lbs back in January. So I decided to try to lose some wight. I don't have a lot of time to exercise like I wanted so I cut my calorie intake down to 2,000 calories per day. I am also restricting my sodium to under 2,000 mg per day.

With that said, My weight in 12th grade, 27 years ago was 220 lbs. Today I am at 219. First time since then.

I want to lose the other 19 lbs by the end of June and have decided to add three days of exercise per week. Gonna do the tread mill thing and see how that goes. My gym just got extended hours so now I should be able to do it.

I know this doesn't effect anyone else but I wanted to brag on myself for this. I'm really jazzed about it.

Congrats man.

I am at 260 right now and ready to lose some weight. what did you eat to cut down your calorie intake to under 2,000 a day?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

Nice work. I got down from 245 to 212 once upon a time, now back over 250 and wondering what happened...

 

[VietCowboy]

Congrats!

I gained most of my weight (from puberty) in middle school. I only gained about 10 lbs in college, but I haven't been able to keep those off since I go back to Vietnam often.

My main thing now is to tone and get healthy, not so much as losing weight. I use to swim, play water polo and volleyball in high school and some in college, but since grad school, my exercise has been erratic. I use caloriecount to help me keep track of my food intake, it's sometimes helpful since I find myself being more aware of my portion sizes and deficiencies.

I'm doing a combo of P90X and Jill Michaels (and any other exercise I find on OnDemand with Comcast) workout to keep things fresh for now 5-6 days a week for 20-60 minutes depending on the exercise and my energy level.

I'll go on the full P90X when I feel I can give it my all (at present time, I'm still a weakling). I can do maybe 5 full push-ups each set before having to collapse down to the modified ones (if you understand P90X's chest and back workout - I was in a lot of pain for a good 3-4 days).

 

[Yeagermeister]

Nice work. I got down from 245 to 212 once upon a time, now back over 250 and wondering what happened...

Too many bananas

 

[Yeagermeister]

Congrats!

I gained most of my weight (from puberty) in middle school. I only gained about 10 lbs in college, but I haven't been able to keep those off since I go back to Vietnam often.

My main thing now is to tone and get healthy, not so much as losing weight. I use to swim, play water polo and volleyball in high school and some in college, but since grad school, my exercise has been erratic. I use caloriecount to help me keep track of my food intake, it's sometimes helpful since I find myself being more aware of my portion sizes and deficiencies.

I'm doing a combo of P90X and Jill Michaels (and any other exercise I find on OnDemand with Comcast) workout to keep things fresh for now 5-6 days a week for 20-60 minutes depending on the exercise and my energy level.

I'll go on the full P90X when I feel I can give it my all (at present time, I'm still a weakling). I can do maybe 5 full push-ups each set before having to collapse down to the modified ones (if you understand P90X's chest and back workout - I was in a lot of pain for a good 3-4 days).

You are what like 100lbs soaking wet????? lol

 

[Hostile]

I could never get back to my HS weight. I was 185 when I graduated. My playing weight was 225 after a lot of lifting. I am 285 now, that is down from a high of 315.

No way I could lose 101 pounds. I would be a stick.

Congrats.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

If you do the Bob Sacamano workout. You'll have a body everyone envys.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

Too many bananas

There is no such thing! You take that back!!!!

 

[Jon88]

I got up to 220 this past January, starting lifting weights again and doing 33 minutes on the exercise bike 4-5 times a week and now I'm down to 212.

I was like 165 when I graduated highschool.

 

[Eskimo]

There is presently lots of confusion regarding the role of intensive exercise, "casual exercise" and diet in the role of weight loss and weight maintenance.

We do know the body likes to maintain its weight. For up to a year after a significant weight loss your body's appetite will gear up inducing you to eat more to return to your previous weight. This impulse begins to die down a bit after a year.

Another thing we know is that diet is by far the most important aspect of weight loss and is very important in weight maintenance.

Regular amounts of low intensity exercise dispersed throughout the day (like walking lots at work but not necesssarily for 45 minutes in a row or intermittently going up and down lots of stairs) can burn a fair number of calories without correspondingly increasing your calories consumed.

Right now I'm 170 pounds and trying to get back to my normal weight of 155. Darn back problem got me depressed, inactive and unable to sleep leading to lots of late night calorie consumption. I've now have my artificial back and can now exercise again. Hopefully I'll get there in about 3 months as I'd managed to stay that weight the past 18 years before my back flared up.

Intensive exercise will make you fitter and is good for your health but may not play that important of a role in permanent weight loss for most people as it tends to induce an almost equal increase in calories consumed compared to calories burned.

Weight loss is difficult for humans IMO because it has been so evolutionarily disadvantageous to us throughout our history. If you get too thin you may just be a bad crop away from the grave. If you have some extra thickness you can withstand this. It is also important in hydration as the metabolism of fat generates tremendous amounts of free water which protects you in drought conditions (all jokes about fat guys sweating in the buffet aside).

 

[DallasCowpoke]

If you do the Bob Sacamano workout. You'll have a body everyone envys.

Yup, especially if you're name is Jeffery, and you're from Wisconsin.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Nice man. I just recently lost some weight myself, but I had a lot further to go. A couple of years ago I hit 320 and was diagnosed as diabetic. I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc. I had all the bad stuff.

Today, I am 220 pounds and have none of those issues.

So, it's all a matter of sticking to it.

 

[Hoofbite]

If you do the Bob Sacamano workout. You'll have a body everyone envys.

Any workout that involves grabbing one's ankles isn't for me.

Seriously though, what's the Bob Sacamano workout.

 

[Jon88]

Any workout that involves grabbing one's ankles isn't for me.

Seriously though, what's the Bob Sacamano workout.

 

[windward]

240 right here from a high of 265 in January. I would like to get to 200, which I have not been since I was 21.