My weight loss saga - Jim
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WK........ Weight.....Week Chg.....Total......To Reach Phase 1 Goal
28.............250.................-3...........-102..............70
29.............248.................-2...........-104..............68
30.............243.................-5...........-109..............63
31.............241.................-2...........-111..............61
32.............240.5...........-0.5...........-111.5..........60.5
33.............236..............-4.5...........-116..............56....(partial fasting)
34.............221.5.........-14.5...........-130.5..........41.5 (fasting)
35.............219..............-2.5...........-133.............39.... (partial fasting)
36.............224.5..........+5.5...........-127.5..........44.5. (fasting recovery)
37.............221.5...........-3..............-130.5...........41.5. (6:1)
38.............217..............-4.5...........-135..............37.... (5:2)
39.............213.5...........-3.5...........-138.5...........33.5. (5:2)
40.............208 .............-5.5...........-144...............28 (5:2)
41.............205 .............-3..............-147...............25 (5:2)
42.............203 .............-2..............-149...............23 (5:2)
43.............199 .............-4..............-153...............19
44.............196.5...........-2.5...........-155.5............16.5 (202.5 high)
45.............195..............-1.5...........-157..............15 (202 high)
46.............193..............-2..............-159. ............13 (199.5 high)
47.............190..............-3..............-162..............10 (197 high)
Only change this week was on my three non running days I went for a brisk walk.
Going to do the same this week. Why not?4 -
You are superman!1
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Yeeayyy! Congratulations on the week's loss! Just 10 pounds away from your sweet goal
I can't imagine how I would feel when I would be just that far from my goal. I believe you're not fasting beyond the OMAD fasting, right? Will you be considering any extended fasts to reach your last 10 pounds? 0 -
Bob - lol thanks.
Niha- thank you, right now I'm doing OMAD 6 days a week with one waterfast day. At this point I'm not planning any extended fasting to reach the goal. I'm content with grinding out consistent losses even if it takes a little longer. I had been doing extended fasts on a quarterly basis and was due for another one in July, but instead I've opted for the 1 day fast per week. Down the road I may do an extended fast at some point because after this first goal I'm still going to go further and try to get very lean.0 -
Bob - lol thanks.
Niha- thank you, right now I'm doing OMAD 6 days a week with one waterfast day. At this point I'm not planning any extended fasting to reach the goal. I'm content with grinding out consistent losses even if it takes a little longer. I had been doing extended fasts on a quarterly basis and was due for another one in July, but instead I've opted for the 1 day fast per week. Down the road I may do an extended fast at some point because after this first goal I'm still going to go further and try to get very lean.
Very well. I like your plan
Looking forward to you reaching your goal soon 0 -
We're both going to reach our goals and celebrate. Deal?mikseyniha wrote: »
Very well. I like your plan Looking forward to you reaching your goal soon
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We're both going to reach our goals and celebrate. Deal?mikseyniha wrote: »
Very well. I like your plan Looking forward to you reaching your goal soon
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So exciting!! Awesome result... Walking is the best - I love it for the relaxation it brings me. I'm a very fast paced impatient person and walking forces me to slow down (even when it's brisk) and just kind of be... if that makes any sense!!0
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Wow amazing self control Jim I am impressed!!!!
you´re surfing!!!
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Yay! and you are right * WHY NOT?*0
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Jim, what a fabulous loss this week and I, too, love your plan! Way to go!0
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You are doing really really good!!! 0
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I'm not very good at cooking or photographing food but I thought I'd give it a go tonight.
This meal has to last me until Saturday night so it's a little on the heavy side with the chili. Tomorrow is waterfast day so Thursday night is kind of a "clean out the fridge" night. Saturday morning I go out and buy all new fresh stuff for next week.
Tonight was a 3 egg sausage & onion omelette topped with some chili and cheddar cheese, with tomato and avocado. My trusty bowl of steamed vegetables (broccoli, asparagus, brussel sprouts, onion), bowl of melon and blackberries. Glass of Lakewood Super Veggie juice spiked with chia seeds and a dose of ACV.0 -
Wow that looks really really yummy
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I want that bowl of fruit!0
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I'm not very good at cooking or photographing food but I thought I'd give it a go tonight.
This meal has to last me until Saturday night so it's a little on the heavy side with the chili. Tomorrow is waterfast day so Thursday night is kind of a "clean out the fridge" night. Saturday morning I go out and buy all new fresh stuff for next week.
Tonight was a 3 egg sausage & onion omelette topped with some chili and cheddar cheese, with tomato and avocado. My trusty bowl of steamed vegetables (broccoli, asparagus, brussel sprouts, onion), bowl of melon and blackberries. Glass of Lakewood Super Veggie juice spiked with chia seeds and a dose of ACV.
I love "clean out the fridge" night! Always have!0 -
I'm not very good at cooking or photographing food but I thought I'd give it a go tonight.
This meal has to last me until Saturday night so it's a little on the heavy side with the chili. Tomorrow is waterfast day so Thursday night is kind of a "clean out the fridge" night. Saturday morning I go out and buy all new fresh stuff for next week.
Tonight was a 3 egg sausage & onion omelette topped with some chili and cheddar cheese, with tomato and avocado. My trusty bowl of steamed vegetables (broccoli, asparagus, brussel sprouts, onion), bowl of melon and blackberries. Glass of Lakewood Super Veggie juice spiked with chia seeds and a dose of ACV.
I know why I don't lose nearly as fast as you, I eat about twice that much usually (and not doing the extended fasting)! O well, I will get there just slower. You have a lot of will-power!0 -
Me too - I have a very large appetite!!
I'm not very good at cooking or photographing food but I thought I'd give it a go tonight.
This meal has to last me until Saturday night so it's a little on the heavy side with the chili. Tomorrow is waterfast day so Thursday night is kind of a "clean out the fridge" night. Saturday morning I go out and buy all new fresh stuff for next week.
Tonight was a 3 egg sausage & onion omelette topped with some chili and cheddar cheese, with tomato and avocado. My trusty bowl of steamed vegetables (broccoli, asparagus, brussel sprouts, onion), bowl of melon and blackberries. Glass of Lakewood Super Veggie juice spiked with chia seeds and a dose of ACV.
I know why I don't lose nearly as fast as you, I eat about twice that much usually (and not doing the extended fasting)! O well, I will get there just slower. You have a lot of will-power!
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Really? because I was stuffed tonight, and I'm totally violating the one plate rule!. Maybe because I packed all that away within 10 minutes. Or maybe its that I didn't get a close-up shot its deceiving, it really wasn't that skimpy. I'm still hurting.
I'm not very good at cooking or photographing food but I thought I'd give it a go tonight.
This meal has to last me until Saturday night so it's a little on the heavy side with the chili. Tomorrow is waterfast day so Thursday night is kind of a "clean out the fridge" night. Saturday morning I go out and buy all new fresh stuff for next week.
Tonight was a 3 egg sausage & onion omelette topped with some chili and cheddar cheese, with tomato and avocado. My trusty bowl of steamed vegetables (broccoli, asparagus, brussel sprouts, onion), bowl of melon and blackberries. Glass of Lakewood Super Veggie juice spiked with chia seeds and a dose of ACV.
I know why I don't lose nearly as fast as you, I eat about twice that much usually (and not doing the extended fasting)! O well, I will get there just slower. You have a lot of will-power!
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Awesome meal Jim!!!! I leave to my husband the emptying out of the fridge now...I´ve totally lost control over my kitchen hahaha...
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Your meal looks so good!0
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WK........ Weight.....Week Chg.....Total......To Reach Phase 1 Goal
28.............250.................-3...........-102..............70
29.............248.................-2...........-104..............68
30.............243.................-5...........-109..............63
31.............241.................-2...........-111..............61
32.............240.5...........-0.5...........-111.5..........60.5
33.............236..............-4.5...........-116..............56....(partial fasting)
34.............221.5.........-14.5...........-130.5..........41.5 (fasting)
35.............219..............-2.5...........-133.............39.... (partial fasting)
36.............224.5..........+5.5...........-127.5..........44.5. (fasting recovery)
37.............221.5...........-3..............-130.5...........41.5. (6:1)
38.............217..............-4.5...........-135..............37.... (5:2)
39.............213.5...........-3.5...........-138.5...........33.5. (5:2)
40.............208 .............-5.5...........-144...............28 (5:2)
41.............205 .............-3..............-147...............25 (5:2)
42.............203 .............-2..............-149...............23 (5:2)
43.............199 .............-4..............-153...............19
44.............196.5...........-2.5...........-155.5............16.5 (202.5 high)
45.............195..............-1.5...........-157..............15 (202 high)
46.............193..............-2..............-159. ............13 (199.5 high)
47.............190..............-3..............-162..............10 (197 high)
48.............188..............-2..............-164..............8 (195 high)
I'm happy that both high and low weigh ins this week dropped by 2 pounds.
Mid week I had two nights with minimal sleep due to some anxiety over a trip next weekend.
Boy it's real easy to see how stress and lack of sleep can effect your overall well being.
A few of my runs were more of a struggle and I was thinking that the weigh loss might slow also but it turned out just fine.
One thing I'm getting a little tired of hearing from a few people at work is "You're too skinny Jim, you don't need to lose any more". I think they're trying to be complimentary but it sort of throws me a bit of a negative vibe.
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I agree with you on that Jim, I get the "You don't need to lose anymore weight" bit and it is so annoying.1
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Wow, I'm very impressed by your losses!!! 0
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Nice job Jim! What %bf do you think you are at? I think anything down to about 7% is acceptable. I think guys ideally would be about 7-12%. 16% is good.0
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Great job!!
Not sure about people's motivations sometimes - since when is it ok to comment negatively on how somebody looks. I think anything with a "too" attached to it automatically becomes somewhat negative and judgemental. If they said "Looking great Jim, you don't need to lose another pound." it might sound a bit better. That "too skinny" just carries so much meaning. Having said that, I'm 100% sure nobody has ever said that to me - the first time I'd probably be secretly a bit pleased, but imagine it would start getting old after a while.0 -
Thanks, I ran my numbers and it says 26%Nice job Jim! What %bf do you think you are at? I think anything down to about 7% is acceptable. I think guys ideally would be about 7-12%. 16% is good.
That is why I'm forging ahead and not feeling that I'm too skinny.
My waist has shrunk tremendously but for my height it's still too big (combination of some fat and excess skin)
I'd like to at least get under 20%, I'm going to start tracking measurements in my next phase.
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Thanks, I ran my numbers and it says 26%Nice job Jim! What %bf do you think you are at? I think anything down to about 7% is acceptable. I think guys ideally would be about 7-12%. 16% is good.
That is why I'm forging ahead and not feeling that I'm too skinny.
My waist has shrunk tremendously but for my height it's still too big (combination of some fat and excess skin)
I'd like to at least get under 20%, I'm going to start tracking measurements in my next phase.
You'll probably hit about 22% to 20%. I am around 20%. Be careful with the body fat % business. I think most people claiming it are lying. You'd have to be so unreasonably skinny that you'd need to be hospitalized. Unless you are a kid with no fat cells accumulated, you can't really get back to a super-low bf%. Or you could, but it wouldn't pay dividends. Fact is, people carry weight differently. And as once-big people, a super-low bf% won't look the same. It's you who has got to live with yourself.1 -
thanks for the advice, I am a bit skeptical about the numbers.arguablysamson wrote: »
Thanks, I ran my numbers and it says 26%Nice job Jim! What %bf do you think you are at? I think anything down to about 7% is acceptable. I think guys ideally would be about 7-12%. 16% is good.
That is why I'm forging ahead and not feeling that I'm too skinny.
My waist has shrunk tremendously but for my height it's still too big (combination of some fat and excess skin)
I'd like to at least get under 20%, I'm going to start tracking measurements in my next phase.
You'll probably hit about 22% to 20%. I am around 20%. Be careful with the body fat % business. I think most people claiming it are lying. You'd have to be so unreasonably skinny that you'd need to be hospitalized. Unless you are a kid with no fat cells accumulated, you can't really get back to a super-low bf%. Or you could, but it wouldn't pay dividends. Fact is, people carry weight differently. And as once-big people, a super-low bf% won't look the same. It's you who has got to live with yourself.
The fact is I'm going to approach this like everything else I've done so far which is to say I'm going to do what seems right for me. What that means is rather than try to hit a particular number from a calculation, what I really want is to wring out the excess belly fat that I still have. I know I'm never going to be super low % but I want to be better.
Like you said in one of your videos, just try to be the "best you" you can be. Or something like that.
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you have done an outstanding job in your weight loss phase Jim, no need for advice at all in the subject
the only suggestion I have is to start lifting weights ASAP, get yourself a gym membership, the gym needs to have, a squat rack, a bench, some olympic barbells and a few hundred pounds worth of plates
deadlifts, squats, military /bench presses, power cleans, pullups, dips, rows 3 to 5 times a week, 3-8 reps range
if you want to avoid the deflated balloon look, unless you have incredible genetics you are gonna have to lift if you want to look decent, giving you the heads up
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