191 pounds lost since January (288 total). I am no longer obese.
SeikoMonster
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Hit a rather big long term goal today. On December 31, 2016 I weighed 400.8 pounds (BMI of 58) Today I clocked in at 209.2 pounds (BMI of 30) That moves me from obese to overweight on the chart.
My waist was 69 inches, chest was 62. Now 41 inches and 42 inches.
In July of 2015 I was in the hospital for a broken leg, and they took a weight on me. 497 pounds.... That was close enough to my highest, and a verifiable weight, so that makes it 288 total since that time. I lost that first hundred in the 1.5 years by still eating pizza, and fast food as the majority of my diet and still drinking coke and alcohol as my only sources of liquid. But I was eating less of it.
It has been a lot of hard work so far, and I know loosing is just the beginning. Keeping it off once you reach the goal is the real battle.
I am so dang happy. A long way yet to go. But man it feels good. Theoretically for my height and frame I should be in the 170 range. Not using BMI as a strict golden rule or anything, but it is a measurement I can compare against. I will never be "happy" with my body due to loose skin and may never loose my belly. But it gives me a set point to see where I am at when I hit it. I may decided a higher or lower maintenance weight once I am there, however that is months away, and today I celebrate!
My plan of action this year has worked!!! I DIDN'T QUIT!!! I WON'T QUIT!!!!
I eat 1400 calories a day, and have since January 10th when I started the diet for real. Probably more like January 16th took me a few days to fine tune my meal planning and really work out my measurements. I eat the same thing every single day. No variety, no substitutions, no cheating. Since the 10th I have gone over 1400 calories 3 or 4 days only. Once a month I enjoy a Chick Fil A sandwich as a treat, but I keep in the 1400 calories even when I do. I have had red meat 3 times.
For exercise, starting out in January, I could barely walk down the street 6 or 7 houses and back with the dog. I would get horrible shin splints. Slowly but surly I worked at it and got it up to a mile (taking over 25 minutes) Then I added in a second mile at night. Now I do 2 or 3 miles before work every day (under 16 min miles) along with making sure I hit at least 10,000 steps a day (average 13,000).
At 350 pounds I joined a gym, very light weight lifting and some time on the exercise bike. Now I still do weight lifting daily, and have worked up to 25 minutes at a very high pace on the stationary bike.
At 300 pounds I started riding a bike on the street. Again slow progression from just a couple of miles a day in 2 rides, up to 8 miles all at once now. Going to have to cut this back now that I need to slow the weight loss down on the advice of my doctor. Checked my fitness tracker totals the other day. Since May I have over 2000 miles on the bike!!
16:8 IF has helped me so much. Just the meal timing and structure it provides is invaluable. It cut my snacking and want of snacking to nothing. I can look at a clock and say "Oh its only X amount of time till dinner I can wait" No need to go grab a bag of chip and wash it down with a 2 liter of coke.
Even with my 1400 calorie diet I had a small bowl of bran flakes in between lunch and dinner everyday. I started just eating it with lunch because I was never hungry in between and would forget to eat it half the time.
Sorry for the very long winded post.
Feel free to ask any questions.
It is incredibly embarrassing to post these pictures, but heck here it goes. Maybe it will provide some inspiration to someone to keep going.
400 pounds
209 pounds
My waist was 69 inches, chest was 62. Now 41 inches and 42 inches.
In July of 2015 I was in the hospital for a broken leg, and they took a weight on me. 497 pounds.... That was close enough to my highest, and a verifiable weight, so that makes it 288 total since that time. I lost that first hundred in the 1.5 years by still eating pizza, and fast food as the majority of my diet and still drinking coke and alcohol as my only sources of liquid. But I was eating less of it.
It has been a lot of hard work so far, and I know loosing is just the beginning. Keeping it off once you reach the goal is the real battle.
I am so dang happy. A long way yet to go. But man it feels good. Theoretically for my height and frame I should be in the 170 range. Not using BMI as a strict golden rule or anything, but it is a measurement I can compare against. I will never be "happy" with my body due to loose skin and may never loose my belly. But it gives me a set point to see where I am at when I hit it. I may decided a higher or lower maintenance weight once I am there, however that is months away, and today I celebrate!
My plan of action this year has worked!!! I DIDN'T QUIT!!! I WON'T QUIT!!!!
I eat 1400 calories a day, and have since January 10th when I started the diet for real. Probably more like January 16th took me a few days to fine tune my meal planning and really work out my measurements. I eat the same thing every single day. No variety, no substitutions, no cheating. Since the 10th I have gone over 1400 calories 3 or 4 days only. Once a month I enjoy a Chick Fil A sandwich as a treat, but I keep in the 1400 calories even when I do. I have had red meat 3 times.
For exercise, starting out in January, I could barely walk down the street 6 or 7 houses and back with the dog. I would get horrible shin splints. Slowly but surly I worked at it and got it up to a mile (taking over 25 minutes) Then I added in a second mile at night. Now I do 2 or 3 miles before work every day (under 16 min miles) along with making sure I hit at least 10,000 steps a day (average 13,000).
At 350 pounds I joined a gym, very light weight lifting and some time on the exercise bike. Now I still do weight lifting daily, and have worked up to 25 minutes at a very high pace on the stationary bike.
At 300 pounds I started riding a bike on the street. Again slow progression from just a couple of miles a day in 2 rides, up to 8 miles all at once now. Going to have to cut this back now that I need to slow the weight loss down on the advice of my doctor. Checked my fitness tracker totals the other day. Since May I have over 2000 miles on the bike!!
16:8 IF has helped me so much. Just the meal timing and structure it provides is invaluable. It cut my snacking and want of snacking to nothing. I can look at a clock and say "Oh its only X amount of time till dinner I can wait" No need to go grab a bag of chip and wash it down with a 2 liter of coke.
Even with my 1400 calorie diet I had a small bowl of bran flakes in between lunch and dinner everyday. I started just eating it with lunch because I was never hungry in between and would forget to eat it half the time.
Sorry for the very long winded post.
Feel free to ask any questions.
It is incredibly embarrassing to post these pictures, but heck here it goes. Maybe it will provide some inspiration to someone to keep going.
400 pounds
209 pounds
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Way to go! You have done such an amazing job. Kudos!4
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What a tremendous accomplishment!! Woot woot!! I hope you know how tremendous you are for persevering every day, pound after pound! Keep walking and riding-- do your thing, sir. Much respect.
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That is an amazing achievement! Congratulations and good luck for the future.4
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Congratulations on your success, which is so inspirational!3
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Wow, amazing! This is so inspiring thanks for sharing!2
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Holy Cow! Congrats on your commitment and progress!4
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Nothing but respect for what you have accomplished. Don’t be embarrassed by these photos either, you should be so proud. Congratulations!14
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Amazing! Way to stick with it!1
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Amazing! So inspired thanks for sharing your story and never quit!4
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Awesomely done congrats3
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Wow!! Congratulations on such a remarkable achievement.3
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That is an amazing accomplishment, You Rock!!!2
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I am overwhelmed!! What an inspiration you are!! Thanks so much for sharing your personal story!! And I have no doubt that you will continue to achieve your goals!4
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Wow such an inspiration! Well done your should be extremely proud3
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You are amazing and you inspire me! Congrats for all of your success and sticking to it. What an accomplishment!3
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You have done an amazing job! Well done. You look great:-)4
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You should not be embarrassed! You have done it!! Keep up the good work - one day at a time!!!
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Amazing!3
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What a remarkable, inspiring journey! You have the mindset to reach your goal and maintain. Thanks for sharing.1
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You are such an inspiration to me! You are doing such a fantastic job and are now helping others through your experiences, story and pictures. Thank you so much for sharing!!!!3
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Congratulations! Such awesomeness!
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wow...inspirational..! I am down 110 lbs and just had a tummy tuck yesterday to get rid of the excess skin...Really amazing...Keep up the great work!4
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WOW! You are awesome
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What a massive change you've made! You definitely shouldn't be embarrassed.
Now you have a relatively small amount of weight left to lose, have you considered increasing your calories and slowing down your rate of loss? Even having a diet break for a few weeks? (there is a great thread going on the benefit of refeeds and diet breaks, perhaps find it and have a read?) 1400 calories is quite low for even a woman, you could definitely handle eating more!10 -
Thank you everyone for the kind words!livingleanlivingclean wrote: »... have you considered increasing your calories and slowing down your rate of loss? Even having a diet break for a few weeks? ....
Yes, slowing down is fast approaching. Up till now I have been losing over 4.5 pounds a week. Doctor said that was fine with the amount of weight I had to shed. I'm okay to continue as is till 200 pounds and then we will reevaluate what I should be trying to achieve in terms of burn rate.
Should be 200 just prior to Thanksgiving, and Im absolutely going to take a few days off for that and enjoy a few good meals with family.
I don't know if I will keep with the 1400 and drop the exercise or up the calories a bit and keep it. I sure do hate the bike rides everyday, so that would be all too easy to quit.
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awesome great job1
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Truly amazing.4
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Inspirational! Awe-inspiring! Impressive! Overwhelming! Mind-blowing! Admirable! So wonderful for you! My utmost respect!2
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So awesome!! Thank you for sharing your story. What an inspiration.1
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You are an inspiration! You have all my respect and admiration. Don't be ashamed of the photos, they are your pictures of a wonderful journey!7
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