Half way there!

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Jon4189
Jon4189 Posts: 111 Member

Hi,

I am half way there! I started off at ~217 on 4/11 and now I am down to 198.5 which is half way to my initial goal of 180. I am Jon, 57, 6 foot 2 and an avid cyclist. This has to be my 4th time losing weight. I have used MFP three other times to do it, and it works. But this time is going to be different, I am tired of ballooning back up after I reach my goals.

I am going to keep weighing myself daily and using these discussion groups to keep myself accountable!

I hate to say this but the easy half is done, now comes the harder part the second half. As I lose weight all the exercise I have been doing is getting easier because, I am lugging less weight around :) and my body is adjusting too, my muscles are burning fat more effectively aka less fat burn per mile. My body metabolism is also going to slow down too.

What I am going to do during the second half:

  • Exercise more ( you don't lose weight persay exercising but I want to burn fat and be heart healthy).
  • Keep calm and carry on
    • Be motivated even though I will plateau more easily.
  • More high protein items which can be hard for a vegetarian who loves cheese and carbs!
  • Daily check in with my 100 day challenge thread and my exercise thread.
  • This Winter and Fall, I am going to join Swift and do measured rides when the weather turns.

Thanks for reading! And reading all your threads help keep me motivated too!

Jon

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 15,308 Member

    Sounds like you have a plan. Which is good.

    Just a thought though based on what and how you wrote it; based on how you presented your plan: exercise good. Very good. Awesome in fact.

    But, without minimizing the flexibility offered by the increased TDEE that is inherent in a high activity / high exercise lifestyle. A high TDEE lifestyle isn't just kittens and rainbow and it is IS a bit of a mixed bag.

    You really should continue stressing the intake side of the equation and continue to keep an eye on the choices you make.

    There is a thin line between throwing a couple of gratuitous candy bars at the end of the day just to bridge the calories gap because you pushed 4000+ cals out that day (I'm just under 5ft 8 so I've incremented my corresponding personal 3500+ up to 4k+ to account for our hight difference 😆).... and getting used to having a couple of gratuitous candy bars a day (ask me why I bring this up🤯)

    There do exist some extra long term maintenance concerns in the second instance.

    Look: 100%: an environment and collection of habits and interests that promote reduced weight maintenance? I'm all in! I can't disagree with a path very similar to the one I chose.

    But.

    I still log. No, I don't gain or lose when I don't log. It is quite obvious, several years later, that I seldom systematically overeat just because of food cues. Sure. Yummy foods will increase the chance of me overeating. But I do know that I am eating when I don't need to when I'm doing so.

    But logging has become part of the self care and environment that promotes weight maintenance.

    But the goal is not the logging.

    The goal is ensuring the appropriate caloric intake.

    So.

    80+% of your plan does not mention or touch on caloric intake.

    Yet 80% of your successful weight maintenance will come from eucaloric intake!

    I encourage you to think on this... and I look forward to seeing you around!👍🏼

    (Re slow weight loss: if you do not yet have/use a weight trend app... I would strongly encourage you to try one for a bit!)