Men on a Mission - Over 250, Looking to Drop 50

tllstaco

Weekly weigh in is.........269lb. Broke the 270lb barrier!!!!

TreyTLH

CW 220 (2/20/11)

DS13

228 today. Feels good! I finally got rid of all the garbage I ate last week.

pgp_protector

276.4 not a great week. Ate too much of the wife's cooking. :laugh:

PaulC9554

Well done guys. Still no movement on my part, 140.5kg. Things are getting desparate now. After all the weight loss last month to virtually nothing this month: I need to change something.

jaskelley

Missed the check-in yesterday. Today I'm @ 234.0.

Big thanks to everyone in this thread. It's such a motivator during the week knowing that I'll be posting in here come the weekend. And it's great to know I have a support group sweating along with me. :-D

paulmmichaud

just found this thread. Before I joined MFP I weighed at 276, as of yesterday I'm down to 243.8. My goal if to eventually see 164.

Paul

tdonlin

Going slow the past few weeks. Today's weigh in- 276

apolloag

Weighing in at 238 today. Have been a little frustrated as the past week has been the hardest working week for me - I have incorporated more rigorous elliptical exercise routines and also daily pushups and situps. Maybe I gained some muscle this week? In any case, I will post the results tonight - it looks like we had a good week, with several of you pulling off a loss of 3+ lbs.

For those of you that are new, either post your weekly weigh-in on Saturday or Sunday and make sure to post it on this thread (I'm not going to go hunt down your profile). Also, please be consistent from week to week on the day you post, so we can have a fair weight comparison between the members of this group. To help with the statistics, please include:

1) Starting weight, as of January 2, 2011. You are welcome to share your original starting weight too - we'd love to hear how far you've come along.
2) If it's your first week posting, please post your last week's weight, as the 'rankings' are based on weight lost over the past week.
3) Post your goal weight. You may have some mini-goals, but please post your ultimate goal weight.

And for fun:
4) Tell us what you are doing to achieve your goals (i.e. calorie count, P90X, walking, etc.)

Keep up the good work men! I will post the results tonight!

apolloag

Hello Men! Here are the results! Way to go C-Bran droppin' a big 6! Like I mentioned before, we had a few men drop at least 3 pounds too - overall a great week. Though, a few of us (including myself) didn't do as well. I know for a fact what I ate, how much I worked, and based on the ideal mathematical formula of calories lost = calories consumed - calories burned, I should've lost 3 lbs. However, I think I added some muscle this week - we'll see what happens next week.

For those of you that feel that you are not making as much progress over the last week or two, perhaps this is your situation too. If not, make sure to take into account what you are eating. Several years ago, I remember going to the gym 3-5 times a week and burning 1000 calories per session. However, I wasn't keeping track of what I was eating and I wasn't losing as much weight as I probably could have been losing.

Keep up the good work and along with what jaskelley said earlier this week, I agree that it really helps to know we have this forum and that we post our weekly weight. It gives me something to look forward to and work towards; it also helps to know that you guys are working at it too! To a new week!

tllstaco

One thing I've noticed that impacts my weight a lot is my sodium intake. I don't do such a good job of keeping below the target. When I exceed the target by more than 1,000mg or so, my weight goes up the next day by several pounds and takes a couple of days to come back down.

I can't find it now, but someone posted pictures before and after lowering their sodium intake. The difference in one week was astounding to me.

spinndrift

Late again for the second week running thanks to work getting in the way - 245 for what it's worth.

pancho45

Hello all. Is it to late to join this group? I have over 150 lbs to lose and could really use the support, let me know, thanks!

apolloag

Pancho, you are welcome to join. I am going to quote myself from a previous forum post:

For those of you that are new, either post your weekly weigh-in on Saturday or Sunday and make sure to post it on this thread (I'm not going to go hunt down your profile). Also, please be consistent from week to week on the day you post, so we can have a fair weight comparison between the members of this group. To help with the statistics, please include:

1) Starting weight, as of January 2, 2011. You are welcome to share your original starting weight too - we'd love to hear how far you've come along. If you are starting after January 2, then post that starting weight.
2) If it's your first week posting, please post your last week's weight, as the 'rankings' are based on weight lost over the past week.
3) Post your goal weight. You may have some mini-goals, but please post your ultimate goal weight.

And for fun:
4) Tell us what you are doing to achieve your goals (i.e. calorie count, P90X, walking, etc.)

Look forward to seeing your results next weekend and comparing them to last weekend! Good luck!

PoleBoy

keep it up guys, you're doing good. I kinda missed the boat on this one.

pancho45

SW on 1/3: 435
CW (as of this morning): 410.2
GW: 250

Thanks for letting get in on the group, I will update my weight every Sunday.

chris_andress

260 :huh: Back at it, though!

Ibgroovy

I finally broke the 20 lb barrier! I know it isn't much compared to how far I have to go, but it's territory I haven't seen in more than ten years. I've been good, but still hovering just above that 20 lb mark for the last two weeks.

I still have about 70 lb to go.

C_Bran

SW: 327 (12/1/10)
GW: 215
LWW: 292
CW: 290
WD: 2
TWL: 37

apolloag

I forgot the topic of the week! What do you men do to motivate you during exercise? Do you listen to a certain type of music? Watch a certain TV show?

On a side note, ceebran, I take it you are posting your results on a weekly basis on Wednesday? I will try to remember to go back through the thread when I gather up the data for the week - it's a lot easier if it is all posted on Saturday or Sunday.

Keep up the good work Men!

tdonlin

My primary form of exercise is playing racquetball 3 - 5 times a week. I also use the treadmill & elliptical during which I'll listen to a playlist on my ipod. I also just started with a new program called Lolo beatburn which is an intervals form of training on the treadmill or outdoors. It has an included playlist or it can also use your playlist. The app will automatically speed up or slow down any song to the rhythm or pace at which you are walking or running. There is also a voice that instructs you as you go. So far am loving this loving this app. 45 minutes goes by so quick compared to a single pace on the treadmill. Also read an article about a research in which people doing high intensity interval training lost on average 3 times the weight during a shorter exercise session over the course if 6 months.

tllstaco

I have been using the elliptical for my excercise (Schwinn 420). I have made a game of it. If my previous best session was 20 minutes, 6mph, level 2 on course 2 I will try and do 21 minutes and 6.1 mph. Trying to top by best previous has kept me motivated thus far. Today, I didn't have much time so I only excercised for 12 minutes but I average 6.2 mph and increased the level to 4 out of 8 so I was more out of breath and get my heart rate up.

I have found for me I get bored if I am not pushing as hard as I can. When my mind loses focus, I start thinking I can't go anymore. Unfortunately, that means I can't go as long since I am going so fast at such a high level.

Swilson87

I have to be distracted. My gym has TV's on all of the carido machines, so I channel surf most of the time. While I'm doing resistance training, I'll plug into the IPOD.

Swilson87

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LWW: 264
CW: 258

That's right I've gotten rid of 6lbs this week. I'm kinda pumped......

C_Bran

I forgot the topic of the week! What do you men do to motivate you during exercise? Do you listen to a certain type of music? Watch a certain TV show?

The motivation I use is basically music that's up beat and sounds like that a boxer may train with. I also start my warm-up and stretching with the audio from the opening scene of Ali (with Will Smith). So the music would be classified as fight music.

And I am trying to post a little bit better. I weighed today and here are the results.........

SW: 327 (12/1/10)
GW: 215
LWW: 292
CW: 287
WD: 5
TWL: 40

tdonlin

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LWW: 264
CW: 258

That's right I've gotten rid of 6lbs this week. I'm kinda pumped......

That is fricken fantastic

thomasvision

Today - Feb 26th I am - - - 241.4
On Feb 19th, 2011 - - - 238.4
On Feb 12th, 2011 - - -238.6
On Feb 5th, 2011 - - - 242.6
On Jan 29, 2011 - - -245.4
On Jan 22, 2011 - - - 246.8
On Jan 15, 2011 - - - 247.8
On Jan 9, 2011 - - - 248.4.
On Jan 2, 2011 - - - 253.4

Didn't see this one coming. But I will just have to work harder next week and get the train moving again. Definitely not embarrassed to have gained weight its just another bump in the road in my fitness journey. I am on Day 40 something of P90X and loving it. I go and walk trails every weekend with the family and love it. Going to the Zoo today to go wrestle with my favorite animal the Lion.

Have a Blessed Weekend guys!

Swilson87

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LWW: 264
CW: 258

That's right I've gotten rid of 6lbs this week. I'm kinda pumped......

That is fricken fantastic

Thanks man. I've finally gotten what works best for me. To add to the success, I purchased a HR monitor to better track my calories burned. So I'm hoping for continued successful larger numbers for as long as it lasts. Congrats on your 40+ ponds. I'll have to chase you to stay motivated...lol

jaskelley

Today - Feb 26th I am - - - 241.4
On Feb 19th, 2011 - - - 238.4
On Feb 12th, 2011 - - -238.6
On Feb 5th, 2011 - - - 242.6
On Jan 29, 2011 - - -245.4
On Jan 22, 2011 - - - 246.8
On Jan 15, 2011 - - - 247.8
On Jan 9, 2011 - - - 248.4.
On Jan 2, 2011 - - - 253.4

Didn't see this one coming. But I will just have to work harder next week and get the train moving again. Definitely not embarrassed to have gained weight its just another bump in the road in my fitness journey. I am on Day 40 something of P90X and loving it. I go and walk trails every weekend with the family and love it. Going to the Zoo today to go wrestle with my favorite animal the Lion.

Have a Blessed Weekend guys!

Just setting up for a massive loss next week, that's all.

jaskelley

Today's weigh-in: 234.2. Up 0.2 from last week.