Men on a Mission - Part 2

tllstaco

Still no weight loss. My weight is bouncing all over the place right now. Probably because of my sodium intake. On a positive note, biceps are more solid, I actually am getting shoulder muscles that I can see. Legs are definitely more solid too. Today on my workout I did 450 squats, 95 situps, 83 pushups in several sets. Trying not to stress about the scale, but it is difficult.

Congrats to all of those who lost!

PaulC9554

Slight increase this week. Up to 131.2kg.
Well done all who have shifted some this week.

tdonlin

Here are last weeks results. Looks like I am leading the pack going into this week. Would love to see one of you others just blow me out of the water next week. Lets push ourselves just a bit more. I plan to really try and focus on my eating this week.

tllstaco

And the verdict is........no weight loss again. I mixed it up a little bit this week and tried to keep my net calories low. My average net calories was 1500/day. I had hoped I would see an impact but I didn't.

On the NSV front, I have spent a lot of time climbing this week at work. Climbing distillation towers and stairs in the process unit are MUCH easier this year. Seems I am in better shape. Not toting around an extra 40 lbs up and down helps!

Good luck to everyone!

StevLL

I'm up 2.4lbs, but I'm sure it's water from sodium. not bummed, cause feeling like I'm getting smaller. Shorts and pants are hanging off me and I have the next size down ready to go. CW 316 LWW 313.6. I was at 312 last wednesday, but I got cocky and over did sodium high foods. Okay, back on track and back on the bike this week.

Good luck all let's do this!

tdonlin

Well, it seems like some of us have been a bit remiss in checking in. I hope they have just been busy lately and will soon be back on board. This weeks biggest loser is actually the person that did not gain anything. Taco, I know it has been extremely frustrating not seeing the scale move week after week. I applaud that you still push yourself and I am certain that sooner or later, the weight will begin to drop off for you. Just keep at it my friend.
I am up 1.6 pounds this week and I'm not really sure what happened. I had a pretty good week last week. It seems that the weekends are my downfall though. Went on an all day motorcycle ride on Saturday eating at a dive, hole in the wall place for lunch. Yesterday went to a B-day party for a 1 year old and ended up with a burger and some cake. But like StevLL, I am not feeling bad about this, as I am physically feeling better than ever and am feeling the difference.
Only 3 of us checked in this week and here are the results.

Bigeddy

Sorry guys for not checking in. Busy weekend and a motivational dip. No logging done so pounds are up: LWW 114,0 CWW 115,1.

Pulled my self together and started logging again as of this monday. Tim, thanks for your reminder, appreciate it. Will be back this weekend with some good news!!

Cheers.

StevLL

Up 1.2lbs to CWW 317.2 LWW 316. Been crazy four weeks. Taking three days off to chilax and regroup. HAven't pedaled the bike or touched the weights for two weeks and I think that is when has me down and feeling moody. Will figure out how to get back into the game.

tllstaco

Still no change. My weight fluctuates all over the place right now.

StevLL, keep the faith. You can do it!

tdonlin

Well gents, it's Monday morning and another week and week end is behind us. It seems a few of our brothers have dropped off lately. If you are MFP friends with any of them, could you please give them a shout out that we want them back. Also, if you have any other male friends that you think might benifit from this to give them an invite. I think a little more participation and fresh motivation may be what the doctor is ordering.

I don't know how I did it. I was expecting to have a gain this week and was very pleasantly surprised to have lost .8 pounds. StevLL, I know you and Hoots have been having a rough and busy time lately. I have no worries you will be coming back strong. you guys are in my thoughts. Taco, no change again but at least your weight is now fluctuating. Maybe your body is finally going to decide to jump off or at least slowly climb down this plateau that has been giving you fits. Bigeddy, posted are your numbers from last week that you provided. You (as you already know) are also up a bit. Lets get back in the game guys.

Here is last week's numbers. Looks like I take the top spot with a .8 loss.

StevLL

Good job Tim! Yes let's drum up some competition. Thanks for the vote of confidence, I realized I haven't really worked out or even done anything around the property for three weeks whihc is a lot of the problem. I'm back in the saddle and geting ready to hit it.

Bigeddy

Guys, again too late. LWW 115,1 CWW 114,9. Mmm, gotta do better, but looking for that motivational fire I had when I started. Difficult times on the weight loss area.

tllstaco

I have been up since 4am. Just realized I forgot to weigh in this week.

Good luck to everyone!!

tdonlin

I have been up since 4am. Just realized I forgot to weigh in this week.

Good luck to everyone!!

Go ahead and jump on the scale.

StevLL

Well good news is weight not up this week, but not down either. Man gotta find that workout motivation. It's what I'm missing right now. Good luck gents!

tdonlin

Happy Monday morning guys. I seriously think we need some new blood on our thread. Tell me what you all think of this: How about I post on the general MFP a shout out for some new men that want to lose a minimum of 75 pounds to come to our thread? Also, how about I go ahead at this time and start a "New" men on a mission thread. I would have us, and any new guys, post our starting weights, goals, etc... just like we are doing now. We have all worked too hard and I personally don't want to start back at zero.
I was thinking of trying to get 6 or 7 new men to join. Unfortunately, I would delete the folks that haven't been on here for weeks. It is just making the charts cluttered. I will ask everyone to get their weights in by Sunday night and will post Monday morning sometime. It doesn't matter if they weigh in on Wednesday or whatever, but for purposes of the chart the week will start every Monday.

Here is this weeks chart. Looks like I was the only one to lose any this week.

StevLL

Sounds like a plan Tim. I just got back on the workout train last night and I think that's going to help get this thing moving again. It's funny how we convince oursleves it's only been a short time, but time gets away from you and the more I say I'll get around to it, the more I get a round too it. :-)

KokomoJoe

I am willing to join this group. Looks like you are posting weights on Monday so I will add my weight then. My current goal is to hit 250 by Christmas. Ultimately looking to get to 225 again.

StarGeezer

Reporting for duty as well.

tdonlin

Hey guys,

Here is the link for the new thread I started. There are a whole lot of new guys and I think we will all do much better with the extra motivation.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/368821-looking-for-a-few-good-men?page=1#posts-5018615

smarterthanyoda

I'm really excited about joining this group. My starting weight was 303 and now I'm 288. My goal weight is 185.

I've also started logging my workouts on fitocracy. I could also start a group there if anybody's interested. I've got some invites so hit me up if you need one.

StarGeezer

(Originally posted this in the sign-up thread, but as it may soon be closed, I figured I'd re-post it here to introduce myself.)



Hi there, regular listener, first-time caller. Oh wait, wrong venue... :bigsmile:

I'm Tim (not to be confused with Tim...err...the OTHER Tim. Hehe!) My story in a nutshell (which, by the way, is a really silly place for storage for anything besides nuts...where was I? Oh yes...) Been a "big guy" since I was about 7, and reached my maximum impressive dimensions after being taken out of work about 8 years ago for spine and joint related health issues. Most of it was largely due to a huge case of indifference on my part...just stopped caring.

I had something of an epiphany earlier this year... it occurred to me that I didn't HAVE to live this way! It may seem simple to some, but it was a revolutionary concept to me! By doing nothing, I was succumbing to a slow, miserable death by putting a cream-filled gun to my head every day. I had it within my power to not only stop the slow descent into oblivion, but actually throw the whole train into reverse. And here we are, gentlemen. Step-by-step, day-by-day, calorie-by-calorie, I'm undoing what I allowed to happen for far too long.

I'm in it for the duration. While I always tend to put others first, in this one instance, I'm making an exception... I'm doing this for me. It dawned on me I can't give what I don't have to begin with, so I need to start building some personal equity in my own life so I can have something of value to eventually pass on to others.

And that, friends, is why I'm here. Well, that and the scenic vistas, but mostly the other thing. Great to be here, and thank you for having me! :glasses:

tdonlin

FYI everyone, I had the other thread moved to the Motivation and Support section. I hope you all get over there and become a regular poster and we will do this together. Here's the linky...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/369271-looking-for-a-few-good-men

StarGeezer

FYI everyone, I had the other thread moved to the Motivation and Support section. I hope you all get over there and become a regular poster and we will do this together. Here's the linky...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/369271-looking-for-a-few-good-men

OK Tim, I'm a bit confused...which thread is going to be the active thread? It sounded like the "recruitment" thread was going to be closed/locked. Kindly advise. Thanks.

tdonlin

FYI everyone, I had the other thread moved to the Motivation and Support section. I hope you all get over there and become a regular poster and we will do this together. Here's the linky...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/369271-looking-for-a-few-good-men

OK Tim, I'm a bit confused...which thread is going to be the active thread? It sounded like the "recruitment" thread was going to be closed/locked. Kindly advise. Thanks.

The active thread will be on the other one. This thread was initially started by Apolloag and he still gets notified every time someone post here despite no longer participating. I was inquiring how to close the other thread so that additional guys would no longer try and join. I found that closing a thread doesn't actually prevent anyone else from continuing to post. I had the other thread moved to the Motivation section for a couple of reasons. 1) I thought that section was more appropriate and 2) I think the Success section is the most popular and did not want this thread to always go to the top and have others constantly trying to jump in.

I hope this answered your question and I apologize to everyone for the confusion. Still kind of learning and fumbling my way through this.

chris_andress

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chris_andress

SW 293

CW 256

GW 230

PaulC9554

I've just responded to an invite.
I'll wait until the threads get sorted before getting involved. Confused.