Goal Reached WOOOT WOOOT
pg3ibew
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Hi Everyone.
I am a 5'10" male. I started my diet on Dec 15, 2011 at 250 pounds.
I joined MFP in mid January 2012 at 245 pounds. I set my goal at 200 pounds. Today, I reached my goal weight. But I am not done. I changed my goals to 180 pounds.
Here is how I acheived my goals. They may not be for everyone, but they worked for me.
First off, I was fat and didn't want to be fat any longer. I started by going to the gym everyday and trying to eat better. In mid January, my son gave me the name of this site and I joined. I realized something very quickly after I joined. Losing weight is basically SIMPLE MATH.
I punched in my height, weight and age and activity level(I actually cheated myself). The site told me how many calories I burn n a normal day and how many calories I could eat to lose 2 pounds per week. I quickly became like a mad scientist. Weighing and portioning out all of my food. Thankfully, wifey was on board and she quickly came around and starting eating the same way.
I had Very good weeks, decent weeks and not-so-good weeks. I only weigh myself on Sunday mornings. And every week I was happy to lose 2 pounds. If I see a larger weight lose, I am excited. I think I only had one week in which I didn't lose at least two pounds. That week I lost one pound and was PISSED. Got right back on track and have been ging strong.
I am eating the same foods I always ate. My diary is open for all to see. I refuse to totally cut any food out of my diet. I still eat ice cream(real ice cream) 4-5 nights a week. I didn't pay attention to Micros or macros or any other crap other than CALORIES. I quickly learned where alot of my calories were coming from and slowly started reducing, avoiding, or using alternatives to what I considered WASTED/USELESS CALORIES. Simply by default, I started eating healthier. Less and less olive oil(I don't care that olive oil is good for you, it has a ton of calories) and dressings. Switched from regular potatoes to sweet potatoes. White rice became brown rice. You get the picture.
I never ate back my work out calories and was under my calorie goals for the day, 95 percent of the time. I have, not once, felt any hunger while dieting. I plan my meals so I can optimize my night time snacking. I love snacking at night.
Also, I have a cheat night at least once, every single week. My bride and I go out to eat every Friday or Saturday night. Sometimes both nights. I am not talking about fast food(mcdonalds, applebees or crap like that). I am talking about restaurants, Italian, steakhouses, chinese, whatever. Not being with my scale, I would TRY to make healthy choices and would eye ball what I was eating and make sure to log it when I got home.
I am here to tell ALL of you, that you can accomplish this as well. I am/was a PROFFESIONAL EATER. I don't eat fast food or garbage. My wife and I can cook, and I mean COOK GOOD food. Real, fattening, tasty food.
Ok, now I am gonna get on my soap box and preach for a minute.
ANYONE that has any excuses as to why they can't lose weight, simply is making excuses.
I have a torn ACL and miniscuss. I can't run at all. That doesn't stop me from walking on the tread mill. I started slow and now I do an hour at 15 incline and any where from 3.6 - 4 on the speed.
I don't have time to diet or go to the gym. I work 60 hours a week. My bride works full time as well. WE MAKE TIME. We go to the gym together always. Even if it is 8-9 o'clock at night.
We have 3 teenagers that don't like what we eat. We have 3 options for that. One, we basically eat the same foods, so there is no difference. 2 They enjoy certain foods that we don't, so, for example, they love fried chicken cutlets. We will fry theirs and grill ours. 3 If they don't like what we are eating for dinner, the next meal is breakfast.
If your spouse, mother, father, who ever, won't cook what you NEED to be eating, cook for yourself.
Dieting is expensive. FALSE. We are spending less money on food every week. Simple math. Eat less, spend less.
This is the last thing I will preach about. WE ARE FAT AND OVERWEIGHT. When we eat ourselves to death, our significant other will take our insurance money, hire a trainer of the opposite sex. Lose weight. Have an affair with the trainer and probably spend the rest of the insurance money on plastic surgery(implants or something like that)
And no, I am too lazy to post pics.
Before
Today
I am a 5'10" male. I started my diet on Dec 15, 2011 at 250 pounds.
I joined MFP in mid January 2012 at 245 pounds. I set my goal at 200 pounds. Today, I reached my goal weight. But I am not done. I changed my goals to 180 pounds.
Here is how I acheived my goals. They may not be for everyone, but they worked for me.
First off, I was fat and didn't want to be fat any longer. I started by going to the gym everyday and trying to eat better. In mid January, my son gave me the name of this site and I joined. I realized something very quickly after I joined. Losing weight is basically SIMPLE MATH.
I punched in my height, weight and age and activity level(I actually cheated myself). The site told me how many calories I burn n a normal day and how many calories I could eat to lose 2 pounds per week. I quickly became like a mad scientist. Weighing and portioning out all of my food. Thankfully, wifey was on board and she quickly came around and starting eating the same way.
I had Very good weeks, decent weeks and not-so-good weeks. I only weigh myself on Sunday mornings. And every week I was happy to lose 2 pounds. If I see a larger weight lose, I am excited. I think I only had one week in which I didn't lose at least two pounds. That week I lost one pound and was PISSED. Got right back on track and have been ging strong.
I am eating the same foods I always ate. My diary is open for all to see. I refuse to totally cut any food out of my diet. I still eat ice cream(real ice cream) 4-5 nights a week. I didn't pay attention to Micros or macros or any other crap other than CALORIES. I quickly learned where alot of my calories were coming from and slowly started reducing, avoiding, or using alternatives to what I considered WASTED/USELESS CALORIES. Simply by default, I started eating healthier. Less and less olive oil(I don't care that olive oil is good for you, it has a ton of calories) and dressings. Switched from regular potatoes to sweet potatoes. White rice became brown rice. You get the picture.
I never ate back my work out calories and was under my calorie goals for the day, 95 percent of the time. I have, not once, felt any hunger while dieting. I plan my meals so I can optimize my night time snacking. I love snacking at night.
Also, I have a cheat night at least once, every single week. My bride and I go out to eat every Friday or Saturday night. Sometimes both nights. I am not talking about fast food(mcdonalds, applebees or crap like that). I am talking about restaurants, Italian, steakhouses, chinese, whatever. Not being with my scale, I would TRY to make healthy choices and would eye ball what I was eating and make sure to log it when I got home.
I am here to tell ALL of you, that you can accomplish this as well. I am/was a PROFFESIONAL EATER. I don't eat fast food or garbage. My wife and I can cook, and I mean COOK GOOD food. Real, fattening, tasty food.
Ok, now I am gonna get on my soap box and preach for a minute.
ANYONE that has any excuses as to why they can't lose weight, simply is making excuses.
I have a torn ACL and miniscuss. I can't run at all. That doesn't stop me from walking on the tread mill. I started slow and now I do an hour at 15 incline and any where from 3.6 - 4 on the speed.
I don't have time to diet or go to the gym. I work 60 hours a week. My bride works full time as well. WE MAKE TIME. We go to the gym together always. Even if it is 8-9 o'clock at night.
We have 3 teenagers that don't like what we eat. We have 3 options for that. One, we basically eat the same foods, so there is no difference. 2 They enjoy certain foods that we don't, so, for example, they love fried chicken cutlets. We will fry theirs and grill ours. 3 If they don't like what we are eating for dinner, the next meal is breakfast.
If your spouse, mother, father, who ever, won't cook what you NEED to be eating, cook for yourself.
Dieting is expensive. FALSE. We are spending less money on food every week. Simple math. Eat less, spend less.
This is the last thing I will preach about. WE ARE FAT AND OVERWEIGHT. When we eat ourselves to death, our significant other will take our insurance money, hire a trainer of the opposite sex. Lose weight. Have an affair with the trainer and probably spend the rest of the insurance money on plastic surgery(implants or something like that)
And no, I am too lazy to post pics.
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WTG OP!!!
Stop being lazy though, post those piccies, we want piccies, we want piccies!!!!
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Congratulations!0
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That was really awesome!! And motivating!0
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Wonder what the effects would be on childhood obesity if more parents took your stand: We have good food, eat it. Small allowances sometimes. If you don't like it the next meal's breakfast! WTG. And congrats to you AND your bride on healthier lifestyle.0
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Congratulations on your goal reached! Thank you for a great, common-sense post. Yes, it comes down to simple math, portion control and better food choices, not crazy diets and completely cutting out foods you enjoy. It's also down to eliminating bad habits. Mine is wine, and while I don't eliminate it completely, I have cut back on my intake and frequency. I've always loved working out, so that part is easy for me.
Again, congratulations on reaching your goal! I enjoyed reading your post.0 -
I needed to read this post today. Thank you for sharing, and congratulations!!!!! Awesome job!!!0
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Thanks for the responses. I am gonna take a pic now and post comparison pics. This should take about 7 hours to accomplish. LOL0
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Thanks for the responses. I am gonna take a pic now and post comparison pics. This should take about 7 hours to accomplish. LOL
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Well done and thanks. I laughed about your teenagers - I have one too and we have the same rules.
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wtg! Congratulations on your weightloss0
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Congratulations! Way to gowith the kids as well, That is the wayI was raised.:happy:0
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I tried posting pics. maybe smeone can help me with them.0
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I tried posting pics. maybe smeone can help me with them.
Go back and change all IMG to img0 -
I did that and i says the pic was removed. Hmmmm.0
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Congratulations!0
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I did that and i says the pic was removed. Hmmmm.
Hmmm, well some tech guru will be by in a moment to help...don't sweat it. And big congrats on your accomplishments!! :happy:0 -
Maybe someone smarter than me(it doesn't take much, LOL) can fix it for me.0
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Tried to do the pics for ya. Didn't work for me either.0
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congratulations!!! Awesome!!0
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im curious about my BMR, it seems so high. Ive always been told to consume around 1200 cals, but my BMR is around 1800...I am worried about consuming more calories. It seems crazy to eat so many more calories.0
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Loved your story. Amazing job!0
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Congratulations!
One of the best "no b.s." commentaries I've read on this site to date. Most excellent!0 -
im curious about my BMR, it seems so high. Ive always been told to consume around 1200 cals, but my BMR is around 1800...I am worried about consuming more calories. It seems crazy to eat so many more calories.
You shouldn't eat (or net) under your BMR. If you are eating under it, chances are at some point you will either stall, seriously slow your weight loss, have no energy, be hungry all the time...or any combination of those.0 -
im curious about my BMR, it seems so high. Ive always been told to consume around 1200 cals, but my BMR is around 1800...I am worried about consuming more calories. It seems crazy to eat so many more calories.
I am not even sure what BMR is. I just log on everyday and the site tells me how many caloeires I can eat. I change my GOALS every week after I weigh myself. Then it gives me a new calorie amount.0 -
Congratulations!
One of the best "no b.s." commentaries I've read on this site to date. Most excellent!
Thanks. I enjoy reading the success stories. I don't like excuses. I have heard, seen and used alot of them.0 -
Its very worrysome to increase my caloric intake by so much. I have started to increase my calories a little at a time and, of course, I am trying to make sure that those calories come frome healthy eating and not junk. Does this help iliminate the "plateau"?0
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Congrats!!0
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Its very worrysome to increase my caloric intake by so much. I have started to increase my calories a little at a time and, of course, I am trying to make sure that those calories come frome healthy eating and not junk. Does this help iliminate the "plateau"?
I don't know about plateaus. I log EVRYTHING I eat. TRUTHFULLY. If anything, I cheat myself out of calories.0 -
And no, I am too lazy to post pics.
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Congratulations! And yes, please post your photos here. Tried several ways to view your pics in photobucket with no success.0
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