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

Up a bit from yesterday, but at 279.8 right now.
(I think it was the two subway sandwiches :laugh: one for lunch & another for dinner.)

Hmm today 279.4, bit better

Thanks for the welcome apolloag

Last weeks weight @ 263 lbs

CW 220 (2/13/11)

I weigh in every Sunday monring right after I wake up. I typically do not weigh more than that.

I weigh everyday. Typically I weigh before 0700. I only record the first three digits and don't worry about the numbers to the right of the decimal. The literature on my scale says it is accurate to 0.2 lb, but who knows how long it will stay calibrated to that level. My last scale was typically +/- 1-2 pounds.

Official weigh-in is either Saturday or Sunday depending on my mood and what is going on at the time.

I started my weight loss journey at 213 (even though on here I started much later), I now weigh under 177 (I say under because I only check when I get my body fat analyzed which will be on the 25th), pretty sure I have either lost weight or gained muscle, both of which are OK.

I was religious in counting calories in the beginning but when I started to plateau so I took it to another level. Today I do 1000 calorie workouts daily (not including resting days) and I don't eat refined flour, white rice or refined sugars. Doing 1000 calorie workouts a day is a lot easier than most people think assuming you can get your heart rate up. The good news is for most people that aren't fit they burn calories in truck loads once they get their heart rate up and keep it up. While you should never compromise on safety I have found exertion to be the key.

Lastly I have come to believe that body fat percentage is much more important than weight loss. I realize that might seem very convenient for me to say but trust me, if you don't want sagging skin increase your muscle mass. I also realize that cardio can become addictive to any of us trying to lose weight because it shows results quickly. Don't fall into that trap.

Good luck to everyone, nice to talk to dudes, it seems like these boards are overrun with the ladies;-)

How much variation do you see from day to day? I see something around 1.5% to 2% of my total body weight in daily variation, and that's weighing in at the same time every day (the moment I get up.) As I am over 280, that means I can have as much as a 5-pound fluctuation. It's really a pain when I do five hours of exercise, eat 500 calories under my resting metabolism, and GAIN a couple of pounds.

I know it has to be almost entirely water weight, as the amount of liquid I drink varies a lot from day to day.

To compensate for that, though, I'm only recording my weight once per week, even though I'm weighing in every day. When I record it, though, I'm listing the lowest weight I reach in the weigh-ins that week. I figure that while I might get a low reading once or even twice from a lower hydration level, over time, it will more accurately reflect where I am, because the fluctuations will even out. Granted, they'll even out slightly on the low side, but it should still more accurately show the progress. Granted, too, the high side might be a bit better, but it's a lot less encouraging, and I need all of that I can get right now.

Does that make sense to everyone, or am I missing something? I'm new to this counting of calories, and I love what I can do with MFP as a Droid app (particularly scanning bar codes,)

I tend to step on the scales daily. Always just after getting out of bed and after the usual bodily functions have kicked in to play and before I go to work or the gym!. I don't expect them to show much of a difference from day to day. I get annoyed though if they show an increase and I then mentally analyse what I did the day before to warrant an increase. It then spurs me on to watch closer what I'm eating through out the day. I will only record my weight on the weekend.

I get on the scale every time I go into the bathroom, but only take serious the first weigh-in of the day. That might sound kind of obsessive, but seeing how my weight is all over the place has actually helped me to obsess less on the number and concentrate more on how I look and feel.

That said... Man, I love when the number goes down! :-D

OK I had a bad week, but got on the scake and it's not as bad as I originally thought

LWW: 263
CW : 264

This was a very busy week. To only gain 1lb was actually encouraging.

Hi all out there, this time a better week for me than last one. And I noticed that a few other misson men are going very strong. Way to go gentlemen, keep it up. Here are the results of the dutch jury: CW 118.5 LW 120.0 (all in kilo's of course since the French revolution in 1795 in Holland ;-) Let's see if I can improve my place in the charts.