Getting fit at 50 and beyond...200+ pound club

Jill, stress knitting sounds like fun! Are you a seasoned knitter or is it a new challenge?

I have been fixated upon my singular goal of getting this body below 300 lbs.
Well that goal is clearly in view now with a last recorded weight of 304 lbs, about a month ahead of schedule!

I have been thinking about the rest of the battle ahead and the strategy to defeat the flab...

This is the strategy.
To keep to the same calorie deficit program with updates at each "milestone".
To try to push my weight training to higher levels and incorporate as much cardio as I can without killing my knee joints.
The milestones are as follows:
299 lbs by 3rd January 2021
275 lbs by 28th March 2021
255 lbs by 6th June 2021
239 lbs by 1st August 2021
221 lbs by 3rd October 2021
203 lbs by 5th December 2021
196 lbs by 2nd January 2022

I know this is quite ambitious but these are my milestones for the battle.
My weight standing at 304 lbs at the moment gives me a good chance to get a head start. This also will help when I hit the inevitable plateaus, it will give me some chance to correct things before I lose too much ground.

If I hit the "milestones" then great, celebrations all round. If I should miss the milestone deadline then I am not going to beat myself up over it. The end goal is the important part, not the journey to get there!

Not been the best of weeks this week but as usual on a Sunday morning, Scaly Beast time.
With the beast released the verdict is in...

Weight was 304 lbs....Now 299 lbs....5 lbs loss

MILESTONE REACHED!

I have had a mahoosive 5 lbs loss this week. I think this was due to being very ill earlier in the week.
The challenge for this coming week will be to try to keep the weight below that awful 300!

So it is a good riddance to the 300s and a huge hello to the 200s

jm216 wrote: »

daydrem_dw wrote: »

Jill, stress knitting sounds like fun! Are you a seasoned knitter or is it a new challenge?

I’m pretty new at it. I can only knit 🧣. Do you knit? I taught myself via Youtube

jm216 wrote: »

daydrem_dw wrote: »

Jill, stress knitting sounds like fun! Are you a seasoned knitter or is it a new challenge?

I’m pretty new at it. I can only knit 🧣. Do you knit? I taught myself via Youtube

My Meme taught me the basics of knitting when I was young, and crochet. I took to crocheting more easily than knitting, though I haven’t picked up needles or hook in a very long time. I wonder if it’s like riding a bike? I never thought to look to YouTube for reminders.

cpnknight wrote: »

I have been fixated upon my singular goal of getting this body below 300 lbs.
Well that goal is clearly in view now with a last recorded weight of 304 lbs, about a month ahead of schedule!

I have been thinking about the rest of the battle ahead and the strategy to defeat the flab...

This is the strategy.
To keep to the same calorie deficit program with updates at each "milestone".
To try to push my weight training to higher levels and incorporate as much cardio as I can without killing my knee joints.
The milestones are as follows:
299 lbs by 3rd January 2021
275 lbs by 28th March 2021
255 lbs by 6th June 2021
239 lbs by 1st August 2021
221 lbs by 3rd October 2021
203 lbs by 5th December 2021
196 lbs by 2nd January 2022

I know this is quite ambitious but these are my milestones for the battle.
My weight standing at 304 lbs at the moment gives me a good chance to get a head start. This also will help when I hit the inevitable plateaus, it will give me some chance to correct things before I lose too much ground.

If I hit the "milestones" then great, celebrations all round. If I should miss the milestone deadline then I am not going to beat myself up over it. The end goal is the important part, not the journey to get there!

Congratulations! We seem to be on similar journeys.
I started on July 10th of this year at 330 pounds, and I've set a goal of weighing 230 on July 10th 2021. That's roughly a 2 lb/week pace. So far, I've lost 41 lbs in 20 weeks (my present weight is 288 lbs).

I have knee issues as well, so swimming is my preferred activity, but that's not an option currently, with my gym being closed due to the pandemic. My alternative is riding an indoor recumbent bike for cardio. I'm starting to add some strength training as well, but fat loss is my primary goal.

I developed a Google sheet that I use to capture my daily weight, fat mass, lean mass, etc. (using a Withings Body+ scale). Having a chart of my progress helps me stick to the program (it's a long road and I must remain committed).
Here is my chart: my fat loss project

daydrem_dw wrote: »

Sunday Funday on a Monday

Three Weeks Ago: 195.2
Two Weeks Ago: 195.0
Last Week: 194.0
Today: 195.0

I’d be upset by this lack of progress, but after 3 days of Turkey Day goodness I expected much worse!

Goals for this week — repeat from last week (more water, more walks).

I am assuming that this was thanks giving...
It was just a pound so not too bad a result, as long as you enjoyed yourself

daydrem_dw wrote: »

General inquiry / observation

Why are so many of the brand name items with the green verified check not correct in the food lookup? For example, the package says 110 calories for 2 tbsp but the verified MFP entry shows 100 calories for 2 tbsp; 12 chips are 170 cal but MFP says 160 cal. It's almost never more than the packaging, though. I can be obsessive about these sorts of details and it's making me CRAZY.

New goal for this week--stop sweating the small stuff; add a smidge to make the numbers work.

Green check just means multiple users have confirmed it as correct. (I don't recall the exact number it takes, but believe it's single digit). Besides that, product formulations change over time, so it may be an older entry that was once correct; and this site is used internationally and product formulations can differ between countries (even for same-branded items).

Once we check a thing, and get the right one in our "frequent foods", it gets to be less effort. The frequently-eaten foods are there, and only new ones need to be checked (if you want that degree of accuracy).

cpnknight wrote: »

"Weights & Measures" day tomorrow.
Will the scaly beast stay below 300 lbs or not?
Time will tell...

I’m rooting for you!

Sunday Funday

Three Weeks Ago: 195.0
Two Weeks Ago: 194.0
Last Week: 195.0
Today: 192.8

A loss of 2.2 lbs! I'm happy

Goals for this week — keep up with the things that have been working (water, journaling) and figure out how to adjust from almost daily walks to whatever I'm going to do now that the roads are dark, icy (if not snowy) before/after work. An earlier start to my work day to allow for a longer mid-day break may be the ticket...

age: 71
starting weight: 330 lb on 7/10/20
goal weight: 230 lb on 7/10/21
current weight: 286.2 lb on 12/7/20

I don't know if this will work, but I'm posting an image of a Google chart I created to track my progress.

this week's successes: still on track. added some resistance training (but overdid it)
this week's challenges: pulled a muscle, so activity is minimal for a few days

Today I finally found the courage to step on the scale after 4 weeks, not bad, lost .4 lbs, which was actually a surprise. Time to get serous about getting healthy!

cpnknight wrote: »

azalea4175 wrote: »

I don't write down my progress until monthly, so i sometimes lose sight of the progress I have made. Guess what that does? right, makes me add calories.....

To help keep my spirits up I made a graph to show my progress over the weeks. I update it every Sunday morning, when I have little set backs like this week, it helps to keep me on track.

The first thing I do every morning is weigh myself, then update a Google spreadsheet with the data, then view a couple resulting charts of that data. It shows me where I am, where I've been, and hopefully where I'm going. Of course weighing daily, I see a lot of fluctuations, but the dips give me satisfaction and the bumps keep me motivated.