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2nd January: 185.6 pounds 9th January: 185.0 pounds 16th January: 185.0 pounds 23rd January: 183.9 pounds 30th January: 183.0 pounds (trend) Looks like I'm leveling off, which is good since I took a resting week from the gym and got more sleep...was feeling overtired and thinking was getting fuzzy, so I figured it was time…

If I bite it, I write it.

Probably a combination of (a) water retention due to increased exercise and (b) unpooped poop. It'll whoosh soon enough--keep eating and exercising according to plan, you'll see!

2nd January: 185.6 pounds 9th January: 185.0 pounds 16th January: 185.0 pounds 23rd January: 183.9 pounds 30th January: Trending downward a bit this week, so planning to increase calories to about 2,900-3,000 / day this coming week. Fighting a bit of a sinus thing, so not much exercise time this week...[/quote]

What is a "bro-split" routine?

Not for or against them, but I've never had one and I haven't had the flu since high school (39 years). I work at a university, around people all the time. Just lucky, I gues...

Up at 3 am, have a cup of milk with a scoop of protein powder, in the gym 4:00-6:30 am, then home to get ready for work and have breakfast at 7:30 am.

This has been a good week: - Getting used to eating at maintenance by using MFP-recommended maintenance calories (2,418) plus about half of exercise calories, so typically 2,800 to 2,900 calories; also upped protein to about 1 gram per pound of body weight. - Stayed within desired maintenance range (185 +/- 2 pounds). -…

Week of... 2nd January: 184.0 pounds 9th January: 16th January: 23rd January: 30th January: Success/struggles of the week: Got back from California Christmas vacation, and have shed the four pounds of sodium / water weight and am back in the gym. Working on establishing (a) an accurate number of calories to maintain…

Before is January 1 2016 at 262 pounds. After is January 2 2017 at 185 pounds.

Hi Vismal, I know you've been very busy--just curious on how all your studying, etc., is going for you. Hope you made good progress on your goals in the last few months--you've been so helpful and inspiring to many of us! Happy New Year!

Some exercise--no matter how little--is always more (and better) than no exercise.

Name: Stephen Total Weight lost: 78 pounds Time it took to lose: 11.5 months How long in maintenance: 2 weeks Maintenance weight range: 183-187 Success/struggles of the week: Just got back from one week Christmas vacation in California; lots of eating out, etc., but logged everything as accurately as possible, and most…

While I didn't keep it a secret, I didn't really talk about it at all since I last saw everyone. The reactions would be: about one-third didn't notice/say anything, about one-third said "wow--good job--look great!" and about one-third either thought I was sick or was losing too much. All in all, it was a fun trip--we got…

1. Determined goal weight of 186 (started at 262). 2. Decided to use BMR + 20% (i.e., "sedentary") as my daily calorie intake limit; so at the start I was at 2,727 daily limit. 3. Logged everything eaten or drunk that had calories. 4. Weighed daily and tracked weight with Trendweight.com app. 5. Exercised regularly and…

Thanks! For 2017 I would like to focus on improved fitness by doing strength training, cardio, and stretching. I aim to maintain 185 pounds, reduce body fat to 10-12%, and meet the 1st class standard on the Marines' fitness test for men 46 years or older (I'll be 57) (i.e., 10 pull ups, 50 crunches in 2 minutes, and a…

37 days.

I adjusted daily, until I hit my goal weight. At the beginning of the year, my daily "budget" was about 2,725calories, and when I hit my goal last week, it was down to 2,140 per day. So, on average, I reduced my daily calorie target by 1.7 calories/day (~12 calories per day, each week). That way, I never had to make a huge…

Thanks, guys!

@sijomial - I've hit my goal weight of 185 pounds. I'm 6'2", 56 years old; best estimate is about 12-13% body fat. Based on my records for the last year (daily calorie intake and average loss), I estimate my current TDEE at 2850 calories. For my macros for this year, I'm thinking 185 grams protein, 95 grams fat, and the…

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I suspect she means calories.

56 years old; have lost 71 pounds this calendar year by setting my daily calorie eating limit to "sedentary" (i.e., 20% above my daily BMR) and then aiming to exercise enough to lose about 1.5 pounds per week. I am about 10 days ahead of my plan to lose 76 pounds by January 1. I have not given up any foods--just eaten less…

A friend at church commented on how my face has changed, and pronounced that I have now crossed "the threshold of thinness..." : )

We had Thanksgiving on Monday (hooray for leftovers the rest of the week!), so got extra time for exercise today: one hour weights, one hour elliptical, 30 minutes stretching, and two hours walking...

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It was when my doctor tried to put me on some high-protein / no-exercise program (with counseling, etc.), and when I said "no, I'll take this year and lose it on my own" and he basically said "you won't be successful"--well, that's when I got serious. I'm losing this weight (70 pounds so far this year) out of pure spite so…