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I’m really into ChatGPT now. Something I like about it is I can ask specific follow up questions. I know there have been instances of AI just making stuff up. So if it’s something important or I have doubts, I just ask for the sources and check them. Been working pretty well.

I always take note of the day that changed my life, at least as far as weight loss is concerned. Easy to remember because it was Christmas Eve 1994. Seemed odd at the time but now it seems obvious that Christmas was the perfect day to start.

Rough week for kickers.

And then I learned about the serving size. “Man, I can’t believe it. All that for only 110 cals.” Well, I shouldn’t have believed it because that 1 little bag was 2.5 servings.

Habit. Frankly I think motivation is overrated. We won’t get far only working when we feel like it. Good habits are probably the most helpful. But sometimes habits need to be defended. Say it’s time to go to the gym but I’m dreading the thought today. What to do? I make a deal with myself to go to the gym and do 50% of my…

I think right now people are trying to encourage you to take 1 step in the right direction. You’re right, 1 thing is not 1000. But if you change a little you might see some benefit. Give you something to build on. Right now you think the deal is give up something - food you like- for nothing, because after a whole week of…

Ice cream. So far the effects have been net positive. It’s my daily treat. Planned for and kept within bounds. If I have to eliminate calories for some reason I’m going to look elsewhere first.

A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. Lao Tzu

Exercise is overrated as a weight loss strategy. But it does great stuff for our brains. It is also a teacher of incrementalism, a valuable lesson for weight loss. It’s a shame you didn’t get any better advice from the weight loss people. 10K steps is not realistic. Likewise 1500 cals. The good news is you can probably…

I’m back. I was a regular on these boards but at some point I just found it depressing. I’ve lost 100+lbs. Haven’t been over 186lbs since 2006. SW 285lbs. CW 177. I’m back to say this- save your life. Your house is on fire, you are worrying about the paint color in the living room. In the bad old days we had a saying in my…

I was 285 lbs, sleep apnea with CPAP, HBP, debilitating back pain made it hard to walk more than I block, a seemingly permanent cough. I think CPAP saved my life. After I got some real sleep I was capable of clear headed thinking. Had been in a daze for years. I quit drinking. Without any other big changes I started losing…

I’ve ended up in the gym instead of park for my walk a number of times because of the heat. Not quite so bad last couple of weeks so I’ve been in the park but for less time. Gym is kind of gloomy.

Short? 1 mile. I really like walking. My covid silver lining has been my afternoon walk. Usually 3.5-4 miles. Have dialed it down a bit to 3 miles in the heat.

Apple. Plan friendly, filling and portable.

Agree, skip the macros. The more requirements you make for your program the harder it is to follow. Unfortunately the only real way to find what is going to work for you is trial and error. This applies to everything in weight loss. The calculators do not give the answer to the question How much should I eat to lose X by Y…

Something that helps me with exercise is to make a deal with myself to do less but something. Something being better than nothing. Can you talk yourself into 10 min treadmill? Slow? What’s the shortest easiest amount you can’t say no to? Do that. Try to pick a time when it would be convenient everyday. I like 6 days on and…

Support is overrated. Come here for support. Don’t expect it from friends or family and you won’t be disappointed. Re the cookies- just don’t eat any. Don’t explain. If she tries pushing them on you decline as politely as you can. If she persists say I’ll get some later. Then don’t. In general, keep what you’re doing to…

Books- Liked Arnold’s books Encyclopedia Of Modern Body Building & Arnold:The Education Of A Body Builder. Arnold’s training methods are dated but what I found in his books is Arnold is one of the world’s greatest positive thinkers. An athletic kid, no different from a lot of kids. But when he got into lifting as a teen he…

Because there is no finish line I’m still a guy on a diet. Way back when on the WW board I was about 5+ lbs from goal, & started to think I would get there, I did a post titled “A Fat Guy Changes Careers.” Basically if I’m not a guy always trying to lose weight, who am I going to be? WW put it on the front page. Got a huge…

No cookies. And this. DW likes Costco. Sometimes she brings back these big plastic tubs of cookies. Some are individually wrapped biscotti. I think they are 140 cals per cookie. I used to break them in half & we’d share. The other day she was eating 1, pointed to me and said “bite?” I did. It didn’t taste good. Not sure…

It always gets back to the scale. You know the stages. Looks like I dodged that bullet. Well, not so bad. Maybe it’s an anomaly. OK. It’s real. But not so bad. Doesn’t look like it’s just going away. Stubborn. Gee, still there. Where’d that come from? Seems to be creeping up. But not so bad. Right after X I’ll work on…

up since 3. 😬

Walk an hour per day. Sometimes more. Heat and thunderstorms have been driving me into the gym a lot of days. Not as good. But I keep my time slot filled with some kind of activity lest I fill it with sitting on the couch eating something. My ego driven weight training goals turned out to be a bad idea. Just finished the…

Good going Phil. I’ve never done a Lost Weekend total fail kinda thing. But I called it point creep back when I counted points- a little here a little there. Naturally scale creep was not far behind. Just trying to reverse engineer that.

No cookies. Made some lean turkey taco meat to have with my new egg white and kasha breakfast. Yummy.

Think I may have found a way forward without the spark. I thought ticking into the 180s might do it for me. But no. No spark, no “you got this,” no enthusiasm to do anything different. Guess I did have enough motivation to think things over, but thinking about stuff, usually overthinking, is frequently my substitute for…

Mostly my body tells me things hurt. That’s why I spend so much time in physical therapy. I play Pickleball twice a week, walk about 3 miles ana day and train at the gym 3 times per week. Keeping this up as long as I can. Might seem odd but over time resistance training seems to have reduced my overall aches and pains. Not…

I’m questioning my oatmeal habit in terms of whether it’s still the best choice for me. I’m experimenting with something with more protein. My last attempt at this did not go all that well and went back to oatmeal. More later on this when I finalize the recipe. And a big LOL on this - for yrs my “healthy” breakfast was a…

In an ironic twist those mini Hershey bars are exactly the candy I’m trying to stay away from. About 3 months ago DW was doing some redecorating and decided a filled candy dish would look good in the living room. Mini Hersheys were a regular feature. 3 weeks ago she went to visit DD for a week. The candy relocated to the…

3 days without a cookie or piece of candy. Reworked breakfast to cut 10%. 20 minutes to snack time. Pacing the floor.