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Hit my goals early this morning, between 3:30 and 6:30 am - nice one hour body weight workout, coffee and chat with my lady, then a 2.5 mile walk through the Riparian Preserve with her...still chatting...best way to start the day!

Date Waist Weight 11/4/2018 61 425 11/28/2018 413.6 12/29/2018 394.2 1/31/2019 380.6 2/23/2019 367.2 3/30/2019 354.8 4/27/2019 342.6 5/25/2019 329.6 6/27/2019 318.2 7/27/2019 309.6 8/31/2019 46 303.6

I was really concerned about loose skin a year ago, now down 120 with 85 to go, and not seeing a huge problem. I have a large frame, no batwings on my arms, chest and belly are loose but I don't intend to pose for any nude calendar pics. Once I reach my target weight I will of course know more, but doc says hang in there…

2.5 mile walk in the Riparian preserve this morning...at slightly more than 20min per mile. Wow, what a DIFFERENCE!

Getting thru second 5:2 fast day today...looking forward to a nice salad tonite, then eating normally for the next four days!

Tons of fat stores left here, so not inclined to try this myself. I did increase my calories to adjust for 5:2 fasting, but taking two weeks "off" right now just doesn't interest me. I enjoy the food I eat, and feel there is enough...also enjoy the workouts. My current lifestyle in calorie deficit is not that hard on me,…

Been on 5:2 fasting for almost four weeks. Down over 8lbs, nice to be able to have a few more calories during the five days I'm not fasting, energy levels holding up. Actually found that fasting days make it easier to stand extreme heat (I work on a loading dock in Arizona) and not sure if that is the empty stomach or the…

Started at 425 -- down 120 now to 304, but need to reach 220 to actually be "healthy" for my height, weight, and frame. Well into my first Century loss medallion for TOPS...would like to achieve and KEEP the second Century by this time next year, but the going can be slow!

Light day - started with 25min of body-weight floor exercise (pushups, pelvic lifts, hip abductors, planks) then stopped at gym for 10 min on rowing machine and 20min HIIT on the ellipse.

Ultimate goal is 220lbs, started at 425 last November. 308 as of today. But I have several sub-goals that I am working towards at the same time...want to incorporate regular fasting, this is my third week of fasting for 24 hours twice a week on nonconsecutive days. Also want to increase my strength training regimen…

I feel your pain. I go through periods where I just want to give up, but I get emails from Aadam at Physiqonomics that give me good honest info and an occasional kick in the butt. Maybe sign up for his emails? It is free, of course he sells a training course, but the regular emails cost nothing.

@NovusDies I'm not fasting just for weight loss, but for all of the other benefits as well. I've already noticed a difference to my control level around food. Discovered from several sources that fasting is not just about fat loss, but many other things - controlling blood pressure and blood sugar among others.

@NovusDies --- not 1800 now. With regular fasting I am now at 2000 cal/day, sometimes more. Now entering third week of this, down 3.5lbs and lost an inch off my waist last week. So, more calories, better weight loss. Whodathunkit?

Big changes for me started last November - and YES, I changed my lifestyle radically. Daily workouts where there had been none for thirty years, careful calorie tracking via MFP, balancing the best macronutrients for fat loss, all that stuff. I missed my old sedentary lifestyle desperately for about two months...but I will…

Tuesdays and Thursdays are fasting days for me - so today's goal is to build, in my mind, the PERFECT 600-calorie salad to end my 24-hour fast with tonight.

Good on ya for taking this step! I started ten months ago after letting myself go for 30 years, and have dropped 117 pounds. You are young, with a great chance to spend the remainder of your life in a whole new body! The only thing I can offer is that motivation will only take you so far - you have to develop a self…

Stay inside my 2000 calories...and get in at least 1000 calories of exercise

Very useful tool. Over the past ten months it has been a great source of information, and just recently in the forum I have learned even more. Great app and very supportive community!

Previous injuries limit my ability to do this until I shed another 50 pounds, but I see your point. I'm dealing with a battered old body that has issues with broken bones, atrophied joints, and an old belly injury that almost killed me a couple of years ago. I do what I can.

The best exercise anyone can do...is one that they will DO. I am gradually working more things into cardio, like ellipse and HIIT sessions, but the abductors have greatly increased my endurance over the past few months.

Yet this has been the case. My doc says I restricted my calories too much chasing weekly scale results, instead of being patient and just trusting the math. Others have helped me see this as well. I have started raising my calories this week after my doc advised me to do this, and to expect a weight bump as my body adjusts.

Exactly. I have to throttle back, keep the workouts going, and increase my calories to a sane level - which means I can expect a bump in the short term, but should start seeing steady progress once my body figures out we're not in a Gulag.

YES...and thank you! Excellent resource, I signed up for the regular emails. Much appreciated!

My apologies if I came off flippant, but...advice and facts are welcome - being called extreme and illogical is not really helpful, it came off kind of patronizing, which I have had enough of in half a lifetime of obesity. When a post starts with an insult, even a mild one, it kinda clogs my ears. But I read it anyway, and…

Dieticians and counselors also have a wide range of advice, much of it bogus. What I am doing is WORKING, after years of yo-yo dieting that did not, and the doctor I am working with agrees with both my program and the numbers from regular blood tests and physicals. I am seeing steady weight loss, and developing a lifestyle…

Started Nov 4 last year with 175 pounds to lose. NSV for me lately was my annual physical yesterday. Down 115 pounds from a year ago. Cholesterol, blood sugar, ALL levels in the "normal" range. Workouts are no longer a "chore", I am starting to look forward to them, so there's that as well. Doc was very encouraged, told me…

"what are you trying to achieve though? I've just never heard of someone whose main goal is endurance for the hip abductors?" Hip abductors work some of the largest muscles in the body. Combined with other core movement they help with leg strength, balance, and definitely as a fat burner if you do them, as I do, first…

Try adding all three types of Collagen to your diet - Type 1 and 3 in the AM, Type 2 several hours later or at the end of the evening. The weight training will help, but if the problem persists for a couple of years you might want to consider surgery. I'm in the same boat, have dropped over 50kg this year, and the loose…