Richie2shoes Member

I had my surgery 3 years ago and am catching some old habits coming back, namely boredom snacking. I put a few pounds back on and want to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand. First step for me is getting back to daily logging.

I just realized my pre-op weight is wrong. Should be 377

52 yr old male RNY 9 months post-op Pre-op 277lbs Current 255lbs Still losing

Well done!

I just had my surgery on 10/1. I did avoid a couple family celebrations that first month, when I was on the liquid only phase, so maybe don't plan any parties the next couple of weeks. I was worried that my wife wasn't eating enough, so while I don't recommend eating her favorite foods in front of her, eat healthy meals…

Nice! I'm off one of my diabetes meds, but still have two to go. I'll get there though.

If I don't have a plan, bad things happen so I plan out dinners every week. I try and do one vegetarian dinner per week, 2 fish, 2 chicken, 1 pork or beef and one meal of leftovers or take out. I pack leftovers for lunch. Breakfast is either yogurt/granola, and english muffin with pb and apple or oatmeal.

I have this problem at home and snack on unsalted sunflower seeds. A couple handfuls keep me busy for a while and it's low calorie. Years ago, when I quit smoking, I took up cross stitching. I found if my hands were busy, I didn't think about smoking. I imagine the same would be true about snacking.

O.k. I totally forgot that I signed up for this! No problem though because so far, I do the first three challenges anyway... Breakfast, I rotate through a couple of options to keep packing for work easy. An english muffin with peanut butter and apple, greek yogurt with granola and a piece of fruit, steel cut oats with…

Why not? I'll give it a go.

I used to be an advocate of cheat days, but find they don't work for me anymore. Instead, I acknowledge that there will be meals/occasions that I'm going to go over like holidays or parties but if I'm on track the rest of the time a bad meal here and there won't hurt anything. I also use a 3-day rule for cravings. If I…

I'd say you need to lose 70kg right away.

Name: Rich Height: 6'0" Highest Weight: 375 Ultimate Goal Weight: 200 Starting Weight: 323.2 Goal Weight: 315 11/7/16 324 11/14/16 11/21/16 11/28/16 Loss/gain for the week:+.8 Loss/gain for the month:+.8

I felt the same way as you. However this past summer I had cardiac bypass surgery and it's important that I monitor my HR when exercising so I bought a Garmin Vivosmart HR. The HR monitor is great, but the step/activity tracking has really motivated me to push myself harder. Like others have said, I was surprised at how…

I had knee reconstruction done after I tore the ligament that runs from the kneecap to the femur. Everytime I moved my leg, my kneecap would dislocate. For about a year after surgery, my knee would buckle because I didn't follow through with the PT. Once I built up the muscles around the knee, the buckling stopped.

TFL - Too F%#^ing lazy.

Alrighty then. It looks like I need to step up my game...

I have a small set up in a spare bedroom. Not shown is a flat bench, a 50lb dumbbell set and a hybrid eliptical/recumbent bike which is kept in the bedroom.

My wife and I adopted a mother/son combo, I can only walk them late at night when no one else is around because they were never socialized properly and go nuts when they see another dog. In the house with us, they are perfect.

Name: Rich Height: 6'0" Highest Weight: 375 Ultimate Goal Weight: 200 Starting Weight: 323.2 Goal Weight: 315 11/7/16 11/14/16 11/21/16 11/28/16 Loss/gain for the week: Loss/gain for the month:

Name: Rich Height: 6'0" Highest Weight: 375 Ultimate Goal Weight: 200 Starting Weight: 333.8 Goal Weight: 323 10/3/16: 333.8 10/10/16: 331.4 10/17/16: 329.8 10/24/16: 326.6 11/2/16: 323.2 Loss/gain for the week: (-3.4) Loss/gain for the month: (-10.6) Sorry for the delay, my scale died and I had to get a replacement.

So great to see. It gives hope to people like me at the start of the process.

Bored - unsalted sunflower seeds in the shell. Hungry - dill pickle or an apple.

Today was a turkey sausage (2 links)/veggie egg white omelet, a piece of rye toast, an apple and a cup of skim milk.

Well, a double-bypass seems to have worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend it. Results will keep you motivated if you can stick with it long enough to start seeing them. Find someway to make the gym fun. If cardio bores you, load a tv show that you've wanted to watch to your phone and only watch it when you're on a…

Name: Rich Height: 6'0" Highest Weight: 375 Ultimate Goal Weight: 200 Starting Weight: 333.8 Goal Weight: 323 10/3/16: 333.8 10/10/16: 331.4 10/17/16: 329.8 10/24/16: 326.6 10/31/16 Loss/gain for the week: (-3.2) Loss/gain for the month: (-7.2)

You can always do body-weight exercises, walk or use resistance bands. As for the food, Meghanebk gave the same advice I would, make the best choices available and watch the portion sizes.

Start slower. Change one thing this week, like just logging everything or just focus on portion sizes. Next week add something else.

I have to ask - what is the Hogwarts Challenge?

Name: Rich Height: 6'0" Highest Weight: 375 Ultimate Goal Weight: 200 Starting Weight: 333.8 Goal Weight: 323 10/3/16: 333.8 10/10/16: 331.4 10/17/16: 329.8 10/24/16: 10/31/16 Loss/gain for the week: (-1.6) Loss/gain for the month: (-4.0)