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Awesome work, and I'm feeling that last bit! 53 myself and currently rehabbing from shoulder surgery after popping a bicep tendon at the gym in October. A decent set of prosthetics (2 hips, 1 shoulder, 3 cervical discs) don't help either. Trying to find that hypertrophy sweet spot without injuring myself is a tight rope to…

I decided Garmin's muscle mass calcs are mostly nonsense when I saw mine perfectly matching my BMI change, even though the latter has precisely nothing to do with body composition. Also, I think it's highly unlikely that I've lost a pound (10%) of my bone mass this year. I have calipers being delivered today...I'll see how…

Scale and non-scale victories. Scale: Hit 195 on the scale today, down from 221 in April of this year, and 244 when I started 7 years ago (slow process interrupted my two hip replacements, a shoulder replacement, and three cervical disc replacements). Non-scale: Ordered three new (to me) pairs of 33" waist pants today…

My lunch is virtually the same 4-5 days per week...a single serving package of hummus and about 20 ounces of cucumbers, sugar snap peas, celery sticks, and cherry tomatoes, sometimes with broccoli substituting for something. I just made a recipe with the average composition and use that to log lunch every day... No…

Yesterday and today were pretty nice days at work, returning after a month off. Even though I lost 35 of the 45 lbs I've shed so far before my break, it's pretty obvious that people don't notice nearly so much when they see you every day as when they go a little while without seeing you, and they proved it yesterday and…

I had a good week on the scale too, but off the scale was more important, and indicative of progress to date. Endocrinologist appointment - Out of five daily prescriptions, we're eliminating three altogether (blood pressure, heartburn, gout) and cutting the other two in half (blood pressure, cholesterol).

Update - another week has passed, during which my walks have averaged 5 miles per day and today's weigh-in was 4.6 lbs less than my last post, on 9/11. I'm now at 39 lbs lost and starting to pay attention to gross categories of nutrition (carbs, protein, fat) instead of just calories. If I can drop 1 more lb by Saturday,…

I ended up only having to spend one night in the hospital, when I was told to expect 2-3. Just for giggles, I weighed myself when we got home and had gained 10.2 lbs in 48 hour. :-D I was playing catch-up on the pain for a couple days, which meant heavy narcotics. Still, I've managed to get a couple mile walk in each day…

Daily here, I enjoy watching the fluctuations and playing with the data in Excel.

I think it's the change in routine that's worrying me the most. It took me a long time to find a balanced routine that works for me instead of long periods of gaining followed by short, intense periods of dramatic loss... Rinse, repeat. I'm really liking this slow, steady loss without giving up so much that I'm stretching…

First person that said something to me was when I was down 20 lbs and he hadn't seen me in a couple months. Now down 35 lbs and only one person at work has said anything...a guy with whom non-work related conversations are common. My wife says stuff, but she sees me having to discard clothes that no longer fit and buy new,…

I'm down 34 lbs so far and have about 20 more to go, with about 90% of my exercise just being walking. I also have a bad shoulder, and am actually getting it replaced next week. I'm a bit anxious about the possibility of using that as an excuse to lay around like a couch slug just watching TV and eating too much. Hopefully…

Fighting my way through a plateau the last couple of weeks trying to get to break through 33 lbs lost, but today's NSV is testament that weight is not the only important part of improving my diet. My cholesterol has been high for the last 3 decades, sometimes to a silly level (over 300 total, over 200 bad). Then today I…

I can relate. I am having a shoulder replacement in late September, and have limited function and plenty of pain until then. I walk, run, hike/backpack, and do what I can of various body by beach videos. I'm really looking forward to not being so limited come spring of next year.

It's all about the trends. I weigh in daily and my MFP chart looks like a seismograph, up & down every daily. Once a week though, I update a spreadsheet in which I track my weekly min, max, and average, and that shows me pretty clearly where I'm headed at the time. Last month was not in the correct direction, but I'm now…

When I was 18, I dated a 30 year old woman and that seemed fine at the time, though a bit weird now. I've been with my wife for nearly 8 years now (married 2) and she's 12 years younger than me and only 7 years older than my daughter. It seems fine to all involved. Age is not nearly as important as compatibility, and we…

Saturday I ran a Warrior Dash (5k obstacle course in mud). Sunday I rode my bicycle 18.5 miles, generally uphill and into the wind. NSV's are all I've got right now, as the scale hasn't favored me for the last 5 days despite beating my calorie goal all but one of them.

30 days in, my belt is two notches tighter and I'm wearing some clothes again that I'd been avoiding the last several months, including the shirt I've got on right now. I started walking, then "walgging", and last weekend ran the first mile out of three without slowing to a walk once. My pace has improved every time, and…

45 here. I just finished my third round of college while working full time and packed on an extra 25 lbs during the last two years as a result of sitting at one desk or another for damn near 18 hours a day (and I was already overweight when I started). I started on MFP two days after graduation and have been here for 30…

Washington here, in the southeast corner of the state