Fat Enders

Karl Henning · September 08, 2018, 04:21:32 AM

This morning: 227.8

Mookalafalas · September 08, 2018, 08:06:59 AM

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 08, 2018, 04:21:32 AM
This morning: 227.8

Damn, Karl, you are killing it! Keep up the good work. I've been at 89.5Kg for a while. Need to break the plateau. My wife brought home a bunch of durian tonight, and I couldn't resist. It's a kind of fruit, but tastes like heaven (and smells like a dead animal).

vandermolen · September 08, 2018, 10:25:18 AM

I never noticed this thread before - a kind of GMG 'Weight Watchers'.

I'm trying to lose weight as I'm only 5ft 5 and a half inches tall but weigh 14 stone which is about two stone too heavy. I'm taking more exercise and just returned from swimming 30 lengths of the local swimming pool 0:). I'm trying to go swimming most days. The only other sport I liked was football (soccer) but I'm well past that now.

Earlier today my wife said that I looked thinner in the face, which is encouraging.

If I continue at this rate I should be able to audition as Legolas the Elf in the forthcoming TV production of Lord of the Rings.

Karl Henning · September 08, 2018, 10:41:08 AM

Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 08, 2018, 08:06:59 AM
[...] My wife brought home a bunch of durian tonight, and I couldn't resist. It's a kind of fruit, but tastes like heaven (and smells like a dead animal).

Some really go for that!

A year-ish ago, my wife was curious about jackfruit, and we picked one up on sale at the H-Mart. (I searched on Google, and see that it is not nearly the same as durian.) Delicious, but not to be overindulged in, as it trends to a laxative.

Karl Henning · September 08, 2018, 10:41:44 AM

Quote from: vandermolen on September 08, 2018, 10:25:18 AM
I never noticed this thread before - a kind of GMG 'Weight Watchers'.

I'm trying to lose weight as I'm only 5ft 5 and a half inches tall but weigh 14 stone which is about two stone too heavy. I'm taking more exercise and just returned from swimming 30 lengths of the local swimming pool 0:). I'm trying to go swimming most days. The only other sport I liked was football (soccer) but I'm well past that now.

Earlier today my wife said that I looked thinner in the face, which is encouraging.

Good on ya!

vandermolen · September 08, 2018, 12:07:26 PM

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 08, 2018, 10:41:44 AM
Good on ya!

Thanks Karl

MN Dave · September 10, 2018, 05:02:06 AM

Keep up the good work, folks.

Karl Henning · September 10, 2018, 05:06:10 AM

Quote from: MN Dave on September 10, 2018, 05:02:06 AM
Keep up the good work, folks.

Dude!

This morning: 227.2

Mookalafalas · September 12, 2018, 05:55:21 AM

That's nice you keep moving down. I've been stuck for a few days. I'm not disheartened, though. I actually got my gym membership going again and have exercised 4 days in a row. I know that may not sound like much, but 5 days in a row is the most I've ever exercised in my life, and I've only done that once since high school gym class back in 1981...

Karl Henning · September 12, 2018, 06:06:19 AM

Good on ya!

After a dead-cat bounce

I'm holding at 227.8. May be able to plead under-the-weatherness, as my throat got scratchy Sunday night. But, still motivated, as I've held under 230 lb for five days. I was at 243.3 lb last November, and then I set the reasonable "initial" goal of 225 . . . I can taste it.

Mookalafalas · September 12, 2018, 04:21:21 PM

I'm in the same boat, this morning (it's 8:12AM as I write) I am 89.2kg, (finally broke my mini-plateau, perhaps thanks to a 3 hour walk last night), and so am almost to my 88kg "soft goal". At 88 I can get back into most of my pants, wildly expanding my wardrobe. However, if I feel satisfied here, I'll just get complacent and slowly drift back up again... 82 is probably my ideal weight.

Karl Henning · September 14, 2018, 02:13:59 AM

This morning: 226.8

Choir rehearsal last night helped

Karl Henning · September 19, 2018, 01:05:50 AM

And, after another dead-cat bounce, this morning: 226.0

Mookalafalas · September 19, 2018, 01:36:06 AM

Alas, I have suffered a setback. I hit a buffet pretty hard on Friday:-[ Then my in-laws had a barbecue on Saturday, and on Sunday my son kept begging for spaghetti and I made a big batch and dove in as well. To make matters worse, on Monday some students gave me a big box of designer pineapple cakes for midautumn festival. A perfect storm has struck my imperfect will-power

Karl Henning · September 19, 2018, 01:41:34 AM

I understand! Poise yourself for the turnaround

MN Dave · September 19, 2018, 08:30:05 AM

Quote from: Mookalafalas on September 19, 2018, 01:36:06 AM
Alas, I have suffered a setback. I hit a buffet pretty hard on Friday:-[ Then my in-laws had a barbecue on Saturday, and on Sunday my son kept begging for spaghetti and I made a big batch and dove in as well. To make matters worse, on Monday some students gave me a big box of designer pineapple cakes for midautumn festival. A perfect storm has struck my imperfect will-power

Yes, you must watch your calorie intake or none of this will work. You can eat whatever you want, but not in the amount you might want.

Karl Henning · September 19, 2018, 08:36:05 AM

Quote from: MN Dave on September 19, 2018, 08:30:05 AM
Yes, you must watch your calorie intake or none of this will work. You can eat whatever you want, but not in the amount you might want.

You're giving us pearls, here.

MN Dave · September 19, 2018, 08:43:39 AM

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 19, 2018, 08:36:05 AM
You're giving us pearls, here.

I'm a walking, talking calorie calculator.

Karl Henning · September 19, 2018, 08:55:45 AM

You're an inspiration, dude.

Karl Henning · September 20, 2018, 12:46:08 AM

In Nov 2017, when I stepped onto the scales, my weight logged 243, which was the highest of last year, and was very nearly a reversion to my weight two years prior, i.e., no damned progress at all. Then, I set the modest, and achievable (though still, in my mind, intermediate) goal of 225 lb.

It was still some time before I found the will to apply myself (though I never "gave up," I knew this was something I still wanted to do). And I really only grabbed the bull by the horns, on my return from the fleshpots of Florida.

This morning: 224.8

New goal: 215