Fat Enders

[Jo498]

I am not heavy enough for this thread but recently I scratched the 70 kg mark since a long time (probably since I turned 30 in 2002). Still from the wrong direction, but once I am below this, I am at ca. 23 BMI and I will take it easy... Still a few kg too many for semi-serious running but I can't afford to buy all new clothes if I get even thinner...

[Mookalafalas]

 I am stable, just above my first target, but it is not a plateau--it's just that my will-power has been insufficient for downward progress.  I'm not backsliding, but not making progress (not exercising, not really adhering to my own diet plan).  The weather is slowly becoming more reasonable here, so maybe when it actually becomes sub-80s in the daytime, I'll break out the bike. That could make a big difference...

[Karl Henning]

I am stable, just above my first target, but it is not a plateau--it's just that my will-power has been insufficient for downward progress.  I'm not backsliding, but not making progress (not exercising, not really adhering to my own diet plan).  The weather is slowly becoming more reasonable here, so maybe when it actually becomes sub-80s in the daytime, I'll break out the bike. That could make a big difference...

Hang in there!

Marginal progress, this morning:  217.2 (a new low)

[Karl Henning]

Very good progress, this morning (and a little to my own surprise):  216.0 (a new low)

[NikF]

Very good progress, this morning (and a little to my own surprise):  216.0 (a new low)

Good stuff.
Karl, I'm sure you already know this, but you can do whatever you want to do.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks, the reminder coming from a friend is always a boon!

[steve ridgway]

What to eat is such a controversial subject . Mrs 2dogs and myself realised we were creeping upwards a few years back, only 15 or 20 pounds but enough to notice and want to take action. I can certainly vouch for the low carb, high fat regime recommended by Mookalafalas for steady weight loss. I'm 5'11" and got down to 157 lb but we've now added carbs back for a more balanced diet and I was 162.5 this morning. I perhaps need to make more of an effort for 160. We always gain a pound or two after our twice weekly outings with Mrs 2dogs 90 year old father as we have to eat in one of the cafes that let dogs in and the food options are not great, but drop it again in time for the next one. There is quite often a days lag in the weight gain and loss that makes the cause less obvious, but it's the processed carbs that put it on - bread, fries, pasta, cereal, pudding, cake, biscuits, cookies, ice cream, sugar, fizzy drinks. Fried breakfast of bacon, sausage, egg, tomato, mushroom, black pudding is fine apart from the bread, toast, beans in tomato sauce and the sauces themselves. Baked potato with a topping is no problem. Whatever diet you're on, avoiding factory processed and artificial foods is probably a safe strategy, and another thing we do now is stick as much as possible to eating only two meals a day within an eight hour window - this leaves sixteen hours for the insulin levels to drop to normal levels and gives the body time to switch from processing food to repair and maintenance functions.

[steve ridgway]

+0.5 lb today from eating sausage sandwich, rhubarb crumble, custard, chicken casserole with potato and carrot, apple crumble, custard, small amount of 85% cocoa chocolate. But only as two meals about five hours apart.

[Mookalafalas]

I had an awesome weekend. Camping in the mountains with a bunch of friends and then all going to the beach. But lots of eating--chips, pizza, beer, etc.  It was certainly worthwhile--but jumped a kilo in 24 hours. 
   And congrats, Karl. And thanks for the pointers, 2Dogs.

[Karl Henning]

Thank you!  After a "weekend bounce," today the scales registered 216.4, which, while it is not yet full recovery (to the 216.0 of Friday morning), sees me well on track to see my present goal of 215 by the weekend.

[vandermolen]

I lost half a stone 

Surely I am 'Dieter of the Week' 

Combination of the Harcombe diet and being forced on route marches around the Kent and Sussex countryside by my wife. Swimming as well (front crawl every fourth length).

[Karl Henning]

Good on ya!

[vandermolen]

Good on ya!

Thank you Karl!

[Karl Henning]

This morning:  215.8 (a new low, marginally)

[steve ridgway]

I lost half a stone 

Surely I am 'Dieter of the Week' 

Combination of the Harcombe diet and being forced on route marches around the Kent and Sussex countryside by my wife. Swimming as well (front crawl every fourth length).

Wow that's a lot to lose. We're into ambling round the countryside for two or three hours with the dogs twice a week plus other walks daily but they're getting faster due to the pulling of the Romanian dog .

[steve ridgway]

This morning:  215.8 (a new low, marginally)

Excellent, it's the consistent direction that's important. The shops here are already full of chocolate advent calendars and big tins of chocolate biscuits with winter scenes, and the big tubs of Halloween chocolates will now be half price. The human race is doomed .

[vandermolen]

This morning:  215.8 (a new low, marginally)

Congrats. Karl

[vandermolen]

Wow that's a lot to lose. We're into ambling round the countryside for two or three hours with the dogs twice a week plus other walks daily but they're getting faster due to the pulling of the Romanian dog .

My wife wants to get a dog but I don't think this is fair on our cat. She thinks that the dog would 'be good for me' ( getting me out the house, away from my CDs and more exercise) which is probably true. However we have friends who are local vets and we have started borrowing their dog to take on walks. This week I have a bad cold and cough which is something of an appetite suppressant.

[steve ridgway]

My wife wants to get a dog but I don't think this is fair on our cat. She thinks that the dog would 'be good for me' ( getting me out the house, away from my CDs and more exercise) which is probably true. However we have friends who are local vets and we have started borrowing their dog to take on walks. This week I have a bad cold and cough which is something of an appetite suppressant.

Borrowing a dog is an excellent idea. It's also interesting to explore the countryside, we've found loads of places.

[Karl Henning]

Excellent, it's the consistent direction that's important. The shops here are already full of chocolate advent calendars and big tins of chocolate biscuits with winter scenes, and the big tubs of Halloween chocolates will now be half price. The human race is doomed .

This is a challenging season;  of course, the office was awash with leftover Hallowe'en candy yesterday.  I won't say that I exerted the superhuman effort needed to shun it, entirely, and throughout the day . . . but I did only take two genuinely tiny "Mars Minis," whose calories I dutifully logged in My Fitness Pal and made part of the plan . . . .

So, this morning, inching down:  215.4 (a new low)