Fat Enders

[karlhenning]

Fortitude!

[Dr. Dread]

I'm feeling very virtuous here. . . I went out running before work, even though it felt like a sauna, and I prepared a low-fat lunch. . . 0:)  So, tomorrow, the acid test--the weigh-in

Keep on truckin', Ms. Wind.

[secondwind]

40 minutes pounding the pavement this morning, guys.  But I really wish the heat and humidity would let up!

[secondwind]

I finally made it to the gym today to weigh in on the official scale.  The countdown from the last weigh-in July 17:  45, 44, 43!  The beat goes on!  And while running in the DC area July heat and humidity isn't easy, it's is getting better.     What's happening with all you other losers? 

[Dr. Dread]

I have hit a block. 

Not gaining/not losing...

[secondwind]

Aw, you're just giving me a chance to catch up!  Thanks!   

[Dr. Dread]

 

[Brian]

I've hit a wall at 166, where I've been (give or take) for two months now. That said, it's now been exactly 12 months since I decided to lose weight, and I have lost 16 pounds. My initial goal was actually considerably more modest.

Still planning to drop some more, though. We'll see what happens.

[Dr. Dread]

I'm going to be stuck with this ----ing avatar the rest of my life.

[DavidW]

It would be best if you didn't constantly weigh yourself hoping for immediate change.  These things take time, constantly monitoring your weight is not psychologically beneficial.

Eat healthy, exercise and your body will take care of itself.  It's not the weight that's important, but your health.  There is more to weight loss than just the pounds imo.  When it's easier to race up a flight of stairs, when you don't have to eat as much to feel full, when you can look in the mirror and you like what you see, when your clothes feel loose, when you can look in the mirror and like what you see then it's working.  All of that is much better than a simple #.

Keep it up, you're doing well.

[Dr. Dread]

Thanks, bud.

[Gurn Blanston]

I'm going to be stuck with this ----ing avatar the rest of my life.

No worries, mate. Losing weight is not a slope, it is a series of plateaus. A few years ago I lost 35# (gained back 10 of it since I haven't been able to exercise, but that's a different story). I lost 15 right away by changing my diet, but got stuck there for 5 or 6 weeks. Then I discovered that if I went for a nice walk every day the weight started coming right off again. Anyway, I ended up going from 215 to 180 in 6 or 7 months, and kept it off for 6 years. So it can be done, but it isn't smooth and steady, it's a series of short gains and a holding pattern. You'll see.

[Dr. Dread]

No worries, mate. Losing weight is not a slope, it is a series of plateaus. A few years ago I lost 35# (gained back 10 of it since I haven't been able to exercise, but that's a different story). I lost 15 right away by changing my diet, but got stuck there for 5 or 6 weeks. Then I discovered that if I went for a nice walk every day the weight started coming right off again. Anyway, I ended up going from 215 to 180 in 6 or 7 months, and kept it off for 6 years. So it can be done, but it isn't smooth and steady, it's a series of short gains and a holding pattern. You'll see.

Yep. I'm a bit impatient.

[Brian]

Yep. I'm a bit impatient.

If it helps, maybe you can change your avatar to another person on a scale. 

[Dr. Dread]

If it helps, maybe you can change your avatar to another person on a scale. 

Beethoven? 

[Gurn Blanston]

Beethoven? 

Dussek (that's a classical era joke. Look it up)

[Dr. Dread]

Dussek (that's a classical era joke. Look it up)

Oh, so you assume I have to look it up or I will not get the joke?! As if I don't know enough about classical music already! Well, really, sir!!!

[Okay, I looked it up.]

[Gurn Blanston]

Oh, so you assume I have to look it up or I will not get the joke?! As if I don't know enough about classical music already! Well, really, sir!!!

[Okay, I looked it up.]

  I never condescend. It was admittedly obscure, but still funny.

[Mozart]

So is BMI important? Mine is 23.8

According to BMI I can weigh between 133 and 178 pounds and be a normal weight....45 pounds? thats a huge difference!

[Holden]

So is BMI important? Mine is 23.8

According to BMI I can weigh between 133 and 178 pounds and be a normal weight....45 pounds? thats a huge difference!

BMI is bullshit! It's a set of generalisations that puts every person into a supposedly average range dependent only on height and weight. It does not take into account skeletal structure, a person's somatotype or their ethnic origin. You'll see BMI ratings most commonly in woman's weekly magazines alongside the latest fad diet and that speaks volumes about the validity of the BMI. Any doctor who quotes BMI at you is one you should stop seeing.