Fat Enders

[secondwind]

Yep. I'm a bit impatient.

Hi Dave,

I know how you feel.  I'm going off now to deal with my own personal "stuckness" or plateau or whatever you want to call it, which is my clarinet playing.  Very stuck.   I guess I have to do something more, something else less, and a whole bunch of things different and see what works.  Good luck to us both!

[Dr. Dread]

Yep. Thanks.

[Szykneij]

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!

What does ASCAP say?   

[secondwind]

Hello MN Dave, Mozart, Brian, and all the rest of you Losers--

The running is becoming a daily ritual, gradually less agonizing than at first.  I need to develop the habit of getting in to the gym a couple of times a week at least for the upper body workout, too.  Some success so far, based on a little more breathing room in my clothes, and, without going too far into TMI-land (too much information, for those out of touch with the under 20 crowd), I notice some subtle changes in body shape. (Now, if I could just whip that flabby clarinet playing into shape, too! )  Still missing Ben and Jerry's, though. 

How goes it with you?

[karlhenning]

Going for a swim this afternoon.

[Dr. Dread]

Hello MN Dave, Mozart, Brian, and all the rest of you Losers--

The running is becoming a daily ritual, gradually less agonizing than at first.  I need to develop the habit of getting in to the gym a couple of times a week at least for the upper body workout, too.  Some success so far, based on a little more breathing room in my clothes, and, without going too far into TMI-land (too much information, for those out of touch with the under 20 crowd), I notice some subtle changes in body shape. (Now, if I could just whip that flabby clarinet playing into shape, too! )  Still missing Ben and Jerry's, though. 

How goes it with you?

Still on hold at 260. Doing good with the exercise but average with the food.

[Mozart]

It seems I have  settled into at 170...

I hope Gurn is right I think my ideal weight would be 155 or 160. I'll wait a few more weeks and if nothing goes down, I'll have to do more.

[secondwind]

Doing good with the exercise but average with the food.

Ah, yes. . . Food, the Final Frontier. . . .

I envy Karl his swim.  If I had a pool nearby, I'd be using it these days.  Here is just feels like I'm swimming because of the humidity. . . And I envy Mozart the 10 to 15 pound goal, as my own is still 40-something.    Still, if I can average about a pound a week, I can reach my goal inside a year. 

[DavidW]

Ah, yes. . . Food, the Final Frontier. . . .

I envy Karl his swim.  If I had a pool nearby, I'd be using it these days.  Here is just feels like I'm swimming because of the humidity. . . And I envy Mozart the 10 to 15 pound goal, as my own is still 40-something.    Still, if I can average about a pound a week, I can reach my goal inside a year. 

If you can average a pound a week that's healthy, sustainable weight loss and you'll keep it off.   I'm more proud of finding that I've kept the lbs off than my initial loss.

[secondwind]

If you can average a pound a week that's healthy, sustainable weight loss and you'll keep it off.   I'm more proud of finding that I've kept the lbs off than my initial loss.

I lost this same 50 lbs about 15 years ago, but when we moved back to the US from overseas I lost my focus on exercise and low-fat eating, and, well, a few pounds a year, back it came.   This time I'm going for total lifestyle change on a permanent basis.     I'm happy to say that I've just come back frm my daily, before-work run.

[Dr. Dread]

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[DavidW]

I lost this same 50 lbs about 15 years ago, but when we moved back to the US from overseas I lost my focus on exercise and low-fat eating, and, well, a few pounds a year, back it came.   This time I'm going for total lifestyle change on a permanent basis.     I'm happy to say that I've just come back frm my daily, before-work run.

I agree, that's what it's about-- lifestyle change.  It wouldn't be such an uphill battle if there wasn't such an abundance of high calorie, low nutrient food and we didn't have jobs sitting around like royalty all day.

[Bogey]

I agree, that's what it's about-- lifestyle change.  It wouldn't be such an uphill battle if there wasn't such an abundance of high calorie, low nutrient food and we didn't have jobs sitting around like royalty all day.

Bingo!  I fell off of the Fat Enders wagon a few weeks back.  I do not want to even know where I am at.  However, time to jump back on.  I will weigh today in a bit.

[DavidW]

Bingo!  I fell off of the Fat Enders wagon a few weeks back.  I do not want to even know where I am at.  However, time to jump back on.  I will weigh today in a bit.

Guilty as charged too!

I'll get back on track very soon though.  Promise.

[secondwind]

259

Congratulations!  Dave, you'll be wasting away soon, a mere shadow of your former self!  Seriously, keep charging toward 220.

[Dr. Dread]

Yes, charging through a wall of fat. 

I will. Thanks. You guys keep me going here.

[Bogey]

Not sure where I am at with weight, but need to "get with it" even more so, so decided to hold a new "carrot" out in front of me.  I am guessing I am around 220, so I will not make another post until I am sub-200.  Less time on the computer and more time on the bike or walking.  I will check IM's from time to time, but that will be the extent until I get down to "posting-shape".   For now, Rick's is closed for "remodeling".

[secondwind]

But we'll always have Paris. . . .

[Brian]

Not sure where I am at with weight, but need to "get with it" even more so, so decided to hold a new "carrot" out in front of me.  I am guessing I am around 220, so I will not make another post until I am sub-200.  Less time on the computer and more time on the bike or walking.  I will check IM's from time to time, but that will be the extent until I get down to "posting-shape".   For now, Rick's is closed for "remodeling".

Great avatar, but lose that weight fast, because we will miss you!

[Brian]

So Dave ... looks like you hit 220.