Looking to lose an extra human I apparently picked up along the way
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Cate
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Butterfly88
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Getting late here, just gonna say that I'll write a brief catch up on things tomorrow, but more importantly try and sketch out the way forward from here.
Also my 5 year anniversary of starting this ordeal was earlier this month (July 1, 2012, aka the 375 pound mark). I thankfully have continued to keep most of the weight off (more on that tomorrow).
Also my 5 year anniversary of starting this ordeal was earlier this month (July 1, 2012, aka the 375 pound mark). I thankfully have continued to keep most of the weight off (more on that tomorrow).
Vee is here
MrVee
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Anyway, hi all. Sorry for being gone for so long. Been very busy. Anyhow first the bad:
197.5 this morning. That's way too heavy and I need to lose some weight regardless.
The good: I've been working out pretty religiously so the weight issues are mostly just food (and drink) related. Also since the core or my workouts are lifting weights, a significant amount of the added weight appears to be muscle (as you can kinda see from the pic). Obviously I've added some fat to go with it, though.
Here' what my typical calorie counts for a week look like:
Monday: 1,850
Tuesday: 1,850
Wednesday: 1,850
Thursday: 1,850
Friday: 4,000
Saturday: 3,200
Sunday: 1,850
Evey now and then you can add maybe a 3,500 in on a Wednesday for whatever reason. As you can probably guess from that distribution, I've been getting myself in all sorts of trouble on Friday nights and then continuing into Saturday (often somewhat in self-defense, usually more in feeling "defeated.")
The idea with the low calorie totals during the week was actually to leave myself room for some calories on Friday and still come in at a deficit for the week. This plan appears to have failed spectacularly (though the above probably still represents a really small deficit). It was also NOT how I did it when I lost all this weight in the first place.
I am writing this very much conscious of the fact that it is indeed Friday afternoon and I'm staring down the barrel tonight of yet another challenge that lately I've been completely incapable of overcoming. I'm also writing this very conscious that I really don't have much of a solution other than the simple and obvious "stop fucking up, moron." I've been telling myself that every Friday, and every Friday I tend to repeat at least some of my past mistakes.
Things that I very much want in my life are coming in conflict with things I very much want no part of, and the irony is that I wind up getting the latter and not the former.
So now what? Well, I think I can bump up the daily calories to say something like 2,050 and maybe this will keep me a little bit more even keeled and susceptible to cravings and binges of all sorts of things. I also think that I maybe have reached the point where "drinking in moderation" is just something I don't have in my skillset and so that's probably got to go for health, weight, financial and mental wellness reasons.
Oh well, that's enough ranting for now. Nice to be back, and will check out some of your other threads soon.
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Vee
197.5 this morning. That's way too heavy and I need to lose some weight regardless.
The good: I've been working out pretty religiously so the weight issues are mostly just food (and drink) related. Also since the core or my workouts are lifting weights, a significant amount of the added weight appears to be muscle (as you can kinda see from the pic). Obviously I've added some fat to go with it, though.
Here' what my typical calorie counts for a week look like:
Monday: 1,850
Tuesday: 1,850
Wednesday: 1,850
Thursday: 1,850
Friday: 4,000
Saturday: 3,200
Sunday: 1,850
Evey now and then you can add maybe a 3,500 in on a Wednesday for whatever reason. As you can probably guess from that distribution, I've been getting myself in all sorts of trouble on Friday nights and then continuing into Saturday (often somewhat in self-defense, usually more in feeling "defeated.")
The idea with the low calorie totals during the week was actually to leave myself room for some calories on Friday and still come in at a deficit for the week. This plan appears to have failed spectacularly (though the above probably still represents a really small deficit). It was also NOT how I did it when I lost all this weight in the first place.
I am writing this very much conscious of the fact that it is indeed Friday afternoon and I'm staring down the barrel tonight of yet another challenge that lately I've been completely incapable of overcoming. I'm also writing this very conscious that I really don't have much of a solution other than the simple and obvious "stop fucking up, moron." I've been telling myself that every Friday, and every Friday I tend to repeat at least some of my past mistakes.
Things that I very much want in my life are coming in conflict with things I very much want no part of, and the irony is that I wind up getting the latter and not the former.
So now what? Well, I think I can bump up the daily calories to say something like 2,050 and maybe this will keep me a little bit more even keeled and susceptible to cravings and binges of all sorts of things. I also think that I maybe have reached the point where "drinking in moderation" is just something I don't have in my skillset and so that's probably got to go for health, weight, financial and mental wellness reasons.
Oh well, that's enough ranting for now. Nice to be back, and will check out some of your other threads soon.
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Vee
Cate
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*Bumped*Hi, Vee. Just wondering how you're going. Q is back in the forum & it just doesn't seem right without you. Plus I miss your zany sense of humour
Still applies
COOEEEE!!!!!!!!
MrVee
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Hmmm. Been a while, and it's my birthday and Cate sent me a nice birthday message. So here's a today photo. Still hovering about 190 pounds or so. Have added significant muscle, I think, though. Still would like to drop 15 or so. Anyway, sorry for the long absence, but I'm still here!
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Hello, Mr Vee - I don't know you, but I've just looked at the first couple of pages of your diary - as well as this most recent one, of course. I really like your way of framing your weight loss - the extra human you've shed along the way! I'd like to lose a healthy four-and-half-year-old, myself.
alligatorob
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Hey Mr. Vee, this is the first time I have heard of you, but any man who was at 375 5 years ago and is down to 190 today is someone I'd like to hear more from. I started here just a little over 3 months ago and am down from 320 to 282, but I still have a long ways to go.
Knowing how you did it, and particularly how you kept it off would be great. Bet you don't miss that "extra human"!
Knowing how you did it, and particularly how you kept it off would be great. Bet you don't miss that "extra human"!
Hi Mr Vee, I checked out your thread a little while ago (very popular by number of views) and was wondering how you are now. It’s really inspiring to hear you’re still doing well. Thanks for coming back and sharing! I was 330 at my heaviest and just today I’m 199 with a goal weight of 189. I think I’m a little younger than you but not by much. I’d love to hear more about how you’ve been maintaining. Congratulations on your success!
MrVee
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Thanks guys. I was 375 in 2012. Lost about 120 pounds the first year. About 50 more the next and since it's been a bit of a yo-yo though much (but not all) is intentional. I got all the way down to 162 once, but did not like the way I looked or felt. So started doing more heavy weight lifting and eating more. I've been between 180 and 200 for the better part of three years now. 6 feet tall.
The right weight for me is probably between 170 and 185, but I still have a bit of the binge eating problem from time to time. Anyhow, the workouts really do help to minimize the damage from those. I workout six days a week, lifting on five of those six days.
As for how I lost all the weight, counted calories (roughly 2200 for most of the time) and worked out a lot. I think everyone knows how to lose weight, just sticking with it can be challenging. I wish I had a magic potion I could sell, but I tried to lose weight a bunch of times over the years, but for some reason that last time in 2012, it stuck.
Cate, haven't talked to Q in a few years.
The right weight for me is probably between 170 and 185, but I still have a bit of the binge eating problem from time to time. Anyhow, the workouts really do help to minimize the damage from those. I workout six days a week, lifting on five of those six days.
As for how I lost all the weight, counted calories (roughly 2200 for most of the time) and worked out a lot. I think everyone knows how to lose weight, just sticking with it can be challenging. I wish I had a magic potion I could sell, but I tried to lose weight a bunch of times over the years, but for some reason that last time in 2012, it stuck.
Cate, haven't talked to Q in a few years.
alligatorob
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Thanks, I appreciate it. I agree we all know how to lose weight (not that it is easy to actually do), its the keeping it off that's the bigger question.
So you do still have problems with food craving and bingeing from time to time but control weight loss with exercise. That about sum it up?
I have managed not to binge on my current diet. I began in mid May and have been able to lose weight successfully, though I still have a long ways to go.
I am hoping to break the bingeing thing for good, do you think that's possible or even realistic? I am older than you and have more years of regular bingeing that you have been around.
No matter your answer you are a great inspiration to people like me, I hope you keep checking in on us from time to time.
So you do still have problems with food craving and bingeing from time to time but control weight loss with exercise. That about sum it up?
I have managed not to binge on my current diet. I began in mid May and have been able to lose weight successfully, though I still have a long ways to go.
I am hoping to break the bingeing thing for good, do you think that's possible or even realistic? I am older than you and have more years of regular bingeing that you have been around.
No matter your answer you are a great inspiration to people like me, I hope you keep checking in on us from time to time.
MrVee
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Yeah, that's about right. I don't really have too many problems with cravings unless it's something like donuts. Regular foods like pizza, I can just have as long as I don't have too much. But the binges have gotten me.
To be honest, I don't really know. i'm assuming it is. I have lost a crap ton of weight and have more or less kept it all off, but that doesn't really make me an expert on weight loss in general. What worked for me might not work for someone else, and what works for someone else might not work for me. In my specific case, exercise has really been my "ace in the hole." Even when I binge now, since I'm lifting heavy weights a lot, I add some muscle to go with the added fat. And I usually right the ship quickly and drop off the added weight pretty quickly.
Thanks!
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