From alpha testing to the QUERCUS 200

Thanks Cate! Solid advice. I should make an appointment.

Yesterday
Run
30 mins
2.4 miles

Tonight
Run
30 minutes
2.0 miles
143 bpm

A nice easy run tonight. I ran on the road for a first time in a long time and i worked outdoors today so it has been a very active day. I ate well and I'm hopeful for my weigh in tomorrow.
 
Great job on the exercise, and good luck with the scale tomorrow. :)
 
No such luck Jen.

I will be counting calories and weighing in at least weekly, but likely more often. I will record here. Every week that I don't lose weight I will reduce my calories slightly. Starting at 2,300 calories a day.

Weight304.2
Breakfast600
Lunch750
Snack110
Dinner540
Total2000
Average2000
 
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Weight 301.8

Breakfast 600

Lunch 560

Snack 240

Dinner 800

Total 2,200

Average 2,100

So I forgot how much I hate editing tables on here so that's gone. I didn't intend to eat 2,000 calories yesterday, but I ate dinner rather late as I was fixing our washing machine and so I would have had to eat 300 calories right before bed when I wasn't hungry. Also I dropped 2.4 pounds in a day. I knew I hadn't gained with the 7 days up until Wednesday, but I'm still sticking to counting calories.

Yesterday's Run
31 mins 12 secs
2.5 miles
157 bpm avg

This was day 3 in a row which I haven't done since pre knee junk. The inserts/shoes are the ticket. My knees feel good.
 
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9/29/2014
"I've lost 31.2 pounds this year so far (38.6 by the end of June, but I regained 12.4 Jul-Aug). That's 0.8 pounds per week. That is too low and I will get the average up to 1 lb/week by year's end. I need to lose 1.6 pounds a week for the rest of the year. I was tracking at 1.54 pounds a week up until the end of June."

So for the month of September I lost 0.92 pounds/week which is an improvement over the 0.8 per week annual average I had for the year, but still too low. The annual average is so low because of my 12.4 pounds regained. I think a 2 pound a week month is perfectly attainable at least while I am still this heavy so that's the October goal. That would bring my average for the year to .87 pounds per week. I can end the year with an average of 1.1 pounds per week if I get the 2 pounds a week going until the end of the year.
 
On the two pounds a week goal, my pounds lost a week averages went below 2.0 right at about 250 pounds which is around a 35 BMI for me. I know you're taller so that weight might be a little higher for you. So certainly it's doable for a little while more anyway.
 
Thanks Jen!

Vee, 35 BMI is 280 for me at 6' 3" which would get me almost to the end of the year. Since I'm actually 6' 2.75" I should be good for 2 pounds a week through the end of the year. I am fine with it being lower, but only if that's what's happening with 2,300 calories and lots of running. I think if I keep the calories and running at the right level that I will be able to get 2 pounds a week, but there is only one way to find out for sure.

Counting calories is just like carrying an asthma inhaler for me now. It's an inconvenience, but I just have to do it for my health. I also feel it is important to post my calories and weight here daily. I need the accountability. I may be behind on posting, but I will have the calories every day and I'll catch them up as I come on here. I will still keep Saturday as my weigh-in day because I am away from the scale on the weekdays too often, but I plan to weigh frequently.

That being said I'd like to keep it simple so no spreadsheets or apps involved at the moment. I will just make a note on paper or on my phone and record it here. I found that not tracking my runs hasn't hurt a thing and I still enjoy it. Maybe even a bit more because there isn't any "paperwork". Some times I think that I'd like to know how many miles I've run total, but that will be here if I ever want to add it up and go back to the spreadsheets. The same goes for my weight and calories.
 
Quercus said:
Counting calories is just like carrying an asthma inhaler for me now. It's an inconvenience, but I just have to do it for my health.
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Some inconveniences are actually major conveniences whose true identities are only revealed when you need them. Just like having to carry an asthma inhaler around, counting calories on a daily basis might be a pain in the ass...but it just might save your life some day.

You're doing good, man. 30+ lbs lost this year already? That's AMAZING. Whatever you're doing, it's working - I wouldn't get too caught up in the minute details or numbers. Just look at the big picture - you are 30 lbs lighter than you were 10 months ago - and, you've probably developed a healthier heart and body in the process. That's the good news. The BAD news is...you are "this close" to getting under 300 lbs and we all know what that means...

...the piggies go to slaughter. :piggy:
 
Those poor piggies. :( ... but on the bright side... bacon! lol!

I couldn't agree more with you on the counting calories thing though. Such a pain, but I definitely need to do it right now.
 
Weight 301.0

Breakfast 600

Lunch 590

Snack 260

Dinner 850

Total 2,300

Average 2,167

Your view on calorie counting is very well put Chef. I don't whine about the inhaler because it's link to my health is immediate and acute. Counting calories will at a minimum extend my life. So yeah, I should stop whining.

Your complement is quite generous I think, but it is really appreciated. I spent a month and a half gaining 12 pounds or the total would be higher. I was losing weight without counting calories, but at an entirely too slow rate. I don't want to wear my body out running long term at 300+. It's already been way too long, but that's the past and I can only fix it from this point forward.

I try to think if I carried a couple 2lb dumbbells while I ran tonight would it slow me down or make it harder? Of course and that's what I had extra on Monday's run. Imagine what 10 will do or 50. It's going to be nice. Being a normal size is going to be nice.

I will PM you all the ebacon soon Jen.

Here piggy piggy!

:piggy::piggy: :smash:
 
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12/7/2012 349.2 pounds
10/2/2014 301.0 pounds

That was 95 weeks ago. That's 0.51 pounds per week.

Vee, my forever gold standard, had already lost 65 pounds by that date. He went from 310 on 12/7/2012 to 180 today. That's 1.4 pounds per week. That number doesn't really reflect much as he is at or incredibly near maintenance and consequently his rate of loss has been rightfully low or 0 for a while. He weighed 39.2 pounds less than me then and now he weighs 121 pounds less than me. That's the difference between 0.51lb and 1.4lbs a week.

When I lose 2 lbs/week until the end of the year that will make 0.66 pound/wk average. If I averaged 2 pounds/week until 200 (unlikely) I would make a 1 pound per week average from 349.2 to 200. I intend to try to make that happen. It won't be a failure if I don't, but it will be great to do so and exciting to see how close I can get.
 
Um, you may want to steer clear of my thread today, otherwise I think those pigs might not be the only one who gets hammered. :D

It's worth noting that I didn't sustain multiple serious injuries (sprained my ankle once, but was back exercising five days later) like you have. Also I'm a full on OCD loony toon which is good for losing weight, bad for first dates. :ack2:

You _have_ made progress in spite of the set backs and that definitely puts you in a position to have more: you know you can lose weight, because you already have, even under less than ideal circumstances at times.

In any event, you're a good dude regardless and if I'm any sort of inspiration or benchmark for you, I'm extremely flattered.
 
299.2 or 5 pounds since Wednesday! Very pleased to be below 300 again and to have such a great start to the 2 pound a week average.

Yesterday
5K 3.1 miles
44:10
147 BPM Avg HR
Just an easy 5K. It felt good.

B 600
L 415
S 330
D 850

T 2,195

A 2,181
 
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B 600
L 415
S 330
D 850

T 2,195

A 2,181

On my "average" I am taking the previous average and averaging it with the day's calories. So this isn't the arithmetic mean of the data set and I don't know what to call it. With arithmetic mean (normal average), eventually a single day's calories will have little affect on the average. I suppose it's a weighted mean, but that doesn't give how I'm weighting it a name. The intent is to give equal weight to today's calories to the combined previous weighted mean.

Vee feel free to destupid this for me.
 
299.2 again this morning. We had baked fries with dinner last night and that probably put the stall on the wife and I having any scale movement. We both stayed in calories so no harm done. Still 5 pounds after 4 days for me so no worries at all.

I've caught up with my wife for pounds lost this year. She is 5' 2" and I'm 6' 3" so her 34 pounds represents a more profound change and a much higher % lost than me. I should be losing more rapidly now and I am going to try to catch up to her on % lost. That won't actually be possible for me to know as I only know how much she has lost.
 
I've gone from BMI 41.64 (Obese Class 3 : Morbid Obesity) at the first of the year to a BMI of 37.39 (Obese Class 2).

Class 3 obesity (beginning of the year): With a BMI of 40+ you have an extremely high risk of weight-related disease and premature death.

Class 2 obesity (current): With a BMI of 35-39.99 your risk of weight-related health problems and even death, is severe.

Class 1 obesity (starts at 280 pounds): Individuals with a BMI of 30-34.99 are in a physically unhealthy condition, which puts them at risk for serious illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, gall bladder disease, and some cancers. This holds especially true if you have a larger than recommended waist size (40" for males).

Overweight (starts at 240): People falling in the 25-29.9 BMI range are considered overweight and would benefit from finding healthy ways to lower their weight, such as diet and exercise. Individuals who fall in this range are at increased risk for a variety of ilnesses. If your BMI is 27-29.99 your risk of health problems becomes higher. In a recent study an increased rate of blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease was recorded at 27.3 for women and 27.8 for men. It may be a good idea to check your Waist Circumference and compare it with the recommended limits.

My end goal of 200 is the lowest rating of overweight (25). BMI does not account for muscle mass and is not precise enough to say that 200 pounds is overweight for me.

What I know for sure in relation to BMI:

I no longer lift heavy weights so there is near zero probability that I could be healthy with a BMI in the obese range.

Waist circumference is a good couple with BMI for a sensible correction. Men with waist size 40" or higher have elevated health risk (women 35"). This is a very strong correlation based on a large data set. This is an independent factor to BMI, but the 2 measures combined give a good indication of health risk.

I don't need to track my waist circumference or even check my BMI at this point as they both a well above the cutoff for increased health risk. Maybe a waist measure at 280 will give me some sense of how well BMI works for me. I should still have a greater than 40" waist circumference while in any obese category via BMI.
 
The type of averaging you're doing is really common in stock analysis. Basically it's just a weighted average. If today's weight is '1', yesterday's '2' and the day before is '3', you take 0.5 raise to an exponent of "1,2,3...,etc.", and that's the weight for each day going back to whenever you started. It's as valid as any other way provided it's giving you the information you want and changes to the degree you want.

In any event, congrats on moving below three bills. That was a very, very, very big day for me when it happened. There were tears.

I'm having trouble with my waist circumference as where I measure gives fairly dramatic differences. An inch above the navel gives like a 31.2, at the navel gives 34.0.
 
Hey, the piggies are gone!! Super happy for you! :) Also that's quite the height difference between you and your wife. lol!
 
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