Getting Functionally Fit

thanks mal

correction to the update, new low was actually 410.8. i had forgotten to do my morning emptying out ritual, lol. and to stay consistant, i had to go weigh myself again afterwards...

Since im feeling somewhat inspired, im going to add a new short term goal into the mix here. Originally, my goal was 400 by september 1st. Since things have gone a little quicker than i initially planned, im going to up that to august 1st. 21 days from now, i need to lose another 11 pounds and be back into the 300's for the first time in about 15 months. Thats 3.5 pounds per week for the next three weeks, which is no faster than I have been doing it for the last 8 weeks. But it will help keep me focused and on track to ensure that I nail this one head on.

Ive also decided to change up my reward system slightly. Originally I had figured that I would go and get a nice full body massage when i popped 400. Ive decided that i dont neccesarily value that as much as certain other things. In keeping in practice with good behavior modification principles, I am not allowing food to be a reward system. Also, since i cant afford to drop money on clothing that wont fit me (hopefully) in 3 months, I wont be going that route either. Instead, I am choosing something that is far more permanent... a new train. I collect gauge 1 (also known as G-Scale) trains. Just this past week I was finally able to obtain a new power pack and wide radius (20 ft diameter) curve track, and got some good exercise setting it up in the backyard (over 100 feet of track is a good 4 hour workout, lol). I think my mother might contribute a couple of bucks towards this goal too, so that I can really get something nice that will stand as a strong reminder of what I am doind and the wonderful rewards that come with it. Maybe ill even put a small lettering on it somewhere to indicate what it represents, lol. Anyways, we are going tomorrow to RidgeRoad Station. we are lucky enough to live relatively close to one of the more prominent gauge-1 retailers, so I get to go and see what they look like out of the box in person. I will probably come home with something small out of my own pocket, but i figure maybe i can pick something out as my reward to come...
 
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Hey congrats on the new goal. I loved my Lionel as a kid, but I was never a big train guy. As an adult, I have been taking very good care of my dad's old trains from the 1930s, but I don't actually have them set up or anything.
 
Well, its about 3am, and i finally got up the courage to take a second round of pics. Im down about 30 pounds, and am curious, though not hopeful, to see if there is a noticeable change. Problem is, I cant find my digital camera, lol. seriously, i really was going to do it...

LOL, and as i am sitting here typing this, after just having looked all over the house for my camera, i looked up at the shelf my left speaker sits on, and there it is. now it is taunting me.

ok, time to take some pics...
 
Well, i took the pics. in my defense, i will say that I am being very objective about this. It is pure honesty with myself, and while it may be disappointing on some levels, it is not discouraging. There is no visible difference... yet. I think that 30 pounds is not enough to see a drastic change on someone my size. It is not to say that I am not losing and changing, it is just that it is not yet visible in a side by side comparison. Which i literally did with my little photo editor. I think it is going to take a bit more weight loss before i can visually see a marked difference between photos. I know i am not very physically attractive, so i dont really care about that aspect. I make up for that in other departments, lol. But seeing a change visually is still an indication of success in bodyfat loss.

Ill continue taking pics at approximately 25-30 pound intervals. I am kinda curious to see how much weight loss is required to see a change in someone my size.
 
Coach, I think the first 30 pounds are mainly gifts to your heart and your joints. Congratulations on your great progress so far.
 
CoachCrimson said:
Ill continue taking pics at approximately 25-30 pound intervals. I am kinda curious to see how much weight loss is required to see a change in someone my size.
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I'll let you know when I finally see a difference :D

clothing sizes are the only way I know for sure - I don't see a difference in the mirror :D

are you going to share your pictures? :D
 
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Well, i took the pics. in my defense, i will say that I am being very objective about this. It is pure honesty with myself, and while it may be disappointing on some levels, it is not discouraging. There is no visible difference... yet. I think that 30 pounds is not enough to see a drastic change on someone my size. It is not to say that I am not losing and changing, it is just that it is not yet visible in a side by side comparison. Which i literally did with my little photo editor. I think it is going to take a bit more weight loss before i can visually see a marked difference between photos. I know i am not very physically attractive, so i dont really care about that aspect. I make up for that in other departments, lol. But seeing a change visually is still an indication of success in bodyfat loss.

Ill continue taking pics at approximately 25-30 pound intervals. I am kinda curious to see how much weight loss is required to see a change in someone my size.
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keep it up buddy!!!
 
Coach, my pics are posted. I found the first 30 a little less than exciting for myself, but I saw a huge difference in the next 15.
 
CoachCrimson said:
There is no visible difference... yet. I think that 30 pounds is not enough to see a drastic change on someone my size. It is not to say that I am not losing and changing, it is just that it is not yet visible in a side by side comparison. Which i literally did with my little photo editor. I think it is going to take a bit more weight loss before i can visually see a marked difference between photos. I know i am not very physically attractive, so i dont really care about that aspect. I make up for that in other departments, lol. But seeing a change visually is still an indication of success in bodyfat loss.
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Hey Coach,
while I totally respect your self honesty, I suspect that you are being a bit hard on yourself re: "not very physically attractive". Trying to be honest here,without ruffling any feathers, sometimes it's hard to really "see" what a person looks like when they are carrying a lot of excess weight simply because some features are obscured or distoreted by the extra flesh. If you look at the before and after pic of someone who has lost about 100lb, the face itself usually looks like that of a totally different person because post weight loss there's clearly defined facial bone structure....I don't know but it's possible that you are looking in the mirror and self translating "excess weight" into "unattractive" - it could very well be (although you don't care about it) "super hot guy" with facial features just waiting to be revealed.
 
CYM has said exactly what should be noted!! WELL DONE!! I've seen some guy transformation photos on here, and HOLY SMOKES, these guys under all that extra weight are HOT, HOT, HOT!! I see what you look like by your picture and you have a very nice face, so I'm not sure what your seeing when you look in the mirror. And we have all heard this a billion times before, BUT.... Let's not forget that it's not just what's on the outside that triggers beauty, you have to have it inside my friend, OR SCREW the outside appearance all together. By reading your posts, I can safely say, you have the inside down too, don't you worry. Enjoy your weekend.
Kim
 
Thanks for coming by everyone. its nice to have people show they care even when you arent totally freaking out and about to lose control.

I like to think that I have my priorities and values set well enough that even if I was physically attractive to the point of being a model or something, I still wouldn't care about that. Perhaps I am still being too hard on myself though. I did however show my mother the pictures, and this is rather surprising but she agreed with me. There really didnt appear to be any physical change. Very odd considering that mothers generally want to make their children feel as good and important as possible, and seem to love to sugarcoat things to that effect, lol.

As far as sharing pics here, I will not share the ones I am using for comparisons until I have hit my end goal. They are too personal and private at this point, and reflect too much of who I still am. I was jittered and uncomfortable showing them to my own mother, and she sees me walk around in shorts with no shirt all the time. However, perhaps I can find some more suitable pictures to share in the meanwhile. I make no promises though, lol.
 
no pressure on the pictures :) I'm over posting pics here :D so I would never have anyone do it if they weren't comfortable doing it... :D
 
Don't know why I suddenly thought of this. Guess its because i was thinking about the end result, and what it will be like. Anyways, heres my "epiphany":

For every pound of weight I need to lose, there is approximately 1,000,000 people in the US who could stand to lose a couple of pounds themselves.

For every pound of weight I need to lose, there is only about 50,000 people who will join me in permanent success.

For every pound of weight I gain back, there are 950,000 people who are failing at making a permanent change just like me.

Interesting perspective?
 
minor update

407.4

woo

i love seeing that ticker move to the right, lol. its almost time to adjust for the next progress mark. less than 1 BMI left to go. even though i dislike BMI very much, it is still something to measure against.
 
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CoachCrimson said:
minor update

407.4

woo

i love seeing that ticker move to the right, lol. its almost time to adjust for the next progress mark. less than 1 BMI left to go. even though i dislike BMI very much, it is still something to measure against.
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do it to it COACH!!!

way to go man!!
 
407...great way to start the week...I was looking at your tracker and thought ..."that little turtle has done some serious travelling"
 
lol, cym... I try to imagine that while every pound behind that turtle may have seemed like a mile, every pound in front of him is just another foot.

But in reality it definitely feels like the opposite, lol

EDIT: forgot to mention, scale read 407.2 this morning, lol
 
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