Hi all. I'm happy to have found this forum. To make a rather obvious statement, I'm here because I want to lose weight. Just 11 years ago I got out of the Navy and weighed in at 210 lbs of rock solid muscle. I had a passion for body building, so I was lean and ripped at 210. Well now I'm at a pudgy 260 or so (I'll get an exact weight tomorrow) and unhappy with the way I look and feel. My goal is to get down to 220. I plan to do so by cutting the simple carbs, limiting my sugars and ditching the diet coke. As far as excercise goes, a friend is bringing over a bunch of different weights and machines as I've sold of my toy/car and have room for it in the garage. I was best at working out religiously when I was in the Navy because the gym was right next to where I slept. I also plan to get back into Jiu Jitsu as soon as my knee heals (tore something in jiu jitsu). I'm seeing a VA doctor about that and hope it'll be well enough soon. When I started jiu jitsu I quickly lost weight in the first 2 months. I injured my shoulder and was out of practice for 1 1/2 months and put all of the weight back on. I went back to practice and after 4 days injured the knee. Sounds crazy that I'd want to go back again, but I love it and I know that in order for me to be able to keep at anything strenuous I have to love it the way I used to love body building. Anyway, a lot of blabbing, but I plan to get started and keep track here. I'll be posting a before pic and others as I go on. Thanks in advance to any who may help as I go along.
I want to track my weight loss
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Hi and welcome to the forum!
To avoid sugar cravings try to eat high-fiber cereals during the day. Worked for me
I hope your knee will heal soon and that you'll reach your goals easily.
Thanks for the positive reinforcement and the info about the cereal. What cereals would you suggest?
I did good for breakfast. My wife is gung ho about helping, so she made me 2 scrambled eggs, 3 cherry tomatoes and sliced cucumbers. I also had 1 cup of coffee with a little milk and no sugar.
The good: The fact that I ate breakfast, which I usually skip. Also, the fact that I skipped the sugar.
The bad: She put a little cheese on the eggs and I beleive that chery tomatoes are high in sugars if I remember correctly from my weight lifting days.
Overall, a much healthier morning than usuall. For some reason i couldn't sleep last night, so I'm going to have to nap today (I don't work until this evening today). Hope that doesn't screw me up too much!
Ha! Ha! Great way to think about it ("or you will die"). I actually had a lot more water today than usual. Man it sure does help curb the appetite. Maybe I've ben dehydrated for a while!
I've never heard of the Scotish Porridge. Sounds pretty hearty! I have about 1 and 1/2 tubs of steel cut oats I'm going to work through, then I'll switch. I'll probably be happy for a change by then.
I've also heard that there's no such thing as any amount of fruit and veggies having a negative effect. Since I drive a lot for my work, I'm planning on packing raw veggies and fruit to snack on throughout the day. I've always got acess to berries as my wife stocks up for our boy. She makes him berry smoothies all the time. I'm sure that'll beat the cookies, cakes, muffins, ice cream and danishes I was having just about every night.
When I was going to Jiu jitsu, I couldn't drink or I just wouldn't make it through class. My kidneys would feel like they were going to explode out of my back and I'd just feel like crap halfway through. So when injured, I was able to get away with drinking just about every night. I told my self it was for the pain. I also tended to eat better when practicing. I was focused on eating to have the energy I'd need for the next practice. All that went down the tubes when injured.
Thinking about that is what had me start searching the net and running into this forum. By the time I get well enough to practice again, I'll have this eating properly thing down. Add the calories I'll be burning off and I hope to get this gut licked!
Funny what you said about the friends points of view (beer & wings). I've casually tryed to watch my eating nefore and always fealt exactly like you said and got exactly the feedback from friends like you said. This time I'm keeping it a little more hushed. I'll just make excuses like I'm already full or something else. I read here that different people suggest keeping it quiete until results are shown.
Wife cooked good tonight. Had steamed zuccini, squash, carrotts, mushrooms and onions with a few shrimp thrown in (spicy). I had a bowl of that, a small peice of grilled salmon and 3 rolls of seaweed. May have eaten too much altogether, but at least it was a vitamin packed meal.
If I get munchies later on I'll hit those berries and oats! Thanks for the information.This forum is ending up being a lot better than I thought it would be!!!
I've never heard of the Scotish Porridge. Sounds pretty hearty! I have about 1 and 1/2 tubs of steel cut oats I'm going to work through, then I'll switch. I'll probably be happy for a change by then.
I've also heard that there's no such thing as any amount of fruit and veggies having a negative effect. Since I drive a lot for my work, I'm planning on packing raw veggies and fruit to snack on throughout the day. I've always got acess to berries as my wife stocks up for our boy. She makes him berry smoothies all the time. I'm sure that'll beat the cookies, cakes, muffins, ice cream and danishes I was having just about every night.
When I was going to Jiu jitsu, I couldn't drink or I just wouldn't make it through class. My kidneys would feel like they were going to explode out of my back and I'd just feel like crap halfway through. So when injured, I was able to get away with drinking just about every night. I told my self it was for the pain. I also tended to eat better when practicing. I was focused on eating to have the energy I'd need for the next practice. All that went down the tubes when injured.
Thinking about that is what had me start searching the net and running into this forum. By the time I get well enough to practice again, I'll have this eating properly thing down. Add the calories I'll be burning off and I hope to get this gut licked!
Funny what you said about the friends points of view (beer & wings). I've casually tryed to watch my eating nefore and always fealt exactly like you said and got exactly the feedback from friends like you said. This time I'm keeping it a little more hushed. I'll just make excuses like I'm already full or something else. I read here that different people suggest keeping it quiete until results are shown.
Wife cooked good tonight. Had steamed zuccini, squash, carrotts, mushrooms and onions with a few shrimp thrown in (spicy). I had a bowl of that, a small peice of grilled salmon and 3 rolls of seaweed. May have eaten too much altogether, but at least it was a vitamin packed meal.
If I get munchies later on I'll hit those berries and oats! Thanks for the information.This forum is ending up being a lot better than I thought it would be!!!
Nice. Sounds like you're on top of it.
My friends are my achilles heel. I don't know about you, but I'm a hardcore leatherhead football freak. And ain't nothing like beers and the "party platter" for the big game. I tried it yesterday, and goddamn did I pay (I have a hiatal hernia thing going on). And yet, when I get together with the buddies, including my father-in-law, beer and cheese sticks end up on the table.
I *try* to do it like this: Eat up before you leave. A LOT. Mondo salad. Drink your water. When you get there, order the "tall" miller lite, and then nurse that baby as long as you possibly can. EAT NOTHING. This will be VERY hard.
And in the middle of all the discomfort remember that YOU'RE the one eating like one of the athletic freaks on TV, not the guys watching (and eating) all the beer and processed cheese commercials.
Also beware that like *some* women, men are secretly jealous when a friend of theirs goes hardcore. I've always resented it when a friend of mine I haven't seen in a while shows up all buff, drinking lemon water. It makes you feel inadequate, pure and simple.
Weight loss is often not about the calories....
My friends are my achilles heel. I don't know about you, but I'm a hardcore leatherhead football freak. And ain't nothing like beers and the "party platter" for the big game. I tried it yesterday, and goddamn did I pay (I have a hiatal hernia thing going on). And yet, when I get together with the buddies, including my father-in-law, beer and cheese sticks end up on the table.
I *try* to do it like this: Eat up before you leave. A LOT. Mondo salad. Drink your water. When you get there, order the "tall" miller lite, and then nurse that baby as long as you possibly can. EAT NOTHING. This will be VERY hard.
And in the middle of all the discomfort remember that YOU'RE the one eating like one of the athletic freaks on TV, not the guys watching (and eating) all the beer and processed cheese commercials.
Also beware that like *some* women, men are secretly jealous when a friend of theirs goes hardcore. I've always resented it when a friend of mine I haven't seen in a while shows up all buff, drinking lemon water. It makes you feel inadequate, pure and simple.
Weight loss is often not about the calories....
Looking at your ticker I'd never guess you cared for footbal!
I do sometimes go to friends houses or out with friends as they are hardcore sports fans and I just like the socializing. Man it sure is easy to eat that cheesy/greasy food when everyone else is doing it! I've actually held of snacking or anything before going to those shindigs so I wouldn't ruin my appetite and leave room for a good stuffing. Now I'll do the opposite.
You know, if a friend gets a little upset at me not eating as much as them, I'm sure they'll get over it. Thore temporary feelings is a small price to pay to look, feel and be healthy! A good friend will want that for me anyway! I know what you mean though, because I was guilty of it. I had a friend slim down. Saw him looking more attractive than me and I had been the buff one before. The tides had changed! It was one of the spurs for me to start jiu jitsu. I'm happy for him now and wish I hadn't felt that way.
Sorry to hear about your hernia. I'm sure that's painful.
Tonight I nded up having some raw oats with blueberries and cranberries (not dried SO TART!) and a little milk. Poured the milk out of each spoon. Afterwards, my dog got hooked up with that milk and seemed happy with my decision on that one! Chugging on that water! Seems as if I get thursty quicker and can't get enough. Have you felt that way before?
Sorry to hear about your hernia, I'm sure that's painfull.
I do sometimes go to friends houses or out with friends as they are hardcore sports fans and I just like the socializing. Man it sure is easy to eat that cheesy/greasy food when everyone else is doing it! I've actually held of snacking or anything before going to those shindigs so I wouldn't ruin my appetite and leave room for a good stuffing. Now I'll do the opposite. You know, if a friend gets a little upset at me not eating as much as them, I'm sure they'll get over it. Thore temporary feelings is a small price to pay to look, feel and be healthy! A good friend will want that for me anyway! I know what you mean though, because I was guilty of it. I had a friend slim down. Saw him looking more attractive than me and I had been the buff one before. The tides had changed! It was one of the spurs for me to start jiu jitsu. I'm happy for him now and wish I hadn't felt that way.
Sorry to hear about your hernia. I'm sure that's painful.
Tonight I nded up having some raw oats with blueberries and cranberries (not dried SO TART!) and a little milk. Poured the milk out of each spoon. Afterwards, my dog got hooked up with that milk and seemed happy with my decision on that one! Chugging on that water! Seems as if I get thursty quicker and can't get enough. Have you felt that way before?
Sorry to hear about your hernia, I'm sure that's painfull.
Yeah, I noticed that in my journal. Once you start drinking water, first it seems crazy, like water torture or something. Then, about 48 hours later, *BOOM*. Your body exits its deprivation mode and thanks you for finally leaving the Gobi desert behind. You will drink, and pee, and drink, and pee, and your kidneys are throwing a party the whole time.
When I first started drinking enough water, I thought I was diabetic, I swear to god. Then, gradually, my bladder began to expand and get used to the real load. It's a funny process, getting healthy.
How much water is enough? Drink half your body weight in ounces, spread evenly throughout the day. For me, that's a gallon and two big glasses of crystal lite. Easy on the coffee... But with enough water, coffee really shows its diuretic colors, and you'll know it's not the healthiest thing when you pee twenty minutes after drinking it.
Who knew orange foamy pee wasn't normal?
When I first started drinking enough water, I thought I was diabetic, I swear to god. Then, gradually, my bladder began to expand and get used to the real load. It's a funny process, getting healthy.
How much water is enough? Drink half your body weight in ounces, spread evenly throughout the day. For me, that's a gallon and two big glasses of crystal lite. Easy on the coffee... But with enough water, coffee really shows its diuretic colors, and you'll know it's not the healthiest thing when you pee twenty minutes after drinking it.
Who knew orange foamy pee wasn't normal?
Thanks Scott!B
Ha! Ha! I guess I'll have to leave early for my appointments (most are a 1 1/2 to 2 hour drive) so I can make those pee stops.
Funny you mentioned the coffee. When I get up each morning, my wife has left me a cup sitting there for me. Today I walked over and filled a large glass with water, then realized the coffee was there. I thought "oh well, I'll go ahead and get that cup out of the way". I had been savoring cofee in the mornings. Now I may get my wife to stop making it for me. Don't want it to get into the way of my water!
This morning I had 1 poached egg (wife left it for me) and 1 cup of mixed oats, wheat germ, psylium husk and raisons. I wet it down with a splash of carrot juice. Interesting to say the least! This was a variation of a breakfast I studied about in a book called "ripped" by Clarence Bass. He was a big advocate of putting on muscle, not fat. A lot of body builders "bulk up", during off competition season, the try to lose the fat and retain as much of that muscle as possible. His method was tracked by scientist through blood work and body fat measuring. It worked well, so I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to bulk up without adding the fat at the same time.
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That's a manly breakfast. I might try that soon.
If you're disgusting and not a private person, you can bring an extra gallon jug with you in the car and piss in it. Perhaps that's too much info, but it's better than that crazy astronaut who wore diapers while she stalked the other half of her love triangle.
Besides, I just can't quit coffee yet. I drink plenty of water when I wake up, then coffee, then its bathroom time. I can live with that for now.
If you're disgusting and not a private person, you can bring an extra gallon jug with you in the car and piss in it. Perhaps that's too much info, but it's better than that crazy astronaut who wore diapers while she stalked the other half of her love triangle.
Besides, I just can't quit coffee yet. I drink plenty of water when I wake up, then coffee, then its bathroom time. I can live with that for now.
better than that crazy astronaut who wore diapers while she stalked the other half of her love triangle
LOL! I think the jug would be better for me. I'm not ashamed to do it. I used to drink 1 or 2 one liter bottles of diet coke each day, so those were great pee containers. I think a jug may work better though. Bigger hole to work with. LOL! Hope nobody takes that wrong!!!
LOL! I think the jug would be better for me. I'm not ashamed to do it. I used to drink 1 or 2 one liter bottles of diet coke each day, so those were great pee containers. I think a jug may work better though. Bigger hole to work with. LOL! Hope nobody takes that wrong!!!
I had a good day today. I felt rather energetic. Other than the breakfast I had mentioned I had the following:
-3 summer rolls my wife made. The wrapper was the only neg (simple carbs). She filled them with shrimp, mixed greens and sliced cucumbers with a little rooster sauce (spicy).
- About 1/2 handfull of blueberries
- 2 apples
- 1 slice baked fish
- 1 bowl shrimp, squash, zuccini, mushrooms, onions and a little curry flavor
- Late in the night I had a little craving for sweets, so I mixed up some of what I had for breakfast, but this time added in a few crushed walnuts and dried cranberries
- Lots of water
Hope you all had a good day too! Still haven't weighed myself. Maybe i can get over to the grocery store soon. I like the idea of the scales not being so close and so easy to get to. This way i won't be driving myself nuts with little ups and downs. I'll let the fit of my pants do the talking for me!
-3 summer rolls my wife made. The wrapper was the only neg (simple carbs). She filled them with shrimp, mixed greens and sliced cucumbers with a little rooster sauce (spicy).
- About 1/2 handfull of blueberries
- 2 apples
- 1 slice baked fish
- 1 bowl shrimp, squash, zuccini, mushrooms, onions and a little curry flavor
- Late in the night I had a little craving for sweets, so I mixed up some of what I had for breakfast, but this time added in a few crushed walnuts and dried cranberries
- Lots of water
Hope you all had a good day too! Still haven't weighed myself. Maybe i can get over to the grocery store soon. I like the idea of the scales not being so close and so easy to get to. This way i won't be driving myself nuts with little ups and downs. I'll let the fit of my pants do the talking for me!
Sriracha? I've never seen anything called rooster sauce, but IIRC the sriracha I get has a rooster on the bottle.
wishes
Coffee Addict
bwahahaha that post made me just about pee myself
I love oats for breakfast, but to be honest i was never a breakfast person either. Now i cant go without breakfast and im hungry solidly the entire morning. its weird how your body changes. The funny thing is that i remember when i was young and fit and i felt the same way!
I like my sports hard and solitary myself, weights, cycling etc. ...
... so yeah foamy orange pee ? sounds like you're a sick man!
Not anymore. Now it's like lemon water. Ironic to think that one's piss is clean...
Foamy pee, incidentally, or pee with lots of bubbles, indicates series dehydration, acidity, and microfauna imbalance. I got it the most after a night of drinking, like pumpkin orange. The foam is from all the acid, yeast, and other rogue, ripped apart aminos. Very sad kidneys indeed...
It's the same principle as a protein skimmer on aquariums. Next chance you get (if you never have) check out one of the cool marine/saltwater aquariums at a store or restaurant. In the back on newer ones is a large tube, a great filter called a skimmer. It sucks out all the metabolic waste from the tank that's too small to be filtered mechanically, but too big to be reabsorbed as part of a biological waste cycle. So it's a long tube of water with thick, gooey foam on top. The foam reduces to black sludge in a separate bin that's like fryer oil that's been in too long, sticky and smelly. Your kidneys are similar to that protein skimmer...
Foamy pee, incidentally, or pee with lots of bubbles, indicates series dehydration, acidity, and microfauna imbalance. I got it the most after a night of drinking, like pumpkin orange. The foam is from all the acid, yeast, and other rogue, ripped apart aminos. Very sad kidneys indeed...
It's the same principle as a protein skimmer on aquariums. Next chance you get (if you never have) check out one of the cool marine/saltwater aquariums at a store or restaurant. In the back on newer ones is a large tube, a great filter called a skimmer. It sucks out all the metabolic waste from the tank that's too small to be filtered mechanically, but too big to be reabsorbed as part of a biological waste cycle. So it's a long tube of water with thick, gooey foam on top. The foam reduces to black sludge in a separate bin that's like fryer oil that's been in too long, sticky and smelly. Your kidneys are similar to that protein skimmer...
You are correct!
That's just what we call it around here.So I finally weighed myself today. 266 lbs. I've got a few more lbs. to lose than I thought. But, I guess I can finally start my ticker tracker!
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I had an o.k. day today. Slipped up and had some cinammon rolls. But I ate maybe 1/3 as much as I used to.
Picked up some flax seed, blueberries, rasberries, raisens, oat bran and lentils. I'm going to focus on some good mixed greens and chicken breast tomorrow. I didn't have enough veggies today (plenty of fruit though).
BTW, watched my brother eat at Panera's today (I had already eaten). I thought I'd just have something to drink, so I ordered their green tea. Unfortunately, it comes already sweetened, so I guess I took in some of the sugar I'm trying to avoid too!
Picked up some flax seed, blueberries, rasberries, raisens, oat bran and lentils. I'm going to focus on some good mixed greens and chicken breast tomorrow. I didn't have enough veggies today (plenty of fruit though).
BTW, watched my brother eat at Panera's today (I had already eaten). I thought I'd just have something to drink, so I ordered their green tea. Unfortunately, it comes already sweetened, so I guess I took in some of the sugar I'm trying to avoid too!
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