Looking to lose an extra human I apparently picked up along the way

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Two things:

1. Holy Sh*t !! Great week, month, year and effort! That is truly incredible.

2. You may have a long way to go, but in my opinion the guy on the right in the comparison shot looks happier and looks like he'll live a LOT longer than the guy on the left.

HUGE, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS, MrVee.
 
I agree. The guy on the right looks WAY happier than the guy on the left. Well done Mr Vee!!!!!!!!! :party:
 
276.5 on Tuesday. Scale continues to do funny things.

In some sense more important than any scale progress, my trainer has looked at me and watched my training progress and now is clearly shifting things into a new level. He even had me do a little bit of jogging last week and for the first time in over a decade, the movement itself didn't feel "risky." It's hard to explain but when you carry around so much weight, when you jog and then when you land, that impact doesn't feel right and often feels dangerous. The last week and a half or so that sensation appears to have lessened greatly.

All of this is to say, my body appears to be bearing my weight a hell of a lot better right now. Still won't be doing a lot of running or jogging (it isn't necessarily the greatest idea for anyone in their 40s regardless of weight), but I get the feeling it's a lot less risky now than it was.
 
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276.5 on Tuesday. Scale continues to do funny things.

In some sense more important than any scale progress, my trainer has looked at me and watched my training progress and now is clearly shifting things into a new level. He even had me do a little bit of jogging last week and for the first time in over a decade, the movement itself didn't feel "risky." It's hard to explain but when you carry around so much weight, when you jog and then when you land, that impact doesn't feel right and often feels dangerous. The last week and a half or so that sensation appears to have lessened greatly.

All of this is to say, my body appears to be bearing my weight a hell of a lot better right now. Still won't be doing a lot of running or jogging (it isn't necessarily the greatest idea for anyone in their 40s regardless of weight), but I get the feeling it's a lot less risky now than it was.
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I know exactly what you mean by the "feeling risky" issue when jogging... for me, I had become concerned with something as benign as slipping on wet pavement. A slip and fall, at my weight, could destroy my knee or even break a bone. The weight loss combined with the biking has given me a boatload more confidence that I am mostly safe from the wet pavement scenario. Maybe in a year, a light jog won't be such an impossibility... although even when I was young and fit I HATED running.

By the way, don't ya just love the roller coaster weigh-ins? At least, you know it's an anomaly that'll likely resolve itself in a day or three. Keep up the great efforts MrVee. I am inspired by your training... a bit envious, in fact. I used to climb South Mountain and the buttes at Papago Park when I was a resident. Maybe someday I'll return and do it some more.
 
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By the way, don't ya just love the roller coaster weigh-ins? At least, you know it's an anomaly that'll likely resolve itself in a day or three. Keep up the great efforts MrVee. I am inspired by your training... a bit envious, in fact. I used to climb South Mountain and the buttes at Papago Park when I was a resident. Maybe someday I'll return and do it some more.
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I'm further up north near Squaw/Piestewa Peak.

The 250 date in the sig also marks the milestone where I said earlier I'd head back out on the market. Seeing how soon that now is, I want to rethink. :D I wonder if I should make up a fake divorce to explain why I haven't dated in a decade?
 
Why wait until you reach 250 pounds? Get out and start dating now.

Are you saying that if you met an attractive, intelligent single woman you would worry about her weight before asking her out and would let 24 pounds define the difference between an acceptable and unacceptable weight?

I strongly suspect that you wouldn't...

Why believe that a woman would make the opposite judgement regarding yourself?

Keep your eyes open and if you meet such a woman - go for it...
 
Congrats on the training! You know you're making progress that way.

I know exactly what you mean with the jogging. Even though I'm not very old, my knees are already a little bit shakey just because of how long I rode horses. Coupled with the extra weight, jogging is very difficult. I tried when I first started and immediately decided I would wait on that and try again when I had dropped 30 or 40 pounds.
 
Dating is tough. I've done the au naturale look, I've done the caked on "any-man-have-yellow-fever" look, I've done the 3 feet of fabric around my body look, I've done the "best house party host" ever look.
Still as dry as a sahara desert.

I'm going to keep trying and keep my eyes and arms and (body language) receptive to meeting men. But it's hard out there.

Especially if you have standards........

Keep at it dear MrVee!
 
Hey Mr Vee congrats on the milestone! You've done really well, I love that you are just keeping on keeping on, rather then having a big celebration blow out. It's cool that you keep coming back to the big goals rather than only focusing on the small ones. Awesome work!

Rather than focus on dating, maybe just try some new activities where you will get to meet more women. I'm thinking mixed sport leagues, or dancing classes that type of thing. Just as a stepping stone to dating sometime in the future?
 
275 this morning. Just about everything is sore right now. Going to start looking up muscle groups so that I can more accurately explain to my trainer what is sore. :)

Got a few shirts yesterday and tried on a pair of 44 jeans. They managed to get on me, but they were a little tight. Maybe two more weeks on those.

Personal training later today.

I also need an oil change. Well, I don't actually need one, but my car does. Maybe tomorrow would be a good day.
 
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