The 180's CLUB
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overlandflyer
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i've been hanging out in the low 170's recently, but since i saw this topic pop up, i thought i'd go back to check and see how i made it through the 180 stretch. my first indication of 189.0 appeared on 11/22/2018 and i saw the 190's for the last time about 2 weeks later on 12/4.
i blew into the 170's on 12/23 with a 178.5, but a big caveat here... this was the end of a 3-day fast i was trying for the first time. i did bounce back into the 180's occasionally for about 3 weeks recording 181.5 on 1/17/2019 as the last time i saw a 180+ reading.
the 180s for me equates to a BMI range of 25.2 to 26.5, just over the healthy/ overweight border. i'm currently hanging out in the BMI = ~24.0 neighborhood. wouldn't mind dropping a few more lbs, but fairly satisfied with where i am now and have found a good maintenance schedule i'm finding easy to stick to.
i blew into the 170's on 12/23 with a 178.5, but a big caveat here... this was the end of a 3-day fast i was trying for the first time. i did bounce back into the 180's occasionally for about 3 weeks recording 181.5 on 1/17/2019 as the last time i saw a 180+ reading.
the 180s for me equates to a BMI range of 25.2 to 26.5, just over the healthy/ overweight border. i'm currently hanging out in the BMI = ~24.0 neighborhood. wouldn't mind dropping a few more lbs, but fairly satisfied with where i am now and have found a good maintenance schedule i'm finding easy to stick to.
No wonder you're called
overlandflyer
Well-known member
during this time i was recording 3 weigh-ins/ day so your perception is one way of looking at it, but my estimate was that it was more like 4-6 weeks. i do note highs and lows, but when you weigh yourself as much as i did you can easily see long term trends. for the first 40 lbs i lost i averaged 2-2.5 lbs/week. the low 180s is where i started to slow down. now in the 170's i still can see a general downward trend, but it is now VERY slow.
And somewhat to me surprise, I find that I'm now halfway through the spacious premises of the 180s Club! I'm travelling very slowly, but I am travelling, and hope to shuffle on through the 180s and into the 170s - maybe by the end of July? I'd try for sooner, but I've got lots of family things coming up, and those can be deadly for keeping on track.
Well, the end of July has gone, and here I still am in the 180s Club - the family obligations did, as predicted, turn out to be deadly for dieting - lunch with one set of family members, then dinner with another set, then lunch the next day, and so on.
I need to learn better skills - in particular, how to order something suitable when lunching out, even this there's nothing suitable on the menu - not at a restaurant, but at an ordinary middle-range hotel lunch.
I see I said last time I posted here that I need to learn better restaurant-ordering skills. Well, I need them again - restaurant tonight, a work contact, specially taking me to a vegetarian place. It's very kind, and non-declinable, but I'm apprehensive. Plus it'll be well after my usual six o'clock end-of-eating time.
I'd been getting very close to being out of this club, too - two and a half pounds away, as of this morning.
I'd been getting very close to being out of this club, too - two and a half pounds away, as of this morning.
alligatorob
Respected Member
Looks like your escape is coming! This is one place where most clubs look best in the rear view mirror!
alligatorob
Respected Member
Just got here, and Cate thanks for the cleaning!
Looks like some good people have been here before me.
I am at 188 this morning
Looks like some good people have been here before me.
I am at 188 this morning
