The big oak (Quercus) needs to drop some dead limbs!
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Quercus
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All right. So this is me in my new dress shirt. I bought it from Target and it is the first dress shirt I ever bought outside of a big & tall section or store so I threw on a tie and slacks for ya. Even from a big and tall I've always needed a collar extender too, but this one fits. I also bought a few more button ups because I can and I picked up a smaller pair of bike shorts as I was having to pull the xxl ones up above my navel.
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Don Keykong
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Damn, son! You look SHARP! What size shirt did you buy? I'm still a long ways from buying off the rack at a normal guy's store, but I am finally fitting some shirts I've had stashed in the closet since I left them behind. Pants are closer to real guy's sizes, but shirts are still 4xlt. Like you, I'm a bit barrel-chested.... my wife likes that about me. Even when I was young and weighed 230, I had a 50" chest.
Keep it up, Q. You're going the right direction.
By the way, you have a way with words. You said some very poignant and powerful things here in your diary and on mine today.... like this:
"Instant gratification is only gratifying in the instant when it comes to indulgence. A bunch of tiny windows of feeling from okay to bliss in a miserable unhealthy body. At first I thought that I was giving up these highs to get rid of the lows. In other words giving up the spikes of pleasure that you get from overindulgence to avoid the following physical and emotional low that always follows. The reality is that it's a pretty steady upward slope of feeling better and better to where I'm beginning to understand that I don't need those highs if I feel good most of the time. "
Pow. Bang. Right there, in a nutshell.
The ugly downward spiral of weight gain, bad feelings of guilt or self loathing, using food as a salve, then repeating... where did it start? Who knows. Maybe I was sad first, then fat... or was it fat first, then sad? It doesn't really matter once you reverse the behavioral pattern.
"The reality is that it's a pretty steady upward slope of feeling better and better to where I'm beginning to understand that I don't need those highs if I feel good most of the time."
The good thing about fixing these problems is that we have a long ways to grow in the upward direction. I feel good now. What will it feel like in 75 more pounds?
Keep it up, Q. You're going the right direction.
By the way, you have a way with words. You said some very poignant and powerful things here in your diary and on mine today.... like this:
"Instant gratification is only gratifying in the instant when it comes to indulgence. A bunch of tiny windows of feeling from okay to bliss in a miserable unhealthy body. At first I thought that I was giving up these highs to get rid of the lows. In other words giving up the spikes of pleasure that you get from overindulgence to avoid the following physical and emotional low that always follows. The reality is that it's a pretty steady upward slope of feeling better and better to where I'm beginning to understand that I don't need those highs if I feel good most of the time. "
Pow. Bang. Right there, in a nutshell.
The ugly downward spiral of weight gain, bad feelings of guilt or self loathing, using food as a salve, then repeating... where did it start? Who knows. Maybe I was sad first, then fat... or was it fat first, then sad? It doesn't really matter once you reverse the behavioral pattern.
"The reality is that it's a pretty steady upward slope of feeling better and better to where I'm beginning to understand that I don't need those highs if I feel good most of the time."
The good thing about fixing these problems is that we have a long ways to grow in the upward direction. I feel good now. What will it feel like in 75 more pounds?
Don Keykong
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It'll be what it's going to be, Q. You deserve a good one, but we both know that "deserves" aren't always rewarded.
The REAL measure of your success is in all the intangibles. Your strength, flexibility, energy, comfort in your own body... ALL of that is telling you that you're getting it done. One way or the other, the weight WILL come.
The REAL measure of your success is in all the intangibles. Your strength, flexibility, energy, comfort in your own body... ALL of that is telling you that you're getting it done. One way or the other, the weight WILL come.
Quercus
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MrVee
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Yep. My very first diary post:
I've since lost 70 more pounds and the feeling is still with me (though it lessens a bit every time my weight does).MrVee said:
I think ultimately, frustration about _something_ is just a fact of life from time to time. I think when we're overweight we tend to pile everything onto that fact, but sometimes it's more of a convenient target than a real cause of our frustrations. I dunno.
Quercus
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I can wear smaller clothes, that's a fact. The neck measurement went down, but not the belly. The weight hasn't done shit in since February.
I haven't counted my calories every day like I should have, but I feel that I've been eating reasonably on the days that I didn't count. That has to stop. I'm counting every calorie I put in my mouth and I'm getting an hour of exercise every day with no days off until I'm out of the 300s, then I may take a day off exercise or allow a cheat meal but not before.
I'll post my daily calories every day starting tomorrow.
I haven't counted my calories every day like I should have, but I feel that I've been eating reasonably on the days that I didn't count. That has to stop. I'm counting every calorie I put in my mouth and I'm getting an hour of exercise every day with no days off until I'm out of the 300s, then I may take a day off exercise or allow a cheat meal but not before.
I'll post my daily calories every day starting tomorrow.
Sunflower2
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Good luck with the calorie counting--I find it the least "fun" part of being on a diet as if it's a lifestyle and not a diet I don't see how you count calories forever but I guess it's important until we get to goal. Just a pain in the ass and time consuming.
Have a fab day
Have a fab day
Justina
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Hey Quercus - well done on your progress!!!
I agree with Sunflower on the calorie counting - not necessary if you already know the types of food you can eat.
I used to do it for years - & I know that some low calorie food "diet" food is bad for you bc of the ingredients etc
Having said that - I know that certain things work for certain people. & calorie counting is certainly a great tool that helped many (including me
). So good luck !! Not that you need it - you are doing great.
Have a good day!
I agree with Sunflower on the calorie counting - not necessary if you already know the types of food you can eat.
I used to do it for years - & I know that some low calorie food "diet" food is bad for you bc of the ingredients etc
Having said that - I know that certain things work for certain people. & calorie counting is certainly a great tool that helped many (including me
). So good luck !! Not that you need it - you are doing great.Have a good day!
Quercus
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2550 calories 200 over
I push mowed for a couple hours followed directly by a half hour ride on my fixed gear bike. I went straight into a set of 50 curls (25 each arm) and a 2 sets of 20 bent over rows. Then I did 2 sets of 20 modified pushups. I kept the heart rate up the entire time. Mowing the yard was easy despite me going faster than I normally do.
I push mowed for a couple hours followed directly by a half hour ride on my fixed gear bike. I went straight into a set of 50 curls (25 each arm) and a 2 sets of 20 bent over rows. Then I did 2 sets of 20 modified pushups. I kept the heart rate up the entire time. Mowing the yard was easy despite me going faster than I normally do.
Quercus
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Thanks Justina! I was thinking that I would just get back to counting calories and not do a juice fast yet, but my wife is interested in doing it. This makes me happy as she hasn't been motivated to do much to lose weight lately. So we will probably get a juicer this week and start the fast Friday. I hope it give us both the boost we need to get motivated. My legs are sore from the bike ride yesterday, but it was easier than the last time I rode it.
Justina
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Hey Quercus that's great news about juicing. If you dont want a big investment my juicer was $35!! i can tell you the brand & its working great!
Now that we are really into juicing - we are thinking about investing in a more expensive one.
Exercise!! It's great when it gets easier - it was like me with the sit ups...I could barely do it in the beginning!
Well done
Now that we are really into juicing - we are thinking about investing in a more expensive one.
Exercise!! It's great when it gets easier - it was like me with the sit ups...I could barely do it in the beginning!
Well done
Don Keykong
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Great job, Q. Mowing is hard work! I try to maintain a fast walk pace and NOT stop except to empty the bagger, and it wears me out.
Quercus
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Thanks Justina and Don!
I had a crappy day in the field and in my diet. I ate 3100 calories today well over the 2350. I covered a lot of ground today and I'm exhausted. It was 90 today and humid. It will get far hotter, but it has been cool lately and so it made for an exhausting day. I defintley got more than my hour of exercise. I'm trying to rehydrate and then I'm going to bed.
My wife and I are discussing our diet and what we should do. It sounds likely that it will include a juicer. Justina let me know what kind you got. Why do you want a better one? Is the pulp dry with one pass?
I had a crappy day in the field and in my diet. I ate 3100 calories today well over the 2350. I covered a lot of ground today and I'm exhausted. It was 90 today and humid. It will get far hotter, but it has been cool lately and so it made for an exhausting day. I defintley got more than my hour of exercise. I'm trying to rehydrate and then I'm going to bed.
My wife and I are discussing our diet and what we should do. It sounds likely that it will include a juicer. Justina let me know what kind you got. Why do you want a better one? Is the pulp dry with one pass?
Justina
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The juicer is great actually - I ll email you the link.
It works perfectly - never had a problem with it - we have to empty the pulp container after 2-3 glasses of juice - which is not bad. We have been using since last October almost daily - now daily!!
The reason we are thinking to buy a new one is because we use it so much & we want one with bigger capacity & faster cleaning.
It was good to start up this habit for us - (cheap enough to experiment whether we are into juicing or not - rather than investing in an expensive one, only to find that we don't like it)
I ll send you an email!
It works perfectly - never had a problem with it - we have to empty the pulp container after 2-3 glasses of juice - which is not bad. We have been using since last October almost daily - now daily!!
The reason we are thinking to buy a new one is because we use it so much & we want one with bigger capacity & faster cleaning.
It was good to start up this habit for us - (cheap enough to experiment whether we are into juicing or not - rather than investing in an expensive one, only to find that we don't like it)
I ll send you an email!