Weight Loss Journey for Feeling Gooder

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Hey feeling gooder.


Nice job on the weight loss. I have a little secret i've been keeping while looking at your topic. You and I both started with roughly the same amount of weight and the same amount of height so I am like setting a competition with myself that if I am losing more than you are >.< I'll be happy haha, but of course this week, weight didn't go to well for me even though i feel better, but you have taken the lead and by a big margin as well lol. At the moment im doing a lot of cardio and following up with heavy weights straight after.(my body fat percentage is a bit less than yours its currently 25%) so that in the future i don't have saggy skin, excess skin that floats around. Maybe you should do it as well maybe start of lightly?


Anyway like to see what our results will be in the next week coming :cheers2:
 
Hey ZakK,


Thanks for dropping by and checking out the thread. Body fat % is one my my main goals of this experience and the extra pounds of muscle you've got already are going to be a big help with the calorie burning.

I've been incorporating some strength training into my routine and have started to step it up but will need to increase even more now that I've started running again since running has a tendency to waste muscle mass for me. I've had to modify a lot of my weight training routines at home for safety as I'm training without a spotter so training to absolute failure isn't in the cards. Not a bad thing though as I'm happy with my lean body mass so if I manage to break even on muscle mass it'll be all good.


So far I've been pretty steady with the weight loss sticking around 3 pounds a week without wasting muscle mass but I've been expecting my numbers to slow down for a while now so you'll a chance to pass me soon. Also planning to up my daily calorie intake now that I've started running again to adjust for the extra calories I'll be burning. When guys our size get moving the calories add up quick.


Have been keeping an eye out but so far no sign of sagging skin from the weight loss. Think I have been fortunate in some ways as I seemed to spread my fat out evenly over my entire body...


Look forward to your next update.


Been a while since I attempted to keep a food diary so going to try it for today. This is a fairly average day.


Meals for the day:

6:00 -> 9:30

1/2 banana, apple, coffee, oatmeal with 1/2 apple and peanut butter mixed in


10:30

Leftover stir fry/chilli type concoction consisting of soy noodles, carrot, black beans, tomato, peppers, onion, steak & spices...


13:00-15:00

Whole grapefruit

Bits of pork tenderloin, fish, and chicken, w/ baked potato


18:00

Ground beef, potato, 1/2 veggie patty with hot sauce


21:00

Protein shake with milk


Exercise: Walk 2 miles to work

Walk 1.75 miles at lunch

Walk 2.5 miles after work

Exercise Bike: 30 minutes/8.4 miles

80 pushups
 
3lbs a week without muscle mass wastage is awsome. Maybe because you are loosing weight the right way, ie not crash dieting, and doing weight training, not loosing muscle I would imagine this would decrease changes of skin sagging.
 
Thanks Tink. My fingers are crossed that it's not too much too fast.


It feels like I'm in the middle of fighting off/getting hit with a nasty cold these past two days. Energy levels are down and have felt chilled most of the past two days. Hopefully it passes quick but in the meantime I'll be easing off the intensity and making sure I get my fill of vitamin C.


Also think my weight loss has really slowed down to the point where I'll be fighting harder to see results week in week out which is fine with me as there's no rush with this journey. 12 pounds off my lowest weight in 15 years at this point so if those pounds want to try to hold on for a few more weeks that's fine.


First things first, time to get past this cold, rest up, and hit it hard again next week.
 
I got hit by a cold/mini flu thing last week...Knocked me down for 3 days before I felt mostly well again.


I liked your food log and you used the word "concoction" . I like that word...it sums up most of the things I cook!
 
Feel better soon feelinggooder..I know how you feel when you resistance is down...seems like everything comes in and crashes! I'm sure your body is in better shape to fight it off now than it was!

Sarah
 
Thanks Sarah, hope to be feeling gooder soon enough...


Had a pleasant clothes related experience this morning. Put on an old pair of pants that haven't fit in years and also put on what I used to consider a "belly" shirt. I call it a belly shirt because when I used to wear before it had a nasty habit of jumping up over my belly every time I raised my arm higher than my shoulder...


Today it's properly tucked so it's amazing how much better things fit when they don't have as much horizontal distance to cover.
 
When I played High School sports in the wonderous 1980s we wore those half shirt things...anyone remember those? I was fit back then so I rocked those things. I guess even a fit guy would get laughed out of the gym in one of those today. Congrats on your clothing reclamation!
 
sorry you were sick with a cold feelinggooder. its extremely good news about the no saggy skin thing. this is a huge concern of mine. I have nightmares of that movie with adam sandler when he has a remote that can fastforward through his life. he ends up getting fat then he ends up getting lipo. there is this scene where he flaps the extra skin that haunts me. keep up the good work.
 
Hey Feelinggooder,

I'm going to do the HIIT tomorrow...just to mix it up some! Thanks for the suggestion! Sounds like you are feeling gooder these days, and congratulations on fitting into those old pants! I can honestly say that most all the clothes in my closet fit now...and there are none too small...some are borderline too big, but none too small. How long as it been since that has been the case? Good job!

Size32someday:

I'm not having any issues with flabby skin even after 76 pounds lost...of course my skin is moving back very slowly..not an overnight liposuction so I think that makes a difference. I'm sure I'll have some flab left when I get to my goal weight...but for the time being it's adjusting at the same way the other parts of my body are. Our bidies are amazing things..I've abused mine alot of the years with food and it still is very resilient...even at 51.5!
 
Ugh, recovering from a cold so probably a little dehydrated on weigh in day. Body fat % unchanged from last week so time to up the strength training.




Another few pounds of hydration gone from the cold which is now past. Managed to get one strength training session in last night and planning to get a couple more in this week.

Weigh in: 241.6 lbs 30.0% body fat
 
My aim at the start was to reduce calories in vs calories out by 1000 for some reason I have been dropping an extra pound or so a week so my new target is to reduce calories by only 500 a day. Going to add a few more healthy snacks during the day.
 
Will do Mark. Hope you feel better and find some activities you enjoy soon. Without finding exercise that I enjoy I know I would not have experienced half the success over the past couple months.


At this point sticking with the journey and staying on plan has become pretty routine. Still getting strength training and cardio into my routine and increasing my calorie intake to compensate. Also realizing that there's a huge difference between "weight" loss and "fat" loss.
 
Thanks for stopping by my diary feeling gooder and giving me well wishes. I'm feeling better now, and going to try to get back at exercising tomorrow morning. Then tomorrow night, I have to go on a 2 week business trip..so it will be an interesting exercise/diet for 2 weeks and I'll be traveling so I won't have my computer, other than my phone. Take care and see you when I get back!

Sarah
 
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