I'm gonna join this time. I need some kind of extrinsic motivator to reach my goal of being in the "best shape of my life" by the time my 40th birthday comes around in September. Weighed myself on Jan 1 and was the heaviest I've been in my life by a large margin. Will post the feet/scale pic this afternoon or tomorrow. If I don't, I am asking to be tagged relentlessly like I'm that idiot Whammy in the Elon/Twitter thread until I do.
Anyone have a Ninja Creamy? Fiancé’s sister got us one for Christmas. I’ve seen all the “pretend this is good” to be healthy recipes but have made some pretty good “ice creams” with some Fairlife drinks and chopped up strawberries/bananas. Hoping this will be one way to prevent me from eating pints of Ben & Jerry’s lol
Yes. They are solid. I have a bit of a sweet tooth and it is one what I help control it. Ultra Filtered milk, Protein Powered, Sugar free Jello Mix, ~80cals of real candy mix-ins and you've got ~45g of protein that tastes really good for like 300 cals. It's whipped up so it is pretty filling. It's a good buy
Yeah I’m hoping it helps with my sweet tooth cravings that usually hit after 7-8pm before bed. I don’t typically eat breakfast so sometimes I’ll have a lot of spare calories after dinner. Figure even if I make something that’s 300-400 calories that’s better than 1,000+ of regular ice cream.
Whipped up a couple tonight to make later in the week. Kind of just wanted to see what I could get for 350 or less. “Oreo Blizzard” Vanilla Fairlife (170 cals) SF Vanilla Jello (20 cals) 2 Oreo Thins in the base (70 cals) 2 Oreo Thins to mix in (70 cals) Total ~ 320 cals “Cookie Dough Blizzard” Vanilla Fairlife (170 cals) SF Vanilla Jello (20 cals) Pillsbury Cookie Dough Poppins (120 cals) Total ~ 310 cals
Same here. Almost all of my unhealthy habits are born from insomnia. Drinking to fall asleep, late night snacking to trigger that parasympathetic response to sleep, and obvs lack of sleep. Tried ambien until I walked around downtown Portland for an hour while “asleep” one night. I think I’m going to try a protein shake to see if that can kick those “I’ve been laying in bed for 2 hours, let’s just go make some cereal” cravings.
The painful realization that I'm the fattest guy in the contest by a large margin. I will try to post my weigh in tonight or tomorrow
Been having a really good week. Sucks my pec still is really sore from the other day so no strength training. About an hour of stairs every day. Diet been going good. Been snowed in all week so nothing to get in the way and no stress.
Went rogue and added a little chocolate malt powder to the Oreo one, added like 30 calories but this turned out the closest I’ve ever had to ice cream. Even my fiancé thought it was real.
This time around I told myself I’d “ease” into this, as in loosely count calories and eat good but don’t go hardcore chicken breasts and broccoli only (at least week 1) because that’s backfired quickly in my recent attempts to eat good. Overall had a good week, but there were a couple days I had to grab lunch on the way back to work but still tried to order something within the budget. Surprised I lost this much but that’s probably more a testament to how terribly I’ve been eating the past year. Week 0: 256.2 Week 1: 245.8 (-10.4)
Since I'm not in the comp I'm going to use Jan 1 as my start. First two week de-bloat, glycogen burned off, excess food removed. Goals: Jan 230 Feb 218 Mar 208 Apr 21 Surf Trip - 202 Memorial Day Low 190s Week 0 - 251.2 Week 0.5 - 245.4 Week 1 - 241.4
I had my yearly checkup and my dr. wants me to go on one of the medications so I won't be able to be a non-ped participant, but just know if you get down on yourself at least you aren't as fat as me big ass. I weighed 357 on the scale at the checkup.
285.4 Druce . My pec finally feels better but I’m going to avoid weights for another week so I don’t have a relapse. Diets been going really good. One positive to being snowed in with no booze or junk food in the house.
Took my weight yesterday. Week0: 180.9 Week1: 174.2 Good so far. Fell off the rails last night. Kids wanted pizza so I made dough from scratch, used tomato sauce I canned this summer, and shredded fresh mozzarella. It was so good I couldn't let those ungrateful sobs throw any away, so I ate all the leftovers. Worth it, but I'm probably back up 2lbs today
Was 212.3 this morning. Hoping I can lock in more now that football/tailgating season is over. Could probably get down close to 200 by Valentine's Day from just cutting out beer.
233.2 this morning. Have been doing intermittent fasting and stopped Dr Pepper, chips, and candy. Been doing 4 miles of jogging/walking on the treadmill.
I really gotta get a diet and stick to it. Right now it's just avoiding beer, and starting to exercise.
Annoying week of the scale bouncing, but ended lower. Week over week I was at 239.2, but was 238 yesterday. Ate perfect (~2200 cal 220p), walked and avg of ~13k steps a day, lifted 6x. 3.4lb week would've felt better than 2.2. This is a good reason to weigh yourself daily. Week 0 - 251.2 Week 0.5 - 245.4 Week 1 - 241.4 Week 2 - 239.2
Had another solid week of just trying to eat less overall and loosely track calories, which seems to be a lot more realistic long-term than when I limit myself all week haha Week 0: 256.2 Week 1: 245.8 (-10.4) Week 2: 241.2 (-15)
232.2 this week. Need to get a better schedule and not miss workouts. Didn’t eat as well this week either.
Yeah giving up beer is by far the quickest way to my weight loss but January and February are so fucking boring
I switched to White Claw for the playoff games. Sure it doesn't make much a difference, lol. But now that ball is over, it'll just be a couple cocktails.
I’ve realized it’s probably a pick your poison situation or me. Like if I go out to watch some games I’ll probably have some beers and eat terribly, but if I stay home and eat a gummy there’s a high chance I end up eating worse. I switched medication recently and alcohol didn’t seem to respond great so that might make it easier on that end.
Was down some this morning which kind of surprised me. Hopefully I don’t mess it up too bad today, going out to watch the Husker basketball game so my decision making is already questionable.
Not bad, almost 3lbs. I was 235.0 yesterday morning, so scale bouncing a bit. My weight seems to jump low, bounce up to stabilize for a few days, then drop off. Big proponent of moving from weekly to daily weigh-ins. Takes some stress out of the 1x check in. Walked ~13k steps a day. Consistently hate 2200cals. End of Jan goal was 230, so I'll slightly miss that unless I have an unexpected big loss week. Week 0 - 251.2 Week 0.5 - 245.4 Week 1 - 241.4 Week 2 - 239.2 Week 3 - 236.4
Still not tracking calories strictly, just trying to see how far I can go before I start tracking more diligently. Was actually down a little more yesterday but ate some boneless wings and my fiancé made cinnamon swirl sourdough I had to try. Week 0: 256.2 Week 1: 245.8 (-10.4) Week 2: 241.2 (-15) Week 3: 238.0 (-18.2)