May 2022 weight "drop" challenge!

[KFC911]

20 lbs in the past three weeks... top that bichez !

I got fat ... most I'd ever weighed (213) ....

signed....

Tubby Slim

...and not done yet

[PorscheGAL]

Congrats! Keep up the good work!

[lsf911]

Wow! 20 lbs. in 3 weeks is impressive. Congrats.

How are you doing it? What's the diet?

[id10t]

6 years ago was pushing 295 and A1C numbers were indicating I was setting myself up for a big issue.

Cut out excessive sugar - no sugar in coffee, no Coke, no sweet tea (here in the south that is a big deal), and not pigging out on desserts (ie, at end of term when I get donuts for my students, I have one donut, not 3 or 5). No other real changes, and only the first two or three days of no sugar in the coffee sucked.

Down to 205 as of last week, belt has had 4 extra holes punched in it, and I really need new jeans and shorts - I can carry a full size pistol on a in-the-waistband holster on each side and still have room. Waiting until probably end of summer to hit 199 or less before I buy new clothes.

[upsscott]

I’ve lost 25 since the last week in April. Cut out red meat, any drink with sugar, and added fiber. All because of a bout with diverticulitis. Not fun.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by KC911

20 lbs in the past three weeks... top that bichez !

I got fat ... most I'd ever weighed (213) ....

signed....

Tubby Slim

...and not done yet

Is it alright with you if we shorten that up and call you 'Stubby'?

Congrats on the weight loss.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by upsscott

I’ve lost 25 since the last week in April. Cut out red meat, any drink with sugar, and added fiber. All because of a bout with diverticulitis. Not fun.

Ouch. I'm sorry.

Thanksgiving +90 days, 30 pounds just counting calories. Next 60 days no change but was a wee bit sloppy. Last 30 days more sloppy but nowhere near my potential of eating like a sow. Gained five and I can feel it.

I was eighty lbs overweight when I started so a good fifty to go. Doctor says
"Less Bob".

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by id10t

Cut out excessive sugar -

Wow! That worked for you.


I cut out (excessive) sugar nearly a year ago because every evening I was gorging on sweets/chocolate biscuits/sweet deserts, then getting a sugar hit, then crashing out. Not healthy. So I went cold turkey on sugar. Stomach has slowly shrunk back, but what I most enjoy is not having that God awful sugar crash feeling. Not that I care but I guess I've lost 13lb. I still eat huge amounts of anything and everything other than sugar.

[Rick Lee]

I'm nine days into total keto - no carbs at all other than wine and hard liquor. The test strips show in moderate to strong ketosis. Lifting weights has become super difficult with no carbs, but I need to slim down. Will turn it off during a trip to Europe in July, then back on again once home.

[mjohnson]

Anxiety and other things - down maybe 20# in 18 months. Just no appetite at the moment...

Now I need to exercise, especially as there's less lard to drag around. Bike's at the bike-hospital and the trails are still closed here in N NM, so it's a little restricted. Perhaps a walk, but why when I have wheels?

[drcoastline]

Originally Posted by KC911

20 lbs in the past three weeks... top that bichez !

I got fat ... most I'd ever weighed (213) ....

signed....

Tubby Slim

...and not done yet

Daum, that's awesome. Nice work. I'm only at 8.

[cstreit]

Originally Posted by upsscott

I’ve lost 25 since the last week in April. Cut out red meat, any drink with sugar, and added fiber. All because of a bout with diverticulitis. Not fun.

Feel you there man. I’m a chronic sufferer. Remind me to share my early symptom fix I call “the depth charge”

[id10t]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Wow! That worked for you.


I cut out (excessive) sugar nearly a year ago because every evening I was gorging on sweets/chocolate biscuits/sweet deserts, then getting a sugar hit, then crashing out. Not healthy. So I went cold turkey on sugar. Stomach has slowly shrunk back, but what I most enjoy is not having that God awful sugar crash feeling. Not that I care but I guess I've lost 13lb. I still eat huge amounts of anything and everything other than sugar.

Yup. Makes it tolerable - you aren't on a diet, there isn't anything you can't have some of - you just can't have a lot of some things.

Took me years to put it on a pound or two per month... I don't mind taking it off at the same rate.

[KFC911]

^^^^ Impressive . Unlike when I was younger.... my weight can (and does) fluctuate now... it slipped up on me the past year or so. I cut out sweet drinks a LONG time ago... H2O, black coffee, & OJ is about it for me anymore.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Is it alright with you if we shorten that up and call you 'Stubby'?

Congrats on the weight loss.

You could just call me "Tim"

[cabmandone]

Congrats on the weight loss! Just make sure you're losing the weight in a healthy manner and not starving yourself. I'm going to get back on the exercise kick once we get past the graduation party for my youngest and our vacation. I figure there's no point in starting just so I can mess up all the work I put in.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by cabmando

Congrats on the weight loss! Just make sure you're losing the weight in a healthy manner and not starving yourself.

.

I just cut down on portions, cut out stuff that my not be "bad", but doesn't help, added some salads and just burn it off ... I still don't go hungry

[Evans, Marv]

At 170, I'm not overly concerned about my weight. What concerns me is I've gotten visceral fat I didn't have until a few years ago. I've cut down on sugar and other things that contribute to weight gain and exercise a decent amount for my age, but nothing seems to work. My wife & sister claim I'm just like other old men, getting a bulgy middle and skinny (or becoming skinny) limbs.