June 1- Aug 2 2016 fat loss and motivation thread

[Pungiish]

That's it everyone, we're making it! Hunger is psychological, after 1 hour the hunger subsides. Ate below 1000 cals last week, sometimes even nothing. It was my finals week and it has shown me that hunger truly is in our minds.

[royalmike]

weigh in this morning no movement at 205lb but thats with a different scale 9 months on the road so packed on a few pounds but gym has been regular.
Back home for next Mondays weigh in so who knows.

[royalmike]

That's it everyone, we're making it! Hunger is psychological, after 1 hour the hunger subsides. Ate below 1000 cals last week, sometimes even nothing. It was my finals week and it has shown me that hunger truly is in our minds.

wow 1000 cals thats very low dont want to lose mussel

[edidiego]

164 lbs today, progress so far has been nice and steady, looking forward to being below 160 hopefully in 2 weeks time.
Running is getting so much better and with over 30km ran every week at below 6:00/km, + 3 strength sessions + 1600 calories every day I would be amazed if this doesn't work

In fact this gives me a 10 pounds (and a bit) loss over the last month - it works :-)

[nzwarriors]

Weighed in at 159.2lbs this morning - had a very cardio heavy week with a tag rugby tournament over the weekend. Definitely not expecting 3-4lbs losses regularly!

Getting far too excited about the impending bulk that will come after this... Need to stay focused on hitting my calorie goals now.

[DyingAtheist]

Weighed in at 292.6 yesterday and using that for this weeks measurement. Substantially more than I ever thought I was to be honest but... feeling good. Let's do this.

[Martial9]

Weighing in at 227.2 today, I got down to 224 in the previous weeks but put it back on! Need to keep on target as I don't want to fall back into old ways.

[FlankDrivePlus]

240.4 lbs as of this morning.

[cncman]

wow 1000 cals thats very low dont want to lose mussel

stupid

[Hanger]

273.9 this morning. Had a lot of sodium built up yesterday from the weekend so doesn't surprise me at all to see the 4lb drop so fast with all the water.

Just water weight but always nice to see the scale move

[MTubz]

Weighed in at 298.
Lost a lot of water weight and hit a new low since I started my journey this year.

[Earlbolus]

Weigh-in: 200.0 lbs, which is +0.7 lbs. I expected a gain after the massive drop last week. I hope it's stabilized again and I can now properly venture into 190 territory.

[live4gs]

Woke up at 239 this morning. I will take that as a win for the week. I was worried about the scale after all the graduation parties we went to. Congrats to all graduates of 2016.

[blauter78]

Starting weight: 205
Week 1 weight: 202

Had an awful weekend and gained back the lost water weight but managed to get some of back off again by Tuesday weigh-in.

[KidGloves]

Week 1 - 232.4

[spradish]

148.0 this morning, down 1 from last week. Did 3 hours of gardening/yard work yesterday before my upper workout. I wasn't sure how the pulling exercises would go after that but I ended up having no problems. I'll take that as a sign of improved general fitness. Alooking, I built my tomato cages out of rolls of fence a few years ago and had to cut out spots so I could stick my arms in to pull out weeds. I realized yesterday that I was easily putting my arms through the non cut out areas while weeding. I realize that wouldn't be a plus for any of you guys who want bigger arms but it was for me.

[Bigbill115]

Start weight 319, Week 1 weight 312.4. I am finally getting back on track. It has been a struggle the last few weeks, but I am right where I left off and hoping to get under the 312 by next Tuesday and keep pushing forward.

[Flabbergasted]

Will send in current weight tonight. Didn't have a chance to weigh this morning which would have been nice since its after the fast.

Congrats to everyone who made a dent in their weight this week, big or small. To those to barely budged or even went up a bit, you're still winning by being in this group. Keep positive and stay motivated.

[Flabbergasted]

While I'm here,

What is that one food that absolutely destroys your goals of staying under cals.




-Mine is lasagna, I love me some good ol' lasagna. How can you not have more than one giant serving of cheesy goodness?

[Strobe57]

148.0 this morning, down 1 from last week. Did 3 hours of gardening/yard work yesterday before my upper workout. I wasn't sure how the pulling exercises would go after that but I ended up having no problems. I'll take that as a sign of improved general fitness. Alooking, I built my tomato cages out of rolls of fence a few years ago and had to cut out spots so I could stick my arms in to pull out weeds. I realized yesterday that I was easily putting my arms through the non cut out areas while weeding. I realize that wouldn't be a plus for any of you guys who want bigger arms but it was for me.

Start weight 319, Week 1 weight 312.4. I am finally getting back on track. It has been a struggle the last few weeks, but I am right where I left off and hoping to get under the 312 by next Tuesday and keep pushing forward.

Nice job guys!

Starting weight 315.8
Today 312.8

Definitely could have lost more. Started tracking with MFP yesterday will see how that goes.

[Photoglady]

Week 1 check in on target so far .5 lb lost




Week 0 - Start Weight : 144.5
Week 1 - June 7: 144.0

[DatLurker]

First week not too bad, wish I got gotten a little more but yesterday I lifted pretty hard - Quite sure there's some water retention going on.
I should probably take a rest day, I've been in the gym 27 days in a row. Lifting 3 days a week, every other day I do cardio.

Week 0 - 197.6lbs
Week 1 - 194.4
Week 2 -
Week 3 -
Week 4 -
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -

[anandagirl]

Weighed in at 193 today, down 3 pounds from last week BUT only back to my pre-vacation weight from two weeks ago.... at least I'm back down.

[Pungiish]

wow 1000 cals thats very low dont want to lose mussel

Is i said, it was my finals week and i was very stressed. Didn't even sleep..
And yeah i lost some muscle but no worries, muscle memory is real

[LiftingStrong]

252.8 is what I have for not so about a 10 lb drop in water.

[andale927]

Weighed in at 175.0 LBs today, so down 2.6LBs. I've already been dieting for over a month so it's close to pure fat loss!

[edidiego]

Is i said, it was my finals week and i was very stressed. Didn't even sleep..
And yeah i lost some muscle but no worries, muscle memory is real

I thought you were joking at first... I am not an expert but I'd strongly advise you don't starve yourself at 1000kcal all the time (I'm shorter than you at 5'3 and my 1600 daily intake is still 200-300 lower than most suggested intakes to lose weight that I got from calculators).
Sure you might get noticeable results faster but just think of how badly this could affect your wellbeing (both mental and physical)

[Pungiish]

I thought you were joking at first... I am not an expert but I'd strongly advise you don't starve yourself at 1000kcal all the time (I'm shorter than you at 5'3 and my 1600 daily intake is still 200-300 lower than most suggested intakes to lose weight that I got from calculators).
Sure you might get noticeable results faster but just think of how badly this could affect your wellbeing (both mental and physical)

Nah some days i didnt even eat.. You eat 1600 and lose weight? I would too but very very slowly, i am mostly sedentary so i guess i didnt hurt myself much

[vadsie]

Start: 370.8
Week 1: 370.6

[edidiego]

Nah some days i didnt even eat.. You eat 1600 and lose weight? I would too but very very slowly, i am mostly sedentary so i guess i didnt hurt myself much

I exercise a lot as well cardio+strength which I guess is what mainly creates my deficit, but as mentioned a few posts above it has worked great so far. Not sure how you manage without eating for a day, surely your energy must be extremely low?