Fat Loss/Body Transformation Group (March 1st-May 31st)

[pinkcashmere]

Originally Posted by FloridaGator

You may be the same weight ... but are you taping yourself? Are the measurements the same? Do you look better in the mirror? What was your BF% a week ago and what is your BF% right now. In my opinion, those things are much more important to what your scale is saying! Keep your head up and realize that it probably won't be a 3 per week deal as it will come in spurts and then slow down for a bit. I know you know all this ... but it might feel good to hear it from someone else.

I havent taped myself since first week and the body fat is the same,23%.My body does look a bit better in the mirror but not much change

[djz227]

Originally Posted by casumak

For up loading pictures make an account on photobucket or an image hosting website, and when you upload a pic it will give you a bunch of codes for posting the pic in different things. Find the one that says copy this for fourms and paste it in ur message and ur pic should show up. If the pic hasent been sized it may be huge when you upload it so you will have to resize it I belvie photo bucket has tool to do it and if not you can use microsoft paint.

Thanks. I'll try it later. I gave you some rep for your trouble,

[pinkcashmere]

PC, I know how you feel. In the past 3 weeks I have lost a total of like 3 lbs. Gets a little frusrating but I think my clothes are fitting better and BF% slowly coming down. Can't weight for pictures at the end of the month to see how I changed and see everyone else's changes. Keep at it and I bet you will be surprised![/QUOTE]

I just need to really keep on it for the next two weeks,dont want my pictures looking worse than in the beginning

[ShanksForte]

Originally Posted by djz227

Good Work! I knew you could do it!
I did pretty well myself. I think. Except for the alcohol. 2 or 3 glasses of wine and 2 or 3 glasses of beer. I usually don't drink both at the same meal, but it was Chinese beer and I wanted to try it. I liked it, obviously or I would have stopped at 1. Tsingtao, it was called. I ate a lot of stuff as the meal was family style, no choices offered, & there were lots of courses. A little bit at each course. They only give you a small plate and a pair of chopsticks. Some of the things I ate were jellyfish, lobster, shrimp, chicken, rice, fish, shark fin soup, red bean soup. I didn't eat anything that looked fried or coated in breading and I skipped the lo mein.

That's great, chinese food ain't bad at all when it's not fried. It has nothing to do with anything, but I thought I'd mention they produce Tsingtao beer in Qingdao China, a really beautiful city in the north.

Originally Posted by djz227

Any suggestions on what exercises I should be doing?

Cardio cardio cardio. Treadmill, recumbent bike, jumprope, and of course weight lifting with lighter weights

P.S. the short hair works for you

P.S.S. If you're not doing it already I suggest you drink more water.

[braveplayer3160]

Checking in

03/01/2009- 214 bf, aprox 20.4
03/08/2009- 210 bf, 19.6 (hydrostatic)
03/15/2009- 208 bf, 18.5 (caliper) <--- Current

[bigbrett]

yahoooooooo! lost 2.4 and i have not hit my stride yet.really motivated now going to ramp up the cardio and get focused on the diet even more.hope everyone else is "doin the do" look forward to seeing some post

[car99r]

For those of you that have been asking about posting photo's in this thread. I own a forum and one of my moderators created this tutorial awhile back. Thought it might help some of you.

1st go to photbucket and open an account



fill out account info. by selecting PUBLIC others will be able to view your album



once your account is set up you can upload pics. press the browse button




select a picture from your album (PC) and click it to load it to your photobucket



your pic is ready , click UPLOAD

[car99r]

once your pics uploaded, you can tag it or load it to your album



now your pic is on photobucket, look at the last address bar at the bottom, right click and copy that address



right click in the text box where you post and PASTE the addy there, either before or after your text.



your post should look like this



and post like you normally would





IF you have any questions please ask, PICS make a better thread everytime.

[TheFatMan]

Just checking in. I had a little bit better week this time around. Current weight is 272 and bf% is staying at 35%. I'm doing a lot better eating this week and things are getting easier. Everyone keep up the good work!

[Phil147]

03/01/09 - 200, BF% - 21
03/08/09 - 197, BF% - 20.5
03/15/09 - 192.5, BF% - 19.5

Yeah, big mystery on the weigh in today... not too sure how that kinda loss happened. Maybe my body is the opposite to the other peoples theory on Sunday weigh ins and it loses weight becasue it knows I'm weighing in :P. I won't complain though, as long as the BF% is dropping.

For the record, I really need to start using my caliper. I just want to use mechanism throughout the group, so my results are relative to each other.

[V4kerker]

Originally Posted by djz227

Good Work! I knew you could do it!
I did pretty well myself. I think. Except for the alcohol. 2 or 3 glasses of wine and 2 or 3 glasses of beer. I usually don't drink both at the same meal, but it was Chinese beer and I wanted to try it. I liked it, obviously or I would have stopped at 1. Tsingtao, it was called. I ate a lot of stuff as the meal was family style, no choices offered, & there were lots of courses. A little bit at each course. They only give you a small plate and a pair of chopsticks. Some of the things I ate were jellyfish, lobster, shrimp, chicken, rice, fish, shark fin soup, red bean soup. I didn't eat anything that looked fried or coated in breading and I skipped the lo mein.

All said and done, I did pretty well this week. The scale says 125 this AM which is down from 128 last Sunday. I figure I should only lose another 2 to 5 lbs and then I'm at a good weight for a woman my height. My new clothes are the "right" size for me and I look good dressed. I don't want to compete or anything. My goal is to look and feel good and be healthy. And of course to maintain this body - which might be the most difficult part of this journey!
My problem remains my belly which looks and measures the same. Last week waist 28" , hips 35". Today is the same. I just received my bf% Accumeasure 3000 in yesterday's mail and tried it out this AM. I am clueless!!! I came up with 17.3%, 21.5% and 23.4% on my tries. Go figure. I know this is a common problem when you first start doing this until you get the hang of it.

Any suggestions on how to hone in on it?

Any suggestions on what exercises I should be doing?

Also, I tried to insert pictures directly into this message like I've seen some of you do but with no luck. How do you so this? So I'm posting them as an attachment. These are 2 I took in the dressing room at the mall so I could objectively see how I look. Ordinarily I wouldn't share them with anyone but seeing as I'm asking you to help me I thought you should see what I'm complaining about here. So please be kind.

Now, I really need your feedback guys!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the feedack Not bad djz227.Your belly isn't big but your posture IMO could be better to help the belly problem.It looks like you have a little bit of a sway back and your shoulders are pointing in.This will make the belly look bigger.Try standing with your shoulders back and upright.I think upper body workouts help with body posture it's hepling me.It sounds funny but stand like Superwoman showing off her Big S. Hope this might help.

[V4kerker]

Week 2
Weight:205.2
Body fat:32.2

Week 3 is going to be my real test.I don't have to go back to work until Friday night.The last 2 days I havn't had my frist meal until after my workout and thats around 12 noon and I've been having some late meals like 9 and 10pm.Tuesday may do me in cause I'm hanging out with my sister to find that pot of gold while we drink some pints on St. Patrick's Day wish me LUCK.Than Saturday is my 45th and yes I'm going to have cake and ice cream.I had some last Friday for my son's birthday.Man I wanted to eat those 3 pints of Ben-n-Jerrys bad,but I controlled my self just 1 serving.

I hope everybodies having fun with their challeng.Keep it Fun,Happy and POSITIVE and don't worry about the scale because were getting Healthy and Happy.

[DJ_MF]

Originally Posted by pinkcashmere

checking in...
so 184,still.Damn i am so frustrated this morning.This week has been really good workout and eating wise,and this morning i got up to weigh myself,and the damn scale shows the same number as the week before.Whats up with that.Its not that im going to quit or something but i calculated,need to loose 3lbs a week to be at my goal weight until this transformation is over.This is hard you guys and i feel really sad today.

Don't feel sad at all. If you haven't gone up in weight, then you are being successful. At this point, I think it is time to adjust your cardio/diet some and see if that helps with the loss.

Originally Posted by scottallen

holy crap batman! how many bong hits did it take to get that hungry? lol musta been fun

I'm not gonna lie, halfway through I was miserable. I felt like I was forcing food down, but I needed the carbs, so I did it anyway. Still tasted damn good though.

Originally Posted by car99r

Didn't I read in a link posted by you earlier n this thread that your carb-up should be 24-36 hours long? I don't see how it could be possible to consume 600g of carbs in one meal ever. Although, I guess grapes might be a good alternative. High in carbs and if you are like me you could eat an entire bag in one setting...lol

I just re-read the link I posted, and everything there says 1 meal a week. Now a traditional ketosis diet has a carb-up period of 24-36 hours. This specific one has a one meal limit. You don't have to get to 600g of carbs, that is just a guideline of what not to go over. And judging by my poor performance the other night, I won't ever get close to that limit.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=5899101
I went and double checked to make sure.

Originally Posted by kldd22

DJ your doing keto right? How many days do you carb up just one?

Not even one day, just one meal. Extreme, I know, but I'm not doing a normal ketosis diet. It is fine with me only having one meal. Click the link I just posted above and go read up on it. It's a good read.

Originally Posted by casumak

I lost 0 pounds today buy my bf% is -1% can you lose bf with out losing weight?

Yep, that means you burnt body fat but gained muscle (usually). Scale weight doesn't mean anything at the early stages. Your doing fine.

[VAPimpStAr]

Ladies and gents not much to report this week only 2 pound drop...I have been sick but manage to do my weight training for 2 days and cardio for 2 ...I'm looking to put things in 6th gear for this week...I'm going to eat cleaner, knocking the dust off the brown bags for this week.

[beachpirate]

I've been out of the gym for the past 3 days but was able to get back today. I did a quick chest workout then hit the elliptical for 45 mins. I have been able to maintain my diet pretty well with a cheat meal on sat night. I had a buffalo chicken wrap with a buffalo chips from wild wing cafe. Not too bad comparitively. Looking forward to a good week ahead of us.

Weigh in for today was 242 down from 244 and body fat was 26.5 again down from 27.5. Pretty excited that I lost some weight this week.

[Ugly2Sexy]

Ok below are my stats for this Sunday

Weight: 178
Body Fat Percentage: 29%

[dee87]

01-03-09 - 199lbs
08-03-09 - 198lbs

15-03-09 - 196lbs


Everything going well so far. Been very happy with my gym work over the past 2 weeks.

[FloridaGator]

1 Mar 09 - 168/21%
8 Mar 09 - 165/20%
15 Mar 09 - 163/20%
?? ??? 09 - 150 / >15% <--Goal

[JaRHeaD911]

hey guys, just wanted to say that this week was a good week, hit the gym as planned on my 4 days and bumped my cardio up from 15min to about 20-22 min, and also managed to hit all 4 cardios.

i feel good
i went out and baught a Omron fat loss machine that tells me my body fat
so tomorow when i weight my self, i will also be adding my bf % in my signature as well

so far so good. never been more motivated to lose weight
u guys rock haha

[Oigion]

Originally Posted by braveplayer3160

Checking in

03/01/2009- 214 bf, aprox 20.4
03/08/2009- 210 bf, 19.6 (hydrostatic)
03/15/2009- 208 bf, 18.5 (caliper) <--- Current

what kind of places have those hydrostatic things

[Ugly2Sexy]

Just wanted to say that Syntha-6 Strawberry Milk Shake is the BEST tasting shake i have ever tasted. It tastes so good just like a milk shake.

just something i thought i should let everyone know.

[car99r]

I just re-read the link I posted, and everything there says 1 meal a week. Now a traditional ketosis diet has a carb-up period of 24-36 hours. This specific one has a one meal limit. You don't have to get to 600g of carbs, that is just a guideline of what not to go over. And judging by my poor performance the other night, I won't ever get close to that limit.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=5899101
I went and double checked to make sure.

Ahh... I see. I think I got that information from reading some stuff from a couple other guys on here. It was in the Nutrition/Keto area. I just re-read the one you are doing and yes it does seem a bit extreme...lol

Also, on another note. I have been taking Hydroxycut Hardcore and Chromium Picolinate(sp?). Anyhow, the chromium says it is supposed to raise your glucose level. You think these two things could be messing with me trying to get into Ketosis? If so I think I might discontinue use of them to see if that is what the problem is.

[laker28]

The first week was a little disappointing so I ramped up the cardio. My workout usually last 80 minutes doing a two day split on weight training. I still find my energy low near the end of the workouts though.

Mar. 1 --> 205 lbs.
Mar. 8 --> 204 lbs.
Mar. 15 -> 200 lbs.

I think being aware of your calorie count, and commitment to the gym helped this week.

[JaRHeaD911]

^^

i think the commitment to the gym is a big must, i dunno why, i just feel good about my self after i come home from the gym. i feel like a million bucks

hhaha

[PoundinThunder]

so last night was rough, got to the gym and was dead tired from the days activities. so i only got in 25 min of stationary bike. i feel way better today so hopefully my workout goes better. i think im going to step up my cardio more though.

[DJ_MF]

Oh by the way, I won't be able to weigh-in until tomorrow. Just a heads-up.

[timsmish]

Checking in for March 15

214.4 lbs-BF18.1%

Hmmmmmm Confusing weight but i know something is working because Mrs.Timsmish measured my bicept for me and starting on March 1 it wa 14 inches soft,today it was 15 soft and 17 flexed....I told her going in that I wanted a 19 inch soft bicept.. Hahahaha got a ways to go yet....I also had to tighten by belt one whole notch ...so who cares about the numbers on the scale.....Hope everyone is moving in the right direction....On to the next week... WHOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[MrsTimsmish]

March 1: Weight - 137 lbs / Body Fat - 28%
March 8: Weight - 132.2 lbs / Body Fat - 28%
March 15: Weight - 132.2 lbs / Body Fat - 27.2 %

Would like to see things change a little quicker but I have to keep reminding myself that my body didn't get this way over night and it's certainly not going to improve over night!

[JaRHeaD911]

Originally Posted by DJ_MF

Oh by the way, I won't be able to weigh-in until tomorrow. Just a heads-up.

yeah same, iv changed my weight ins on Mondays since last week. so i will also post on Monday

[PokePride]

I hope everyone had a good week - I will be weighing in on Monday as well