JUN1st - AUG31th Transformation thread

[Mainer215]

Weigh in this morning and I am at 172.2 lbs. Even though I am gaining I am sure (Based on 18 weeks of data) that I am not at maintenence calories yet. Taking my next step up to maintenance and holding it there for a couple of weeks.

The good thing is that energy is coming back.

Good luck everyone with your weigh-ins.

[dpgiffin]

Don't be that guy.
Estimation is fine. Besides, you will know when you weigh in if you are over-estimating or under-estimating.
Make sensible choices. You will be fine.

^^ Best advice ever.

[dpgiffin]

Weigh in!

174. Down 7 lbs total. 5 in the first week, now nice and steady at 2 a week i hope!

[DSUP]

Weigh-in: 187 - no change.

[BrettC504]

Week 2 weigh-in: 231, no change.

Fought off the carbs and bloat all week from my night out last saturday so I guess I expected this. Time to get back on track.

[CathyVee]

132.6 lbs which is a 1 lb loss.

Good luck to everyone on their weigh-ins. It's the weekend, stay strong!

[Sky22]

Start Weight: 270

Current: 266.4

[tonio11]

Today's weight: 244.8

[anthonyUTM]

First....WOW on that small gain! Good for you!!!!!

Second...so glad you had a nice vacation. Sounds like you had some fun and just what you needed! Good for you

Third....glad your back

And lastly....What do you think is the best part of Texas to live and why? We've looked at the coastal areas for ****s and giggles.




We budget $140 for a family of 5. If we don't spend it, it stays in the "account" and we keep that for weeks that we need bulk chicken or things like that. If something goes on sale we buy lots of it (we use it anyway). We buy chicken breast at $1.30 a pound right now but we have to buy 40 lbs worth. So we portion it into 1 lb packages (when I say we I mean my husband lol) and freeze it until we need it.

And we buy produce that's on sale. I don't use supps (except For quest bars) and that is a separate budget.

Thank you for your reply! I think I can get by on the bare minimum. Chicken, brown rice, eggs, broccoli and various other veggies. I'm getting a SAMs club membership when I move so that will help

[DeuceOrion]

For my weekly weigh-in this morning I was 208.8 pounds! That's 1.8 pounds lost this week, and a total of 4.4 pounds lost for the month.

[cnh57811]

183.5

Down 3.5 from last week. Down 2.5 from start.

[DebiLynn]

Today's weight 175

[TheNormalMan]

Weight: 243.4#

[Grelko]

Last week I was 195.2

Today I am at 193.2

I was at 192.4 yesterday morning but, we had pizza for dinner. I'm still a bit bloated from something that was in it.
Waist was 37" last week, but it's at 38" right now.

Good luck everyone, have a great week.

[Wankelpt]

My week 2 weight in is 181,7lbs, and so begins my cut ,)

[Wankelpt]

http://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/c...YN3EwU0E#gid=0

sheet updated

check for mistakes etc...

[Dutchie1972]

WOOOOOOOOW, we ROCK! Best soccer game Ive seen in a long time! Beat Spain 5-1, after an undeserved penalty by Spain. Imagine that, 5-1………..

Practiced squats, mobility for chest/trapezium/shoulder, Elliptical 1 hour, AHR 127, 473 cal, Bike, 15 min, AHR 117, 102 cal, Treadmill, 15 min, AHR 116, 100 cal

[PunkyCindy]

209.8 for me
less than a lb gain

[ECfromHTX]

http://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/c...YN3EwU0E#gid=0

sheet updated

check for mistakes etc...

I posted that I was 210 yesterday I believe. It's possible that you missed it. Not sure if you just want us to continue posted our weight at some point during the week or to message it to you.

[vanillabn]

Congrats to everyone who lost weight this week! I'm checking in tomorrow but so far it's not looking good Although, I lost 3lbs last week so that makes me feel a little better. Keeping up the hard work and hoping for a change soon...

[stingray72]

I set a target of 2000 calories daily for recuperation and nutrition benefits and anything i burn beyond that is what i cut on and it looks like illl have a 300 calorie deficit today.

[Lithium42]

WOOOOOOOOW, we ROCK! Best soccer game Ive seen in a long time! Beat Spain 5-1, after an undeserved penalty by Spain. Imagine that, 5-1………..

Maybe for you >_> I'm in the middle of holding myself back from destroying my TV still /sigh

[DebiLynn]

Friday's Workout

1hr working out with weights
45m swim w/fins (legs only)
374 calories burned

Today I did my first ever Deadlift and I liked it! I started out with just doing the 45 lb bar for 5 reps and found that super easy. I slapped 50 pounds on it and did 5 more plus 10x3. I also did bench press, db flyes, db lat raise, db bench, db triceps, smith machine squats and upright row! I didn't use any of the normal machines I go to. My favorite though is the deadlift!!!

[TheNormalMan]

Felt good today. No cravings or desires for anything out of the ordinary.

Strong full body workout at the gym today. Taking the next two days to rest.

Workout
Full Body Weights at Gym
45 Minutes

Nutrition

[CathyVee]

Today I did my first ever Deadlift and I liked it! I started out with just doing the 45 lb bar for 5 reps and found that super easy. I slapped 50 pounds on it and did 5 more plus 10x3. I also did bench press, db flyes, db lat raise, db bench, db triceps, smith machine squats and upright row! I didn't use any of the normal machines I go to. My favorite though is the deadlift!!!

Yay, DebiLynn It's fun lifting heavy things!

[tara19]

Weigh in tomorrow, dun dun dun!!!
Going to do some extra cardio tonight, might hit 10 minutes

[kureransu]

Morning all,

I feel like such a bum for not posting as much. i've just been on the lazy train as of late when it comes to typing words in succession...

So let's seee.

The weekend is here, and I've not much planned. I'll go for walks, and lift some weights on Sunday, and maybe play some tennis. Weekends for me are different than most, It's where I need to make sure I eat enough! Generally by noon i've either Lifted or Walked for an hour, and played 2 hours of tennis. If I've no plans I will literally go on a TV/Video game marathon for a few hours, and soak for an hour in the tub. If I don't pay attention I will not eat at all lol. If my mind is heavily engaged in something, eating is the last thing on my mind. It's like i get into a state of flow pretty easily, and nothing registers until I get snapped out of it. It was great during the college days, as I could work on a project for 8010 hours and never once move. but soon as i stop to soak it all in. EVERYTHING hits me. bathroom, hunger pangs, tired/sleepiness. it's crazy.

[kureransu]

Congrats to all that lost this week! To those who didn't, don't worry so much. Give it another week, then reassess. Remember the real reason for this journey is to developed a health relationship with mind, body, and food. You don't just want to "lose weight". That's a means to an end. In reality, you want to learn how to mold your body to your liking. I think people who "lose weight" in most cases have it rough. I think when they get to their goal weight they are more stressed and unhappy, because all they can think about is maintaining that weight loss. Every extra calorie is guilt trip, until they break and just stop caring. It's too hard. Often times, they don't have the body they imagined either, Which makes the whole thing seem worthless to them, or it makes them even more obsessed to lose more, even if they are at a healthy weight.

When you learn to sculpt/old your body, or find that balance of mind, body and food. It becomes almost a fun experience. The work you put in isn't fun, but the results you yield, validates the hard work and sacrifice (eating under maintenance) you put in. Bot only that, you build bone density, stronger heart, and you look better as you shrink as well.

Remember guys this is the rest of your life. Learn the balance. Don't completely cut out foods, you plan on having in your diet after you lose the weight, just cut down on them. People ask me all the time, "you must off your diet" when they see me eat something like fried chicken or pizza. I simply tell them I'm not on a special diet. I just eat a balanced diet. There is no omission of foods, just reduced intake.

I will say this in terms of balance though. I did completely cut out certain foods when I first started to break that dependency on them. I slowly brought them back in when I felt like I was in control and not the food. That way I know i can proper moderate the intake. For example, I make those black bean brownies. I LOVE them. I cut them up into sixteen 81 calorie pieces. 5 years ago, 2-3 days to finish off if i'm lucky. Now? With me giving away at least 1/4 of them to people who want to try them, it still takes me 5-8 days to eat it all.

Ok I'm done

[mcbourque]

Weight in: 123.0 ! 1.0lbs so far!

That's my running average from my True Weight app (my actual weight is a little lower). I was worried I would weight a lot this morning because last night I had a big concert event for my son (he got an award, yeah!) and we had cake. I kinda skipped dinner for this (had some almonds to munch on then ate grapes, bagel chips and hummus at the party before the cake at home)

Work outs this week were lifting: 2 upper and only 2 lower (instead of 3) because I injured myself lifting heavy boxes at work.

Whatever I'm doing right now seems to work. Just have to focus on the discipline to stick with it.

[darmstrong266]

Weigh in at 255 lbs. Down 4 pounds this week 9 pounds for the month these results are making it feel worth it