Getting in shape for summer... who's in?

[Hasselhoss]

I know a lot of people are interested in losing weight, getting in shape or just improving their overall health. Two months ago I looked at myself in the mirror and stepped on the scale. I did not like what I saw. I decided then and there to get my ass back in gear and do whatever I needed to do to get back to the weight I was in December 2011. That meant changing everything and dropping 35lbs of body fat.

Last week I posted this in the "Thread for Posting Things that Nobody Else Cares About" and, to my surprise there were people that cared a lot about it. I started getting a lot of PMs and questions. Since this post I have dropped another 3 lbs and have now hit 21 lbs.in just under a month. I have 15lbs to go to reach my original goal but will probably go even further than that.My new goal is 40lbs total.

A couple of us are now "Friends" on the My Fitness Pal app and would like to invite anyone that might be interested to download the app and join us for the journey. If you need support, help, ideas, etc... Additionally, I want to keep this thread open for people to post their stories and successes/failures etc... I might be the only one to post in it but if it inspires or helps anyone it will be worth it.


From the other thread:

I started the journey with a much lower expectation and haven't done anything extreme. I am not doing any gimmick fad diets or starving myself.

My success factors so far:

• Alcohol
  • I cut it out entirely for the foreseeable future, I plan on staying alcohol free at least until I reach my goal weight. That weight is the weight I was in a picture I now keep as my phone background from December 2011.
• Exercise
  • I taught Spin and Bootcamp classes for 4 years. I also was a Jujitsu, Randori, Hapkido and TKD student and trainer for 8 years. When I moved out to Monticello in 2013 I gave all of that up to work on my house and land, and to become the youth pastor of a local church (in addition to my normal job). I put on 35 lbs since then. Over Christmas I got pretty depressed about it and decided to stop being a pussy and to fix it.
  • I called two gyms to see if they needed instructors and pitched them my fat story and offered to start "fat guy fitness" and let people see that it can sneak up on anyone. I wanted people to get fit with me.
  • Now, I get up every morning at 4:15am. I go to Golds Gym and teach a Spin class on Wednesday @ 5:45 and go to the YMCA to teach the same class on Thursday. I also sub classes during the week. If I don't have a class, I lift for 20 minutes and do 45 of cardio.
• Nutrition
  • I use the My Fitness Pal app. I enter everything I eat or drink into the app and track everything. I can tell you down to the single calorie how much I have had on any given day and how much I have left.
  • I average 1500 calories a day and stay full on healthy foods. I have found that I have to make myself eat sometimes to get enough calories or the app bitches at me.
  • Cleanse
    • On January 7 I started the "All In 2015" Advocare 24 Day Challenge. It is a complete body cleanse and lean mass building program that lasts 24 days.
    • Between December 26 and January 7 I had lost 4 lbs. Since then I have lost an additional 17.
• Water
  • I drink a gallon a day

I don't harbor any illusions that I will continue losing at his rate until I reach my goal but I'm ok with that. I have 20 lbs left and want those gone by April.


If you want to join us on MFP, shoot me a PM and I'll send you an invite.

Good luck.

 

[Cobalt 60]

2006 - weighed just under 200 pounds. Lost 30 of that in 3 months and by 2007 was down to 160.

As of November, I was back up to nearly 200. As of right now, I have dropped 2 inches, maybe more, off the waist and headed back to 160 - 165. Should be there by end of March.

I've tried everything in the world, but the cold hard truth is that to lose weight, you have to be hungry. I am just a tiny little bit hungry all the time.

 

[Hasselhoss]

2006 - weighed just under 200 pounds. Lost 30 of that in 3 months and by 2007 was down to 160.

As of November, I was back up to nearly 200. As of right now, I have dropped 2 inches, maybe more, off the waist and headed back to 160 - 165. Should be there by end of March.

I've tried everything in the world, but the cold hard truth is that to lose weight, you have to be hungry. I am just a tiny little bit hungry all the time.

I disagree about having to be hungry. I have been eating a lot of food. There are a lot of extremely filling and healthy foods that have very few calories by volume. I have MFP set at 1750 calories per day, I eat all day and am lucky to hit 1500 calories. The exercise really cuts it at that point. One 45min Spin class kills 800+ calories.

 

[GlockIssue]

My wife and I just started back into fitness. We've completed two full workout weeks at the gym so far. I should see decent results in the next couple of weeks. I really only need to lose 5-7 lbs though and hopefully replace that with muscle down the road. I'm trying to avoid cholesterol medication too. I'll post results up on here. I have a scale that measures bod fat %, muscle %, visceral fat, etc. I think I'll break that scale out to make more quantitative goals. Thanks for posting this up!

 

[Buckeye76]

I need to get off my ass and start doing this. Put on way too much weight over the past few years.

 

[Mentos]

My wife and I just started back into fitness. We've completed two full workout weeks at the gym so far. I should see decent results in the next couple of weeks. I really only need to lose 5-7 lbs though and hopefully replace that with muscle down the road. I'm trying to avoid cholesterol medication too. I'll post results up on here. I have a scale that measures bod fat %, muscle %, visceral fat, etc. I think I'll break that scale out to make more quantitative goals. Thanks for posting this up!

Lose anymore and you will be see through!


I can give you a donation If that happens

 

[Hasselhoss]

My wife and I just started back into fitness. We've completed two full workout weeks at the gym so far. I should see decent results in the next couple of weeks. I really only need to lose 5-7 lbs though and hopefully replace that with muscle down the road. I'm trying to avoid cholesterol medication too. I'll post results up on here. I have a scale that measures bod fat %, muscle %, visceral fat, etc. I think I'll break that scale out to make more quantitative goals. Thanks for posting this up!

Great to hear it man. What is your favorite workout?

I made a set of "ballistic ropes" (battle ropes) and they will flat out kick your ass after a few minutes.

 

[SAR 6114]

wait a minute..............what's wrong with round?
rounds a shape, right........................lol

 

[GlockIssue]

Lose anymore and you will be see through!


I can give you a donation If that happens

Well I don't really want to lose body weight. I just want to lose body fat and replace that with muscle. I'm not fitting into pants the way I used to and I don't like it. It's time for me to stop being a has-been.

 

[Mentos]

No, I totally agree with you hoss... Getting into an exercise routine is helpful. I have been lax in my cycling and this have gained way more than I should have.

But, slowly but surely i will be incorporating more and more of your notes into daily life. Thanks for the post