2012 Fall Fatty ChallengeFollow

Well, I have only had one beer this week, probably because it was a really easy week at work. I modified the "keep the beer in the cabinet" idea to keeping only one beer in the fridge. One of my friends wants to start going to the track a couple nights a week, and I haven't gotten to hang out with her in quite some time, so that should be pretty fun.

Actually sort of looking forward to my weigh-in on Sunday.

My biggest challenge is keeping fit and not gaining weight while traveling. Eating out often and being jet lagged and over tired does not help.

Bulimia: the answer to all your problems.

Oh, right! I completely forgot about this thread. 331.9

I don't have a scale and that's fine by me. I just want my clothes to be looser.

Been trying to pay a bit more attention to what I'm eating and I've started walking more. I figure with just these small adjustments, I should start noticing a difference soon. And once I'm a bit more in shape, I'll go get me some weights. I used to love strength training. Good for your bones.

Yeah, I had hanburger mania all weekend and burned up most of my weekly WW points.

To all the dieters ...keep up the good work!

By the way, for anyone on the fence about exercise, do it. I used to hate exercising when I was a smoker, even when I was my fittest around 230lbs. Now that I've been clean for a year, I am absolutely loving cardio exercise. It's a hassle biking forty minutes every day, but if you can clear a bit from your schedule at least a few times a week, it makes such a huge difference in how you feel. I'm not going to turn all Richard Simmonsy on you, but yeah, it's kind of like that. I get off the bike after my forty minutes and within a half hour, I want to get back on and have another go.

Not to mention the fact that it's done wonders for my demeanor. Sure I've always been a sarcastic, bitter fuckwad, but now I can be so with a ridiculous grin on my face. All that shit they say about diet and exercise is true. Just wish I'd listened sooner.

Also, I plan to get to a manageable weight in the next two years where I can bike across the US (coast-to-coast) if any of you douchebags want to let former, almost felon crash on your couch.

I don't think it was quite as bad as I had suspected. Didn't get to weigh myself before my workout, but afterwards I weighed in at 162.8. It was a crazy workout*, so I'm guessing that I was probably walking around at 165.5-ish beforehand.

*Seriously crazy:

50 burpees
50 v sits
50 jumping pullups
50 russian twists
50 power overs
50 split lunges
50 dumbell curls
50 dumbell push presses
50 lateral jumps
50 trx rows
50 dumbell swing switches

...then 1.5 hours of no-gi. Argh.

Edited, Sep 4th 2012 10:19pm by Eske

Have you been using any other tools besides a scale to track results? I'm in a similar position of wanting to gain muscle mass, but I find myself unsure of how much progress I'm making. Did the scale go up because I'm suceeding or did it go up because I'm failing?

Also mind sharing you workout regime? Which groups are you going for?

213 lbs, 5'6" and my scales tell me I'm at 42.2% body fat (bought body fat monitoring scales because I want to be able to tell if I'm not losing weight or if I'm building muscle). I'm planning to ease myself gently back into proper dieting as I think part of my problem is I get frustrated with weighing and monitoring everything I eat, so I'm more likely to give up altogether. I've increased my exercise greatly over the last couple of years, so on that front it's more about making sure I've got a good range going on as much as about increasing the amount that I do.

I'm currently waiting on some test results from the doctor and if they come back positive, the treatment will hopefully mean I have more energy, which would be great.

I'm also waiting on the latest class timetable to come out before I get a new gym membership, so that's potentially another couple of weeks before I'll be able to go to the gym or work out what classes I'll do each week.

By next week I will get my bike fixed, and start going out for at least one cycle a week. I'm going to keep a food diary (was doing well at this until I went on holiday), to start with just writing down what I eat and when, but at this point not being specific about amounts or working out calories. I'm only going to eat sweet things if they are free or I make them at home (I seem to be better at rationing stuff I make myself than stuff I buy) and I'm going to find something better to drink than pints of cider at my weekly social (usually the only day I drink each week).

Fahrenheit, Centigrade, or Kelvin?

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