2012 Fall Fatty ChallengeFollow

Also, at my first post in this thread. I was stupidly optimistic. I think if I push hard and maintain, maybe I can push down to 380 by Thanksgiving if I keep it up. That would be losing an additional twenty pounds the next two months each. I hope to lose more than that, but I have been tempering my expectations.

I've found the needy infant method effective. Frequently he screams unless I carry him and walk around. Down to 225!

I was doing really well, but my recent travel schedule has thrown it all out of whack. I need to start renting bikes when I'm out of town instead of cars or something.

I'm at a mid 160's plateau. Fiancee is out, so I have to come home after work to take the dog out instead of training.

Run with the dog, fatty!

I'm starting to play squash again, and I'm planning on including it as a part of a slightly longer work out. The fact that I love playing squash will help to motivate me to get to the gym.

212 lbs, 43.1% body fat and my hydration levels are getting worse.

Blood test was clear (good because I don't' have anything wrong, but bad because I'm still not sure why I don't have any energy), I'm on some supplements for a vitamin deficiency, so I guess I'll see if that makes any difference. I'm also going to make a chart so that I make sure I'm getting the right foods in me each week.

No timetable yet, so I'm still slacking on the gym front. I was actually disappointed when I realised I wouldn't be able to go today, I could theoretically do some other form of exercise, but I'm not that motivated :P


This is in progress. Had to buy a new gear wire and haven't got around to fitting it yet. If I can't get it working this weekend I'll take it into a shop on Monday.


Check, managed everything apart from the pub night, where keeping track of times is not going to happen and I might have left a drink off. I think I need to note stuff down as I go along. Next step for the diary is to add in portion sizes.


I had a rum and coke (I think the mixer was either diet coke or pepsi, didn't taste like normal coke), surprisingly I enjoyed it (I tend to go for very sweet drinks) but I drank it way too fast, as evidenced by the shocked look on my friends faces. I don't eat dinner on social night, so I think when I get around to calorie counting I'll just have to work out how many drinks I can have with what's left of the days allowance and have a bit more awareness of which brands are better options calorie wise.

Did you make any changes, other than just to stop tracking your calories?

I started eating more healthy lunches (chicken salad, hard boiled eggs, whatever the deli across the street has for the day) and drinking a lot more powerade 0cal instead of soda, but I resigned that I would not be cutting any sufficient calories from alcohol, so no change there.

Drink a big glass of milk when you get home. Alcohol is no longer an option.

Interestingly, the sugar content in many alcohol beverages makes it so that they have the same energy density regardless of actual alcohol content. Try mixing up your mixed drinks with higher alcohol percentages and diet mixers. Like a shot of Bacardi 151 in a diet coke, instead of a classic rum and coke, or a cosmo made with no sugar added cranberry juice. You'll get drunk faster AND consume less total calories.

Hahaha, if you really want to you'll find a way. The milk trick will help with the beer/spirit & coke/wine crowd though, assuming you typically drink more calories than the milk gives you of course. If you drink liqueurs (Bailey's) you're done for.

I just make my late snack a small bowl of cereal, works for me. Can't drink because the milk will make me sick and I'm just too damn lazy to make a different snack. It's all about making the bad things unattractive :).

Captain Peanut Butter Crunch with a big handful of blackberries on it, tastes just like a PB&J sandwich.

...just drink the booze.