Fat azz to lean thread.

Wanna loose wt or just plain get in shape. Impractical to meet n do as a group, how about sharing your starting point and keeping us up to date on your progress. For some it's gonna be fast, for others, not so much. Key is to make a date to start and keep at it. My start, next Monday. Will weigh in and update from there. Yours can be anytime that works for you.
Crapola food n pop, prepare to get kicked to the curb.
Exercise my long lost friend, coming for ya buddy.

You got the ballz to do it in the forum?

OK Chief, I'm in ... as soon as I clear out (consume) all the funk food. 163 this mornin.

Good idea for a thread. Some of us are motivated to mod out rides when we see what others are doing. This might have the same results. I started a diet on Feb. 28 that was designed specifically for rapid weight loss prior to surgery. The good news is I don't require surgery now and as a bonus in 21 days I have lost 21lbs. Starting weight was 228.8 lbs and as of this morning I weigh 207.6lbs. I am 6'1" and my goal is to get down around 198lbs and build back muscle not fat. The next 10lbs to lose will be the hardest for me. Good luck everyone and it should be interesting to read about everyone's experiences with trying to lose weight.

Ok I'm on board with this ZR , Monday it is ! Looking forward to it , been procrastinating for a while , too many excuses !

You and me both.
Makes you wanna start behaving a week before the start date just so "the number" starts off lower. LOL

I'll play.

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I'll play.

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Game on

I'll give it a shot!

Sounds like fun. I'll start Monday March 24.
First I have to eat or toss the undesirables and then figure out an exercise/activity regimen.

I'm down with that. I've been watching my calorie intake so hopefully it's a step in the right direction!!!

http://youtu.be/R1m-AEWMRVo

Been watching mine to, just not doing anything about it.

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I started off strong for a week but gave into temptation a bunch :)

I'm in, hopefully keep each other motivated.

Ps anyone else think we should ban Terry (crash) for mentioning he weighs 163lbs in the chubby people thread :)

As some of you may or may not know....back on Feb 16, exactly 2 months before my 43 birthday, I had a major heart attack. I'm 5' 9" and weigh 199lbs.
(I think more muscle than fat ...meh) When I entered the hospital that day, my blood pressure was 252/157. (not a typo...normal BP is 120/80)
So as you can imagine, I've made many lifestyle changes. Quit smoking, was never much of a drinker. a case of beer lasts almost a year. No more pop, no more coffee either...the odd decaf....and a lot more fruits and veggies.
I've gone from never taking pills ...to 11 per day now. Currently my BP is around 156/112. Still extremely high. This is why I'm eager to start this diet.
I personally haven't tried this yet...waiting to get approval from my doctor. However ,I do have a couple of coworkers that have been on this diet.
Both have lost about 21 lbs in only 10 days. During those 10 days, everything they had was juiced. No solids.
Enjoy and Good Luck.
Joe

PS...I had nothing to do with the name selection of the website....:shrug:




http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/rebooting/

1 step ahead of you. The wife keeps taking jabs at a second chin that's deveoloping. Started on Monday. 162 lbs to start. Cutting out pop, junk and eating after dinner. A little bit of exercise won't hurt either. Head aches from lack of caffeine are subsiding at this point. Actually felt pretty good today. Here we go!

TZ, sobering reminder we all need to keep better care of the machine that carts us around.
Good to hear your on the upswing, keep pluggin at it.

I can't be positive my wt gain is directly related to Warfarin or just my being anxious every time I feel a twinge in my leg which translated into my backing off on any real exercise. A day or two after the leg clot diagnosis, docs still aren't sure if the episodes I had were in fact 5 or 6 mini strokes or part of another issue.. One had me unable to move my arm, hand n fingers, second one saw my vision impacted.
Time to get back to living life larger.
Bring on more exercise n eating better.

juicing is a really good way to lose weight.. I juice, however i need to get back on it because I've fallen off the wagon... You can make some really yummy stuff with juice as well.. Just don't juice a ham!!

http://youtu.be/JP9Ak6PlOfI

the biggest problem I seem to have is that I treat myself to KFC or BurgerKing when I am feeling down. unfortunately, with the way work has been for me lately I have been treating myself A LOT. but the worst part is that the stress from work is making me drop weight despite how I have been eating. I either need to adjust my eating to start losing weight for the right reasons. or I need a new job. either way, i'm not in the best situation lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAkXPpBnSkM#t=111

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juicing is a really good way to lose weight.. I juice, however i need to get back on it because I've fallen off the wagon... You can make some really yummy stuff with juice as well.. Just don't juice a ham!!

http://youtu.be/JP9Ak6PlOfI

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LMFAO....and he made $50

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As some of you may or may not know....back on Feb 16, exactly 2 months before my 43 birthday, I had a major heart attack. I'm 5' 9" and weigh 199lbs.
(I think more muscle than fat ...meh) When I entered the hospital that day, my blood pressure was 252/157. (not a typo...normal BP is 120/80)
So as you can imagine, I've made many lifestyle changes.

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This hits home for me. You were extremely lucky. Lost my best friend to a heart attack, he was under 40.
I had not been into the doctors in ages, so I immediately went in for a check-up. Turns out my blood pressure was the high end of normal. Not alarming, but a couple of diet changes (watching my salt) and I brought it down to normal.

If anybody cycles or is interested in taking up road cycling, I'm always looking for people to ride with.

At my lightest ever I was 149 last year in the middle if summer. I'm 5'3". I quit smoking back when I bought my Stang August of last year as a promise to myself and the wife and kids that I'd quit when I bought myself a Mustang. Well here comes Xmas and on New Year's Eve I rang in at 170. I started my diet and the gym on the 13th of January, cut out all sugars and junk. I went online and found a bmr calculator that tells you how many calories your body burns based on your age, weight and height doing absolutely nothing. I then cut 1000 calories a day between food and exercise. Burn 7000 calories a week and you loose 2 pounds. I'm down to 153.6 as of yesterday (I could've been under 150 but went to Cuba and gained back 5 pounds 6 weeks ago. Lol) I feel good and I can see some muscle coming through.


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the biggest problem I seem to have is that I treat myself to KFC or BurgerKing when I am feeling down. unfortunately, with the way work has been for me lately I have been treating myself A LOT. but the worst part is that the stress from work is making me drop weight despite how I have been eating. I either need to adjust my eating to start losing weight for the right reasons. or I need a new job. either way, i'm not in the best situation lol.

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I've struggled with same thing family, work , personal and SAD , I have found that exercise and positive results will trickle down to you wanting to eat healthier . 2-3 times a year I go into my cave and don't want to come out . I am really looking forward to this and maybe having the support will be a great motivation .

I'm struggling to get back into shape. Easier said than done. Between work and feeding my Mom twice a day at the nursing home, there doesn't seem to be time. I'm at 245 lbs now and would be happy with 230. I'm typing this while having a double double and 2 old fashion plane donuts lol ( damn staff is trying to kill me ). Seeing as I have high blood pressure and will be 50 next year its about time to get my ass into gear. Any help appreciated!!!

SVOMACH1, Find out what your bmr is and eat 500 calories less than that a day based on your daily physical activity and drink tons of water. You'll lose a pound a week. If you can manage to go to a gym and burn another 500 a day or burn 300 more and eat another 200 less then you're at a total deficit of 1000 a day and you'll lose 2 pounds per week. Trust me, you'll be under 230 by May 24 weekend. It's working for me.


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Biz started this last October.
Down 67lbs as of last Friday.
Daily workouts at 5:30am.
30 min Cardio!
30 min Weights!
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Goal of 205 is in range and I'm almost 6'1 http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smile...ess-788205.gif

Water is really important so drink 4 + bottles a day. And forget everything on the Nutrition labels and look only at the calories. Don't forget drinks have calories and lots of them so take that in account. If your target is 2000 calories a day and you drink 2 beers, a couple double doubles and a coke then you've pretty much killed half of your calories for the whole day in just liquid. It all counts.


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SVOMACH1, Find out what your bmr is and eat 500 calories less than that a day based on your daily physical activity and drink tons of water. You'll lose a pound a week. If you can manage to go to a gym and burn another 500 a day or burn 300 more and eat another 200 less then you're at a total deficit of 1000 a day and you'll lose 2 pounds per week. Trust me, you'll be under 230 by May 24 weekend. It's working for me.


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How do you find out your bmr ( and what is it ha ha )?

Here's one site... http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

Google bmr calculator. There's a bunch of them. It tells you how many calories your body burns while at rest. For example, my body at rest burns 1650 calories a day, I work construction so I'm on my feet all day so I can eat 2200 calories a day to maintain my current weight. So I want to cut 1000 calories a day between eating less and exercising. After I'm at my goal weight, I go back to the calculator and find out what my new bmr is (because body has changed, so has bmr) and the I eat what it says without cutting anything and I'll be able to maintain my weight. I can then even eat a little extra to compensate for the calories I'm burning at the gym.


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OK, thanks.

So if my BMR is 2390.52...?

I knew absolutely nothing about this stuff when I started but Google was my friend during this time and I've learned a lot. And I never took the advice of just 1 site.


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Harris Benedict Formula

To determine your total daily calorie needs, multiply your BMR by the appropriate activity factor, as follows: If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2 If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375 If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55 If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725 If you are extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9

Total Calorie Needs Example
If you are sedentary, multiply your BMR (1745) by 1.2 = 2094. This is the total number of calories you need in order tomaintain your current weight.
Once you know the number of calories needed to maintain your weight, you can easily calculate the number of calories you need to eat in order to gain or lose weight:
- Calorie intake to gain weight

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TZ, sobering reminder we all need to keep better care of the machine that carts us around.
Good to hear your on the upswing, keep pluggin at it.

I can't be positive my wt gain is directly related to Warfarin or just my being anxious every time I feel a twinge in my leg which translated into my backing off on any real exercise. A day or two after the leg clot diagnosis, docs still aren't sure if the episodes I had were in fact 5 or 6 mini strokes or part of another issue.. One had me unable to move my arm, hand n fingers, second one saw my vision impacted.
Time to get back to living life larger.
Bring on more exercise n eating better.

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At times it seems as if life is unfair, or that we're getting the short end of the stick. However, everything happens for a reason. We could be here discussing funeral costs.
Instead, we were given warning signs....Now it's up to us to see what we do with it.

This is me while waiting for surgery...thats my youngest waving. He missed school for a week just to be by my side. Hes also the one that got me the mustang magazine. You cant tell from the pic, but hes looking through kijiji for mustang parts...lol




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We surely could.
Thanks for sharing.

And if you really want to shred lbs.

Get a bike. Bike riding will put your heart into fat burn zone.
And possibly beyond lol
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So if my BMR is 2390.52...?

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Now you take that number and put it in one of the formulas that ZR posted that matches your lifestyle and that's your maintenance number. Create a deficit of 500 calories a day
And you'll lose 1 pound per week. Double for 2.


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You look completely different from behind Biz.