Badger & Blade Weight Loss Thread

[pdieten]

In December I got tired of my asthma being poorly managed and made an appointment with a pulmonary specialist. After some testing he changed my meds, and within a month I found myself being able to breathe again. Then in early February I had my yearly with my PCP and had my labs done, all of which showed that I was over 130lbs overweight and in danger of developing diabetes. She said "more protein, more vegetables, fewer carbs".

So I got my Fitbit band fixed, started wearing it again, and used the app to start tracking my intake (which actually works well now compared to how food tracking used to go.) After some time of this I noticed it tracked my macros, and I learned where to keep my protein intake and my carb intake (around 130g of each per day, coincidentally) and to keep a stock of raw carrots and celery easily at hand in the fridge for snacking. And now that I can exercise, I've been making sure I make my step count and active-minutes goals every day whether I want to or not. The 20-year-old Pacemaster treadmill I bought used years ago still works fine, so does my equally old home gym, so does the walking path in the park next to my house if the weather is nice.

In three months I've lost 63 pounds and five inches around my waist. I'm hoping I can get the rest of the way there by the end of the year. But it turns out that when you're really heavy and naturally built like an NFL nose tackle (my lean body mass is 205 pounds), it's not that hard to run a 2000 calorie per day deficit once your appetite gets readjusted to not overeating. Weight comes off quickly that way.

 

[steveclarkus]

good!



Funny thing, one man's forbidden list is another man's list of smarter choices. There's a lot of conflicting opinion "evidence" out there.

My own personal preference is to opt for a "healthy keto" diet and intermittent fasting. Here's a short video to get you started there if you are interested.

Of course, that's just my way ... not "THE Way" ... so if your research takes you in a different direction, that's your choice.



Good ... this is often a good place to start, and helps with getting results right off the bat. (IMHO switching to diet soda isn't a good idea as the artificial sweeteners do other bad things to you.)



Great!

Keto works beautifully. Lose weight and never hungry. I’m into it about a year and a half. Probably about 90% carnivore. Lost 80 pounds 23 BMI. Lipids are great as well as metabolic health and insulin sensitive. Also, cured my serious GERD immediately.

 

[Doc4]

I wish you guys would stop losing those pounds.... I keep finding them......

"Hold my beer belly and watch this ..."

 

[pdieten]

Keto works beautifully. Lose weight and never hungry. I’m into it about a year and a half. Probably about 90% carnivore. Lost 80 pounds 23 BMI. Lipids are great as well as metabolic health and insulin sensitive. Also, cured my serious GERD immediately.

The problem I have with the keto diet is the keto flu, which with my job I absolutely do not have time to work through, and it also gives me severe and painful constipation due to the lack of fiber. The brain wants to run on a trickle of carbs totaling about 130 grams of glucose per day. It appears to me that if it's allowed to do that, the flu isn't such a problem. All the other functions of the body can then burn fat. So unless you're planning to stop your heartbeat and spend all day every day lying in bed, you ought to lose body fat and the associated weight that way. As for me, in the three months since I started watching my intake my blood glucose dropped 55 points and my A1C went to nondiabetic without having to go full keto, but I was still carefully minding how much I was taking in. Obviously no room in the diet for baked goods, but it's nice having bran cereal and vegetables and milk and even an occasional bit of candy.

 

[strop]

I'm down 25 lbs since Jan 1. No specific goal in mind, but to continue eating better and making exercise a part of my daily routine. I have found over the years that, for me, any weight loss program/diet/eating plan is ultimately doomed to failure if I tell myself I can't have something. I just can't have as much of everything that I want. Sort of a WW philosophy but without counting calories or points. Occasionally I find myself doing an 18 hour fast.

I also do something that most of the books tell you not to do. I weigh myself every day, and record it on a graph. I also avg every week and keep track of that. If I eat the extra slice of pizza that someone brought in for lunch one day, I know I have to lay off on another day. Watching that graph trend down really seems to keep me motivated.

What's important is that as I get older the weight loss gets harder and harder, and I know that this becomes a new way of approaching lifestyle.

 

[steveclarkus]

The Keto flu can be completely avoided by drinking water with a good salt such as Redmond’s or pink salt. The constipation will pass (pun intended). Just take some
Moralax for a while. The gut does better without a lot of fiber. I eat very little vegetable matter and all systems are fine. I still eat cabbage, pickles and blueberries. My lipids, metabolic markers, hormones, digestion are much improved and Ac1 is 4.9 and BMI 22. Keto is just a way of life now. Weight loss was the least of the benefits.

 

[Claudel Xerxes]

I was going to join in on this thread a while back, but for some reason, I don't like to announce most goals that I have. Since around late November I've lost about 30lbs. From 250/245 to around 215/217 for the past few weeks. It's been about six or seven years since I've been at or under this weight. I still have about 15-20 more pounds to go until I'm at my ideal weight. When I was at my strongest, I was around 210lbs and solid. When I used to run 9-12 miles daily I weighed about 185-190lbs. I would still lift when I was runners lean, so I always maintained a decent amount of muscular bulk.

 

[Jnatcat]

I’m currently right at a loss of 33lbs over the last four months, not blazing results but slow and steady. I do follow a keto like diet but not that strict as my carb intake is around 50-75 grams a day and try to do the 16/8 intermittent fasting

 

[Chandu]

I'm down a little over 200. Yes, I'm not bullshitting. I had gastric bypass. Best decision of my life. I did it two and a half years ago. I was 422 at my highest and 191 at my lowest. I'm around 205 right now. I was 90 lbs in kindergarten and graduated high school at 275.

For years I didn't want to do it because that was like admitting defeat. I am very much an internal locus of control person. I don't feel I'm where I'm at because of fate. I'm where I'm at because of decisions I have made. I had lost over 100 lbs doing Atkins, but could not sustain the change in food forever so the weight came back.

I had to get to the point where I accepted that I can't do everything on my own. I was pre diabetic, that's fixed. I had high blood pressure, that's fixed. I had sleep apnea, much better if not entirely fixed. I have not undergone another sleep study so can't say for sure, but seem totally fine without the cpap. My cholesterol was never bad but now it's ridiculously good. My TOTAL cholesterol is 137.

I will just say that for some of you that have battled all your life, look into surgery.

 

[DBT]

I have not been very good about keeping up on this, both posting and especially weighing myself. I still haven't really lost much. I think my first post in the thread I weighed 193 or so. My most recent weigh in was 186.4 a few days ago. I believe I may be losing fat and rebuilding muscle. I've been doing a lot of cycling (several days per week), plus trying to get a minimum of 10,000 steps in each day. The weight hasn't really changed, but I now have to wear a belt to avoid possible indecent exposure charges. Pants/shorts were a bit snug a few months ago.

 

[steveclarkus]

I have not been very good about keeping up on this, both posting and especially weighing myself. I still haven't really lost much. I think my first post in the thread I weighed 193 or so. My most recent weigh in was 186.4 a few days ago. I believe I may be losing fat and rebuilding muscle. I've been doing a lot of cycling (several days per week), plus trying to get a minimum of 10,000 steps in each day. The weight hasn't really changed, but I now have to wear a belt to avoid possible indecent exposure charges. Pants/shorts were a bit snug a few months ago.

Muscle is heavier than fat.

 

[DBT]

Down a little from the last weigh in. 185.6 this morning.


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[bray144k]

Well, it's been awhile. I moved in the beginning of February and really lost track. Since then I've gained back about 15 pounds and weighed in this morning at 232. I've decided to refocus and get back on track starting today. I'll be posting here again as I try again for the goal of 205.

 

[DBT]

I either had excess water weight Friday, or was dehydrated this morning. 182.2 today. I have no idea how I may have dropped over 3 pounds in 2 days.


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[Jnatcat]

Well my son came for a two week visit and I kinda fell off the wagon... my weight has been stalled at 227# for 3 weeks so now that he’s left its time to get back after it...

 

[MyOldKentuckyHome]

Down 14lbs since quarantine began.

Unfortunately, two weeks ago my BP was 120/80 but due to work stress last night it was 162/110 and today it is 142/92 so need to get that under control or the weight loss will be pointless!

 

[Doc4]

The Christmas pounds were being a bit too stubborn and sticking around my middle. Keto alone wasn't enough to really move the needle.

So a while ago I did M/W/F fasting. Basically, I don't eat on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Strict keto on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Weekends are "keto-ish" ... usually a few too many carbs at dinner (and a glass or two of wine) so I drift out of ketosis.

It has worked really well to drop the stubborn pounds off me!

 

[OldSchoolYoungin]

This really isn't weight loss per se, but there's a pic of me on here from before when I lost most of my initial weight. Well, I began with that and appreciated a nice anabolic rebound ever since, so I'm undergoing more of a bodyrecomposition change considering my actual scale weight hasn't changed much. My lowest actual body weight was 147, I'm currently 211. I know it's kinda bass ackwards, but that's actually me in November last year in the right pic, the more recent pic is the left.

This can also kinda go in the keto thread, most of that was on a 90% low carb diet, so don't let people tell you that you can't build muscle on low carbs

 

[Claudel Xerxes]

This really isn't weight loss per se, but there's a pic of me on here from before when I lost most of my initial weight. Well, I began with that and appreciated a nice anabolic rebound ever since, so I'm undergoing more of a bodyrecomposition change considering my actual scale weight hasn't changed much. My lowest actual body weight was 147, I'm currently 211. I know it's kinda bass ackwards, but that's actually me in November last year in the right pic, the more recent pic is the left.

This can also kinda go in the keto thread, most of that was on a 90% low carb diet, so don't let people tell you that you can't build muscle on low carbs

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How tall are you? Back when I was 19-21 I weighed 210, and it was solid muscle. I'm 6', but you look far more jacked than I remember myself being.

 

[OldSchoolYoungin]

5'7"