Do you weigh daily or weekly?213 yesterday morning. Now it's time to shoot up to 217 for a couple of weeks before I come down to 211 or 212. The yoyo stuff drives me crazy, but at least I'm going further down than I am up.
In the past year, I think I've lost about 40 lbs. I am down from a ladies 3X to a 2X, size 24-26 to a solid 20. (In men's that's a 2X shirt to an XL, and 46 pants to 40.) I am officially at my lowest weight in about 15 years. I am now approaching "chubby" or "thick" as opposed to "sloppy fat". It's so hard to not look fat when you're 5' tall.
Not daily, maybe every 4-5 days.Do you weigh daily or weekly?
Truth? I'd much rather have grapefruit than potato chips, but it interferes with one of my medications.
Just a funny but I like pretty much anything to eat. I am the least picky eater except now. Now I have to pick and choose to lose weight. Kinda boring but I like the results.Truth? I'd much rather have grapefruit than potato chips, but it interferes with one of my medications.
I read your post a couple days ago and could only do 9 crunches and 9 push ups. I used to do a hundred at a time and hundredS in a day. But that was a long time ago.Started Oct 2021 with struggling to do 20 pushups and 20 situps, took like an hr.
Im up to 133 pushups and 60 situps in a set max.
Waist was 38 and now 34.
Ive never been this lean, workout 6 days a week. The journey has been fulfilling at age 43, the odds were stacked against me but I kept showing up and pushing forward.
"With great sacrifices come great rewards."
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I have a lady friend that weighs herself everyday. That would drive me nuts but waiting once a week to weigh myself is just as crazy making.Not daily, maybe every 4-5 days.
I would recommend weighing yourself at the same time, under the same circumstances, however often you weigh. I find first thing in the morning, after (ahem) evacuation and before I've ingested anything (water, coffee, etc.) to be the best time for consistent weight comparisons.I have a lady friend that weighs herself everyday. That would drive me nuts but waiting once a week to weigh myself is just as crazy making.
You know what to do.I read your post a couple days ago and could only do 9 crunches and 9 push ups. I used to do a hundred at a time and hundredS in a day. But that was a long time ago.
Today I did 11 crunches and 11 push ups, two different times.
I weigh every Thursday morning. I look forward to it.I would recommend weighing yourself at the same time, under the same circumstances, however often you weigh. I find first thing in the morning, after (ahem) evacuation and before I've ingested anything (water, coffee, etc.) to be the best time for consistent weight comparisons.
Once a week is good for tracking overall trends while minimizing daily fluctuations. Even better, though, is to weigh yourself daily, but to compare the rolling 7-day average. There are apps that will do this for you (I think one is called HappyScale, or something?).
Under no (except maybe for some edge cases?) circumstances does it benefit to weigh multiple times within a given day. There's simply too much variability.
When improving yourself, don't let looking stupid get in the way.Down from 206 lbs. on 8/6/2023 to 190.2 this morning. Strangely enough watching previously hidden veins surface is really satisfying.
Lifting 3x/week and jump rope 45-60 minutes most days at moderate intensity and finish sets with as much speed as possible. Typically 3-4 minute rounds with 70 seconds of rest between each set.
I bought a garmin watch and I’m actively working on increasing VO2 max. It’s got me at 44. I haven’t figured out how to crack that code yet. Maybe I need to start running outdoors to pump that number up, but I’m afraid of looking stupid.
Maybe I need to start running outdoors to pump that number up, but I’m afraid of looking stupid.