The INGO Hardcore Weight Loss/Fitness Thread

JTKelly · Jan 4, 2024

Made it in and out of the DR office. Gained a couple pounds, A1C up a little, still well under the 7 mark so that was a pleasant surprise. All signs, not good, but not as bad as I expected. Meh, not good/not bad, I'll call that a win for the run that included hunting season, Thanksgiving, X-mas and all that madness that goes with it.

I'm not thrilled but I'm not depressed about it. Kinda motivated really. I'd like to get on the bike 3-4 days in a row and see if I can make that in to a habit.

Dr.Midnight · Jan 5, 2024

Snapdragon said:
It happens. To me it happens a lot, and it pisses me off. Most of the time for me, it doesn't come right down again. I have to fight for it. I wish I knew what it was. It's annoying to be one weight one day and five pounds more the next, when you know you didn't put five pounds of anything in your body.

I'm the same way. If I just walk through the bakery in Kroger, I'll gain two pounds.

BehindBlueI's · Jan 6, 2024

Today's the day. Night 1/2 marathon trail run. At least it snowed. If I don't make it, know I died doing what I love. Something stupid.

BehindBlueI's · Jan 6, 2024

BehindBlueI's said:
Today's the day. Night 1/2 marathon trail run. At least it snowed. If I don't make it, know I died doing what I love. Something stupid.

I didn't die. It was close, though. About mile 9 I didn't notice a puddle and had a wet foot from then on. Luckily I was in wool socks so I still had some heat retention. I saw a few injuries, and lots of people sliding. My trail runners from New Balance were rock solid. I was not hampered by my equipment. I was hampered by me. I was not as prepared as I'd hoped. I did pretty good the first lap, not terribly far off my time goal and much of that was because of clustered groups of runners and icy stairs. Once traffic opened up after the first mile or so I did pretty good.

The last 3 miles were tough. Honestly, probably the toughest physical thing I've done in a long long time. With all the people who went through the first lap, the snow, and the weather it was various types of mud. Slippery mud, sticky mud, pudding-esque mud. You never quite knew what you were going to get until you put your foot down. Lots o' slippery roots. I was already tired, foot wet as mentioned above, and I couldn't see that well. It took me longer than I'd like to admit to figure out why my glasses were fogging despite me not wearing glasses.

Icicles formed on my eyebrows...

But I did it. I could have been 6th in my age group if I identified as a woman...I definitely see the appeal.

At least I wasn't last for the guys my age, but I was closer to last than first. Glad I finished it, but I don't think I'll sign up for another winter night run this length. 1/4 marathon is more my speed, that second lap in mud-n-root-town wasn't fun.

Hoosier8 · Jan 18, 2024

Weight day. Down 2.2 pounds. Still not down to my lowest so far. That was 204.2, now 206.6.

Hoosier8 · Jan 25, 2024

Weight day. Down 3.4 pounds this week. 202.8 pounds. A bit of up and down but back on track. Fingers crossed, I have 7.8 pounds to go for my goal of 195.

nate77 · Jan 25, 2024

Can you say rollercoaster? This trend goes all the way back to 2011.

I can lose weight, keeping it off is the problem. This time I’m not going back to carbs. Sugar and carbs are the devil. Lol.

bwframe · Jan 25, 2024

nate77 said:
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Can you say rollercoaster? This trend goes all the way back to 2011.

I can lose weight, keeping it off is the problem. This time I’m not going back to carbs. Sugar and carbs are the devil. Lol.

That's quite the swings, my friend. Good to see you are doing well.

JTKelly · Jan 25, 2024

JTKelly said:
Every coin has two sides.

The up side of being old, lazy and out of shape, it doesn't take much to improve. Constantly improve your position, your enemy is. So long as you make even a MINISCULE of improvement, it is ONE DAY you didn't lose any.

I need to go back and read some good advice. Battery went dead in my HRM, forgot my meds one day, and been eating lie a pig. Tried to buy a new HRM and bought the wrong @^%#ing thing.

Polar is a crap company for customer service.

doddg · Jan 25, 2024

Below is a chart for the past year.
Started out under trying to stay under 200, but lucky to stay under 205.
3 yrs ago got under 200 for the 1st time in decades.
1 yr ago I did it again, losing the 1#/mo gained.
This January I aimed to lose the 1#/mo I'd gained back again.
Those plans were dashed by the wife breaking her upper femur & my routines hit the fan.

My approach:
- not eat after supper
- intermittent fasting approach for 14-18 hours before any breakfast & a 40 hour fast once per month
- Type 2 diabetic: so no sugars & careful about processed foods
- dessert are fruits: figs, dates, prunes, banana, apple
- concentrate on low carbs foods
- heavy on raw and/or cooked veggies everyday including an avocado
- nuts every day
- lots of fluids
- take a "potion" everyday of ACV, lemon juice, flaxseeds, chia seeds, extra virgin olive oil, aloe vera juice & plant protein
Portion control is my issue.
I can gain weight eating whole natural foods with no sugars and no/low carbs even while exercising x3/wk, haha!

Past year shows a slow but steady climb with not being under 200 since September.

Hoosier8 · Jan 26, 2024

nate77 said:
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Can you say rollercoaster? This trend goes all the way back to 2011.

I can lose weight, keeping it off is the problem. This time I’m not going back to carbs. Sugar and carbs are the devil. Lol.

My new graph. Turns out it goes back 15 years. You can see the yo-yo dieting. Lost over 40 lbs this time and my doc said maintaining it will be hard but I don’t think so. Doc took me off blood pressure meds. I went pretty hardcore carnivore this time instead of just counting calories. It’s a lifestyle change instead of a diet. I don’t recommend anything because a person should do their own research and decide for themselves. Once I get to my desired weight I will start building muscle since you lose muscle while losing weight. At 70 the weight training will not be anything extreme. Wish I did this 20-30 years ago.

If it kills me, well, none of us will make it out alive so…

I feel better now than I have the last decade.

jamil · Jan 26, 2024

I'm not sure I've weighed myself since 2012. :):

I go by belt notches. But I don't graph them.

Hoosier8 · Jan 26, 2024

jamil said:
I'm not sure I've weighed myself since 2012. I go by belt notches. But I don't graph them.

I am down a bunch of notches and pant sizes.

Snapdragon · Jan 26, 2024

I'm still struggling to get where I was a couple of months ago, but in the long run, there are big changes and I'm grateful for that. Once in a while I'll pick up men's pants or shorts at a garage sale because I like the styling better. (Put your hand in the front pocket of a pair of women's Levis and you're lucky to get up to the second knuckle.) First time I picked up a pair of men's cargo shorts a couple of years ago, they were 44's and they were too small. Now I'm comfortably in a 38, and since I rediscovered my sewing machine, cutting jeans down to a 26 inseam is no problem. (Yes, I'm SHORT.)

doddg · Jan 26, 2024

Hoosier8 said:
I am down a bunch of notches and pant sizes.

3 yrs ago, I went from a 42" (at 235) pant size down to 36" (at 195) 3 yrs ago, first time in decades.
I bought new jeans at 38", and it was fun when I had to go to 36."
If I could stay at 195, I could maybe do 34" pant size.

chipbennett · Jan 26, 2024

I was somewhere around a 42" or 44" waist mid-2020. I got down to a 30" waist by mid/late 2021. Around late 2022, I embarked on a long-term "ad libitum" maintenance experiment to determine/prove to myself that I could maintain while living - and also while having a very rigorous work/travel schedule that makes routine fasting strategies very difficult. Even with all that - and probably allowing more alcohol (red wine and whiskey, mainly) than I did pre-2020, today I'm still comfortably wearing 31" or 32" waist.

So, having confirmed to myself that what I'm doing is reasonably sustainable, I've decided to jump back into the effort to get down to whatever my final weight will be.

It's still strange. From junior high until 2022, I never would have thought that I should be smaller than a 32" waist.

BehindBlueI's · Jan 26, 2024

I'm trying to find the balance between 'worth the effort' and 'doesn't hurt my neck' in weight lifting again. Oddly, bench presses seem to be one of the harder things. I must be pushing down with my head without realizing it. Getting back in to deadlifting, got most of a work out in yesterday before work called and I went in early. Pleasantly sore today.

I'd like to get back to BP my body weight by the end of the year and remaining injury free. Fingers crossed.

Dr.Midnight · Jan 27, 2024

BehindBlueI's said:
I'm trying to find the balance between 'worth the effort' and 'doesn't hurt my neck' in weight lifting again. Oddly, bench presses seem to be one of the harder things. I must be pushing down with my head without realizing it. Getting back in to deadlifting, got most of a work out in yesterday before work called and I went in early. Pleasantly sore today.

I'd like to get back to BP my body weight by the end of the year and remaining injury free. Fingers crossed.

On your deadlifts, if you have access to a hex bar, you might want to give that shot. I found deadlifts to be much more manageable when using that piece of equipment. I'll sometimes use that same bar for shoulder shrugs just to change things up.

nate77 · Jan 27, 2024

I always seem to hurt myself while weight training, then I stop doing it.
this time, been lifting since November, haven’t hurt myself yet. Trying less weight more reps.

Hoosier8 · Jan 27, 2024

nate77 said:
I always seem to hurt myself while weight training, then I stop doing it.
this time, been lifting since November, haven’t hurt myself yet. Trying less weight more reps.

Same with my right quad tendonitis. Too much weight, too old. Going to go very much lighter. I loved squads with free weights but have to scale back.

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