Starting week 5 of working out 5 days a week - mostly Insanity workouts (or attempting them in my case) thanks to the Mrs’s Beachbody on Demand subscription. Started at 230 - quickly down to 220 and have been making slower progress since. Currently at 216. Goal of cracking the 200 barrier by the end of the year.
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Question for you: Are you following the program sequentially or are you just picking workouts each day? Reason I ask, I’m currently doing BOD’s LIIFT4 program and have 3 weeks left. Trying to decide what to do next and was considering Insanity but working out everyday for 3 months is not happening.
I’m trying to stick to the calendar but life gets in the way too much (wife also working from home, 2 young kids, etc.). Essentially the program is 2 levels (month 1 and month 2) of a rotating series of 3 workouts with a “recovery” workout on Thursdays & Sunday as a rest day. Most weeks I’ve skipped the “recovery” day on Thursdays so I’m just doing the workouts in a rotation. There’s also a short (15-20 mins) ab only supplementary workout that gets listed on the calendar… but I just don’t have time for it.
Bottom line is it’s an absolute ass kicking when you first get going on the first month. By week 3 I started to get a handle on it and by week 4 I was doing a half decent impression of the psychopaths that are shown modeling the workouts. Then after the midway recovery week I started the second level of workouts and that was going from checkers to chess. Moves are harder, workouts are now closer to an hour instead of 40 mins and each circuit is 3 to 3 1/2 minutes of continuous movement instead of 2. But I’m managing as best I can and feel a thousand times better regardless of visible results.
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As of this morning I am down 48 lbs since Dec. 1. Really trying to hit that 50 lb mark and then keep going until my daughter is born - June 9 due date - since I know everything will be upside-down for a bit once she’s here.
For me, quarantine life has actually made it easier. We just don’t buy unhealthy snacks. Also, with all the uncertainty going on right now, the one and only thing I feel I can truly control is this journey. How much I eat, activity levels, etc.
Although, as I’ve posted before. I have not really been working out much. F-Factor diet has been a godsend. Even when gyms were open I was going maybe 3-4 times per week. I was at almost exactly 10 lbs lost per month from Dec 1 to end of March. April I lost 7.5. But also have lost the “easy” pounds already. Diet (for me) is by far the most important thing.
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Checking in.
Not gotten on a scale, and not planning to. Last time I did I was around 230 which is def on the high side for me at 6’2".
210 is a nice spot, 200 would be perfect just hard to maintain let alone achieve with any decent muscle mass. Been working out at home 3-4 times per week. Losing inches and to me thats more important than a number on the scale. Belt is now at the smallest notch, those large t-shirts that were skin tight are no longer.
Energy level up. Sleeping well. Eating really well. No pop, no chips, no fast food. Drinking down to once per week maybe 2 beers. In the zone.
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I’m just starting my journey and am using this thread as an accountability tool and motivator to keep going. Going from almost a liter of Diet Coke a day to none has been the best decision I’ve made. I keep my caffeine intake to a cup of coffee in the morning. I sleep better, my face looks less puffy, and I have way more energy than I did when I was drinking it even though I thought I needed the caffeine boost.
Using some upcoming golf trips, a friends wedding, and some NLU merch I’ve had my eye on as main motivators for my goals. There are a lot of nice looking polos in the store that don’t look good squeezed over a 3xl frame.
Cheers!
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Just to be clear, to be in the middle of the green zone in the BMI chart for “perfect health” you need to weigh about 165-170. (I’m 6’2" as well).
Good on ya! I used to slam diet dew’s or do an energy drink daily, and thats after nearly a pot of coffee. I keep it to a few cups in the morning now and no more after 10 am. More steady energy now, don’t need a pick me up at 2 in the afternoon anymore, and like you said the sleep is much better, which Im sure helps with the energy levels.
I’ve never actually joined you fellow Thicc Bois but I definitely should as I have been using this quarantine to eat better and exercise. Really helps cooking for yourself and I’m saving a shit load of money by not going out that I am quickly just buying more golf shit with. Been a large human my entire life, after my freshman year of college I was around 310. Got down to 200 over the course of a year. Slowly gained half of it back over the past 9-10 years. I did Keto last summer and lost 35 pounds, then slowly put some of it back on.
Currently down 10 pounds since dieting started and doing more Pelaton 2 weeks ago. My goal is to get another 20-30 and be a comfy 225. Which for me is just fine at 6’0. Im never gonna be a slender man, but if I can lose one or two “c’s” off my Thiccccness I’ll be happy.
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uh ya… I haven’t weighed that much since 10th grade.
I’ve also been one of those who people can’t guess my weight or never guess as high as I am. “You carry it well” lol
I weigh significantly more. I’ve been slowly working that weight down for 18 months or so, though. Bunches of clothes given away, etc.
I still don’t want to post any numbers. 
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Hahah, fair enough. I’ve given older clothes away but the loss in inches has some of the polos feeling way baggier than usual.
Anyone tailor nice polos (performance fabric, and/or pique)? I may have to take this q to the fashion thread.
A buddy of mine was complaining the other day because he got over 160 pounds for the first time ever. My response was I think I passed 160 in the 7th grade…
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Apologies if this question has been answered in here before but as a lover of salty snacks what healthy options have people found to replace those cravings?
If doing a keto or low carb route…BBQ Pork Rinds 
I’ve also gotten unflavored ones and tossed them in Old Bay for similar effect.
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Checking in here to brag on myself a little bit. I started project “get my shit together” Dec. 1, right after Thanksgiving. I weighed 260 lbs on the dot, and had a pie in the sky goal of losing 50 pounds before my daughter was born (June 9 due date).
As detailed above in this thread, over the past 5.5 months I have been working out a little and focusing a ton on my diet - low carb/high fiber. I was at a consistent -10lbs/month the first 4 months. Then things slowed a bit, with gyms being closed, etc., and I hovered right around 212-213 lbs for a couple weeks.
Well, as of this morning I am proud to report that I am currently checking in at 209.6 - breaking the 50lb lost threshold. Maintaining will likely be a struggle, but it feels great to have gotten here. And I don’t know that I would have ever started without this tread as inspiration.
So a sincere thank you @HaveOuimet for starting it and the original challenge crew for the inspiration.
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Bravo Dan!! And he’s started to sew while doing all this and making some sick headcovers 
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Alright I’m gonna throw my hat in the ring, definitely could stand to shed some pounds, sitting between 165-170 at 5’7", would like to be around 150.
I dont really exercise much besides walking while golfing whenever I can, and 100% could stand to exercise some portion control when it comes to food.
Figure dropping 15 pounds should make walking easier too, and could only help my golf game. Looking to start taking daily longer walks with the wife and dog, doing yoga to keep limber, and maybe go on a run/hike here and there.
Is there going to be another spreadsheet or the like soon? I saw the last one went till april it looks like, and figure with june around the corner was a good starting point!
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Just bought a Peloton to make myself get working out again. Time to shed a few lbs and turn it around.
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We got one earlier this month. It has definitely helped get me more active given that our 1 year old is needy