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Our peloton was delivered today. There’s a peloton thread on here with a weekly ride and other things.
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Peloton (and exercise bikes in general) are great to avoid wear and tear on your knees from impact. I dropped a bunch of weight from it. Find an instructor you like and get after it.
If anybody is looking for a dedicated golf trainer, I’ve been working with a great dude from Australia. No free ads, but PM me and if be happy to send you his info.
To me the only answer here is Kiradech Aphibarnrat
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New heavyweight checking in. I gained about 30 pounds from July-December last year from a combination of grief eating (my Dad died of COVID in late August after a breakthrough infection and month-long fight) and then holiday eating.
I weighed in at 248 on 1/10/22 and re-started Keto and our newly purchased Peloton…then promptly got COVID. I did stick to the diet and have lost 8 pounds so far. I need to start working out in the mornings but have a really hard time getting my butt out of bed to be honest.
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50 years old, 5’9 and 216.9 this morning, down from 222 on Christmas morning. Sitting here eating my oatmeal with blueberries and a MEASURED 1/2 tbl of almond butter and stevia, while drinking my coffee with a MEASURED 1/2 tbl of cream and 1/2 tsp of raw sugar because this is 50 and my handle is a lie - surfing seems like a distant dream right now. Like most of you, I have all the reasons for needing to wear shirts that hang way too low, but this is a new year right?
I have incorporated old tricks: track my meals, measure out the danger zone foods, eat simple meals, limit booze, walk at least 3 miles every day, and walk on course whenever possible. I have also started a daily meditation routine, and that really helps when I don’t do any of those things, the self-guilt will kill you if you let it.
Finally, I went and ordered a big boy surfboard. Picking it up this Friday and surfing before my round on Saturday. Going to get back on that train pronto. My 10 year spent over 140 days in the hospital last year kicking leukemia’s ass, and he wants to start surfing this summer when the doctors give him the ok. I will be ready to get out there and show him that his dad can still get out there and rip it up. Our motto for the summer “Waves before breakfast, Birdies after lunch.” He didn’t spend a year and half crushing cancer just to watch me die of a heart attack at 52.
Keep at it, if you want it, work for it, and forgive yourself, it’s yours.
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First, it is great to hear your son kicked cancer’s ass!!! Second, it sounds like you are in the right mindset to get your health were it needs to be. Feel free to jump into the accountabilibuddies thread and give weekly updates on your successes and things that are still challenging for you. I am going to try and stick with that this year. Hoping reporting my progress and challenges will keep me engaged and on the right track!
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Would love to join the accountabilibuddies thread, but I don’t see it. Can you send a link?
thanks,
If it lives in the Nest, I’m not a member… and after the LowCal RACDG thread yesterday; I may join just for the gift… 
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6’3", 235ish lb. I was down around 205 3 or so years ago after a really focused effort on calorie counting and a lot of gym time., but haven’t quite been as rigorous with that in the past 12-18 months. My 36" work trousers still fit, but are slightly tighter than I’d like.
I’d be comfortable hovering around 220…3-4 x 5km runs a week, some extra gym sessions, and being a bit more diligent with my choice of lunch food should help me get there. Plus kicking my summer craving for 7-Eleven Slurpees…
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I’m frustrated this morning. 2011-2013 I dropped 100 pounds naturally (no surgery or medications) while following a low carb diet. That put me at 220 lbs. I got married in 2013 and floated around that weight for several years until our first kid arrived. I was still predominately low carb as I genuinely believe that reducing carbs stabilizes insulin and is generally a healthy way to live. I’m not an all-bacon all the time person.
Fast forward to 2020, two kids now and I’m up to 240. My wife is now a personal trainer and helps me with macro tracking. This was like opening up a new world to me. One where I could eat things like bread and rice that I’d tried to avoid for most of my adult life. I was able to drop back down to 220 over about 6 months.
Now I’m 240 again. I’ve tried to go strict with low carb over the past 5 weeks but it’s so hard with kids snacks everywhere. I feel like I’m at a crossroads. Go back to tracking macros even though I think low carb is “better” or do something different. Can anyone relate?
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I completely understand where you are coming from. While I have used different ways to lose weight from you, one thing you mentioned, is something I really battle with every day. Having two young kids and the resulting snacks always in the pantry. I can go 6 months without having any chocolate or similar sweets no problem. Not sitting down and finishing a whole bag of pretzels or chips watching golf/football or even limiting myself to an actual serving size of these types of salty snacks every other day at lunch is a battle I often loose.
I also struggle with finding time to workout as well. Between wanting to get a decent amount of sleep, work and wanting to spend time with my daughters; there often just are not enough hours in the day for me. As a result over the last year I have put back on the 26 pounds I had lost and I am back to my starting weight of a couple of years ago. Both of these have left me feeling extremely frustrated and I am currently trying to kick the “F it I will just be fat” mindset that set in a couple of weeks ago.
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Don’t know how I missed this thread, but I’m definitely checking the “watching” button for it. Shoutout to all you fellow thicc boys.
Currently at 6’2, 264 as of this morning and struggling to lose weight at age 29. It sucks.
About 5 years ago, I went from 305 to 235 in 11 months on Weight Watchers and working out. Then, I tore up my knee and waited 2 months for surgery and I jumped up about 15 pounds because I couldn’t do any activity. I fluctuated between 245-252 for awhile and maintained through the pandemic, but in September 2021 I broke my foot and was non-weight bearing for 6 weeks. It was awful. In that time, I got up to 267 at the highest and haven’t been able to lose it and it’s basically alllllll in my gut.
I have my wedding in October and I’d love to get back down to 235. I don’t know if it’s possible, but 245 is my main goal. I work out 5-6 times a week but eating and drinking are a real problem for me. I used to have such control and I feel like it’s gone out the window.
Does anyone have any suggestions for getting back on track with just not overeating, drinking too much, etc. I’ve tried to cut out most of the beer I used to drink.
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I also struggle from “not enough hours in the day”. We bought a peloton a couple of months ago. It’s a struggle to get up and actually use it in the mornings before the kids get up though.
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My suggestion would be to try something new. Obviously WW worked 5 years ago. Maybe look into something new that you can learn and apply?
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Oh my God thank you guis for sharing. It is always good (maybe not good but thankful) that I am not the only one struggling. I stepped on the scale on Sunday for the first time in a while and saw 259 I almost cried.
It is so tough feeling like it is out of control. My wife and I had a long talk last night about buckling down and having to fight with each other when one suggests grubhub or fast food. We both always try to make the other happy but we agreed that we need to stand firm and fight it out.
Wishing everyone good luck in the journey to a healthier life.
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Hey guys,
Fellow/former thicc boi here just wanted to offer a note of encouragement. The road to reduction is hard but not impossible. Last year I went from 245 down to 195 and loved life but have slipped back up.
At the time I used Noom as a tool to help me build new habits and track activity. It worked great. I stopped using it when I hit my goal weight and have slipped back up to 220.
I’m going to buckle back down and likely rejoin Noom if anyone is interested in joining, I can share a referral code. I can’t recommend it enough.
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I am on Noom right now and and kind of quit, haven’t logged on in probably 2 months. I had a really good goal specialist when I got down to my lowest weight. He moved on to a different role and the person that replaced him sucked. I know it did work in the past so maybe I should give it another shot. I did get sick of logging all my food also.
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I have not tried Noom, but I’ve tried other programs like Newtopia. I feel like they don’t work for me, but maybe I just need a better understanding of how they work. In my experience, these programs just tell me to stop eating things like chips, and my usual internal response is like “no shit.” If I wanted to just stop eating chips, I wouldn’t need your help.
(and measuring and logging food is a non-starter for me, especially considering when I’m preparing my own meals, I don’t know the calories {or replace calories with whatever metric you want} of the deli turkey or tomatoes that I just bought)
How is Noom different?
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