After my trip to Thailand last November I insisted that I needed to lose weight or worst case get healthier. All of my friends said that I knew you had kids but I didnt know you ate one of them too. I made a plan to diet and work out. I ran almost every night for 5 miles and I was doing intermittent fasting which would mean my last meal was at 3pm. I also stopped drinking everything except for water. No fast food (BTW which I love), no microwaveable food, no soda, no alcohol. I got down to a low of 188 and all of my clothes felt loose and I felt great. Then covid hit and I lost it all. I went back to eating bad, drinking anything and as of this morning I weighed in at 197. WTF just happened? So now I am writing this thread to hold myself accountable to get back to the weight that I wanted to be at. I have already started a walking/ jogging program each morning before the kids wake up. I am going to go back to water only and slowly work myself back to the intermittent fasting. I will update this thread every few says to see what my weight is. I will weigh myself each morning and keep track of where I stand. I need to do this for nobody but myself. June 30 197lbs

dphatt You got this. At the end of the day, it’ll be worth the effort.

dphatt You can do it bro! Instead of the usual Tots n eggs this morning, I just did eggs and chicken sausage! We start today with no days off! 💪🤙🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Been through this twice. First time lost nearly 70 lbs. Completed half marathon and just stopped for no reason. Second time I lost 30 lbs, was running every day but not dieting. My left knee finally stopped cooperating and I stopped running and put the 30 back on over the past 9 months. Need to get back to being healthier. Scale says 223 lbs today. Off we go.

dphatt I knew you had kids but I didnt know you ate one of them too. Ok I just spit laughing. But it's partially at myself too. I'm 5'6" and 170. I'm thicc (yes two C's). dphatt I need to do this for nobody but myself. I hear you brother. Same here. I'm on the third floor at work, and we right near the stairwell. Since the huge expansion of our new PDC (2.2 million square foot warehouse)...they built a skyway right near where my desk is at, and I went on walks on both my breaks, and would take my lunch break to walk on that too. Since Covid, I've gone from 15k steps a day to like 4k...unless I go to the range or to the pool. I need to figure out something too. I've started goin on walks on my breaks, (was tough when I was just watching the kids instead). I also plan on getting an indoor spin bike this fall when we move into our new house. Thanks for starting Don! June 30, 170.4

I commend anyone above and that comes after me on this thread that holds themselves accountable and pushes forward. I'm here for anyone that wants to chat about dieting, exercise, whatever. Hell if someone just wants to hop on a call while they run, walk, jog whatever, hit me up and we can chat. I always loves socializing when I workout anyways so happy to connect up with some here or reconnect with some of the homies I haven't actually talked to in a minute! Stoked to see everyone's journey!

Going form the office to working from home has been a lifestyle change. Most of my breaks I just stay at the computer on my phone. But we are going on an hour walk today! Gotta get in that 110 heart rate zone. lol

I’ve mentioned it in other threads but I began this journey on 1/1/20. I’m 5’10” and had ballooned up to hovering between 200-205lbs. Law school really did a number on my fitness and then I just never really got back into it fully. I had some health issues the last couple years but the thing that finally did it was getting on an indoor simulator with video and seeing that I looked like I had a tire around my waist through my shirt. Since then, I’ve stopped drinking as much, still eat whatever I want but in smaller portions, and run 4-5 days a week. I live in the Texas hill country so my runs involve a lot of hills. I also do 200 sit-ups and 200 pushups every day, spread out through the day. I’m now hovering between 172-175 and my goal is to get to 170 (hell maybe 165 at this rate). It’s brought my blood pressure down and I look better in the mirror. So I’m seeing both physical and mental health benefits. My wife is obviously happy but I’ll echo what was said above, you’ve gotta do it for yourself. My goal originally was just to be healthier with no real goal weight in mind but as I started losing the weight and looking better, it’s evolved into a whole thing and I couldn’t be happier. Added bonus is now I have an excuse to buy all new clothes as I’ve gone from buying 34-36 waist shorts/pants to 30-32 depending on brand. I also just bought a size small Nike polo which literally blew my mind.

This is definitely something I need to do. I know what I need to do but for whatever reason I just don't. Gotta change the attitude and make some lifestyle changes.

Weight loss thread and holding each of us accountable

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CLTGamecock lost about 30 pounds.

NICE MAN! congrats!

I'm looking to lose 15. You are a beast. keep it up!

CLTGamecock

ForeLeft thanks! You can do it!

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CLTGamecock

Golfingfanatic

Lost about 10 pounds in the last 6-7 weeks. But definitely need to lose some more. I recently started with 16/8 fasting and so far it has proven to be pretty good. I've also tried to learn more about food in general and trying different things in the kitchen has definitely helped so far.

bigjohntripod

Anybody seen this calculator?

I guess I burn 3600 calories when I walk 18 holes 🤷‍♂️

https://captaincalculator.com/health/calorie/calories-burned-golf-calculator/

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bigjohntripod I will compare this with what my Fitbit tells me on Saturday

bigjohntripod

5hrs was the qualifier round.

bigjohntripod

ForeLeft Sounds good!

agadawg1717

This is definitely one I need to be a part of. Would love to have some accountability. Tired of being fat and body is starting to take a toll. I want to be able to walk into a clubhouse and not have to ask for the 2XL rack. I’m in! Weighing in at a whopping 340. I’m 6’3”. Looking forward to the journey! You guys are awesome!

dphatt

For some of you guys that do the intermittent fasting. How do you deal with playing golf and then trying to eat. This was my dilemma yesterday as I am eating between 8-4. I woke up and did my walk/ jog and then I ate breakfast. I had a smaller snack before I left for the course at 10:30. Played at 12 and had an apple. BTW I hate eating when I play. After the round it was already 4:30pm. By the time I got him it was 6pm and I was mad hungry. I had to eat something.

I will do a weigh in on Monday morning. I am happy to see some of you guys commit to this and I can’t wait to see some results.

Golfingfanatic

dphatt for me it's a lot easier to eat from 12 to 8 and basically just skip breakfast. I wake up drink either a cup of unsweetened tea or a an espresso and drink some water during the morning. I usually start to feel a bit hungry from 1130ish on.

ckay

dphatt I get hungry but I’m typically done by 9 as I try to tee off 5:20-5:40. By the time I get home and shower it is 11:30 and ready for lunch. With those morning tee times at 8:30-9 it gets more difficult because I typically don’t have an appetite at that time and when I try to fuel up I only eat half of what I have prepared

dphatt

Golfingfanatic the problem is I have been doing my morning jogs at 6am before the kids wake up so it’s gonna be hard for me to wait that until I eat.

DaHOF

dphatt I also eat from 12-8 and skip breakfast. It takes 2-3 weeks to get used to it, especially if you workout in the mornings, but your body eventually adjusts. I have issues some weekends when I don't get out first off the box and end up with a mid-morning tee time as I don't like to eat while I play. So there are times where I know I'm suffering on the back 9 because I stopped eating at 8:00 the night before and it's 1:00 p.m. and I've already burned 1000 calories or so with 4-5 holes left to go.

CLTGamecock

dphatt That fasted cardio will do wonders for weight loss.

dphatt

I have been walking/jogging 3 miles at 6am each day since I started this last week and I have been fasting from 4pm-8am each day. I have also been drinking only water. On my jog each morning I have been seeing the same guy at the local middle school chipping at 6:30am. You talk about some commitment. I was going to approach him today but he wasnt there.

I might try and wake up a little earlier and start biking again but I feel like its more a hassle when I can just jump out of bed and go.

The one thing that does suck is that the humidity level in the morning is at an all time high and I am just drenched afterwards.

June 30 197lbs
July 6 193lbs

Jaybananapantsarthur

Great job Don. When I was doing my >1 mile every day for a year last year the humidity each morning was tough. Would end up soaked from head to toe. Luckily the outdoor showers at the beach were always working and I'd just run my head under for a minute or two to cool off. Always needed a fresh shirt and beach towel on the seat for the drive home.

Could never figure which was less enjoyable... the 98% humidity or the 35° temps with 15-20mph winds. Ya just end up plowing through.

Golfingfanatic

Well done!

bigjohntripod

Will try the fast thing. Guess I’ll eat noon-8pm 🤷‍♂️

TFixer5

bigjohntripod This is what I am doing. Down 6 pounds in 3 weeks. I need to quit the beer/wine/tequlia to see some real progress.