Let's lose a tractor!

[Uncle Doug]

I have made it down to the 300# mark as of this week. That is a 25 # loss in January, down 45 since last summer. My goal is to be at 250 or less.

The doctors diet I am on is very strict. I have found that if I cheat even 1 day it takes another 2 days for my body to get back in the weight loss mode. The first part of last week I did not loose any weight after going out to eat with others. Then the last part of the week I lost 4 more pounds after sticking with the diet.

I am starting to regain some energy and have spent the last few days fixing stuff around the farm that have been broke for years. Even mowed the pasture yesterday.

 

[Chuck52]

Doug,

Congratulations! I just signed up, and I think I may have lost a few pounds before I did because I started exercising about the first of January. Whether I lost weight or not, I certainly feel better after getting back to the exercises. If you could just somehow bottle that feeling, with the added spring in your step and such, it sure would make it easier to resist letting it all slide again, wouldn't it?

Chuck

 

[jinman]

Just when I thought this "room" was empty, it got fill with a lot of interesting stories and successes. It's great to hear how everyone is doing so well. That's lots of encouragement for me.

Uncle Doug, way to go! Breaking 300 is huge. I know what you mean by it taking a long time to make up for a slip-up on the diet. It's like your body is just starving to use everything you eat and just waiting to ambush your diet if you eat anything out of the normal. Last weekend we went to a Luby's Cafeteria with some friends. I had blackened tilapia with cabbage, green beans, and a caesar salad. The fish and caesar dressing must have been too much because it took two days to start losing again just like you mentioned.

Well, yesterday I took a frozen pack of our garden blackeye and purple hull peas out of the freezer and cooked them with a few simple spices and onion. My wife quartered a head of cabbage and steamed that in some lightly vinegared water. For lunch around 2 pm yesterday, I had a small bowl of peas and another small bowl of cabbage, nothing else. It was terrific. I put two containers of peas (two servings per container) in the refrigerator and I'll have them later this week. For dinner last night, I had more cabbage and some of my vegetable soup from last week. I haven't weighed this week, but I'll bet that my weight loss is slowing, but still going in the right direction. At least, I hope so.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I lost another pound. That makes 5 total for me so far. Of course that was before I had to come in to work to do a midnight pilot run of a new product and spent 4 hours sampling different recipes. It's hard to lose weight when part of my job is to eat.

Here's our progress together. With 5 more joining since the last update our goal is now up to 611.6. We're getting closer to a 4 wheeled tractor. Our total lost so far is 89 pounds with 9 of us reporting weight loss since the beginning. The top 3 losers so far are Uncle Doug, Jinman, and Dooley. Way to go, guys!! Keep up the good work.

There are a few of you out there who still need to give us a first update. Let us know how you're doing good, bad, or otherwise. We'll only ridicule you enough to motivate you.

 

[scott_vt]

For dinner last night, I had more cabbage and some of my vegetable soup from last week. I haven't weighed this week, but I'll bet that my weight loss is slowing, but still going in the right direction. At least, I hope so.

Good Afternoon Jim,
Hmmm, makin me hungry you are ! When you start talkin about cabbage I immediately think of my Moms' german cabbage with bacon bits and a touch of vinegar !

Well I said I started out at 178 but in actuality it was 179 ! Im down 2 lbs to 177, but obviously Im not very focused if Im thinking about Moms' German cabbage !

 

[jinman]

Good Afternoon Jim,
Hmmm, makin me hungry you are ! When you start talkin about cabbage I immediately think of my Moms' german cabbage with bacon bits and a touch of vinegar !

Mornin' Scotty, we bought another head of cabbage at the store this week, but haven't cooked it yet. You can bet there won't be any bacon bits when I do. However, I do put in about 1/2 cup of vinegar to give it just a bit of zip. Even my wife told me that she thought it was really good.

Well, I had hoped to report slippin' under 240 this week, but it didn't happen. I'm down only another 3 lb to 241. My body has now discovered how to "sort" through everything I eat to get every ounce of nutrition. When that happens, I seem to lose weight in spurts. This week was a weak spurt.

 

[Chuck52]

I finally weighed again and am down more than 5 lbs. My scale is not easy to read to higher precision, so if it doesn't show at least a 5 lb change I don't trust the reading. I ought to get a digital scale with a darn big readout, but I bet if I weighed at different times of the day I'd see at least a 5 lb range just due to that.

I'm on my way down to the basement after I watch a little news, have my coffee and a yogurt and think about life for a bit. I'll do 30 minutes on the elliptical (no extra resistance yet), then do some arm and leg exercises on the weight machine. I try to do those at a speed that keeps up my heart rate, so I don't load up on the weights too much. Then a few crunches, and if I'm still standing I'll do some curls and upright rowing with the barbell. That may make up in part for the wine I had with dinner last night. Ah well. At least it wasn't the six pack of good beer, like Schlafley APA or Long Hammer IPA, that I used to have on Friday night.

Chuck

 

[jinman]

I finally broke the 240 lb barrier this week. I weighed 237 yesterday afternoon, so I'm down another 4 lb at least. It's been another good week.

 

[teg]

Up 2# ... I wanted to find out if drinking beer all night could help me lose some weight... just want to let you guys know... No, it did not work for me (but your results might vary).

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I forgot again to weigh this morning. We had a superbowl party last Sunday, and I ate way too much. I've been repenting this week, but I have yet to see if I've done enough.

Keep the updates coming.