Thanks you two.

I'm mostly looking for a quick major weight loss gimmick that might help shed some serious excess, then once I get to a reasonable overweight status I can do something proper. I know my carbs are through the roof especially processed ones. Like I was saying was just looking at this as a general guidebook of sorts. To give me something structured. I don't plan on doing the full Atkins deal. My moderation sucks though.

I will keep that in mind for sure though, unfortunately a lot of veggies are really hard for me to even try right now due to teeth issues and chewing, but I hope to fix that in the very near future. Not sure I can do a Japanese type diet, I can't stand sea food and I know a bit of theirs is about that. It really makes me ill to even be around sea food.

It's not all about seafood. Like, you can make awesome vegetable sushi that tastes great and is low calories. Also miso soup with sea vegetables is very tasty. You might get some ideas from cooking with dog.

As for not being able to chew veg. In that case you might want to try processing your veg. Boil your veg and make a soup and then purée it with a stick blender. That's what we often do as it's easier to eat/digest.

Ok, I'm going to start checking in on this thread.  I'm 5' 11" and my current target is 175.  I know that is still on the high range for that height, but unfortunately I do have a very large frame and also need some muscle to do the stuff I have to do around here.  I suspect my body fat percentage will be ok at 175, but if not I can just try and lose more.

I'm recovering from surgery still (week 3) and am limited to 10 pounds until Thursday (week 4) so I haven't been exercising much.  I did go on a radical low sodium kick because of swelling.  It does seem to help

Today I am 231.4, that is down 1.2 pounds from last week.

Before surgery I was 240.  I gained three pounds in implants, but I'm sure I left many pounds on the table as he thinned my jaw and next tons.

Come Thursday my 10 point lift limit is gone and I'm going to start doing more stuff around here and maybe walk during my lunch break to rebuild endurance.  Of course just doing stuff around here is a decent workout.  All the animals need fed and loading and unloading 50 pound bags of feed is so much fun.  Dr. Z said I should slowly build my lifting back up so I won't be hefting feed bags any time soon, but walking and eventually cycling shouldn't be as hard on me.

Did I kill the thread?  This was a weekly thread before wasn't it?  Come on, I know you all are still trying to lose.  And if it isn't gone well for you, well we all understand that the holiday's are rough for most people.  And if this was a New Year's resolution that you feel like you've already broken then how about thinking about this.  It is only broken if you stop.  So what if you gained a few, as long as you keep working on it, they will go away eventually.  Somedays you just need a special treat and if that blows your weight for the week then so be it. 

This is a bit over a week, but I kept forgetting to "officially" check.  In these 9 days I've lost another 2.2 pounds. 

I'm still on my super low sodium diet and trying to stay around 2000 calories a day since I'm still healing.  I'm going to try and keep that spreadsheet even after I stop watching my salt just because it has helped me to know that I've already planned on a snack and so don't feel guilty when I have to have one in the afternoon.  We started planning our menu out a few weeks in advance in October to help with the shopping (no last minute run out and get X because we got it over the weekend).  This to me is just the next step of that process.  Actually seeing how many calories are in whatever we've planned.

I did lose my weight limit restrictions, but I was WAY optimistic in how quickly I'd be ready to do "real" work.  I'm pushing my endurance every day, but it isn't coming back as fast as I had hoped.  Right now just one of our normal route family walks would likely wipe me out.  Shannon still isn't letting me feed, but I've gotten an OK to cook and deal with the dishes so at least I'm not just sitting there all day now.

So everyone come back and lets get this going again.  Remember slow and steady wins the race.  And just like the stock market don't look at individual days or even a single week, but look at the general trend over time.

I was actually meaning to post today, but I changed my mind. Been stuck at 170 pounds for the past month, but lost 4 pounds in the last few days because I started actively working out (every day at least 30 minutes on the stationary bike, plus crunches). So was trying not to jinx it and hold back for a little while longer before updating my weight.

Right now, I'm at 166.2 lbs.

I've been struggling a bit these last few weeks.  I've been 71.8kg every day for almost two weeks now.  I guess since it's an Aussie summer and too hot to even think about going outside it's good that I haven't gained any.  So long as I don't gain weight I'm happy, but I'd be much happier if I could just get below 70kg!

I'm moving to a new city in a few weeks so the packing and shifting should help me to get back on track (assuming I don't end up eating fast food all the time while I'm doing it).  The hardest part for me is eating out of boredom when I'm at home all day, since I haven't been able to find work.  When I look at jobs that I'm qualified to do, there are usually less than 4 listed in this town, and over 400 in the city I'm moving to.  And I find out about one of them on Friday!

Ok, trying to get back on track for Sunday to be my check in day.  Last time was late so it was 9 days and that makes this one only 5 days, but I want to set Sunday as the normal check in for me.  I forgot to weigh before my oatmeal, but I still managed to lose 2 more pounds.  I'm currently at 227.2.

Still not able to do much physical activity before just exhausted, but I'm also still sticking to the 2k calorie limit (or +/-10%).  When you are technically obese, then even a 2k diet makes you lose weight.  I'm trying to ramp up to "real" exercise, but it is going slow.

Geneva, i do like your weight loss ticker. I'm with you and hoping to see that move to 175. With lots of encouragement i think you can do it girl:).
With proper intake of right calories and exercise you should get there plus it would be healthier and easier on your body. Also walking is another way to lose weight when your feeling better. I wish you the best of luck on your diet and i'm pulling for you to do it.

I don't like weighing myself.  I started my loosely primal diet on November 1st.  I'm not sure what my starting weight was, but when I was weighed at the doctor's on December 28th, I was 248, which, judging by my inches lost, is probably down a few pounds from my actual starting weight.  Today I had the school nurse weigh me and I was 235, so down 13 pounds since December 28th.  I'm going to try to weigh myself once a month (once a week is just too much for me).

Here are my measurements:
            Starting   Now
waist     44"           38.5"
hips       52"           47"
chest     51"           46"

I'm planning to start exercising more (right now my weight loss is completely diet-- I haven't been exercising at all), so we'll see how it affects it.

13 pounds in around 6 weeks is awesome.  Congrats!  Exercise should help, but remember that muscle weighs more than fat so your weight loss might slow down (or you might even gain weight) despite losing fat and looking better.  5.5" off your waist is amazing! 

I've just hopped off the scales at 71.1kg.  My weight loss is slowing down, I was losing around 1kg per week, and now its about 500g per week.  I guess that's probably good, as I'm getting closer to my target weight and I'm probably losing it at a more healthy rate.  I miss seeing a lower number every time I get on the scales though!  I haven't been taking measurements, but I started out with 36" (waist) jeans which were tight, and now a 30" is starting to get a little loose.  Someone joked to me the other day that I'd have to start wearing girls jeans soon (how right they are!) as a 28" is about the smallest you can get!

I've recently switched from Spiro to Androcur, I'm interested in how much weight gain I'll have, given that I'm not on a diuretic anymore. I've already gone up almost two pounds. Kind of disheartening, but then again it'll be my actual weight.

I've made it to 180lbs at 6' 1.5". Not sure exactly what my goal weight is at the moment. I'm thinking around 175 as it is seems like a good cross-over weight for my height based on BMI (could go down to 167ish). I think that I'll just watch the tape and the mirror. I wonder how people know what is the right weight... I'm not on HRT yet so it feels like a giant guessing game.

I did go in the right direction this week, but  I am evidentially out of the healing phase from my FFS surgery on the 29th of December.  Dr. Z asked me to ramp up slowly, but he did ok resuming exercise.  I manage to get a full 30 minutes on the elliptical (not quite the cardio setting, but still not a walk in the park either) one day this week.  Now I've just got to get my schedule where I can use it regularly.  Still on my 2000 calorie ultra-low sodium diet, but I think I'm going to drop calories and stop watching the sodium so closely since I'm not swelling as much as before.

I lost a total of 0.8 pounds this last week.  I'm hoping that with a more reduced calorie diet and regular exercise I can drop a bit more, but it may take me a while to ramp up to a good schedule of cardio level elliptical sessions.  After I get enough endurance back I am going to start riding again, but I'm not sure I have the endurance to cover much ground right now.

One positive side effect of the surgery downtime is that I've gotten my body back used to "regular" sized meals instead of huge platters filled twice.

I would like to join the club!

I dont know what had been causing this but lately I find myself loosing about a 1/2 pound a day doing absolutely nothing....
still drinking soda, but I have been eating more salads and smaller portions and NO SECOND HELPINGS teehee

I've been loosing like this since November- was almost 230 and pushing a size 20 to a 22 in my Jeans. I'm only 5'3 so that's morbid 
But guess what? just weighed myself this morning and I'm down to 205! I can now squeeze into my 16s again  they FIT! ::woot::

have to get down to 155 if I want to go to McGinn...

Maybe it will help me to join in?

I still have a long way to go but I'm loosing about 1kg/wk currently. I wish it could go faster but that would be unhealthy.

I'm about 1.90 meters. Today, this morning, I was 131.6 kg.

My Ultimate Fantasy Goal Weight is 65 kg, but I'm happy with anything under 80kg ;->

Quote from: niamh on January 18, 2012, 09:01:04 AM
Today (2012.01.18): 82/180.5! 

2012.02.13: 81/178.

It's going really slowly despite the amount of work I do at the gym but I am moving in the right direction so I am happy about that! :-)

today I'm back at 206... lots of enabling here, like last night's beef stew,rice, and spam dinner. I am starting to NOT like spam anymore.

yesterday, 207.2

quick diet and I'm back to 205.2

OK, this week was busy with a lot of stuff, so no exercise, but I did drop from my 2000 calorie diet to a 1600 calorie one (was a bit high on Valentines day, but rest of week was good).  The average calories for the week was 1605.

I thought since I had no exercise I'd be closer to 1 pound lost, but somehow the scales say 3 pounds.  I guess some of the around the house and farm stuff we do should be counted for exercise.

So I'm at 223.4 right now.

I have lost 31 pounds in the past three months. I went from 220 to 189. I feel much better and my sister says that I look great. Have to get some more skirts in a smaller size.