I think there may be something to this whole diet thing after all…
Progress Report: Week 20
Weight: 230.8 lbs
BMI: 33.6
Weight loss so far: 6.6 lbs lost since last week, 34.2 lbs lost total
As much as I would have LOVED to have been able to get this into the 220s…I AM NOT going to complain 
6.6 pounds?!?!?! I didn’t even lose that much in the first week! WooT!
What did I do differently? I actually watched what I ate! And I didn’t half ass it either. I may have 9/10ths assed it, but there was definitely more than 50% ass involved in what I did this week! I counted my calories, I avoided the bad shit, and I done did good.
Steve at Nerdfitness has said this repeatedly on his site:
“If you exercise 10 hours a week…you still have 158 hours to screw things up.”
I really do think I was committing a big ol’ FAIL before. I was working out like whoa, but I wasn’t watching my food choices. And when I was trying to watch my food choices, I usually gave up too easily, I used a workout to justify a bad meal choice, or I simple allowed one little thing to knock me off course. That isn’t to say it couldn’t easily happen again, but now I am more aware of the problem, and if I want to keep moving in the right direction I’ll have to keep this issue in check.
Anywho, I am so very very close to the 220s, which means I’m very close to the 210s, which means I’m close to the 200s. WooHoo! I’m also .8 pounds away from my Perfect 10 goal of losing 15 pounds for the challenge. And I am 15.8 pounds away from my goal for the Fitbloggin Conference. Oh, this might be a good time to mention that I’ve set a goal weight for Fitbloggin, d’oh! I’d love to go to the conference knowing that I’ve lost 50 pounds in this journey
Anywho, that’s all I got at the moment. Hope you have a great day!
HUGE week, congratulations! Now follow it up with a nice small loss to keep the momentum.
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Anything that will keep the momentum going is okay with me
AWESOME weigh in!!!
Thanks!!!!
way to be awesome.
Well, I try, and every so often I manage some awesomeness
Thanks!!!
Woohoo!
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I know, right?
Congrats! That is awesome.
I discovered the 158 hours thing. It wasn’t a nice picture. But, it’s definitely better now!
Better now? Then WooT! You can chalk it all up to a learning experience.
That’s why I’ve been doing anyway, I’ve had plenty of 158 hour screwups
Hells yeah, hotass. And your first task as my personal assistant is to count my calories, too. Because I’m already doing that thing where I am justifying extra bites of this and that by saying, “Well, I’m working out now”
Yes. Even though I have only completed one 25 minute treadmill session. Diet fail less than 24 hours after the FIRST workout.
So that is your mission should you choose to accept it.
WAY TO GO!!
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Thats a heckuva mission, I better get the good tequila for that one!!!
Now that is one awesome week!! You definitely kicked those pounds to the curb
Thanks! They needed to good kicking, I was tired of them kicking ME!
Can you write a quick post on what’s worked for you? Sort of like a general recap of what you are doing.
I weigh 250 pounds, have been trying to lose weight (down from 265) and have never had results like that.
Thanks!
I can certainly do a post, but it really has just come down to diet and exercise.
Sent ya an email too…hope that helps!
I repeat my sentiments via Twitter: HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT~! You’ve had a week that can be summed up in one word: Kickass!!!
I’m so excited for you I could kiss ya! On second thought…how about a pat on the back? The flossing thing…:-P
I’ll start flossing, I promise! Hehehehe
Sorry – that just came out – being an adrenaline junkie and all…
As my good friend (i wish) Paris Hilton would say….HUUUUUGGGGEEEE!!!!
That’s great Steve! I woke up this morning wondering how you did (Stalker alert!) and was very happy to see such good results!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!
Hahahahahaha…glad you’re keeping tabs on me! Need all the accountability I can get!
Congrats on the loss, great to hear man! Care to share how many calories you were shooting for and how far you came in under of over? I’m interested as I’m around 2000 – 2200 for what my goals are of 3 lbs per week and it’s worked pretty well. The more I lose though the lower the numbers, such is life.
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I’m trying to average out at about 1800 calories a day. With that said though, I’ve been trying to keep it in flux by having a lower cal day, higher cal day, etc..etc.. I did it to help accomodate any larger meals I might have (like over the weekend), but to also prevent any stalling (although it was only the first week of doing it).
That calorie number isn’t set either. As much as I love huge losses, I want to be safe about this, if I need to up the amount to factor in the workouts, then I will. Very much still feeling my way around.
DAMN, very nice work man! I’ve been tracking calories this past week myself, so we’ll see how that works out for me – I doubt the scale is going to be quite as generous to me, but here’s hoping!
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Haha…you ALWAYS say that…but then you end up pulling in fantastic numbers! You don’t give yourself enough credit, you are kicking ass.
Well I’ll be damned. That nutrition thing really has something to it doesn’t it
Stupid experts telling us about eating right and stuff… Way to rock it homie!
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I know!! I thought there were all full of sh*t too! Who knew!!
I think the old truism is “Eat for weightloss, exercise for fitness”.
I find it is so true.
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Always agreed with it, now finally following through. WooT!
Congrats on the awesome loss!! =]
I tried counting calories but I have a million things going on that I just couldn’t remember the numbers. Kudos to you for being able too!! I downloaded an app for the iPhone, Lose It, and it’s suppose to help me keep track of what I eat and when I do (or don’t!!) exercise – we’ll see how that goes!!
Good luck with the remaining week!
Thanks Emily!!
I’ve heard alot of Lose It, and other iPhone apps to help w/ diet and exercise. I’m not cool enough for an iPhone though, or at least I haven’t been able to get one yet. Sad face.
WTG Steve! It just goes to show that when you work it, it works. “It” being the whole diet + exercise thing. Keep it up!
Most definitely! Thanks!
I covet your loss. I need another one of those weeks but maybe to get one I need to eat like you did…
Great job!
Eating right definitely helped. Certainly nothing about this to covet though, its taken a long ass time to get to this point and I still have lllooonnnggg way to go!
That’s incredibly awesome! I think I’m jealous… Yep, definitely jealous. I take back my incredibly awesome. You suck.
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Bahahahahahahahahaha! Totally laughed when I read that. Thanks!
Holy cow! That is an amazing week!
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I know!!! Think I can duplicate it next week? I hope so
You are doing awesome Steve. Congrats on your weight loss. Wish I could say the same.
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Thanks!!!
And I know you’ll get back on track, there are other more important things right now though. I hope you’re doing okay.
Don’t you hate it when you’re so close to being out of a decade but don’t quite make it?
It’s like, come on, just give me those ounces!! Lol
I had that happen to me too this week. 7 ounces from a new decade and 3lbs from 100lbs lost. Silly body and not doing want I want!
Anyways, I’m rambling. I stumbled upon your blog and it’s a great read! Keep up the awesome work!
Congrats on the loss. I cannot wait until I break into the 230′s. I know you are soooo close to the 220′s but doesn’t it feel good that you are on the verge of another milestone?
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SHITFIRE!
I think my absence in the blogosphere brought you good luck!
Congrats dude, sending major WooTage your way!
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BOOYAH.
That is all.
-Steve
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