Anyone here tryiing to lose weight?

Right now I weigh about 91000 grams :snake: (200lbs)

I'm working on losing about 15lbs. I'm trying to get back down to where I was after high school.

Anyone else have any weight goals?

I currently spend 2 hours a day 6 days a week in the gym with a trainer.. three weeks ago I weighed 188 lbs.. As of yester day I weigh 179..

I spend 45 minutes -1 hour doing weights and the other time I'm doing Cardio..I've gotten to where I can Jog 2 miles and still walk down the steps at the gym.. :D my eating habits have completely changed to help things out.. After all cookie dough ice cream at 1 am is bad for the weight loss.


My goal is 155.. by spring.

Not really goals.
I have seen the light lately -LOL- and would like to live a long healthy life.
I'm starting to watch what I eat and exercise more.
Good luck to everyone!
I weighed 139 pounds when I joined the National Guard at 19 years old. Now 34 and about 205!

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

I currently spend 2 hours a day 6 days a week in the gym with a trainer.. three weeks ago I weighed 188 lbs.. As of yester day I weigh 179..

I spend 45 minutes -1 hour doing weights and the other time I'm doing Cadrio..I've gotten to where I can Jog 2 miles and still walk down the steps at the gym.. :D


My goal is 155.. by spring.

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Good luck!

I'm also seeing a trainer, but he's more for just kicking my butt to move. lol

I ride (bicycles) quite a bit, so I'm good on cardio and my legs are tree trunks, I just have a slightly flabby weak upper body. :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Soterios

Good luck!

I'm also seeing a trainer, but he's more for just kicking my butt to move. lol

I ride (bicycles) quite a bit, so I'm good on cardio and my legs are tree trunks, I just have a slightly flabby weak upper body. :rofl:

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Well my trainer is there to make sure I'm doing the exercises right and would hurt myself. I'm really excited to see the results in a few months..

I can tell I've lost some weight just by the way my jeans fit these days.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Well my trainer is there to make sure I'm doing the exercises right and would hurt myself. I'm really excited to see the results in a few months..

I can tell I've lost some weight just by the way my jeans fit these days.

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Awesome. Now if I could just pass my lost weight along to my females...:P

I need to lose about 45 lbs to be really happy... :O

Right now I'm focusing on maintenance and a bit of toning up more then anything. Late last year I weighed 215 lbs (and I'm only 5'2"!) Right now I weigh about 140 lbs! I am very proud of this... :) Good luck everyone with your goals!

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Originally Posted by Sarin

Right now I'm focusing on maintenance and a bit of toning up more then anything. Late last year I weighed 215 lbs (and I'm only 5'2"!) Right now I weigh about 140 lbs! I am very proud of this... :) Good luck everyone with your goals!

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That's amazing! Congrats!

Im actually running an eca stack to lose weight, lost 12 pounds so far, only got about 20 more before im satisfied.

I am up at about 170 right now and would love to get back down to about 150 or 155. I started my "program" this week so I figure if I just stick with it that I should be where I want by about next summer.

On June 1st of this year I weighed 365 lbs. and wore a tight size 48 pants. As of this morning I weigh 278 and wear a size 38. My goal is to weigh 200 by June 1st of 2010 or darn close to it......

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Originally Posted by 82shovel

On June 1st of this year I weighed 365 lbs. and wore a tight size 48 pants. As of this morning I weigh 278 and wear a size 38. My goal is to weigh 200 by June 1st of 2010 or darn close to it......

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Round of applause for this one.. WAY TO GO!!!

I was weighing about 195 at the end of July and now weigh 160. All I have been doing is taking my dog for long long walks/jogs. About 5-10 miles a day and push ups in morning/whenever/night, and weightlifting for endurance 5 days a week.

i wish i could gain weight! whats the secret? also im serious im around 5'11" and about 140-150lbs right now. i dont think i have ever made it over 160.

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Originally Posted by nixer

i wish i could gain weight! whats the secret? also im serious im around 5'11" and about 140-150lbs right now. i dont think i have ever made it over 160.

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Protein. and carbs along with good weight training..

I eat 5 meals a day.. proper bulking diet is key..

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Originally Posted by nixer

i wish i could gain weight! whats the secret? also im serious im around 5'11" and about 140-150lbs right now. i dont think i have ever made it over 160.

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just eat tons of protein and carbs

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Originally Posted by nixer

i wish i could gain weight! whats the secret? also im serious im around 5'11" and about 140-150lbs right now. i dont think i have ever made it over 160.

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I got your secret. Do what I did. Stop all exercise (I swam for 10 years and quit last fall). Then you join a fraternity and drink lots of beer. I'm just guessing this isn't the type of weight you're trying to add though.

I actually just started working out and joined my very first gym. :D I'm in the military, so I have to keep a certain minimum, but my weight's been slowly creeping up on me, so now I'm about 15 lbs above my ideal weight and freaking out. :oops:

I do PT 3x per week for work, then go to the gym every night and do 30 min to an hour of cardio. My biggest problem is how much I love food, so I've been using this cool website called SparkPeople. It's got a meal tracker which lets you realize how many calories you're eating each day. It was a real wake-up call for me. I used to eat a bowl of popcorn for dinner some nights, thinking it was a light meal. Turns out to have almost 900 calories. :O I've definitely started looking at labels more closely.

Good luck, everyone! I think our society tries its best to make us fat, and it takes a lot of fortitude to go against the flow. :gj:

i'm a buck 70 or so and happy.

I don't care about my weight, it's just a number, but I've been doing a bit of cardio lately, I'd love to make hiking and outdoors stuff easier and be able to go at a faster pace.

I'm always trying to lose weight, LOL... I've struggled with it since I was a teenager, and have my dad's side of the family to thank for that. :rolleyes: Even when I was figure skating 3-5 hours a day, I was still the "chubby girl" on the ice. Anyway, I've come to terms with that over the years, and am actually healthier now than I was in high school.

Six years ago I weighed 250 lbs (I'm just shy of 5'6"), and now I'm around 195... 55 lbs down, and I'd like to lose another 25-30. I've been every weight from 130-250 in my adult years, and found that my large frame looks best around 155-165 - so I just want to be somewhere in that ballpark. It's tough, though!! I hit a plateau about 2 years ago, and haven't lost (or gained) anything since... time to step things up, I guess. :cool:

Fyi, I don't believe in DIEts, and don't follow any particular routine - mostly because my schedule is too erratic. I just try to do something active every day, usually walking/hiking with my dog... also love yoga and calisthenics, which I usually do with videos at home. I'm very limited because of a bum knee (old skating injury, surgery recommended years ago), so it's low-impact or nothing until that's fixed. Weight loss can be really frustrating, but unfortunately for some of us it's just a way of life. Good luck to everyone here! :gj:

I dropped about 40 pounds just running with my dogs in about 3-4 months. And I gave up soda, unless I'm eating out. Trying to get in shape for basic training :)

My boyfriend and I have joined the gym (again) about 6-7 months ago. I must say, working out is so much better than gaming on the internet. We used to "raid" on World of Warcraft for 20+ hours a week! Dumped that, got into the gym and started eating healthier. I'd much prefer this over any game!

So far I've lost ~22 pounds. I'm looking to lose around 20 more, maybe 30. I've always been on the chunkier side so I really don't know how much body will look without all this extra weight. I have changed my diet a little, I try to eat as much fiber and protein as I can, in little amounts that way I don't feel the need to go grab some sugar. I recently made these fiber muffins from the brand Fiber One, and put a scoop of protein powder in them. They turned out really good, and I'll be keep those in the house more often!

My boyfriend has gained about ~10 pounds, all muscle. He, of course, had muscle memory so he put it all back on pretty fast. I'm going slow and steady, and we're meeting in the middle!

Good luck to everyone else who is trying to lose weight! It's an amazing adventure to see how your body can transform!

If you have access to a Pool, Swimming is a great way to loose weight. It is a total body workout. Look up the facts, Great Info and reading on subject. Good Luck to you on your quest. PEACE:salute:

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Originally Posted by zombieon3rd

If you have access to a Pool, Swimming is a great way to loose weight. It is a total body workout. Look up the facts, Great Info and reading on subject. Good Luck to you on your quest. PEACE:salute:

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I agree. I used to have trouble keeping weight on because of swimming.

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Originally Posted by AndrewGeibel

I agree. I used to have trouble keeping weight on because of swimming.

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i just threw up in my mouth

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Originally Posted by Butters420

i just threw up in my mouth

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LMAO - It's true though, swimming is great! I love to swim, and lost 30lbs when I lived in an apartment with a pool. Now I live in the middle of the city, and it's hard to find a place to swim... so I recently joined 24-hour Fitness, mostly to get access to their pool. Haven't actually gone yet, but that's another story. :D

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Originally Posted by Lolo76

LMAO - It's true though, swimming is great! I love to swim, and lost 30lbs when I lived in an apartment with a pool. Now I live in the middle of the city, and it's hard to find a place to swim... so I recently joined 24-hour Fitness, mostly to get access to their pool. Haven't actually gone yet, but that's another story. :D

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swimming is good for you,im not gonna deny that at all.when it comes to someone wanting to change their figure,it takes more,alot more.unless you have a good metabolism,that is not good enough

Oh, and although I said earlier that I don't believe in diets, I do believe in eating well. :gj: I don't deprive myself or count calories, but think about everything that goes into my mouth - and have learned to read labels. I also cut things out of my diet gradually, over the first year of my "lifestyle change," as I call it.

First I cut out fast food, anything deep-fried, and ALL meat except occasional chicken & turkey... fish is super healthy too, but I can't stand it, and I don't eat pork for religious reasons. It was hard cutting out the beef, though, since I used to love a good cheeseburger or steak. I learned that ground turkey - which is usually 99% fat free - makes a great substitute in spaghetti, meatloaf, and as burgers. It's all about healthy but tasty substitutions, at least for me. And of course I try to avoid overloading on sugar & carbs, but my sweet-tooth wins over once in a while. Thinking about baking some cookies right now... mmmmmmm. ;)

P.S. I suggest you all check out the book "Eat This, Not That" (has a few volumes now). It shows you which foods to select at restaurants & grocery stores, and some of the choices will surprise you! For instance, did you know a glazed donut is better than a bagel with cream cheese??

to me that sounds dietish.i dont think thats a word,oh well.

opps,i forgot about the lil fun facts. the bagel is def healthier w/o the jelly and cream cheese(but a bagel plain?ew!)

its all how you eat the bagel

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Originally Posted by Butters420

to me that sounds dietish.i dont think thats a word,oh well.

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A diet includes daily food plans, counting/tracking calories, NEVER eating certain things, adding points (Weight Watchers), and basically depriving & monitoring yourself 24/7. My "lifestyle change" is not anything hard-and-fast, and doesn't require any real thought on my part. And with the way I did it very gradually, my eating habits changed before I even realized it. So there is a difference, it's just hard to explain... LOL.

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opps,i forgot about the lil fun facts. the bagel is def healthier w/o the jelly and cream cheese(but a bagel plain?ew!)

its all how you eat the bagel

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Yup... but you are right, a plain bagel is completely useless. :P Another tip, if you're a coffee drinker like myself, gradually cut out the cream & sugar (if you use it). I just started adding less and less, and now all I use is a tiny splash of non-fat milk - or take it black. And definitely no "fancy coffee drinks" or smoothies, as they can be silent killers... a frappuchino has up to 400 calories, nearly of half of which is fat, and some Jamba Juices have over 800 calories per cup. :O:colbert:

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Originally Posted by Lolo76

A diet includes daily food plans, counting/tracking calories, NEVER eating certain things, adding points (Weight Watchers), and basically depriving & monitoring yourself 24/7.

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A diet is what you sustain on. If I ate twinkies and drank coke for all my meals, then I would be on a diet of coke and twinkies.

TO diet, is the whole food plan, counting calories, cutting carb stuff that people do to lose weight.

Big difference between the noun and the verb, just wanted to make that clear.

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Originally Posted by Lolo76

A diet includes daily food plans, counting/tracking calories, NEVER eating certain things, adding points (Weight Watchers), and basically depriving & monitoring yourself 24/7. My "lifestyle change" is not anything hard-and-fast, and doesn't require any real thought on my part. And with the way I did it very gradually, my eating habits changed before I even realized it. So there is a difference, it's just hard to explain... LOL.

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I would argue that Weight Watchers is also a lifestyle change and not a diet. Yes, you do count points, but there's no "forbidden" food. When I was doing Weight Watchers faithfully, (and I really need to get back to it, I've just lost my motivation completely right now) tracking points was very similar to keeping a check-book.

When you make decisions on the "value" of an item you want to purchase, you usually weigh that against the amount of money in your checkbook and decide if you really need or want that item.

The same thing with the Weight Watcher's points. You start off with a "bank" of points. Say I want a Burrito Supreme from Taco Bell because I'm craving it. I know it's 8 points, and I have to determine if I want to "spend" that 8 points that badly. Is that Burrito Supreme "worth" the 8 points. Some days, yes - it was worth the 8 points, most days - nope, it wasn't - and that was ok. Because it WASN'T a forbidden food, and the points gave you tools to make decisions, it was easier to walk away from.

Had it been on a list of forbidden foods, and the Weight Watcher's plan was treated as a "diet", with very rigorous, black and white lines drawn in the sand, then it would be much harder to walk away from (at least for me and how my mind works).

Just my $.02. Although I've personally lost my motivation, I know that Weight Watchers is a good lifestyle change and that it works - I lost over 80 lbs on it without even trying (or so it felt). I got lazy and thought I could now make smart decisions without counting points. Bad choice - and I can make all kinds of "excuses", but it comes down to me getting back to that place mentally where I'm ready to take up that challenge and make better choices for me again. Haven't quite gotten there yet. But I'm working on it!

Im 18, 5'6" and 145lbs, I want to lose about 15lbs, we should all compare and share tips etc, and im prolly late and thats what everyone has already done lol

thanks for all the pointers guy, but im already eating myself out of house and home and dont exercise. im taking in roughly 7000-8000 cal a day atleast.

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Originally Posted by DarkSean

Im 18, 5'6" and 145lbs, I want to lose about 15lbs, we should all compare and share tips etc, and im prolly late and thats what everyone has already done lol

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15lbs! wow your right around your ideal weight now

Nixer there are certain things that will put weight on faster than others.. How ever muscle weight and fat weight are two different things..

Your wanting to add muscle weight.. Protien for muscle building and carbs for energy..

Only take in the number of carbs you need to get r done though.. To many and they turn to simple sugar and thus to fat..

My daily deal is

meal1: 1 cup oat meal (sweated with honey) two poached eggs, dry toast, cup of black coffee

meal 2: Protein shake

Meal3: some sore of Protein..Chicken salad, tuna salad, and a fruit.

Meal 4: normally a carb bar

work out

meal 5: baked fish or grill chicken, spinach salad, boiled egg.

And water I drink a gal of water through out the day.

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Originally Posted by pavlovk1025

A diet is what you sustain on. If I ate twinkies and drank coke for all my meals, then I would be on a diet of coke and twinkies.

TO diet, is the whole food plan, counting calories, cutting carb stuff that people do to lose weight.

Big difference between the noun and the verb, just wanted to make that clear.

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You're lecturing on semantics to a former English teacher (and current school librarian)... thought that was ironic, although I'll give you a gold star for spotting my error. :D:P

Correction - I try to maintain A healthy diet, but prefer not TO diet. ;)

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Originally Posted by nixer

i wish i could gain weight! whats the secret? also im serious im around 5'11" and about 140-150lbs right now. i dont think i have ever made it over 160.

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Originally Posted by AndrewGeibel

I agree. I used to have trouble keeping weight on because of swimming.

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Originally Posted by nixer

thanks for all the pointers guy, but im already eating myself out of house and home and dont exercise. im taking in roughly 7000-8000 cal a day atleast.

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No offense intended, but isn't this thread about losing weight? Sorry, but those of us with (extra) weight problems have enough to deal with - and don't need people making us envious/ill, with their woes of "I can't NOT be thin!" :cool: If you really want to discuss gaining weight, please start another thread for that... just sayin'.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I would argue that Weight Watchers is also a lifestyle change and not a diet. Yes, you do count points, but there's no "forbidden" food. When I was doing Weight Watchers faithfully, (and I really need to get back to it, I've just lost my motivation completely right now) tracking points was very similar to keeping a check-book.

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I have to admit, WW is one of the better "lifestyles" or diets (however you refer to it). I went to WW for many years, and it served me well... I learned all the basics of eating right, exercising, paying attention to my body/health, and still remember some of the tips & recipes they taught. But my weight loss itself wasn't impressive, maybe 20 lbs total in the 5-6 years I did the program. I took the information they offered, and modified it to fit my lifestyle... only then did I really see the weight come off in good numbers. Oh, and getting a dog helped too - LOL. :)

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Originally Posted by nixer

thanks for all the pointers guy, but im already eating myself out of house and home and dont exercise. im taking in roughly 7000-8000 cal a day atleast.

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Remember that you can be internally obese I have herd, you make be very thin on the outside but if you have a high fat/sugar diet then your arterys can still be laced with fat and you still run the risk of heart problems. Also your organs will be covered in fat, so just something to watch out for. Eat lots but make sure its not high sat fat, or super high sugar or salt.

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Originally Posted by nixer

15lbs! wow your right around your ideal weight now

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LOL, yeah but i have a few extra fat pounds, although i do go up and down all the time.

Sure i am also trying to loss my weight.
My friend told me some tips for weight loss and i lost
my 21 lbs in 2 month by following its.
1. Always eat simple foods.
2. Do any exercise regularly.
3. Avoid all junk foods.
4. Take 2 or 3 cups of green tea.
5. Drink plenty of water.
6. Skip smoking.

Good luck!

Update from me. I ended up losing 20lbs. I'm not 180lbs, and feel great.

I just starting doing portion control, and eating healthier food. I removed junk from my pantry. Makes a world of difference.

This topic is gonna get a lot of different replies, but that basically boils down to not everything is gonna work for everyone.

I've been at like all different ends of this spectrum. I'm 5'10" and I've been 145 with almost too low body fat, 235 with more than I care to share body fat, and 225 with only 10%. All that with just different goals in mind (except the fat one, that was just pure laziness).

Each individual needs a program that suits their own body and their own goals, there can never be a universal program that will work for every single person.

It's time for me to lose some weight - already started. It's a drag but do-able.
I basically pigged out for a year while I wrote my book, and now that it is finished it's time to diet for probably a year to peel it off. Not psyched, but ready.

I work out four times a week, but still need to lose some fat. I weight 200 now, and would like to be down to around 180, or so.

My weight loss plan involves working out for an hour 6x a week, and limiting calories most days to 1500 or less.

Last time I seriously tried to lose weight I dropped down to a size 0 on a similar program. I had abs!

I haven't read all of the replies, but all I have to say to someone that's trying to lose weight(fat) is PORTIONS, PORTIONS, PORTIONS!

...And excersize of course. But portions are something a huge amount of people over-indulge on. You may think you're eating something more healthy, but what good is eating something more healthy when you're going to be eating 4x of it.

My success story:
I've lost 50 lbs!

At around my heaviest (170lbs):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...nakes/lost.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...akes/lost2.jpg

After (you might have seen this pic on the pic thread, I'm on the right):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...otog/bewbz.jpg

I've lost a little since this picture, but you get the jist of it.

I'm trying, FINALLY. Horrible car crash in May, broke my femur in two places, my tibia and six ribs and am FINALLY able to get back to working out. Darn near a religious experience, being able to run again, albeit with a limp, lol! I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to walk again but physical therapy and my stubborn (or stupid, depending on who you ask, lol!) attitude made the difference. Now it's just a matter of losing the 20+ pounds I gained from sitting around for 3 months healing. Good luck to everyone on their individual endeavors!

omg awesome thread! im trying to lose 10 pounds yeah its a little bit but i think i would look 10x better ive read every single reply and im gonna start working on some of it tonight! hopefully ill be back down to 125 soon