Twenty-five pounds three months

It doesn't seem unrealistic but it does look tough. I have an appt. with my
surgeon on 2/8. He asked that I knock off 25 pounds between now and then for
some surgery I need to have. (Nothing terribly serious, my fourth op on my
umbilical hernia.) I'm at/around 240 right now, I figure my ideal weight is
around 210, so it'll be tough towards the end.

I haven't been doing splendidly as of late. I started slopping up around
238/240. I haven't gained anything back, but I haven't lost anything either.
Its been, I dunno, a couple months this way. I haven't been too concerned
about it (up till now), because I feel so damn much better than I did when I
was at 300.

Anyhow, I'm back to counting carbs. Everything stops (loss wise) when I go
north of around 40 carbs per day but I don't start gaining either. I also
don't lose anything when my intake drops below 20. I'm going to shoot for
between 20 and 30 carbs a day.

Actually, 20 to 30 is a tough level to maintain. I'm trying to mostly knock
out dairy products and cut down on nuts, which leaves me with veggies,
berries and melons. I can do it, of course, its just going to take a lot of
perseverance. It is way to easy for me to mostly eat meat, cheese, eggs and
nuts and "forget" about the veggies and fruits.

I need to make a habit out of eating both a whopping salad and a cup-or-so
of lc fruit every day.

Mike

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

"em" wrote in message ...

It doesn't seem unrealistic but it does look tough. I have an appt. with
my surgeon on 2/8. He asked that I knock off 25 pounds between now and
then for some surgery I need to have. (Nothing terribly serious, my fourth
op on my umbilical hernia.) I'm at/around 240 right now, I figure my ideal
weight is around 210, so it'll be tough towards the end.

I haven't been doing splendidly as of late. I started slopping up around
238/240. I haven't gained anything back, but I haven't lost anything
either. Its been, I dunno, a couple months this way. I haven't been too
concerned about it (up till now), because I feel so damn much better than
I did when I was at 300.

Anyhow, I'm back to counting carbs. Everything stops (loss wise) when I go
north of around 40 carbs per day but I don't start gaining either. I also
don't lose anything when my intake drops below 20. I'm going to shoot for
between 20 and 30 carbs a day.

Actually, 20 to 30 is a tough level to maintain. I'm trying to mostly
knock out dairy products and cut down on nuts, which leaves me with
veggies, berries and melons. I can do it, of course, its just going to
take a lot of perseverance. It is way to easy for me to mostly eat meat,
cheese, eggs and nuts and "forget" about the veggies and fruits.

I need to make a habit out of eating both a whopping salad and a cup-or-so
of lc fruit every day.

Mike

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for a
while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine yards --
its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick that up and
start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

"em" wrote in

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for a
while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine yards --
its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick that up and
start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

How old are you? How tall are you?

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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"em" wrote in

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for a
while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine yards --
its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick that up and
start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

How old are you? How tall are you?

46, 6-2.

The HIIT probably wouldn't literally kill me, but I don't care to do it, and
would definitely have to start off pretty slow. I also have bum knees &
minor arthritis as excuses.

"em" wrote ..

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message

"em" wrote in

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for a
while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine
yards -- its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick
that up and start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

How old are you? How tall are you?

46, 6-2.

The HIIT probably wouldn't literally kill me, but I don't care to do it,
and would definitely have to start off pretty slow. I also have bum knees
& minor arthritis as excuses.

Then you might want to consider counting calories and holding the line
there, in addition to just counting carbs.

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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"em" wrote ..

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message

"em" wrote in

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for a
while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine
yards -- its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick
that up and start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

How old are you? How tall are you?

46, 6-2.

The HIIT probably wouldn't literally kill me, but I don't care to do it,
and would definitely have to start off pretty slow. I also have bum knees
& minor arthritis as excuses.

Then you might want to consider counting calories and holding the line
there, in addition to just counting carbs.

I've given that a lot of consideration. Its seems like it would be kind of
hard to do that. The fat content of meat varies considerably.

I think if I stick to what I'm doing I should end up in pretty good shape.
If I only lose 15 pounds, say, over the next three months, I'll talk with
the doctor about putting the surgery on hold for another few months. In the
meantime, I'll see what the bike riding and so forth buys for me.

Mike

"em" wrote in message ...

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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"em" wrote ..

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message

"em" wrote in

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for
a while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine
yards -- its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick
that up and start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

How old are you? How tall are you?

46, 6-2.

The HIIT probably wouldn't literally kill me, but I don't care to do it,
and would definitely have to start off pretty slow. I also have bum
knees & minor arthritis as excuses.

Then you might want to consider counting calories and holding the line
there, in addition to just counting carbs.

I've given that a lot of consideration. Its seems like it would be kind of
hard to do that. The fat content of meat varies considerably.

There is no reason for it to be hard other than your not wanting to do it.


I think if I stick to what I'm doing I should end up in pretty good shape.

I thought you started this out by saying you weren't making good progress?
If so, then you need to do something different.

If I only lose 15 pounds, say, over the next three months, I'll talk with
the doctor about putting the surgery on hold for another few months. In
the meantime, I'll see what the bike riding and so forth buys for me.

Count the bike riding as exercise, and count the calories, count the carbs.
www.fitday.com

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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"em" wrote in message ...


Then you might want to consider counting calories and holding the line
there, in addition to just counting carbs.

I've given that a lot of consideration. Its seems like it would be kind
of hard to do that. The fat content of meat varies considerably.

There is no reason for it to be hard other than your not wanting to do it.

You're right.

My long term goal is to find a healthy way of eating that controls itself,
low-carb has the potential to do that.


I think if I stick to what I'm doing I should end up in pretty good
shape.

I thought you started this out by saying you weren't making good progress?
If so, then you need to do something different.

We'll, I did a bit of backtracking. I didn't go overboard and put on any
more poundage, but I went beyond where I knew I should be and stopped losing
weight. I think I've got myself back on track now.

Reality check:

today, Calorie-wise, let me think this out: I had 8oz of canteloupe and a
big bowl of cole slaw, which puts me up around 20 carbs. I'll probably have
a few squares of watermellon before I hit the sack. All in all, that's gotta
be less than 150 calories. I had 840 calories worth of meat today. I've got
some Italian sausages in the frying pan, I'll have three of those, 660 C. Oh
yah, I had about 2T of mayo with that cole slaw, another 200 calories.
That's around 1850 calories and 27 carbs. If I work late tonight, (I
probably will,) and get real hungry, (a real problem with staying up late,)
I may have one more sausage with a couple eggs. That'd be under 2300
calories and 30 carbs.

So, then, I'm 240# and not lethargic, I bet I burn 3000 calories a day,
maybe a little more. Assuming my diet will pretty much be the same from
day-to-day, which it will be, I should lose about 1.5 lbs/week.

I also managed to not eat any milk products or nuts today, which are two
things I'm trying to cut way back on. I'm targetting twice a week for both
milk products and nuts, maybe less.

So, I'll see how it goes. If I'm not losing a pound or more a week within
the next two or three weeks, I'll need to hit the calorie counting pretty
hard and that's what I'll do.

If I only lose 15 pounds, say, over the next three months, I'll talk with
the doctor about putting the surgery on hold for another few months. In
the meantime, I'll see what the bike riding and so forth buys for me.

Count the bike riding as exercise, and count the calories, count the
carbs. www.fitday.com

I really am hoping to find a reasonably healthy lifestyle for myself that
includes healthy eating and regular exercise-type activity. In theory, that
should regulate my weight. It took a long time for me to accept the fact
that losing a lot of weight takes a long time. Now that I'm well along that
path, I'm going to do some experimentation and see if I can make things work
in this way. A month from now I'll see if this is working or not. If it is,
great. If not... like you say, I'm back to Calorie Counting City.

Mike

On Nov 7, 6:01 pm, "em" wrote:
It doesn't seem unrealistic but it does look tough. I have an appt. with my
surgeon on 2/8. He asked that I knock off 25 pounds between now and then for
some surgery I need to have. (Nothing terribly serious, my fourth op on my
umbilical hernia.) I'm at/around 240 right now, I figure my ideal weight is
around 210, so it'll be tough towards the end.

From today, 11/8/07, to then, 2/8/8, is 92 days. That's ~.25 lbs a
day. Or
1.75/week.

If 210 is truly an ideal weight, representing some ideal body fat
percentage
around 11-20% (I forget your age, Mike, if I ever knew it), I think it
would be
very difficult to get there in that amount of time. Gets harder as you
get closer.