Weighed myself a week ago last Thursday and I was up to 216. My "trigger" weight is 200 pounds and I've been hovering around 212 for a while. Couple times over the Winter I've done the "I should really go on a diet" thing and made a half-hearted attempt that lasted 2 or 3 days at best.

216 scared me. Years ago, I got up to 225 and went on a wicked pisser of a diet and lost 40 pounds in 90 days. That REALLY sucked. I just cut out the between-meal meals, eat by the clock (breakfast at 5-ish when I get up, lunch at noon, supper at 5:30 or 6:00 no matter HOW hungry I feel) and limit snacks to one small one halfway between breakfast and lunch, and MAYBE one halfway between lunch and supper if I just can't stand it. No special food restrictions beyond no sweets at all (the toughest part).

Weighed in this morning, lost 7 pounds in 10 days. Of course, much of that is water, but still. 10-ish more pounds to go AND try to stick to a life-style change so I don't just put it all back on.

Yes it does. I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been at 255. Need to lose 25lbs to my feel good weight. Been trying to do it for a month cause the doc is making me. If I don’t succeed, it’s high blood pressure meds fo me.

Bad blood work results indicating prediabetes on our annual insurance health screening scared me straight in October. I’m down 31 pounds since with a lot more to go. For me it’s not a diet, it’s a change to the way I’ll eat and live forever. Way less carbs, way more vegetables, healthy snacks in between. And I’m exercising regularly. I’ve been obese for nearly 20 years but it finally sunk in. Fuck diabetes. I want nothing to do with that shit.

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Originally posted by 1gkek:
Bad blood work results indicating prediabetes on our annual insurance health screening scared me straight in October. I’m down 31 pounds since with a lot more to go. For me it’s not a diet, it’s a change to the way I’ll eat and live forever. Way less carbs, way more vegetables, healthy snacks in between. And I’m exercising regularly. I’ve been obese for nearly 20 years but it finally sunk in. Fuck diabetes. I want nothing to do with that shit.

That's the key right there, and unfortunately, the part that eludes me. Dammit, I'm 67 years old, I don't drink, I don't smoke and I've been sleeping with the same woman for 43 years. Stuffing my face is the only pleasure I have left!

My bloodwork was edging towards the pre-diabetes threshold too, and that's one of a couple of diseases that scare the crap out of me.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
I just cut out the between-meal meals

At my heaviest I weighed 217 and my doctor suggested cutting back on carbs. Low carb is all the meat, cheese and eggs you can eat! Not a bad diet. I am now down to 200. The only hard part was staying away from sweets, ice cream etc. Being a beer lover, I compare everything to a Miller Lite.
Do I want that piece of bread (13 carbs) or 4 Miller Lites (3.2 carbs ea)?

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Originally posted by F_L:
beer lover

Miller Lite

*Boop beep bonk*

Does not compute... Miller Lite =/= Beer

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by F_L:
beer lover

Miller Lite

*Boop beep bonk*

Does not compute... Miller Lite =/= Beer

()

FIFY

Losing weight is somewhat akin to getting in shape, in that you shouldn’t try to do either real fast. “I’m going to get in shape if it takes all week!” is likely to breed disappointment if not disaster. So is that approach to dieting.

We have become far too accustomed to having situations presented, developed and resolved in 30 minutes minus commercials, maybe 60 minutes or at the most a 90 minute special. Some things take time and rushing only aggravates, if not ends in, misery and despair.

It took time to add the extra tonnage. It is reasonable to anticipate that it will take some time to shed it. It is probably far healthier, easier on your system, too. So what if it takes a few months? Persistence is a worthwhile trait to encourage anyway.

Maybe you want to hurry it up, the sooner to get back to real life, doing whatever you want. Really? C’mon, man!

I've been doing the low carb thing for 2 months now. Down close to 30lbs.

I've also been intermittent fasting which I think helps a lot.

I eat a very very light breakfast (some berries, piece of cheese or a quest breakfast bar.) around 9:30-10am and then I am done eating for the day by 7:30-8pm. That gives me 13 hours of no eating which has been shown to be beneficial. The suggest men go up to 16 hours every day but I don't know if I can do that.

As others have said, it's about approaching it as a lifestyle change and not a diet. After I get down closer to where I want to be, I will probably transition to more of a Mediterranean style of eating because you can't keep up a low carb, high fat eating habit forever.

It is nice eating a decent sized meal and not feeling like you want to take a nap or have a food baby from all the carbs.

Take a walk every day and you will lose weight and live longer since it helps to push the blood back up to your heart due to the muscle flexing in your legs.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by F_L:
beer lover

Miller Lite

*Boop beep bonk*

Does not compute... Miller Lite =/= Beer

()

FIFY

I had a guy try to insult me on my beer tastes. I told him he didn't have any right to tell me what beer I would buy and enjoy.

I am 155 lbs. fully dressed, so I can't totally relate, but would it not be better to find a level you can live with instead of all these wild fluctuations?

Was pushing 210 when I should be at 190. I have dropped 10 pounds so far by just doing portion control. It’s been slow but steady. The next 10 will require use of the garage gym and biking the fire lanes.
Slow is better for weight loss especially when it accompanies lifestyle change.

Eat right.
Exersize.
Die anyway.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

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Originally posted by 1gkek:
Bad blood work results indicating prediabetes on our annual insurance health screening scared me straight in October. I’m down 31 pounds since with a lot more to go. For me it’s not a diet, it’s a change to the way I’ll eat and live forever. Way less carbs, way more vegetables, healthy snacks in between. And I’m exercising regularly. I’ve been obese for nearly 20 years but it finally sunk in. Fuck diabetes. I want nothing to do with that shit.

That's the key right there, and unfortunately, the part that eludes me. Dammit, I'm 67 years old, I don't drink, I don't smoke and I've been sleeping with the same woman for 43 years. Stuffing my face is the only pleasure I have left!

My bloodwork was edging towards the pre-diabetes threshold too, and that's one of a couple of diseases that scare the crap out of me.

Keep up the good work. I was type 2 diabetic and lost 150lbs and now I am no longer diabetic. My A1c is actually low now at 4.8. Losing weight is the best thing you can do take care of the insulin resistance.

Diets never work.

You have to adopt a lifestyle change, not just periods of not eating certain things.

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
Losing weight is somewhat akin to getting in shape, in that you shouldn’t try to do either real fast. “I’m going to get in shape if it takes all week!” is likely to breed disappointment if not disaster. So is that approach to dieting.

We have become far too accustomed to having situations presented, developed and resolved in 30 minutes minus commercials, maybe 60 minutes or at the most a 90 minute special. Some things take time and rushing only aggravates, if not ends in, misery and despair.

It took time to add the extra tonnage. It is reasonable to anticipate that it will take some time to shed it. It is probably far healthier, easier on your system, too. So what if it takes a few months? Persistence is a worthwhile trait to encourage anyway.

Maybe you want to hurry it up, the sooner to get back to real life, doing whatever you want. Really? C’mon, man!

I'm not doing a "crash diet", I'm just eliminating the constant grazing habit I'm prone to. Basically being really anal about not eating between meals, and a little bit of portion control. Other than that, I eat what's put in front of me so SWMBO doesn't have to cater to some special diet.

That 40 pound marathon weight loss was 15+ years ago and I've been creeping back ever since because I do love to eat.

The 7 pounds in 10 days surprised the heck out of me, I was expecting 2 or 3, max. I'd be tickled with a pound a week from here on out.

Weather permitting, she and I walk 2 miles every day, plus I'm pretty active around the ranch. Less so in Winter, but still active and doing stuff. Sitting on my ass (other than when I'm surfing the 'net) is not something I tolerate well.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Diets never work.

You have to adopt a lifestyle change, not just periods of not eating certain things.

Yeah. You really should not eat like a lumber jack unless you are one.

Keto (low carb healthy natural fats) is not a diet- it's a lifestyle. I'm following it for the 2nd half of my life. The anti-inflammatory effects lets my inhaler collect dust. Down to 2 meals a day without feeling hungry or cravings. Insulin resistance is the real killer and not the cholesterol B.S. we've been force Fed.