Healy Arms

That'll keep a man motivated. Shed it like you mean it.

I think it's time to donate some old camo. It might keep me from creeping backwards if I have the buy the big stuff again.

I'm staying at 202 - 203 and getting thinner. Eating is back on track and my clothes keep getting magically larger and my face is shrinking - but the scale is not budging. Not to worry. It will. My workouts are intense and have stayed the same. Now I've added uphill hiking on an incline treadmill a few days a week (I live in the middle of flat lander ville, so I have to find other methods to get elk country training). At least with an incline-hiker machine I can get a continuous or widely varied uphill for as long as I need to meet a training requirement. Here's a typical one-hour incline hiker session - 2600+ vertical rise, approx 2.7 miles and 1000 calories in the dustbin. I like the ability to track progress with a machine. When I weighed 240-245 I used to take 22 to 24 minutes to do a 1000 vertical foot stress test. I've worked that down to 16:05 and hope to see 14:59 or lower before my hunt. The MOST important thing with the incline machines is NO holding the bar at the top of the machine. Let your arms, legs and back move like you would on a hunt. Nature doesn't have handrails. I see people holding the top bar all the time, effectively taking the incline out of the exercise. Makes you feel like a stud but doesn't do much. I remind myself to keep it as close to hunting as possible and use lots of muscle groups. It's been a good year. I'm glad I finally started.

Very cool - people are coming in the shop talking about fitness, weight loss, terrain in the units they drew and it all started with this Hunting Fitness forum. There are two guys at the gun counter right now chatting about eating changes they've made and getting extra exercise in for their upcoming hunts.

Totally forgot to weight in this morning, but everything is fitting about the same so I'm guessing all is good. Worked out like a champ the past 3 days to make up for some family birthday dinners that MIGHT have included cheesy & delicious Mexican food. Went to the doctor for a 90day follow-up visit last week on Wednesday. The "official" read on his scale was 204. He's not much for mincing words. I got the "well you've really come a long way - nice progress - you're still very overweight. You'll get there." Dang! Smacked on the forehead. I just smile-n-nod. He's right - I'll get there. Should have NEVER gone over 200. Alas - it's fixable. I know why he's staying on me to complete the project. If I want to keep hunting for the next several years I must consider the following: "Being only 10 pounds overweight increases the force on the knee by 30-60 pounds with each step." Read more here: http://www.hopkinsarthritis.org/patient-corner/disease-management/role-of-body-weight-in-osteoarthritis/

LOL - I can hear it now. "holy moly... I can do this. Where did I put week one? Ok, there it is. We're good. Moving forward." I know what you're talking about and that's a truckload of willpower. Good on ya.

Well... Down about a single pound - just under 202. I'm sensing a trend here - lol That works for me. A pound-ish a week will eventually make me a thin hunter. And I get to do it while eating regular food - differently than I used to - but normal stuff. I had 5 baby back ribs and a potato last night. I can't do that every night but it's game on in moderation. Wearing shorts to work this morning that NEVER would have fit a month ago. That's the progress I'm seeking - a little that lasts.

Same here! Classic tale of the American fat Yo-Yo. I'd like to blame Mexican food and beer and Dr Pepper and... and... and... I'm seeing it through this time - no fail and accept it - all the way to about 170 and stay there. Motivates me for Monday check in!

Speaking of clothes. I put on my XL workout shorts and shirt today and they fit like bags. What a difference the blubber loss makes. I had to laugh at myself. How did I EVER get there!?!? LOL

202.6 Clothes fitting better and moved out of the 36 waist pants. 34's fit well today - three weeks ago - not so much. Happy with the progress - my eating plan is working and doesn't suck. Can't wait for 199. It's been a very long time.

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Steady as she goes - weight not up or down. Still in the 203-204 range. Waist got smaller by 1/2 inch and the scale didn't budge. It's progress and I'll take it. Worked out like a champ last week and stayed 95% true to the eating plan. The next weight drop is coming soon.

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Overslept this morning - late to my workout - Monday... Lost 10 minutes but it still kicked my butt. I'm 204.4 on the scale this morning. Down another pound and officially 40lbs down and officially half way to the goal. Funny how some weeks you workout like a champ and eat well - lose nothing. The next week you lose 3. The next you're up 2. and then down 1. And then all of a sudden you feel different your clothes magically get loose in one single day and you've lost 5. And that's 5 that doesn't come back. That's an official new low spot on the scale. Odd but true. It's been a roller coaster - but it's going tin the right direction. My midsection is down 6 inches since December 1 of 2013. Until next week...

1. Yes I do - 6 days a week at 5:30am 2. It certainly helps and after the initial shock/soreness it makes you feel great 3. Lunch of Champions!!

Time to bust out the Insanity DVD

Hyper .. this is basically what I have been doing since January and down nearly 80 lbs ... That feeling horrible happens, often associated with your body detoxing and adjusting ... it lasted about a week for me but I pushed through it .... doubled my intake of daily spinach, threw in an extra banana at afternoon snack, found a good Multi-Vitamin and kept the water intake high .... for me once my body adjusted there were no more issues. Str8shot and I sound like we have a similar thing going on

Scott- I actually followed my doc's advice to the letter and transitioned slowly to the no bread routine. He told me a dramatic no-carb change would make me hit a wall just like you did and wouldn't keep going. So I took simple starch carbs out dinner first and did that for a month - keeping my breakfast and lunch just the same way it had always been. After a month I took a chunk of carbs out of lunch - added vegetables and additional protein. Worked on getting the starch down to an equivalent of 1/3 of a cup of oats, and the rest protein and vegetables. I could have done that pretty quickly but I did it over 6-7 weeks. Now I'm on a "descending carb" eating schedule. First meal of the day has between 25 and 35 grams of simple carbs (beans, rice, oats, etc) vegetables don't count so I eat lots of them. Lunch has between 15 and 20 simple carb grams and dinner has no simple carbs. Alcohol is empty calories and is limited to 6oz of red wine 1x a day - 3x a week or less is preferred so that's what I do. Beer is one 16oz serving per week. Distilled alcohol once a month (at most) - no more than 3oz and can't be combined with any other booze although that might have been forgotten a time or two around a campfire. Soda is limited to REAL soda - no artificial sweeteners - and no more than 6oz per day. The fact you don't get much booze and soda kinda drills the point home that they aren't good for you. To keep things real-life realistic, you can still have them - just not much. Basically you can eat like a king in the morning - eat smaller high quality stuff before bed. Taking the project on slowly and re-training my body was the key to making this last. I tried Atkins a few years back and had the same experience you did. Lost weight but couldn't function and hated it. This time around I'm determined to see it through and going slow I haven't felt crappy at all. I have followed the plan pretty darn close, minus a cheat day here and there, and it is working. Once I am down to 170 or so - the eating plan goes into Phase II. Not sure what that looks like yet.

That's a great food list - Staying away from the soda, spaghetti, bread & tortillas seems to be the ticket. No sleepy unproductive afternoons after a lunchtime burrito or lasagne carb load. The weight drops off slow-n-steady too. Takes some getting used to, swapping bread for vegetables, but you feel great in about 2 weeks.

OK - Monday has arrived - time for transparency; I'm 205.4 this morning - getting close to 40 down. Scale fluctuates 3 each direction - nothing I can do about that. Excellent workout from 530am to 630am. Better. Still too fat. Around 35 left to go. Maybe 40 - we'll see - that's a ways away.

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Exactly. I too was lying to myself - "I'm keeping up so I must be fine". And then there's the days that you actually out walk an out of shape skinny guy and you begin to really believe the voice in your head "yeah, I'm a little thick - but I'm in great shape" Eventually the total BS and denial get tossed in your face on a elk hunt when you realize you're packing two heavy quarters out of the canyon - the one on the pack frame and the one from your double chin down to your fat butt that you don't get to take off when you get back to the truck. Then to top it off, one of your buddies drives the point home with a fond-memory photo from the trip. You see it and think "man... my brain doesn't see me that way. Am I really that fat?" LOL I examined my chin brisket in the mirror, had a quick & personal come to Jesus and the answer was "yes, walrus abs, you are". It was late November 2013 - a good & bad day all in one. I will hunt AT LEAST 60lbs lighter this year, maybe 70, and I can't wait. Between the blubber loss and the year-long cardio I've been doing, it should be a great season. Onward...