Posts by jharris32

I will be on the run all day today, but wanted to at least get my weigh-in posted. I'm a restricted diet for a week related to food allergy treatments. In short it amounts to a liquid diet.  As such, I think my weight was a little artificially low this morning.

So I think my average weight (from the CC chart) is probably more accurate.

Last week: 171

This week: 170 (estimated)

Challenge so far: 1 pound.

Greetings, all. Missed the check in last week due to illness. Feeling much better now.

This week: 172

Two weeks ago: 171

Too many hamburgers and hotdogs over the 4th of July weekend, I guess. I'm back on the wagon now for the next challenge, though. Looking forward to 165 pounds by Labor Day.

Last week: 172.0

This week: 171.0

J4C Total: 9.0

Since AFC start: 24.0

I was hoping to get a full 10 pounds in the J4C. Just missed that by a pound. However, I was plateaued for a good month and a half at the beginning. I'm on a good pace now, though, averaging a pound a week. So I'm optomistic that I'll get there just a week or two late.

I started the AFC hoping to loose 30 pounds. While it has gone a little slower than expected, the process has been good because now I have had a whole six months of practicing good eating habits. It's been tremendous just to see the impact on my health and energy just by losing weight and improving diet.

As a fun sidenote, I have a nine month old daughter whose weight gains (she's almost 20 pounds now) have somewhat mirrored my weight loss. It's a great reminder that every time I pick her up and she seems heavier that I've lost that much weight -- in fact, that I used to have to carry that much extra weight around with me all the time!

Having seen the progress I've made in weight and waist measurements, I'd like to revise my goal. I'm aiming to lose another 10 pounds by Labor Day, which will take me a up to a total of 35 pounds lost. I'll then look for a plateau area somewhere between 150 and 160 that I can easily maintain for the long term.

Up to this point I've mostly been focusing on diet. During this next challenge I'm also going to start working on excersize and activity more. The runnings on this board have been inspiring... I'm going to try to work on some 5k's in anticipation of running one leg in a company marathon this fall.

Even though the posts are a bit slow right now, thanks to all for the encouragement, information, and motivation on this board. It's been a big motivator on the days where it would be a lot easier to just go get fast food. It's been long enough that it is easy to start to drift away, but let's get remotivated for this labor day challenges so we can go into the fall healthy and lighter.

The salt thing is something that really caught me unawares for a while. At least for me, it seemed to make a big difference in water retention.

What I didn't realize at first is that a daily allowance of 2,000 mg of salt is only about a teaspoon a day. And that's assuming that there's no other sodium already "baked" into any of the food I'm eating.

So I suspect if you start metering out the salt more that you'll see a significant change. And once your body gets used to it, it doesn't take as much salt for something to taste salty.

No change this week. Still hanging at 174.5. My waist measurement is down a bit, however, so I'm not too disappointed.

This past week I've been experimenting with a diet that's mostly vegetables and fruits, with a lot less meat (I was already low on grains). Too soon to tell if it's making a difference, but I'm enjoying the produce!

Definitely count me in for the labor day challenge - I'm going to need it. I lost 15 pounds for AFC, and will probably lose 8-10 for J4C. I'd like to drop another 10 at least.

Last: 176.5

Current: 175.0

J4C: -5.0

since AFC start: -20.0

This week I hit 20 pounds lost since Jan 1 - a great feeling. I was starting to get a little frustrated with how slow things were going since April, but I appear to be loosing again. This 175 number may be a bit low as I think I'm a little dehydrated today, but should be able to solidify it for next week.

The standstill continues. I'm actually up .5 pound this week to 178. I've essentially been bouncing around between 177.5 and 180 since the start of J4C. That's after loosing 15 pounds during AFC.

The bizarre thing is that even though my weight's up a bit this week, my waist/stomach measurements (which I also take each Wed.) are down 1/2 an inch.

Since I'm focusing mostly on diet and not doing a lot of heavy workouts, I find it hard to believe that I've added enough weight in muscle mass to offset 1/2 inch of fat in weight. Anyone else experience anything like this?

Last week 177.5

This week 178

Hey guys - I'm back from a great two weeks in Guatemala. Ate pretty well - a lot of fresh fruits and homemade food - not nearly as much processed food down there.  Tended to be carb-heavier than I usually eat, though.

The goods news is that I didn't gain anything (a big worry), but didn't lose much either. We'll call it consolidating gains. I'm looking forward to getting back on the normal diet and getting some exercise going on now that the weather is getting better in Ohio.

AFC Start: 180

3 weeks ago: 178.5

Today: 178

AFC so far: 2 pounds

Hey all,

I've been stuck at 180 all week since the last weigh in. Beats going up, I suppose. So...

AFC Start: 195

Last: 180

AFC End (J4C Start) : 180

Total AFC loss = 15 pounds ---> halfway to goal.

So my goal is at least 15 pounds for J4C.

Good morning, gentlemen.

I'm happy to say I'm back on food for a week, after the juice fast I was on (for allergies, mentioned previously). I'd shown a lot of "weight loss" during that time -- starting at 189 and losing 11 pounds over 13 days. I knew a fair share of that would show back up, but didn't know how much I would have truly lost over that time period.

At the end of the fast last Wed. I was down to 177.5. After ramping back up to food over the past week I did a quick bounce  as high as 183, and settle in today at 179.5. So it looks like over the last three weeks I lost a total of 9.5 pounds - not bad.

Today - 179.5 

 Last Week - 177.5

AFC  Start - 195

Total AFC so far -15.5

So I'm now officially over half way.

I'd love to end up down 20 (weight 175) by April 1, but not sure if that's going to happen. I'll get as close as I can. I'm definitely in for the J4C to finish out the 30-35 total I want to lose.

Well, I'm back. Sorry to miss the check-in last week. Combo of end of being sick and and crazy work. But I'm pretty well back on track now.

This week: 182.5

2 weeks ago: 188.5

Down 12.5 since start of AFC

This week's drop will look a little extreme because once a year I do a modified juice fast for 10+ days due to a number of food allergies (allergic to over 27 foods to one degree or another). It's nearly impossible for me to eat cleanly all the time, so this yearly fast helps clean out my system.

During this time I tend to get a lot of apparent weight loss due to the reduced food intake, increased liquids, and lost water weight. I don't use it as a weight loss technique, but it just happened to fall during the timeframe of the AFC.

By the way, I'm very glad to hear about the AFC extending into the J4C. I know having the accountability has really helped me, so it will be good to continue to have a group to check in with. And it's going to take me past April 1 to get to my target 30-35 pounds lost.

Down a measly .5 pounds this week. I was really hoping to break 185 (my 10 pound lost mark). Bizarrely, I was probably better about diet this weekend than most weekends.

Last week: 186
This week: 185.5
Week loss: .5
AFC Total: 9.5

Here's hoping next week is more exciting. 

ez-wider,

Sorry to hear about the work problems - that's never fun. Your reaction has tended to be my problem in that past when thinks got stressful. I wouldn't say I was trying to eat things to death, but in the grander scheme of things when it all came unhinged, watching calories seemed to be the least of my problems.

I'd encourage you to hang in there. I've had to find during the AFC challenge that if I'm ticked about something that I just "salad" it out. It sounds silly, but crunching through a mountain of salad fixings is oddly gratifying. And I can can eat them until I'm blue (or green!) in the face without having any real impact on the diet. Just keep from tossing too much dressing or cheese on things.

I should note that I've never been a salad enthusiats in the past. But they're growing on me.

Not nearly as exciting a week as last week...

Last: 190

Current: 189

Total AFC: 6 lbs in two weeks, 2  days

Still, I guess that averages about 2.6 pounds per week, so not too bad.

Hi guys, haven't been around much the last week to post. However, started at 195 on Dec. 30 and weighed in at 190 today. (I highly doubt that's all fat, but at least the numbers are headed in the right direction).

 Haven't really been ramping the activity up yet, but have been working on getting the diet dialed in first. I've been aiming for a "zone-ish" ratio of fat/protein/carbs and a minimum of 30 grams of dietary fiber a day.

 Also have stopped "liquid calories" (i.e. no calories in drinks).  Currently averaging around 1600 calories a day.

 More later...