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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I am down 15 lbs for January so I feel pretty good! There are good days and bad days, but I get by on 1000 calories or fewer per day and run at least 2 miles. It's going really well!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,380
    rgambs said:

    I am down 15 lbs for January so I feel pretty good! There are good days and bad days, but I get by on 1000 calories or fewer per day and run at least 2 miles. It's going really well!

    Great job!
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    rgambs said:

    I am down 15 lbs for January so I feel pretty good! There are good days and bad days, but I get by on 1000 calories or fewer per day and run at least 2 miles. It's going really well!

    What are your 1000 cal?
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Rocking and rolling into February folks and feeling great! Great to see so many others joining in!
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    FoxyRedLa said:

    rgambs said:

    I am down 15 lbs for January so I feel pretty good! There are good days and bad days, but I get by on 1000 calories or fewer per day and run at least 2 miles. It's going really well!

    What are your 1000 cal?
    My overall strategy is to go high protein as much as possible because it makes you feel more full, I deny the impulse to eat in the daytime, and I have a relatively normal dinner to end the day on a good note. I don't pay attention to anything but protein and calorie content, and I avoid carbs just because they send your calorie count through the roof.

    I am not much of a breakfast guy, so most days I just eat an early lunch. If I work out hard and early I will have a single egg with frozen peppers and onions from my garden and a little sour cream. That is around 80-90 calories so I call it 100.
    Lunch is usually either a small handful of beef jerky(100), or a single serving tuna packet (70), eaten plain with a fork. I eat some pickled beets (30 -50) along with many days.
    I make all that protein coast me through to dinner where I eat a relatively normal meal.
    Sunday I had baked steelhead trout, a tiny baked potato and a big pile of steamed broccoli...yesterday I grilled a small and delicious top sirloin steak and had a big pile of brussels sprouts, and tonight I made fajitas with chicken breast tenderloins peppers and onions from the garden, and I skipped the tortilla.
    None of those dinners was more than 600 calories but they were all delicious and filling. After dinner I am usually only at 700-900 calories, and I eat a couple squares of dark chocolate every night because I can't live without it.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I do cheat day once a week where I eat whatever I want for dinner and have dessert, sometimes I come in at 1500 calories or more, but I work out hard on cheat day to offset a few hundred of those.
    I don't do many salads because they don't make me feel full at all, I think iceberg lettuce is the biggest detriment to most women's diets here in the US. Cheese, real dressing, croutons?? The things that make a salad good? Nope, gotta skip them or it isn't even lowcal. Sure, you can have a full belly for a half hour and only consume a few dozen calories, but good luck resisting the donuts in the breakroom when all you eat is plain lettuce, vegetables, and vinegar.
    A plain tuna packet isn't any tastier than a plain salad, but it will satisfy you for much longer.

    Protein. It makes you feel full.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    Thanks rgambs. I would crash.
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Rocking and rolling into February folks and feeling great! Great to see so many others joining in!

    Off!! Off!!! Off!! Off!!!
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    FoxyRedLa said:

    Thanks rgambs. I would crash.

    Me too lol

    Days when Simon goes to bed at 11:30 and I get up at 4:30 to run it makes for a lot of hours to be awake and not eating. Luckily, I have a hardy system and I can get by for at least 4 days without any food or sleep before I totally bonk out, so if I get a little of each I can get by...if my will is strong.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    Went swimming yesterday, feels like it's a good way to get exercise. Must also start jogging again.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    dankind said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Rocking and rolling into February folks and feeling great! Great to see so many others joining in!

    Off!! Off!!! Off!! Off!!!
    I like you even more than before because you said that :smile:
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,380
    Stationary bike, and small weights.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    edited February 2017
    I am a regular at the gym.
    They play top 50 music videos on the big screen in the bike room.
    The shit mainstream music makes me angry and work harder.
    Especially when Little Mix's Shout Out To My Ex comes on.
    Today I smashed 1100 calories. Personal Best.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,219
    Getting closer to my goals. Got about 75% of a pull up yesterday. That's much better than the flailing around I did when I first started lol. I'll see how I feel on Monday and might go for the 225 lb bench press. Maybe need a spotter to help force the rep, but we'll see.

    Something must be working though. A muscled up dude at the gym told me he could tell I was looking better and getting stronger.
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    edited February 2017
    My hatha yoga instructor told me after last night's class I am doing great. Getting more flexible and strong. But I chickened out on the headstand.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    I just started out at a gym earlier this week. Gone every night (except tonight. Have my son for the weekend). I'm a big guy but I don't look it because I'm so tall. 6'5"/300
    I'm really needing to lose some weight and exercise would be good for my mental health and MS. So far, every trip to the gym has been biking for six miles and walking one. I'm working my way up to running but I'm self conscious about being the big tall grizzly bear on the treadmill.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    ledvedderman said:

    I just started out at a gym earlier this week. Gone every night (except tonight. Have my son for the weekend). I'm a big guy but I don't look it because I'm so tall. 6'5"/300
    I'm really needing to lose some weight and exercise would be good for my mental health and MS. So far, every trip to the gym has been biking for six miles and walking one. I'm working my way up to running but I'm self conscious about being the big tall grizzly bear on the treadmill.

    Gym has been awesome for my mental health.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    ledvedderman said:

    I just started out at a gym earlier this week. Gone every night (except tonight. Have my son for the weekend). I'm a big guy but I don't look it because I'm so tall. 6'5"/300
    I'm really needing to lose some weight and exercise would be good for my mental health and MS. So far, every trip to the gym has been biking for six miles and walking one. I'm working my way up to running but I'm self conscious about being the big tall grizzly bear on the treadmill.

    Gym has been awesome for my mental health.
    Mine too, though in my case it's the climbing gym. What a rush and a sense of accomplishment when I complete a route I've struggled for weeks to finish.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    ledvedderman said:

    I just started out at a gym earlier this week. Gone every night (except tonight. Have my son for the weekend). I'm a big guy but I don't look it because I'm so tall. 6'5"/300
    I'm really needing to lose some weight and exercise would be good for my mental health and MS. So far, every trip to the gym has been biking for six miles and walking one. I'm working my way up to running but I'm self conscious about being the big tall grizzly bear on the treadmill.

    Gym has been awesome for my mental health.
    This is very cool :)
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    I have been hitting the gym for the last month and feel great. Hit it hard and eat well. No beer!!!!! Feel strong and have a clear head for first time in years.

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