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Well, I was keeping a log of my weight every Sunday morning on my iPhone, but it is gone now, which is kind of sad. So I guess I'll post here once a week on my progress.
What I remember:
Starting weight: 283.0
After 6 or 7 weeks: 257.4
I started feeling really hungry and was compulsively thinking about food. I figured my body was fighting back against the weight loss so I went from 1800-2000 calories on the diet back up to 2800-3000 which I think is about maintenance, over a 3 week period. This week, I'm sure I've been closer to 3000 most days and I didn't even work out the last two or Wednesday.
Weight last four Sundays (including today): 257.4, 257.5, 257.7, and 256.4
So for some reason I dropped a pound this week. Can't really say what the source of it is.
I'm going to give myself a little more room and starting tomorrow, only cut back down to 2100. I'm going to stay on strength training 3 days and 35 minutes cardio 6 days on the elliptical. I'll try to trade one day of cardio out for some intervals.
I'm going to try and take the advice of people on this board and up my protein. I was only eating about 80-100 grams a day. Lean body mass * .82 for me is 155.8 so I guess I'll research a good protein supplement and start taking it twice a day to get to that total and see how it helps.
Hopefully I can burn off another 20 pounds before I reach another plateau.
Goal weight = 225
What I remember:
Starting weight: 283.0
After 6 or 7 weeks: 257.4
I started feeling really hungry and was compulsively thinking about food. I figured my body was fighting back against the weight loss so I went from 1800-2000 calories on the diet back up to 2800-3000 which I think is about maintenance, over a 3 week period. This week, I'm sure I've been closer to 3000 most days and I didn't even work out the last two or Wednesday.
Weight last four Sundays (including today): 257.4, 257.5, 257.7, and 256.4
So for some reason I dropped a pound this week. Can't really say what the source of it is.
I'm going to give myself a little more room and starting tomorrow, only cut back down to 2100. I'm going to stay on strength training 3 days and 35 minutes cardio 6 days on the elliptical. I'll try to trade one day of cardio out for some intervals.
I'm going to try and take the advice of people on this board and up my protein. I was only eating about 80-100 grams a day. Lean body mass * .82 for me is 155.8 so I guess I'll research a good protein supplement and start taking it twice a day to get to that total and see how it helps.
Hopefully I can burn off another 20 pounds before I reach another plateau.
Goal weight = 225