From fat to fit

[wooly_mammoth]

Yup, I'm a total fanboy of the series. Along with rtw, thief 1 & 2 deserve to be sent into outer space as a testament of the creative genius human beings possess. To a lesser extent I like thief 3. It had a chilling story and was a great game in its own right, but it didn't rise to the summit of the first games. I can't be bothered with that reboot from a couple of years ago. It's an insult to what are otherwise artistic masterpieces. I'd punch the guys responsible for that release to be honest.

Now, in case my comment wasn't exactly clear, what I wanted to say is that you should never feel disheartened if your weight fluctuates or you fail at a work-out planned for a given day. The human body has its limits and when you fall flat it means you pushed yourself beyond them. And that should make you feel very happy because it means next time you will perform a little bit better, and little by little you will get where you want to be. The only condition is that you never surrender and keep fighting even if results come at a slow pace.

Edit:

I can keep track of your progress if you want. Looking good so far.

[Vuk]

Yup, I'm a total fanboy of the series. Along with rtw, thief 1 & 2 deserve to be sent into outer space as a testament of the creative genius human beings possess. To a lesser extent I like thief 3. It had a chilling story and was a great game in its own right, but it didn't rise to the summit of the first games. I can't be bothered with that reboot from a couple of years ago. It's an insult to what are otherwise artistic masterpieces. I'd punch the guys responsible for that release to be honest.

Now, in case my comment wasn't exactly clear, what I wanted to say is that you should never feel disheartened if your weight fluctuates or you fail at a work-out planned for a given day. The human body has its limits and when you fall flat it means you pushed yourself beyond them. And that should make you feel very happy because it means next time you will perform a little bit better, and little by little you will get where you want to be. The only condition is that you never surrender and keep fighting even if results come at a slow pace.

Edit:

I can keep track of your progress if you want. Looking good so far.

Yeah, I agree completely. Thief 1&2 are amongst the greatest games ever made. I was not a fan of Thief 3 or the reboot. And yeah, I would punch Jonathan Jacques-belletête if I could too.

I know what you mean, but I just slipped up. I ate a ton of garbage food. I just gotta get the diet end of things inline. Thanks for the graph!

[Vuk]

My weigh-in will be late this week, as unfortunate family circumstances and health problems have kept me out of the gym for the last few days. Tomorrow I will be meeting with my fitness coordinator to discuss how to move forward with my recent addition to my health problems family in a safe way, and will weigh in then.

[Vuk]

354.4
I don't feel so bad this time, as I have a really good reason. I torqued my left knee really badly, and the doc thinks I tore my meniscal cartilage. Spoke with my fitness coordinator and we have revised my plan accordingly.

[wooly_mammoth]

Guess you'll be focusing on the upper body until you fix that up.

I damaged my left knee as well, in Russia of all the places, some months ago (I don't live there, just ended up going on a work-related subject).

Returning at a late hour from work, take bad darkness, bad terrain, bad ice and some really bad boots. I slipped (actually the second time in my life when I slip on ice) and managed to end up parallel to the ground as I was in mid air (amazing, I know). I heard a cracking sound from my knee as that happened but I was too focused on not falling on my back and dying there since I had so many rtw campaigns to finish.

I have no idea how I pulled it off but I managed to land on my feet, curled up and with my arms opened sideways. And with a grandmother of a pain in my knee. I limped all the way home, but next morning I felt pretty good. I can walk, run, sit absolutely normally but I can't perform a squat without feeling a lot pain. Haven't seen a doc yet, it's a bit problematic to find a competent one where I live now. Here, you need to be either lucky and never have health issues or be tough as hobnails and never need medical services, because as soon as you do, you're pretty much screwed. I suppose (hope) it'll fix itself up in time.

[Vuk]

Guess you'll be focusing on the upper body until you fix that up.

I damaged my left knee as well, in Russia of all the places, some months ago (I don't live there, just ended up going on a work-related subject).

Returning at a late hour from work, take bad darkness, bad terrain, bad ice and some really bad boots. I slipped (actually the second time in my life when I slip on ice) and managed to end up parallel to the ground as I was in mid air (amazing, I know). I heard a cracking sound from my knee as that happened but I was too focused on not falling on my back and dying there since I had so many rtw campaigns to finish.

I have no idea how I pulled it off but I managed to land on my feet, curled up and with my arms opened sideways. And with a grandmother of a pain in my knee. I limped all the way home, but next morning I felt pretty good. I can walk, run, sit absolutely normally but I can't perform a squat without feeling a lot pain. Haven't seen a doc yet, it's a bit problematic to find a competent one where I live now. Here, you need to be either lucky and never have health issues or be tough as hobnails and never need medical services, because as soon as you do, you're pretty much screwed. I suppose (hope) it'll fix itself up in time.

Take it easy man. Do you mind if I ask where you live?

Yeah, we are gonna be focusing on upper body and core. A lot of sitting upper body exercising (which I hate because they are too localized) and body resistance core exercising. My fitness coordinator wanted to focus on the upper body, but I wanted to focus on the core. We compromised. Apparently, my core is actually really strong she says, but my upper body is very weak.

[wooly_mammoth]

Ofc I'm taking it easy. I live in Romania, which has plenty of ups and plenty of downs. The quality of medical services is one such down.

Now, get back to getting fit & stronk. I wanna see that plot plummet in the following weeks.

[wooly_mammoth]

Hey, 2 months in and ~10 pounds less, I call that a win. Keep it up.

[wooly_mammoth]

wth vuk, it's 2-3 days past the scheduled weight-in. You don't need to lose weight every week, but you do need the will of an angry, angry honey badger and discipline, discipline, discipline.

[Vuk]

351.4
Progress is good. Of course that is two week progress, because I skipped a weigh in.

[wooly_mammoth]

updated accordingly.

[Vuk]

350.2
Not a lot, but at least it is still the right direction.

[Gregoshi]

Vuk, I've found that any progress is inspiring to continue. Last July I weighed 242 pounds. I started walking much more than I'd been, swam laps in a pool (for only a few months) and started changing my diet. As the weight dropped, I found it easier to walk more/farther and eat better. By February I hit 212 - 30 pounds lost and was quite happy about that. There were weeks I didn't lose any weight. That was frustrating, but heightened my awareness of eating, walking and swimming. This first half of 2015 with our move back to the US coming up, I stopped most of the walking I'd been doing (I stopped swimming in October). Fortunately, the diet stayed the same and so did my weight. However, the lack of long term progress kind of killed the drive continue to drop. Now that I'm back in the US, I've managed to adjust my eating habits to the "new" foods and have dropped another pound or two. I haven't started walking yet, but the unexpected loss in weight has me thinking more about seriously starting it up again.

Anyway, I guess the purpose of my story is to be happy for progress and use it to keep you focused and inspired in your efforts. I'm cheering for you in your journey!

[wooly_mammoth]

updated plot

The gain in weight in very small, probably in the error margin of the device you use to measure. No matter how you look at it, that thing is going down. Keep up the work! Never surrender!

[wooly_mammoth]

updated plot

If we make a really crude analysis, you lost 13.6 lbs in 14 weeks, meaning an average loss of 0.97 lbs per week. Breddy good, keep aiming high!