Lose 100 Pounds in One Year?

[reno cool]

don't do anything too radical. Remember, whatever you do you're going to have to do it indefinitely. Otherwise, you're just screwing yourself.

[VegasDave]

Update #5

STARTING DATE: February 16, 2009

TODAY'S DATE: May 1, 2009

GOAL: 100 Pounds in 365 Days

DAYS ON DIET: 74

DAYS LEFT TO GO: 291

POUNDS LOST: 46.2

POUNDS LEFT TO GO: 53.8

Needed this good session! After a two week long plateau to start the month, I jumped it and had a really nice two weeks, losing 8.4 pounds since my last weigh in!

I hope this non-plateau sticks around a few more days... I'd love to lose 3.8 pounds over the next two weeks. That would put me at 50 pounds for 3 months, which would be surreal.

But nothing wrong with 46 pounds in 2.5 months

[BatemanPatrickl]

Nice man but I am telling you that if you do cardio and lift you will see a major difference. Good luck.

[VegasDave]

Nice man but I am telling you that if you do cardio and lift you will see a major difference. Good luck.

I'm not disagreeing with you at all; your assessment that cardio and lifting help the body is backed by plenty of science.

That said, 46 pounds in 2.5 months is a pretty fvcking major difference in its own right

[ProfaneReality]

Congrats on your progress. Let me echo some things some others have already said... without excercise, weights, cardio etc... you are likely losing as much muscle as you are fat. Don't be obsessed with pounds.. adding lean muscle should be priority #1.. lean muscle burns off fat at an incredible rate...the lean muscle speeds your metabolism and vastly increases the # of calories you burn while you are idle...sleeping/on the internet...etc.

Good luck on your journey

[VegasDave]

It frustrates me a little that I go from eating 3-4 super fatty and processed disgusting fast food meals a day to eating much healthier, and with an absolute ton of willpower resist falling off the wagon en route to losing 45+ pounds, and everyone pitches in that I should be doing MORE.

I know you are all just trying to help, and I do appreciate your intentions. But do you know how hard it is to change your lifestyle so drastically overnight, all while getting accustomed to a new job and a new town and everything?

Rome wasn't built in a day. Trying to do way too much at once is a great way to get overwhelmed and quit. I really don't see why my strategy of doing one thing at a time; first incorporating a good healthy diet and then later adding in some cardio is that ridiculous of an idea.

How many people say they are going to lose weight and then quit within a week or two? I'm trying to do this the slow and steady way. I commend those of you that have the ability to avoid delicious foods and work out regularly... but this is really hard for me! I am doing my best.

[BatemanPatrickl]

I'm not disagreeing with you at all; your assessment that cardio and lifting help the body is backed by plenty of science.

That said, 46 pounds in 2.5 months is a pretty fvcking major difference in its own right

You lost that weight because you made a major adjustment in your diet. Your body will soon adjust and either gain some of the weight back or hit a major wall.

Start with 30 minutes of light cardio a day.

[VegasDave]

You lost that weight because you made a major adjustment in your diet. Your body will soon adjust and either gain some of the weight back or hit a major wall.

Start with 30 minutes of light cardio a day.

Here is another scientific fact; your body burns calories even when it is completely at rest. Even with a sedimentary lifestyle (desk job), your body burns x amount of calories a day depending on your height and weight.

If you eat less then X calories a day, you will lose weight, because you are burning more calories then you are consuming.

Again, I am NOT saying that exercise wouldn't help, as it adds muscled and can increase your metabolism. But it is patently untrue that I'm going to magically start putting weight back on if I continue to eat less calories then I burn per day.

[BatemanPatrickl]

Here is another scientific fact; your body burns calories even when it is completely at rest. Even with a sedimentary lifestyle (desk job), your body burns x amount of calories a day depending on your height and weight.

If you eat less then X calories a day, you will lose weight, because you are burning more calories then you are consuming.

Again, I am NOT saying that exercise wouldn't help, as it adds muscled and can increase your metabolism. But it is patently untrue that I'm going to magically start putting weight back on if I continue to eat less calories then I burn per day.

You will because you are starving your body and your body will adjust. Why do diets fail? Because most do not include exercise. A good friend of mine was a D 1 athlete and knows his stuff. He eats six small meals a day, lifts and does cardio.

[Chi_archie]

Homeostasis....... your body will adjust its metabolism to match your avg kcal intake eventually and you hit a plateau. For me I know when this is occurring when my morning temperature goes below 97.4

[losturmarbles]

It frustrates me a little that I go from eating 3-4 super fatty and processed disgusting fast food meals a day to eating much healthier, and with an absolute ton of willpower resist falling off the wagon en route to losing 45+ pounds, and everyone pitches in that I should be doing MORE.

I know you are all just trying to help, and I do appreciate your intentions. But do you know how hard it is to change your lifestyle so drastically overnight, all while getting accustomed to a new job and a new town and everything?

Rome wasn't built in a day. Trying to do way too much at once is a great way to get overwhelmed and quit. I really don't see why my strategy of doing one thing at a time; first incorporating a good healthy diet and then later adding in some cardio is that ridiculous of an idea.

How many people say they are going to lose weight and then quit within a week or two? I'm trying to do this the slow and steady way. I commend those of you that have the ability to avoid delicious foods and work out regularly... but this is really hard for me! I am doing my best.

dave, chill out, maybe order some pizza and wings, you wont be so cranky...

[VegasDave]

dave, chill out, maybe order some pizza and wings, you wont be so cranky...

Good idea, with a little sausage and pepperoni

[ProfaneReality]

people are trying to help, because those of us who actually know a thing or 2 about the topic know you are doing it the wrong way.. we are trying to spare you from learning the hard way.. even as you see the pounds melt away your metabolism is slowing down more and more each day with less and less food/calories. Those X amount of calories your body burns will get smaller and smaller if you choose to continue on the plan you are on. It seems to me, for a guy who loves to eat, you would actually prefer the excercise and still be able to eat the things you enjoy.

when you hit the wall, and you will, and start gaining weight, you will see the light.

we haven't even touched on the extreme strain you are putting on your heart right now with the drastic drop in calories.

[VegasDave]

people are trying to help, because those of us who actually know a thing or 2 about the topic know you are doing it the wrong way.. we are trying to spare you from learning the hard way.. even as you see the pounds melt away your metabolism is slowing down more and more each day with less and less food/calories. Those X amount of calories your body burns will get smaller and smaller if you choose to continue on the plan you are on. It seems to me, for a guy who loves to eat, you would actually prefer the excercise and still be able to eat the things you enjoy.

when you hit the wall, and you will, and start gaining weight, you will see the light.

we haven't even touched on the extreme strain you are putting on your heart right now with the drastic drop in calories.

Again, I don't really want to argue here and I don't know how many times I can say that I know how important exercise is to a healthy lifestyle.

But hypothetically, there is a morbidly obese person. They are deciding between 3 options;

A) Do nothing. Stay morbidly obese and continue to eat fatty and unhealthy foods, no dieting and no exercise.

B) Hits the gym hard, gets on a good diet right away. Hates both exercise and diet, feels extremely overwhelmed, exhausted and depressed. Gives up and goes back to doing nothing.

C) Realizes that the emotional burden of trying to do too much at once would deter long term success, so decides to first incorporate a healthy diet. Upon losing some weight and gaining some confidence, also begins to exercise and get on their way to a healthy new life

Is C really that bad?

And for the record, I do walk quite a bit (whenever I go on errands I park farther away from the door, walk around the whole place a few times instead of just to the isle I need to go).

I mean I guess I opened myself up to all this when I went public with this... but if you are trying to help, comments like: "when you hit the wall, and you will, and start gaining weight, you will see the light." aren't exactly up-lifters.

I mean if I went to a doctor and had said "doctor, I'm going to start eating healthy and then I'm going to start incorporating exercise in in a few months", would the doctor have said to me "Listen fatass, if you aren't going to exercise from day 1 don't bother eating healthy at all" ?

[TPowell]

Dave, I'm down to 225 (from around 245 around 3-4 months ago). As long as your diet is repeatable for the future, you should be fine. Of course, eventually you'll hit a wall and maybe even gain a slight amount of weight back, but you probably dont have to worry about that right now.

[CaneDawg]

nice work dave...keep it up

[RogueJuror]

wow 10 pounds in 2 weeks, careful with this..

we haven't even touched on the extreme strain you are putting on your heart right now with the drastic drop in calories.

[VegasDave]

Update #6

STARTING DATE: February 16, 2009

TODAY'S DATE: May 15, 2009

GOAL: 100 Pounds in 365 Days

DAYS ON DIET: 88

DAYS LEFT TO GO: 277

POUNDS LOST: 52.0

POUNDS LEFT TO GO: 48.0

Wow, FIFTY POUNDS in three months!

Was not expecting to be halfway there after only three months. Hopefully without any major hitches I can lose an average of 6 pounds a month from here on out, which will get me to my goal .

Planning out an exercise plan in the coming weeks, will include some combination of swimming, jogging, and the bike.

[losturmarbles]

dave youre not cheating on your numbers are you?

youre doing pretty good dave

hey did you take any pictures before you started (a la chiarchie) in your skimpys?

[d2bets]

That be a lot of lbs

[BeatTheJerk]

whats your current weight Dave ? 230's ?

[mathdotcom]

Way to go Vegas Dave.

I am rooting for you (to succeed).

You should also double the amount of masturbation to increase exercise

[Enforcer_23]

I'm trying to do this the slow and steady way. I commend those of you that have the ability to avoid delicious foods and work out regularly... but this is really hard for me! I am doing my best.

You are doing excellent . The pounds wont come off as quick though since you're down a lot already

[VegasDave]

dave youre not cheating on your numbers are you?

youre doing pretty good dave

hey did you take any pictures before you started (a la chiarchie) in your skimpys?

I'm not cheating the numbers, if I were I'd be using more realistic ones .

I took some pics in a tight white tshirt and shorts... too embarassed to go skimpys. The after picture will hopefully be ready for those

That be a lot of lbs

Thanks

whats your current weight Dave ? 230's ?

Sadly its quite a bit higher than that... I've always "carried it well", but 230 is still off in the distant future

[VegasDave]

Way to go Vegas Dave.

I am rooting for you (to succeed).

You should also double the amount of masturbation to increase exercise

Thanks mathy!

That isn't a bad idea... they say when you exercise you should "do something you enjoy"... it beats frigging jogging!

You are doing excellent . The pounds wont come off as quick though since you're down a lot already

Thank you ! And you are right, I'd certainly hope not!! At some point 16 lbs a month would get unhealthy, haha.

Now that I've dropped the initial 50 lbs, I want to shift the focus to exercising and solidifying up a bit. This may add some muscle and slow down the weight loss a bit, but how you look and feel is definitely more important than the number on the scale.

[TPowell]

damn, Davey's leaving me in the dust! I've lost over 20 pounds now in the last 3.5 months. Not bad, but idk if I wanna lose another 20 or not.

[VegasDave]

damn, Davey's leaving me in the dust! I've lost over 20 pounds now in the last 3.5 months. Not bad, but idk if I wanna lose another 20 or not.

I started off waaaaay bigger than you! 20+ pounds in 3.5 months is great, and the most important thing is that you are keeping it off! Losing weight isn't so hard, its being consistent that is the tough part.

Keep up the great work my partner in weight loss

[TPowell]

yeah, I just dont have the desire to eat fast food or drink cokes anymore which is probably the biggest plus from the past 3-4 months

[VegasDave]

Update #7

STARTING DATE: February 16, 2009

TODAY'S DATE: June 1, 2009

GOAL: 100 Pounds in 365 Days

DAYS ON DIET: 105

DAYS LEFT TO GO: 260

POUNDS LOST: 55.0

POUNDS LEFT TO GO: 45.0

Only three pounds since last weigh in... but I suppose that the slower pace can be expected now that I've lost so much.

[Chi_archie]

the important thing is that you are still going, you are healthier and you aren't gaining weight back.....


keep it up kid

[Justin7]

Keep it up! Dropping some pounds (which you're doing) will really increase your quality of life.

If you have the food situated, I'd strongly suggest you *gradually* start increasing your activity. Walk 1 mile at a slow pace. It might seem like you're not doing much... but the most important thing when starting a fitness program is to underachieve initially - you don't want to get sore or frustrated.

First week, try walking for 15 minutes. Keep your pulse below 140, and walk slow enough that you are never winded. After a full week of being bored doing this, you can slowly add time or speed... But keep your pulse below 140, and you breathing where you can comfortably talk while walking.

[VegasDave]

Good stuff Justin. That's definitely the plan to start fazing in some exercise. I bought a swimsuit and some running/walking gear, going to start moving one way or another this month.

It's been put off a bit... weekend before last I was excited about starting but came down with a bad cold. Last weekend girlfriend was in town, and this up coming weekend one of my best friends is going to be in town (not splurging too bad with him here is going to be tricky with all of the alcohol consumption.)

In any case, after that I will be back to my normal boring life, and I can start some sort of exercise routine

[Flyers09]

Good stuff Justin. That's definitely the plan to start fazing in some exercise. I bought a swimsuit and some running/walking gear, going to start moving one way or another this month.

It's been put off a bit... weekend before last I was excited about starting but came down with a bad cold. Last weekend girlfriend was in town, and this up coming weekend one of my best friends is going to be in town (not splurging too bad with him here is going to be tricky with all of the alcohol consumption.)

In any case, after that I will be back to my normal boring life, and I can start some sort of exercise routine

Good luck VD.!

for me i cant gain weight, but what i did relaize is, doing manual labor keeps me in shape with abs and muscles..try doing some manual labor if u can..

best of luck pal

[BadNina]

Yay Dave!!!!!

[VegasDave]

Arch, Flyers, Nina, thanks for the support