The July/August Fat Off

[RICMIC]

I’m up for 5lb. I’m already pretty tight but looking to tweak things a little. Let’s get after it men.

Bill, you could lard up on craft beer and ice cream before the first so you can really participate in the challenge.

 

[marcusvdk]

Start weight 241 challenge begins

 

[ScottR]

I will get Todd, Luke, and Brandon to join in.

 

[Bonecollector]

Starting weight is 181 lb. I am looking to transform about 3-5 pd.

 

[DU4LIFE25]

July 1st weigh in....#231.6. I'm shooting for a #20 drop at minimum by November 1st. Ideally #30 would be better but I've gotta start small or I'll get frustrated.

 

[buckbull]

Start weight is 265. Would like to lose 15-20 pounds by September 1.

 

[ScottR]

Weighed in, with clothes, shoes, phone and having downed 20 oz. of water at 242. At 6'4" I feel like sitting right at 228 with the same conditions is good for me.

 

[Yell Co AR Hunter]

Thanks for the offer. I will have to sit out. At 54 the only way I can drop pounds is to cut out all carbs. When I do that I am to week to get my exercise in. I am at 3 miles a day at 4.5 MPH average. I use my OnX to track.

 

[THelms]

I'm in... sitting at 265 fully dressed and that's bullshit! Too heavy... gunning for as much weight loss as I can get.

 

[RICMIC]

I'm a lightweight at 188#, but I am in and am shooting for 178#. I've got a great six-pack hiding in there somewhere that I haven't seen for a while.

 

[RICMIC]

Thanks for the offer. I will have to sit out. At 54 the only way I can drop pounds is to cut out all carbs. When I do that I am to week to get my exercise in. I am at 3 miles a day at 4.5 MPH average. I use my OnX to track.

I used the protein diet (low carbs) for years to get some weight off. But for 30 years I was extremely active in addition to exercising 3+ hours per day. Try the so called 5/2 diet. Eat normally for 5, then keep it below 600 cal. for 2. Depending on how much you need to lose, it's not something you have to do all the time. I will typically lose 6# in those two days, and keep about half of that off long term.

 

[dan maule]

I know I am a couple of days late but My starting weight is 197 and I would like to loose 10-15 pounds.

 

[Yell Co AR Hunter]

I used the protein diet (low carbs) for years to get some weight off. But for 30 years I was extremely active in addition to exercising 3+ hours per day. Try the so called 5/2 diet. Eat normally for 5, then keep it below 600 cal. for 2. Depending on how much you need to lose, it's not something you have to do all the time. I will typically lose 6# in those two days, and keep about half of that off long term.

How often can you do this and get those kind of results.
I stuck to a no/low carb diet for 3 years once until the family said enough.

 

[Mr Drysdale]

199 lbs on the 1st. I’m looking for 190. I’m stout built and 190 is hard but I’ve done it a couple of times. As I get older it gets harder and my wife gets frustrated trying to feed me a low carb diet. I binge every other Saturday. Vacation next week so it will be double hard!

 

[RICMIC]

How often can you do this and get those kind of results.
I stuck to a no/low carb diet for 3 years once until the family said enough.

The 5/2 diet is sustainable for me as I only use it to lose weight after creeping up a few pounds. I would do the protein diet for months in order to lose what I can in a week or two with the 5/2. The important part is to never binge, and to seriously make an attempt to eat healthy all the time. You can enjoy the foods you love, so you don't feel like you are sacrificing all the time. Write down everything you eat on the 2 day "fast", as the calories can get away from you easily. Once you reach your target weight, only go back to the 5/2 to lose a few pounds so that you don't get too heavy.

 

[hvfd21walker]

Okay I’m in, I’m preparing for a Goat Hunt. I’m at 195 and I want to be 175 by August 30th. So trying to lose 20lbs. Been working my butt off but not seeing any losses to speak of. Keep at it everyone

 

[THelms]

256 this morning... probably just water weight, I got in a good lick in the mountains yesterday and didn't drink enough water... one of those days where drinking water meant having to choke it down. Ate reasonably well this weekend and didn't go crazy on the cocktails... all in all I'm feeling pretty good.

 

[marcusvdk]

Weight in this morning
Challenge weigh in 241.00
Today's weight 240.00 down a pound. That's the lowest lose I've had in 2 months had been on a long streak of 3-4lbs a week. Probably was fo for a week long plateau

 

[taskswap]

I did the Whole Thirty diet with my wife a few months ago and dropped pounds like crazy. But I don't necessarily recommend it. I also had no energy - I could barely get through a workout. And I won't tell you what was coming out the other end. Too many nuts in your diet isn't much better than too many beers

 

[ScottR]

I did the Whole Thirty diet with my wife a few months ago and dropped pounds like crazy. But I don't necessarily recommend it. I also had no energy - I could barely get through a workout. And I won't tell you what was coming out the other end. Too many nuts in your diet isn't much better than too many beers

I have heard the biggest trick on those types of diets is to get pas the 30 days and your body getting used to drawing the energy from other forms of carbohydrates. Would love to hear BoneCollector's thoughts on this one.