Forward to the past....

Reddog1 wrote:

Buzzcut1 wrote:

mike/kellie wrote:
Buzz, nice to have a plan B. Great report but missing that ritual breakfast picture. Oatmeal and berries now?

that or a serving of Cream of Wheat with a tablespoon of butter and a teaspoon of honey

I did have 5 oz of rib eye steak with a kale salad and one NA beer for dinner.

I have 8 more pounds to go to reach my goal of losing 75 pounds and hitting the 200 mark.

I am envious, how long has it taken and how have you done it? I too need to loose about 75 to 80 pounds. I have gained so much weight that I bought a dually. Still have my SRW in case I loose the weight. :B

Wayne

Wayne, It took 6 months to lose the weight. It wasn't that hard but it wasn't that easy either. I really had to focus on my plan and goal at all times with no cheating or slacking off. I don't know if you could do it at my loss rate but this is what I did.

First the tools
Software (free) "Lose It" for the cell phone to track my calories
Hardware: Fit bit charge HR to count my steps and monitor my resting heart rate (which went from 70 to 50 as I lost weight).
digital food scale with tare function
digital human scale.

In the lose it set up I set my current weight and goal weight, height age etc. It set me up with a 2500 calorie a day budget which I know is bogus ( they want you to buy into the paid prgrams) I reset it to 1250 a day knowing that it is low but the calories consumed are going to be a best guess and will end up closer to 1500. I eliminated processed foods for the most part, no sweets or ice cream, No carbs after lunch. So a burger for dinner meant using an iceberg lettuce wrap instead of a bun. The carbs are the killer. a tortilla is 200 calories so is 3 oz of steak. I choose the steak every time. bread is the same 200 calories per slice not going to happen.

At dinner I always had 4-5 oxz of meat, pork,lamb or fish with a huge side dish of vegis ( salad, green beans etc)

I set my step goal on the fitbit at 10,000 steps per day. i par at the far end of every parking lot and use the furthest entrance to each building. You just have to keep moving. No matter how tired I was post work I would grab the dogs and walk until I hit that 10k number then push it a bit more 7 days a week no skipping

Its a simple formula, reduce your food portions and get off your butt and walk instead of sitting on the couch and watching tv.