Fitness: Weight loss group accountability

[Wake27]

Yeah diets are not long term solutions - lifestyle changes are.


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[Hmac]

Honestly I'm not really trying to drop weight real quick. I'm trying to eat healthier portions and make a few small changes to see if it results in me losing some unwanted weight. Basically re-establishing a new norm for myself.

I've done diets where I cut out a bunch of foods or try to get in a bunch of gym time. That works to drop weight but once I stop I go back to my normal self.

Hmmm...yes, a new norm is what's called for. IOW, a lifestyle change. Lack of success at yo-yo dieting is the norm. Everyone can lose weight on a diet. Very few people can maintain that weight loss because permanent lifestyle change is very, very hard. Diets very rarely work.

Being pre-diabetic, you have a lot at stake. Central obesity and looming insulin resistance with resultant Type II diabetes as you move increasingly toward metabolic syndrome will not only shorten your life, it will negatively impact the quality of the life that you have left. Pre-diabetes at your age is not a good health situation to be in. Without change addressing that, it will get worse. It's not about the food you eat, it's about your obesity. Healthier portions and a few small changes are a reasonable place to start in shedding that weigh, but a thorough metabolic evaluation including a complete triglyceride and cholesterol profile and hemoglobin A1C are important information for managing your health going forward.

[Mick Boon]

Honestly I'm not really trying to drop weight real quick. I'm trying to eat healthier portions and make a few small changes to see if it results in me losing some unwanted weight. Basically re-establishing a new norm for myself.

I've done diets where I cut out a bunch of foods or try to get in a bunch of gym time. That works to drop weight but once I stop I go back to my normal self.

If you want to be slim and keep like it then don't stop.

I'm 5'7, my top weight was 185 lbs, at that weight I was a fat git and looked and felt like crap. Now I am skinny, skinnier than I would like but the only way I could get the flat gut I wanted was to lose 25% of my total weight. It's worth it to be healthy and be able to wear nice clothes again.

I think the main reason people have trouble losing weight is lack of self control, you need to act like a man.

[vandal5]

Hmmm...yes, a new norm is what's called for. IOW, a lifestyle change. Lack of success at yo-yo dieting is the norm. Everyone can lose weight on a diet. Very few people can maintain that weight loss because permanent lifestyle change is very, very hard. Diets very rarely work.

Being pre-diabetic, you have a lot at stake. Central obesity and looming insulin resistance with resultant Type II diabetes as you move increasingly toward metabolic syndrome will not only shorten your life, it will negatively impact the quality of the life that you have left. Pre-diabetes at your age is not a good health situation to be in. Without change addressing that, it will get worse. It's not about the food you eat, it's about your obesity. Healthier portions and a few small changes are a reasonable place to start in shedding that weigh, but a thorough metabolic evaluation including a complete triglyceride and cholesterol profile and hemoglobin A1C are important information for managing your health going forward.

Hmac, I do appreciate the info.

I was hoping to get down to the low 170s or mid 160s. Guessing the best way to find where I should be would be to keep going till my Dr says my results put me in the clear?

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[vandal5]

If you want to be slim and keep like it then don't stop.

I'm 5'7, my top weight was 185 lbs, at that weight I was a fat git and looked and felt like crap. Now I am skinny, skinnier than I would like but the only way I could get the flat gut I wanted was to lose 25% of my total weight. It's worth it to be healthy and be able to wear nice clothes again.

I think the main reason people have trouble losing weight is lack of self control, you need to act like a man.

I understand what you are saying.

I haven't been trying too hard. As Hmac said above not making the required changes could lead to reduced life and quality of life.

I'd like to be around and health to see my kids grow up. Probably better to course correct sooner than later.

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[Mick Boon]

I was hoping to get down to the low 170s or mid 160s.

What's stopping you ?

[Hmac]

Hmac, I do appreciate the info.

I was hoping to get down to the low 170s or mid 160s. Guessing the best way to find where I should be would be to keep going till my Dr says my results put me in the clear?

You're in the clear, for now, if your hemoglobin A1C is 5.6% or less, and your triglycerides and cholesterol...total, HDL, and LDL...are all within normal limits. I presume that he/she checked those labs in order to make that pronouncement? You're at an age and BMI that puts you at risk. The weight for a 41 year-old male ought to be somewhere around 160-170, but the labs I mentioned are the more important target, for now at least. Bear in mind however that maintaining an appropriate weight and keeping those labs OK gets harder with age, particularly if you are already "approaching pre-diabetes" (whatever that means) at this point in your life.

[STAFF]

177.8

I could say something like: Oh, been working out more, too, mostly absolute strength but with some hypertrophy focus thrown in there.
That wouldn’t be entirely false.

But the reality: Baby was born last half of last week, so ate multiple hospital meals, including Einstein bagels sandwiches both mornings, had little movement outside the house (except for taking two other kids to Cabelas to see the animals and fish and give mom a break), and ate an entire pumpkin pie (with fake-food cool whip, because it is the best) that my mom drove 300 miles to deliver.
I’m ok with either story.

Congrats on the baby!!! Please be the first to share your news in our new members "doing life" together section of the forum (don't forget a pic!)

[Diamondback]

But the reality: Baby was born last half of last week, so ate multiple hospital meals, including Einstein bagels sandwiches both mornings, had little movement outside the house (except for taking two other kids to Cabelas to see the animals and fish and give mom a break), and ate an entire pumpkin pie (with fake-food cool whip, because it is the best) that my mom drove 300 miles to deliver.
I’m ok with either story.

Belated congrats, bro.

[JediGuy]

Thanks guys. Exciting times... Also, I did start a new thread on the Doing Life subforum, thanks for pointing that out.