Weight Loss

[thewoodlands]

What did Maxwell Smart say, missed by that much! 205.6 this morning.

 

[30WCF]

April 16th 237
June 7th 212
-25# in 6-1/2 weeks.

My brother and I are comparing notes. Elk season will be upon us soon. My goal was to not have to by new pants this season. They were getting pretty tight last year.

Nothing but water since I’ve started. I was drinking quite a bit in the evenings and having a pot or 2 of coffee in the mornings. I am also quite capable of eating pretty trash, I mean great food, but fatty and too much to often. I’ve cleaned that up too.
Tonight was some leftover chicken cut up on a salad with sesame seeds, olives, hot peppers, strawberries and a bit of blue cheese.

7 miles of mountain biking today.
There are 6 park benches on the 3.5 mile loop trail. Every bench gets 20 push ups, and you can’t leave the bench till you hit 20. Did that 2x today, but it’s usually just once every day or every other day, so usually 3.5 miles and 120 push ups, but I had a little extra time this evening. I cheated and stopped at 200 push ups.

 

[thewoodlands]

April 16th 237
June 7th 212
-25# in 6-1/2 weeks.

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My brother and I are comparing notes. Elk season will be upon us soon. My goal was to not have to by new pants this season. They were getting pretty tight last year.

Nothing but water since I’ve started. I was drinking quite a bit in the evenings and having a pot or 2 of coffee in the mornings. I am also quite capable of eating pretty trash, I mean great food, but fatty and too much to often. I’ve cleaned that up too.
Tonight was some leftover chicken cut up on a salad with sesame seeds, olives, hot peppers, strawberries and a bit of blue cheese.

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7 miles of mountain biking today.
There are 6 park benches on the 3.5 mile loop trail. Every bench gets 20 push ups, and you can’t leave the bench till you hit 20. Did that 2x today, but it’s usually just once every day or every other day, so usually 3.5 miles and 120 push ups, but I had a little extra time this evening. I cheated and stopped at 200 push ups.

Great job on the weight loss @30WCF. It sounds like the Elk are in trouble this year and you might need some suspenders! 👍

 

[30WCF]

210 today, but the plan for tonight is steak and cocktail shrimp with a baked sweet potato, so I better do my bragging today.

 

[thewoodlands]

210 today, but the plan for tonight is steak and cocktail shrimp with a baked sweet potato, so I better do my bragging today.

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Another step in the right direction, congrats! I'm just under 208 this morning, the wife was talking about steaks cooked on the grill with some potatoes so I'll lose another 2 maybe 3 before we have that meal. Losing that weight before a meal should still keep me in the weight range I want after eating a better meal.

 

[30WCF]

I still eat what I want for the most part. It’s more about portion control for me. A little bit of steak and potatoes never hurt anyone. A lot of steak and potatoes, or most anything, has.

 

[woodgeek]

The GF and I had grilled cauliflower steaks tonight. These were bedded on a layer of cannellini (white bean) hummus and topped with a layer of 'romanseco' sauce (tomatos, carrots and celery melted together with EVOO). We had smashed red potatos (with vegan butter and vegan plain yogurt and dill) on the side.

Have to say I am v skeptical of cauliflower steaks, but this presentation worked pretty well.

My weight seems to have plateaued around 190 lbs. Higher when my kid visits and we bake a bunch of cookies.

 

[30WCF]

Went from
210 Saturday
214 Sunday
213 Monday
212 Tuesday
Threw in some crunches today.
Did 3.5 mile ride this evening with 110 (@20ea) pushups at each park bench and 90 (@15ea) crunches.

 

[thewoodlands]

Went from
210 Saturday
214 Sunday
213 Monday
212 Tuesday
Threw in some crunches today.
Did 3.5 mile ride this evening with 110 (@20ea) pushups ant each park bench and 90 (@15ea) crunches.

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Great work @30WCF , you keep dropping some pounds so that's good. I was at 207.8 this morning, I haven't been doing much so I expect I'll gain some.

 

[30WCF]

I was shooting for a weight of 205 for this morning but the truth teller said 206.6, still I'm happy with it but since we won't have chicken breast from the grill with a hot tomato salad tomorrow night, maybe I can get under 206.

A small walk tonight with only cereal with milk for supper along with a 15 minute session on the treadmill might do it.

What’s a hot tomato salad?

 

[thewoodlands]

What’s a hot tomato salad?

Cut the tomato to the size chunks you like, add olive oil, oregano, salt and red pepper flakes or if you have a hot pepper, cut that up in the mixture and let sit for about 20 or 30 minutes. Back when I was younger we would make it hot enough that the sweat would come off our foreheads.

Attached is a picture I posted years back, the dish was the one my father always used. It goes great with hamburgers or steak, the more juice in the HTS, the better for dunking the roll or bread into. It looks like the one in the picture had some onions in it too.

 

[TheJeff]

218.5 This morning. Down from 246.3 8 weeks ago

 

[thewoodlands]

@TheJeff , you're doing great, do you have a target weight?

 

[thewoodlands]

What’s a hot tomato salad?

I weighed in at 209 even this morning, I'll be having some bread with the recipe I posted soooooooooooooooo I'll put some weight on.

This is the stew I made today.
1. Brown 6 sausage links in the pan you'll use and then take out when they're done. Cut your sausage into junks and then add after the two cans of diced tomatoes.
2. 5 Bell Peppers / Red & Orange / 4 would be fine, chunked up and then cooked down, take out to another plate when done.
3. 2 Medium size onions cooked down, take them out when done, put them on a platter with the Bell Peppers
4. Cut up a small or medium size Fennel bulb, cook that down.
5. When the fennel is cooked down add a 24 oz. can of diced tomatoes and then add your bell peppers & onions, stir it up, add a second 24 oz. can of diced tomatoes.
6. Add some Castelvetrano Olives pitted olives.
7. I added garlic, sweet basil and a bit of salt.
8. I cooked it down after everything was together for an hour, it tasted pretty good today........it should taste even better tomorrow.

 

[TheJeff]

@thewoodlands , 190-200 some where in that area. Been there before feel pretty good in that range.

 

[thewoodlands]

@thewoodlands , 190-200 some where in that area. Been there before feel pretty good in that range.

My low was 194 something a few years back but I feel better above 200. If I can stay between 200 & 210, I'll be happy. The snacking late at night is my bi problem along with eating bread. The weight has been pretty good but once I start cooking or the wife cooks a nice meal, that's when I can gain my weight.

 

[TheJeff]

I'm pretty happy about 200, I've been as low as 187. At 200 ish I don't feel weak. The first time I lost alot of weight I felt weak for a while.

 

[thewoodlands]

I'm pretty happy about 200, I've been as low as 187. At 200 ish I don't feel weak. The first time I lost alot of weight I felt weak for a while.

I think my problem feeling weak was I lost 34 or 35 pounds real quick, after losing the 34 or 35 pounds, those 38 waist pants I bought for working outside would fall off so I bought some suspenders.

 

[30WCF]

I weighed in at 209 even this morning, I'll be having some bread with the recipe I posted soooooooooooooooo I'll put some weight on.

This is the stew I made today.
1. Brown 6 sausage links in the pan you'll use and then take out when they're done. Cut your sausage into junks and then add after the two cans of diced tomatoes.
2. 5 Bell Peppers / Red & Orange / 4 would be fine, chunked up and then cooked down, take out to another plate when done.
3. 2 Medium size onions cooked down, take them out when done, put them on a platter with the Bell Peppers
4. Cut up a small or medium size Fennel bulb, cook that down.
5. When the fennel is cooked down add a 24 oz. can of diced tomatoes and then add your bell peppers & onions, stir it up, add a second 24 oz. can of diced tomatoes.
6. Add some Castelvetrano Olives pitted olives.
7. I added garlic, sweet basil and a bit of salt.
8. I cooked it down after everything was together for an hour, it tasted pretty good today........it should taste even better tomorrow.

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I’m not so sure this is how a weight loss thread works. 🤣 I ate a half a plate of sweets last week in California.

 

[thewoodlands]

I’m not so sure this is how a weight loss thread works. 🤣 I ate a half a plate of sweets last week in California.View attachment 327823

What is that called? It sure looks good.

 

[30WCF]

What is that called? It sure looks good.

Valrhona Triple Chocolate Tart​

crispy chocolate ganache, chocolate mousse, fudge sauce

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[TheJeff]

I think my problem feeling weak was I lost 34 or 35 pounds real quick, after losing the 34 or 35 pounds, those 38 waist pants I bought for working outside would fall off so I bought some suspenders.

My first big loss was 50+ lbs in about 6 months or so, and I felt kinda wimpy for a while. I also had to get new pants, my 38's were huge after that.

 

[30WCF]

208 puts me at -29#.

 

[30WCF]

Well, that’s just plain good @thewoodlands.
I used some sage, rosemary, thyme and basil from the porch garden and crushed red pepper, black pepper and salt.

 

[thewoodlands]

I'm glad you liked it, what did you have it with?

We had that stew I made a few days back, the wife loved it so I'll be making that again in the fall & winter.