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Well... Down about a single pound - just under 202. I'm sensing a trend here - lol That works for me. A pound-ish a week will eventually make me a thin hunter. And I get to do it while eating regular food - differently than I used to - but normal stuff. I had 5 baby back ribs and a potato last night. I can't do that every night but it's game on in moderation. Wearing shorts to work this morning that NEVER would have fit a month ago. That's the progress I'm seeking - a little that lasts.

Same here! Classic tale of the American fat Yo-Yo. I'd like to blame Mexican food and beer and Dr Pepper and... and... and... I'm seeing it through this time - no fail and accept it - all the way to about 170 and stay there. Motivates me for Monday check in!

Speaking of clothes. I put on my XL workout shorts and shirt today and they fit like bags. What a difference the blubber loss makes. I had to laugh at myself. How did I EVER get there!?!? LOL

202.6 Clothes fitting better and moved out of the 36 waist pants. 34's fit well today - three weeks ago - not so much. Happy with the progress - my eating plan is working and doesn't suck. Can't wait for 199. It's been a very long time.

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Steady as she goes - weight not up or down. Still in the 203-204 range. Waist got smaller by 1/2 inch and the scale didn't budge. It's progress and I'll take it. Worked out like a champ last week and stayed 95% true to the eating plan. The next weight drop is coming soon.

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Overslept this morning - late to my workout - Monday... Lost 10 minutes but it still kicked my butt. I'm 204.4 on the scale this morning. Down another pound and officially 40lbs down and officially half way to the goal. Funny how some weeks you workout like a champ and eat well - lose nothing. The next week you lose 3. The next you're up 2. and then down 1. And then all of a sudden you feel different your clothes magically get loose in one single day and you've lost 5. And that's 5 that doesn't come back. That's an official new low spot on the scale. Odd but true. It's been a roller coaster - but it's going tin the right direction. My midsection is down 6 inches since December 1 of 2013. Until next week...

1. Yes I do - 6 days a week at 5:30am 2. It certainly helps and after the initial shock/soreness it makes you feel great 3. Lunch of Champions!!

Time to bust out the Insanity DVD

Hyper .. this is basically what I have been doing since January and down nearly 80 lbs ... That feeling horrible happens, often associated with your body detoxing and adjusting ... it lasted about a week for me but I pushed through it .... doubled my intake of daily spinach, threw in an extra banana at afternoon snack, found a good Multi-Vitamin and kept the water intake high .... for me once my body adjusted there were no more issues. Str8shot and I sound like we have a similar thing going on

Scott- I actually followed my doc's advice to the letter and transitioned slowly to the no bread routine. He told me a dramatic no-carb change would make me hit a wall just like you did and wouldn't keep going. So I took simple starch carbs out dinner first and did that for a month - keeping my breakfast and lunch just the same way it had always been. After a month I took a chunk of carbs out of lunch - added vegetables and additional protein. Worked on getting the starch down to an equivalent of 1/3 of a cup of oats, and the rest protein and vegetables. I could have done that pretty quickly but I did it over 6-7 weeks. Now I'm on a "descending carb" eating schedule. First meal of the day has between 25 and 35 grams of simple carbs (beans, rice, oats, etc) vegetables don't count so I eat lots of them. Lunch has between 15 and 20 simple carb grams and dinner has no simple carbs. Alcohol is empty calories and is limited to 6oz of red wine 1x a day - 3x a week or less is preferred so that's what I do. Beer is one 16oz serving per week. Distilled alcohol once a month (at most) - no more than 3oz and can't be combined with any other booze although that might have been forgotten a time or two around a campfire. Soda is limited to REAL soda - no artificial sweeteners - and no more than 6oz per day. The fact you don't get much booze and soda kinda drills the point home that they aren't good for you. To keep things real-life realistic, you can still have them - just not much. Basically you can eat like a king in the morning - eat smaller high quality stuff before bed. Taking the project on slowly and re-training my body was the key to making this last. I tried Atkins a few years back and had the same experience you did. Lost weight but couldn't function and hated it. This time around I'm determined to see it through and going slow I haven't felt crappy at all. I have followed the plan pretty darn close, minus a cheat day here and there, and it is working. Once I am down to 170 or so - the eating plan goes into Phase II. Not sure what that looks like yet.

That's a great food list - Staying away from the soda, spaghetti, bread & tortillas seems to be the ticket. No sleepy unproductive afternoons after a lunchtime burrito or lasagne carb load. The weight drops off slow-n-steady too. Takes some getting used to, swapping bread for vegetables, but you feel great in about 2 weeks.

OK - Monday has arrived - time for transparency; I'm 205.4 this morning - getting close to 40 down. Scale fluctuates 3 each direction - nothing I can do about that. Excellent workout from 530am to 630am. Better. Still too fat. Around 35 left to go. Maybe 40 - we'll see - that's a ways away.

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Exactly. I too was lying to myself - "I'm keeping up so I must be fine". And then there's the days that you actually out walk an out of shape skinny guy and you begin to really believe the voice in your head "yeah, I'm a little thick - but I'm in great shape" Eventually the total BS and denial get tossed in your face on a elk hunt when you realize you're packing two heavy quarters out of the canyon - the one on the pack frame and the one from your double chin down to your fat butt that you don't get to take off when you get back to the truck. Then to top it off, one of your buddies drives the point home with a fond-memory photo from the trip. You see it and think "man... my brain doesn't see me that way. Am I really that fat?" LOL I examined my chin brisket in the mirror, had a quick & personal come to Jesus and the answer was "yes, walrus abs, you are". It was late November 2013 - a good & bad day all in one. I will hunt AT LEAST 60lbs lighter this year, maybe 70, and I can't wait. Between the blubber loss and the year-long cardio I've been doing, it should be a great season. Onward...

A report finds that 80% of cops are overweight - http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/08/14/fbi-80-percent-of-police-officers-are-overweight/ Shocker! Nearly 70% of the country is overweight or obese and a segment of our public service community is 80% overweight. Okay - I'm not shocked. Here is a glimpse of the American mindset that's allowed this to get out of control: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-me-fat-most-americans-dont-think-so-poll-finds-n128406 Despite 2/3rds of the country being too heavy: "Gallup found that 21 percent of women said they were overweight and trying to lose weight, compared with 15 percent of men who said the same. Meanwhile, 10 percent of women said they were trying to lose weight even though they didn't consider themselves overweight, compared with 6 percent of men who said the same." I'm surprised they could even answer the questions with their heads that far under the sand. Whether it's a BMI chart, a cloth tape around your gut, or a hydrostatic dunk, getting your mind wrapped around the idea that you've gotten too fat and sedentary is step one. From this Gallup poll it appears that’s not easy. At my 245lb peak I had spiraled way out of control long before I called for a personal timeout and got my mind right. I still have a long way to go, but at least it's going in the right direction now. As hunters we're acutely aware when we're too heavy and out of shape. Americans that don't hump packs and elk quarters uphill every year are easily fooled.

Love it - excellent overall functional fitness program. Of course, my buddies that do it religiously never shut up about it - or the mudder - or the spartan or the.... Thinking about it - what is there to bash about CF? I've been a couple times as a guest and other than being a tough workout, what is there to complain about?

Please note - I did say that the Doc provided for big frames and lots of muscle as a way out of BMI top end calculations. He just challenged that most people use that as an excuse when in fact they need to lose more weight. As I stated, he said come back at 180 ripped and hard and he'd call for an exception.

No sir - and doing old age as a fattie is very unappealing. It was time to change.

I'm in - Last November I looked in the mirror and decided I'd made enough excuses and told myself enough lies about my eating and my weight. I needed to lose about 70 to 75 pounds. As of this morning I am down 38lbs. I'm all in on this CW check-in idea until my last 35lbs of blubber are history. I can't believe I hunted even one stupid day carrying around a 70lb training dummy with me that I couldn't take off. For God's sake - not counting the one I was already carrying that's TWO extra backpacks with binos, tripod, water and misc stuff. Not this year - Let's roll. Mark Healy

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