2022/23 Weight Maintenance Challenge. Need Accountability Volunteers

[arakboss]

Good....good! Eat more cake - I'm getting low on 22lr ammo.

190.2 this evening. I dumped a lot of water since last night.

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

You doing OK? Don't get too dehydrated...I'm rooting for you just 5 more days.

If you do slip up, a donation to the forum in "our" names is fine.

 

[arakboss]

First monthly weigh in results for Nov 23rd.

194lbs

 

[arakboss]

I weighed 197.2 last night. I am going to do modified version of the Whole 30 diet for the next month. I haven't been to the gym since I started volunteering at the pawn shop. I have been eating a ton of baked goods which is a weakness for me. Just cutting those out should help me start losing again.

 

[arakboss]

Weight is creeping up.

Dec 2022 weigh in results.

 

[sealine]

I just knew those Christmas dinners was gonna score me some free 22lr ammo. Dang it.

Good for you, friend.

 

[arakboss]

The trend line is not moving in a good direction but I barely made it for Feb weigh in.



I'm going to have to get back in the gym or have a limb amputated before March weigh in. Or tighten up the diet.

 

[arakboss]

Another (barely) successful weigh in.



After March weigh in, I'm going to recycle the member names for the remaining weigh ins.

 

[arakboss]

I am substantially increasing my risk for failure to meet weigh in goal this month only. The added risk will be 2000 small pistol primers and a 8lb jug of Titegroup powder.

@ar addict is up for receiving the items this month, if I fail. I will recycle the names for the remaining months in this year.

 

[Colt Carbine]

On deck, if you need other's to join in at taking your goods.

 

[arakboss]

Barely made it again. I am going to leave the extra primers and powder at risk for the remainder of the challenge. Excuse the dust on the scale, I have new phone with better camera.

 

[arakboss]

Volunteer Assignments:

Nov 22. @Whisky Tahoe

Dec 22. @sealine

Jan 23. @gryghin

Feb 23 @BBQ Guy

Mar 23 @ar addict

Apr 23 @Whisky Tahoe

May 23 @sealine

June 23 @gryghin

July 23 @BBQ Guy

Aug 23 @ar addict

Sept 23 @Whisky Tahoe

Oct 23 @sealine

Nov 23 @gryghin

Dec 23 @BBQ Guy

As promised, I recycled names for remainder of year.

@Colt Carbine thanks for your interest, I will keep you in mind for my next fitness/health related challenge. I am planning another gym attendance related challenge. I haven't been to the gym since my last gym attendance challenge ended. It seems I need to put up risk (primers, ammo, money, etc) as a motivator to get things done.

 

[arakboss]

This month was a nail biter and I was not confident that I would succeed in maintaining. I pulled it off but my relationship with food and health sucks.




I am going to continue with the challenge for May and June but if I can't get my eating patterns ironed out by then, I am going to shut this challenge down early. The last few months have consisted of unhealthy eating/binging the first half of the month and then severe restriction the latter half of the month. It has allowed me to maintain but it is not a healthy or comfortable way of going through life.

For May I am going to avoid processed junk and add more veggies to diet. I am hoping that will help me maintain my weight without having to do any severe restrictions during the month. If that doesn't do the trick, I will come up with new plan for June.


Edit @sealine is up for May weigh in.

 

[arakboss]

Another nail biter for May weigh in.






I will do one more weigh in for June and then I am shutting this challenge down. I feel like I am begging for an eating disorder. Binging and starving, binging and starving. It looks good on the scale once a month but my mind is constantly focused on food. I would like to get to a point where food is treated like fueling up the car. I never enjoy fueling up the car and only do it when necessary. That would be a good way to treat my diet.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Another nail biter for May weigh in.


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I will do one more weigh in for June and then I am shutting this challenge down. I feel like I am begging for an eating disorder. Binging and starving, binging and starving. It looks good on the scale once a month but my mind is constantly focused on food. I would like to get to a point where food is treated like fueling up the car. I never enjoy fueling up the car and only do it when necessary. That would be a good way to treat my diet.

Keep at it.. we all have to.
I realized a ways back that if I don't have it in the house, I won't eat it so I don't. I splurge now and again but if I buy goodies, I have to eat them all as fast as possible.
I remember I stocked up on goodies in the first week of covid, thinking it'd last me a month or two.. I ate it all up in like two days, lol.

 

[trunner]

Another nail biter for May weigh in.


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I will do one more weigh in for June and then I am shutting this challenge down. I feel like I am begging for an eating disorder. Binging and starving, binging and starving. It looks good on the scale once a month but my mind is constantly focused on food. I would like to get to a point where food is treated like fueling up the car. I never enjoy fueling up the car and only do it when necessary. That would be a good way to treat my diet.

Hi 'boss,

Just FYI, I've been doing a Paleo(ish) eating regimen for the past month or six weeks with good results. I'm guessing I've lost 10-15 pounds in that time. It's basically a whole food approach, minimizing sugar and processed/packaged foods.

It took a while to get used to, but it's ingrained now. I eat a lot of meat, vegetables, fruits and nuts; the closer to the way nature made them, the better. No restriction on portions. I'm not eating dairy, grains, or legumes. It wasn't a picnic adjusting (I miss pastries!), but I've lost weight without really trying.

My motivation was to improve my sleep, increase my energy, feel more alert, etc. I didn't really do it for weight loss, although I could have stood to lose a few pounds, and still can. I can't say that I feel any different (yet?), but maybe my overall health has improved some.

Anyway, just a suggestion if you think this might even out your approach to food. In any case, good luck and stay healthy!

 

[gryghin]

Keep at it. One thing I found out during the journey with cancer is that when you eat is just as important as what you eat.

Intermittent Fasting is basically just limiting your food intake to 8 hours a day.
So, if you breakfast at 10:00 am, the you need to make sure that your last meal is at/before 6:00 pm.

I have Diabetes and Gout in addition to cancer, so I was already monitoring portions and ratios of Carbs/Protein/Veggies.

Limiting my intake time and maintaining my workout routine really helped to drop weight.

 

[arakboss]

Another nail biter for May weigh in.


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I will do one more weigh in for June and then I am shutting this challenge down. I feel like I am begging for an eating disorder. Binging and starving, binging and starving. It looks good on the scale once a month but my mind is constantly focused on food. I would like to get to a point where food is treated like fueling up the car. I never enjoy fueling up the car and only do it when necessary. That would be a good way to treat my diet.

I had another barely successful weigh in for June.





That's it for this challenge though, I am ending it now.

While the challenge has helped keep my weight from exploding, it hasn't been mentally healthy for me. I have basically been binging the first part of the month and starving myself the last part of the month.

Calories and I need a new healthier relationship and this challenge has been fixing that issue.

Thanks to everybody who volunteered.

 

[trunner]

Given that you had the discipline and accountability to conduct this challenge (publicly, no less), I feel certain that you'll figure out a healthier relationship with food. Wishing you success.

 

[arakboss]

Given that you had the discipline and accountability to conduct this challenge (publicly, no less), I feel certain that you'll figure out a healthier relationship with food. Wishing you success.

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Thanks. Regarding encouragement photo, it reminded me that our USPS guy looks like Vince Vaughn. I asked him the other day if anybody ever told him he resembles a movie star and he asked which one? I said Vince Vaughn. He thought that was funny because his sister in law told him the same thing and calls him Vince now.