Sunday Morning Weigh-In Labor Day Edition

This Week's Stats (lbs): 
506.5: All time high 9/9/9 (WW start) - BMI = 63.3
492.4: Tufts Medical Center Program Start 9/20/10
462.5: Lap RNY Surgery day 2/7/11
294.6: Last Week 8/19/12 
290.2: This Week 9/3/12 -->  4.4 Lbs LOST - BMI = 36.3
216.3 lbs Total Weight Loss    

I am down this week by 4.4 pounds.  Go figure?  Did a ton of yard work to get ready for my Annual Labor Day Horseshoe Tournament that was held on Saturday so that likely contributed to the loss.  Just for the record, we had 29 matches and my partner and I ultimately were victorious.  I tell you there is no stopping me now!!  Here is a link to the brackets if you want to take a look:  http://www.allprosoftware.net/PeckmanHorseshoeTournament/6/a ptschart.htm




Amazing how great it feels to be able to hold your own in something like this and not get winded or feel like you are going to die.  It is truly amazing...

I have a new goal... I am going to run my second 5K on October 28.  It is a fun run (Spooky Run) where participants dress in costumes.  We are looking to get a group together and form the Justice League!!    I ran 2.28 miles today (since I haven't run for a few months) and started week 6 of the C210K (the big brother to the C25K) and didn't have a problem.  I should be doing 10K distances by the time the race comes around if all goes as planned.  So, I guess I have two concurrent goals but that's what I need sometimes!  That little push!

For all of you softball fans, my Wildcats (Girls 10U) won their first game 14-5 over the Huskies and looked pretty sharp!!  We've got two games this coming weekend so looking forward to it!!

Well, that's enough rambling for now.

Hope everyone has a great week.

Regards,
Mike

 Mike,
The **** eatin' grin on your face says it all-- you look great!! Keep up the good work!

 You said it!    Thanks!

Hey Brian, that is amazing.  Would you have ever thought in your wildest dreams that someone would ever be calling you too skinny?  Hard to wrap my mind around those types of comments.  Keep up the amazing job your doing and I agree that this is one hell of a ride we are all on!!

All the best,
Mike

 Just checking in, great weekend up in Asheville with some friends and then goofing around the house, caught a movie yesterday and back to work this week.  Headed to Myrtle Beach this weekend for a week of vacation!!

Was 202ish or so on the scale yesterday/this morning, but my weight goes up/down 3 or more pounds on a regular basis so I am ok with that.

Headed to my workout here in a few minutes.

Small FART for this week, I love fleece vests, bought my first one since post-surgery.  Got a deal on a Columbia vest, in a size.... MEDIUM!???  (Last one was 3xl... or 4xl)

Noticed this morning how big this size Large shirt was on me... so Medium might be the new/correct size for shirts, wow!

Sam

Happy Tuesday

I was out of town for the 3 day weekend and got back last night.
 
I have an interesting problem. I seem unable to slow down on my weight loss. I am down 4 lbs from last week and I purposely ate very poorlyon my trip to see if I could level off. I was no more active as I am still dealing with the broken ribs. I just don't want to end up like the guy from Steven Kings book "Thinner" 

I have 10 lbs to go and I don't think I should get much lower then that at 6'1"

d

 If you are not working out right now, there is a chance you are losing some muscle weight too?  You might be surprised at how much fat we store, you might see if you doctors office has one of the machines that run current through and measure your fat ratio?

http://www.amazon.com/Omron-HBF-510W-Composition-Monitor-Sca le/dp/B001IV61J4/ref=pd_sim_hpc_5 

I use that scale at home, it is "somewhat" accurate and might help to identify how much fat you have left to lose.

Your NUT can probably help to define "enough" calories when this is all said and done.  I know my dad lives on about 1200-1400ish per day at 155lbs (5'8" or so) and starts gaining weight at around 1650 calories or so.  It really is amazing how little we need to maintain.

All that said.. I am guessing you are seeing a double whammy at the moment, loss of fat PLUS some loss of muscle mass since you cannot work out much.  Long term we want to keep as much muscle as we can or GAIN it back when healthy.

Thanks Sam

I have one of those scales but never used it for the fat content. I will try that. The doctor says I can't work out for a few more weeks and I was thinking I might need some hormone therapy to help build up muscles as I am approaching 60.

d

Hey Dan, you're doing great.  Be careful about trying to stop the weightloss.  If you and your doctor feel you need to hit a certain goal, then I would try and hit it. Just me.  I hit my goal of 190 and dropped down to 187.  I started to freak out...Thinking I would start to wither away and end up in a rest home.  So I started to eat everything in sight!!  Big mistake.  I started to get addicted to carbs again and regained about 40 pounds.  If you feel you need to stop losing, just add a small amount of complex carbs.  Simple carbs are very addicting and can help cause the regain.  Complex carbs will slow down or stop the weightloss, but not cause the weight regain.  Most if not all WLS  people have their bodies stop losing when they come near goal.  The body adjusts and it just happens.  So when you have hit goal and have dropped below then I would start to worry...But there is still several pounds of wiggle room.  For many (years out) there will be a regain.  It doesn't have to be that way (with exercise and the right foods).  It's just that food is everywhere and is so much a part of our society with social events.  My 2 cents. 

Some examples of healthy foods containing complex carbohydrates:

Spinach	Whole Barley	Grapefruit
Turnip Greens	Buckwheat	Apples
Lettuce	Buckwheat bread	Prunes
Water Cress	Oat bran bread	Apricots, Dried
Zucchini	Oatmeal	Pears
Asparagus	Oat bran cereal	Plums
Artichokes	Museli	Strawberries
Okra	Wild rice	Oranges
Cabbage	Brown rice	Yams
Celery	Multi-grain bread	Carrots
Cucumbers	Pinto beans	Potatoes
Dill Pickles	Yogurt, low fat	Soybeans
Radishes	Skim milk	Lentils
Broccoli	Navy beans	Garbanzo beans
Brussels Sprouts	Cauliflower	Kidney beans
Eggplant	Soy milk	Lentils
Onions	Whole meal spelt bread	Split peas

Some examples of foods containing simple carbohydrates:

Simple carbohydrates are more refined, are usually found in foods with fewer nutrients, and tend to be less satisfying and more fattening.

Table sugar

Corn syrup

Fruit juice

Candy

Cake

Bread made with white flour

Pasta made with white flour

Soda pop, such as Coke®, Pepsi®, Mountain Dew®, etc.

Candy

All baked goods made with white flour

Most packaged cereals