More like trying to wrangle the children!!! I think cattle herding would be easier some days!!!
Damian,
Sounds good, we’ll see who gets there first! On the way down I’m also trying to hit the major muscle groups, especially the biceps, triceps and shoulders. I’ve been “blessed” with good genetics in the legs, but I do need to start working some squats and such in to shape the glutes and thighs more.
Giff
Good job dude!
Congrats! One major tip for you, as it helped me by leaps and bounds.
If you drink pop, drop it. It was the easiest 10 pounds I’ve ever lost. The weight loss of cutting pop will be over shadowed by how much better you feel when you cut caffeine from your diet though. I lost 5% of my body weight in under two weeks with no additional steps aside from putting down the pop can for the record.
Other than my little mini keg my shirt conceals (I try not to walk into the wind ), I’m a relatively in shape guy at 6 feet even and 190 pounds. I used to be in top shape, but I’ve let myself go over the past couple years. I used to work out every other day at least, now the only work out I get is carrying stuff at work. That’s changing though.
I’m hoping to get back to 185 with hardly any fat like I was just a couple years back. Building muscle has always been easy for me, it’s shedding fat that’s hard to do. 
cool cool
Keep at it!
I have a little weight to lose myself.
In high school I was about 120.
I stayed steady at about 130 until 26 or 27.
Then I went up to a max of about 195 last summer.
I turned 31 yesterday and am about 180-185. I’d like to drop at least 10 or so…
130 was too skinny.
Nice Job!!
I am with you. Been working on my weight also. Earlier this summer, I got some more help here in the shop and I have been back in the gym and out of the fridge.
For the first 2 months, I just cleaned up the junk out of my diet. Now for the last few weeks, I have cut out carbs (starch and sugar) on M-F. Then on Sat and Sun I can eat what I want.
Keep up the great work Giff!!!
It’s amazing how much of an affect things like this can have. Get all the sodas, junk food, and other crap out of the house and most people are 50% of the way there.
I don’t keep anything but water, soymilk and fruit juice in my fridge (not even beer :eek: )and I don’t keep any cookies, candies, etc. It makes it much easier to resist if I have to get up and leave the house to go get a “treat”.
Great job guy, keep up the good work. Sticking to a diet ain’t easy bro. I’m 45, 5’11, 220lbs and if I don’t watch it, I’ll be wearing a cow bell around my neck! I fluctuate, depending on the holiday season, but have maintained my weight for the last 4 years. I love pastas, bread, and all the other crap thats not good for you. My thing is to eat healthy during the week, low or no fat everything, eat all the foo foo salads, fruits, veggies, tuna (with no fat mayo) , almonds, fish and multi-grain bread to keep my cholesterol down and healthy breakfast bars, that I can possibly stand, then cheat on the weekends. I ain’t cutting out my Eli’s BBQ ribs & medium rare NY strips once a week. I draw the line there!
, but it works for me. My girlfriend used to drink a starbucks latte every morning and couldn’t figure out how she gained 5 pounds in a month while on a strict diet until she found out that foo foo drink had around 450 calories in it!
Soo true!
Just getting the major junk out of the house will yield significant results.
Eat for sustenance, not entertainment.
I have found that the Zone diet is a good guide for portions and ratios of carbs to proteins. Really any “plan” that you can stick to and use as a guideline, instead of just aimlessly filling your gut, is a good start.
Giff: Thanks for sharing. I’m sitting on a bunch of lard and need to get off my lard can. At 59, I learned you go down fast and getting back up gets more difficult. Exercise is a cure-all. Excess weight is a killer, especially if you’re in bed with Arthur R. Like my country cousin, I’ve worn out two faces and a set of teeth. Its bad when your body has rejected your face. When it cools off, I’m going to start back exercizing.
Williejc
Good job, Paul! How much you lost so far?
I’m down another 2.5 or so this week for a total of 32.5 now! Basically 1/3rd of my way there!