It's Octoberfast

Great idea! I’m in!

Are you a frau, OP?

Gay man

Day 1: 197.8 lbs

Day 2: 197.2

Day 3: 218.8

Peanut-butter-filled Chocodiles were on sale at Walmart.

I can't be having people who can't make a joke, don't understand how numbers work or promote the usage of peanut butter. Not because it contains peanuts, but because it's fucking disgusting and it /reeks/.

196.4

[quote]I am 5'6" tall, 195 pounds, [bold]over 50[/bold]

Only 50 pounds OP ??

At 5'6" you need to be at 130 Lb.

OP, get the MyFitnessPal app - you can find support there.

I've been using the 'Lose-it' app since last November, also targeted at around 1500 calories. That's tough to do, so I've scheduled in an occasional cheat day. Results? Down from 223 to 184. At 6' 0" my target is 170 to 177. Be sure to up your exercise, if you can. Even daily walks help (I'm doing that, plus weights and bicycling). The app lets you credit exercise toward an offset, increasing your daily calorie intake.

Day 4: 196.6

To celebrate a friends birthday, yesterday I had a bacon cheeseburger, french fries, Swedish fish and chocolate wafers. Ugh.

Good for you. Wish i saw this earlier. I have 15 lbs to lose too, but will consider a success Iosing 7 in October. I don't have a scale but I do have a belly from the first half of the year's "Kummerspeck" ("grief bacon" from overeating/junk food) and my knees feel the pressure from carrying the load. My success will be in inches lost from the waist.

Day 5: 195.6

Don't weigh every day! Once or twice a week tops.

Day 8: 196.8

i had some lemon meringue pie, ugh

What's a diet?

I suggest a huge plate of sausages, sauerkraut, German potato salad, and a pitcher of beer.

Prost!

YUM!

OP - walk three miles a day, get the my fitness pal app figure out what wieght you want to be and how long you need to lose it, it will tell you how many calories a day and helps you track what you eat. But honestly - walk - at least 3 miles a day.

Lower your carbs and up your good fats. Cut out wheat and most grains. Don’t have to go total keto. No alcohol. Light to moderate exercise. Concentrate more on diet than exercise. Abs are made in the kitchen and not the gym. Sleep. Good luck!

I had my cancerous thyroid removed and I am on a daily regiment of levothyroxine. Before the thyroid removal, I could go on the reduced carb diet and lose 20 pounds in 2 months. Now, post thyroid removal, I have done reduced carbs, and did not lose an ounce.

I am trying intermittent fasting, skipping 16 hours. No eating after 8, and start up eating the next day after 12 ( I usually go longer due to work). Less bloated with more energy so far. Because I am not eating till later, it gives me a higher absorption rate of my levothyroxine medication, so I am hoping that may be contributing to the energy boost.

Our senior center just moved into a 3000 square foot defunct gym just down the street, that kept the gym part upstairs. It caters to the 60 and over crowd. My partner and I are going to join. Only pitfall, not being able to observe the eye candy at a regular gym. But it's close by, and on our way home from work for both of us. Actually looking forward to my partner and I engaging in a healthier lifestyle. My partner is a smoker, and wheezes at the slightest physical exertion. It will be interesting on the treadmills.

OP, you know your strengths. Personally, I fell off the wagon Hallowe'en 1992. For months I happily avoided sugar. All it took was ONE fuckin Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and I was back on it. Not horribly, mind. So, beginning a diet as the rest of the Western wairld dives headlong into a three month orgy of unnecessary calories sounds a bit like pissing in the wind to me. But I know absolutely nothing and I'm quite proud of the years it's taken me to get here. Good luck, in any case.

Keto and CrossFit solved by sugar cravings.

Give it up, tubbo...

...you're old and fat...deal with it...

...it's not what you're eating, it's what's eating YOU...

OP, remember the wisdom of Richard Simmons and DEAL yourself a M.E.A.L.

I've lost 2 lbs already since Oct. 5

This is a helpful thread.

Do a hundred whirlybirds and jackhammers every morning, OP.

Whoo!

Keto keto keto

Day 15: 199.4

I went to the Poconos with a friend this weekend, and we hit the following temptation pits:

Friday, bottomless fries at Red Robin Saturday, all you can eat shrimp at Red Lobster Sunday, breakfast bufet at a local place, dinner was all you can eat fish and chicken at Long John Silver Monday, lunch at pizza buffet.

It's a miracle I only gained two pounds. This is some fucked-up diet I'm supposedly on...

Over 50 and lost over 10 lbs so far with Keto - Very easy to follow, I have abs again!

Wouldn't the OP need to lose more like 40-50lbs to get a healthy BMI?

OP, you're not even trying. You're not ready to make a commitment to doing this.

Intermittent fasting worked for me. Depending on your particular metabolism OP it could be a useful tool for you.

Start with 16-8 and then move on to 18-6 if you are able - that is the combination that got me to lose weight without counting calories. After 18 hours without food I will then have a snack at 2pm (usually a couple handfuls of nuts and a glass of water), a small meal at 3pm, and dinner at 7.

I did weight watchers to lose 25 pounds. It became like a game to me, counting points on the app. Really helped me understand where the guard rails were. Highly recommend. And yes over 50.

I made the same decision, OP. I just bought a new Fitbit (I killed the old one) and I've gone from 191 to 188 in a week. But it has to be a lifestyle change, not just a "diet."

I lost 25 lbs. the last time I used a Fitbit by cutting down on my food and walking the recommended 10K steps a day. But my dog was much younger then. Nowadays, she's only good for around the block, so I have to walk on my own. Where I live, people want to know who you are and why you're walking down their block, so it's easier walking with the dog. But I did walk around my yard yesterday, so there's that.

Good luck, OP!

Day 16: 198.4

Back on track

Good luck OP

OP I lost 20 pounds by cutting out most sugar. Virtually impossible to eliminate all sugar since its in so many foods. But I try to limit sugar to 30-35 grams a day.

I still eat bread, but make sure its whole wheat bread rather than white bread.

Meth

I hope this is a parody, seeing as there has been no attempt at weight loss these last 3 weeks --- he enjoys being a big fat gay cow, and will likely stay that way. Lol I'm thinking parody after that Poconos weekend....

Day 17: 197.6

Back where I started but headed in the right direction

Day 21: 198.2

Good grief

Gurl, you need to lose at least 40 lbs

With all due respect, ma'am, I have troubles of my own.

OP, go back to doing what you were doing before because whatever you are doing now is having an opposite affect.

I've lost four pounds so far, OP! Just cutting down my portions, eating healthier foods (fruits and veggies), and walking more.

I’ve discovered the joy of walking and audiobooks. I love being outdoors this time of year. Here’s to being beach body ready, huns!🍹 x

The only thing that cancels my appetite: Coffee

I look at the photos of David Hemmings.

It stops my cravings.

I invented being thin.

Have Yolanda Foster Hadid at home.

Speaking Words of Wisdom.

Day 28: 197.2

This isn't going as well as it has in the past.

OP, are you logging everything you eat? Weighing and measuring portions? If you are sticking to 1500 calories a day you would be under 190 today. There is some good advice in this thread that you started but you don't seem to take any of it.