Progress Check In
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Down to 180 pounds
I walked 14 miles one day, but generally have been walking 3-7 most days as opposed to 0-3 like I used to, also at 1350 calories Sunday and 1710 yesterday…and now I am hungry…
I think I was 190 at one point in September
I'd like to get down to 165 pounds, which hasn't happened since I was 22 or so
Drinking is still a work in progress, I had a pretty stressful 2023 and fell off the wagon a bit
Some months I hit my goal, many I don't
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In the winter they're not running the AC but you'll get way more humidity on a rainy day than a dry one. Which makes everything feel gross.
The highest heart rate I've ever seen while wearing a monitor was on a hot and humid day where I tried to go for a long run and it was late morning. Got over 205 and even walking could not get it down. Looks like a couple of percents depending on just how humid based on
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Excellent work, Billy.
As @whlinder and I can attest to, alcohol is a stubborn low hanging fruit.
I could drink 3 or 4 6.5% IPAs daily and not get overweight based on my physical activity, but it's not ideal for sleep and mental performance. I also worry about about liver or cancer issues from that level of consumption.
My dad who is my canary in the coal mine was putting down a 6 pack of Bud Light a day at my age and more like 8 or 10 on Saturday. He's pushing 80 with no cancer, heart disease, dementia, etc. But he exercised like a mother fucker and ate very clean other than beer (which is still relatively clean). He did a 115 mile bike race at age 62 with 15,000 vertical of climbing.
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It definitely fucks up my sleep (usually). Caffeine can too.
I've tried to limit myself to 40 drinks a month for the last five years with decent success, but it has become a crutch when life gets stressful. Both of my grandfathers were alcoholics (so I'm told), and both committed suicide, I believe within maybe two years of each other. One of them bragged to my grandma about knocking the teeth out of some dude at some Seward Park bar 85 years ago or something. CSB. She ended up divorcing him…
Good on your dad for being that active.
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173 without the amount of exercise I would prefer and with wine
Down 8 since New Years
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And if you give me weed, exercise and wine…
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We’ve cut out a good amount of shit and are 75% organic. Still working on drinks and snacks.
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ok @whlinder sea level is a hell of a performance enhancing drug. Took 42 secs off my last 5k and to keep it interesting, I fasted 6 hrs post breakfast except for 2 pool beers. Did a 2.4 mile tropical ball sweat hike before and hella jet lagged. Definitely faded in the last 2000.
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Nice. Have to assume the inverse isn't true, where if you train at sea level you'll be impacted more trying to row at elevation.
Nothing cracks me up more than a treadmill overlooking paradise. Rowing isn't feasible out there (unless you have a shell and oars to borrow etc) but surely you can walk or run outside.
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Seriously. But I had to do the C2 to prove my point on elevation discount and get the screen shots. Sacrificing my vacation and body for science!!
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Respect to the people who can go longer than 30 minutes rowing, running, etc. Cardio bores the shit out of me unless I'm riding a bicycle at a decent clip. Need to move somewhere that isn't wet 9 months out of the year.
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It's not exactly enjoyable. The people I know who go for multiple hours on the rower are usually watching a movie or something at the same time.
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I typically don’t do a rower for more than 30 mins or 60 mins on a Peleton.
But yeah all exercise besides skiing and mt biking is pretty fucking boring.
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I hear ya. I've been rowing 40-minute sessions in the past couple of weeks and am thinking about getting a TV for my exercise room. Looking to increase my time to 45 minutes soon, so a TV might be necessary at that point.
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Here’s my progress thus far in 2025:
I’m still fat. Some might say morbidly obese but I prefer describing myself as big boned.
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Eating Update:
Doing a whole 30 to reset my eating habits. No sugar, no alcohol, no grains, no dairy and a few other things. Basically just meat, veggies, fruit and nuts. I've also cut my caffeine intake from about 800mg/day (SO MUCH COFFEE) to between 100-150mg/day in black tea.
Down 7 pounds (mostly water weight, but I'll take it!), appetite has significantly decreased. Feeling energetic and not slothful and lazy. Not going to lie, the first 5 days sucked. Sugar cravings, caffeine headaches, general fogginess and drowsiness. Starting to feel much better now.
Pushups Update: Goal is 10,000 pushups in 2025. Just over 2k completed. A little bit behind schedule, but I expect as I get stronger I'll be able to increase my daily quantity and catch up. -
Last day of the first quarter - as good a time as any for checking in.
Me: Yella called me fat so I had to drop some lbs. It actually happened, not sure if drinking slightly less (averaging 2.4 drinks per day since mid Jan which is down from before surely) or working out slightly more, or just compounding effects of everything. But I weighed in this weekend under 194. Been a long while since I was that low.
Cleared 550K on the rower through the first 3 months (345 miles), scores are good, increased the weight on leg weight exercises, ran and walked a bit more too. Had to make some insulin adjustments (in a good way, I was going low too often) which threw off management for a while. Blood draw I had came back with excellent numbers.
Everything is awesome! Until something went in my left knee doing left lifts on Friday. Had surgery on this knee when I was a teen and so I have been laid up since. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Had to cancel 2 rounds of golf in nice weather. GRRRRR. Seeing an ortho tomorrow. It feels better after tons of RICE but it still feels off and weak. Wearing a brace to protect it. NOT HAPPY. I did one legged rowing this morning to try to not lose all my cardio and it is not the same.
Plus have some travel over the next 6 weeks (including Europe and Oregon) so hopefully I won't lose everything. Having mobility restrictions while traveling, I don't even want to consider that
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T's and P's boss.
My C2 volume has been down since the Holiday challenge, but was still happy with my sea level results.
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Speaking of fat shaming, I have a new theory re: vacation eating.
When I was in Tahiti I average 6 to 10 drinks per day (very typical for Yella tropical vacation where I can whack down more pool cocktails and beers than any guy here) and I pigged out at breakfast eating all the bacon, eggs, French toast, pastries, etc. Exercised hard on 4 of 8 vacation days on erg, weights and treadmill hill climbs.
I didn't gain a single pound. I might have even lost 1 in the process.
But there was no snacking (I graze a lot at home) and only eating 3 times a day. So even with all the beer I might have been staying in relative caloric balance by fasting (excluding beer) between meals.
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Sticking with the 4 - 4.5% teenager beers also helps.
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Can I get pics of your other 'log' book.
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Last two years, just while getting really into the thick of things seeing progress, old man shit has popped up. Last year it was a pulled chest muscle that felt like a heart condition that required EMT's run tests in my living room.
This year I'm pretty certain its a stress fracture in the foot.
I need @PurpleBaze to fat shame me and promise 'log' pics if I eat healthy. Yes the incentives are bipolar, but its all I got.
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Hinano lager (Tahiti beer) is 5 percent but still.
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Game on!
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About 174.5 this morning
I had a goal of 175 a few years ago, but now I'm shooting for 165 so I have some wiggle room and I can take a couple weeks off from this crap.
I think I was about 185 in early February, I don't really remember, but it was mid 180s.
I walked 11 miles or so Sunday.
After skimming some of these threads, I don't feel like such an alcoholic. I really don't drink alln that much, though I have my binge moments and yes, I use it as a crutch during difficult times (who doesn't?).
An ex (actually a couple of them) would nag me about drinking and being at bars, but especially the last one. I don't miss that. I haven't been to a bar for probably close to a year though.
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Alcohol to me feels like a complex subject that requires nuance.
I'll be the first to admit I have a strong beer/whiskey craving which would be it hard to be a tee totaler. Is that an "addiction" ? I don't know.
I also think the guidelines shouldn't necessarily be a one size fits all. For example, if I'm an extremely active 200 lb male does my body process 2 or 3 beers differently than a sedentary 160 lb guy.
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I'm with you on this one. Nuance is pretty important in everything. I love beer, but I'm have a sedentary and am trying to lose fat right now, so beer is a no-go for me at this time. However, when I get closer to maintenance mode I look forward to being able to consume a modest amount of tasty carbo loaded goodness. Moderation for me looks like 4-7 beers a week. I haven't had a beer in 3 weeks however and I miss it.
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I’m down 19 since xmas
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Set a new Peloton 30 min max effort PR last Sat.
Old PR: 571 KJ total output
New PR: 586 KJ total output (326 average watts).
Basically this is like going 45 secs faster on a 30 min hill climb so a pretty significant gain. The higher volume of zone 2 training does seem to be improving vo2 max @whlinder . Old man feats of strength and condition goal for 2025 is to break 600.
For shits and giggles 586 KJ was was good enough for 114th place out of 30,592 riders who have done this particular 30 mins scenic ride through the Swiss Alp. And all those turds that beat me are probably younger and riding at sea level.
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326 watts equates to 1:42.6 C2 pace, which is dayum. Legit old man feats of strength. No idea if watt output on the Peloton converts to the C2, butt still. I've been doing more biking on random machines since that is low stress on the knee and I don't think I've hit 250 watts, like ever.
