Since I started my business about 2.5 years ago, I've pretty well quit working out. And since I now spend a lot of time behind the wheel and eating fast food I've managed to get myself to the heaviest I've ever been, 284 pounds. I'm about 6'3".

Starting at 5:30 tomorrow morning, its back to the gym. I'm signed up for a 6 week challenge with the crossfit gym I used to go to. Meal plan and prep is in place. Challenge required a $500 deposit that's refunded or converted to member dues at the end, if you complete and lose 20 pounds over the 6 week period. Basically, I bet myself $500 that I could do this for 6 weeks.

This is going to hurt but I've got to get some weight off!

That's a heck of a deal. Good luck to ya. If you can give us a weekly update. We'll be your accountability partners.

Best of luck with the challenge. Stay safe!

That’s a very good thing, but you must know we are obligated to give you hell about crossfitting.

More power to you! Have you taken the pledge to talk about it constantly?

I lost 5 pounds embarassing myself on an elk hunt last October. I've kept it off so far and shed one or two more pounds. Right now I'm enjoying a cup of detox tea...to be followed by a morning cigar.

Go get 'em Doc.

No doubt. I haven't taken the oath to talk about it constantly...yet

I used to do it regularly but fell off the wagon. The structure of it works for me. If I just go into a gym, I don't get much accomplished. Having a coach and a group setting works for me.

I'm not trying to be a body builder or have abs or anything. Just trying to not weigh 300 pounds by Christmas.

Well, that’ll do it. Hopefully you don’t break any bones in the process.

I think you'll drop the 20 pretty easy bud. Just eating right will make it happen quick too. Then add the exercise! Probably 20-30 pounds in those 6 weeks. Good luck and keep us posted!

20-30 pounds in 6 weeks is unhealthy.

Not if he has a lot of body fat to lose and eats healthy/smart while doing this

At 6’3” and 284, that’s a little on the rapid side. Losing that much, that quick, is going to include some muscle loss along with the fat.

Weight loss always comes from 3 areas simultaneously - lean muscle mass, fat mass, and water mass. I could send you to the store and tell you what to buy to show a 10# scale weight loss by tomorrow morning. Trouble is you would be up all night and dehydrated tomorrow....

Yes, and the idea is to keep the muscle loss to a minimum. Too fast, and that ain’t happening. Weight loss should be fat loss, and it shouldn’t be just about what the scale says.

Not at all. I can almost guarantee there's 50# of fat there. A low body fat person that isn't a body builder well weigh around 200.

Okie doke.

2 workouts in. After 5:30 am workout this morning and about 13 hours working today....my legs are not happy with me.

Goal for today will be to keep moving. Try and not sit in one spot longer than 20-30 minutes without getting up to stretch or move around.

Keep it up. I did the 530 class for 2 years. I strained some muscles from too much. I did a couple competitions in a row and didn’t pace myself. After I got hurt then we moved and I got out of my routine.

Was out of Crossfit for a year and gained 30lbs. I’m 6’3” and was 245. I wanted to lose weight before I started working out again and did ideal protein then changed to the keto diet. I got down to 196 in about 3 months. All I did was eat better and cut beer out.

That was hard because I sell beer for a living. 196 seemed to small for me, I started to have a few beers every now and then and eating the on the keto diet and have stayed at 200 for a year. I have built a gym at my house and and started to do Crossfit there.

I got to convience stores and on the road all day so it’s hard to eat right, but it can and I am proof that it works. My wife saw what I did and is doing the same thing now and has lost 30+ lbs as well.

I eat steaks, all the meat I want, and veggies. Just no carbs!

Well I’m 10 days in and about 10 pounds down. I’d say a significant portion of that is the simple fact that I’ve not had any fast food, candy bars or Dr Pepper in that time. Off to a good start anyway.

Impressive for sure. Congratulations.

Nice.

Good job there. 6 Months or so ago I started to get serious about getting back in shape, cut out sugar, fast food, soft drinks. Dropped 30lbs in less than 90 days but have hit a wall at 260lbs.

I count calories, eat whatever I want just not over 1200 calories a day, it forces me to eat healthy. I also have the advantage to live on the ranch and I enjoy walking. Usually walk 3-4 miles at about a 15-16 minute mile clip. On the bad weather days I have a recumbent bike I ride. Have lost 11 pounds so far and need to loose about 20 more.

Good luck Cow Doc.

Great job. Keep it up. Try to stay away from the breads also, it all sugars. Don’t know if you have a jimmy johns, or a in and out burger by you, but at JJ you can get their sandwiches with lettuc wrap instead and in and out get lettuce for the bun called protein style.

Chick fil nugget 8 count is okay to get. The carbs are really low and I normally get ranch for dipping sauce as well.

How's it going??

Keep at it. I need to do something like this!
Never thought of the idea of a lettuce wrap at Jimmie Johns.

Yesterday I weighed at the 2 week mark. Down 14 pounds. Wife is doing this with me and she’s down 8 pounds. We’ve been able to stick to the meal plans pretty well with no real cheating. Having her doing it with me has helped a lot.

Yep, always helps to have motivation and support

266.7 this morning. Still moving the right direction. I feel good. Hoping to continue this trend a while.

My wife is struggling more than I am. She’s down 6 or 7 pounds at the halfway point. I think her diet plan may need adjusting.

Is she drinking enough water?

yea. she drinks way more than I do.

Men typically lose weight a lot quicker than women. I don't remember why though.

1. More lean muscle which in turn burns fat tissue more efficiently.
2. Testosterone

Women will show less drop in scale weight than men over the course of the same time period typically. They may however drop more inches but until they see this manifest itself in their clothes this is usually a hard sell that there has been progress.

Hydration, timing of caloric intake, and portion size all play a role and more so for women.

Hydration is key. An easy calculation is .66 X body weight to provide you the number of ounces of fluid (water) you should have per day dependent on activity level. EXAMPLE: .66 X 200 = 132 oz. 128 oz. = 1 gallon. It is no fun to go from 2 bottles of water a day to a gallon. Take your time and graduate up to it. You can kill 1/2 gallon of water in a workout easily. You will notice results much quicker and you will feel 100% better.
For recovery: best (and least expensive) post workout recovery item is chocolate milk. If you are lactose intolerant find lactose free/fat free milk. 3:1 protein to carb ratio is what to shoot for and chocolate milk does that. You can also do peanut better crackers and OJ. Getting this fuel in your system 30-45 minutes post workout will enhance recovery and improve your overall results.

Update: Today was the last workout of the 6 week challenge. I'm down about 21.5 pounds total.

Plan to keep up the workouts and stick with the diet pretty close. I'd like to get to 230ish. I was 263.5 today.

good job!


I slacked off around 2 1/2 years ago when I got married and put my fitness on the back burner to figure out the living with children lifestyle.


didn't really go up or down in weight it just redistributed a tad bit. Couldn't take it any longer and last week started back eating right and hitting the weights.

Good luck on your goad of hitting 230

That's remarkable progress over 10 or so weeks! Congrats!

Well done, I have 19 lbs to go to reach my goal of 220. Then I will re-evaluate my plan. Congrats on your challenge.

X2! Keep up the excellent work!

I started out at 229, this morning I was 208. Hopefully make it to 195 the end of May. Going to have to go shopping soon, clothes are all too big now.

Down to about 255 this week. Still working out 3 days a week. I've been a little slack on my diet for the last couple weeks but still wayyyy better than 3 months ago.

Still not eating fast food. I've had the occasional dr pepper but not more that maybe 1 a week. Still aiming for the 230 mark.

Had to order new pants and belt last week....mine were getting hard to keep on.

Now throw away all your fat clothes. ..all of them

Very nice man, keep it up.

Congrats on the new clothes! Always a very positive thing. At some point in the near future the scale will not matter and the way you feel and how your clothes fit will matter more.

^^^ Give it some meaning and make it ceremonial. As in never going back...

I started that journey about 6 years ago like this.


Ended up like this.

Dang. got so thin you don't even show up in pictures anymore.

Before:

After:

Stupid pic wouldn't load on my phone.

Which gym do you workout at Koenig?

LA Fitness. That pic was at Anytime Fitness

I have considered going early morning hours before work. The company I work for will pay for the membership.

Take advantage of that! The morning is the best time.

I’ve been going at 5:30 three days a week. It’s the only time of day I can reliably get there.

AM?
If you mean PM you definitely see me there.

AM. I think we probably go to different gyms.