Post by temporus on May 17, 2008 11:17:14 GMT -5
Hey all, just thought I'd post up my results after roughly one year of following this variant of IF.
Start weight 208.8
One year mark Weight 172.0 = Loss of 36.8
I had early on remarkable weight loss, but since the new year it's been much more gradual. Many reasons for this, including moderating the diet. Which I'll explain later.
BMI: Start: 33 Current 26
Pant size: start 42 Current 36 with a belt. (Not quite comfortable back in 34s yet. Boy am I glad I never gave up on my older clothes so that I didn't have to run out and buy all new dress slacks for work.)
What I know is that by changing the diet alone, I was able to achieve these results. Virtually EVERYONE who knows me comments about the weight loss at this point. Especially those I see less frequently.
Since the start of the new year, I've been moderating the diet some, which shows me that I don't have to go every day full out, and maintain weight. However, through experimentation, I suspect I'll need at least 50% of the week on plan in order at this point to keep weight roughly steady. 1-2 days off the plan does not seem to affect it, and often on weekends, when there's much mroe social activity, I'll just eat as meals happen. (Often we do sunday brunch with friends from church and I feel no guilt about it, which is exactly how it should be.) In fact, I've even noticed that going off plan sometimes doesn't even stop the weight loss if it's just one day in the middle of the week. So long as I don't gorge myself. (Which sad to say I am still some days prone to doing.)
I have noticed that if I keep strict to the plan, then I tend to just not want to eat as much. But if I break plan a lot, then i'm more tempted to eat larger than reasonable proportions.
Now that I've proven to myself what I can accomplish on diet alone, the next phase really has to be to get motivated and start incorporating a real exercise regimen. I have no excuse as to why I haven't been doing it all ready, other than a lack of willingness to "just do it". It is something i need to overcome.
I am scheduling a physical to go over how everything else looks. I have some blood tests and a work up from about 6 months before starting the plan (when i applied for life insurance just about when my son was born) so I'll have some figures to use as fair comparison. I suspect there will be improvement, but I want to be sure that I'm not replacing one problem for a different batch of problems.
My snoring is less (according to my wife) and I suspect that means that the apnea is less severe, which turns into a snowball effect of me getting better sleep. The evidence of that is getting my dreams back. For the previous several years, I rarely remembered any dreams at all, and I suspect that had to do with the apnea. Over the past few months I've noticed more and more I remember having dreams long after I wake up. Many more vivid dreams.
Overall, while I know I'm only about halfway there, I just feel better, and that's a big part of the goal.
Ed
Start weight 208.8
One year mark Weight 172.0 = Loss of 36.8
I had early on remarkable weight loss, but since the new year it's been much more gradual. Many reasons for this, including moderating the diet. Which I'll explain later.
BMI: Start: 33 Current 26
Pant size: start 42 Current 36 with a belt. (Not quite comfortable back in 34s yet. Boy am I glad I never gave up on my older clothes so that I didn't have to run out and buy all new dress slacks for work.)
What I know is that by changing the diet alone, I was able to achieve these results. Virtually EVERYONE who knows me comments about the weight loss at this point. Especially those I see less frequently.
Since the start of the new year, I've been moderating the diet some, which shows me that I don't have to go every day full out, and maintain weight. However, through experimentation, I suspect I'll need at least 50% of the week on plan in order at this point to keep weight roughly steady. 1-2 days off the plan does not seem to affect it, and often on weekends, when there's much mroe social activity, I'll just eat as meals happen. (Often we do sunday brunch with friends from church and I feel no guilt about it, which is exactly how it should be.) In fact, I've even noticed that going off plan sometimes doesn't even stop the weight loss if it's just one day in the middle of the week. So long as I don't gorge myself. (Which sad to say I am still some days prone to doing.)
I have noticed that if I keep strict to the plan, then I tend to just not want to eat as much. But if I break plan a lot, then i'm more tempted to eat larger than reasonable proportions.
Now that I've proven to myself what I can accomplish on diet alone, the next phase really has to be to get motivated and start incorporating a real exercise regimen. I have no excuse as to why I haven't been doing it all ready, other than a lack of willingness to "just do it". It is something i need to overcome.
I am scheduling a physical to go over how everything else looks. I have some blood tests and a work up from about 6 months before starting the plan (when i applied for life insurance just about when my son was born) so I'll have some figures to use as fair comparison. I suspect there will be improvement, but I want to be sure that I'm not replacing one problem for a different batch of problems.
My snoring is less (according to my wife) and I suspect that means that the apnea is less severe, which turns into a snowball effect of me getting better sleep. The evidence of that is getting my dreams back. For the previous several years, I rarely remembered any dreams at all, and I suspect that had to do with the apnea. Over the past few months I've noticed more and more I remember having dreams long after I wake up. Many more vivid dreams.
Overall, while I know I'm only about halfway there, I just feel better, and that's a big part of the goal.
Ed
