Board 8 > I'm still over here losing weight. ARE YOU?!? (Weight-loss topic)

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41 pounds as of this morning. I think I last checked in about a month ago at 30 pounds lost. I was bitching then about not being able to crack the 230 pound barrier. Well I read somewhere that crappy scales can get stuck and to take the batteries out and put them back in. I did. 226.

Now I'm sitting pretty at 219 and am 44 pounds away from my goal weight. In reality, however, I'm already looking a ton better, and think by 200 pounds I will basically look as good as I will at 175. I'm still playing Beat Saber every day and I think I've put on 5-10 pound of muscle in my arms and legs playing it. It's hard to tell because I think I've added a bit of muscle everywhere as opposed to a lot in a few places.

I'm really, really considering getting some Mickey D's to celebrate making 40 pounds. I haven't had it since June and I'm Jonesin. I'll probably bitch out and eat some soup like usual, but I've had this craving for a week and I don't think it will pass until I get my Double QP and fries.
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only two more months of not having mcdonalds and you'll start to realize how absolutely awful it tastes and how sick it makes you!

I still remember my last mcdonalds craving and the subsequent disappointing meal at mcdonalds. In many ways it was the day I became a man
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Yep! I'm down to the lowest weight I've been at in the past seven years or so. By a pound and a half but hey, I'll take it! That's a total of 16 pounds and I hope to continue this up.

SantaRPidgey posted...

only two more months of not having mcdonalds and you'll start to realize how absolutely awful it tastes and how sick it makes you!

This doesn't just apply to McDonald's - I've realized that it applies to a lot of stuff. Including some candy bars, genetically modified cheese, and anything with "high fructose corn syrup." Because of this realization, my diet is changing significantly.

When I have a burger, I want a REAL one. One that's made with real beef, never frozen, and cooked the right way. When I do go out to eat - which isn't as often - I go to a local restaurant or smaller chain, not to some major chain that is only trying to cut corners to make more cash. I can ensure I am getting healthier food that way.
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Update: ate the McDonalds. Food was gross greasy trash but I did enjoy my medium Sprite.

Back to soup and protein bars.
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Congrats on the progress. Careful with protein bars some have tons of crap in the unless you're strictly doing a CICO diet approach.

Not to take away from your awesome work but you didn't gain 10lbs of muscle mass from playing a game man

Wreath posted...

Congrats on the progress. Careful with protein bars some have tons of crap in the unless you're strictly doing a CICO diet approach.

Not to take away from your awesome work but you didn't gain 10lbs of muscle mass from playing a game man

Yes he could have. Depending on what the game works out.
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I'd say it's closer to 5. I went from having 0 definition to playing the game at a top-1% level. I come from the DDR world so I'm really good at these games. I've been playing it an hour a day for ninety strait days, so I'm going to assume it's been worth something. If not that's fine.

Ya, pure CICO. I just don't eat that much. The bars are great because a lot of the times I'm kind of hungry and kind of bored. Instead of eating a real meal I have a 170 calorie bar and it keeps me satisfied for several hours.

I've been a skinnny guy my whole life. I got put on these meds that made me gain 80 pounds in six months. Now I'm off them and losing weight about as fast as I gained it. That seems fair.
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Beat Saber is a really nice workout. Here's a video of one of my favorite songs.

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The game has about 200,000 sales and I'm currently ranked 515 overall. Pretty much every song I play has me swinging my arms like a freak the whole time.
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No idea wtf I'm looking at
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You hold two controllers, one in each hand. This is a VR game. You swing your arms to slash the sabers through the blocks. You slash the blue blocks with your right controller and red blocks with your left. It's a rhythm game like DDR, only you use your arms.
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I don't do any "active" games. I do a lot of walking and a little of yoga. And by "a lot of walking" I mean racking up ridiculous numbers. This is in my self-containment topic, but I got 20,100 steps Monday and 15,400 yesterday. Absolutely absurd numbers for someone who works a desk job!

My medications are making it tougher to shed more weight. I gained 40 pounds because of one - and despite still being on it, I lost all that weight. I'm going to try to reduce my doe so I can shed even more. I have the freedom to do so because this is a "use what is necessary to control your pain" Gabapentin prescription. If I take one 300mg less a day, I think I can manage my weight better. I'm reducing it one day a week at a time. I think 900mg total a day is enough for me at the point I am at. The other prescriptions are wholly necessary and are less tied to weight gain, but it can still exist as a side effect.

It's really just eating better and walking more that's doing this. Burn more calories, consume fewer. Boom.
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I was down to 252 in the last topic. But it purged. Thanks, Scare. I think I am around 255 right now (who knows prob 252-257 range ATM) because I stopped caring because screw Scare for making a topic and not caring at all about it lol. So why should i
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I'm down 9 pounds in 3 weeks (224 down to 215)
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