The A2K (virtual) Weight Loss Club !!

Oof.

I've never had much luck putting on serious muscle. I really think there
are some body types that respond better than others to weight training.
I seem to recall some theories about endomorphs, ectomorphs and
mesomorphs

I've also got relatively narrow shoulders (bone structure) for a guy and
am short-waisted. Let's see, any other feeble excuses I can offer?

Anyway, good luck. Any tips you can offer a middle-aged (soon to be 60)
guy trying to improve his body shape are greatly appreciated.

And then, according to dlowan, there are "lagomorphs." Is that someone who's shaped like a lake? (Forgetting my Latin here.)

Thanks Noddy!

i actually started trying to lose weight about 2 months before joining this. nothing happened at all until literally i joined this. well, i lost about 5 lbs in the first 2 months, then all of a sudden, boom! i have now plateaued again around the 170 mark, 16 lbs total since i started 3.5 months ago. don't know what to do now.

George, glad to hear you are a smaller body frame, makes me feel a little better about us weighing the same. I was measured when i was a competitve swimmer and was donned the large body frame, definitely not from my father's chinese side, but my mother's german side. i have come to grips with the reality that i will never be one of those skinny minnies, but i would like to be leaner. i still have around 25lbs to go which i would like to lose by jan. 1, 2006. close to a pound a week so that seems feasible.

dragon--

A pound a week is very realistic. I find weight loss a bit easier in the summer because heat destroys my appetite, yet I can exercise early or late or in air conditioning.

I just wish I remembered all the fun I had gorging myself to my present state. I'm a compendium of forgotten delights.

George, I'm naturally very skinny. When I graduated high school I was 135lbs at my current height, which is 5'10...MAYBE 5'11. Before my strep throat episode I was 185, and pretty lean. So I've put on close to 50lbs or so of muscle since I've started lifting 7 odd years ago.

Anyway, starting yesterday, 178lbs, today 179(again, 1-2 lbs means nothing). This is going to be a shock to me: NO BOOZE FOR 6-8 WEEKS! Possibly 1, 2 beers over the course of a weekend, tops.

1+ gallons of water every day. Eat on the weekends. I use to not eat much on the weekends due to being hungover and lazy. Try to add another meal daily. And I'm adding in a 5th workout day on probably Saturdays, at least as much as I can. Pathetically, I've skipped the leg workouts for a while now, and have to get that back into the mix. That should easily account for a couple pounds.

Goal: 190. I stink. 2 years ago I was at the same weight I am today. Well actually I was carrying 5 lbs more than I am now for a while until I got sick. But back then I did nothing to reach my goal....

hmmmm, i haven't stepped on a scale for awhile. I guess ever since I'm boxing. Sometimes i ride my bike to the training, which is some 35-40 mins there, then 2 hour workous, and 25-30 mins back (downhill, thankgod). Probably didn't loose weight scale-wise, but I enjoy seeing my shoulder and back muscles get stronger. Boxing is IT, I haven't enjoyed any sport so much in a looooong looooong time, probably since my horseback riding years.

Oh no! The Nuclear Option!

Boxing does look awesome. I know it's a pretty nuts cardio workout. I have a chick friend who's taking it too.

Dag, last time I saw you, I could see the look of "kill" in your eyes. Just use your new powers only when necessary, champ.

Hi!

Haven't been around this thread for awhile. I had started to lose weight before I joined, but all in all, I have dropped 27 pounds.

I have been trying to get to the gym about 3 times a week. I walk to and from, three miles total, and then work out for about 20-30 minutes.

I was having back problems, so I bought myself a Futuro back brace. It really helps, and allows me to walk much faster.

Congrats all

My goal is this: Lose 10 lbs by July 20th. I set that date on the 20th of this month, and am giving myself exactly four weeks (not to the day) to shed off 10 lbs.

I started working out and eating healthy about 5 weeks ago. I have since lost 7 lbs - putting me at around 208.

I haven't been under 200 lbs for years. Overweight my entire life, I don't even know what being skinny feels like. Alas, I never will - willingly. I am not looking to be skinny, merely thinner.

My ideal weight is around 180-170. I have a large frame and so I know I'll never get down to the "standard" weight for my age-range/height - which is perfectly fine to me! I enjoy the extra cushioning; it's just gotten to a point of unhealthy living, and so I'm looking to get to a weight where I can be active, enjoy myself and life, but also keep some curves and flesh :wink:

I will report back here every Monday - that's my ritual weigh-in day.

Thanks for the support-thread - I only wish I had came across it sooner!

Phoenix--

Being physically active makes emotional tangles a lot easier to deal with. Even if your mother's condo is a one room efficiency, clearing it out will be air conditioned exercise.

Twenty-seven pounds. I'm impressed.

Hold your dominion.


Sanctuary--

Welcome--Monday and every other day. We do a lot of chatting--and forgiving each other.

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Me? Neighborhood crisis. When everyone gets on the same page of modern medicine--(they are starting c. 1900, although germ theory is accepted)--I'm going to have either a large bourbon and water or an enormous bowl of strawberries and ice cream.

Meanwhile, I will not snap, scream or call names.

I didn't get any excersise in this week and I gained seven pounds.

Constitutional Girl--

Perhaps some of this gain is due to water retention. If not, you ate 24,500 more calories than you burned.

This is like eating more than 40 Big Macs over and above what you need to maintain your weight.

Are you taking anabolic steroids, by chance? Dayum!

Just kidding. Did you weigh yourself on a different scale than usual?

27 pounds???!!!
Outstanding! Over how long a period of time?

Anyhow, my doctor wants me to take a 15 minute walk every day.

I'll take one by the end of the day, if I don't get any activity in.

Take one anyway, activity or no.....