was 203 the other day, so i've officially gained 9lbs since the beginning of this year. I have been lifting weights 3x/week, taking in 3000 cals/day, and doing zero cardio.


NOW IT'S TIME FOR TOTAL DAVE TRANSFORMATION

Plan on being 185 and <17% BF by summer

LET'S DO THIS

2/15/2011 9:44:49 AM

Fuck. Let me recreate the last 5 minutes as a downfall parody.

Quote :

"Email: My Fuhrer, a package has just arrived for you. You can pick it up in Office 204. Me: Excellent, I can burn some calories going up the stairs... putting me on top for this fat loss competition. Email: My Fuhrer.... Email: My Fuhrer, the package is girl scout cookies. Thin mints and peanut butter patties. Me: [takes off glasses]"

2/15/2011 10:54:33 AM

lol i got 6 boxes.

one of each kind (except for caramel delights aka samoans)

2/15/2011 10:56:41 AM

^you are a smart woman. those coconut ones are disgusting.

2/15/2011 10:58:57 AM

samoans?

those must be huge.

im not happy about having ordered 6 boxes either.

death.

2/15/2011 10:59:15 AM

^I wouldn't go so far as to call the brother fat, I mean he got a weight problem. What's the nigga gonna do? He's Samoan.

2/15/2011 11:00:56 AM

dang somoas/caramel delights are the best!

2/15/2011 11:06:41 AM

i dont think they are bad, but i don't think they are the best either!
theyre are probably my least favorite along with (gasp) thin mints


im a lemonade and shout out girl myself.


i wish i could fins a troup that sells the delce de leche

ive been wanting to try those.

2/15/2011 11:21:48 AM

Just registered for the USMC Mud Run April 16 with two teams of hashers http://usmcmudrun.org/index.html

I didn't even know they had added an April date (previously it's just been in September) but they split it in two to reduce traffic and it's right before my birthday this year so I wanted to do the spring one. I'm stoked. (even though Fareako can't do it this year )

2/15/2011 11:50:10 AM

ahahahahahaha I love the Pulp Fiction reference

2/15/2011 11:53:52 AM

I tried to run 13 miles this Saturday but got lost and ended up doing a little over 14 and was still able to keep it under 8:00/mile

But I'm still only lifting like once a week. I've reeeeeeeeally gotta step that up or I'm going to have to stop posting here and start in the running thread...

CassTheSass, I know the American Tobacco 1/2 is the same day as the Wrightsville Beach 1/2 (March20th) so you could look into that one.

Joie, you have the worst taste in GSC I have ever seen. I'm considering deleting you from my contacts it's so bad.

2/15/2011 2:43:01 PM

Thanks fuzzybunny but the half on the tobacco half is full as well.

I ended up signing up for the St Patty's 8K on March 5 (or whatever that first Saturday is) and I'm looking into a 10 mile race in Chapel Hill in April. I also am participating in my company's womens 5K team again this year so I think now I'll be good and ready (and now know to register much sooner) for the fall half marathons.

2/15/2011 5:08:36 PM

Dowwwwwwwwwwwwn another pound....

2/16/2011 8:50:08 AM

I am at 186.4 today (goal of 180 - 185)

these last few pounds are stubborn

2/16/2011 9:29:37 AM

lol fuzzybunny

2/16/2011 10:03:23 AM

fuzzybunny is just confused on which gs cookies are awesome.

congrats on your progress H8R. i'm jealous to be honest, i've gotten back up to 197lb. and can see it in my face/pictures. i haven't dropped off on my working out but what i'm doing is definitely not cutting it.

either that or i need to quit eating all the pizza

2/16/2011 10:18:33 AM

fuuuuuuuuuuuuu I could really go for some frozen thin mints right now

2/16/2011 1:40:04 PM

woot, i seem to be making some progress. Almost all of my exercises seemed "easy" today, at least the first 2 sets. didn't expect to see "results" that quickly

2/16/2011 11:22:02 PM

dear Tim Ferris,

your slow carb eating plan sucks. I'm more irritable and cranky than when I'm PMSing and my pee smells like I've been eating asparagus 24/7. my libido has also come to a screeching halt, but I wouldn't have the energy for a quickie even if I wanted to. fuck you and 4 hour body. I quit.

heart,
begonias

p.s. this is what the alphabet would look like without q & r

p.p.s. the workout are fun though

2/16/2011 11:49:47 PM

lowered libido? sounds good to me. what are the diet deetz

2/17/2011 8:26:16 AM

There are at least 4 widely varying recommendations on what to eat in 4HB for different purposes:

-"slow carb" (nothing starchy except beans/lentils, no dairy, no fruit, cheat days)
-paleo
-practically nothing but red meat and nuts
-vegetarianism

Tim Ferriss is pushing "slow carb" so hard because he invented the term and it's slightly different from other approaches (who the fuck else is telling you beans are that important?); that is, for marketing purposes.

I think I'll stick with the second one, thanks.

2/17/2011 8:32:04 AM

Quote :

"dear Tim Ferris, your slow carb eating plan sucks. I'm more irritable and cranky than when I'm PMSing and my pee smells like I've been eating asparagus 24/7. my libido has also come to a screeching halt, but I wouldn't have the energy for a quickie even if I wanted to. fuck you and 4 hour body. I quit. heart, begonias p.s. this is what the alphabet would look like without q & r p.p.s. the workout are fun though"

damn Linda I'm sorry - that sucks

you still look hot though

2/17/2011 8:37:32 AM

Quote :

"my libido has also come to a screeching halt, but I wouldn't have the energy for a quickie even if I wanted to. fuck you and 4 hour body. I quit."

I originally read this as "even if i wanted to fuck you and your 4 buddies". I laughed. Thanks for that.

2/17/2011 9:30:11 AM

i'll bite the bullet and update/and post some pics




height :5'9"
weight: 142ish
short term goal weight: (i hate, hate, hate to have a goal weight but i'm going to to see what happens) 132ish
progress/downfalls: im down from about 148-150 when i was in paris in novemeber. i had gotten down to about 137 but ive shot back up a bit. i know what works for me.
which doesnt work so much for a lot off other people.
i am NOT a naturally thin person. and my metabolism is not that great at all!

in that pic my hips are at about 39"
hell when i was 14 years old they were 37"
that being said i dont plan on getting my hips much lower than 37 (if im lucky enough to get there, which i have come close from time to time)

i plan on upping my protein a bit, and stop cheating as much. bagel bites, girl scout cookies, and beer arent doing much for it

i also have a huge problem with boredom eating, but im getting better about it


so yeah, there it is

2/17/2011 10:20:07 AM

Joie you look fantastic, even if you don't lose anymore weight! great job! i definitely have body envy

2/17/2011 10:43:00 AM

Yea, I wouldn't worry too much about the weight on the scale. You definitely don't look like you need to be losing any weight. good job

Did 15 minutes on the recumbent bike this morning. After each 5 minute interval I did a set up 10 dips, 10 pullups, 10 leg lifts, 20 pushups back to back and then hopped back on the bike.

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 11:01 AM. Reason : .]

2/17/2011 10:48:07 AM

Welp, Valentine's Day is over and now it's time to get back to cutting weight for a beach trip in March.

Quinn's going to start catching up to me in bench and shoulder press

2/17/2011 12:45:36 PM

Yay, Joie!

if you write down your goals, you are 4 times more likely to achieve them

2/17/2011 1:04:44 PM

Joie you look a lot skinnier to me than you did in last years thread. what were your stats back then?

2/17/2011 1:22:42 PM

You look good now...no need to lose more and get to that gross stage

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 3:47 PM. Reason : .]

2/17/2011 3:47:26 PM

sorry stein . If you an make it through an airport without gaining over 2lbs you win.

2/17/2011 4:07:02 PM

the previous pics Joie's posted were blurry and poorly lit...

seems like losing more weight would just look unnatural on you. Why not focus on a sustainable plan for maintaining the current weight? Seems like a lot of people on here try to go hardcore at the end for the last few pounds and then burn out

2/17/2011 4:44:50 PM

awww thanks guys


Wadhead1: actually about the same weight and inches, but i look less muscular i think, i dont nearly as defined abs anymore, but thats ok with me


arghxthats the thing, i have no problem AT ALL maintaining this weight, i think 140 is my happy weight. i can maintain it while still having 4ish cheats a week (+one drinking night )

(assuming no pregnancy nor illness), i think could relatively easily keep this up for the rest of my life. remember when i said i was down from 150? that was weight gain from 6 weeks of no gym nor clean eating.

so yeah, maintaining the same weight, wouldn't be a challenge.


and mind you, that picture is pretty flattering, im a hippy girl


but thanks ya'll. i will report back later. (ps i had a mini bag of Doritos and 2 cocolate covered strawberries, bad joie, bad! )

2/17/2011 5:22:38 PM

Why would you want to lose any weight!!!!!!!!!

Dont do it!

2/17/2011 5:44:43 PM

lol, why not?

im not trying to go below 130 or anything.
i have a picture of my bottom half that im not gonna post.....trust me though, i got some cushion (which is fine but it wouldnt hurt to drop a teeny bit )

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 5:48 PM. Reason : ps i <3 you quinn...im gonna study now. i wont be back on until tomorrow ]

2/17/2011 5:48:11 PM

Quote :

"i think could relatively easily keep this up for the rest of my life"

I admire your bravado, but don't be naive. You'll have to work a lot harder 10 and 20 years from now to keep the same figure.

Unless you're some kind of genetic freak.

2/17/2011 5:48:22 PM

^thats why i put relatively easily.
compared to what i do now and what i'd have to do in the future....it won't be that bad.

(i lift like 3x a week, (15-20 min) cardio 1-2...and thats it)

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 5:50 PM. Reason : at least i dont think so! i am keeping in mind that my metabolism will slow.]


ahhhhhh this is where i think we're not in the same boat:

Quote :

"keep the same figure."

i do NOT plan on keeping the same figure, but i do plan on looking as lean as a 40 or 50 or 60 year old could/should be without going overboard



[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 5:52 PM. Reason : sdfdfd]

2/17/2011 5:50:08 PM

<3

2/17/2011 5:51:01 PM

All I'm saying is that there's a reason so many attractive people in their 20's become markedly less so over time. If it was "relatively easy" we wouldn't be the fattest country in the world.

2/17/2011 5:52:35 PM

it is relatively easy.

i dropped about 30-40 lbs in one year just by not eating crap.


and just to reiterate
i do NOT plan on keeping the same figure, but i do plan on looking as lean as a 40 or 50 or 60 year old could/should be
and that can be done with mostly diet.

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 5:54 PM. Reason : and im closer to 30!! ahahaha 27 this year ]

2/17/2011 5:53:56 PM

Whatever helps you sleep at night, sweetheart. Just don't be surprised you eventually start having to buy one pieces and corsets like everyone else.













I like you, but the woman who can maintain a somewhat girlish figure into her 30's and 40's without surgical enhancements is a rare breed. All I ask is that you keep your expectations in check.

2/17/2011 5:58:53 PM

Quote :

"maintain a somewhat girlish figure into her 30's and 40's"

i dont plan on this
where do you see this?
i do NOT plan on staying at 140 forever, thats just stupid.


i do plan on being healthier and fitter than the average.

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 6:00 PM. Reason : sdgfdfgd]

2/17/2011 5:59:44 PM

working on my diet. I've not really lost any weight, but my body composition has changed, still have some work to do though.

2/17/2011 6:00:23 PM

"Somewhat girlish" is pretty broad. Give me a break here. I'm not saying you're going to turn into Kathy Bates. I'm saying that



can turn into this



before you know it. But best of luck. I'll be rooting for you.

2/17/2011 6:05:18 PM

^ahahah awww thanks.

yeah, another thing...i think a lot of 20-somethings dont really exercise and then BAM metabolism hits them in the face at like 28 and they pack on the pounds, and then they dont know what to do.

luckily thats already happened to me! i mean i was a size 16 a few years ago
since then my lifestyle has taken a HUGE turn.


but yeah, hopefully i dont take ANOTHER dip in metabolism. i mean i eat 1600-1800 a day (and i'm a real bad over estimator!) i really, really hope it doesnt get to the point that in order to maintain i have to eat 12k !


but thanks for your support

if i get big you have all rights to make fun of me


im really gone now though. ahaha

2/17/2011 6:12:41 PM

Between Christmas and going off Adderall (aka eating fest for me), I went from ~146-147 before Christmas break to about 154 now. I'm not sure if I should be disappointed... To be fair, the only reason I got down that low is because I literally wasn't eating. So maybe it's better to pack on a few more pounds and actually be eating healthy (at least now, not so much over Christmas break). I am still waiting to start my meds for the hypersomnia but am not sure what to expect. They aren't stimulants, so I will want to eat - but I'm excited to actually have energy where I WANT to go to the gym instead of forcing myself.


And while I really, really, really am tired right now and don't want to work out.. I'm going to make myself do some Kenpo X. My engagement pictures are March 13th and I'd really like to be under 150 before then. :\

2/17/2011 7:50:27 PM

^you got it girl. no slanty faces!


youve made kick ass progress so far, and i mean KICK ASS!


push yourself, i know you got it in you woman!

2/17/2011 8:18:13 PM

thanks girl I guess I just feel all blah because I did gain the weight back so fast, and I've been so sluggish. I need to get into a routine again...

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 10:25 PM. Reason : and ps - your update photo looks great!]

2/17/2011 10:25:43 PM

down another pouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuund Right on track

2/18/2011 8:37:24 AM

Initial:
174 lbs
13% bf

Current:
170 lbs
11%

I picked up a fun little 36-hr flu type sickness 2 weeks ago, and although it didn't drop the weight any (not that it would have stuck, if it had), it definitely helped with getting my system back on track with my food cravings, diet, and motivation.

Onward!

2/18/2011 10:07:17 AM