Ok so I mentioned here that I started walking and light weight training for exercise.
Well I thought I was doing awesome cuz this pair of jeans that hasn't fit in forever I could put on. But then I weighed myself and I only lost 4 pounds.
I was totally bummed til I remembered something I told a friend about how you didn't get that way overnight and it'll take time to undo it.
So yay me - 4 pounds gone is 4 pounds gone. Actually pretty damn good considering I'm not dieting really just working out. That's about a pound a week.

For anyone else here who is battling the chub.
2500 calories = 1 pound
I learned that when I was trying to gain weight. I had to eat 2500 extra calories for every pound I wanted to gain, so I'm guessing the reverse is true. BURN an extra 2500 calories to lose a pound.
And also a good healthy weight loss is only 1-2 pounds a week.

Congrats on the weight loss, although I really didnt think zombies had a weight problem anyway LOL.

LOL!!
it's amazing how much your metabolism slows down when the pulse stops.

Srsly though 4 pounds is 4 pounds! One more and it's a bag of flour (or sugar - your choice) woohoo!!

when a person has to fight for every pound , 1/2 a pound is just as big of a victory as five pounds....Keep up the good work......VICTORY , DEATH TO THE ENEMY KILL KILL KILL .......ahem, excuse me, got excited there.

AMEN BROTHER!!!!
you know it still trips me out to think that when I just got out of the hospital I was struggling to gain weight. I can't even remember what it felt like to weigh 87 pounds but I found a pair of pants from back then - SIZE 5!! And they were big on me when I got them.
My weight gain went better than I planned and now I am fighting just as hard to lose the extra weight as I did to gain it. I think all the drugs they were pumping into me to keep me alive really screwed up my metabolism.
That and I read that when your oxygen saturation is 80% (mine was for weeks straight) your brain cells don't function normally. At 30% (which I was for at least a few minutes a few times) your brain cells DIE!! And will continue to die for up to a few hours even after your oxygen levels return to normal.

So not only did my metabolism get broken my brain got broken too!!

Gain it now and keep it little brother cause when you get older you fight for every inch of bicep you gain and every inch off of the waist you loose. good job.

Im new here love the old topic for i to struggeling with weight issue. I at my Heavest i weighed in at 384 lbs. Now by the Grace of our Lord am weighing in at 344 lbs. I can empathyse with those who are having the fight. What Jesus showed me was eye poping. He said that Are you not my temple? I said yes master I am . Thats when i stopped using the food as a crutch and used it for its real meaning . For rember our fight is not of the Flesh but that of the Spirit. Im giving out a tip learn to read the food lables and learn . Let the spirit guide u. Peace UncleSam

Excellent work Victor!!!!! You're gettin all buff! Since you're tall too you are gonna be one bad mamma jamma!!

Uncle Sam welcome to
SANCTUARY11111111 \m/
sooo true what you said. I have been way up and down with my weight my whole life low as 87 pounds high as 160. And since you're new here let me draw you a picture - I'm only 5 feet tall.
I had times where I used food as a crutch then other times where I punished myself and starved. I did the eating disorder route and the feeding my face 24/7 route.
Now I am careful to eat when I need to not whenever I want to. We are very lucky in this country to be able to eat whenever we want to but that dosen't mean we should.
Plus the hardest part - getting up and - GASP- exercise. That's reeeeeealllllllly hard for me to stay motivated with. If I didn't have my ipod I'd never go on my many mile walks.

it was only 5 pound weights to reduce the flabbiness on my arms.

BUT.... I don't work out anymore. Pfffffft. Like everything else I just stopped caring about it. Screw it.

I still eat less crap food and take in less calories but I just can't force myself to care enough to care even a little about anything else.

yea epic fail. LOL

I have just fallen back into the :
"what's the freaking point when this life is only temporary and the best years of my life are behind me and it only goes downhill from here and it's not gonna get much better than this so why even bother and who really gives a crap anyway" mentality.
A bit of hopelessness mixed with self loathing and some depression with some good old fashioned laziness I guess.

I did get up and do my makeup today though. So I guess it's a start.
Oh well "MEH THE WORLD!!!!"

the tenth is start my new life. ive went from three hundred and ten down to 289 , Im getting serious about it tomorrow.

Excellent job so far.
Hope that you stay strong and committed to your goals!

unlike some of us