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Hounsy
Reigning King of One-Liners

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 1488

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: Weight loss.

Thought I'd have a nice little thread to brag about myself...rather than just do it randomly all over OTP as I normally do. Wink Well as some may or may not know I've been working on losing weight the last three months. I am happy to report that when I started on Nov 28th I was a pleasantly plump 211lbs and today I weigh 179lbs. I am rather pumped as 180 was my original target and I had started with a goal to get there by june 1st. Turns out I had farther to go than originally thought and likely need to get down closer to 170lb, but will slow down a little and let that come over the next couple of months rather than maintain the 10lbs a month loss I've been on. _________________ It's not you Sundin, it's me...please just leave...and don't look back....please please do not look back.

harmfuljays
King of Men

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1507
Location: Djibouti

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:03 am Post subject:

Congrats....please let us in on the details. I am pretty active and still a fat bastard.....although I know why. I like my beer and eats a little too much. _________________

Bosc Ulrich II
OTP Resident Historian

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 3477
Location: Sweetest lid in the league

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:04 am Post subject:

Nice work dude! _________________ Bring back the old OTP!

US679 Part Deux
An improvement over the US678 prototype

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 579
Location: Milton, Ontario

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:05 am Post subject:

I started a diet on January 5th, where I was at 230lbs. I am hoping to be at 195 by July 1st. I am at 220, right now, but I am not doing as drastic a weight loss. I'm keeping to low fat and watching my portion sizes, and every so often have a few treats. _________________

the New Cunning Linguist
Like a good neighbor, only better

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1962
Location: I'm here, aren't I?

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

Awesome, hounsy! I think we need to consider modifying your title to "Biggest Loser". j/k _________________ ... Because the old one, is well, old.

Hounsy
Reigning King of One-Liners

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 1488

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:59 am Post subject:

harmfuljays wrote:

Congrats....please let us in on the details. I am pretty active and still a fat bastard.....although I know why. I like my beer and eats a little too much.

Through all of december(Holiday excluded:wink: ) I calorie counted everything I ate looking to be about 1800 calories a day and basicly that taught me what to eat and how much and since the new year been just using the habits learned then. I also do cardio almost everyday I don't play hockey, started doing half hour elipticals at the beginning for about 350-400 cals and not I do 45 minute elipical runs for 600-900 cals a day. Hockey I estimate to be around 400 cals for the hour I play. In the last month I also do weights and core strenght stuff with the exercise ball three to four days a week for twenty minutes. My weight stuff is far from ideal as I'm clueless and doing it all from home but in the summer when my son is a little older I'll start going to a gym and get shown proper weight and strength building routines.

This is the calorie count site that really got me off on the right foot.
http://caloriecount.about.com

P.S
I have replace Beer with diet ginger ale and Crown royal, maybe have a single beer every two weeks...but once the loss stage switches to maintain I should be able to enjoy a few more here and there.
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skinnem
Poster Girl for OTP

Joined: 19 Oct 2007
Posts: 276
Location: Toronto

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:34 am Post subject:

Hounsy wrote:

P.S
I have replace Beer with diet ginger ale and Crown royal, maybe have a single beer every two weeks...but once the loss stage switches to maintain I should be able to enjoy a few more here and there.

Holy shit Hounsy! Are you sure your real name isn't John Skinner?

My brother switched from beer to diet ginger ale and crown when he started working on his black belt for karate. He ended up turning about 35 - 40 pounds into muscle.

I thought he was an idiot - he is my brother after all, and I've never heard of anyone doing that!

By the way - THAT'S AWESOME!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! GOOD JOB!

Hounsy
Reigning King of One-Liners

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 1488

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject:

It's about 150cal less than a beer with 1oz shots of Crown so replace five beers a week with crown and ginger equal 750 cals a week which is about .2 lbs of fat which is about 10lbs over a year. _________________ It's not you Sundin, it's me...please just leave...and don't look back....please please do not look back.

E.L.3000
Big in Japan

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1783
Location: Fuck tha MTL police

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject:

I've been working out since November, largely to get in shape for tennis, baseball and golf this year. By the end of last summer my batting average dropped about 50 points and I attributed it to poor conditioning. I was playing baseball 2-3 times week, golf at least once a week, and tennis 4 nights a week. I haven't lost too much weight, but I definitely have stronger muscles and more endurance. The problem was my wrists were gimpy from carpal tunnel, and my elbow/shoulders were weak from wonky pitching mechanics, so I had to go easy the first month or so. I haven't cut the fat from my diet (to be fair I don't eat that much), but I had to cut the beer to once a week. Now I drink mostly wine - I always buy a 15 dollar dep bottle whenever I go to friends' places. You get drunk way faster, but the hangovers are tough (ironically making getting to the gym in the morning all the more difficult). Started at about 6'1, 230. I'm down to about 220, but I did gain a few pounds of muscle. I hope to be 200 by May. Just have to work on getting rid of the beer belly. _________________ It seems like you need to be a physics professor to choose the right TV. Luckily, I am one.

US679 Part Deux
An improvement over the US678 prototype

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 579
Location: Milton, Ontario

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject:

2 Girls, 1 E.L., 1 Cup wrote:

Started at about 6'1, 230. I'm down to about 220, but I did gain a few pounds of muscle. I hope to be 200 by May. Just have to work on getting rid of the beer belly.

Same as me, I have gone from 230 to 220 in about 2 months and I am 6'0

I still hope to be 195 by July Mad

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Hounsy
Reigning King of One-Liners

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 1488

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject:

Wow seems like wait loss is an OTP thing the last few months good job dudes. Oh I'm 5'10". My lateral quicks in the crease have increased greatly and on top of just the less weight to lug around help the lower weight means less tendinitis issues and in turn allows me to use a sharper edge on my skates. _________________ It's not you Sundin, it's me...please just leave...and don't look back....please please do not look back.

Tuzer
No longer Croozing

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 973

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:46 pm Post subject:

Maybe all you fat OTPers should plug your computers into one of those bicycle generators,Than you could lose weight and gain muscle while you're enjoying one of your favorite pasttimes But seriously,Congrats on the weightloss fellas

13utchy
Now with 30% more rage!

Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Posts: 763

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:37 am Post subject:

I'm 6' & weighed-in at 237 the 1st of the year. Today, I am 237. Okay, okay .... I'm glad you stared this thread Hounsy, as I was going to start a "Big Boy's" thread sometime ago after Tommyboy posted something about high blood pressure on the old OTP & when I noticed a once loose pair of pants no longer fit me. To further complicate things, my friend & I were laying on the couch not long ago & she reached over & squeezed my breast. I immediately exclaimed HEY! And then felt violated, yet strangely aroused. She then reassured me by saying Butch, you are as manly as a male can be. Nonetheless, I am the fattest I have ever been & need to drop 30lbs. It’s a shame really. With the physique & genetics I have been blessed with, I have the potential to be cut like a Greek God. Beer is the biggest culprit. One 12 once can of Miller Lite is 100 calories. I slam down 6 to 10 & then chase it with a pizza and/or wings .... That's why I'm so freakin' tubby! And those are empty calories – probably why we all eat after slamming down some brew. I eat nutritious during the day. Smoothies, which consist of ice cubes, a cup of low-fat, pro-biotic vanilla yogurt, a cup or so of mixed berries & a scope of whey protein powder. Wheat bread, raw almonds – but once evening roles around, I’m eager to crack open a brew & have 2 hot pastrami sandwiches layered w- cheddar. So my modest goal I set at the beginning of the year: 7 pounds per month, so I could be an even 200 by the end of May. Presently, I’m 230, so I have a ways to go! It does give me a little encouragement reading the success that you folks have had. I mean, It will be warm out before we know it & I don’t want to have to wear a white t-shirt when I go swimming & telling people it’s ‘cause I don’t want to get sunburned! (I don’t know if that was just a New England thing, but I remember back when I was young, all the tubby kids would wear white t-shirts when they would go swimming & say it was because they didn’t want to get sunburned! ) Anyhow - keep up the good fight folks & keep us all advised of your continued progress! _________________ My anger is a gift!

saskhab
'03-'04 Goalie Profiles Coming Soon!

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 3841
Location: Saskatoon!

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject:

Yeah, my beer gut must be dealt with. I'm too young and too single for it. _________________ "Oh my God. There she is. Lovely Sally Slater. I should speak to her. But what the hell can I say? Anything that doesn't mention that I masturbate over her memory is probably a good idea." - Mark Corrigan, Peep Show

13utchy
Now with 30% more rage!

Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Posts: 763

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject:

I don't do this anymore, but a few years ago, this was my diet typically once a week: About 1,000 calories of whatever I ate during the day 6 Miller Lites & figure a couple of dark beers tossed in as well, modestly estimate 1,200 calories in brew alone. And then - (Pulled this off from Domino's Pizza website): One loaf of cheese breadsticks: 960 calories 48 grams of fat Marinara dipping sauce: 25 and -- Garlic dipping sauce: 440 and 49 20 hot wings: 2,100 and 140 So just that meal itself, we're talking 3,525 calories & 237 grams of fat. If I kept this up, I could audition for one of those fat-people shows on the Discovery/Learning channel. Looking at that again, how many grams make a pound? What is that above? 1/2 pound of fat alone!? _________________ My anger is a gift!

Hounsy
Reigning King of One-Liners

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 1488

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject:

Hey butch go to this link and just track everything you eat for a few days to get a feel for where you are at. http://caloriecount.about.com _________________ It's not you Sundin, it's me...please just leave...and don't look back....please please do not look back.

Av-merican
Un-Tenured Professor of Hockey

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2322
Location: Denver

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject:

The g/f is seriously thinking about trying out that new Alli pill, apparently it will increase weight loss by 50% but there are some rather, uh, messy side effects we read about if you don't keep very careful track of your fat intake. There was also one that began with the letter "O" or something like that, got very good reviews from a number of websites, as did Alli. But some of these diet pills scare the living shit out of me, one pill she looked up last night seemingly advertised proudly that the effects are similar to cocaine. Christ... I'm currently at 178 or so and want to drop to around 160-165 this summer. We'll see how it goes.

13utchy
Now with 30% more rage!

Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Posts: 763

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject:

Hounsy wrote:

Hey butch go to this link and just track everything you eat for a few days to get a feel for where you are at.

http://caloriecount.about.com

Good site! Thanks man! Now if I can just stick w- a plan! Laughing

Av-merican wrote:

The g/f is seriously thinking about trying out that new Alli pill, apparently it will increase weight loss by 50% but there are some rather, uh, messy side effects we read about if you don't keep very careful track of your fat intake. Confused

There was also one that began with the letter "O" or something like that, got very good reviews from a number of websites, as did Alli.

But some of these diet pills scare the living shit out of me, one pill she looked up last night seemingly advertised proudly that the effects are similar to cocaine. Christ... Rolling Eyes

I'm currently at 178 or so and want to drop to around 160-165 this summer. We'll see how it goes.

We have quite the tubby bunch here! Laughing

So am I the heaviest OTP member!? Mad

Anyhow - diet pills downright scare me! And many of those supplements you gotta be careful of as well. They can really mess with your blood pressure & metabolism. I would say, "honey - I think it's best we both work our excess baggage off via the tennis courts & in the sack" Cool

.

I don't like those diet pills man. I took some ephedra before & the shit made my heart pound! As it's since been banned, a lot of these companies are looking for alternatives (in which do the same thing).

Quite dangerous.

All I take for daily supplements (1 per day or under) is:

1) Multi-vitamin
2) Green tea extract
3) Flax seed oil
4) Fish oil
5) St. John's Wort
6) Apple cider vinegar
7) Whey protein powder in my smoothies
8 ) Melatonin (as needed to help sleep). Exercise seems to do the trick though too Mad

BEEF CAKE !!!!!!!!!!!! Mad

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Hounsy
Reigning King of One-Liners

Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 1488

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject:

I am a firm believer in balanced diet and exercise. I know it is cliche to say, but it works, is healthy, and you have a better chance to keep the weight off. Anybody here know anything about this P90X workout plan? been looking for something a little more total body fitness than just straight weight loss and some guys on a goalie board who have a good history give the system a good review. Has me curious. _________________ It's not you Sundin, it's me...please just leave...and don't look back....please please do not look back.

E.L.3000
Big in Japan

Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1783
Location: Fuck tha MTL police

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

Yeah, diets are a sham because they do nothing to alter the metabolism. It's like people who use laxatives to lose weight, if anything it will make it harder to lose weight when you eventually gain it all back. Losing weight and gaining muscle is pretty easy if you're willing to put in the effort. 1. Eat sensibly, and on a consistent schedule (three/four meals a day). No midday snacking, no heavily salted foods. Never eat less than two hours before going to bed. No soft drinks - switch to water. 2. At least one hour of physical activity a day, five days a week. Cardio is helpful, but it's better to do a comprehensive weight training plan first, followed by burning whatever energy you have left on a cardio machine. Working the muscles improves blood circulation and provides a more complete workout. A treadmill really only helps the legs. The more you exercise, the less hungry you'll be in between meals. The whole eight glasses of water a day thing is bullshit, that's too much excess water and can lead to weight gain and other problems. Do drink a little bit when thirsty, just don't chug bottle after bottle thinking you're replacing lost nutrients. _________________ It seems like you need to be a physics professor to choose the right TV. Luckily, I am one.

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