Comments on: Sad Day in the Fat Man House: Only 1.3 Lbs Lost

By: Bulk SMS Gateway

Bulk SMS Gateway — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:29:42 +0000

Not losing weight isn’t necessarily a bad thing…
it was a nice blog u think.
thanks to sharing info….

By: cooking classes

cooking classes — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:04:16 +0000

Any amount of weight that you lose is a WIN-WIN in my book. Nice work on your part. You inspire me for sure.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:31:00 +0000

Thanks Andrew, good job on your progress as well.

By: Discipline or Regret

Discipline or Regret — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:44:44 +0000

Keep going, remember down is down and you are also building muscle!!

Take care
Andrew

By: LED Lights

LED Lights — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:08:09 +0000

It’s normal. Body can not always lose.

By: Roketa

Roketa — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:25:47 +0000

I’ve lost 45 pounds since last October. I’ve been taking it slow. About a pound a week. But every time I was at a milestone, it would seem my weight loss would slow down. Then after I would pass the milestone the weight loss would speed up again. My body just hates me.

By: Fun Husband

Fun Husband — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:03:40 +0000

I agree with that! Any time you are not going up is a great thing!

By: Diets

Diets — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:38:44 +0000

all diets take time and patience. and remember that you will always hit your plateau that you will have to work around.

By: Steve v4.7

Steve v4.7 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:08:23 +0000

Dude! “Only” is totally the wrong word. Losing weight like you have is phenomenal. Every pound, every half-pound, is a step closer to your goal.

Next week will be even better.

By: Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:58:47 +0000

Don’t Worry, you are working hard and if people have started to recognize the changes, it means you are loosing fat.Continue your work and set your targets ,now you have a clear idea of how much work is required to meet your targets.

By: lower your bills

lower your bills — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:14:04 +0000

Don’t let it get you down. Hey..you’re close to a big milestone, hitting under 300lbs. Won’t it be nice to say you weigh “two hundred something” ?

By: MPD Zombie

MPD Zombie — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:08:37 +0000

Ah yeah, The old Fat Vs Muscle loss/gain battle. I remember when once upon a time I was down to 205 and still overweight I was going crazy over that before I figured out I was lifting too many weights and not doing enough cardio.

Sadly the Fat Vs Muscle has worked against me too. At one point I got lazy and slacked off at the gym. I was losing weight but yeah….. Not the good type of weight to be losing. But at the time I was like “Awesome, Weightloss = I must be doing a good job”

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:03:57 +0000

Thanks all for the words of encouragement.

By: ronald

ronald — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:21:22 +0000

don’t worry man

u have started to work in that direction your goal is bnot far away
keep it up you will soon rock

By: lose my gut

lose my gut — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:42:43 +0000

I feel for ya man, I am currently on week 12 of my diet and eating rabbit food all the time. Food is one of my few pleasures and seeing only a lb or 2 a week loss is frustrating.

By: Usman

Usman — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:16:27 +0000

Hey, dont be depressed. This happens. Look at the bright side. You may have gained muscle mass. Keep at it. Regulate your diet, get some good sessions of HIIT and strength circuit training done and you should be good to go
Usman

By: Jessie

Jessie — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:53:10 +0000

I know how it feels to see crap numbers come off your scale. I am soooooooooooooo fucking close to breaking the 100 pound marker and that’s all my mind is focused on right now.

gotta break 100
gotta break 100
What’s that? The entire west coast has been wiped out?
gotta break 100
gotta break 100

I had a setback the other week, actually…gained some weight..lost a bit of inches…but gained weight. I cried like a baby and was in a pretty bad place for a few days later. I worked hard for 2 weeks and got a big slap in the face…or so it seemed at the time.
I think we put too much emphasis on the actual numbers. Your body is continually adjusting and re evaluating the things that you are throwing at it. As you know, and as others in here have already stated, there are so many other ways to record your progress. How your body feels, being my personal favorite.

I think you are an incredible man, with some incredible drive that is passionate about his health and well being. It makes all the difference. You’ll get there Israel. I believe in you.

By: Metroknow

Metroknow — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:05:32 +0000

I have to say, MS’s comment cracked me up. . .totally right. You are definitely on track, and you WILL break that threshold in the coming week. Positive thinking, right?

You have this man. You’re a workout weightloss ANIMAL! (trying on a personal trainer hat just to see how it feels. dang. feels good.)

By: Invisaline

Invisaline — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:31:34 +0000

Don’t sweat the 1.3 Israel! I was in your same boat and I am confident it is muscle weight. In my experience this happened after a while of consistent decrease in weight. It will slow down. But don’t worry for me it picks back up again, the later pounds are just harder to lose.

By: Bernhard

Bernhard — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:20:24 +0000

Nearly each week look in I here and read with large interest the interesting and always well written contributions. Today I would like to leave gladly to a greeting from Thuringia in Germany!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:33:49 +0000

Hi Israel,

Hey…you and I both know that this whole weight loss thing is a peach, right? I mean, you can work hard and lose weight and you can work hard and gain weight, just like you can sometimes do all the wrong stuff and lose weight, which is a shocker when THAT happens!

They say that muscle weighs more than fat, but I say a pound is a pound regardless if it’s fat or muscle. The thing is though, muscle takes up less space than fat does, which is why when you exercise, you may notice that your pants feel looser, but the scale may go up a pound or two or just stay the same.

You are almost there, Israel! You are almost under that 300 mark and today isn’t forever thankfully. Next week you may find that the scale numbers are at or below 295! How cool would that be? I say that would be weigh cool!

Have a great day and keep up the good work!

Melissa

By: John W. Zimmer

John W. Zimmer — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:45:46 +0000

Israel,

Over one pound a week is great! To fast can lead to other issues. Anyway congrats on the continued progress.

John W. Zimmer

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:40:43 +0000

Don’t sweat it. My wife and I talk about this all the time. Your individual weigh-in’s may vary, but its the trend that matters. You’re doing great. I know that my weight varies by 3-4 pounds from morning to evening, depending on what I eat.

By: Discount Knives

Discount Knives — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:02:13 +0000

I agree with Furious Weight Loss. You should really be looking at inches and BMI. I’m sure you lose more weight but just gained some muscle this week which offset how much weight you actually thought you lose. You are doing an amazing job, keep up the good work. Also, if you are hitting a plateau in weight loss you might be doing a routine that needs to be changed up. You body might be getting use to it. I would suggest changing up your work out routine and see how that helps you.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:20:25 +0000

Don’t feel bad, you’re still making progress. Even if it is less than you were hoping for, it is still the right direction. Don’t get discouraged, just use is as motivation for your next weigh-in