Time to get a new thread the last one was almost full

Awesome

I don't know what my problem is today but i am starving.

Who knows, just go to sleep, after you have gotten today's ration of food.

I am freakin starving today to Big Dad...been drinking more water and feel like I am drowning!

Thanks H for starting this new thread for us....

Luv: Wow! Your client is doing very well Congrats!
Cheers
Jake

First check-in. Loss: around 13lb.

I wonder how much of that is fat, and how much is water, glycogen or simply semi-digested food (which would have been a much larger mass this time last week)? My coach guessed 5lb, so I'll go with that.

She also said that most people lose inches approx 2:1 neck:waist, but I insisted that this is unlikely to apply to me. I have a large/thick neck with very little loose skin and quite a lot of muscle, but quite a lot of belly fat to lose. If I lose 8" off my belly, not only would I be very happy with that, but I'd also lose 4" off my neck... but I am absolutely certain that there's nothing like that much to lose without losing copious amounts of muscle.

I realised on the spot that my strong neck is a major part of my physical self-image. So yep, her assertion made me unhappy. I got her to say that this 2:1 rule maybe didn't apply to me, but I got the impression she didn't really believe that. I do think she's generally a good coach; she can answer most questions reasonably well and clearly practices what she preaches in diet/exercise terms (for which I give her major props).

So... am I gonna end up with the neck of Sheldon from Big Bang Theory if I lose the belly fat? I'm hoping not, but even some vague reassurance (or otherwise, if that's the way it is) from people further along in the process than me would be good to hear...

Typically when I’m starving during the week I am in major fat burn and have a big loss at WI.

Im going to try and attach the worksheet from my WI's and you can see how those proportions shrank. It' in pdf. but I have it in xls but couldn't figure out how to upload it. I have always had a big neck from playing football so maybe that can answer some questions for you. I don't have any lose skin on my neck.

H,....Hopefully my hunger lasts the week then! haha!

Good point. i have lost 6 pounds in two days. so almost back to where i was from the free for all romp the past two weekends. the game and shrimp fest. have a party this weekend. and frying turkeys Satirday. Lord help me. Football season is rough on on this coonass boy!!!!!!! Always something going on. my Birthday is 11-11- so trying to be close to done for it. i know that will be a oh **** no he didn't night..... good morning everybody. hope you all are doing well.

Sort of a NSV last night....

I've been thinking about my up-comming PT test with the Army, gotta get going with it, it is in two weeks. I found a place where I could hook my feet under the TV stand in our living room. (This is cool because I can do situps and watch tv at same time) Anyway, I get down there to see where I'm at. I start doing them, and doing them, get to 30 with out really thinking about it, pause, WOW, let me do 10 more, can't remember what my minimum number is, crank out 10 more going a little slower on #37, 38, 39 and 40. But, I did 40. My minimum is 36!! I will pass that part with no problem. It is amazing how easy there were with that large pouch of fat gone from my belly, nothing in the way.

OH, this is a big deal to me because last PT test I could only squeeze out 20 situps, and that was very difficult to do. It's looking good.

Thanks hyrysk! That's a big help. I can see that you've lost more like 3:1 waist:neck, which freaks me out a lot less than 2:1.

Maybe it's silly to worry about this, but... maybe not. After all, it's part of who I am. I may be fatheaded but my neck is just strong: I don't have a fat neck!

Finally: looking at your numbers really made your achievement seem more real to me. You've kicked some serious backside. 100lb lost and still going... awesome! Congratulations

Thanks Winter
Putting it on a chart really made me realize just how big I was and how much my body has changed. One thing I have made sure of is to try and use as many of the Collagen products as I could. I started a supplement early in my weight loss to help minimize the sagging skin and it seems to have helped.