A year of hard work, now a month of fun!

pmckeealaska
pmckeealaska Posts: 808
edited January 2007 in The Clubhouse
Well for the last 12 months, I have committed myself to losing weight and getting in shape. I have gone to the gym 6 days a week, cut out all fried foods and counted my calories. Since January of 2006, I have dropped 50 pounds of fat and gained 10 pounds of muscle. Tommorrow I head to Thailand for a 4 week vacation and some hard earned R&R. Man it will feel good to be on a beach! Bye Bye Alaska for a while!
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited January 2007
    Good for you. What an accomplishment!
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited January 2007
    Wow, congratulations. I need to have get that type of dedication. I don't need to lose weight (120 lbs ):eek: but gain it in the form of muscle. Then the bullies won't take my lunch money anymore :p
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2007
    Wow, way to go man. That's some hardcore transformation.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2007
    Congrats! Been at it 6 months straight, 7 days a week myself. It's a love/hate thing, but I can't wait to get to that point of being able to do a triathalon again. I'm actually hitting Alaska as my treat vaction when I get there.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited January 2007
    Way to go PMCAlaska! Great accomplishment. . . and sounds like you are going about it the right way. People that get the stomach stappled, etc. see immediate results but I can't see how that is as healthy as dieting properly and hitting the gym.

    Enjoy Thailand!
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  • krabby5
    krabby5 Posts: 923
    edited January 2007
    good job!!

    But be careful..I did the exact thing as you 3 -4 years ago and lost 60lbs..I'm 6'3 and went from 284 down to 225..

    2 years later I was over 250 again...so I lost 20 more to get back down to 230...

    jump ahead to now...Im back up over 260 again..:(

    now i have to lose it AGAIN..

    bottom line: Just because you get down to a nice weight, doesn't mean that you can't gain it back...

    God I hate being fat..AGAIN:eek:
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2007
    Losing weight and keeping it off is a lifestyle change, not just a diet. People get down to their goal weight and then just go back to their old habits, and that's where you have problems. I have the same problem usually, although I rarely make it down to my goal :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2007
    I just ride my mountain bike, and I like it. It's definitely a lifestyle change. Don't really eat all that differently than I ever did before. I just exercise daily.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited January 2007
    nice work pmc! Put swimming on your to-do list as well. You'll be surprised at the added benefits.
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  • up2youjoe
    up2youjoe Posts: 114
    edited January 2007
    A month in Thailand?

    Spend 2 weeks in Pattaya and 2 weeks in Phuket.

    The last time I spent a week in Phuket, I stayed for a year.
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2007
    good thing to commit to excercise. i'm always on/off...on/off. get burned out. but kudos to you for sticking to it. when you actually get visible results, it makes it so much easier to stay motivated.

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  • szhleppy
    szhleppy Posts: 320
    edited January 2007
    Nice work.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2007
    up2youjoe wrote:
    A month in Thailand?

    Spend 2 weeks in Pattaya and 2 weeks in Phuket.

    The last time I spent a week in Phuket, I stayed for a year.

    Now I wanna just say Phuket and go, too.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2007
    Demiurge wrote:
    Now I wanna just say Phuket and go, too.

    I was waiting for SOMEONE to make that joke....
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • up2youjoe
    up2youjoe Posts: 114
    edited January 2007
    http://www.phuket.com
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