I got tired of how I looked and felt...

[Evil One]

Maintaining at 259ish now.
5-10 lbs on a 250+ pound guy is kind of like throwing deck chairs off the Titanic... but holding below the 260 line is a nice feeling.
My current project is swapping out 107 lb batteries in UPS cabinets, which feels like more than enough exercise at the end of the day.

Jim

 

[99tdr]

Maintaining at 259ish now.
5-10 lbs on a 250+ pound guy is kind of like throwing deck chairs off the Titanic... but holding below the 260 line is a nice feeling.
My current project is swapping out 107 lb batteries in UPS cabinets, which feels like more than enough exercise at the end of the day.

Jim

2 year later,,, after hitting a low of 190 (I'm 6ft even, start up at 325) , I'm back up to bouncing between 230 and 240.

Really fighting to get back down to near 200 ...
went from size 50 pants down to 36's (barely, more comfortable in 38), now very comfortable in 42's.
At 200 I was just into then 38's.


Funny, I work as a staff engineer at a service firm, in the same field. critical DC power.. maintenance , sell/install the cells/monoblocks for the UPS batteries (wet cells and VLRA's). I deal with the monitoring systems and automating the testing the tech's do in the field for the PM's.

 

[Evil One]

Please dont say Intellibatt...


Jim

 

[Hillbilly77]

Great job Jim! I can tell you from personal experience that what you did will add years to your life. More time to enjoy your family and S&W's!

Even if it doesn't add years to your life, it will add life to your years.

 

[DCWilson]

Missed this thread the first time around. Congratulations on the changes.

I'm six feet, give or take a millimeter, and have averaged 210-220 for the last several years. I'm also recently diagnosed as diabetic and need to drop some poundage. I'd like to hit 170 (which is not a bad or impossible target given my high school and college weight of 150-160) but doubt I will be able to get much below 185-190. We'll see. I may not be able to get to a great weight and condition, but I can certainly get to a better one.

Again, good for you. Thanks for the inspiration.

 

[Mickey D]

Excellent! Keep up the great work. Looking great and more attractive to the women.
Wish I could get away with the hairless look.

 

[99tdr]

Please dont say Intellibatt...


Jim

I'll PM you.

And yes, should have said, great job on keeping it off.

I'm struggling, but it will always be work to keep it off.
Old bad habits die hard.

Been on the thread cause we were both loosing it at about the same time, now dealing with the maintenance of it... and than to see you in the lead slinging business too,... found that too funny ..

The industrial and military electronics industry has tanked over the last 15 years on my area.. so had to change areas, and found an opportunity to get in with this one regional company. Can't out source the actual physical data centers to the far east.

I have a great wife, she put up with my weight.
Things are even better now.

But for my back and knees that were part of the original cause/ excuse for packing on the weight over the last 20 years or so... my health was good.. and use to hear from my Dr, you're as healthy as a horse, but weight like one too, drop the weight before it catches up with you.
With knees and back just getting worse, figured better start.. and with some help and talk from my wife, finally cause me to buckle down.

 

[rebs081]

wow you are doing great and I am going to use your story to inspire myself. I am at 290 and want to be around 190 or 200.

 

[RightArm]

Give me some of that excess weight. I had bad teeth making it hard to eat, now they've been yanked so its still hard to eat. I'm loosing buckets of weight and I don't want to. It's a diet I do not recommend.

 

[Marksman]

I was daignosed with diabetes at age 59 and my weight had topped 300#. At 310# and taking three meds to control my blood sugar I decided the time had come to get serious about losing weight. My doctor suggested a meeting with a dietician, that proved to be a turning point in my battle with my weight. I made the changes in my diet the dietician suggested, mainly smaller portions, watching carb intake, small mid-morning and afternoon snscks and eight 8 oz. glasses of water. I lost 35# the first year and woud like to lose another 35 this year. I look and feel better and my clothes fit great. At 310# size 46 pants were getting snug and I did not want to pay the prices for clothing from the big & tall guys store.