I need to lose 100#s, but realize that you don't get as fat as I am by living right, so I'm hoping for a more reasonable amount and timeframe. My hunting this fall will be limited to Indiana, but I may be able to make it to Idaho to help a pard with a sheep tag (I'm better luck for him than any rabbits foot...). So, right now I'm sorta ignoring the scale, due in large part to the viscious cycle that Fat Bastard Talked about, and trying to focus on just getting in better shape. Right now I'm doing crossfit with a group at the YMCA M-W-F with some step-mill and rowiing on T-Th. I may rest on T or Th if I'm too sore from the day before. Been pretty good about getting my workouts in and have averaged 4 days/week for the last two months. I was working out about that many times/week prior doing my own thing to get into shape to workout with the group. I'm in better shape and definitely getting stronger. Now the hardest part for me is my diet...
I do pretty good for breakfast and lunch as I'm a creature of habit and cheap so I almost always bring lunch to work. Dinners aren't too bad for what I eat, I just eat too much and then get bored and start snacking after the kids are asleep. Then there's the weekends...I kid myself by saying I can be free with my diet on the weekends because I do better during the week. Likewise, our neighborhood has quite a few couples that are very social which leads me to drinking way too much beer on the weekend! Between now and August I'm hoping to work on that aspect now that I have made workouts a part of my routine. We'll see, but I don't have a whole lot of hope for me as you don't get this fat by having a lot of willpower! For me that's the hardest part, just making healthy decisions a part of the routine.
PS- I can lose Greenhorn's 3/4 pound by just taking off my belt!!
