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Noah, 23, USA. Former athlete trying to get back into shape, and trying to figure out what that means for me. I'm not a professional healthcare provider, dietician, fitness guru, athlete, or personal trainer. Additional links:

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It’s my first post in almost 2 years, I didn’t realize I hadn’t been tracking especially for this long. I guess I didn’t really want to because I had gained that weight loss back and more, I’m now back up to 250lbs but right now I’m kind of okay with that, I’ve gained a lot of muscle mass and lost some fat.

I needed to spend some time recovering from an injury and illness, and I spent a lot of the past two years ill with one thing or another. I still am going through a lot of medical issues but I have the mental ability to force myself to go get treatment which has been a tremendous help. 

I needed to get more of my shit in order. I don’t know if I’ll start using this blog again frequently but I hope to track my physical wellness a little better and I think this might help 

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I'm now between 215-220 consistently, 218 most days Hoping that it following the same trend I've been on where it seems like I'm not losing weight and then it will all of a sudden go down and stay down

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I’m back up to 230 because I started going to the gym and lifting. I’ve got some new muscle and I’m sure I’m retaining some water again, but I’m working on that

I wanted to get under 220 this month because I was really close but building muscle is important, and it’s really toning me up again so that’s awesome!!!

Hoping to get back down to 225 before we get into March, but we will see!!

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February goals

Get under 220 lbs

Drink more water (still not where I should be)

Exercise even more outside of work, not just walking

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I lost 11.4 lbs from January 1st to January 31st

I didn’t expect to lose that much, and certainly don’t expect to continue on that track but I’m happy I’m already this far!

I have just about 24 lbs to go until I’m under 200 again, I am really hoping that I will be able to at least keep on going at a 5 lbs/month weight loss but we will see what happens

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Well it's the last day of January and today I weighed in at 223.6 lbs! It meets my second goal for January of "under 225" so I am really psyched! Setting new goals soon

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Under 225 lbs!

This morning I weighed in at 224.2 I'm really hoping that by the end of the month I'll still be right around there, within 3 lbs in either direction. Obviously would rather lose more but more so hoping it doesn't go back up too much

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January goals pt 2:

Since I’ve met all my fitness goals (WHOO!) I’ve decided to set new goals:

Increase activity outside of work

Get under 225 lbs (about 229 right now)

Drink more water

Eat more veggies and eat junk food with much more moderation 

Actually participate in legs day 

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I’m so stunned, if I can lose about 1.5 lbs per week until my birthday I’ll be well under 200 lbs!

Even if I don’t lose nearly that much, I’m getting healthier and losing visceral fat

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Ay-o! After having two closing shifts, like I predicted, I’m under 230!

I made it down to 228.6 lbs today! I’m really not surprised, considering the shift was basically 4 hours of intermittent vigorous activity and just about 4 hours straight on the back half of my shift

I hope this keeps up, I’m working my ass off (apparently, literally)

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I’m down anther half a pound after my half shift yesterday

Two more shifts for the week, today and tomorrow, and if I keep losing after every shift I’ll be under 230 by Sunday for sure xD

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231.8 lbs for today's weigh in yesterday was a busy shift! I definitely ended up burning a lot of calories lol 1.9 lbs until I make it under 230!!!

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January fitness goals:

Get under 230 (CW 232, so close!)

Start running/exercising consistently

Start strength training

Drink more water

I’m good on 3 of those things right now, hoping to be able to keep it up! I got a new job and I’m on my feet 8 hours each shift, lots of walking and heavy lifting, and I’m definitely drinking more water because of it xD

I was losing at about 0.5 lbs/wk but since I’ve started my job, I’ve been burning so much I’ve lost like 5 lbs in the past two weeks alone even though it’s probably just water weight it’s a good thing it happened.

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down to 233! it took a couple months to break plateau but its going down again whooooo

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I have a really bad habit of not keeping up on things. I haven’t ran in a couple weeks, but I’ve been walking a bit. 

My CW is 237 lbs, down from my SW of 260 lbs at the beginning of the year. This has been slow and steady, healthy weight loss by small increases in activity and changes in diet. I have upheld my New Years resolution for the entire year and I’m really proud!

I wanted to try to get down to 200-220 by the end of the year, but I am not upset. I’ve lost 23 lbs, after years of gaining the same amount every year, this is monumental :D 

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Pushed off my second day of running to yesterday (Monday) instead of Sunday, and I'm glad I did! I ended up going too hard too fast and couldn't catch my breath for more than five minutes...yikes... Not something I would have wanted to deal with on Sunday bc I had other things to do I ran a little more this time, though I spent a lot of the time walking, and took less breaks. I got a little over a mile in with combined running and walking and hoping to get more next time

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I'm 22 lbs lighter than I was this time last year And I didn't lose any muscle mass (I think I actually gained some muscle), but there's not a huge difference in my size, I don't think. I'm getting fit and it's not as miserable as it used to be! It's a lot of progress and I'm happy