RE: Atheist Forums' Biggest Loser
March 17, 2017 at 12:50 am
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2017 at 2:05 am by Whateverist.)
(March 15, 2017 at 12:18 pm)Shell B Wrote: I'm contemplating the idea of an "AF Biggest Loser." If you don't know what biggest loser is, I think it's an idea people got from game shows, but a lot of workplaces and families do it as a way to encourage each other to lose weight. I'm not *exactly* sure how they work, but I would look into it if enough people were interested here. If you feel like trying to lose some weight/get fit/maintain your current fitness level with the help and support AF members, chime in. If enough people want to, I'll get it started.
Edit: A lot of people have fitness goals that don't include losing weight. I think we can all find a way to be included and make it sort of a mixed bag.
Boy I could have used this even more in 2014. I was at 240 pounds on new years day of 2015, and I'm just about 6 feet (though there has been some shrinkage). I got down to about 200 by the end of 2015 by taking a healthy eating class through Kaiser (my medical provider). I took the class again at the start of this year and got down to about 187. Since it ended I've pretty much been drifting just looking to maintain and hopefully lose some more weight eventually. My tentative target weight is 175 pounds, so 12 more to go. But I can't be sure 175 is really right for me. I mean, I was 165 and very thin in high school. So maybe 180 would be healthier. Not sure. But 175 remains the target unless I get to another weight I feel good about.
More important goals for me would be to get my hyper extended knee completely healed with strength and full range of motion. If I can work on my core strength too that would be great. I no longer run but it would be good to find something aerobic I can do, maybe a reclined bike.
My mantra while losing the weight was "getting light on my feet". I used to be. I'm getting there. So yeah, count me in.
