BootCamp Charlie For Men (May edition)

[todunlop]

Afternoon Guys,

just got done eating breakfast egg, ham and cheese on a opsie roll made w/ricotta. I think I may need to make a large batch of these. They do make a nice sandwich.
I'm up a little today too. But not worried to much pepperoni. I,m going to some Black and Blue ball tonight not sure what they'll be serving for eats, hopefully it won't be pasta. Well gotta run literally later Ed

[slatman]

Just came across your group no emoticons I'm in that "clappy" thing needs to die

All time high 248
weight as of 1/1/2008 199
current weight 194-202
total pounds from high 49
total pounds lost in 2008 0

Carb cycling now for weekend bike races and race pace group rides
stillman's (meat & eggs) mon, tue, wed and lunch thursday
Thursday night - Sunday night good carbs are added in veggies, brown rice etc....
I have not lost the pounds this year but am getting stronger, toning, and adding muscle

[cush75]

Good evening to all.

Well made it thru Friday night. This diet is a cake walk for me during the week, honestly I just enjoy how simple it is. Weekends however are a killer. Mentally I just sabotage myself. Well got home tonight and immediately guzzled down a protein shake to at least fend off any hunger. My wife and daughter wanted to go to the mall. Food courts stink. Ended up with a burger, no roll. Did the treadmill for a bit yesterday and just some push ups, squats today.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

[CTIgrad]

Hey all, I just picked up the latest issue of Men's Health and was reading it today while donating plasma. There is an article near the back about type 2 diabetes and how it effects all sorts of people.

A large chunk of the article talks about how the ADA just came out and recommended a low carb diet as a primary treatment for type 2, specifically the atkins diet. I would HIGHLY recommend picking up this issue and giving it a read, some interesting stuff in there.

[shiNer45]

Welcome slatman, looks like yer doing things right, post often, things tend to get a little queit around here on the weekends as of late, dont worry though, they will be back in droves for mondays weigh in !!

weighed in at my upper limit today, which is ok, cause i had a free day yesterday, we had some things we wouldnt normally eat, thats it for carbage, now im back on track

got 2 more niteshifts to go, the other day i said there was a job opening at my work, well it turns out now there are 2! the descriptions are almost the same, so im going to apply for both of them, see what pans out! i think one of them is this guys whos been on medical leave for 2 years, the other one may be this other guy who left 3 months ago, anyhow, if its the same pay, im there!!

[oobatooba]

Checking in. This week my diet has not been too good, but I am keeping my exercise routine on track. I'm not expecting to see much loss for monday. I am not going to beat myself up over it, I just need top refocus and move forward.

Welcome slatman.

Good luck Ken and CTIgrad with your employment opportunities.

[wall]

hey dudes

i ate really good today...till grabbing that handful of M&M's a little bit ago
damnit

the weather is finally consistantly good here. hope to get out on the bike (pedal) tomorrow for the 1st time this year..

[TaDa!]

Good Morning Camp Charlie!!!

Wow! Look at all the new guys! Way to go on the monthly losses everyone!!!! I am so relieved not to step in here to a speedo fashion show this visitors' day! I got back to goal myself this past month .. now just to stay there, lol!

Corpuscave ... Although I love cardio, running mostly, I do both heavy duty cardio and heavy weights (weights @ 4x week) .. I totally agree that muscle is where it's at ... I always remind myself that the more muscle I carry, the more energy my body needs (read: food!) even while at rest ... More food? I'm there! And of course, while losing weight, the more muscle, the more fat a body burns even at rest ..

Wall ... M&Ms are made from reconstituted mouse poo and sugar, you don't want to go there ...

KUTGW Everyone!!!! Keep this a speedo-free zone!!!

See ya next week!

[shiNer45]

not much to report, down a few ticks,

one more nite shift thank god, tomorrow should be rough for me, gotta work the nite, then do the power 90 sweat after dinner, ill be surprised if im even awake after dinner !!

see you all tomorrow afternoon, good luck with the monday weigh in

[Corpuscavernosa]

Hey everyone, hope you're having a great weekend thus far. I notice on this thread that a lot of people seem to weigh themselves an awful lot. I'm just curious how that works out for you guys.

When I started Atkins (the first time) I weighed myself almost every day for a bit but then got discouraged since my weight fluxuated daily. I switched to weighing myself every Monday and that seemed to give a more accurate reading of overall loss.

Is there a benefit to weighing more often?

[oobatooba]

Originally Posted by Corpuscavernosa

Hey everyone, hope you're having a great weekend thus far. I notice on this thread that a lot of people seem to weigh themselves an awful lot. I'm just curious how that works out for you guys.

When I started Atkins (the first time) I weighed myself almost every day for a bit but then got discouraged since my weight fluxuated daily. I switched to weighing myself every Monday and that seemed to give a more accurate reading of overall loss.

Is there a benefit to weighing more often?

It would be smarter for me to weigh in once a week, but I like going on the emotional rollercoaster ride.

I always say I am going to start only weighing on monday's, but I am not sure if I can break the habbit.

[shiNer45]

i weigh in a minimum of 2 times a day, sometimes more, very rare when i dont weigh in at all

[wall]

I weigh myself about every other day or so. I'm not so tied to it thankfully.
But every Monday and Friday for sure.


Biking was great...one hill (ok, 2 of 'em) were real mofo's but I owned that beyotch!!!

[slatman]

8000 ft climb on the bike today pretty much toast for the rest of the day
120 miles for the weekend..

I weigh in the mornings but my weight varies too much (hydration & carb loading) so I just compare Monday's weight to the previous Monday's weight etc..rather than day to day

[warriorscholar]

Hey guys,

So yesterday I had my first beer in a long time. It was a Killian's Irish red. Damn was that good. And the best part I stopped with the beer after that first one. I was at a grad party, so there was plenty of booze around. I contented myself with a few shots of Knob Creek whiskey, and a few pulls from a bottle of Tequila. Spaced out over a few hours it was actually quite reasonable. I've found that I enjoy drinking a lot more now that I don't wake up hugging a toilet.

OobaTooba: Don't beat yourself up over one slip up, but be damn sure you don't let one slip up become one week worth of slip ups.

Wall: see my note to Ooba

TaDa: Congrats on getting back to goal. You are quite the inspiration.

Corpus: I weogh on Mondays and sometimes on Fridays. Any more than that is unhealthy for me.

Cheers,

[stargrabber]

I am super impressed with the April losses!

Glad to see some new faces too ....stick with it gents these men definitely keep folks accountable and pass on words of wisdom that do and don't work.

Make it a great week all!

Meechel

[CTIgrad]

Late night check in.

So this weekend was Springfest at the college I graduated from, and as I still live in town, and it was also my birthday, I decided to partake. Started drinking at 8am on saturday and stopped about 3am that night. Good day over all, but bad as far as eating goes. I hit the diet hard today, and spend a good 2 hours at the gym, by I dont think even that will save the week for me. Im expecting a gain, but not really sure how much. Figured your bday only comes once a year so WTH.

Over all I'm still feeling good, and still adding the miles to my run. Took another 30 seconds or so off my 2 mile time so thats good. Did some lifts today as well, and those have suffered, need to get back into that.

I head down tomorrow to Fargo for a drug screen for the FAA. Passing that I'll get my full physical in the next week or so, that should be a real tell tale of how well this diet is going. Im off to work. See you all tomorrow.

[oobatooba]

Good morning fellas. I have no loss to report, but I think I have turned things back in the right direction. I plan on doing much better this week. Good luck.

[fatfreddie]

Monday weigh in
4/30- 245
5/5- 243

[wall]

howdy fellas

5/1/2008 239.2
5/5/2008 240.4

not gonna sweat that.

i'm more sunburned than sore from biking yesterday...cant wait to get back on it and add the miles

[wall]

Originally Posted by TaDa!

Wall ... M&Ms are made from reconstituted mouse poo and sugar, you don't want to go there ...

great...now M&Ms are forever tainted with that mental image.

THANKS!!

[Devinpike]

Monday weigh in.
4/28 - 220
5/5 - 217

Didn't do formal workouts as much this week. Did the Y Monday and golfed 18 holes yesterday. It was my birthday too this weekend so spent a lot of time getting house ready for visitors and babysitters. Went off plan yesterday drinking a bunch of beer and treating myself to chinese. It tasted bretty bad, actually...so no satisfaction outa eating crap food.....oh well. Steaks tonight at the in-laws woooot. Gonna try to hit it hard this week. I play in a band and we have a gig this weekend. Wanna look good.

I did hit a personal goal tho on Saturday. I managed to get into one of my newer pairs of 38" jeans. Been wearing 40's for like 2 years now. Next goal: my 36's. and ultimately my 33's. (They all used to fit me at one time or another) I'd rather judge success by my clothes than using the scale.

[Colo Alex]

Wow, great weekend for new recruits. Welcome everyone. I have been sick all weekend and feel like warm poo now. No weigh-in today.

[slatman]

Morning

4/28/08 202
5/5/08 199.7
No carbs on sunday I usually reload a little bit immediately after sunday's ride
time to suck it up and get to goal

Rest day ---- 20 minutes light spinning tonight

[Corpuscavernosa]

For the first time since I re-inducted, the scales didn't move this week. 224.5 for the second week in a row. I did lose half an inch of my chest and waist though and my ketostix are dark purple so I know something good is going on!

Hey congratulations to everyone who lost and for those of us who didn't, keep it up! (not that way, pervs)

[shiNer45]

Just woke up from my last nite shift, good time to weigh in,

April
7 158.4
14 158.8
21 154.8
28 154.8

May
01 154.2 -.6

kept the weight steady this week, which was good, i added in some foods i wouldnt normally eat (small portions) so im gonna keep that up, plus keep up the exercising , things are working for me now, i can feel it,

good job to all the losers, nice going

Alex, hope you are feeling better soon

[Mack]

Hi Guys,
Looks like there is good springtime progress and year-to-date progress in some cases.
Ken , I like the 10 lb. challenge - it should be a standard for guys with 40 -50 or more pounds to lose.
Charlie was originally conceived as a really fat guy forum with good loss per month as incentive and requirement. It opened as a guy-wherever-you-are-at forum and all in all has been a force for good.

As to M&M's - There is the little known super-fine print clause in the CampCharlie regs that addresses such. To wit, M&M's MAY be mouthed and spit out only WHEN you reach GOAL and ONLY in the following fashion:
(see pic)


TTYL,
KUTGW
Hi's and hugz to Star and Paula
- Mack out