Interesting. Since October 21 I have only put 287 miles on my G80.

[Mr. Incredible]

But I have put 2,656 miles on my Bike.

 

[EdP]

But I have put 2,656 miles on my Bike.

Damn, that is a lot of calories. How is the weight loss going?

 

[Mr. Incredible]

Damn, that is a lot of calories. How is the weight loss going?

177 lbs lost since last March, From 430lbs to 253lbs,. 53lbs more to go to hit my goal.

average calorie burn is 3,200 per day, 40-60 miles a day on the bike, sometimes 100 miles,

Total intake is 1,200-1,500. My diet is completely monitored by a dietician and my doctor, So I am right where they want me to be, Averaging ~4 lbs lost per week, which according the weight loss clinic is more the double the average patient, but they pointed out many of their patients are not doing as much intense training as I am. 4 days a week on the bike 2 days with weight lifting and resistance training, one day of rest.

I even finally got my wife on board, while she doesn’t need to lose much, maybe 20-30 lbs, she’s 5’7” and 140lbs, I bought a tandem bike and she is riding with me and my daughter. My daughter started riding with me over the holidays, and is doing 80-100 miles every Saturday with me. Again she doesn’t need to lose any weight 16 years old 5’5” and 115lbs, but the exercise and family time is good for anyone.

 

[tarhoosier]

You are closing in on the BMI to be an excellent surgery candidate.

 

[Mr. Incredible]

You are closing in on the BMI to be an excellent surgery candidate.

What surgery?

 

[tarhoosier]

An important benefit of your weight loss is that you can undergo any internal surgery, which would not be your option beforehand. My wry emoji was intended to show that this important issue was meant in ironic truth.

 

[Mr. Incredible]

An important benefit of your weight loss is that you can undergo any internal surgery, which would not be your option beforehand. My wry emoji was intended to show that this important issue was meant in ironic truth.

I see.


well I am working toward getting the insurance to cover the cosmetic surgery that will be required due to the 250lbs weight loss. The reason i am using a weight loss clinic and structured dietician is that my carrier will cover 80% of the cosmetic surgery cost if I reach the goal weight they set for me at the beginning of this process within 365 days of the start date by using this weight loss clinic/program and not showing any positive weight gain for 6 months after reaching the goal weight,

My official start date is August 21st, with a goal weight of 258lbs. I paid out of pocket from March to July for the clinic to be sure I got a jump on the weight loss and could meet the goal weight with time to spare. I met the goal weight 2 weeks ago.

The weight loss doctors at the clinic recommend a BMI of under 25 before considering reconstruction surgery. I should hit my personal goal by June/July and be below that BMI mark, so I will be well ahead of the game by the August due date. Then I have to wait 6 more months after August 21st to show no positive weight gain above their goal weight of 258lbs.

So by this time next year I should be lining up for the cosmetic surgery.

With the purchase of the Palisade, my daughter, wife and I are introducing rowing and/or kaiaking into our workout. These are things I have wanted to do for years, but obviously my weight held me back. No longer, It is literally a life changing situation for me and my family.

 

[Kevin L]

Excellent job! Expensive for the new wardrobe though.

I don't know you're age, but I was 45 and just over 300 lbs in 2000. When I turned 50, I said if I don't get some of this weight off now it's only going to get tougher. I still have some to go, but I'm now age 66 and 187 lbs. I'm just under 6' and I should be about another 15 lbs lighter. I'll get there in the next year.

An advantage of being fat is you look younger since the fat pushes out the wrinkles. Here's a before (2000) and a couple of afters (last year and last month with the new G80):

 

[tarhoosier]

Think about someone in your previous condition who was told that his critical surgery was unavailable due to the mass of excess weight made the treatment too risky. This situation is more common that many of us would like to think. As someone who had abdominal surgery and was described as an "ideal" candidate due to BMI of 21, I inquired about the situation and my surgeon told me (briefly) of his other, unpleasant, patient conversations on this topic.

In another vein, so to speak, when I reported to my hospital for surgery I had to navigate patient education where all risks and other issues are described, the anaesthesia is explained, and so on. One paper I signed was to allow the tissue removed to be kept by the institution for research. I signed and then asked, "Who would disagree with this?" "Some of our patients are scared to be here", was the answer. "They are not supposed to be in a hospital." Those who follow a faith that relies on supernatural healing (or something) and should have refused any intervention other than their belief. Those people. Practicing medicine can be fraught with conundrums.

 

[Kevin L]

Though I've had some brushes with serious issues, most of my exposure to medicine was TV shows. I often wondered why the doctors would refuse to do a surgery, describing it as inoperable, even though the patient was going to definitely die without the surgery. My feeling was I'd rather die with you trying to fix me than to die by giving up. My son is now a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist, and had done some remarkable surgeries, including fetal surgeries when he worked in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). I asked him the question why won't they operate on something described "inoperable". He said it had to do with hospital mortality and morbidity rates. If a hospital's rates are too high, it's rankings drop and it's reputation suffers. I expect that would make it tougher to attract better personnel. Operating on an "inoperable" patient that would most likely not end well, doesn't help the patient, their family, or the hospital and staff.

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[Mr. Incredible]

Excellent job! Expensive for the new wardrobe though.

I don't know you're age, but I was 45 and just over 300 lbs in 2000. When I turned 50, I said if I don't get some of this weight off now it's only going to get tougher. I still have some to go, but I'm now age 66 and 187 lbs. I'm just under 6' and I should be about another 15 lbs lighter. I'll get there in the next year.

An advantage of being fat is you look younger since the fat pushes out the wrinkles. Here's a before (2000) and a couple of afters (last year and last month with the new G80):

I’m 52 and same mentality, at this age it is a lot harder. I was always muscular, I was an amateur body builder from 1994-2003 in 2003 I had a motorcycle accident which changed something in how my metabolism works, I was 202lbs with 9% body Fat in 2003, By 2012 I was 335lbs by 2020 I was 430lbs.

I finally decided to go to a weight loss clinic to address it instead of my primary care doctor, I found out my Thyroid was completely inactive, I was put on 300mcg of Synthroid last March which kicked off the change, I am now down to 150mcg and things have leveled out.

Dr. Just told me “eat less, exercise more”. Specialist found the actual problem. Once my body started working correctly and I dropped 75lbs, moving became easier and exercising became second natural again.

 

[Kevin L]

Fantastic story, Mr. Incredible. Great that you pursued the issue with a specialist.

I was always fat; back when I was a kid, they called it husky, but that just meant fat. I never felt overly motivated to lose weight because it didn't seem to affect my life. I was good at sports - not the first kid picked for a team, but certainly not the last. When I was 19 I started playing racquetball and loved it, playing six to ten hours per week as well as doing tournaments. It was funny going to a tournament where my opponent didn't know me. They'd see this 300 lb guy walk in and think it was going to be an easy win. Well, that 300 lb guy could move and dive for shots, too. Better yet, I could get up quickly after I dove! I would often say "Fat men can move, too!"

I was also did well with the ladies. Fortunately for me, women aren't as shallow as men. They look beyond the physical appearance of a guy if he has other positive attributes. Around the time I was a sophomore in high school I realized this and came alive around girls. I have a good sense of humor and many women find that attractive. So that didn't become a motivation to lose weight, either.

What did become the motivation was age and the realization we're not immortal. When we're young, even into our forties, we're convinced we'll live forever. Around the age of 50, you begin to realize that isn't true. Since I was loving life, and still am, I decided I not only want to live a long time, I want to be old and healthy. At 66, I can't do things as well as I could when I was younger, but I can still do them while enjoying life.

Best of luck to you, Mr. Incredible. Your story is inspiring and I wish you nothing but great success in meeting your goal and having a long and happy life.

Kevin

 

[Mr. Incredible]

Fantastic story, Mr. Incredible. Great that you pursued the issue with a specialist.

I was always fat; back when I was a kid, they called it husky, but that just meant fat. I never felt overly motivated to lose weight because it didn't seem to affect my life. I was good at sports - not the first kid picked for a team, but certainly not the last. When I was 19 I started playing racquetball and loved, playing six to ten hours per week as well as doing tournaments. It was funny going to a tournament where my opponent didn't know me. They'd see this 300 lb guy walk in and think it was going to be an easy win. Well, that 300 lb guy could move and dive for shots, too. Better yet, I could get up quickly after I dove! I would often say "Fat men can move, too!"

I was also did well with the ladies. Fortunately for me, women aren't as shallow as men. They look beyond the physical appearance of a guy if he has other positive attributes. Around the time I was a sophomore in high school I realized this and came alive around girls. I have a good sense of humor and many women find that attractive. So that didn't become a motivation to lose weight, either.

What did become the motivation was age and the realization we're not mortal. When we're young, even into our forties, we're convinced we'll live forever. Around the age of 50, you begin to realize that isn't true. Since I was loving life, and still am, I decided I not only want to live a long time, I want to be old and healthy. At 66, I can't do things as well as I could when I was younger, but I can still do them while enjoying life.

Best of luck to you, Mr. Incredible. Your story is inspiring and I wish you nothing but great success in meeting your goal and have a long and happy life.

Kevin

For me it was quite the opposite, I was always the skinny, boney, could see my ribs kid, in High School I never got over 150lbs, I didn’t do heavy weight training, I did a lot of cardio though, I was an active swimmer since I was 6 years old, and was on competition swim teams from age 10 until 18, private clubs and high school. I was also an active soccer player. Got my Varsity letter in Swimming and Soccer as a freshman, played punter and kicker on the High School foot ball team in my Jr. and Sr. Year.

Joined the USMC out of high school, more cardio,. graduated basic at 164lbs. In 1994 a year after I left the USMC I met a body builder, he was friends with Joe Weider, Frank Zane, Dorian Yates, and several others, he started training me, and introduced me into the body building world. I appeared in several magazines and over 60 shows, I was never able to get huge enough (nor did I want to) to compete on the pro level I choose not to use PEDs so I was limited in my growth, but I did ok until my accident.

After the accident I became complacent and to a point didn’t care about my weight or how I looked, dealing with the ongoing pain from the motorcycle accident, a new child, the loss of my wife (Killed in a car accident after my daughter was born) and other life situations just put me in a state of mind where I didn’t care.

The change really came about because I got to the point I couldn’t walk anymore, I had to use a cane or walker because my legs were giving up. I was told I would need knee replacement if I didn’t lose 150lbs, as I already have a replacement hip from the motorcycle accident I decided I didn’t want more pain and discomfort. I needed to change.

My knees are great now, supplements along with the biking and weight loss has corrected the issues, just had an MRI done on my knees and was told there is no need for any surgery, the issues I had were related to the weight and atrophied muscles.

 

[Andyj]

wow. Amazing and impressive stories. Thank you both for sharing such personal and relevant facts about your lives. Wish you the best outcome. And glad you are Genesis fans ike me.

 

[Kevin L]

For me it was quite the opposite, I was always the skinny, boney, could see my ribs kid, in High School I never got over 150lbs, I didn’t do heavy weight training, I did a lot of cardio though, I was an active swimmer since I was 6 years old, and was on competition swim teams from age 10 until 18, private clubs and high school. I was also an active soccer player. Got my Varsity letter in Swimming and Soccer as a freshman, played punter and kicker on the High School foot ball team in my Jr. and Sr. Year.

Joined the USMC out of high school, more cardio,. graduated basic at 164lbs. In 1994 a year after I left the USMC I met a body builder, he was friends with Joe Weider, Frank Zane, Dorian Yates, and several others, he started training me, and introduced me into the body building world. I appeared in several magazines and over 60 shows, I was never able to get huge enough (nor did I want to) to compete on the pro level I choose not to use PEDs so I was limited in my growth, but I did ok until my accident.

After the accident I became complacent and to a point didn’t care about my weight or how I looked, dealing with the ongoing pain from the motorcycle accident, a new child, the loss of my wife (Killed in a car accident after my daughter was born) and other life situations just put me in a state of mind where I didn’t care.

The change really came about because I got to the point I couldn’t walk anymore, I had to use a cane or walker because my legs were giving up. I was told I would need knee replacement if I didn’t lose 150lbs, as I already have a replacement hip from the motorcycle accident I decided I didn’t want more pain and discomfort. I needed to change.

My knees are great now, supplements along with the biking and weight loss has corrected the issues, just had an MRI done on my knees and was told there is no need for any surgery, the issues I had were related to the weight and atrophied muscles.

I'm so sorry about the troubles you've had and losing your wife. You're proof, though, if you're committed, humans can overcome many obstacles. I'm sure you're daughter is very happy to see her Dad embracing life again.

I'm glad I've met you, if only through this forum.

Kevin

 

[Mr. Incredible]

I'm so sorry about the troubles you've had and losing your wife. You're proof, though, if you're committed, humans can overcome many obstacles. I'm sure you're daughter is very happy to see her Dad embracing life again.

I'm glad I've met you, if only through this forum.

Kevin

Thank you Kevin.


My daughter is very happy as we can now do things together, Instead of fat old dad not being able to move.

The biking was the start, we are getting some kayaks and when I have the SUV next month I am taking her to Big Bear to ski, I haven’t been skiing in in 20 years, but I love doing it, at my weight now it shouldn’t be an issue.. but I will take it slow.


When I get to 200 or bellow I am going sky diving again with my cousins, and will take my daughter as well, as I said it has been life changing for us. I love being active again.

 

[Kevin L]

That's great to hear. My son and I share sports and outdoor activities (boating, golf, racquetball, scuba...) and has kept us close. Now that he has kids, being fit enough to do things with the grandkids is great, too. The middle photo I posted above is my son, grandson, and me on the beach in Mexico last January. My wife and I take them away every year for their Christmas present. We've had to cancel two dates so far for this year's trip and may have to cancel the third date - damn COVID.

Enjoy your rekindled relationship with your daughter. It will be great for both of you.

 

[tarhoosier]

This is the best thread on this site. Much better than "What oil should I use?"