I’m intrigued. Go over it again. I happen to have bought potatoes on my last trip to the store. Is rice acceptable as well?
edit and general idea: This is now the Unstuck Summer Weight Loss Challenge Thread.
The basic idea is to post/sign up for an 8 week weight loss/fitness challenge.
COVID has been a big challenge for many of us who have been pursuing (or thinking of pursuing) weight loss and fitness goals in 2020. Many routines and healthy habits have been put off/pushed back during this time, so the goal of this thread is to get people motivated to work toward their health and fitness goals for the next 8 weeks, whatever they may be.
The lead contender, the rabbit if you will, is none other than SeniorKeed, coming off a successful weight loss bet in late 2019 (see SenorKeed's Fall Weight Loss Challenge), where he more or less ate nothing but potatoes for 2 months or so and lost like 30 lbs (13.6 kg), moving to under 175 lbs (79.5 kg). Well, like many of us, Keed has put some of the weight back on during lockdown, what with exposure to non-potato foods and such, and plans to get back into the game.
As the same time Keed was doing the potato famine (“potato plenty”?) diet, I was undertaking a different weight loss/fitness strategy, generally normal/semi-reduced consumption with HIIT fitness training for an hour 4-5 days a week. I was making steady progress but crashed in mid-March when the lockdown took effect.
For the first eight weeks I didn’t have home fitness equipment, ate more or less what I wanted, and went from 288 to 308 lbs as of today. Now, for the last two months I’ve been working out with dumbells for an hour every other day and have gained in strength, even above pre-lockdown levels, but I need something to take off some of the lbs. (My goal is 245lbs by the end of the year, as I’m a fairly large, 6’2" lineman-type in build). Anyway, I obviously need to do more than just lift weights a few times a week, so I’ve agreed to (mostly) join Keed in his potato madness for at least a week, while planning to watch my diet and increase exercise over the summer.
The goal of this thread is to get others involved and have a forum-wide weight loss and fitness challenge. Not for money or love so much as for encouragement.
Basically, post your current state of fitness or weight, your plan, and maybe your goal and post periodic updates on how it’s going. The idea is to encourage commitment and progress and create some solid forum content.
The eight-week challenge will tentatively run from Sunday, July 5 to Sunday August 30. As I note below, “Don’t need to post specific goals, just say that you’re in, post starting weight or something similar (eg, 20 lbs over, or whatever), and your plan (eg, full potato, pure exercise, keto, heavy weights, cal in/out, whatever) and provide periodic updates with progress and how well you’re sticking with the program.”
Best of luck.