So my recent Friday weigh-in I went up in weight about a lb
Not too fussed, on a new higher protein diet and lifting 4 times per week.
On the tape my waste, abdomen and chest are all shrinking, so the body fat is still going in the right direction.

I also got my new Kettlebell delivered today, I am going to start doing Russian Swings three times per week.

Hello disgusted onlookers, welcome to another exciting episode of oversharing with iNCY ,
You are welcome... Please check your seat pocket for a sick bag.


Starting weight : 250lb 113.5kg 11th of April


Today's weight : 229.5lb 104.1kg


So those playing at home you will see that my weight has crept up from 103.6kg to 104.1kg.
I think this is down to two things...

My new diet, which is about 1,600 calories per day
Also lifting weights three times per week.

In addition to weighing myself I have been taking weekly measurements and not just of my girthy war club...

Today, I according to my measurements I am almost not fat:



Which is kind of nice... And separate to the fat rating, my stomach is still shrinking despite the uptick in weight:



My waist started at:
113.4cm 44.65"
and today is
108.1cm 42.65"

So that is around 2" off my gut which is a lot...
This is also about a month after I started losing weight.

I am also seeing my legs, chest and arms having their measurements starting to go up as I lift and do proteint.


In addition to my weight training 4 days per week and my average of 11k steps per day, I introduced Russian Kettlebell Swings
if you ever wanted to do just one exercise for cardio and strength training... This is the one:




I do them to near failure, so last time I did 70, then 30, then 20 for 120 reps in a session.

Nice work iNCY. Years ago I combined Russian swing and Dance Dance Revolution. It's a good HIIT workout.

I went to the Dr's today and I am down 5lbs from last month. Now you might be thinking, 5lbs ain't shit IM, but for a menopausal woman over 45 who lives a mostly sedentary lifestyle, it might as well be 20lbs!

Now, I have graduated back to chewing actual food (though only on my left side and some foods are still on the no fly list) so let's see what happens the following month now that I've also adopted some better lifestyle habits. I didn't stop taking the Ozempic. My Dr put me down to the 0.25mg dosage I had little to no side effects with and we'll see what happens from there as it has also helped my blood sugars. Slow and steady wins the race for me I hope.

Jun 2, 2023 21:57:22 GMT iron maiden said:

I went to the Dr's today and I am down 5lbs from last month. Now you might be thinking, 5lbs ain't shit IM, but for a menopausal woman over 45 who lives a mostly sedentary lifestyle, it might as well be 20lbs!

Now, I have graduated back to chewing actual food (though only on my left side and some foods are still on the no fly list) so let's see what happens the following month now that I've also adopted some better lifestyle habits. I didn't stop taking the Ozempic. My Dr put me down to the 0.25mg dosage I had little to no side effects with and we'll see what happens from there as it has also helped my blood sugars. Slow and steady wins the race for me I hope.

5lb is no joke, that's great

Hello children, getting less fat still.
Noticing the difference more in the mirror and clothes more than on the scales.
Now the least fat I have been since probably a year after getting married:

Starting weight : 250lb 113.5kg 11th of April


Today's weight : 228.6lb 103.7kg


Still lifting weights 4-5 days per week with cardo most days.
Feeling better, but still can't sleep, it is beyond brutal.

May 27, 2023 1:25:44 GMT NATH45 said:

From 151lb to 158lb in 4 weeks.

Close to another 4 weeks later, I've landed at 73.3kg or 161lb.

About a 4.5kg / 10lb gain in 7 or 8 weeks.

In a weird twist of fate, I've also grown 2cm. My neck and lower back had been sore for years, and as a result I slouched and it actually hurt to lay flat or stand straight up against a wall.

The body is really so much better and stronger, and I'm carrying more muscle now than ever before, and I'm turning 40 next month - which is the insane thing.

Good morning shoppers...

I haven't posted much, but I am still on the straight and (not particularly) narrow.
Settled into a good groove.
The scales aren't a good indicator now as I have taken up banging and clanging in my epic home gym that I have nicknamed the bunker.
So rather than focusing on weight loss, the goal now is recomp and fat loss.

Because I love you all I converted my measurements into inches.



It's a weird one because what they call "waist" is a measurement of your stomach pretty much right on your belly button.
Down about 5" in my gut, that has to be good right?
It is steadily going down around a quarter to a half of an inch a week, while my chest, shoulders and arms are getting bigger.
I have gone from obese hippo to chunky gorilla.

Hello ladies and gentlemen, in the full nature of disclosure I had a rough time at work for about 6 weeks where I was doing long hours with no exercise or clean eating and crept back up on the scales.
Been back in the healthy groove for about 3 weeks.
The thing is that my weight is up, but my regime hasn't really changed.

Still walking about 50-60km a week (34 miles)
Weight is hovering around the 105kg mark, but...

I have had my first comments about losing weight in the past two weeks.
People have commented on the weight loss and also the working out.
I will need to take some measurements but I think it must be recomp where I am losing fat and adding muscle...

Still fat as shit... Don't click on this link, especially if you have eaten it is a photo:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}
I warned you!~

I wish Pi my clanging and banging brother was still here...
Just getting to a point where I am really enjoying the weight training and probably for the first time ever have added enough muscle to really feel the mind muscle connection.

In other health related news.
I was reading about the US concierge doctor system and I really like the idea of that, it is not big in Australia though.
I found a company that does it and went in for some tests, they did:

Full set of bloods
Skin and Mole check, skin cancer is massive in Australia
ECG of my heart (Would have shaved my chest first if I knew that was going to happen)
MRI from my head to my Pelvis to look for cancer
CT Scan of my heart to look for calcium
Ultrasound of my Thyroid
Ultrasound of my carotid arteries


The main things they are looking for is cancer, heart disease and stroke risk.

If everything comes back clean I don't need to do the tests again for another 5 years.
Considering my family medical history, it is good peace of mind.

How much are you selling tickets for that gun show?! Good for you, especially if the gains are noticeable enough for people to comment on.

iNCY what's the cost for all that work? Mrs. Foos and I took a day trip to Minnesota about 18 months ago to get her an MRI as she was panicked with the prognosis and information she had, and how long the expected wait was going to be to have an MRI here. That cost $2200 USD. It was literally a trailer with an MRI in it. Sounds like it rotates around to different small towns in Minnesota and North Dakota.

Sept 28, 2023 1:47:39 GMT Foos said:

How much are you selling tickets for that gun show?! Good for you, especially if the gains are noticeable enough for people to comment on.

iNCY what's the cost for all that work? Mrs. Foos and I took a day trip to Minnesota about 18 months ago to get her an MRI as she was panicked with the prognosis and information she had, and how long the expected wait was going to be to have an MRI here. That cost $2200 USD. It was literally a trailer with an MRI in it. Sounds like it rotates around to different small towns in Minnesota and North Dakota.

Normally here it is free if it is requested by your GP, then it comes through medicare.
As this was "elective" it is not covered by my insurance, the whole thing with all the tests was AUD$ 2,900 which is about $1,845 at today's exchange rate.
A normal MRI for one thing if it wasn't insurance would be about US$ 318

I hope Mrs Foos is okay mate.
Maybe I could sell tickets to the gun show to recoup my medical costs.

Thanks iNCY. It was early onset liver disease (non alcoholic) and some spots on the pancreas, so referrals to cancer care. Stuff that couldn't wait for a "free" MRI here hence travelling and paying out of pocket for an elective MRI in a different country. Worth it for her mental health. All good now, she made lifestyle changes to get her NAFL disease under control, and the pancreas scare is benign so we've moved on. She now gets yearly MRIs from her GP to follow up on everything.

Now that I'm well into my 40s, I'd pay $1800 for that kind of testing once every 5 years. I know it's hearsay in Canada to say things like that, but if offered I'd use a two tier health care system like that. May be my privilege speaking as a lot of people couldn't afford that.

iNCY do you think your long work hours and stress may be affecting your results?

For anyone who is doing intermittent fasting do you do a 16:8? I am currently attempting a 14:10 and will adjust from there.

Jun 2, 2023 2:21:10 GMT iNCY said:

Hello disgusted onlookers, welcome to another exciting episode of oversharing with iNCY ,
You are welcome... Please check your seat pocket for a sick bag.


Starting weight : 250lb 113.5kg 11th of April


Today's weight : 229.5lb 104.1kg


So those playing at home you will see that my weight has crept up from 103.6kg to 104.1kg.
I think this is down to two things...

My new diet, which is about 1,600 calories per day
Also lifting weights three times per week.

In addition to weighing myself I have been taking weekly measurements and not just of my girthy war club...

Today, I according to my measurements I am almost not fat:



Which is kind of nice... And separate to the fat rating, my stomach is still shrinking despite the uptick in weight:



My waist started at:
113.4cm 44.65"
and today is
108.1cm 42.65"

So that is around 2" off my gut which is a lot...
This is also about a month after I started losing weight.

I am also seeing my legs, chest and arms having their measurements starting to go up as I lift and do proteint.


In addition to my weight training 4 days per week and my average of 11k steps per day, I introduced Russian Kettlebell Swings
if you ever wanted to do just one exercise for cardio and strength training... This is the one:




I do them to near failure, so last time I did 70, then 30, then 20 for 120 reps in a session.

Girthy war club is my new bands name.

Sept 28, 2023 15:59:40 GMT iron maiden said:

iNCY do you think your long work hours and stress may be affecting your results?

For anyone who is doing intermittent fasting do you do a 16:8? I am currently attempting a 14:10 and will adjust from there.

I started 16:8 and do 18:6. Mainly because my kids eat dinner at 5-5:30. Lunch at noon, done eating for the day by 6. Rare cheat days when I'm with friends and want a beer or random pancake breakfast day with the family.

We don't usually eat until 7pm. I don't go to bed until midnight or later so I think a 16:8 right off the hop might kill me.

I figured if I stop eating at 8pm and don't have breakfast until 10am that's a good place for me to start.

Sept 28, 2023 15:03:28 GMT Foos said:

Thanks iNCY . It was early onset liver disease (non alcoholic) and some spots on the pancreas, so referrals to cancer care. Stuff that couldn't wait for a "free" MRI here hence travelling and paying out of pocket for an elective MRI in a different country. Worth it for her mental health. All good now, she made lifestyle changes to get her NAFL disease under control, and the pancreas scare is benign so we've moved on. She now gets yearly MRIs from her GP to follow up on everything.

Now that I'm well into my 40s, I'd pay $1800 for that kind of testing once every 5 years. I know it's hearsay in Canada to say things like that, but if offered I'd use a two tier health care system like that. May be my privilege speaking as a lot of people couldn't afford that.

I'm glad it's not cancer for your wife, there is no price I wouldn't pay for peace of mind in that situation. 
Like you I am happy to have socialised medicine in my country, I don't think anyone should go bankrupt or be crushed by debt for choosing not to die. 
Where the system in Australia and probably Canada too let you down is that medicine is a game of probability and statistics. If 80% of people with certain symptoms respond to a treatment that's what they will prescribe and you have to strongly advocate and fight for your case to get treated properly. I always do my own research especially for my wife and daughters and I use the GP mostly for writing referrals. 

The other thing that is broken about the health system is that it is too reactionary, it's cheaper to treat cancers once symptomatic than detect them at early stages. 

If I was you I would avail myself of your hetchare system and the one to the south, there are plenty of concierge doctor services in the US where I'm sure you could go and get put up on the hoist for the full check. My testing excluded gastropy and endoscopy as I already had those this year after my hospital stay. 

Sept 28, 2023 15:59:40 GMT iron maiden said:

iNCY do you think your long work hours and stress may be affecting your results?

For anyone who is doing intermittent fasting do you do a 16:8? I am currently attempting a 14:10 and will adjust from there.

I hope not... My sleep is my primary thing to now get fixed. 
When I get my results I will let you know. 

I have ditched IF I don't eat after dinner but I realise it all basically comes down to calories in versus calories out. Plus taking as many of your calories through protein as possible. 

I recommend the myfitnesspal app and weigh everything, the free version of the app works really well, but most people don't weight things or ommit stuff like oil and sauces. 

I had a lovely holiday with the family and a few intense weeks and my weight was creeping up.
So I decided to do something sensible and responsible... Pfft As if!

I am 5 days into my 6 day water fast.
No food except for bone broth twice a day and electrolytes in my water.
It has been an interesting experience.
It is a little demoralising because everyone tells you half the weight you lose is water weight and it will come straight back on.
6 days is a bit much when you are working and having to be on the ball.
I could see myself doing regular 3-day water only fasts as a way of keeping my weight down...
The other reason I did this was for the health benefits, there have been a lot of studies around the reduced rates of cancer and dementia after even one fast... It is interesting.

I would say that most of this year I have been dealing with reasonably severe brain fog.
It completely lifted yesterday, which I have not experienced in I don't know how long.
I feel sharp and I got more work done in the last 2 days than the last 2 weeks.

I am breaking it tomorrow at lunch time with sashimi.
Tomorrow night is Chinese takeout

Caught a cold. Slept 42 hours straight, only broken up by thirty minutes to eat a piece of pumpkin pie. Lost 10 pounds. I think I found the secret. Somebody call Weight Watchers.

Good evening shoppers...


So the wash up of my fast:
I called it at 132.5hrs which is a little over 5 days for those playing at home.

Total weight loss 12.55lb
Honestly, I cannot believe how much it rebooted my mental state, there may actually be something in this.
I think my next fast will be water and electrolytes only, supplemented by black coffee and zero sugar soda.

I’m down 45lbs since this time last year. Had my yearly physical last week. And the number officially confirmed. Still
Just portion size, staying away from fast food, and moving around more, oh and I’ve been a huge pasta eater for years. Like daily sometimes. I’ve barely eaten any in the last six months.


I’m not suggesting this would work for everyone. But it’s certainly doing the trick for me. I do skip lunch a lot of days now. I usually eat something though I wouldn’t say I’m fasting, But I just might eat a couple
Pieces of cold cheese and some nuts and or fruit. Very small amounts though. Just so keep the motor running.


Anyway I feel better than I’ve felt in years. And I’m having to buy clothes… cause shit don’t fit no mo.

I am trying to drag my ass back onto the straight and narrow.
Not been especially bad, but my weight has crept up.
Some of it is muscle, but not all of it... Or even most of it I suspect.

Currently 106.5kg, but I have done some pretty drastic things with my health that may turn it around quickly.
I got as high as 109 after a bit of a bingey weekend a couple of weeks ago.

1. I started TRT after a lot of googling and dead ends, I found a legal way to get Test prescribed and I have been doing that twice a week for the past two weeks, it is a low dose and nowhere even close to what someone would blast on their first Steroid cycle. Already noticed some minor positive changes, which is nice because there shouldn't be any until weeks 4-6.

2. Despite iron maiden having a tough run with Ozempic I decided to give it a crack, except I didn't get a prescription and just bought Semaglutide from an online compounding pharmacy. I messed up pretty bad when I started, is suggest 0.1mg for starting but I went straight to .25mg then ate half a roast chicken for lunch, I don't know which it was or a combination of the two... But I was so nauseous for 24 hours, I hurled several times and all. Now the nausea has pretty much gone and I find myself actually feeling full when I eat for maybe the first time in my life. I mean in the past I could feel sick when I overate, but never just "I'm done" it's also a very small amount of food I feel like eating... Let's see where it lands.

I have never done drugs in my life, but have learnt I am totally fine with injecting myself, so if all goes poorly I can always be a junkie.

Good luck iNCY. While I didn't have a good time with it, I have several friends who've lost 50-100lbs on it without issue. It's very frustrating for me, but I do hope it goes well for you.

I got a continuous glucose meter (CGM) a couple weeks ago to keep track of blood sugar. I was just doing one test a day, which was basically useless. It's super interesting to see how food affects me. I've been low carb (not no carb) for the last two weeks and dropped 10 pounds (5/7 stone, 70000 grains).

Apr 5, 2024 3:51:20 GMT Gyro LC said:

I got a continuous glucose meter (CGM) a couple weeks ago to keep track of blood sugar. I was just doing one test a day, which was basically useless. It's super interesting to see how food affects me. I've been low carb (not no carb) for the last two weeks and dropped 10 pounds (5/7 stone, 70000 grains).

That's impressive numbers, I have looked at the CGM, I think it's really interesting.
I was looking at the Levels one, which did you go with?

Apr 5, 2024 6:22:51 GMT iNCY said:

Apr 5, 2024 3:51:20 GMT Gyro LC said:

I got a continuous glucose meter (CGM) a couple weeks ago to keep track of blood sugar. I was just doing one test a day, which was basically useless. It's super interesting to see how food affects me. I've been low carb (not no carb) for the last two weeks and dropped 10 pounds (5/7 stone, 70000 grains).

That's impressive numbers, I have looked at the CGM, I think it's really interesting.
I was looking at the Levels one, which did you go with?

Freestyle Libre 3 is the one I got. Went right to the best one since you don’t have to actively scan it to get the data, it’s a 24/7 Bluetooth connection streaming to your phone.

What a week...
Despite the warnings of iron maiden, I still went down the Ozempic path.
It all went spectacularly well... Until it didn't.

I have underlying issues with a partial hernia of my esophagus, it is all good until I overeat and then I have problems.
The slowing of the digestion was still working good with Ozempic but I was losing the full feeling but then all of a sudden extreme reflux and vomitting.

Then while I was away I got some kind of virus or food poisoning where I was running to the bathroom every 25 minutes.

So as it stands today, my weight is:

98kg (216lb) from 106.5kg (234lb) exactly a month a go

This is the lightest I have been since I was 21, but maybe not the skinniest. As a laugh today I tried on the shirt I got married in that has been at the back of my wardrobe since and it fit.
I expect some to go back on with eating again after being so sick.

I am also going to stop the Ozempic for a bit and see how I go.
In reality I should say never again after the grief it has given me in the past week, but I know me and the suffering of this week will fade but the memory of the weight loss won't.

I started this thread a year and one week ago and then I was: 113.5kg that's more or less 250lb
So thought my energy and focus has drifted over that time, it is a pretty good result.

I have also realised the BMI guide for my height which I thought was shit, is probably pretty accurate looking in the mirror today.

iNCY you're quite tall aren't you?

I have a cousin who is 6'3" and floats around the 100kg mark and he has always looked like an average build.

Still not gotten my Ozempic due to insurance.  May not take anyway though.  Looks like I am dropping 5 pounds or so a month.  Current diet is like 1200 calories a day, so do what I am doing now for the rest of the year and hit the weight I would ideally want to stay at.  Not where the doctors will like, but having wasted once, I want extra fat on me incase it ever happens again.  Each pound is like two days you can go without food.

Thanks for sharing your experience Incy as stomach slowing I just cannot do due to that wasting shit in the past so really leaning towards skipping using it entirely.  Stomach been stable now entirely for 10 years, do not want to spoke the bear.  The meds to jump start it back up are a bitch to get too since they are not FDA approved.

For the rapid loss, starvation weight comes back really fast it tends to be water weight you lose from dehydration.  Purging and starvation are two of the worst ways to lose weight as once things go back to normal the weight comes right back.

For people looking to drop weight, buddy dropped 440 pounds over the past few years, 400 from weight loss, 40 from skin removal.  Way he did it was guesstimation calorie tracking only.   He went to 1200 and stayed there.  Did meds at the first, but once he got used to eating less said it was easy to keep up even without them.  Said the trick was to get yourself ok with eating the same meals regularly.  And to meticulously track what you eat to make sure your weekly target is hit.  Ideally with a system like this, you can then predict your weight loss, which he was able to near the end.

Apr 21, 2024 2:23:42 GMT NATH45 said:

iNCY you're quite tall aren't you?

I have a cousin who is 6'3" and floats around the 100kg mark and he has always looked like an average build.

I'm 6'2" and been told I'm built like a brick shit house.
As of this week I probably don't really look fat in clothes any more.

I'm going to aim for 90kg and see how that looks.