****Official Weight Loss and Exercise Thread****
 

I know that TinyE has the CP Weight Loss Challenge thread, but this is a new beginning for me. No losing weight for prizes, as that motivation ended on July 1st. This time I'm doing it for me. My goal is 75 lbs. Slow and steady wins the race. This time, the prize will be a whole new me.

Anyone else still battling the bulge? Here, hopefully, you can find more encouragement and tips on diet and exercise. Feel free to talk about discouragements, setbacks, frustrations, etc as well. We're here to help...at least I am.

I am continuing the fight.

I have lost 80 lbs since February, but have slacked off the last two months.

I am back at it again.

I wish you luck.

Ang

Overall, with losing, gaining, losing, gaining....I'm down 25 lbs for the year....so far. I want to see how much I can get off the last two months of the year.

Winter blues will not get me down. No excuses.

Never fell off the wagon. I didn't lose the weight for prizes but I'd like to not drop dead of a heart attack at 62. Cuz, I think that would suck.;)

Down 63 lbs of flubber since January 1st. Still no cheating.

i am down 50 pounds for year so far and still dropping...goal met and then some.
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Damn, 75 pounds is a big goal. How much do you weigh ?

Yesterday, I weighed 230.

Yes, I'm fat.

didn't really go on a diet. heart burn every afternoon was driving me nuts.

i quit eating lunch at local cafes when at work, having burgers, tenderloins, fries, chip, etc. instead, i started taking my lunch. turkey sammie on whole grain bread, and fruit(grapes, plums, etc)

lost 12 lbs in the last couple months, without really trying. still eat the same for supper. best part is i've really been feeling great.

only bad thing is, this was the wifes idea, and now i'm hearing "i told you so" constantly.
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If you lose 75 you'll still be fat. go for 100 and then you'll be a hottie wanting to send us all those naked photos you dream of taking. In fact if you'll lose 100 I'll come and take the photos. Hows that for motivation !

i think you just caused her to make a trip to dunkin donuts.
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Keep in mind that it took a long time to gain weight.

I am no longer dieting. I have permanently changed my eating habits.

Until you can do this you will always yo-yo.

Ang

155 is not fat. Unless you want me to go flat chested. Are you dieting, or are you just on here to discourage me?

How tall are you?

Ang

Yeah, just looked it up. I need to lose 85. 5'7, medium frame.

I'm here to motivate you. Lose a 100, I'll buy you boobs and then take pictures. Hows that !

dropped 15lbs by just dropping the salt and eating popcorn at night instead of crap.

:shrug:

My wife was 5'2 198. (size 16) as of April.

She is now 160 (size 10) and getting back to 120 (size 4-6)

Remember this the body does what the mind tells it.

Ang

Can I get in on this?

I can't lose weight cause when i'm upset i eat.

Free Taco Bueno doesn't help.

I bought the Wii Fit Plus. It's pretty cool. It has games and other things that keep you distracted from doing the exercising you're doing. This is the first day with it, so I'm not sold yet.

So you are no longer a shiteater?

My parents have been doing slim for life, no exercising and both have dropped 50+ lbs in 3+ months.. They are religious on it which is good, weigh in 4+ times a week..

I don't eat at work silly.

I went on my four mile walk today. I don't know why I ever stopped. I always feel so much better afterward. I think my key is going to be exercising. If I'm exercising, I feel guilty when I eat.

Of course they can.

Losing weight is all about changing your eating habits, not exercise.

Sure, exercise helps, but you can get ripped without ever stepping foot in a gym.

Exercise for other reasons, like cardiovascular fitness.

luv - You mentioned tips. What kind of tips do you want?

You're not going to be able to exercise enough to offset eating the same amount of calories you always have. I'm sure you know that... just a reminder.

Remember: "You can't fight more with more." You can't fight eating more calories with more exercise, because at some point, you'll simply run out of time to exercise. It's far easier to eat more than it is to burn it off. The best thing is simply a target weekly reduction in calories.

Yes, the key to weightloss is to burn more calories than you take in. I didn't mean the key to my weightloss would be exercising. I meant that exercising would be key in actually helping me eat less. I don't want to feel like the effort put forth to exercise was in vain.

Other key factors, for me, will be...

No fast food
Watching the sodium intake
No soda (I did this for well over a year. Not sure what made me decide to start drinking it again)
Low fat (not "no" fat, as some fat is healthy)

Low fat sucks.

http://www.drbganimalpharm.blogspot.com/

High fat, ultra low carb is the way to go if you really want to burn fat.

Pasta, bread, potatoes...

I think I'll stick with low fat... :)

Huh? Pasta and bread are terrible for dieters. Potatoes aren't great; sweet potatoes are better.

I know, I know. I'm starting with the key factors I mentioned earlier. If I quit everything cold turkey, no way I would last. I know me. Baby steps.

Don't take this the wrong way, but that's absolutely reeruned. Quitting it cold turkey is the only way to go. Otherwise, you just open yourself up to excuses as to why you ate an extra serving of pasta. Or why you allowed yourself to eat an extra slice of bread at dinner. By not quitting cold turkey, you're leaving the door open.

There are plenty of great foods you can still eat that aren't bread. Foods that don't raise your blood sugar higher and faster than table sugar like wheat does. You can eat FAT. Fat is tasty, and it's good for you.

Not only that, but eating things that spike your blood sugar only prevent your body from burning fat. Your body absolutely will not burn fat if your insulin is spiked up to deal with a higher blood sugar. You're only hurting yourself.

I weigh 206...which is down from the 247 I once was.

That sounds nice in theory problem is people who try to go cold turkey end up getting pissed off that they can't eat anything and stop dieting.

Lacking self-control is whose fault?

And what do you mean by "not being able to eat anything?" The only thing that you're *really* giving up by going low carb is most juices (you can still eat certain fruits) and cakes and confections.

Otherwise, what's not to like? Lots of tasty green veggies like broccoli and asparagus (asparagus smothered in butter and grilled is one of my favorite foods in the world). Lots of meat, including beef, turkey, fish, and chicken. Butter. Fats. Nuts. There's plenty to eat. Bacon. Eggs. Strawberries. Blueberries. Blackberries. Pomegranates. Pretty much any kind of berry, as they're lower in sugar than other fruits.

Sure, you miss out on "snack" foods. But those foods are empty calories, anyway. They do NOTHING for weight loss. They keep your insulin up and only prolong being fat.

Say what you want but an overwhelming majority can not immediately go cold turkey or they will quit doing it.

My favorite kind of food is italian and a diet like that says I can't eat any of that at all, which would highly piss me off.

So if we lose the most, how much money are you gonna give us Luv?

The overwhelming majority of people in America are overweight, too. See any correlation? I do.

There's plenty of good Italian food you can eat on a low carb diet. Incidentally, even though Italians are quite often fat because of all the breads and pastas they eat, they have a low incidence of heart disease because of all the olive oil they use.

Those diets are reeruned.

Just watch your calorie intake. If you want to eat more italian food, exercise more.

But there's no reason you can't enjoy a plate of spaghetti and stay under your basal metabolic rate of calories for the day.

I do watch my calorie intake, I also realize if I'm eating something that isn't exactly good for you I should eat a smaller portion of it.

But this idea that I'm going to go forever not eating any pizza or lasagna sorry ain't happening.

I don't know what your problem is, luv. You've tried this twice and got down to 200 both times before relapsing.

Figure out what's causing the relapse.

I think you need a local exercise buddy...

I agree with you and disagree. Once in a while is fine. But it doesn't matter how many calories you're eating -- if you spike your insulin, you cannot burn fat during that time. For maximum fat burning, that's bad. So, you're kinda missing the point. Additionally, saying that low carb paleo diets are reeruned is, well, reeruned. Science and evidence argue otherwise.

High fat, low carb = skinny

High fat, high carb = fat

What's funny is everyone I've ever known that did a low carb diet, lost weight then put it all back on.

The majority of people can't stay on that diet forever.

Macros are irrelevant. If you eat below your basal metabolic rate, you will lose weight, period.

Low carb can be a nice boost, however. I did it for awhile.

That is not the fault of the diet. That's the fault of the dieter and our society. Look at the shit we're surrounded by when we go to the grocery store.

There's an entire aisle dedicated to snack foods that have no value whatsoever except extra calories.

What's the #1 or 2 ingredient in most breads? High fructose corn syrup.

When you go to a restaurant, they give you portions big enough for two people. And then they offer you dessert! You don't need dessert -- do you know how many calories you just ate???

It's hard to resist, especially when these foods that provide no nutritional value to anyone except Michael Phelps also make themselves addictive.

A true low carb, high fat diet will always leave you feeling full enough that you don't want to eat more. I think a large problem with the lower carb diets is that they work, and then people get lazy and go back to their old eating habits. It's easier to grab a bag of potato chips for a snack than it is to eat healthy. That's just the nature of our society.

I did a low carb diet for the week, but generally speaking I diet on Saturday but a bit not quite as strict and on Sunday I have something I enjoy, I figure that is a solid way to do it.

Well I'm addicted to soda and I have a hard time believing I'll go the rest of my life without drinking any.

I didn't say you won't lose weight. I said it's not the most effective and efficient way to do it. Science agrees.

It's very hard to eat below your BMR without ingesting fat. Fat makes you feel full. Carbs do not. Carbs leave you feeling hungry by design. Not saying it's impossible, just difficult. That's why a lot of dieters fail. You have to have massive amounts of self-discipline to eat low calories and low fat.

heh

really save money on breath mints now too

It takes 6-8 days for your body to really get used to low-carb and switch over to fat-burning mode naturally.

I'm not going to be on a strict watch my carb count every single day diet, because I know that will not work for me in the long term.

And give me a break I've lost 40lbs.

That sucks, man. I mean, if that makes you happy, then go for it. But IMO, that's such a freaking waste. Not only of money, but if I'm going to be ingesting extra calories, I'll be eating something tasty, not having empty calories of soda.

I'd rather have a Pepsi than eat something that's how good it is...

Not trying to be condescending. Just trying to correct misinformation. Keep losing the weight, bro. I'm happy for you.

Garbage.

I can eat 2,000 calories in a day and it's a hell of a lot easier than avoiding bread, pasta and cereal entirely.

I don't want to live that way.

I'd rather say **** it, eat 2,000 calories and mix in a little gym and cardio throughout the week. What could be simpler than that? And it's a more long-term solution, too.

I actually lost 5lbs this week doing low carb, but my body just seems to burn weight fast when I want it too...I average about 4lbs a week.

$5 and a congratulatory note.

Don't get discouraged when it slows down.

LOL I could never win...my goal is 180 and the absolute lowest I think I can weigh is 170, that isn't that much.

It's moving along pretty well considering I'm only about 25lbs from my goal

I disagree. Whatever makes you happy, though.

If you don't buy it, you can't eat it

The diet starts at the grocery store imo. Always make sure you shop for groceries on a full stomach. Don't buy any cookies,candy,pop etc ... buy whole grain breads and pastas.

Don't buy salt, don't buy beer.


You won't have anything around to be tempted by late at night or when you are feeling weak and/or sad.

This and a little bit of exercise will go a long way imo.

Can I buy beer on the weekend if I promise to exercise more during the week?

I believe in you, luv. Don't ****ing let me down.

Well I don't drink beer so I atleast have that.

It'd be better if you drunk nothing but water. Choices.

Sorry Big Red, I refuse to pay for a boob job for a guy !

sure, everyone needs the splurge day.

The key is to make sure and set the ground rules for it to make sure it doesn't lead to other stuff.

example: Personal Rule #1 i will only drink beer on Sunday and i will only eat (insert food here) while drinking beer.

in other word don't start drinking beer and then eating everything in sight. Try to pick some food that you can eat alot of but isn't that bad for you like Popcorn.

Personal Rule #1 i will only drink beer on Sunday and i will only eat Popcorn while drinking beer.

no beer and pizza, no beer and bratz and hotdogs and ... well you get the idea. :D


About the worst thing you can do is combine Hearty food with sweet garbage food. :shake:


sweets spikes your blood sugar levels and tricks your body into thinking that you are exerting yourself, so it hoards calories. Then after the sugar breaks down in your system you get cravings that feel like hunger so you will want to eat again no matter how much you've already had to eat.


SUGAR IS TEH DEBBIL ... get rid of it from your diet and you will naturally adjust back your body's proper weight. Sugar is what screws everything up.

You do know that your body breaks down every food as either a fat a protein or a sugar right...which basically means you're putting sugar in your body no matter what.

Tailgating is gonna be a bitch.

Maybe you shouldn't be tailgating if you can't resist the temptation.

If you want to eat something, just don't eat as much.

That's what I do, I know there are some things I will never be able to never eat so I still have them I just don't eat as much. Portion control is every bit as important as what you're eating.

You lost me on that last part. Eating carbs/sugars when you don't immediately burn them causes them to be stored as fat. That's what insulin does.

That doesn't mean sugar no matter what. There are plenty of foods that don't cause your body to react as though you are eating sugar.

Most carbs break down as sugar...unless you dig those vegetables that taste like cardboard.

Agreed.

simple carbs vs complex carbs

simple carbs break down really fast and freak your body out and make you feel hungry even if your not.

complex carbs break down more slowly and don't lead to the up and down blood sugar levels.

Dessert should be a four letter word because the concept is about the worst thing you can do ... follow a full meal with some cheap sugar. Bad Santa!!!

in an hour you will feel "hungry" and stuffed at the same time. :shake:

Basically what I'm going to tell you is portions and moderation are keys. The idea that you will never eat or drink somethings ever again are far fetched.

If anyone can honestly say they'll never eat pizza or have a soda the rest of their life, that's nice me saying that is a lie and I know that. If you really like things it's best to try to figure out a way to work them into your diet.

Yes... what does that have to do with protein and fat? You lost me there.

Laz was saying sugar is the devil and I was just pointing out that unless you're eating protein or fat what you're eating is breaking down as sugar.