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

[luv]

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.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

ok. how about 5-10 pounds? how many carbs per day do the low carb people eat? calories?

[luv]

Originally Posted by Lemon_Pie

ok. how about 5-10 pounds? how many carbs per day do the low carb people eat? calories?

Well, a pound is 3500 calories. Once you've burned 35000 more calories than you've taken in, you will have lost 10 pounds.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Mecca

If you're going from people thinking you look fine to being thin it's going to be impossible to do 15lbs in a month.

You can lose 15 pounds in a month on the velocity diet. I went from 209 to 189.

[Mecca]

What the hell is that...and if you were 209 you probably had more weight to lose than him...

[Silock]

Originally Posted by Lemon_Pie

Ive got about 10-15 pounds to lose. Looking to go low carb. what's a good carb/calorie daily limit on a small frame if I want to lose this weight in about a month? Ive looked around but haven't really come across any good information.

Let's say your BMR is around 1900 cals/day. Cut to 1200 and you'll lose 1 lb/week from diet alone. Toss in some exercise on top of that and 1-2 days of fasting, and you can cut 2 lbs/week. I wouldn't recommend doing this for longer than about 5 weeks, but for a short amount of time, it works great. That's what I do when I'm cutting and it works.

Carb limits? Somewhere between 30-50g is probably the upper limit if you want to do it correctly. Meal suggestions: Package of bacon (no carbs, lots of protein and fat, and a package is generally under 500 cals).

A personal favorite is a package of Tyson Grilled Chicken strips (200 cals, 38g protein) tossed with a package of steamed green beans (100 cals). Toss that all with 1 tbsp of olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. 400 cals, lots of protein, low carb (good fiber content, too), good fats.

Cafe Steamers in the frozen section are pretty good, but they tend to have 35+g of carbs, so they're not ideal for a low-carb diet, but they are very low calorie.

[ncCHIEFfan]

I recomend the P90X workout! Good for anyone that likes a challenge and demands results!

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by Silock

Let's say your BMR is around 1900 cals/day. Cut to 1200 and you'll lose 1 lb/week from diet alone. Toss in some exercise on top of that and 1-2 days of fasting, and you can cut 2 lbs/week. I wouldn't recommend doing this for longer than about 5 weeks, but for a short amount of time, it works great. That's what I do when I'm cutting and it works.

Carb limits? Somewhere between 30-50g is probably the upper limit if you want to do it correctly. Meal suggestions: Package of bacon (no carbs, lots of protein and fat, and a package is generally under 500 cals).

A personal favorite is a package of Tyson Grilled Chicken strips (200 cals, 38g protein) tossed with a package of steamed green beans (100 cals). Toss that all with 1 tbsp of olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. 400 cals, lots of protein, low carb (good fiber content, too), good fats.

Cafe Steamers in the frozen section are pretty good, but they tend to have 35+g of carbs, so they're not ideal for a low-carb diet, but they are very low calorie.

thanks. Just looked up my BMR... 1670... god I am so light for my Body fat % and suprisingly Im not a complete pud. Damn these stick legs. FWIW Im about 5'6" 144-147 right now and would like to get down to 132-135. ****ing belly fat

[Kyle DeLexus]

Originally Posted by Silock

Let's say your BMR is around 1900 cals/day. Cut to 1200 and you'll lose 1 lb/week from diet alone. Toss in some exercise on top of that and 1-2 days of fasting, and you can cut 2 lbs/week. I wouldn't recommend doing this for longer than about 5 weeks, but for a short amount of time, it works great. That's what I do when I'm cutting and it works.

Carb limits? Somewhere between 30-50g is probably the upper limit if you want to do it correctly. Meal suggestions: Package of bacon (no carbs, lots of protein and fat, and a package is generally under 500 cals).

A personal favorite is a package of Tyson Grilled Chicken strips (200 cals, 38g protein) tossed with a package of steamed green beans (100 cals). Toss that all with 1 tbsp of olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. 400 cals, lots of protein, low carb (good fiber content, too), good fats.

Cafe Steamers in the frozen section are pretty good, but they tend to have 35+g of carbs, so they're not ideal for a low-carb diet, but they are very low calorie.

Damn you eat a whole package of bacon for a meal?

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Lemon_Pie

thanks. Just looked up my BMR... 1670... god I am so light for my Body fat % and suprisingly Im not a complete pud. Damn these stick legs. FWIW Im about 5'6" 144-147 right now and would like to get down to 132-135. ****ing belly fat

Do the velocity diet. If you do the velocity diet, it will all come off in a month, and it will be mostly fat loss. Eat properly afterwards and you won't gain it back.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Kyle DeLexus

Damn you eat a whole package of bacon for a meal?

Yea I don't think I'd be doing that even if I wasn't on a diet.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Do the velocity diet. If you do the velocity diet, it will all come off in a month, and it will be mostly fat loss. Eat properly afterwards and you won't gain it back.

I looked it up. How the hell did you do that for a month? I don't know if I could last a week

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Lemon_Pie

I looked it up. How the hell did you do that for a month? I don't know if I could last a week

I didn't pussy out.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

were you at least miserable?

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Lemon_Pie

were you at least miserable?

No. The one meal per week helps out tremendously.

The third week is tough but when the fourth week hits you can see the finish line.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by Kyle DeLexus

Damn you eat a whole package of bacon for a meal?

Less than 500 calories. Less than a handful of Oreos, less than half of a Chipotle burrito, or a dessert at a restaurant.