Weight Loss Thread
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Dandai
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I appreciate the feedback. I think I'll try no cycling/refeeding and see how my performance is impacted over the next few weeks. The results from that link definitely prove that carb cycling is effective, though.
Dandai
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Grats broseph. I gained a similar amount and have lost a similar amount. #brofist
Olscratch
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Yeah no reason to go keto except for the 100 benefits people commonly report besides easy weight loss.
Dandai
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I'm just reading between the lines here, but I'm assuming guys like this are the kind that can't fathom giving up whatever their favorite food is for any reason. This leads to subconscious (or maybe even conscious) demonization of the entire concept, otherwise it would need to be seriously considered. But because of aforementioned unwillingness, this cannot happen.
Anyway, it's cool. I get that. Some people really love bread. Those people shouldn't do keto because when they go back to their bread binge they will balloon up again. People like this guy are much easier to tolerate when you approach them this way.
Khane
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I was responding to Rezz. My post was directly after his and even used the same verbiage. Not sure why you thought I was talking to you.
Adebisi
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/rosspome...0b198927f81021
It all makes sense now. Keto followers are just too dumb to see how terrible their diet is
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Getting married September 24th. I'm 5'10" and today I weigh 240 lbs. In my best shape I was 185 lbs in the Army but I don't think that's a realistic goal with my 9-5 office job these days. I would like to hit 200 lbs by the wedding day though, so I started a low carb diet last week. I wanted 2 weeks to get used to the diet before I began a workout regiment, so I will start hitting the gym on Monday.
Should I just start doing cardio workouts to burn fat or should I start with weight lifting for a few months to build a better muscle base and then work on cutting the weight? I'm 34 now and haven't done shit or paid attention to exercise stuff in probably 6 or 7 years. Any interesting or fun workouts currently popular I should check out?
Should I just start doing cardio workouts to burn fat or should I start with weight lifting for a few months to build a better muscle base and then work on cutting the weight? I'm 34 now and haven't done shit or paid attention to exercise stuff in probably 6 or 7 years. Any interesting or fun workouts currently popular I should check out?
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Losing weight with an office job is easy, I assume the majority of us work. Wake up, get your ass to the gym for a hour, eat right all day, and drink lots of water. Done.
Workouts: List 3-4 Days a week, fill in the rest with cardio except one rest day. Once your body adjusts to your workouts, throw in 10 to 15 minutes of treadmill at the end of your weight lifting days.
Lifting burns just as much or more fat than cardio. Really, losing weight is more about eating correctly than working out. Working out just speeds it up and sculpts your body.
I am currently doing a Monday = Upper; Tuesday = Lower; Wednesday = Cardio, Thursday = Upper, Tuesday = Lower, Saturday and Sunday = I'm hungover, fuck off. I am enjoying hitting every muscle group twice a week.
Workouts: List 3-4 Days a week, fill in the rest with cardio except one rest day. Once your body adjusts to your workouts, throw in 10 to 15 minutes of treadmill at the end of your weight lifting days.
Lifting burns just as much or more fat than cardio. Really, losing weight is more about eating correctly than working out. Working out just speeds it up and sculpts your body.
I am currently doing a Monday = Upper; Tuesday = Lower; Wednesday = Cardio, Thursday = Upper, Tuesday = Lower, Saturday and Sunday = I'm hungover, fuck off. I am enjoying hitting every muscle group twice a week.
Dandai
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I know you're going all in on this, but you didn't even read your own article that you linked. Or maybe you should try a keto diet to boost your reading comprehension?
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I've started taking the stairs coming in/leaving the office rather than the elevator. It's only 10 flights, but it makes me feel like I'm doing something..
Blood glucose is 'way down' this week. Something weird definitely happened. On Monday I felt out of it so I checked a couple hours after eating and I was only at 100 - normally I'm at 200 after eating. Even the next day I was only up to 140-150 after fasting and the trend is still continuing. i actually had my semi-yearly a1c blood test on the day I hit 100, so I'm really hoping it doesn't affect my test results - I don't know how much a1c swings based on current blood sugar or anything. I'd just hate to have the doctor change my meds if I'm going through a cosmic anomaly.
Blood glucose is 'way down' this week. Something weird definitely happened. On Monday I felt out of it so I checked a couple hours after eating and I was only at 100 - normally I'm at 200 after eating. Even the next day I was only up to 140-150 after fasting and the trend is still continuing. i actually had my semi-yearly a1c blood test on the day I hit 100, so I'm really hoping it doesn't affect my test results - I don't know how much a1c swings based on current blood sugar or anything. I'd just hate to have the doctor change my meds if I'm going through a cosmic anomaly.
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Dandai
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Has your activity level changed besides the stairs? It's my understanding that type 2 diabetes is simply described as a very high insulin resistance and can effectively be cured by being more active (along with a low carb diet). As your body exhausts its stored glycogen, insulin can function as it does in healthy individuals and get rid of the serum glucose. I wouldn't think the stairs alone would be exhausting enough glycogen to make you more insulin sensitive, but if you were extremely sedentary before then it could explain your numbers.
They're renovating my office so 2 of the 3 elevators are out of commission. The building is only 4 stories high yet the fatties still huddle around and wait 5 minutes for the lone elevator.