Weight Loss Thread

I had a McGriddle this morning it was amazing.

Fuck this shit I'm going to Burger King for lunch

Fuck you both, you're making me hungry. ??

Sean_sl said:

Heh, just about everywhere. My joints especially and in particular my ankles and shoulders are a total mess.

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Have you tried the elliptical machine or swimming? Also consider doing some weight training. It will help your muscles absorb shock better.

arkktheseaotter_sl said:

I had a McGriddle this morning it was amazing.

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I tried a McGriddle this morning because of your post. Yuck.

arkktheseaotter_sl said:

So on average people lose 30lbs in 1 month?

That sounds:

1) Gimmicky
2) Healthy
3) Like bullshit

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Yup. The most you should realistically lose over the long term without going nuts or malnourishing yourself is 1.5-2 lbs per week. That requires a net caloric deficit of 750-1000 per day, which is a lot. Anyone that talks about losing 5-15 lbs in a week is really just dehydrating and/or passing food bulk. While they might weigh less, they haven't changed their body composition meaningfully.

McCheese_sl said:

This is the first thing you need to fix. Getting into good shape is 100% about consistancy, and there is no way you'll be consistant about exercise or eating right if you have no willpower. When you're hungry after work and driving past your favorite take-out place you need to be able to resist the screaming "DO IT, DO IT!" in your head. When you feel tired and unmotivated, you need to gather the willpower to go to the gym anyway and get in a good workout.

Without willpower you might as well not even bother, because you'll just be one of those people that exercises a few times a month, eats like shit Fri-Sun, and then wonders why you never get into shape.

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I've found that once you get into a solid routine, continuing to work out isn't a problem. In fact, the satisfaction you get from a good work out is pretty rewarding. Getting into that initial groove takes some work and motivation, but after a couple weeks it just becomes a part of your day. What sucks is something like an extended vacation or business trip that throws you off your routine. I broke my foot back in August and was pretty much couch-ridden the entire month. It took me forever to get back in the routine after that even once I was healed up.

One of the worst mistakes you can do is approach things as a diet. The majority of the time you'll lose some weight then gain it back, then be miserable about gaining it back and end up putting more on.

The best way formehas been making changes in phases. I first completely stopped drinking diet soda and switched to only water. It will be two years in January that I had anything but water with the exception of a couple of beers I've had while out. After a few weeks of being on Water I had already lost 10 lbs with doing nothing else.

Then I changed my diet. I pretty much only eat low carb. This was easier for me though because I've cut most carbs out years ago when I found out I had type 2 diabetes. I'm able to control my sugar without needing to take medication. So it just works for me on multiple levels.

From there it just snowballs into wanting to exercise. You start to lose the weight from the water/eating habit changes and you start to look for more. I have Diabetic Neuropathy in my feet so I can't actually run more than 10-15 seconds without my feet going numb. I can walk about 30-45 minutes, any longer my feet are torn up and I can't walk for 4-5 days. So I ride a stationary bike for my cardio and it saves my feet. I usually do 45 minute sessions, sometimes 2 a day, once in the morning before work and once at night after work. If I'm not going to do 2 sessions I'll do 1 - 1 hour session. 4-5 days a week. Now that I'm closer to 200, I've added in light weights. My goal is to continue with the weight loss until I'm around 185 then increase the weights to convert fat into muscle and not worry about my actual weight as much as my body fat.

When I started in January of 2011 I was 275, I'm at 208 right now. I could have done it quicker but I didn't treat it like a hardcore diet. If I decided to "treat" myself I didn't beat myself up over it, I just picked up the next day.

For eating, I think everyone's body is different. What works best for me is eating twice a day. While I'm at work, I'm just not hungry. So I'll eat a nice breakfast, head to work and then come home for dinner. The trick for me is to eat dinner and then stop. I've always had an issue of snacking while playing mmo's until 12-1am. Once I cut that out, things just clicked.

Captain Suave_sl said:

Yup. The most you should realistically lose over the long term without going nuts or malnourishing yourself is 1.5-2 lbs per week. That requires a net caloric deficit of 750-1000 per day, which is a lot. Anyone that talks about losing 5-15 lbs in a week is really just dehydrating and/or passing food bulk. While they might weigh less, they haven't changed their body composition meaningfully.

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It's been 9lbs since Monday actually. Like I said tho.. It's just a starting point and there are some great success stories using any diet. It's really works for you. For me.. My cravings have gone down and I'm filling up faster. Which is nice once I start adding more veggies/fatty foods. I'm certain I've lost fat with the water weight. I think Malkav should give it a try

Personally, I have a much easier time losing weight when drinking a lot of water and eating a lot of fiber and some yogurt/probacteria stuff. Feels like higher metabolism, and more full more of the time.

Replacing cereal with oatmeal/high fiber cereal, rice with quinoa, and removing most bread/pasta and sugar drinks makes such a huge difference, especially when combined with very minor amounts of exercise.

Ketosis isn't magic, and it isn't really a faster way to diet than anything else, it's just a huge body shock coming from a typical american diet. If you ate only 4 bananas a day it'd create the same effect, or 2 cups of walnuts per day and that's it, or 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, or anything that is There's radical weight loss in the first week or two because 1) water retention is down and 2) most importantly, someone is actually sticking to a diet, and generally speaking the average person starting a ketogenic diet is in a MASSIVE deficit at first. People get all crazy losing even 5lbs in a week and they won't acknowledge that 4 of that or more is water. As a non drug using human, you just aren't going to lose more than 1-2lbs of fat a week unless you are obese.

Blazin_sl said:

I'd like to adjust my diet to be low carb (60g or less a day) but I'm an extremely picky eater and over the years Ive become a total carb addict. My biggest source of protein is diary products, egg whites, and chicken. I'm having trouble consuming enough calories using protein and wondering if it would be safe to go the artificial route to get more protein. I hate, no loathe, beans and I don't want to eat red meat so where does that leave me to be able to get 1400 cals a day from protein. I'm concerned using a protein shake will leave me too hungry and result in over eating.

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Being a picky eater is a pretty terrible trait to have when you're looking to change your diet to something more healthy. I'd try to get over that hurdle alone. Are you afraid to try new foods or do you just straight up not like everything?

I've dug reading some/most of this thread so far, and just wanted to add a bit of my personal feedback. This year I was forced to make some pretty heavy changes to my diet or my oncologist was going to kick my ass. It's been a struggle, but between the diet change and bouldering 3-5 times per week, I've managed to put on a ton of muscle and lost ~40lbs of body weight.

Unfortunately I had a partial tear in my rotator cuff, so I've been down a little over a month now. The hardest part has been going through cancer treatment, and one of the regiments has put on a TON of bloated weight and I've lost a ton of muscle mass because of it as well. I've ballooned back up to ~170, and it's damn frustrating. Hopefully by the time I'm done with this next round, I'll be finished up for good and can really focus on properly building lean muscle to continue climbing.

Do you blend them with fruit Blazin? That should help.

Convo_sl said:

It's been 9lbs since Monday actually.

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Just know that when you reintroduce carbs to your diet, you're going to gain like 5 pounds in one day. Glycogen is being depleted. Glycogen is heavily hydrated. Not trying to rain on your parade, but I reckon 70-90% of that is not from fat. Don't forget to ask someone to smell your breath. If they say "WTF NASTY" then you're on the right track.

Kid Sized Coffin_sl said:

Just know that when you reintroduce carbs to your diet, you're going to gain like 5 pounds in one day. Glycogen is being depleted. Glycogen is heavily hydrated. Not trying to rain on your parade, but I reckon 70-90% of that is not from fat. Don't forget to ask someone to smell your breath. If they say "WTF NASTY" then you're on the right track.

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Yea, I'm aware. For me it's not to much the fast loss on the scale. It's resetting yourself and getting back to healthier eating habits. It's easier for me to do this and work my way into some carbs/healthy fats.

I read some comments about people who use this diet. Since everything is true on the Internet one person actually lost 90lba in like 3 months.. That's crazy even if they only lost 60 lol

Sean_sl said:

Heh, just about everywhere. My joints especially and in particular my ankles and shoulders are a total mess.

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Get referred to a PT/OT. Get an outpatient consult and ask for a list of TherEx based off your situation.

Theraband, PVC Pipes, and fishing weights go a long way.