Weight Loss Thread
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I am 5-9 to 5-10 and im at 203 lbs.
I want to start on GPL, so i can drop to 180 to 185. How do i star it? Do i go to my Primary doctor?
Noodleface
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If your goal is 15-20 pounds I'd say just eat less.
However, ideal path is PCP > a place like hims/ro > some sketchy ass site
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darkmiasma
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Walk 3-5 miles a day, and it'll should come off in 6 months or less (I worked my way up to 5 miles a day 1/mile per week and I was at 190 in the first 3 months starting from 5'10" 208lbs). I was burning ~400-500 calories and I tried not to eat more "because I burned calories off" and it dropped pretty quickly. A plateau here or there, but it's easy to do and pretty low effort. Aim for a 15 minute mile just to make sure you aren't dragging ass.
Aldarion
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Sheriff Cad
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It's easy to say hard to do, but start treating food like fuel not enjoyment. Eat what is necessary to eat, not what you like to eat.
People treat food like a reward, just eat chicken breast and vegetables, it's not a "culinary experience." Get used to it and you won't care about snacks and treats because they will taste nasty to you; and they undo the work you did in eating whole, healthy foods.
Secondary benefit is you save hundreds/thousands a month not eating out.
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Cutlery
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I stopped even going to the grocery store.
If I eat breakfast at all, it's eggs, which I get from a farmer. I make my own bread, a loaf lasts a month. I just tell the wife to pick me up a family pack of chicken breasts and a gallon of milk every other week.
The only thing I really spend money on is blueberries. They're the "treat." 1 blueberry is roughly one calorie.
I just don't know why they're so fucking expensive, but I guess everything is. Still cheaper and better than Cheetos.
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Cutlery
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For fucking sure.
I mean, we bought a couple blueberry bushes last year, but for some reason I doubt that will cover my yearly intake
But hey $16 a week on blueberries or chocolate and bullshit?
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BrutulTM
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Sheriff Cad
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I mean you can do what it takes to lose weight or not, up to you. It's not fun to eat less and be hungry constantly when trying to lose weight, thats why its so hard.
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Koushirou
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It's definitely hard when food is one of the only things that brings me any kind of contentment these days. Pretty much only get through my days by having tasty meals to look forward to. Only way I can manage the low calories is being able to cheat on the weekends and just eat whatever I feel like. Not having that would be miserable.
Cutlery
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I absolutely love my diet. My ex didn't eat any red meat or pork, she only ate chicken. I actually have forgotten because it's been so long, but she tried the vegetarian shit for awhile in high school until her hair started falling out. So she settled on chicken. I don't like beef enough to buy it just for myself, so I just ate whatever she was having.
I grilled A LOT of chicken. A fuckton. I was grilling 2-3 times a week, year round. I got REALLY good at grilling chicken, and I found a marinade I cannot get enough of. People look at my diet and think "oh, chicken and blueberries again?" Bro, this is the best part of my day. I have been eating it every day for lunch for - fuck, 4 years now? It doesn't get boring, it doesn't get old. I need the blueberries because I'm always craving something sweet after a meal, and that just cuts that shit right out. And since I found a flavor pallette I not only can tolerate, but enjoy eating, I get all the benefits and none of the downside.
I will admit that I am probably genetically predisposed to not having menu fatigue. My dad ate a tuna sandwich and an apple for lunch every day the entire time I was growing up. My sister and I also theorize thats why my dad is fucking insane - that's a fuckload of mercury over 20+ years.
As far as the other shit goes - I've kinda just settled on this. We consider being fit and overall health to be a virtue. You have the discipline and self control to stay a reasonable weight and with reasonable muscle mass. Discipline and self control are virtues that serve you well in many aspects of life - employment, budget, etc. The drugs give you a fake way of getting there - you get there with none of the virtue. I understand it's probably a good thing from a health perspective - if you lack the discipline and self control to fix it yourself, then yes, you'll live longer and live better if you can artificially get there. But it's not the same as someone who just puts in the fucking work.
It's the same reason the bodybuilding community has all that natty or not shit - because if you took a bunch of drugs to look good, how virtuous is that? People judge you for it, and probably rightly so. It's very likely going to end up being the same with the GLP's. "oh, you took drugs to get thin? Ah, I thought you were natty" ~unsubbed.
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moonarchia
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Noodleface
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Food is an addiction for many, just like any other addiction. It's easy to minimize it to willpower, but it's the same thing as complaining about a gambling addict that can't control themselves.
I will say of course I am a bit biased as I take the medication, but my mindset shifted once I did. It's easy from the outside to see it as a cheat, and for some people it probably is no doubt, but it's really just another tool in the journey to getting healthy for many.
Aldarion
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I don't actually think theres been a lot of criticism of GLP1 as cheating in this thread, has there?
I do think there has been some pushback against taking injections to lose 15-20 pounds and I think that pushback is valid. That is small potatoes weight loss. Thats "do a little jogging and eat a little less" weight loss. Thats "pick up an outdoor hobby" level weight loss.
Whatever happened to minimizing medical interventions unless necessary? We rage about people taking a single shot alleged to prevent a common cold, but taking weekly injections of the latest science juice just to lose 15 lbs is ok?
No medical interventions unless necessary.
I do think there has been some pushback against taking injections to lose 15-20 pounds and I think that pushback is valid. That is small potatoes weight loss. Thats "do a little jogging and eat a little less" weight loss. Thats "pick up an outdoor hobby" level weight loss.
Whatever happened to minimizing medical interventions unless necessary? We rage about people taking a single shot alleged to prevent a common cold, but taking weekly injections of the latest science juice just to lose 15 lbs is ok?
No medical interventions unless necessary.