Weight Loss Thread
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BrutulTM
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Herschel Walker supposedly did between 2500 and 3500 pushups per day during his playing days and claims to do 1500 pushups and 3000 situps every day even now in his 60's. By no means should that man be considered a normal human being though.
It's especially impressive for him since he's like 220 lbs. If you weigh 160, pushups are a lot easier. If you weigh 280, they're almost impossible.
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Control
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Noodleface
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Not gonna knock a dude that looks like that, but that shit has got to take forever. Also how the fuck do you count that
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rhinohelix
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It's just counting to 10 50 times, or 30 times or whatever. So you count to 10 and then count 1, count to 10 and then count 2 count to 10 and then 3, etc all the way what the overall number is. It rolls by pretty quick, you know what I mean if you ever practice the absence of mind thing you do when you are doing 20-30min cardio intently. What sucks is when you get in the middle 20's and can't remember if that was 27 or 28 and do another 10 just to be sure.
When I cite these numbers, this was the end result of probably 18 months-2 years of driving myself daily after a divorce where work, working out, playing Everquest, and LAN parties were the entirety of my life. I barely ate and lived 2 min from a Bally's.
It's more a cardio exercise than anything else. When I was in peak shape, I was swimming 1500m of crawl every day, so I was getting a great shoulder workout in the evenings as well; I tried to focus on chest and back as much as I could.
I weighed 205-210. I looked pretty good but I never looked like that. I've never had that bodybuilder thin skin but being diabetic and taking insulin works against that.
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Lendarios
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One week on the thing. 1 MG. It really helps with cravings and overall hunger. Im still eating close to 75% as before, but i have to admit that im forcing myself to eat, instead of listening to my body.
I am used to eating afull plate, so i haveto change that metality, and start doing smaller portions overall.
I am used to eating afull plate, so i haveto change that metality, and start doing smaller portions overall.
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With the way restaurants work around here, portion control is huge. They'd rather charge you 28 bucks and give you three or four portions on your plate, meant as one... than limit their portion size and lower the price. That clean the plate mentality that was beat into us as kids definitely doesnt work in our favor.
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Noodleface
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Even better there's a new gimmick in restaurants now... "GLP-1 Forward Menus" aka Protein slop/Stupid marketing.
As for me I hit 50 pounds lost today and I hit my original goal weight (185). Everyone says I'm skinny but I'm definitely not exactly where I want to be. I think I'm gonna put my new goal at 175 and reassess.
I'm only on 7.5mg of.Mounjaro of a max dose of 15mg and I do not plan to move up unless my a1c dictates I do. My sugar has been under incredible control on this stuff,.so while I'm focusing on my weight loss in this post my actual primary objective was to fix my diabetes and take back my life.
So far I've stopped taking:
Farxiga
Saxagliptin
Glimepiride
I was on some pretty heavy hitters and my body feels so good without them.
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Sheriff Cad
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How is your body fat dropping compared to muscle? Are you actually leaning out or just getting smaller?
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Sheriff Cad
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Getting down is an accomplishment in and of itself, being overweight just impacts everything in your body as you well know.
If it were me in your position right now I'd just start doing the habits you want to fall into eventually - start hitting those protein macros, think about planning meals and sticking to it (you're artificially not hungry right now so just not eating seems easy - it won't be when you get off the tirzepatide), start thinking about how to hit progressive overload in the gym 2-3x a week, depending on how old you are, start thinking about TRT. You might go get your testosterone checked, if it's like 200-300 (which a lot of people's are either after being overweight or cutting, either) then TRT would probably be a good option and would also help with insulin sensitivity. It's not a substitute for the stuff you're doing but it's a good add-on for people whose endocrine system has been in freakout mode for years.
You're down in a normal healthy weight range now, you ought to be thinking about recomping and building at least some muscle.
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Noodleface
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Good advice. The one thing I need to come to terms with and figure out is I may be on the tirzepatide long-term with how well it maintained my betes. I believe I may be at my maintenance dose,.so I need to work on getting better protein intake.
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Control
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For whatever it's worth, I tried it a few years ago, it seemed pretty stimulant-y to me (and I'm not very sensitive to stimulants) and did some not-so-great things to my mood, so be patient with her while she's on it lol. Not something I would want to take for very long.
Sheriff Cad
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It is 100% a stimulant with less dopamine activity than adderall... exactly same class of drugs, suppresses appetite for the same reasons.
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Burren
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Burren
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Sounds like your new goals are starting to be the result of body dysmorphia. I hope not, but another 10 pounds sounds unreasonable.
Sheriff Cad
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Are you familiar with the idea of eating less than maintenance calories to lose weight?
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