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Post by Down Under Aussie on Sept 5, 2014 8:05:03 GMT -5
Dropped 15 kgs in about the last 2 months, 100 down to 85, always been lean but was developing a slight gut so I acted on it.
Cut out all take away and packeted food, stopped using salt/sauces/extras. Stuck to water as my only drink. Basically just had meat, fruit, veggies, eggs, and nuts. Occasionally rice and pasta. Cut out bread. Made judgement calls on things like a pumpkin, spinach, and feta muffin that the good outweighs the bad.
Every morning when I wake up I immediately go for a 30-45 minute walk. I do yoga about twice a week, and play basketball once a week. That's it for exercise.
I'd always lived under the idea that I could eat all the shit I wanted cause I'll exercise it off and I'm naturally thin, but being in the best shape of my life, literally, I'm not sure I could ever touch take away food again.
On the verge of having abs for the first time in my life, totally blown away by how a change in nutrition has been able to achieve everything I wanted in my body that intensive exercising has never been able to do.
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Post by starscreamlive on Sept 5, 2014 9:42:46 GMT -5
Exercise is a big part of health, but diet is key. Like you said, take out is not good for your body. The more whole foods that you consume, the better off you will be. Cutting out all of that processed food is tough because it's addictive, but once you do you will quickly see a world of difference in your health and energy levels.
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Post by dbsm on Sept 5, 2014 23:09:46 GMT -5
I'm up to 21 lbs lost since the start of July, from 236 to 214 and change. The diet was a big thing; I had no idea what foods really contained (or cared), and using the MyFitnessPal app really does an amazing job in keeping me conscious in what I'm putting in every day. Yeah, the fat kid in me miss burgers and sodas, and once a month I'll let myself have a good cheat day, but I've found great alternatives to stuff (fat free milk, going to 0 fat/45cal smoked turkey links instead of beef hot dogs, for instance) that allow me to not skimp on taste while slashing my fat/cholesterol intake by a large margin. I feel so much spry and it'snice to not only feel like death after eating, but feel good. Now, while I still pine for a Whopper here and there, more often than not, most of the processed stuff I see makes me recoil. For instance, Jack in the Box just rolled out a new breakfast burrito that old me would've tried immediately, but current me looked at its nutritional content, saw 70 GRAMS OF FAT (that's about what I take in over three days now), and knew I would never touch it. Progress!
(It also helps that I walk a total of three miles a day to and from work on top of whatever daily exercise I do)
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Post by Down Under Aussie on Sept 5, 2014 23:29:41 GMT -5
Awesome man Honestly I was thinking about cheat days but my body negatively reacts to bad food now, I'll spare you the details
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Post by adammoore on Sept 6, 2014 6:56:52 GMT -5
I went from probably 240-ish at my heaviest down to the 160's about 12 years ago. Started running and playing ball combined with a better diet is all it took. I put some of that weight back on, because I was a bit too thin.
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Post by primetimeten on Sept 6, 2014 9:25:57 GMT -5
Diet is about 80 percent of weight loss. Exercise is 10, genetics the other 10.
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Post by ape on Sept 6, 2014 9:31:27 GMT -5
Awesome man Honestly I was thinking about cheat days but my body negatively reacts to bad food now, I'll spare you the details I tried having cheat days, but it didn't work out. It just really pissed off the girlfriend
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Post by adammoore on Sept 6, 2014 11:38:15 GMT -5
Diet is about 80 percent of weight loss. Exercise is 10, genetics the other 10. Maybe so, but I've found once you're just trying to maintain, exercise is a lot more important. Granted, now that I've hit 33, I need to watch my diet a bit more, as my metabolism isn't what it used to be.
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Post by david on Sept 6, 2014 13:28:28 GMT -5
I just got to my goal weight 2 months ago. What I realized is that I need a new goal or else I would eat like shit again. Thus, I am running a half-marathon in 2 months.
To me, the maintaining is harder than losing because I had a 1-track mind when I was losing the weight. Now that I lost it, I am going back into some of my bad habits.
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Post by Down Under Aussie on Sept 6, 2014 14:29:56 GMT -5
I just got to my goal weight 2 months ago. What I realized is that I need a new goal or else I would eat like shit again. Thus, I am running a half-marathon in 2 months. To me, the maintaining is harder than losing because I had a 1-track mind when I was losing the weight. Now that I lost it, I am going back into some of my bad habits. Interested to know how that half-marathon goes, good luck! Yeah plateauing, whether it's cause you reached your goal or just at a speed bump is so hard to overcome psychologically
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