Weight Loss - Tips & Daily Check-in

[Qb]

re: Weight Loss - Tips & Daily Check-in

Same here, I've never been a fan of lifting or the gym in general and always relied on hockey, basketball, etc to stay in shape. Now that my opportunities to play sports are limited (or so I tell myself), I need to suck it up to at least run and do some push-ups & sit-ups at home. That should be enough, as I've dropped weight through cutting fat & sugar alone with no exercise... aside from all the snow shoveling in February.

[KG]

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Down to 177 from 190 (after the wedding circuit) thanks to p90x and semi-watching my diet. The NCAA tournament has been brutal for my eating but as the weather gets nice I'll have even more motivation to get lean.

[ODogg]

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I'm still losing weight and I'm going to start a new thread soon with every major tip I can think of that's helped me. We can also use that thread to talk about our day to day progress in losing weight.

[VDusen04]

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I heard cutting soda out of your diet makes a significant difference.

[jeremym480]

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I'm still losing weight and I'm going to start a new thread soon with every major tip I can think of that's helped me. We can also use that thread to talk about our day to day progress in losing weight.

Well, I'm 9 days away from my vacation and I only lost half the weight I was trying to lose. Once I get back I'm going to start the "4 Day Diet" and see how that goes.

My main problem is that we always have something going on at work. Today I get to work and there's Chick-fil-A in the break room, we have Doughnuts every Wednesday and McDonald's every Friday. Also, we have a company picnic this Saturday and a Crawfish boil on Good Friday. That's not even counting the 4-5 of us who go out to eat a good lunch every Thursday. Ugh. It's just to much temptation around me on a daily basis. I guess that I just need to get stronger. But, like I said it will be on when I get back for vacation.

[ODogg]

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Well i have the same issue here, you know what helped me? I sit down and thought of about 5 to 7 foods that I really, really like that are healthy (for me: oatmeal, lightly salted nuts, bananas, v8 low sodium juice cans, tuna fish, herrings, natural peanut butter & unsalted crackers, low sodium soup in big and small cans) that I could keep at my office on hand. so whenever we have "bad" things to eat here I say to myself "ok, i can have xxx...but first i'm going to eat yyy and force myself to wait 20 minutes"...with yyy being my own healthy food. Over the last three weeks it's worked!!

If they have pizza in the break room for example I'll eat a half a banana with some peanut butter on it, or maybe have a small soup...then wait 20 minutes...and then i'm not hungry enough to go to get some of the pizza. And after a while the pizza gets eaten up and i'm off the hook.

Hope this helps because I had the exact same problem! Give it a try and see what you think!

[aukevin]

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I'm down from 200 (highest point ever was 206) to 158 lbs now. I've posted some pics and my diet details in the Supporter's Forum before. These are a couple pics of me wearing the exact same shirt, so you can get an idea.

Sept '09 (200 lbs)


March '10 (160 lbs)


Pretty much all the weight I lost was due to calorie counting and drinking only water. When I was actively trying to lose the weight I had a strict 1600 calories a day diet and I stopped drinking all sodas, just water. I also adjusted my eating schedule, I started eating a 150-250 calorie breakfast at around 6 AM, then a 100 calorie snack bar around 10 AM to get me to lunch. Then I would eat some kind of microwavable lunch that ranged from 275-400 calories around noon. That would usually get me to dinner around 6 PM where I could have a good sized meal, roughly 900 calories. There's a lot you can do with 900 calories. Usually dinner was in the 600-800 calorie range which would leave about 100-200 left for a dessert around 830 PM. I wouldn't eat anything else that night, I usually go to bed around midnight. If I did just start starving I would have some popcorn because there is only 40 calories in a cup of popped popcorn because your body processes fat or something I don't really understand differently when you put your body in a starvation mode. So I'd have a couple cups if my calories allowed.

I hit a plateau around 175 lbs and that's when I hit the gym and started running a couple miles a day. That kicked started my metabolism I think and I dropped another 10 lbs. Since then my work schedule has changed and I can't go to the gym at work during lunch anymore, so my daily regular exercise has stopped. But I have kept my good eating habits I learned over the past 6 months and 5 or so more pounds have fallen off even though I am no longer actively trying to lose weight. I believe I am at a good weight now, so I just keep eating good and no stuffing myself anymore, and my body is staying in good shape. But during the 4-5 months I was agressively trying to lose weight I stuck strictly to the 1600 calorie diet, meaning I got as close to 1600 as I could everyday without going over using a balanced diet and eating at proper times.

[Hova57]

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i think i'm at that point that losing weight without exercise is coming to an end. i must excercise to continue losing. that's the hard part .

[Sting]

re: Weight Loss - Tips & Daily Check-in

I'm down from 200 (highest point ever was 206) to 158 lbs now. I've posted some pics and my diet details in the Supporter's Forum before. These are a couple pics of me wearing the exact same shirt, so you can get an idea.

Sept '09 (200 lbs)


March '10 (160 lbs)


Pretty much all the weight I lost was due to calorie counting and drinking only water. When I was actively trying to lose the weight I had a strict 1600 calories a day diet and I stopped drinking all sodas, just water. I also adjusted my eating schedule, I started eating a 150-250 calorie breakfast at around 6 AM, then a 100 calorie snack bar around 10 AM to get me to lunch. Then I would eat some kind of microwavable lunch that ranged from 275-400 calories around noon. That would usually get me to dinner around 6 PM where I could have a good sized meal, roughly 900 calories. There's a lot you can do with 900 calories. Usually dinner was in the 600-800 calorie range which would leave about 100-200 left for a dessert around 830 PM. I wouldn't eat anything else that night, I usually go to bed around midnight. If I did just start starving I would have some popcorn because there is only 40 calories in a cup of popped popcorn because your body processes fat or something I don't really understand differently when you put your body in a starvation mode. So I'd have a couple cups if my calories allowed.

I hit a plateau around 175 lbs and that's when I hit the gym and started running a couple miles a day. That kicked started my metabolism I think and I dropped another 10 lbs. Since then my work schedule has changed and I can't go to the gym at work during lunch anymore, so my daily regular exercise has stopped. But I have kept my good eating habits I learned over the past 6 months and 5 or so more pounds have fallen off even though I am no longer actively trying to lose weight. I believe I am at a good weight now, so I just keep eating good and no stuffing myself anymore, and my body is staying in good shape. But during the 4-5 months I was agressively trying to lose weight I stuck strictly to the 1600 calorie diet, meaning I got as close to 1600 as I could everyday without going over using a balanced diet and eating at proper times.

Kevin that's amazing bro. Congratulations. You've stripped away layers and layers. Maybe I should give the low cal a shot instead of my usual low carb routine since I usually break down from the carb diet and stuff myself with carbs. My carb craving is unreal and uncontrollable. I'm actually addicted to drive-thrus (Taco Bell and McDonalds only) and don't have the will power to stop. Sounds dumb I know, but I can't stop eating them.

i think i'm at that point that losing weight without exercise is coming to an end. i must excercise to continue losing. that's the hard part .

Me too Hova.

[Phobia]

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Kevin, great work bro. You look years younger.

[aukevin]

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Kevin that's amazing bro. Congratulations. You've stripped away layers and layers. Maybe I should give the low cal a shot instead of my usual low carb routine since I usually break down from the carb diet and stuff myself with carbs. My carb craving is unreal and uncontrollable. I'm actually addicted to drive-thrus (Taco Bell and McDonalds only) and don't have the will power to stop. Sounds dumb I know, but I can't stop eating them.

Good luck. I really didn't find counting calories too much trouble. But my wife helped me out a lot and it is always easier if you have a partner working with you. Plus, she loves to cook so she can make some really good food that isn't high in calories. When you eat out they always give you so much, but when you make it yourself it is a lot easier to control your portions. FYI, a regular crunchy taco at TB is only like 175 calories, so when I have the urge for fast food, I usually get a couple of those. McDs is a little tougher, you can get by on a double cheeseburger, but the fries will kill you if you have them too.

Kevin, great work bro. You look years younger.

Thanks, it feels a lot better too.

[ODogg]

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www.sparkpeople.com has a calorie counter (amongst other things) that is easy to use and has millions of foods in it, including fast food. it's a free website. i'd have never been where i am at today without this site. it's an essential site IMO if you're serious about weight loss..

[jeremym480]

re: Weight Loss - Tips & Daily Check-in

www.sparkpeople.com has a calorie counter (amongst other things) that is easy to use and has millions of foods in it, including fast food. it's a free website. i'd have never been where i am at today without this site. it's an essential site IMO if you're serious about weight loss..

I joined it a while back and it's great for fast food, drinks, etc. However, sometimes it can get tough when you make your own foods at home.

[ODogg]

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Yeah but if you use that recipe builder once then you can always just bring that same thing back in. Of course if you're always cooking up new recipes it could be a pain...but then that's just the nature of the beast for coming up with a lot of new recipes really..

[aukevin]

re: Weight Loss - Tips & Daily Check-in

www.sparkpeople.com has a calorie counter (amongst other things) that is easy to use and has millions of foods in it, including fast food. it's a free website. i'd have never been where i am at today without this site. it's an essential site IMO if you're serious about weight loss..

That's what I used until I got the hang of the calorie counting. great site. I used the recipe building a bunch in conjunction with http://caloriecount.about.com/