Operation Weight Reduction

[EDMUND65]

seei cant do the balanced diet thing...

[blk_srt]

The best diet that I can do right now is light breakfast(cherios) light lunch usually subway or a salad and the family dinner I usually have to eat whats bee made but I eat a shit ton of greens and yeah

[ned032002]

I'm not a dessert kind a guy but I love the shit out of the stuff that I shouldn't have like pasta. My main thing is eating late, once I get that fixed I'll be on the right track.

[AbsoluteGTR]

I say before and after pics!!!!

J/P ... lol

My daily intake consists of NO MORE THAN 1500 cals a day. Today I had around 1100 and will burn hopefully 100 cals today. BUT when I first started my diet I ate somedays 300 cals a day (ONLY FOR 4 DAYS THOUGH) and I lost 10 pounds in that period.

NED, google "ketosis". It is very interesting...both me and my friend went on ketosis and both of lost about 10 pounds each. **If you do try ketosis, do NOT do it for more than 1 week...i did it for 4 days, because for if you do it for long periods of time it will fuck up your body. Read up on it...it real interesting.**

[Thor06]

So basically ketosis is short term anorexia? I went one full week with one meal through the whole time. I dropped like 8 lbs the first 3 days and like 4 the other couple days. It was mostly water and food in the process of digestion that I lost, after it I was only like 3-5 lbs down.

I will show you guys some before/after pictures. I wish I still had that one of my with my Cavalier when I first got it, that was right at my peak of being fat. I have one close to then, but its just my face (drivers license pic). I am going to go hardcore until Friday and weigh in then. My brother's wedding is this weekend, I want to look my best for it. Thor will be a tad cranky this week, I am going to do a bit of distance running, ultimate, and working out and I am sure its going to wear on me emotionally.

[ned032002]

So I still haven't been weighd (spelling) but I have been watching what I'm eating and when I eat. I love cereal so lately it's been a big bowl of cheerios for breakfast and the same for dinner last night. The way I see it is that you can eat a lot as long as you eat whats good for you. So I've been filling up on cereal mainly. I've cut my calorie intake by at least half and I'm not feeling anything yet but I'm sure It'll happen. O and I still don't drink any pop so water is my best friend.

[ned032002]

Originally Posted by AbsoluteGTR

ketosis

"Ketosis is a process in which your body converts fats into energy. During the conversion, ketones are produced as a by-product. Ketones can give your breath a sweet, fruity smell that may be mistaken for alcohol.

Your body normally uses glucose to meet its energy needs. Glucose comes from the carbohydrate in your diet. A healthy, balanced diet should provide you with all the glucose your body needs, so that ketosis does not take place. However, if your body does not have enough glucose, perhaps because your diet is very low in carbohydrates or you are starving yourself, it will begin ketosis to obtain energy from its stored fats instead. As a result of this, the ketone levels in your blood will rise. Prolonged ketosis can be dangerous as it can change the acidity of your blood beyond the level that your body can tolerate. This can eventually lead to serious damage to your liver and kidneys."

[AbsoluteGTR]

Originally Posted by ned032002

This can eventually lead to serious damage to your liver and kidneys."

That is exactly why I said in a previous post in this thread: "Do NOT do it for longer tha a week"

[defiancy]

In order to loose weight effectively, you need to eat small meals through the course of the day and make these meals healthy, such as fruits and veggies. You should eat about 6 or more times a day.

By limiting your body to only one meal a day you are only hurting yourself. You may see a small weight loss at first but it will just be water and most food that is in the process of digestion like you said.

In short, not eating is a horrible thing to do to loose weight.

[gthompson97]

Originally Posted by defiancy

In order to loose weight effectively, you need to eat small meals through the course of the day and make these meals healthy, such as fruits and veggies. You should eat about 6 or more times a day.

By limiting your body to only one meal a day you are only hurting yourself. You may see a small weight loss at first but it will just be water and most food that is in the process of digestion like you said.

In short, not eating is a horrible thing to do to loose weight.

I was just going to comment on this. Instead of eating 3 meals a day like regular, eat 5 (i think 6 or more is too many). You'll still have your normal 3 meals a day (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) but make them smaller proportioned and then you have a small snack in between each meal. This will really help boost your metabolism, which in turn helps burn more fat faster.

And for you guys that want to really burn some calories, swimming is the BEST calorie burner, with hard running coming in somewhere around 3rd I believe. I read a big article on this awhile back, and I remember swimming burns the most calories by far.

God, I know all of this health shit, but I need to put it to use. Sitting in a tractor all day definitely isn't good for the body. I used to be a healthy, muscular guy. Played all kinds of sports and shit and stayed fit, but now I'm out of HS and my habits went to shit. I'm not "fat" i guess, but I definitely gained some weight, I'm getting a gut now. I think I'm sittin at 180 or so right now which is a fine weight for me, but I'd like to drop 15, and then add that back in the weightroom, and get back to my normal build. I don't want to be ripped as shit, but I definitely need to tone back up.

EDIT: If you guys like to read up on some heath articles and stuff like that, www.Askmen.com has some good stuff about eating and shit. Actually, it has some good articles about just every day life too. I recommend checking out the site, it's definitiely one that I like to read casually.

[blk_srt]

Well I didnt think I was making any progress but my mom got me a pair of pants in my usual size and I tried them on and they were way to big, to the point where if I went a size down I'd be more than comfortable. It could be that they just run big but I had to add an extra loop in my belt to make it smaller to

[AbsoluteGTR]

Nice Nice. I used to be on holes 1 and 2, and now I am on number 7 (the last one)

I have to change my sig...I am now 222lbs!!!!