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Vigo:

--- Quote from: DaveMMR on June 13, 2011, 07:45:19 pm ---Also, if you are describing dieting as "harsh" or "torture" then you are doing it wrong.  Do not diet and don't call it a diet.  Adjusting your eating habits means making some better decisions about what you take in.  It does NOT mean eliminating certain foods altogether.   Add more "greens" to your diet and maybe replace white bread with whole grain bread and cut out excess fats but with moderation, anything can be enjoyed.     

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True, but that's half of the story. Someone can eat a lot more vegetables and whole grains and cut back on snacking and not lose a pound. It's really good advice on preventing weight gain though. Someone with a lot of weight to lose has to plan on losing it at a strong enough rate with constant goals. This means meal times are also a factor, as well as portion control. Exercise must also be there, not so much to build muscle, but to keep the body metabolism high enough that the body knows it should not be conserving food into fat. 3-5 pounds a week, while keeping yourself nourished, is not an unreasonable goal for a serious diet. (Actual safe #/wk would vary from person to person tho) The problem just lies with how a serious dieter will transition from serious dieting to a sustainable weight maintaining diet.

Also, I was not suggesting a crash diet is healthy or good, but only that it is simply better than years of half-hearted dieting where someone's weight will constantly go up and down like an Oprah situation. If someone has a ton of weight to shed, taking it all off quickly and keeping it off is the lesser of evils when compared to the New Years resolution that goes bust after a few months every single year. It is better be fighting a malnutrition situation for a diet in your 20's and 30's than plummeting into heart attack danger in your 40's-50's.

ark_ader:
The other side of the coin in the lose it gradually camp is the psychological effect when you get to a difficult goal.  There is nothing like it.  You feel so proud. 

Doing it gradually will upset you as most of the time you want it to come off quick without the suffering, and pack on a few more pounds in the process.

I ballooned in weight as I had my world caved in Jan through April, I was very miserable and I ate the crap just to feel better. Like I said it the pounds just crept up.

To get that goal read the Atkins Diet, and just stick to Induction, everything else is a fallacy and will lead you back to pigsville faster then you can say truffle.  First two weeks is murder.

You feel good on the 4th week and you must keep a trophy visible to remind you how bad you were.  I have two.  My old pants size 46L and a picture of me looking like a.. :censored:...pig.

Your mental state is very important while going through this critical weight shedding process.  My crutch was the arcade gaming.  My poor xbox1 & X Arcade got more action last month then ever.  Even more now that Coinops2 is out.

These things keep you on the short and narrow.  No pain no gain.  Yes my doc was pissed, yes I'm going to get it in the neck from him next time I see him, but it is worth it all.

I also noticed that the girls are starting to notice me again.  Bonus. Nothing wrong with that.  Tell everyone what you have accomplished to encourage others to get healthy.

So if you have a few 100 lbs to shed, don't listen to the old women in here.  Just dive in the deep end and make a difference. Just get rid, before you become insulin resistant.

Here is a odd thing that happened to me just last night.  I don't weigh myself daily just weekly as your body weight can go up and down.  I weighed in at 238 Monday night.  Thinking that was odd as I Weighed in at 230 the previous night.  I had a full 8 hours sleep, and when I woke I was back at 230.  Where did the 8 pounds go?  I figured 2 litres of water passed through my system (yes I drink that much water a day) so that's roughly 5 pounds there, so what about the other 3 lbs?  I'm definitely going to hit that brick wall and plateau real soon, but the runaway train is still on its tracks. 

How did I lose 3 pounds in less than 9 hours?   :dunno

Mikezilla:
Im telling you, youre going to burn out your pancreas, and maybe your kidneys drinking that much water and losing weight so quickly. Actually, nevermind about the kidneys, that isnt that much water. The pancreas for sure, because thats what I did.

Donkbaca:
The pancreas is overrated...

Xiaou2:

--- Quote ---and I ate the crap just to feel better
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 Thats the key issue in weight loss.

 Many people overweight are people who cant handle something.  Some sort of stress. Some relationship issues.  Lack of self worth.  Etc.   So, they turn to eating garbage snack food, rather than dealing with the stuff.

 If you cant put your mental foot down and stand up for yourself... face your demons with grace, willingness..etc..  than you are guaranteed to gain back every pound, if not add even more.

 Logically, if you couldnt run too well due to an injury that has never fully healed correctly.. would you chop off your foot cause you were depressed about it?!   Yet you chose to stuff your gut with high fat MM's & Frozen Fat-Cream.. which is equivalent to doing the same.

 What you need is some Self Help.   Try listening to some motivational stuff, corrective behavioral audio/books, get advice and help from others who have succeeded in besting their problems. Hypnosis tapes.  Whatever you can do to strengthen yourself "Internally", where it counts the most.

 The mind (and spirit) controls the body & the actions. If you gain ability to control your mind, (and your emotions) you start to take charge in your life, rather than life taking you for a ride.

 Take note, that most of the people who have lost the most, and kept it off, are people who have in fact had profound internal changes.

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