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How I dumped 30 lbs in three weeks
pinballjim:
The problem with the stomach surgery is that your stomach eventually starts stretching back out. He's already found he can defeat it by eating certain foods (he knocked back 2 cans of nuts in an hour for 2,500+ calories last month). Doctor wants him to use the recovery period as an opportunity to relearn his normal eating habits.
Anyway, we'll see. Cost him $12,000 cash. I hope it works out.
ChadTower:
No offense intended but an adult male who is 152 and needs to lose weight will have no idea what it's like to have the type of body that needs to lose 80lb. Life is just different in both cases. The only way I can think to express that is that the big guy can get strong fast but can't get lean the same way the small guy can lose weight fast but can't get strong. People with body types on opposite ends of that spectrum experience their body in completely different ways.
The guy is who 240lb is not built to lose weight eating a double quarter pounder for dinner the same way that 150lb guy is not built to bench press 300lb. You guys may as well be speaking different languages.
stu33:
I dropped about 100 pounds in around six months. I was MORBIDLY OBESE though, so it was probably easier for me than the guy needing to lose the last 20. Now I'm just morbidly obese (capitals make a difference).
I didn't really do anything special, just counted calories, really. Didn't change my diet much, just ate less. I added in more vegetables and swapped out stuff like white rice for brown and white bread for whole wheat. But that wasn't really a big deal. I found that brown rice tastes better to me, and I didn't eat a ton of bread anyway.
Also, for anyone that can get it (I don't know if it's a regional thing), but the Gianelli Hot Italian Turkey Sausage is just amazing.
The big thing was the exercise regimen. I ran (and still do) three days a week, and did a 90-day cycle of the Chalean Extreme program, which is like p90x for fat people. Worked amazingly with the bowflex selectable dumbbells and one protein shake a day. Since then I've tapered off, losing about a 1/2 pound per week. I've been doing my own dumbbell-based weight training and kept up with the running.
That being said, I'm seriously considering the Insanity program now.
theonegoku:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 11, 2012, 10:59:52 am ---
No offense intended but an adult male who is 152 and needs to lose weight will have no idea what it's like to have the type of body that needs to lose 80lb. Life is just different in both cases. The only way I can think to express that is that the big guy can get strong fast but can't get lean the same way the small guy can lose weight fast but can't get strong. People with body types on opposite ends of that spectrum experience their body in completely different ways.
The guy is who 240lb is not built to lose weight eating a double quarter pounder for dinner the same way that 150lb guy is not built to bench press 300lb. You guys may as well be speaking different languages.
--- End quote ---
This ^ is the common misconception. So many people look too quickly at genetics and "oh ur an ectomorph and im not so u wouldnt understand". But it's all actually BS, yes, sometimes u have a thyroid problem or something that prevents you from losing weight, but 95% of the time, u just gotta put down the fork.
I had an old coworker who was taller than me and literally weighed 112, he couldnt gain weight no matter how much he ate, and mostly becuz the dude was extremely active, so i could see how he couldnt relate to a 250 pounder, but in my case, i WAS 200 pounds, I know how ---smurfy--- it feels, but I also knew how to be knowledgable and solve my problem.
The OP could eat a double quarter pounder every day for dinner and lose just like i did, it has nothing to do with the way he is built, if dude is packing on an insane amount of muscle, then yes, its going to be hard to lose it all, and he probably wouldnt want to lose it all anyways, but in his case, im sure high LBM isn't a concern -_-, im at 150 and bench 220, so trust me, its always in the realm of possibility to have the best of both worlds.
The OP wants to lose weight, which means he has to be in a calorie defecit, so as long as he burns more calories then he consumes, hes going to lose weight. I dropped to 130 for a competition and knew that i couldnt eat more than 1500 calories. A double quarter pounder is 750, so I could have ate mayo out of a jar for the other 750 and still been fine. BUT, ur always going to have people with "broscience" who swear that if u dont eat anything other than salad and chicken breasts, that ur not on a "diet" and ur not going to lose weight. Educate urself and THEN, educate others.
/rant
pinballjim:
Billions of dollars in research invested in this and all we needed to do was consult theonegoku.
:lol
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