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| lilshawn:
I'm glad you have made the decision to lose weight. It's a hard journey. I will warn you though, with losing that amount in such a short time, you are at a super high risk to bounce back again. Don't forget it took you how long to get to the size you where... it's going to take that long to get rid of it. even lapsing and eating stuff you shouldn't can set you back big time. Now you got the easy stuff gone, it's time to work for the harder stuff. <end_soapBoxRant> Becoming allergic to dairy about 6 years ago kinda kickstarted me in this direction. I wasn't able to eat things like milk, cheese and certain breads, cookies....the list goes on.... without becoming violently sick (both ends at the same time kind of sick) or anaphylactic. So, for sure, I had to change what I was eating. Cutting butter and margarine (99% of margarines have whey and other milk ingredients in them to make their nutrition panel look better) out of your diet completely does wonders. I have chosen the long and slow route. Been doing just some portion control over the last 8 to 10 months...I was over 350 at the start and i'm currently hovering up and down a few pounds at 297 to 300 the last month or so. I haven't really changed WHAT I eat, Just changing how much i'm eating. And it's gone pretty good so far. I'm not exercising or anything like that, so it's surprising how much you eat has a bearing on how much you weigh. I don't order a double burger with double bacon and 2 eggs. I'll order just a regular hamburger... and medium fries instead of large. Have "only one trip to the buffet" kinds of things. I'm averaging ~2100 calories a day according to the "myfitnesspal" app for my lunch and dinner and snack (i'm an absolute shitshow in the morning so I often don't eat breakfast during the week but I do on the weekends). which for what I do on a daily basis, is about right to maintain... which I'm now doing...so in order to start going back down again, i have to either get more moving exercise in, or tweak the old dietary intake.... I'm not much of a runner...or walker... or bike rider....or sports person. Got my eye on the treadmill in the basement though. even though I'll hate it I should start. but...one thing at a time. It's not that big of a deal for me as it is for you, i'm not under threat of death (that i know of) but still feel I should do something. Look good, feel good, right? Now that i'm used to smaller portion sizes, (and that i've kinda plateaued) I will soon transition my eating towards healthier foods...I say as I'm eating fast food from the chinese buffet place by my work on my lunch break. (it's a small container... Broccoli, plain white rice, and noodles....one chicken ball, one spring roll... so not totally 100% evil.) And i'm totally fine with that. My mind is in the right space to do it. press on chubabrotha! :cheers: |
| ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 17, 2016, 02:43:56 pm ---There is a huge flaw in that line of thinking. If fat people enjoyed doing some kind of physical activity, they obviously wouldn't be fat. Take me for example..... I think sports are dumb, I have really bad allergies, so walks are out most months out of the year, martial arts are far too violent, and yeah, I'm going to run.... if a bear is chasing behind me maybe. So I just put in the work, hating every second of it, and yielding very minimal results. --- End quote --- The flaw in your thinking here is that you won't need that regular exercise after you lose the weight. You will. You just won't need as much of it to maintain the weight. Fitness isn't just about your fat percentage. It's also about your overall health and the body needs work to be healthy in the long term. |
| Howard_Casto:
I never said I was going to stop. You made that incorrect assumption. My point was losing weight sucks and keeping it off sucks. The whole thing sucks. The sentiment that you have to find something active you enjoy doesn't really work because, as I said, if you enjoy being active then you wouldn't be fat. |
| pbj:
Ah well, I've had plenty of "we don't know why you're still so fat" conversations with physicians lately. Have tracked physical activity for 8 months, I average 6 miles a day. Blood levels good. Whatever. Suppose I'll get stomach snipped if I can dispatch my parents and make it look like an accident. But for movement, Pokemon Go has been a great help on that front, and it takes me to the unhappiest places on Earth like the Ronald McDonald House and MD Anderson Cancer center. Working around here will broaden your definition of 'healthy' real quick. I define that metric as eating unassisted, going to the bathroom unassisted, walking up and down a flight of stairs, and being able to achieve an erection. You can manage all that, you're healthy. Many aren't. |
| ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 17, 2016, 03:37:35 pm ---I never said I was going to stop. You made that incorrect assumption. My point was losing weight sucks and keeping it off sucks. The whole thing sucks. The sentiment that you have to find something active you enjoy doesn't really work because, as I said, if you enjoy being active then you wouldn't be fat. --- End quote --- When I was at my heaviest I was also at my most physically active. Definitely possible for a person with a typical metabolism to be working out 4-5 times a week and still be overweight if they overeat as well. I was putting in 8-10 hours a week of heavy exercise and still had a 38" waist. Granted, that's not 350lb, but in my case it's still 40lb overweight. Every night I was either at the gym lifting or at football practice running wind sprints cursing my lungs. |
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