PLEASE Help me Lose Weight! I am so fricken Fat - Serious Advice Please.

[SirMack]

that's fucking awesome!!! 25 pound in 9 weeks, that's about 2.5-3 lb per week. Good work.

Just curious, which approach did you end up using?

I mixed it all up a little. I'm basically eating a lot cleaner, a medium salad, little bit of cheese, some bacos, low carb dressing, lightly spread. And then a small portion of meat and about 4oz of Grapefruit juice (Helps the insulin I have read?).

I mean I have stuck to the diet and been working out to the T pretty much.

12 days on, 2 days refeed. Typical day is:

Breakfast:

eggs, bacon or sausage, 4oz Grapefruit juice

Lunch:

Salad, Meat, 4oz Grapefruit juice

Dinner:

Salad, Meat, 4oz Grapefruit juice

I really don't have much of an appetite so the diet has been quite easy. I've been taking Xenadrine RFA-1 for the first 4 weeks or so, and then MD6 for 2 weeks after that, and then took 2 weeks off, and just started back onto it this week, the 9th week. Helps control any hunger I have and makes me feel great.

Probably a horrible diet. But I've lost a lot of fat and i'm looking really lean and I can fit into all my old clothes. heck, I use to be on the last hole on my belt, and now I'm on the smallest hole, which is like 6" literally from each other.

The biggest reason I feel I lost so much weight was I was working out 3 times a week, doing aerobics and a lot of toning (high rep, low weight) training. Also I went from eating TONS of RICE, BREAD, and PIZZA type carb loaded foods to eating pretty darn clean. And I went from eating sweets occasionally to not eating ANYthing sweet, except on my 'refeed' days.

My goal is 195lbs, so I still have a bit to go, but I can get there. I figure in a year I'll definately be at that weight.

So, whatcha think?

 

[SirMack]

Oh yah almost forgot! THanks so much for the encouragement guys! Its meant a lot to me.

 

[TheBigDog]

Sirmack, good job on loosing weight man. Not downplaying what you are doing and what you have accomplished so far, but IMHO, at some point you might want to consider eating more protein food and increase your meal frequency to 5-6 meals.

Your caloric intake is obviously under your maintenance at this point. But you don't wanna go to far to a point that it starts catabolizing your muscle. It is good that you are just doing toning type weight training, but when you want to start adding more muscle to your frame, you will go lower rep and will need more protein for your muscle to recover and GROW.

This is just my humble opinion. Take it for what it is worth.

Keep Up the good work!!!!!

L8er.

 

[SirMack]

Sirmack, good job on loosing weight man. Not downplaying what you are doing and what you have accomplished so far, but IMHO, at some point you might want to consider eating more protein food and increase your meal frequency to 5-6 meals.

Your caloric intake is obviously under your maintenance at this point. But you don't wanna go to far to a point that it starts catabolizing your muscle. It is good that you are just doing toning type weight training, but when you want to start adding more muscle to your frame, you will go lower rep and will need more protein for your muscle to recover and GROW.

This is just my humble opinion. Take it for what it is worth.

Keep Up the good work!!!!!

L8er.

Thanks for the advice. I"ve printed it out and will definately reference back to it. How can I get more protein in my diet? And do I need it even though I'm still trying to lose weight and am only toning??? I want to get down to 195 lbs and then start adding on some muscle or just be really toned and slightly cut, you know?

Thanks again!

 

[TheBigDog]

Thanks for the advice. I"ve printed it out and will definately reference back to it. How can I get more protein in my diet? And do I need it even though I'm still trying to lose weight and am only toning??? I want to get down to 195 lbs and then start adding on some muscle or just be really toned and slightly cut, you know?

Thanks again!

I think in general, 1g of protein pre pound of body weight is commonly used by others even for CUTTING. You are currently only eating 3 meals a day. Try adding 2 more meals in between, i.e. protein shake, cottage cheese, protein pancake (reciepe in the forum, very easy to make and very yummy) What's your calorie intake right now? It is always a good idea to know how much you are taking in and evaluate your diet from there.

W/ you only eating 3 meals, I would think it is somewhere below 2000. Probably 1500 would be my GUESS. let me know when you get that figured out.

 

[SirMack]

Well, I just wanted to update you guys on my diet.

In early November I hurt my back pretty bad (due to me having a bad back) and I havn't been able to work out much since then. So I tried to stick to the diet as much as possible without the workout/cardio.

Well, since I havn't worked out the past 2 months, and with the Holidays and the 'meals' that tend to arrise I have gained back about 18 lbs or so. So my total loss since beginning the diet 4 months ago is only 12 lbs.

I am going back on a 'cleaner' low carb diet (basically just Meats, Salads, Cheese, Water). As it seems I am in a better frame of mind, think more clearly, and am less depressed/anxious on 'low sugar/carb' diets. Must have something to do with body/brain chemistry and sugar's effects on it.

I have been thinking of trying 'body for life' but its hard with my schedule to find that many times to eat a day.

It kind of sucks that with Xenadrine RFA-1, and MD6 that I was only able to lose a max of 25-30 lbs with cardio. Especially with my dieting.

Any help would be appreciated. I'm looking for a new direction really. Thanks.

 

[Cuts]

3 words my friend: B-F-L. It's simple, and it works. good luck

 

[HappyFunBall]

It kind of sucks that with Xenadrine RFA-1, and MD6 that I was only able to lose a max of 25-30 lbs with cardio. Especially with my dieting.

Any help would be appreciated. I'm looking for a new direction really. Thanks.

Your progress was good, until that injury. Look at what you did and congradulate yourself. Most people just whine about their weight and do nothing about it, except work on getting a bigger ass.

That low carb approach worked for you, so I'd stick with it. You might consider some more variety in your weight workouts to help build more muscle.

Building a better body takes time. My suggestion is this: figure out how many calories you are eating nowadays, and keep track of your weight every week. If you aren't losing 1-2 pounds per week, cut your calories by 300 a day until you do. Keep using appetite suppressants if you can, since you know they work for you. ECA is a good one.

At this point, you don't want to lose more than 2 pounds a week, if you do, your metabolism is probably slowing down (losing muscle).

Good luck, you will succeed, since you already did the hard part: starting!

 

[SirMack247]

Thanks a lot for the encouragement! I am revamping and trying to go back on another diet/work out regime. My back is better, although the excessive weight gain (well, I gained back what I originally lost) has made me have back problems AGAIN. Excessive pain, but I am avoiding the pain killers and focusing on losing weight.

I am looking for a new diet. Wish it was as simple as a shake a meal, but from all the stuff I have read the shake diets are not very healthy.

I am thinking of perhaps going on CRUM's, but i'm not sure if its designed for an OBESE, non buff guy like me. Although I'm having a hard time finding a link to that diet. Can anyone help me locate it?

I'm back to 260 lbs again. So I need to do something, the old diet was HARD And had slow results I feel. So I need a new diet. Are there any PRE PREPARED diets on this board or out there that would work well and aren't hard to do? I would like to do a Body for Life diet, but I was having a tough time eating that many meals a day...

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks again for all the encouragement!

 

[ariolanine]

I have heard about Body for Life and I have been hunting for a good used or cheap copy. Its an extremely expensive book. I wish someone would scan it into PDF format and put it online.

I don't see the book going on sale anytime soon as its still a bestseller.

There are plenty of them on ebay.

http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=body+for+life