Weight Loss Thread!

Luster said:
What I like about SBD is that it's not a DRASTIC change from my normal eating habits.

Basically, I'm just cutting way back on bread, pasta, sugar, rice, potatoes. All that starchy stuff.
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Eating right is a great start Bill but, exersize is even more important......

If you watched the "biggest losers" on TV you saw first hand just how hard their cardio programs were. That along with eating the right foods is the way they all lost those huge numbers.......

Continue to eat well and find a local gym and get on a program for a lot cardio that will burn up more food fuel than your putting in and watch the scale go down .........

Good luck.........Cheers!
 
Dave1 said:
Eating right is a great start Bill but, exersize is even more important......

If you watched the "biggest losers" on TV you saw first hand just how hard their cardio programs were. That along with eating the right foods is the way they all lost those huge numbers.......

Continue to eat well and find a local gym and get on a program for a lot cardio that will burn up more food fuel than your putting in and watch the scale go down .........

Good luck.........Cheers!
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You're exactly right Dave!

I excersize at least 45 minutes, 7 days a week. (Winter is not as easy!)

Spring Summer Fall...

  • Daily Detailing (of course!)
  • Mowing/outdoor maintenance
  • 2 mile fast walks
  • Vacuuming/House cleaning (3 times a week)

Winter...

  • Detail whenever possible (not much!)
  • Treadmill (daily-45 min)
  • Snow shoveling (seems like every week!)
  • ONR car washes (2 cars at least once a week)
  • 2 mile fast walks
  • Vacuuming/House cleaning

The idea is to keep the heart and lungs in shape!

If I excersize that much, why do I need a diet?

BECAUSE I EAT TOO DANG MUCH JUNK!!!!!:banghead:

(lost 11 pounds now on South Beach):wink:
 
Bill
How about a Health Forum at TID? Just some place for our members to discuss taking care of themselves so they can take care of the rides better!!!!

jk
 
Jack said:
Bill
How about a Health Forum at TID? Just some place for our members to discuss taking care of themselves so they can take care of the rides better!!!!

jk
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Good plan! I wish I'd thought of that! (I don't know how many other members would have an interest, but good health is always a good thing.)
 
UPDATE 2/10/10... It's been 11 days since I started Phase 1 of South Beach.

I've lost 14 pounds.

As stated above, I lost 80 pounds in 2003, getting down to 220, then I got cancer and gained it all back.

So... I'm on a roll.

Phase 1: (1st 2 weeks)

No Bread
No Sugar
No Flour
No Potatos
No Rice
No Pasta

Allowed foods:

All vegetables (except potatoes)
Meat, fish, poultry (fat trimmed or low fat)
Dairy products (low fat)
One fruit serving per day


Actually, it's easy.

Phase 2: (Week 3 until desired weight is lost)

Add whole wheat breat
Add pasta, rice, or potato twice weekly
Add 3 fruit servings per week
Add 2 desserts per week

Phase 3: (maintenance for life)

Daily whole wheat breat
Pasta, rice, potatoe, 4 times a week
Daily fruit servings
Daily desserts
 
Congrats Bill, that's an awesome start man. If you are like me, once you get those pounds to start coming off, they will continue to really fall off!!

Really cool thread, keep us updated, I'm in the process of losing about 15 as well, mainly to try to help with my speed work for running the 10K's and 1/2 marathons I have planned for this year. No full marathon for me this year, I can't/don't want to commit the time to the training again this year.

First race is a month from today though, St. Patty's Day 4 miler, goal is to place in the top 20 in my age group, but I'm behind the 8 ball a bit, I was sick as a dog last week, so my training took a hit.

Keep up the good work Bill, it's a hard thing to do, but man, it's so good for your body to be at or close to your ideal weight, I know that!!
 
Husker Z said:
Congrats Bill, that's an awesome start man. If you are like me, once you get those pounds to start coming off, they will continue to really fall off!!

Really cool thread, keep us updated, I'm in the process of losing about 15 as well, mainly to try to help with my speed work for running the 10K's and 1/2 marathons I have planned for this year. No full marathon for me this year, I can't/don't want to commit the time to the training again this year.

First race is a month from today though, St. Patty's Day 4 miler, goal is to place in the top 20 in my age group, but I'm behind the 8 ball a bit, I was sick as a dog last week, so my training took a hit.

Keep up the good work Bill, it's a hard thing to do, but man, it's so good for your body to be at or close to your ideal weight, I know that!!
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Thanks Zack... yeah, I hate being fat.

It makes everything harder.. walking, detailing, stairs, sleep, getting in and out of a Vette!!!

My body weight was consistently between 220-230 until I hit 50 years old. It didn't matter whether I excersized or not. Always the same.

Then my basic metabolism took a nose dive and I started gaining weight. About 9 pounds a year for 9 years!

I'm really working at this and working out also, so I'll stick with it... once I get down, I'm not going back. Much easier to keep it off than to let is slide back and go through it all over again!
 
Luster said:
UPDATE 2/10/10... It's been 11 days since I started Phase 1 of South Beach.

I've lost 14 pounds.

As stated above, I lost 80 pounds in 2003, getting down to 220, then I got cancer and gained it all back.

So... I'm on a roll.

Phase 1: (1st 2 weeks)

No Bread
No Sugar
No Flour
No Potatos
No Rice
No Pasta

Allowed foods:

All vegetables (except potatoes)
Meat, fish, poultry (fat trimmed or low fat)
Dairy products (low fat)
One fruit serving per day


Actually, it's easy.

Phase 2: (Week 3 until desired weight is lost)

Add whole wheat breat
Add pasta, rice, or potato twice weekly
Add 3 fruit servings per week
Add 2 desserts per week

Phase 3: (maintenance for life)

Daily whole wheat breat
Pasta, rice, potatoe, 4 times a week
Daily fruit servings
Daily desserts
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I have to take a look at this one Bill, this old fat boy needs it!
 
zoomzoom mazda5 said:
I have to take a look at this one Bill, this old fat boy needs it!
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I would highly recommend Dr. Arthur Agatston's book "The South Beach Diet".

He's a cardiologist in Florida who was looking for a diet to promote cardiac health, because the American Heart Association Diet (low fat, high carb) doesn't work.

He developed this diet and found that the side effect of having excellent heart health and blood chemistry, was losing belly fat!:hurray:
 
You're right Bill, the extra weight, even if it's 10-20 pounds puts so much extra stress and strain on your body and especially your heart, everyone owes it to themselves and their loved ones to really try to take care of themselves.

Another quality "diet" is Body for Life, it also follows a similar premise as south beach as far as changing your life for good, not just a fad diet that you can't really live by.

That's where most people fail, they jump on the latest and greatest fad and lose some weight, fast, but most "diets", you can't really live like that, you need to change you whole LIFESTYLE.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox. Again, keep the updates coming Bill, I know when you are dropping weight like you are, you want to tell anyone that will listen, so keep us informed!!!:thumbup:
 
Here's the update... Lost 25 pounds in 25 days. 55 to go. I'm not foolin' around this time. I haven't had any sugar, flour, bread, potatoes, rice or pasta in almost a month and I don't miss it a bit.

I have to keep doing this now; there are hundreds of people looking at it!!!:Boxing::thumbup:

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You go guy!

Before you know it you'll be needing a new wardrobe.

Well, my goal was to gain around 4 pounds but I over did it and gained 8 pounds...time to diet and lose 4 pounds.

Regards,
GEWB
 
Street Dreams said:
25lbs already, thats progress!

Keep us updated and best of luck, how are you energy levels now :rockon:
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Thanks for the encouragement David...

Here's why my energy level is not only good, but so much better than it was a month ago...

Imagine carrying this around in a backpack all day every day. This is how much I've lost so far.

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(On a roll.... lost another pound yesterday! 26):Dancing Dot:
 
Update... 31 POUNDS.

I saw a picture of myself when my wife and I got married 30 years ago. I weighed 190 and ate like a horse. Then it happened. 4 pounds a year just sneaked up on me.

Well, I've had it with this fat, out-of-shape, unhealthiness. It's time to start eating less, eating right and working out more, and, yes, I'm hungry. GOOD!!!
But I've never been more serious about anything.

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im big on eating right and bodybuilding. when my wife was prego i put on some weight (30lbs) in OCT 09 2 months before my son was born i started back at the gym 5 days a week and dieting. i was 200 im 5'5 in just 2 months i was down to 170lbs. im about 167 right now. for my job i need to be in great shape (being 5'5 in a prison you need to have some muscle lol)

as for what i eat..

8:00 7 eegs whites

10:30 whey (prontin shake 50g) with a tep spoon of suger free PB YUM!!

1:00 6oz lean meat(chicken ,tuna) with about a cup of green vegies and 1/2 cup of walnuts or almones

3:00 whey protine shake 50g with suger free PB

5:30 6-8oz steak, salmon with a green salad

8-9:00 befor bed whey protine or 8oz cottage cheese

the key(s) to weight loss is to eat 1 gram of protin per body lbs
(that means if your 200lbs u need 200grams of protin!!) keeps you fuller.
eat 6 small meals a day.

this is a low low carb diet. you could add carbs if u like just eat them in the a.m
you also can have a cheat meal 1 meal a week eat what ever you want!!

hope this helps some you guys out!!:)
 
95formulalt1 said:
im big on eating right and bodybuilding. when my wife was prego i put on some weight (30lbs) in OCT 09 2 months before my son was born i started back at the gym 5 days a week and dieting. i was 200 im 5'5 in just 2 months i was down to 170lbs. im about 167 right now. for my job i need to be in great shape (being 5'5 in a prison you need to have some muscle lol)

as for what i eat..

8:00 7 eegs whites

10:30 whey (prontin shake 50g) with a tep spoon of suger free PB YUM!!

1:00 6oz lean meat(chicken ,tuna) with about a cup of green vegies and 1/2 cup of walnuts or almones

3:00 whey protine shake 50g with suger free PB

5:30 6-8oz steak, salmon with a green salad

8-9:00 befor bed whey protine or 8oz cottage cheese

the key(s) to weight loss is to eat 1 gram of protin per body lbs
(that means if your 200lbs u need 200grams of protin!!) keeps you fuller.
eat 6 small meals a day.

this is a low low carb diet. you could add carbs if u like just eat them in the a.m
you also can have a cheat meal 1 meal a week eat what ever you want!!

hope this helps some you guys out!!:)
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Yeah, that's a good healthy diet. Mine is similar. I've basically cut out all starches and sugars. Eating less, working out more.
 
Just checkin' in with my weight loss... so far 36 pounds in 6 weeks. :biggrin:

I want to be able to squat to detail wheels and tires without it hurting. (I know things were a lot easier when I weighed 210. I'll get there.)

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