re: PuttaDaForkDown

After a night of throwing up and diarrhea, I'm sitting at 218/183.8/175. Loading up on crackers, apple sauce, vitamin water and the like. I'll probably see a gain from eating so many carbs and sugar.

Luckily, I think I survived the sure death of last night.

240/don't know/180

I started on Feb. 18th and have probably lost about 30 lbs. by now. But I hate weighing myself until I get real close to where I want to be.

Probably about 210-215 right now. Should be at my goal in two months.

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Try riding a bike /elliptical at the gym and continuing your upper body workout.

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That's what i've been doing.. I ran yesterday and the knees are a in a little more pain today.

Senna tea, toilet paper and don't even LOOK at any food

You're gonna need some soft TP to prevent "damage"



This is cheap and very soft and efficient.

All jokes aside, there was once upon a time a thread on the OT where everyone listed the stuff from "great value" brand that is actually good. That, paper plates, spaghetti noodles and sauce, paper towels, and a couple of other items were on there. The paper towels, plates, and TP I still use to this day ever since I tried them because of that thread.

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Welcome, Wooly

First off, congrats are in order. Congrats

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my weight on Jan 10, 2012 was 255
my weight last week 235.

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ately i have been craving fast food more and more, and am having trouble controlling it. any snacks i should keep around the house to prevent from breaking?

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Nuts. Almonds, macadamias, etc. Peanut butter. Nuts are high in healthy fats and protein and will keep you feeling fuller longer.

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any advice on how to keep shedding weight without running?
also, since i have started working out i have not done ANY weights yet, is it time to start using weights? or should i focus on cardio?

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Losing weight is 80% diet, 20% exercise imo. Sounds like your diet is pretty much under control so exercise is a good idea. The only good answer to this question is.. both. If you do cardio, high intensity sessions and plyometrics are your best workouts, most intense with the highest caloric burn. Wind sprints, burpees, box jumps, etc. Running for an hour, or hopping on an elliptical for an hour and just going is very ineffective exercise. Short burts of high intensity training get your heart rate way up, gets your metabolism burning, and your body will burn additional calories after you finish a workout as well. Lifting weights is the same idea.. for most effective fat loss, circuits can't be beaten. I do circuits and can burn 600 calories in 30 minutes, easy. But it's not for the faint of heart. Circuits focus on burning multiple muscle groups at once and very little rest between exercises, 4-5 exercises at a time.
An example circuit:
BB Squat: 12x135 10x145 8x135
BB Deadlift: 12x135 10x145 8x135
DB Bench Press: 12x85 10x95 8x85
BB Shoulder press: 12x50 10x60 8x40
BB Lunges: 10x50 10x40 10x30

This is what I was doing before my knees started hurting. I've had to modify it for that.. But my gym routine was always 2 minutes brisk walk on a treadmill, then jog for 3 or 4 minutes without stopping, 2 minutes brisk walk, get off of the treadmill and do a few light stretches and then start lifting. My total time at the gym rarely exceeds 45 minutes and after that workout, I promise you'll be dead tired.

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lately i have been craving fast food more and more,

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Most of us do a cheat meal or two on the weekends, outside of that its a no no. On a low carb diet you can have spicy fatty meals like mexican without the tortillas or chips
I think the elliptical is good, just make sure you are increasingly challenging yourself at different resistance levels. Circuits like Hulk outlined are also fantastic for burning calories and overall muscle tone, maybe a mixture of both moderate intensity cardio and circuits.
Its tough with the cravings but the bottom line is how bad do you want to get the weight off, hang in there, it will happen.
225/189/180 My weekend cheats were too much, actually had 3 bad meals and beer. Time to tighten up and have a no cheat weekend.My workouts are feeling stronger, and motivation is much better.

272/256?/210

Going on close to a week doing IF. Started with a 24 hour fast since then I've been doing 16-8. Really no problems. Biggest problem is I'm not eating enough as I really don't find myself all that hungry. Ate a decent sized plate of food last night for the first time in a week(8 oz steak, rot. chicken breast, veggies)and I was so full I couldn't move.
It took a few days for me to adjust to not eating until lunch, but it's getting easier and easier.

Hitting the weights hard 3 days a week. Also, doing cardio (3 days semi-hard, 3 days moderate).

All said, feeling much better. Have kind of hit a plateau, but no big deal. I dropped 16 pds in 2 weeks so that was expected.

As for the shin splints, I understand. I started icing mine at night which helped. Lately I started taking Orange Triad which has some kind of joint stuff in it and for whatever reason the shins have't been flaring up as much.