re: PuttaDaForkDown

Tigermyth and Cad, I love a little friendly competition.

You guys are doing great!

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a little friendly competition.

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Who said it is friendly?

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1/1/2010 257/208/185

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sonofa...


1/3/11 235/212/185


im gonna catch your arse sooner or later

been a few days:


304.5/269.5/220

Diet alone is not working so this week I started "100 pushups" plan M-W-F and "Couch to 5K" T-TH-S. Feel better already.

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Diet alone is not working so this week

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oh but it is. simple physics. for every 3,500 calorie deficiet you create, you lose a pound. magic.

the problem of course is your body doesn't like to play fair..it will squirrel away water, infuriatingly show you've gained a couple of pounds even after a day of fasting and other assorted tricks in an attempt to foil your resolve and return it to its normal fat-storing process.

you have to be smarter..exercise will only help in that it does burn a few more calories over the time you're doing it..and the mroe muscle mass u have, the more calories you'll burn during the day to support those muscles...but that ain't goign to be the answer. don't be fooled by these idiots pushing themselves for 3-4 hours in the gym every day and then looking at the camera saying 'this is the only way you'll win'. bullshite.

the only way you win is to cut way back on what you're putting in your mouth, period. create a deficiet and since nature abhors a vacuum, you'll turn from a weight-gaining machine into a weight-losing machine.

just ask myth..sucker hasn't done a bit of exercise and he's kicking all our asses.



(just kidding myth)

What you consume is vitally important but you cannot discount the value of exercise. It is important to remember there are many types of exercise. How you exercise will contribute to it's effect.

Low intensity steady state cardio (walking) is beneficial in the calories burned.

High intensity interval training is different. The real benefit comes from something called EPOC (energy post exerecise oxygen consumtion). What that means after such high intensity bouts, your body will burn more calories than normal even though the exercise has ceased. Studies have shown metabolism to be boosted for up to 48 hours post training.

Exercise also changes the hormone profile which is extremely important for fat loss (not simply weight loss).

totally agree, myth ... i think one needs to start a diet first, lose 20-30 pounds off the bat and then slowly work in some exercise .. in the end, the diet is going to benefit you from a weight standpoint far greater than working out will ... if you work out at the gym 6 days a week, but don't watch what you eat or drink and take in 3K calories a day, you will probably not lose weight ... too many people try to start the diet AND working out all at the same time .. then they burn out after a few weeks and blow off the diet too ...

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i think one needs to start a diet first, lose 20-30 pounds off the bat and then slowly work in some exercise ..

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I couldn't agree more. That's what I did before my exercise program.

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if you work out at the gym 6 days a week, but don't watch what you eat or drink and take in 3K calories a day, you will probably not lose weight

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Not sure about that one. The program I'm on specifically put me on about a 3,000 calorie per day diet and I am losing lbs while gaining muscle at the same time.

I guess I'm just eating a different kind of calorie nowadays. But, I gotta say...I was confused at first but I decided I'd stick with their plan and now I'm over 3 wks into it and I have to say they were right. It's working like a champ!