ongrats Mike on going a year without smoking, that's a big step, and I am following in your footsteps.

So did you gain any weight after you quit?

Habibi

 

 

seems about the same as feeding calves with cattle blood... what's up with that?? ick ick ick

 

shocked no one has brought up Body Fat. I feel as though its a lot more acurate measurment for health of a person than just weight. Anything below 115% is good, 10% and below is even better.

 

How do you get 115% fat?

I know it's a typo but I couldn't resist.

 

yea college isnt the best as far as gaining weight is concerned. Im in my second semester of my sophmore year and ive gained 15 pounds since i graduated. I still work out and stay active somewhat during the winter, but when summer rolls around, that weight is gone. I guess between cafeteria food, keg parties, and this bourbeon and pepsi im drinking now, and of course afternoon naps, weight is going to be gained

 

http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html

That is the bible if you want to lose weight. No BS, no nonesense. There are a lot of good points in there.

Probably the most important thing about being on a diet is to remember that you really can not lose more than (about) 2 pounds per week safely.

Undereating by 500 calories per day (tough to do if you don't really count calories) and exercising 500 calories a day (running for half an hour _every_ day) will allow you to lose 2 pounds in a week. 1 pound of fat = 3500 calories.

The first couple of weeks the numbers do not hold because as you stop eating your body will use up it's stored sugars. Doing so results in excess water which you will expel. As a result, weight loss in the first couple of weeks will appear significant. This is the same weight loss people on Atkins experience. The problem is that weight lost during the first couple of weeks is generally due to water loss and not due to fat losses.

Read the site and take your time and it is surprisingly easy to lose weight. I dropped from 200 to 165 in about 4 months and kept it off despite a lot of stress with my company.

-Don

 

OOPS!!!!

 

I recently lost 15 pounds, went from 211 to 196, colesterol down from 220 to 180. How you ask?
I stopped drinking all alcohol ( I know it sucks), eat only one portion at each meal, and work out (weights) 3 nights a week for 45 minutes a night.
Hey, I'm 53, have lost my belly, and actually feel better and can do more than I could at 33. Doctor says I function like a man 20 years younger also.
It is hard not to snack at night, but if I get the urge, I eat an orange or a grapefruit.
Its wasn't easy but it works.
Marc

 

I'm authoring a book that will surely become the newest fitness craze: the 4-Step Chevy diet

It works like this:
Step 1. Buy a Chevy
Step 2. Spend so much money on oil and repairs that you don't have money for food.
Step 3. Exercise by pushing your Chevy everywhere you go since it won't move worth a damn on its own.
Step 4. Marvel at all the weight (and probably friends) you've lost.

-G

 

I'm going with sirket's post (although I didn't follow his link yet).

I'm 35yrs, 5'10". Two years ago I went from 270lbs back down to 197lbs in 10 months. Counting calories and consistent exercise is the key. Not "counting calories" as in starving yourself, but just making sure that you are burning more calories per day than you are taking in. Also, be PATIENT with whatever exercise you choose. In my opinion (and mine only) it's better to start off ridiculously easy and slowly work your way up. If I start out too Gung Ho, I get really sore and really tired and start to REALLY dread going to exercise. And when I dread it, I can find a million other things that "need" to get done in place of it.

One other thing that I like to do was only weigh myself once a week on Thursday morning. That way I could see the weight difference that you don't see weighing yourself every day. Also Thursday was far enough away to make up for however I cheated on my diet the Friday and Saturday night before

chknbone

PS - As a side note, I ate pasta twice a day every single day during the work week as part of my lunch.