anyone else losing weight for the new year?

[Solracer]

:shrug:

[spartandude]

Not really, I am more interested in redistributing mine. Good luck if you are.

[DanteLee]

hells no im in for gaining this year.....:thumb:

[DvlRacer]

I'm sure as hell going to try!

[txferrari]

I am. Been in the gym quite often. Gonna get on my parents diet next month. They've lost 50lbs in 3 months. I don't believe in those diets out there, but I've seen it with my own eyes, so I'm gonna try it. I need to lose about 20lbs.

[kibitzer]

Nothing more than trimming off the excess from holiday eating. Certainly no kind of resolution.


It's funny though. I walked in Walmart and saw all the sales on workout items at the front of the store. Obviously they know what's coming.

[po-po 5.0]

I'm going to continue the downwards trend from last year. Not "for new years" by any stretch of the imagination. More like "for self confidence" and "for faster lap times" and maybe "for my dick to be in more interesting places than my hand."

[yeoljb]

I am. Been in the gym quite often. Gonna get on my parents diet next month. They've lost 50lbs in 3 months. I don't believe in those diets out there, but I've seen it with my own eyes, so I'm gonna try it. I need to lose about 20lbs.

Damn! What did they do?

[bluewave18]

Damn! What did they do?

Quit eating bread. You cant do it!

[zerobounds]

they're doing a biggest loser contest with 500$ in the pot for the winner over 30 days. one guy just needs to take a giant dump and he'd lose like 50#...

im scrawny though so i dont participate :D

[witchdoctor575]

I plan on it.... again,lol. shit comes back faster than it goes away

[Azylum]

yup. me too. ive put every pound i lost back on since ive been home. time to get back to the gym. :angry7:

[yeoljb]

Quit eating bread. You cant do it!

No bread!!! That is silly.

[Azylum]

No bread!!! That is silly.

bread is very fattening.

[yeoljb]

bread is very fattening.

That is a lie. Bread is better for you than any other food group. :nod:

[Azylum]

That is a lie. Bread is better for you than any other food group. :nod:

no sir that is where you are wrong. i am a trained dietitian and the best food for weight loss is beer and ice cream. lots of it. :D

[bluewave18]

He likes him some bread. He would eat a bread buffet.

[po-po 5.0]

That is a lie. Bread is better for you than any other food group. :nod:


No ^^^That is a lie. Carbs are an entirely optional nutrient.

[yeoljb]

no sir that is where you are wrong. i am a trained dietitian and the best food for weight loss is beer and ice cream. lots of it. :D

Sweet! Beer and ice cream are my two favorite food groups.

[SpeedCheeser]

Actually, I'm thinking I'll be trying to put on weight, at least for the first few months.

[yeoljb]

He likes him some bread. He would eat a bread buffet.

Have you seen a bread buffet and not told me about it. :banghead:

[Sifu-TZ]

fuck all you assholes, I'm bulking up.

[bluewave18]

Have you seen a bread buffet and not told me about it. :banghead:

It's for your own good. Sorry

[wever411]

not trying to lose weight, but trying to lose fat. don't really care what my final weight ends up being. nobody needs to lose weight, almost everyone needs to lose fat.

[bluewave18]

not trying to lose weight, but trying to lose fat. don't really care what my final weight ends up being. nobody needs to lose weight, almost everyone needs to lose fat.

Can't argue with that logic.

[po-po 5.0]

not trying to lose weight, but trying to lose fat. don't really care what my final weight ends up being. nobody needs to lose weight, almost everyone needs to lose fat.

If you can manage to lose fat without losing weight, you're either on gear or are a genetic freak.

[bluewave18]

If you can manage to lose fat without losing weight, you're either on gear or are a genetic freak.

I can. Oh wait....

[wever411]

If you can manage to lose fat without losing weight, you're either on gear or are a genetic freak.
i'm not saying i won't lose weight, just saying that's not the focus.

i'm sure it happens frequently to people just starting to lift weights. they put on some muscle and get skinnier but they actually weigh more since you know muscle weighs more than fat.

[po-po 5.0]

I can. Oh wait....

werd

[SpeedCheeser]

No ^^^That is a lie. Carbs are an entirely optional nutrient.

I don't know if I'd go that far. Perhaps for a period of time, but doesn't the body tend to get a bit funky after prolonged periods of no-carb diets?

[dbuck]

I'll be avoiding the gym like the plague for at least a month.

[bluewave18]

I'll be avoiding the gym like the plague for at least a month.

LOL. 2-3 weeks

[Solracer]

you know muscle weighs more than fat.

Why do people say this? Mass=Mass right?

now, I think this logic might apply to inches. as muscle might be more dense, and fat less dense.

[wever411]

Why do people say this? Mass=Mass right?

now, I think this logic might apply to inches. as muscle might be more dense, and fat less dense.
you're right. i should have put it this way "muscle weighs more than fat per unit volume" :thumb:

[SpeedCheeser]

Why do people say this? Mass=Mass right?

now, I think this logic might apply to inches. as muscle might be more dense, and fat less dense.

Exactly. Muscle is denser than fat, so a cubic foot of muscle weighs more than a cubic foot of fat.

[zerobounds]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/What-the-world-fattest-woman-ate-for-Christmas/articleshow/7177962.cms

[stumpykola]

yeah im losing weight but its for me not for the new year. ive lost 95lbs over the last year and im shooting for another 25 to 30 and ill be happy.

WANT TO LOOSE WEIGHT :
do not eat list.
bread... maybe a bite but nothing more , it swells and expands your belly and releases gases that are toxic to others around you.

Soda... never drink another it is poison

Cheese...mmmm such good processed fat

*corn* this is very hard for your stomach to digest and causes your intestines to work very hard to expel.

avoid all fast food when possible. how much good can something that only cost a dollar really be?

avoid greases/fried food self explanitory

limit starches




If the amount of food on your plate is too much for a 3 or 4 year old its too much....

drink 8 glasses of water per day....



last but not least , cardio.do it even if its just walking for an hour every other day.

[Azylum]

you're right. i should have put it this way "muscle weighs more than fat per unit volume" :thumb:

lol. i thought that kinda went without saying, but i guess not. :rofl:

[txferrari]

Damn! What did they do?

My parents are on Medifast. I went over to the folks for Xmas and they showed me. Like I said, I thought they had cancer when I saw them cus they lost so much weight so fast. I tried the food(most diet food sux), but it tasted like normal food, so I was sold.

[SpeedCheeser]

yeah im losing weight but its for me not for the new year. ive lost 95lbs over the last year and im shooting for another 25 to 30 and ill be happy.

WANT TO LOOSE WEIGHT :
do not eat list.
bread... maybe a bite but nothing more , it swells and expands your belly and releases gases that are toxic to others around you.

Soda... never drink another it is poison

Cheese...mmmm such good processed fat

*corn* this is very hard for your stomach to digest and causes your intestines to work very hard to expel.

avoid all fast food when possible. how much good can something that only cost a dollar really be?

avoid greases/fried food self explanitory

limit starches




If the amount of food on your plate is too much for a 3 or 4 year old its too much....

drink 8 glasses of water per day....



last but not least , cardio.do it even if its just walking for an hour every other day.

I'll let you get by with everything else you've said...but how are you putting cheese on your "naughty list"? Unless you're talking about Cheez Whiz or Kraft Singles, cheese is just fine. In fact, great.

[anatram]

I'm on a bulk up shred fat kick right now.

Between GVT and interval traing I have lost about an inch off my waist in the last three weeks and gained 8 pounds.

My goal is to be 210-215 with sub 10% body fat.

[po-po 5.0]

I don't know if I'd go that far. Perhaps for a period of time, but doesn't the body tend to get a bit funky after prolonged periods of no-carb diets?


Not really, no. It gets a bit funky if the atkins approach of "cram as much fat and protein as you want" is taken to the extreme, but thats not what you're talking about. You'll get a little constipated on a no fiber diet as well, but you can get fiber without the carbs.

[SpeedCheeser]

Not really, no. It gets a bit funky if the atkins approach of "cram as much fat and protein as you want" is taken to the extreme, but thats not what you're talking about. You'll get a little constipated on a no fiber diet as well, but you can get fiber without the carbs.

I forget what I read or where I've read it, but I'm fairly certain that it was advised not to stay on a carbless diet for extended periods of times. I know carbs are the body's preferred energy source, and I think it has something to do with that, but I can't remember exactly what was going on. And doesn't it slow your metabolism down after a while too? Isn't that why people do the "refeed" deal?

[Solracer]

one week into it and Im down 4.5 lbs.... just as I had figured I would be. 25.5 to go!

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/Solracer/IMG_0405.png

[SpeedCheeser]

Uh huh, and what was it you were doing on the third to make you so fat on the morning of the 4th? Hmmmm? Cheating are we?

Just joking man. Good progress.

[Solracer]

honestly, I don't know lol, water retention? too much salt? who knows...Thanks!

BTW, this is all diet, NO exercise.. the exercise comes in 3 weeks or so.

[po-po 5.0]

I forget what I read or where I've read it, but I'm fairly certain that it was advised not to stay on a carbless diet for extended periods of times. I know carbs are the body's preferred energy source, and I think it has something to do with that, but I can't remember exactly what was going on. And doesn't it slow your metabolism down after a while too? Isn't that why people do the "refeed" deal?


It used to be thought that ketosis (converting fat to ketone bodies that the brain can use as an energy source) was very hard on the liver. More recent research suggests that this is probably inaccurate. You will get weaker on a no carb diet as your body is less efficient at using fat and protein for fuel. Its my understanding that this is more why people do the refeed deal.

[SpeedCheeser]

It used to be thought that ketosis (converting fat to ketone bodies that the brain can use as an energy source) was very hard on the liver. More recent research suggests that this is probably inaccurate. You will get weaker on a no carb diet as your body is less efficient at using fat and protein for fuel. Its my understanding that this is more why people do the refeed deal.

It might have just been the overall fatigue. I thought it also led to the brain not functioning as well either, due to it not being as efficient at using proteins and fats for energy.

[SexualChocolate]

I want my God damn scale back Chris!

It's been over a year!

[po-po 5.0]

It might have just been the overall fatigue. I thought it also led to the brain not functioning as well either, due to it not being as efficient at using proteins and fats for energy.

The brain not functioning as well on ketone bodies is part of the "old thoughts" on the diet. New research is calling into question that belief.

[Solracer]

I want my God damn scale back Chris!

It's been over a year!

I think Ill have to buy you a new one....dunno where yours went... :shrug:

[Solracer]

this one right? http://www.walmart.com/ip/Health-o-meter-black-Weight-Tracking-Scale/10264536?findingMethod=rr

[Twenty Six]

I think I've lost all the weight I can lose last year. I went from 218lbs to 161lbs by pretty much taking Zantrex 3, swinging at a punching bag, and watching my calorie intake.....(kept it between 1,000 to 1,500 calories daily). I've gone from a 34 waist to a 29 in a little over 5 months.

[SexualChocolate]

I think Ill have to buy you a new one....dunno where yours went... :shrug:

this one right? http://www.walmart.com/ip/Health-o-meter-black-Weight-Tracking-Scale/10264536?findingMethod=rr

I believe that I got it from Sams Club. It did have a big screen on it and it was black, I think it also tracked weight for different people.

[Tojo92]

Years ago, I was at 282, now around 265-270.

Trying to get to 240 within 6 months. Chances are slim, but why not try?

Staton

[kalanie]

I always am.

Question: Do you burn just as much calories when it's cold outside?:shrug:

[Solracer]

I was wondering that today... Id say you burn more in cold as you lose body heat faster?

[Teela]

would it matter if ur in a gym?

[r0xikat]

I always am.

Question: Do you burn just as much calories when it's cold outside?:shrug:

you burn a wee bit more. was reading an article about giving pets a little more food if they stay outside in the cold, since they need that extra ~50 cals used to keep warm.

personally I hate working outside when it's cold. the air makes your throat all raw and ugh...

but I started in November.. have lost ~8 pounds total, but I'm also gaining all my muscle tone back. whoop! I need to lose another 5 to meet the goal for my weight loss class, then another 10+ if possible, from there.

damn you college and your late night eating. and alcohol. and parties. and lazy :eekspin:

[Thermalser]

I'm going Primal (http://www.marksdailyapple.com/whats-the-difference-between-primal-and-paleo/).

Out with the bread, pasta, grains.

In with meats, fruits and eggs.

Moving away from super cardio and isolation exercises, in favor of squats, pull ups, push ups and SPRINTS.

Goal: 205 down to 180 by May. One week of cutting out my beloved pasta and bread has been down below 200 this morning.

[p0opstlnksal0t]

I'm going Primal (http://www.marksdailyapple.com/whats-the-difference-between-primal-and-paleo/).

Out with the bread, pasta, grains.

In with meats, fruits and eggs.

Moving away from super cardio and isolation exercises, in favor of squats, pull ups, push ups and SPRINTS.

Goal: 205 down to 180 by May. One week of cutting out my beloved pasta and bread has been down below 200 this morning.

Nice bro, sounds like a hell of a workout plan!

[p0opstlnksal0t]

I'm on a bulk up shred fat kick right now.

Between GVT and interval traing I have lost about an inch off my waist in the last three weeks and gained 8 pounds.

My goal is to be 210-215 with sub 10% body fat.

What is your height? you can only go so long while simultaneously "burning bodyfat" and "adding LBM" actually i would say you only get a few months worth of "Newbie" lifting gains before you plateau in the gaining lbm department while trying to cut.

[Fil]

Im back in the gym now for the first time in about 2 years. I used to weigh about 170-180 (6 feet tall) and look pretty good, but I moved to Houston from Australia, when I gave up most of my physical activities (lame.. but when I got here I stopped mountain biking cause it was so fucking hot outside), my metabolism tanked at about 25 and for the first time In my life I'm 200+ lbs.

I started a week ago. I measured in at 208 at the start (and actually I think I peaked higher), down to 203 now.

Diet - I'm really shit at this so its going to be the biggest challenge..Still working on the details, but so far Im cutting down on carbs cause I eat way too many generally and eating foods with as much protein in them as I can get. I want to get to a 40/40/20 carb/protein/fat split as thats what I've read about in the past.
Calories - I need to work this out maintenance calories etc still but so far I've been eating until I'm satisfied then I stop. I dont really like restricting myself it feels.. wrong.. and makes me want to cheat but gotta do what you gotta do..

Work out - I'm doing a version of Starting Strength. Its what I started lifting with before, and it served me really well to get onto a more advanced program later. Basically its compound lifts - squats, deadlifts, bench etc to get some baseline of strength up. This week took the weight a little bit easier to get my form right (squats!!!). Backing that up with some cardio - not 100% on this yet but from what I read I should do a lot of interval work.

I wanna take up mountain biking again, and I started doing a kick boxing class last year but I live in central houston and the gym was in katy which meant that about 2/3 of the time even leaving work early I'd run into traffic and be late for the class anyway. So I dropped that as it wasn't feasible. Going to look up muay thai/kick boxing type gyms in my area in a month or so once I get some base cardio fitness, and assuming that its not too expensive (it will cut into my track day budget for this year.. actually it would probably wipe it out..).

And lastly, - this isnt a new years resolution, it just coincides with the new year :D. Actually I got engaged and its spurring on some changes in my life in general and this is one of them.

[Solracer]

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/Solracer/IMG_0425.png

All change of diet. No excercise yet.... that will come in 2 weeks.

[Davekg]

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/Solracer/IMG_0425.png

All change of diet. No excercise yet.... that will come in 2 weeks.

you've gotta be a nerdy ass engineer lol........ I'm gonna loose about 15l bs of fat..... I'm 195 would be happy at 180

[Solracer]

thats from a weight tracker app... cool stuff.