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[kumanoki]

It's been one month, and here's where I stand:

Feb. 1 --> 122kg (268.9lbs)
Feb. 28 -->117.1kg(258.1lbs)

Physical results:
More energy!
Smaller appetite.
My clothes fit better (especially shirt collars and belts)

Here's what I do daily:
I drink 3-4 liters of water a day. Nothing else.
Breakfast consists of yogurt or a bowl of bran flakes.
At about 10:30 I have a 141kcal granola bar.
At lunch, I have a bananna and a salad I make myself. (Three types of lettuce, cucumber, celery, moyashi, bean sprouts, red, yellow, and green bell peppers, red onion, cheese, pine nuts, topped off with lemon pepper ginger chicken)
Another granola snack at about 3:30 or 4:00.
Smaller portions at dinner.

I haven't missed anything. This weekend I ate ramen, Indian curry, and takeout pizza.

 

[LakeEarth]

As long as you can keep it up and stay happy, more power to you.

 

[Greenpanda]

Sounds like you're doing well; congrats.

I feel like I should eat a healthier diet, but I'm already underweight as it is; I don't need to go losing more pounds :|

 

[Iceman]

Well done.

(I'm sorry. Horrible, horrible pun.)

 

[NLB2]

congratulations, sir.

 

[olimario]

Good work...
Height, please.

I went from 275 to 205 in the span of a few months.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

I'm at my perfect weight for my height, but man all that fat is in my stomach...my upperbody is still thin as fuck, I needs to get my ass to a gym again.

 

[teh_pwn]

Congrats, keep it up.

Keep in mind the best way to lose weight is long continuous periods of cardio.

Sure, you can diet alone, but when you do that, you're starving your body and it'll consume not only fat, but muscle and stuff from internal organs.

I would keep what you're doing, and do 20 mins of cardio 3 times a week for your first week, and gradually go for 45 minutes 3 times/week. It's very important that you do continuous cardio because after a certain point, you're body consumes fat cells instead of carbs during the cardio process. If you take breaks, that gives your body a chance to reload your muscles with carbs. It's better to burn the fat directly, so you can eat and not feel like your starving all the time.

Once you get a preferred body weight, you could scale down the cardio to like 20 minutes 3 times a week.

 

[Truelize]

Good work...
Height, please.

I went from 275 to 205 in the span of a few months.

You did? That's why you are always taking pictures of yourself. Still excited to see a new face in the mirror. :lol

 

[kumanoki]

Good work...
Height, please.

I went from 275 to 205 in the span of a few months.

I'm 186cm, or 6'1" tall.

 

[kumanoki]

Congrats, keep it up.

Keep in mind the best way to lose weight is long continuous periods of cardio.

Sure, you can diet alone, but when you do that, you're starving your body and it'll consume not only fat, but muscle and stuff from internal organs.

I would keep what you're doing, and do 20 mins of cardio 3 times a week for your first week, and gradually go for 45 minutes 3 times/week. It's very important that you do continuous cardio because after a certain point, you're body consumes fat cells instead of carbs during the cardio process. If you take breaks, that gives your body a chance to reload your muscles with carbs. It's better to burn the fat directly, so you can eat and not feel like your starving all the time.

Once you get a preferred body weight, you could scale down the cardio to like 20 minutes 3 times a week.

Don't worry about me. I've got kyudo! I practice three days a week right after school, before dinner. Japanese archery boils down to low-key weight training exercise. I pull a 17kg bow thirty or forty times over the course of an hour and a half. But that's not the best part. The kyudojo is about 4km from my school and apartment. When I cycle, it's about twenty or twenty-five minutes of uninterrupted cardio before practice. If it happens that I go by car (rainy days), I can always jog around the baseball stadium that's right nearby before practice.
With all this energy, I've started jogging up stairs, taken to jumping rope ( I still suck, i can only jump rope for about five minutes before I'm totally winded), started doing sit-ups and push-ups if I'm feeling up to it.
Frankly, after being chubby and sluggish for the past twenty years of my life (I got fat when I was seven. I remember what running full speed was like, and I miss it), any kind of activity is great.

 

[Go Go Ackman!]

eat more protein. 10lbs in a month is pretty good stuff though.

 

[kumanoki]

eat more protein. 10lbs in a month is pretty good stuff though.

Good protein is pretty hard to come by in Japan. All of the meats here are fatty. I have to remove the skin and cut off excess fat when I cook my chicken. Other sources or protein are expensive, especially nuts.

Olimario, how'd you do it? I'm curious to know what you did to lose seventy pounds, because I want to drop another fifty.

 

[Manabanana]

Man, that salad sounds great! Keep at it and good luck. I'm thinking about starting jogging. At 6'4" 160lbs. I'm not worried about my weight, but I am pretty out of shape. I'll probably get some running shoes when things warm up. Whoo! Spring physical fitness! Go team GAF!

 

[element]

At 6'4" 160lbs. I'm not worried about my weight, but I am pretty out of shape.

start eating!! good lord!! that is skinny.

you should add asparagus to your salad. it is a natural diuretic, commonly used when trying to lose weight.

 

[kumanoki]

you should add asparagus to your salad. it is a natural diuretic, commonly used when trying to lose weight.

I drink 3-4 liters of water every day. I have to piss every fifteen minutes. I think I'll be alright.
But seriously, I like asparagus. I'd have to steam it before I threw it in the salad, though, and that's more work than I want to do.

 

[Jim Bowie]

I'm on a diet, too.

I'm about 5'8'', I weighed 245. Almost no muscle tone. Now, I weigh 220, and have nice muscle tone. I did a complete 180 on diet from eating whatever to becoming a pesco-vegetarian (veggies and fish). I drink mostly water, and I go to the gym almost every day (except for weekends).

The main plus is that my shirts fit much better, and I can get from place to place without becoming a bit winded. I eat a lot less, too.

 

[Blimblim]

I'm on a diet since the beginning of the year. I already lost 13 kilos, starting from about 130. I'm 1m92 tall with a very big bone structure and the muscles to get them moving. My goal is to go to 100-105 kilos.
I eat less fat heavy stuff like french fries, pizza and do more sports.
I can lose weight rather easily, but I can also gain it as easily. That's a family trait, I've had some cousins (2 of them) participating in the olympics, and 3 years later being as bulky as me just by not doing as much sports as before. Family reunions are quite interesting, and even maybe a bit scary looking for outsiders

 

[ChumsGum]

Where are the before and after fatty cam pics?