Losing Weight with Starscream

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by kayaker

No work for me today, so I have a nice long weekend to look forward to. About to have steak and eggs for breakfast.

I'm down to 232.0 this week, but I don't know how much trust I have in it. I'm likely a bit dehydrated. In any case I haven't been that low in a year so, I'll take that victory for now.

Climbing again this evening, but this afternoon I'm going to sit my ass in a movie theater and watch Wolverine. I'll skip the movie popcorn.

Awesome! You have been on a roll as of late.

[Starscream]

Things have not gone well the past two weeks. Today I am up to 247 (not an official weigh-in). Willpower has faded greatly and dedication has faded as well. Yesterday (after overeating big time - 55pts) I decided to do something about it. I found a new site that will help me track my progress on a daily basis. I am placing more emphasis and focus on the exercise part of this diet. I have been very slack and lazy as of late and it has affected my weight dearly. I was sitting at 238 three weeks ago, now I'm almost ten pounds heavier. I guess it takes a loss to get a win sometimes.

[Ahbroody]

I am actually pretty lean for my age 33 and eat good and bad. For the most part a lot of it for me is genetics. That said I did work with a diet a while back that allowed me to loose a lot of fat weight when I was on my get a six pack craze. I am posting this cause my wife and I went back on this diet today. I want to loose a little fat and she just had our third child and wants to loose 20-30lbs.

Some people call it a paleo diet.
Basically you eat lean meat and green leafies with extremely minimal carbs during the day. This is not atkins. You dont eat fatty foods. By limiting carbs to 25 grams in the morning and 25 grams of carbs at lunch you force your body into ketosis where your liver converts fats for energy. The carbs must be low glycemic index.

I will say that fat is not really your enemy. I know people that do this with a fatty diet and it works as well. The Key is limiting the carbs to under 60-70 for the day. My wife gave me crap about the diet till she tried it and had to eat her words. Helped my buddy at work with this diet and he has lost 40lbs in about 6 months. That said he is also in the gym every day.

Anyway guys if you are intrested shoot me a PM and I can walk you through it. its not the funnest diet, but you do get a cheat day once a week and it works.

Got room for one more in here?

My belt is about 2 burgers away from not fitting, and I feel like crap. Luckily(?) I've been here before, and know I'll feel fine again if I can just get the weight off.

I just went to the gym last night for the first time in probably 6 months, though I've not been on any real exercise schedule for a good 4 years. I'm hoping that 'having' to report in to this thread will motivate me to actually keep with it this time

I've gone from 230 down to 160 once before, and managed to stay there for about 4 years until I got married (to a wife who can cook!) and had a couple of life events that made it easy to be lazy.

Tomorrow is a herf night and I *need* the full stomach and sugar to keep from turning green and passing out (and I know better than to pass out at a herf! ), so tomorrow night's probably going to hurt. Guess I'll just have to work out extra hard the rest of the week.

Not quite sure what I'm at right now, probably near the 220 range. I was 160 5 years ago and really want to be back there. I'll update tonight with a proper starting weight, but for now: S: 220?/C: 220?/G: 160

[LooseCard]

Originally Posted by -MG-

Got room for one more in here?

There's always room for more people!
Welcome to the party, and keep us informed.

Originally Posted by andysutherland

Welcome aboard! The more the merrier

Originally Posted by LooseCard

There's always room for more people!
Welcome to the party, and keep us informed.

Thanks guys!

Looks like my official weigh in will be at 222lbs.

So far so good, I managed to hit the gym a little this afternoon (I only got in 13 minutes of cardio before my wife called it quits, but I'm just glad to see her going!). I had a couple chicken breasts and a big bowl of steamed carrots for dinner along with a weight watchers ice cream bar.

My usual breakfast is 2 peices of buttered white toast with jam, and a big glass of stawberry milk... I think I'm going to have to re-think that

I rarely do lunch, so I guess I have to fix that too...

[Shaerza]

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

I am actually pretty lean for my age 33 and eat good and bad. For the most part a lot of it for me is genetics. That said I did work with a diet a while back that allowed me to loose a lot of fat weight when I was on my get a six pack craze. I am posting this cause my wife and I went back on this diet today. I want to loose a little fat and she just had our third child and wants to loose 20-30lbs.

Some people call it a paleo diet.
Basically you eat lean meat and green leafies with extremely minimal carbs during the day. This is not atkins. You dont eat fatty foods. By limiting carbs to 25 grams in the morning and 25 grams of carbs at lunch you force your body into ketosis where your liver converts fats for energy. The carbs must be low glycemic index.

Were you doing resistance training while on this diet? I am fighting to lose the last 10-15lbs of fat on the gut and waist, but I worry that gym performance might suffer without the carb energy