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Rubashov said:
I always cry while i interfere with myself....
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I thought the doctor told you no more playing like that after you got that thing stuck u....never mind. Not family appropriate conversation.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
When I'm less active my appetite drops. I only really gain weight when I'm trying to gain weight. Also for the start of the pandemic it was hard to actually get groceries, so I wasnt going crazy and eating everything.
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Yeah eating less is a 'hard to achieve' secret behind losing weight... and it's just hard to not eat yummy food. It's easier to eat-exercise-eat-exercise, etc..

But if you eat less than you would normally, without changing anything else, you would lose weight.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Yeah eating less is a 'hard to achieve' secret behind losing weight... and it's just hard to not eat yummy food. It's easier to eat-exercise-eat-exercise, etc..

But if you eat less than you would normally, without changing anything else, you would lose weight.
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If you make all your own meals it's fairly easy to eat at your maintenance calories or below. The issue most people run into is eating out or snacking on processed foods. You can eat out like once a week to maintain your social life, but be mindful of not eating the most calorie rich item

That's always my main advice for people looking to lose weight. Make all your own meals. Or cut out one thing in your diet that isn't positive. Like if you drink a daily soda, simply cutting that out and replacing it with a diet soda or water will probably lose you a pound or two over the course of a month. Add in a daily 30 minute walk and you are down another couple of pounds per month. It's al about having a consistent routine/life that you can easily add/subtract things to.

I get that can be super tough for some folks, especially depending on your lifestyle/work schedule.

Also never plan to lose a large amount of weight at once. You probably want to lose some portion of it, then go through a period where you keep a consistent weight or even gain a pound or two over the course of a month or two, then go back to your restricted path to lose weight so you don't absolutely tank your metabolism
 
Week 0, Aug 15 - 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 - 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 - 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 - 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 - 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)

Ok week 4 was less lost as expected. I probably have burned through all the water retention and am adding some muscle. I can do my 20 pushups fairly well now, and pullups are getting easier, and I am walking more around the warehouses. Walk around a million-square-foot building a few times and you get the steps in. Generally happy with the progress, but sometimes the sugar cravings are tough. 4 weeks in, firmly in ketosis, yet the appetite hasn't diminished as much as I expected and man do I want pie. Pumpkin pie is calling to me considering we are heading to Halloween not too far off, and then Thanksgiving. But I will have allowances for stuff then. Planning a 5 day water fast the week of October 10th, that is the week my wife gets her surgery, so I am restricting my diet as she restricts hers in solidarity, but I am NOT eating pureed food. Yikes.

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Finally started hitting the gym regularly for the first time in a decade a bit over a month ago. Up somewhere between 5-10 lbs in that time. Generally feeling pretty good. Cleaned up the diet a bit at the same time (nothing drastic, already only drink water so was like 80% of the way there).

Trying to keep the weights routine pretty basic so far - 2 leg days and 2 upper days a week.

Leg day - deadlift, squat, hip thrusts, bulgarians, single leg rdls, calf raises, hamstring curls

Upper - bench, row, overhead press, pullups, dips, face pulls, lateral raises

The babes are digging it.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Week 0, Aug 15 - 287.0 lbs
Week 1, Aug 23 - 282.4 (-4.6)
Week 2, Aug 29 - 276.8 (-5.6; -10.2)
Week 3, Sept 6 - 274.0 (-2.8; -13.0)
Week 4, Sep 13 - 272.8 (-1.2; -14.2)

Ok week 4 was less lost as expected. I probably have burned through all the water retention and am adding some muscle. I can do my 20 pushups fairly well now, and pullups are getting easier, and I am walking more around the warehouses. Walk around a million-square-foot building a few times and you get the steps in. Generally happy with the progress, but sometimes the sugar cravings are tough. 4 weeks in, firmly in ketosis, yet the appetite hasn't diminished as much as I expected and man do I want pie. Pumpkin pie is calling to me considering we are heading to Halloween not too far off, and then Thanksgiving. But I will have allowances for stuff then. Planning a 5 day water fast the week of October 10th, that is the week my wife gets her surgery, so I am restricting my diet as she restricts hers in solidarity, but I am NOT eating pureed food. Yikes.

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My personal take is that you should transition out of ketosis as those cravings are never going away and long-term, you're not going to probably want to stay there. Start to add in some carbs and reduce your overall fat and you'll still see some good results. Ketosis is a good icebreaker to get you motivation and get going, but cheating yourself out of 'wants' is only going to make you want them more.

Water fasts and what not are fine to chip down the overall weight, but it's not a long-term change. You've found the easiest part is done, what comes now is actual dietary changes that can be long-term. Keep your calorie restriction at a manageable level, stay active walking the warehouse and I guarantee you'll still shed `2 pounds every week.

With winter weather coming, look into soups as there's many recipes out there for soups that will make you feel fill but contain minimal calories (some even get to the point that you consume more calories eating it vs. the actual nutriontal value of it). You see these online as 'peel a pound' soups and they're a bit nasty after a few days, but you can find different recipes that will work for you.

Stick to that and I guarantee you that come New Years, you'll probably be down to about 240.
 
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Avery said:
My personal take is that you should transition out of ketosis as those cravings are never going away and long-term, you're not going to probably want to stay there. Start to add in some carbs and reduce your overall fat and you'll still see some good results. Ketosis is a good icebreaker to get you motivation and get going, but cheating yourself out of 'wants' is only going to make you want them more.

Water fasts and what not are fine to chip down the overall weight, but it's not a long-term change. You've found the easiest part is done, what comes now is actual dietary changes that can be long-term. Keep your calorie restriction at a manageable level, stay active walking the warehouse and I guarantee you'll still shed `2 pounds every week.

With winter weather coming, look into soups as there's many recipes out there for soups that will make you feel fill but contain minimal calories (some even get to the point that you consume more calories eating it vs. the actual nutriontal value of it). You see these online as 'peel a pound' soups and they're a bit nasty after a few days, but you can find different recipes that will work for you.

Stick to that and I guarantee you that come New Years, you'll probably be down to about 240.
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Good thoughts. The plan is to continue with ketosis until my wife has her surgery. Then a water fast looking more for the autophagy aspect than just weight loss. Then after my wife's surgery I'll transition out of a ketogenic diet into a diet that mirrors hers too make it easier to help support her, since her diet will drastically change. Eventually I'll settle into a whole/natural foods diet closer to and Atkins ratio than anything else really. That will be more of what my wife will be on long-term after her bariatric surgery. I figure I'll be on a heavily modified diet for the better part of a year and will likely lose about 60 pounds during that time.

Even in the past when I was actually young and generally in shape it was almost impossible to get below 220 except when I was on chemo. Now that's a ****** diet plan.
 
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