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Originally Posted by rubecube
I honestly don't know enough about the subject, but is it the sudden weight loss that's largely to blame?
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Yes, partially but I responded as you wrote this post so its covered there.
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Would a more sustained and gradual program cause the same results. At my heaviest I was 225 lbs and probably close to 25% BF. At my leanest I was 165 and around10-12% BF. Currently I'm sitting at around 173 and 14-16% BF. I've found from personal experience that crash dieting is just terrible but that I can get myself into pretty good shape if I exercise hard enough (two a day training) and mildly restrict my caloric intake, and that I only really start to gain weight if I gorge and stay sedentary. I'm not saying that there aren't biological factors at play. With my body type, getting into the sub 10% range is pretty much a pipe dream and I'm at peace with that but is there way for people to get into a range that's healthy compared to where they're at even if it's not what we would traditionally define as fit?
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That is exactly the best current method we have, and as you know takes a great deal of effort and dedication. Its definitely possible to get healthier depending on how you define it, the fact you eat healthier, move more means the extra pounds are not an indicator of poor health, its often thought that a skinny guy is automatically healthier than a guy with a gut, but that is a horrible indicator of actual health.
The only help I could think of getting that last bit off if its genetically possible for you is to massively increase your vegetable intake. Yoni recommends 1 pound of veggies a day!
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Originally Posted by pylon
Thor feel free not to answer this question. But where are you sitting in relation to your start weight when you competed on the show?
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Not shy about it at all, I am back within 10% of my starting weight, which before my surgery in September I should be around 15% below my starting weight of 176.5 Kilos.