Weight loss thread

[steveo]

great job guys! in 2.5 months i'm down about 15lbs as well, but i've gained a lot of muscle in the process. clothes fit better, pants i used to fit into are fitting once again haha. keep working hard and don't look back! hope everyone feels healthier, stronger, faster. if you look good, you feel good.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

Maybe he goes to one of those ultra sketchy gyms that offer post work out "massages"

...the question remains. What is he doing at the gym for 3 hours and 59 minutes?

[Oilbert]

Originally Posted by BurningYears

Dude, what are you doing for 4 hours at the gym?

I am usually at the bike/eating breakfast most of the time. From time to time I'd swim if I really feel down that morning.

[onetwo_threefour]

Originally Posted by Slacker

I'm pretty mad that I gained three pounds after being injured for two weeks with a mini concussion and a neck injury (don't head a long range soccer ball with the wrong side of the head).
Today will be the third day exercising and the body is aching for a lot more exercises!

I know what you mean. I crashed my bike three weeks ago training for the ride to conquer cancer and dislocated my elbow. Got my splint off at the end of last week and hadn't done any exercising for 2 1/2 weeks. I decided to go for a run on Saturday as I was a little worried about blowing out my elbow on a bike. I went for an hour run, but it was crazy, my legs have been sore for the last three days. I finally got back on my bike today and it felt great. I'm getting back on the road...

[Smyth's Skate]

Great job everybody!

I have hit a bit of a plateau, but I will power through it.

Keep up the good work everybody. The successes of others are great motivation!

[Russic]

Originally Posted by zuluking

You actually retrain your taste buds. They no longer register fatty and sugary things as fantastic. When I changed my diet and cut all that crap out, I found that junk, fast foods, pop, etc. didn't even taste good. Pop was unbelievably sweet, fast food burgers and fries were disgustingly greasy, etc. Not to mention you feel pretty gross afterward. So when you think you're going to "cheat," you'll end up regretting it and reinforcing your new dietary behaviour.

One annoyance I've run into in trying to curve my eating habits has been that I don't experience this. Everybody talks about it so it must be true, but if I give up a certain food for an extended period of time I could always go back to it and feel relatively ok. I wish it made me feel ill to eat it again.

[fundmark19]

Same with me russic my brother has given up Mcdonalds for 6 years now and if he eats it he gets physicly ill. If I give up mcdonalds for 3 months I can still go back and eat a double quater pounder and fully enjoy it

[Bunk]

After about 6-8 months of really poor habits, I'm getting back on the wagon. Joined the gym and have begun eating better. Hoping to become much healthier and drop about 25 pounds.

[valo403]

Originally Posted by Oilbert

I am usually at the bike/eating breakfast most of the time. From time to time I'd swim if I really feel down that morning.

You ride the bike and eat breakfast for four hours? I don't know what your goals are, but that seems like a pretty odd workout routine. I'm generally of the opinion that if you're at the gym for more than an hour you aren't working hard enough while you're there, but I also make a point of working cardio into my weight routines.

[moon]

Originally Posted by Ark2

That's really not true at all. Even if you have a terrible diet, if you start working out, you should notice results. Now, obviously you will not be maximizing your potential, but to suggest that progress depends on your diet is simply wrong. My advice to you is, don't let the whole diet thing be your excuse. If you want to get in better shape, start going to the gym and keep everything else the same. Then, as you get into the swing of things, you can alter your diet slowly. You might start changing your pre and post workout meals. Then, move on to cut out one thing at a time from your diet that is unhealthy. If you try to change everything all at once, odds are you will get discouraged and give up quickly. The key is to always try and make slow progress.

Good to hear I always thought that with a bad diet that just running will kind of "offset" the bad eating so I don't put on more weight but don't lose weight either.

[Top Shelf]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

I find the same ever since I started my crash diet my chicken salsa salad has been great and when I cheat on weekends I look forward to getting back to my chicken salsa salad diet come monday

Interested in a recipe if you don't mind...?

[fundmark19]

the recipe is as simple as it gets

1 italian spiced chicken breast from walmart (walmart brand) $23/per box
1 cup of hot salsa (walmart brand) 2.50 per jar
various amounts of cut up lettuce depending how hungry you are Under 3 bucks per packaged.

Go through 2 jars of salsa a week and 3 bags of lettuce. Diet is under 20 bucks a week it is great. Box of chicken lasts about 2 weeks

I highly reccomend the walmart hot salsa it is very spicy for an off the shelf salsa and it is the thick chunky kind without any of the weird stuff like corn and beans in it. Also when bbq the chicken if you put some tabasco sauce on it adds a little more flair

[MacGruber]

gotta get my ass back in gear. i ate some bad food this weekend while a friend was in town and gotta get back to some better eating habits. stalled out at 43~ lost but ill get 'er going again.

fund that recipe sounds good ill be sure to give it a go

[fundmark19]

It is surprisingly awesome. I am a big nacho fan so the salsa has helped my cravings for some good nachos. Plus using salsa as your dressing is far healtier then regular salad dressing!

[underGRADFlame]

Just a bump. I'm excited today as I was stuck at -48 lbs for a week or two and I'm back down again! 21 lbs to go.

[Smyth's Skate]

Originally Posted by underGRADFlame

Just a bump. I'm excited today as I was stuck at -48 lbs for a week or two and I'm back down again! 21 lbs to go.

Congratulations! 50 lbs is a lot of weight! Imagine a 6 gallon pail of water no longer attached to your body!

Now, if I could get moving from my plateau.

[username]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

It is surprisingly awesome. I am a big nacho fan so the salsa has helped my cravings for some good nachos. Plus using salsa as your dressing is far healtier then regular salad dressing!

Fundmark - what's the sodium intake on that little receipe of yours?

I have a deadly chicken wrap that I make but I'm always looking for other good healthy alternatives. I just worry about store bought seasoned chicken and salsa having too much sodium.

edit: Hilarious - while trying to google the sodium content the CP thread came up as a top result. Ha!

[Yanda]

Down 18 Lbs since a week before easter. Maybe its time I get one of those fancy counters =p

[Bane]

Originally Posted by underGRADFlame

Just a bump. I'm excited today as I was stuck at -48 lbs for a week or two and I'm back down again! 21 lbs to go.

Congratulations! That's awesome! Keep up the good work!


Today is a milestone for me also. I'm down 40 lbs as of this morning. Feels great to crack that barrier!

[Komskies]

Originally Posted by username

Fundmark - what's the sodium intake on that little receipe of yours?

I have a deadly chicken wrap that I make but I'm always looking for other good healthy alternatives. I just worry about store bought seasoned chicken and salsa having too much sodium.

edit: Hilarious - while trying to google the sodium content the CP thread came up as a top result. Ha!

Costco sells some really tasty pre-made guacamole. It's I believe 95% pure avacado, tastes awesome, has low sodium, and works perfect on chicken wraps instead of butter/mayo.