Posts by wildnine00

They say it's best to make large, drastic changes all of the sudden, as opposed to small incremental steps. That's how I did it. I quit smoking, drinking soda, and lost weight all at once. Line in the sand. Now or never. That's the way to do it.

"Dream no small dreams for they have no
power to move the hearts of men." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

If god didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.

Atheist here. I just don't think there are any invisible beings with frikkin magic powers floating in the sky. Call me crazy. God, religion, all of it - just seems like nonsense to me and has since I was a kid.

I could never say goodbye to gummy worms forever.

Hey man,

welcome to the site. My story in a nutshell - down to 195 from 270 or so about a year ago.

Advice: count every little calorie, and stick to your plan. At first, routine is the name of the game. I ate basically the same 5 or 6 meals over and over again because I knew how many calories they had, and how satisfying they were. I also stuck mostly to packaged foods because their calories are on the label, so I never had to mess with a food scale or take the time to cook. I would also recommend that you go easy with the exercise at first. Keep it light, but do it often, whatever it is. A lot of people tend to gain weight when they start doing heavy exercise. They over estimate how many calories it burns, and it just sends your appetite through the roof.

Also, keep the emphasis on diet. Exercise is by far the lesser variable when it comes to weight loss. Count those calories.

When you mess up, get right back on the wagon the next day.

I recommend going pretty low on calories at first, just for the confidence boost of seeing the scale move so quickly from week to week. - Speaking of which, don't weigh in more than once a week. Your weight will fluctuate several pounds from day to day, even during the same day. Pick one day a week, but do weigh in. It's very important that you get used to being deliberate about your weight and your food intake. I personally weigh in once every two weeks nowadays.

Good luck. It's really not that hard once you get going.

I'm going to join the infantry.

... milk was a bad choice.

Original Post by sheebs46:

*ducks*  (hope you're ok wildnine)

 

 

 

 

..fed up

and why should I not be?

I don't have a girlfriend. I just know a girl that would get really mad if she heard me say that.

Original Post by space_junk:

i stopped by...it was a bit boring, but he did have a pretty cool piñata and a small mariachi band.

small mariachi band? I thought it was good size!

1000 calorie deficit per day.

donkey

I read a study that says it takes about six months for you to get hooked on exercise - and it very much is a chemical addiction. I've been working out for about a year now. I hated it at first. You just don't even know. When I first started, I was in such bad shape that I would do ten minutes on the elliptical and then head for the locker room to throw up in one of the stalls. I'm not kidding.

Now I run 20 miles a week on the treadmill and lift weights three days a week. I can't really remember when it changed for me to be honest, but now I simply can't live without it. It's by far my favorate part of the day.

Yeah I'm no health expert, but I'm a pretty heavy runner - anywhere from 20-35 miles per week. I never stretch. To the best of my knowledge stretching is for it's own sake, for flexiblility. It won't aid your running or recovery at all. I've actually heard that it's one of the more common misconceptions about exercise - that stretching helps prevent injury or helps in recovery. To be honest I could care less about stretching.

The only things I really focus on are getting a lot of complex carbs to fuel my runs, protein to help me recover from the days I lift weights, pottasium for general muscle-health, and water. Lots and lots of water.

Disclaimer: I've lost a ton of weight and I work out quite a bit, and I'm in pretty good shape nowadays. So don't judge.

When I do cheat, my absolute favorate cheat meal is quite possibly one of the worst things you can ever eat - a bacon ultimate cheeseburger and fries from jack n the box - with a diet coke - just for the irony. I haven't had a real soda in like a year. I love those things.

remember the Alamo