Unsolicited advice

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  • kennethmgreen
    kennethmgreen Posts: 1,759 Member
    Congrats on your weight loss. Having someone start proselytizing their cause is almost as annoying as watching strangers make grand sweeping generalities about someone they don't know. At least you didn't have to deal with that.
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,902 Member
    Fainted after the *91 pounds in 3 month*:noway: AWESOME!!!!

    It sounds like alot but I started with over 250 pounds to lose. When you have that much weight, any activity has some pretty serious calorie burns. Include taking in a resonable amount of calories and I was dropping pretty fast. I know the next three months I probably wont lose at the same rate, although I would like to drop at least another 70.
    You've got quite a journey ahead of you. When I first read the 250 lbs, I thought you meant that your start weight was over 250... Kudos to you! I wish you the best of luck in your fitness goal!!
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,902 Member
    I have increased my walking so that now I am walking up to 2 hours a day 5-6 days per week. I also do some strength training, hitting all the major muscle groups at least once a week, and keep my protein intake high to make sure as little of the weight loss as possible is coming from lean muscle tissue.

    This is what is working for me. I am not saying I would recommend someone with only 30 pounds to lose to do it in one month.
    Walking is great. I also like using an elliptical trainer... and I'm participating in exercise classes at a clinic that specializes in weight loss. We don't do much aerobics (they suggest we should walk, run, whatever on our own time) but we do loads of circuits that include dumbbells and other free weights.

    Aside from helping to maintain the lean muscle tissue you're building, the other advantage of the higher protein intake is that protein helps to ward off hunger. The dietitian told me to avoid hunger by scheduling healthy snacks regularly. I never used to snack and typically ate two big meals a day. Now... three meals, three snacks and I'm not supposed to skip. It's been working for me.
  • country91
    country91 Posts: 77 Member
    Do you want to know another way to drop the weight off REALLY fast?
    Eat NOTHING AT ALL.
    Thats right. Eating absolutly nothing will gaurentee the fat will just MELT away.
    Imagine how jelous your friends will be when you look like a concentration camp survivor.
    Granted, there are a few unplesent side effecs but, those are unimportant right now.

    LMFAOOOOO!!!! This just made my day, thankyou
  • pudadough
    pudadough Posts: 1,271 Member
    I have a guy friend who is like this about Paleo. Always trying to convert me with a hard sell. I think Paleo is a great option, but not the be all and end all. He has even gone so far as to suggest that my grandmother developed Alzheimer's because of her evil grain-filled diet and that I have bad menstrual cramps because I eat the wheat devil.

    It just comes off as silly (and sort of cultish) a lot of the time.
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,902 Member
    I have a guy friend who is like this about Paleo. Always trying to convert me with a hard sell. I think Paleo is a great option, but not the be all and end all. He has even gone so far as to suggest that my grandmother developed Alzheimer's because of her evil grain-filled diet and that I have bad menstrual cramps because I eat the wheat devil.

    It just comes off as silly (and sort of cultish) a lot of the time.
    Fanatics by any brand will warp anything to support their beliefs. Evil grains!! Evil grains!!
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