Getting Bulky; Trying to lose 10 lbs on Grapefruit Diet

You must go to a horrible CrossFit box if they haven't taught you anything about nutrition. Even paleo and primal aren't as stupid as this.

I don't know if you know this but you need to properly fuel your body in order to get optimum performance out of it. Good luck with CF workouts while eating only grapefruit.

And how do you know you're gaining muscle? Probably not happening, at least not to the extent that you think it is.

ETA: CrossFit isn't a magic weightloss tool either, your coaches should've told you that too. Check your diet, create a deficit and you'll start losing weight, at a healthy rate... soooo like 0.5 to 1lb/week.

A note for any personal trainers, nutritionists, or other types of know-it-alls who will predictably post their self-righteous opinions on the efficacy of the grapefruit diet : I AM ALREADY AWARE you think the diet is nonsense. However, I DON'T CARE about your opinion on my decision to embark on this eating plan, nor do I want to read about it. Do me and everyone else who asks for feedback on whether or not a diet has worked for other members a hhhuugggeee favor: Keep your unsolicited opinions to yourself!!!!! Sorry that I have to be so rude about it, but unfortunately, every. single. time. I come across a thread where someone asks if XYZ has worked for others, there's an overabundance of condescending "experts" who think they are imparting some sort of wisdom every time they regurgitate the old "slow and steady weight loss" matra. Enough already.

So you only want comments from people that will tell you exactly what you want to hear, as opposed to telling you the truth? Ok then, I'll just be over in the corner at my desk.

I stopped reading at "great deal of muscle in 2 weeks"

Come on guys, be nice. We all know that crash diets are the best way to loose weight and keep it off long term. They are also the best way to get the important nutrients needed for intense workouts like Crossfit. :laugh:

Yup. It's the perfect "elite nutrition" to go with the "elite fitness".

Delusion

BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT, Since the 1880's. You might not want to hear it but others reading this PUBLIC FORUM might get something out of what I have to say:

Diets I have tried and Yo-yo'd for 15 years, I probably missed some because I remember trying the grapefruit diet as well:

Low fat high carb, Slim-Fast, Weight Watchers, Atkins, Organic, Weston Price Diet, The Schwarzbein Principle, Eat Fat Lose Fat, The Ultimate PH Solution, The Makers Diet, A friends diet from a personal trainer/dietician

I finally just got sick of it all and made up my own diet with healthy foods I enjoy and smaller portions. I ate my meals from small desert plates and bowls. I stopped eating in the evenings (not that when you eat matters.) I started calling what I did mini-meals and mini-fasts and I lost 40 lbs. Then I found Eat Stop Eat and learned why it worked and everything took off for me at that point.

Eat what you want, eat what you like, mostly healthy. Don’t deprive yourself of foods you love unless there is a serious health risk. Depriving yourself of food you love and creating extensive good food and bad food lists at some point borders on a mental disorder. It will drive you insane.


There is no mystery to weight loss, everyone thinks something is wrong, their metabolism is broken, they have low thyroid, they have menopause or whatever issue, they are as unique as a snowflake, whatever. I thought a lot of these things once too but once the doctor helped resolve the health issues for me I learned there is still no magic pill. Most people eat more than they need to and are not at good at estimating calories as they think they are. Most people have a lower BMR than they think they do. The only way to know for sure is to go to a lab and have it tested. It doesn't seem fair to have to eat less and feel a little hunger. It's hard to face the truth of it, very hard. It's not fun. It's drudgery at times. But if you learn to enjoy your smaller amounts of food (necessary to lose weight, since the reason we got fat in the first place was eating too much whether we knew it or not), and rejoice in your victories it can be done.

Your body loses weight in chunks, not linear. I have found that you can do everything right and your weight loss seems to plateau but if you are patient and keep exercising and eating at a deficit (however slight) you will lose it, it will suddenly "whoosh". There are so many variables for the scale; water retention, digestion, hormones, allergies, sodium, carbs, water intake, DOMS, inflammation, the list goes on. People mistakenly think they lose or gain weight when they eat more or less because of these fluctuations.

For me now it's all about a calorie budget. It is sustainable. I had less of a budget available when I was losing weight, more to spend now that I'm maintaining and all the tools I used for weight loss come into play for the rest of my life maintaining.

When you have accumulated excess fat, you have accumulated a debt. It is hard to pay off the debt (you have less calories to spend). If you are sitting next to someone your same gender and height and they are not overweight and you are, they get to eat more than you (have more calories to spend) because they are debt free. You have less calories to spend because you are paying off your debt.

Wishing you the best! -Bobbie

Oh my.

Spoofy post title is serious.

So, you want opinions, but not facts.

Got it.

Cute ^^ lol

She already deactivated her account. Why in the world do people do this *kitten*?!

She already deactivated her account. Why in the world do people do this *kitten*?!

HA! I was right. Spoofy sounding title was NOT serious! It was a troll thread! ::hangs head in shame for momentary doubt leading to being sucked in::

I know, I know. But it was very well done. She had a few friends and everything. Even added a profile pic. *sigh*

Having found Crossfit but knowing so little did seem rather weird...

The responses in this thread are so full of win! You have all had me laughing out loud at my computer, especially with the funny pictures.

I have nothing to add myself, just wanted to say thanks for the giggles!

Totally worth reading for this alone.

Some good laughs in there too.

Why do the trolls always get so thick around here on the weekends? :drinker: