I went from morbidly obese to 6 pack abs! Ask me Anything

ReinasWrath wrote: »

Damn if looks could kill!!
So what's your diet like? Also what's your take on cheat days/ free days??

To start, I define a cheat/free day as a day or meal where you don't care what calories or macro nutrients you consume. For some people a cheat day means eating a certain banned food. I do not ban foods and eat whatever foods I want on a daily basis and just log them and work them into my goals. On paper, the same rules apply to a cheat day that apply every other day. If you eat more then you burn, your body will store the excess fuel. If you do a weekly cheat/free meal/day then you might undue your entire weeks worth of work. It just depends on how much of a deficit you made throughout the week vs how much of a surplus you got into on a cheat day. Suppose you eat 500 calories below what you burn per day for 6 days. On day 7 you eat 1500 calories over, you just slowed your weight loss in half. Eat 3000 calories over and you just stopped your weight loss in it's tracks. Are rare cheat days okay? Sure, and honestly, they are probably necessary for sanity sakes. Are regular cheat days okay? Depends on how quickly you want to lose weight and how much you eat on those cheat days. I have never used regularly scheduled cheats. I save them for special events throughout the year (holidays, birthday, vacation).

VintageMommy wrote: »

Did you have an issue with excess skin? I know some people who were really big and then lose it ha e that issue . Great job too by the way!

Check back to page 24. I posted a video that discusses loose skin.

dhruti387 wrote: »

Wow!! Congratulation on achievement.
Need some help buddy. I want to lose around 50lbs. Female, current weight is 185lb.just Started gym in mid January. My calorie intake 1500. What should I do in gym? I got no idea so.

I personally feel most people's time in the gym is best spent lifting weights. This will ensure that once you lose the weight, you'll have a decent shape to you rather then just looking like a smaller version of your former self. Losing the fat will be more about the diet then the working out, so use the working out to preserve muscle and build strength.

TheBigFb wrote: »

Fair play too you mate. Has you personality changed ?

I would say I certainly have more confidence and my self esteem is higher not that either of those two things were ever a major issue for me. Otherwise, I'm the same guy I was before.