Lose 30 pounds by June 15th

magge7710 wrote: »

My strategy focuses on insulin. Insulin acts like a road block on your fat cells and determines whether you store vs burn the food you eat. So my entire focus is on manipulating my insulin levels to keep them low. I follow a pseudo-keto diet (zero sugar, grains, pasta, rice, potatoes... but unlike keto, I don't restrict my veggies if they push me over the cab limit). I also occasionally fast and use intermittent fasting to deplete my glycogen stores and boost metabolism/growth hormone, especially if I know I'm about to attend a social event, etc., where my carb intake might be a little higher or out of my control. I also keep my fat intake relatively high to help promote satiety.

I've dieted my entire life and the calorie-in-calorie-out thing doesn't work for me (my body is very sensitive to calorie fluctuations and instead of losing weight, I just suddenly get super cold and my metabolism decreases, while my weight stays the same... probably due to years of metabolic derangement and extreme eating habit yo-yo's). So calories don't carry much weight to me. More important is what my body does with them: store or burn. Which is determined by hormones. (And also why some people, especially guys, can eat massive amounts of food and not gain weight.)

I work out about 2-5 times per week (depends on how busy/overwhelmed I am), because I enjoy it and want to get stronger, but I don't stress over missing a workout if I can't. My workouts consist of a warm up cardio followed by weight training. I'm chronically sleep deprived, which is a problem, but every now and then I get a free weekend and sleep for hours and hours -- always results in a big WOOSH on the scale!!!