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GamerGranny
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I'm wondering if anyone else does it the way I do it. I started out at 250 lbs. I am now at 160. I started on High protein low carb 1500 calories. I started my work outs slowly and simply. Started 20 minutes changing up my routine. I am now up to an hour or more depending on what kind of workout I am doing. I have upped my calories to 1600 and it seems to be working fine. What is everyone else doing? For the most part I eat clean and eat healthy.
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I think we have a variety of approaches here. I lost about 80 pounds in 2007-08 and have kept it off doing regular exercise and continuing to keep track of how much I eat on my food log here. For me it really was a complete nutrition education and lifestyle over-haul but I started with logging food and then chipped away at the other stuff.
Congrats on your weight loss and welcome to the forums.3 -
^^^ what @cmriverside said.
Exercise, logging, complete nutritional overhaul, with a healthy dose of patience.1 -
Same exercise routine (already active while obese); generally same foods (different portion size, proportions, frequency); hit my calorie goal most days; get well-rounded nutrition overall and on average; weigh daily but pay attention to longer-term trend; pick methods that are easy, ideally enjoyable, but at least tolerable. *Not* think of any of this as a project with an end date, but rather a permanent remodeling of habits.
In maintenance, I calorie bank a small amount most days (100-150 calories), spend down the account irregularly but often enough to accomplish weight goals.
Now in year 5+ of maintaining a healthy weight, after previous 30 years of obesity . . . so far, so good, but nothing guaranteed for the future.
Different methods for different people, though: Personalization IMO is an important success factor.2 -
cmriverside wrote: »I think we have a variety of approaches here. I lost about 80 pounds in 2007-08 and have kept it off doing regular exercise and continuing to keep track of how much I eat on my food log here. For me it really was a complete nutrition education and lifestyle over-haul but I started with logging food and then chipped away at the other stuff.
Congrats on your weight loss and welcome to the forums.
Thank you!!!!0 -
Same exercise routine (already active while obese); generally same foods (different portion size, proportions, frequency); hit my calorie goal most days; get well-rounded nutrition overall and on average; weigh daily but pay attention to longer-term trend; pick methods that are easy, ideally enjoyable, but at least tolerable. *Not* think of any of this as a project with an end date, but rather a permanent remodeling of habits.
In maintenance, I calorie bank a small amount most days (100-150 calories), spend down the account irregularly but often enough to accomplish weight goals.
Now in year 5+ of maintaining a healthy weight, after previous 30 years of obesity . . . so far, so good, but nothing guaranteed for the future.
Different methods for different people, though: Personalization IMO is an important success factor.
Completely agree. no two people are the same. I treat my calories like a bank account careful not to "overdraw" the qamount remaining.0 -
springlering62 wrote: »^^^ what @cmriverside said.
Exercise, logging, complete nutritional overhaul, with a healthy dose of patience.
I know, Patience is sadly, not one of my virtues.1
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