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I don't like when people decide arbitrarily what the perfect form of something is.

I'm in!!!

so what are you supposed to do then? I never eat them back but I think that probably leaves me low....do just eat more each day on expectation of exercise?

i have restarted weighing myself every morning. I notice when I went longer w/o a weight check, it was much easier for me to lose focus.

Yeah - its all abit confusing. I use Fitbit too. I have my fitbit linked to automatically pull data (and I don't enter anything else) - On Fitbit, here's my stats so far: 14835 steps taken today/ 35 floors climbed today // 7.81 miles traveled today // 3146 calories burned // 1153 active score On MyFitnessPal, it says: Goal…

it will be slower (and that is if you do it right). if you do it wrong (ie - starving yourself) - you'll lose alot of muslce. I did this once way back, and now that I see the final 20 coming up but I have room (I have maybe 40 total to go), I am tempted to keep doing cardio and no weights and to eat less, but I know at…

thanks guys - yeah, I think about it in chucks. I was 265 in march, now am around 217, and my next hurdle is getting under 200. then I'll reset for like 175 - but at that point I assume it'll slow down due to being close to my end weight and I'll have to do micro tuning. man, I wish it would happen already. I was totally…

really happy for you man - and thanks so much for the inspiration - I lost steam, but seeing one of your middle pictures where you are looing like I look right now (half way to the goal) and then seeing your "after pics" where you look like a rockstar, has really helped cheer me up. keep it up man - the positivity is…

really? kind of a bold black and white statement, no? you sound like a nutrition nazi. isn't it ok if we enjoy each meal we eat (including bkfst)? I am looking at lifestyle choices for the rest of my life - I don't want to be stuck punishing myself every morning cuz of some macho-sounding self-flagellation mind-set. that…

simple - two reasons: (1) some people like the yogurty cold taste (2) cooking in the micro is easy, but you it takes time to cook (maybe 2-3 min only, but not the same as grab and go...also theirs a few minutes of cool down time), you need to be careful of boilover (meaning, cook in a large dish then transfer to a smaller…

two natural solutions: salt (they sell it in rock stick version, but I bet you could just use regular and wet it alittle), and alcohol - like the antibacterial gels they sell work quite well. neither solution addresses sweat itself, just kill the ordor bacteria.

I'm jaded due to my annoying sister in law - she had some illness sometime back (which everyone is like 99% sure had to do with her trying to complete her phd - its a long story - but its mental). part of her rigorous re-work was to quit all foods containing wheat. she doesn't have celiac disease, and the doctor had just…

its a hard issue. I am fat (not as much anymore but still a "big guy"). I was 50 lbs fatter. So I know both sides, and hopefully I'll also sooner than later know how it feels to be thing/inshape. People automatically judge you based on what you look like - this includes body shape, color, beauty, clothes, get-up,…

how do you want to what? make it taste different than yogurt? no good answer to this other than either get to like yogurt or don't eat yogurt.

look - if the idea is appealing to you - go for it - its not rocket science - just stot eating for 1/2 a day or 1 day, or else pay $500+ for one of the manufactured systems. you'll probably lose a couple pounds. long term though, it aint going to be sustainable or fun or healthy (one of my colleagues does it every month…

or.......why not just let him eat a nice slice of real cake for one meal on his birthday, and then back on the wagon immediately afterward?

thanks guys. I was thinking about taking offense at the "age" comments, but then its true. I ain't ancient yet, but I still don't want to take risks.

love mine - always on, but haven't kept up w/ the sleep tracking part. I also linked it w/ MyFitnessPal, so I don't log in any other calories burned, only allow fitbit, and while fitbit seems pretty accurate as per steps, floors and distance for me, the number it always adds to MFP seems too huge. Like yesterday I walked…

most people who reply will tell you to stay away and to eat real meat. let's see. they have various reasons (some point to studies suggesting health risks from increased soy protein intake, others the fact that it isn't the best source of protein per calorie). You can research this stuff pretty readily via google. My take…

congrats man!! in a similar time frame I've also lost 50 lbs, but I feel like I've had a less drastic change than you did!!! amazing. but goes to show you w/o detailed pics the way you took, you never really know haha!! super job!

congrats!! how did you do it?

hey congrats man!! any detail you can give on how you got there (ie - diet and exercise etc) would be invaluable. your story gave me a boost just now, as I was feeling in the dumps and about to perhaps fall off the wagin and get me a slice of cake, but your starting and ending goals are where I'm at - started in march at…

yeah - totally happens. I just have some beer and that fills me up. ha!! ...really though....nothing to do but savor the hurt..maybe drink water. maybe double down and go for a walk. I've tried eating something else, like a protein shake or greek yogurt, and sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't. aint' life funny that…

hi all - I am from LI. Can I be honest? I confess I don't really like it here much. Born in Rockville Center, I left LI young (6th grade, Island Trees in Levittown) and then lived a large portion of my life outside LI (Buffalo and then NJ through 7th grade, CA through college) and only really came back for grad school and…

thanks man and congrats - I really find it inspiring to see clear pictures of success and to hear honest descriptions of how it was done.

I have a lot of weight to lose (90 lbs total, 50 left) and even longer to go to gain muscle and get in the physical fitness condition I want, so I'm going to be at this for a while (I've been at it since March, lost 40 pounds so far and dropping). I find it very helpful to have 1 cheat meal every week where I can eat…

if Veg, then I assume you eat milk products. if so, then protein shakes are #1 way. I wouldn't recommend for long term use (as I don't believe processing foods is healthy), but for a training or weight loss program, there are worse things. if you are a body builder wanna be, then you should google it - plenty of vegan and…

rock on man - hearing your training program and stats makes me think I need to kick it into a higher gear for sure!! at 40 pounds down (with maybe 40 to go), I feel like I'm not losing weight as fast now so am starting to get worried and scramble to see what else I should be doing...methinks adding strength training and…

"I run 5 or more miles on average and five days a week. " I think you mean you "lift" 5 days a week? I need to get more strength training in for sure.... running 5 miles consistently is huge!! do you do that 5 days also? and if so, then do you split your workouts? also, how much protein do you get? Are you doing the whole…