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If you are starting really obese, yes, if not, it will be damn near impossible.

Id see another specialist. This isn't typical.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA...don't be so hard on yourself...deep breaths...baby steps...it's gonna be ok. The first thing I would do, if I were you, Is track my calories. I wouldn't try to change my diet, just see where I'm at. Then after tracking for a week, I would start to see where I could make substitutions. As far as workouts,…

It's gonna be 88F in my part of Los Angeles today. When i lived in detroits, I would see people walking in the malls...maybe that would be a good thing to do?

To celebrate my lowest weight ever I'm having tons and tons of Texas style BBQ for lunch...yeahhhhhhhh:love: Holy @$it!!!! My 1000th post!

I mix 20g of almonds and 25 g of raisins in a plastic samich bag, and have it as a mid morning snack. I have convinced myself it tastes like choclate. I hear lots of jibber jabber about how bad nuts are...but for the same weight, i guarantee the nuts are better than hot cheetos or a snickers bar.

Here's the key...broken down in two easy to follow steps... 1- Don't eat like a pig. 2- Do some damn exercise. :wink:

have better alternatives on deck, like strawberries or carrots...then the harm won't be as bad. I drink lots of carbonated water on ice with lemon squeezed up in there...I have convinced myself this tastes as good as Stella Artois used to taste to me.

Im not sure if you are in the same boat...It's been about 20 moths of trying to eat better...since i cut out the crap like McDonalds, my blood sugar doesn't spike as hard, and my hunger isn't as acute as when I ate poorly. I used to get so hungry and cranky I could steal a Nun's Chicken McNuggets...but now, when I'm hungry…

im down around 60 lbs.... My butt fits completley in the seat of my Miata, and I can feel that the butt cushion foam doesn't really compress that much My office chair doesn't sink into the carpet, so it rolls around easier, forcing me to sit with better posture.

Don't drink that *kitten*. Two will turn into 6, and you will have a calorie nuclear bomb on your hand. It's not that great...you aren't missing anything. Alcohol is the worst thing you could possibly do.

Well I only need(ed) to lose about 70lbs...i got at least 60/65 of them down, but I commend you for wanting to do better.

No more than two weeks.

Two packets of reduced sugar maple and brown sugar oatmeal, 4 chopped up strawberries and a chopped up banana mixed up in there, two mircowaved jimmy dean turkey sausage patties, a nice coffee, and I'm set for most of the morning.

I think you have figured it out. You are on your way!:smile:

Welcome back. I would suggest simple, easy baby steps that you can maintain forever. instead of promising yourself to workout 6x a week, shoot for walking 3 hrs a week, or something. Instead of completely trying to change your diet, just give up soda during the week, or something like that.

Congrats on getting started on a path to a better you. Wait until you sit in your car and think....DAMN...SUDDENLY IT GOT ALL ROOMY IN HERE.

yeah...i realized I couldn't do anything about my mug, but there was no excuse to be a fat pig.

SINCE YOU ASKED...Personally, I think you need more protein from meat/ chicken/ fish, etc. cutting back on Carbs seems to have the biggest impact on me losing weight (or not) I don't really worry about sodium, so I don't track it.

Say the elliptical at the gym says 500 cals...I p ut in whatever time mfp has for the elliptical that gets close to 500 cals.

Rest. You don't want to get the sore throat to turn into the flu or something. one day out of the year won't derail your long term plans.

Yes. I work out at 330AM during the week because I hate the after work crowds...it's also harder to make excuses not to go when you work out so early. I try to sleep in during the weekends...but that might mean 630AM or 7AM at the latest. Even when I was on vacation, i found it impossible to sleep in past 7AM or so....one…

I have no idea WTF you just said...but if you are seeing gains, keeps doing it.

Get you some Gold's Gym gloves with velcro wrist supports from Walmart...$15 bux. They also have some cheaper ones for $5. Or just use whatever gloves you have lying around. EDIT...I hate having callouses, not using gloves is silly.

There you go...great example of how being more healthy helps you enjoy life more. Congratulations!:drinker:

Soda was one of the first things I gave up two years ago, and I saw DRASTIC improvments. I never wanted to drink it again. When i buy combo meals, and ask for water I usually get a deer in the headlights look, so now i just say "diet coke' to avoid a long discussion of why I just want water instead, even if they charge me…

I got rid of my titties. They didn't look right on a dude.

yeah man, leave that stuff alone. There are lots of lower carb options available now. They taste weird at first, but you get used to it, and then the white bread tastes bizarre.

Muscle growth is relatively slow for my taste...In a year I lost at least 50 lbs of fat. That damn last 5lbs of fat is a mutha...and building pecs is pissing me off, due to the slow growth. I have freaky frankenstein genetics that give me big ugly massive calf and back muscles, yet my chest is lolligagging. I'm a 41 yo…

Listen to Mrs. Big Mack.