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I don't believe there's too much protein. I'm working on burning fat off my body (I'd like to keep most of the lean mass I've still got!) and so my daily goals are: Carbs: 47 Fats: 74 Protein: 260 and my average intake is Carbs: ~80 Fats: ~ 130 Protein: ~ 160 Some days are higher and some are lower; but since starting I've…

Cracked Canoe is a 101 cal light lager. Translation: For 34 more calories per beer (or 46) it's infinitely better than Molson 67 or Bud Select 55. Cracked Canoe still tastes like beer.

I did the all-inclusive thing this winter. I tried to offset the damage by hitting the on-site gym for an hour a day; still came home 3 pounds heavier. It was gone in a week - I wonder how much of it is simply adapting to the climate change (body holding extra water to deal with the heat)?

That's about as sweet an NSV as I think you can get. Congratulations!

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Even better - leave them in their skins but put them in a bag and freeze them. Then when it's time to use them, let them thaw. They'll be mush - easily mixed!

I reply "b!tches be crazy." And then shake my head with a wry smile. And then change the subject.

I'm with you - I need to see results and see results FAST otherwise I lose interest. What's worked for me (a mindset change) was re-defining "fast". When it comes to weight loss, "fast" is more than 6 pounds a month. When it comes to cardio, "fast" is the same output at the next level of intensity in a month (ie 3 MPH @…

From a very basic standpoint the more lean mass you have the more calories you burn at rest. 190lbs - one at 25% BF and one at 15% BF - the latter will burn more calories. I've been curious lately about the same thing - I eat back my exercise calories, but often feel lethargic and tired (and cold). I wonder if I should be…

It's like the old axiom: Which weighs more; a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks? Now, for identical volumes, muscle weighs more (has greater density). Myth: doing cardio while wearing garbage bags makes you lose more weight. Truth: it's a false loss - you're simply dehydrating. When you rehydrate, the weight comes…

Where 17 meets 6 in Ontario.

Hi Cat, I'm Ben. Whittling down the weight as well. Gained a pound this week, but it's OK - I lost a pound of fat and added two of muscle! Add me if you like.

Let me find a "before" pic and I'll post my current (down 70 pounds).

Survey says..... I WIN. 21.3% total bodyweight lost - second place was 12.2% Feels good! Time to celebrate with a cookie! LOL

DING DING DING!! We have a winner! My kids are the same way - when I'm on the Gazelle, they're doing "pushups" and "situps" and jumping jacks and "stretching". While I'm doing pushups, situps, jumping jacks and stretching, they're on the Gazelle. I think this is a "be like mommy or daddy" device - not a "here fat kid, you…

Much like you my wife was diagnosed PCOS in her teens. She's recently started having periods again after losing 20 pounds on a severely carb-reduced diet. We have 3 children, no miscarriages (thank you, Jesus) and all 3 were conceived without the aid of drugs. It certainly seems to me that weight and conceptual viability…

I live with someone who proves that cals in vs cals out (thermic science) is trumped by hormones and biochemistry. If it's cals in vs cals out, why do animals that hibernate get fat even though what they eat and the amount they eat doesn't change? Or why do they get fat when food supplies are in abundance, but also when…

Hey Banks, we're cool. The very first thing I tell people is that yes, I lost a ton, yes, I lost it fast, NO it wasn't healthy. For me, it was the kick-start I needed - I really think that if I didn't enter, I'd still be 320 (it was the whole idea of not donating my entry fee that got me down the stairs and on the bike on…

The Gary Taubes book has been a game-changer for my wife. She had only ever lost weight on a low-carb, high fats and protein diet. Taubes' book was like permission for her to give 'er and lose weight with impunity! (I personally like the idea of eating a ton of steak and broccoli; smothered in butter.)

I largely agree. How many of us continue to use the scale in our bathroom, even though it differs from 3 pounds from the one at the gym, and each of those differs 2 pounds from the one at the doctors office? I've got a do-nothing Zenith that uses the impulse method for body fat. It told me the other day I was 254 pounds…

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Find a nutritional supplement system so that you stay healthy. Eat 1600 calories a day and burn 400 through exercise (or just eat 1200 and don't exercise!) I just finished a 9 week stint staying at or below 1200 net calories (with one day of liquid fasting every week). I had 117 pounds to lose to get to a healthier weight.…

Great work! That's some perseverance!

Wraiythe, it was basically a starvation diet with a shake-replacing-two-meals dealie, coupled with 45 minutes a day of cardio. Highly motivated to take other peoples' money (and lose a ton of weight!)

Brutal, I know. Of my 69 lbs lost, 41 was fat. I know it's not even close to ideal nor healthy; but the whole reason I dropped weight was to win a "biggest loser" style contest (I should know how I placed in a day or two). If all you want to do is move the scale the most in a short amount of time, weight training is going…

I agree that the best plan is to maintain lean mass while dropping the fat. In my case the goal was simply making the scale move - and losing lean mass was "collateral damage".

I think I understand what your coworker is saying. If you're simply trying to make the scale move, you don't want to strength train, you simply want to do cardio and create a caloric deficit. Building muscle puts weight on (when comparing the same volume of fat and muscle, the muscle outweighs the fat almost 2:1) I just…

The update is down 69 pounds in total for the contest (Jan 5 - Mar 9) and I should know in a day or two where I placed.

Squall, I was an XL 4x4 guy; who pared it down to XL double double, and it's now down to XL one sugar. I tried black, but just can't do it. It's nuts to think that you can now have a cup of coffee and a can of coke for the same amount of calories!

Another vote for fueling up early in the day (breakfast) - but then don't eat again until you're hungry. There are plenty of days which go breakfast @ 8ish, lunch around 1 and dinner somewhere after 6 (depending on the size of lunch and whether or not I can keep my hands out of the cookie jar!) Other days if I've loaded up…