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@callsitlikeiseeit - wow very nice! @Willitow - you lost 5 kg in 6 days? Must be mostly water or the measurements weren't accurate. If it was body fat it would be 5 kg * 7700 cal/kg = 38500 cal -> divided by 6 (days) = a deficit of about 6400 calories per day. At you weight you would have to run 100 kilometers per day to…

My opinion about this is different from most of you; to me the number on the scale is quite important. I lose weight to become better at my sports (triathlon). The less I weigh, the faster I will finish. It's simple physics. Of course this is only true if what I lose is body fat, not muscle, and until a certain optimum. So…

I feel the same way about exercise! I love it! :) However, I do not allow myself to train every day (training the same muscle group); I switch between running, cycling and swimming. One or two days a week I take a rest day. I may do a light swim or have a walk on such days. Recovery is really important; not doing it…

I find it hard to believe them when they talk about a "protein type" or a "carb type". Sounds like quackery to me! Also the name is misleading, "Beyond Diet", when it's basically a diet. If you still consider it I advice you research it well. My suggestion is that you really go beyond diet and just learn to enjoy exercise…

Great plans and good question. Let me give you some advice from my experience: First, 1500 is very low. I am an endurance athlete as well and I just ran 16 km and burned about 1500 calories. During the day I burn an additional 2000, which brings me to a total of 3500 calories. Eating less than 2500 would make me feel very…

@CJisinShape - Thanks! Well, I was a fanatic avoider of photographers for the brief time when I was around 106 kg, but I will see what I can do; two friends of my married around that time, a photographer may have shot me there. I wasn't keen on getting those images before, but now that you ask me I am also a bit curious…

Hi Alisha! Welcome! :) That's a nice goal! A bit of advice, based on my personal experience: focus on changing your lifestyle for the better; learn to enjoy eating & drinking healthy and to enjoy exercise. Losing weight doesn't have to be torture; it can be an interesting journey, it's what you make of it. Sure it will be…

Thx! Indeed, NextPage, it helps me a lot! It's easy to motivate myself to go and train, I love it so much, the real challenge is not to spend too much time training! ;) Because of this I burn between 3k and 4k calories per day on average.

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Wow I have never heard of that sport, interesting! About 70-80 meters. What do you eat for breakfast?

I have my licence, but I only ride bicycle (a cannondale) Which extreme sport would you like to do?

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(I don't have to go back to 76, because I also gained some muscle mass during the years). Well done! Interesting that you really had 1 moment that made you realize that this is enough. For me it took some time to realize. I quit smoking and then I quickly gained like 10 kg, becoming 106 kg in total. 8 years before that I…

Well done! I guess that you only need to lose 1-1.5 now to make see a similar difference; remember that when losing becomes harder to lose (which happens over time)... you'll also get a bigger reward for it.

Well eventually you will notice smaller and smaller differences... so if you have to lose a large amount it takes a while before you start noticing. It's like removing the layers of an onion; the first layers are big, but the inner layers are small. Also, the relative difference that removing the first layer makes to the…

Ah ok, check! :) Yeah I am very happy about that! I don't know how you women manage to survive with all those hormone fluctuations every month! ;)

I just went running/swimming; it was a very warm and sunny day, so I ran/swam shirtless along the river; a lot of girls flirted/smiled at me. I have to get used to that. Anyways, I love it! :wink:

Ah you're just a troll.

ROFL! Are you serious here or are just trolling? :smiley: Anyways, I think it's a good idea to eat a bit less sugar, but I don't like to call it "sugar addiction". In my dictionary "addiction" is a strong term, reserved for behavior that really makes you a slave; your life is hell if you have to live without the stimulant.…

I came here to see if I could mean anything for you. Guess you don't need it. Why make this topic if you don't have a story to tell yourself?

Do you mean that exercise does not help you increase your willpower, or do you mean that additional willpower does not help you lose weight? Either way: the additional willpower helps me a lot to control my impulses a bit better, but also helpful to work on improving my habits. But then again I have ADD, which has a lot to…

Excellent post, I think you're analysis is spot-on! I made a list of categories of people based on your post: a) people who are overweight and perfectly happy anyways. Losing weight for them doesn't mean much to them, except for some small physical and aesthetic improvements that are nice, but they can live without. b)…

Those are good challenges as well! :) I like it that you still eat everything, just in the right proportions. Personally, I still eat all the foods from the challenges that I mention, but because of the challenge I don't feel such a strong need for them. Now I don't buy them (soda, fast food, candy, alcohol) at the…

I like challenges too! Here's six that I have done: * Eat the rainbow every day (of vegetables) for x days * Eat 2+ pieces of fruit every day for x days * Exercise every day for x days (of course you shouldn't do the same activity every day and also take rest days; you can walk then - or else you may get injured) * No soda…

Ok there have been several responses to this comment, but to add something to them: having 10% body fat has many other advantages than aesthetics alone. One that is very important to me is that I will have to carry less excess baggage, making it easier to move around. You can perform better at sports and at (physical)…

I've been there several times. Most of the times I created a larger calorie deficit and then I continued losing again. Sometimes I just lost motivation/had to focus on other areas of my life, and I just took a break until I felt ready to go again.

Wow, super great. I recognize a lot of what you're describing, I learned the same things during my process. It sounds like you did it in a healthy way by allowing yourself to enjoy the food you like (in smaller portions) and not forcing yourself to exercise, but learning to enjoy it. Watch out, you may eventually enjoy it…

great progress! Good luck with the rest of your journey! :)