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Its only clean if you wash it with soap... I tend to eat similar to the "clean" eating since I eat a lot of protein and veggies, and those aren't really the culprits anyway. I try to limit my carbs but as long as it fits into my macros (under my calorie goal) I eat whatever I want! When cutting I eat "clean", when bulking…

Hey lets keep it healthy now :) haha (Thinking about my wife's candied pecans now...) I like nut mixes myself, pecans, almonds, walnuts, macadamia nuts etc. Just remember they are calorie dense so if you are dealing with hunger, nuts are a bad snack as they arent filling compared to their calories.

I always found it a chore until I had a better place to run. I run around my city block which usually has plenty to look at.. running with my dog keeps me more distracted from the running too :)

That was the sum of my life as I climbed all the way up to 327 lbs... eventually you have to just workout, then deal with everything else after! I found I had more energy after exercising so I cleaned up and did chores faster etc anyway. I will admit I need a boost after work so I take pre-workout supplements (basically…

Everything you want to know behind determining calories, fat and protein: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=121703981

Oh a lot of us around here know something about how you feel! Good luck!

This is good advice :)

Congrats, whenever people ask me for advice I recommend counting calories too :)

If you can make a routine, and get through the struggles mentally, it will eventually change. It does get easier, you naturally order chicken instead of beef, a salad over a burger etc. If your strict and do well, it makes those changes come even faster I found, though possibly harder to get through.... My motivation was…

I drink diet dr pepper and diet coke, So is coke zero better or worse than regular diet coke and why? :) I also don't experience any side effects but I have known others who get headaches...

Uh Oh, some times I get a little too close to that :)

If I workout at home I have to follow some sort of training plan like P90X DVDs so I don't get lazy :) I also run with my dog a few days a week.

Its not too soon, worst case they are still a little sore but you should be able to lift anyway, just stretch and warm up the muscles! I like a little more time between personally but to make it work with life it will be fine! I sometimes find i lift less weight because it hasn't fully recovered but I still can get a good…

It doesn't matter, I skip breakfast and eat before bed... I lost 11 pounds last month... Works for me :)

there are two ways to appraoch training. If its for strength, then you need to give the muscles time to recover, aka why people do 3 sets in a row with a break. If your trying to lose weight its all about calorie expenditure so you would go through a circuit of them, so you wear out one muscle group, move to the next and…

Congrats on your progress, but it sounds like you need to take another look at your lifestyle, diet and exercise routine and modify it so it is easy to maintain. Eat more chicken than beef, more veggies etc. If your full from an extra cup of broccoli at dinner your less likely to snack after etc... You must have learned…

First step was not fitting in the desks in college, had to get there early to pic a larger desk.... The final kicker was my ex-fiance ending things and I didn't want to die alone :) (I often use the worst case scenario to motivate myself lol)

The simple answer is: If you want to lose more, eat less or work out more. If your not losing at your set goal rate, you are either eating too much (often people underestimate their intake not counting oils and other things...) or overestimating calories burned. Your weight loss so far is great, if you want to speed it up…

It scared my wife back when we were dating too... not hearing it but seeing the effects, it took a few more dates before she decided she wanted to try to get past it. Eventually she didn't care, but I had surgery for me! not that she wasn't for it hah :) You are already ahead of me! the right person will get past it!

Good work, consistency is key, do it long enough and it becomes easy and routine so you wont backslide!

It took me 8 months to drop 107, give it your best shot and whats the worst that happens? you only lose 20 in 6 months? better than nothing! just keep at it and you will get there!

I did and I have kept it off for over 2 years now... my profile has the link to how I did everything...

Squats focus on your quads, while deadlifts focus on the hamstrings. Squats works a lot on your core stability and balance where deadlifts work on low back strength as well as explosiveness. They combined are a fantastic leg/core workout! Don't neglect either!

Nothing like them to leave you dizy and the gym spinning! I am working my way back up since surgery, hit 3 sets of 12 @ 185 2 hours ago, long way from the 305 I used to DL! Through patience and consistency we will both get there :)

That is exactly what I am doing, strength is still increasing and im shedding the fat quickly :) Eventually strength will plataeu but I only want to drop 9.5 pounds more and I will transition to maintenance and eventually a bulk anyway!

I run in the afternoons after work, I run despite the heat, you get used to it, and learn to hydrate :) Weekdays is after work, Weekends as soon as I wake up! Starts my day off right!

I lost a good deal of weight, I did have surgery to help with extra skin and may have another. With that said... LOST THE WEIGHT! You will not regret it! The benefits to being healthy far outweigh the downsides of loose skin! I would do it again in a heartbeat, everyone who sees you clothed will think you look better, only…

Its true everything is an estimation, and in time you will determine more closely what works for you!

Protein is a minimum, it wont hurt you to go over! Carbs are the "filler"!