OT: Health and Fitness Thread - The Second

[RayP]

Sounds ****ing intense...

A broken-down old fat guy worked out with Patrick Kane's...

You didn't tell us you worked out with Kaner's trainer.

 

[saluki]

Slightly short of my weight loss goal for my first month of my new diet, but can't complain about dropping 19 lbs in 30 days.

On to month #2.

That's a ton of weight to drop in a month. Congrats. How did you do it?

I'm able to button 34 waist pants fairly comfortably now. I don't think I'd wear them out but its still a nice feeling. I'm happy with my 36 shorts.

I haven't really been working out for a while now. Just normal yard work in the heat of summer, which I like to count as exercise.

 

[Blue Liner]

Slightly short of my weight loss goal for my first month of my new diet, but can't complain about dropping 19 lbs in 30 days.

On to month #2.

That's a lot in one month. What is your diet?

 

[ChiHawks10]

That's a lot in one month. What is your diet?

Don't eat.

 

[RayP]

That's a lot in one month. What is your diet?

No carbs. Guarantee it.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Laxatives.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

That's a ton of weight to drop in a month. Congrats. How did you do it?

Just strictly sticking to calorie counting and not eating too early or too late. I keep a notepad of what I eat and when and essentially use that to shame myself to not have something or eat too late as I don't want to write it down.

No carbs. Guarantee it.

I did a keto diet five or so years ago that had tremendous initial success, but I very much wouldn't recommend it as I honestly think it negatively messes up your body and doesn't really teach portion control. Especially as someone that's failed to maintain major weight loss twice now, that'll be my biggest issue for the long run.

My basic philosophy is that if a diet has a name (keto or paleo for instance), it basically relies on gimmicks that ultimately won't be successful as they're not realistic to longterm maintence. Calorie-counting and portion control? Those are habits that can be learned and maintained.

 

[Blue Liner]

Just strictly sticking to calorie counting and not eating too early or too late. I keep a notepad of what I eat and when and essentially use that to shame myself to not have something or eat too late as I don't want to write it down.



I did a keto diet five or so years ago that had tremendous initial success, but I very much wouldn't recommend it as I honestly think it negatively messes up your body and does really teach portion control. Especially as someone that's failed to maintain major weight loss twice now, that'll be my biggest issue for the long run.

What is your calorie limit per day?

 

[No Fun Shogun]

What is your calorie limit per day?

I ballpark around 1500 and don't really worry if I go slightly over. And I know, that's extremely low, but I'm mostly not very hungry aside from cravings for junk.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I ballpark around 1500 and don't really worry if I go slightly over. And I know, that's extremely low, but I'm mostly not very hungry aside from cravings for junk.

Only 1500 calories per day? Damn.

 

[RayP]

I’m probably close to 1500 per meal.

Per day?

f***.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I’m probably close to 1500 per meal.

Per day?

****.

Yeah, he said 1500 per day...

I probably do about 1000 per meal or so. Never really tracked it. I should start.

 

[RayP]

I need to get on the bike more, beer belly starting to develop. First time in years I haven’t spent the summer training for a full Ironman, but I’m eating and drinking like I am.

 

[Blue Liner]

1,500 is tough. I'm at 1,800 per day, which is a 500 calorie deficit to maintenance level.

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

I'm usually at or under 1500 per day. It's not THAT difficult if you watch what you're eating.

 

[RayP]

I'm usually at or under 1500 per day. It's not THAT difficult if you watch what you're eating.

It’s also not that fun.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Just a bite to eat with black coffee in the morning, lean cuisines or soup and rice crisps for lunch and dinner, and some veggies and/or fruit at various times. Oftentimes closer to 1000 calories versus 1500 doing that.

 

[Blue Liner]

It’s also not that fun.

It's also going to be more difficult for a male. 1,500 for a male is a much larger deficit than it is for a female, generally speaking.

 

[RayP]

It's also going to be more difficult for a male. 1,500 for a male is a much larger deficit than it is for a female, generally speaking.

That’s true.

 

[Illinihockey]

1,500 calories is nothing, especially if you're exercising.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Just a bite to eat with black coffee in the morning, lean cuisines or soup and rice crisps for lunch and dinner, and some veggies and/or fruit at various times. Oftentimes closer to 1000 calories versus 1500 doing that.

Pretty sure I would eat all of that just for breakfast.

 

[Illinihockey]

I eat 3 eggs and have a protein shake for breakfast and I'm already at 500 calories and thats nothing. It would be really tough to get enough protein for the day to maintain muscle mass and eat 1000-1500 calories as a matter of course. My friend who competed in fitness competitions would only pare down to like 800 calories a day the week before a competition. For her to do that every day and work out wouldn't have worked.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Pretty sure I would eat all of that just for breakfast.

I could eat all of that and then some every meal. That's also a reason why I need to lose weight, though.

 

[RayP]

I eat 3 eggs and have a protein shake for breakfast and I'm already at 500 calories and thats nothing. It would be really tough to get enough protein for the day to maintain muscle mass and eat 1000-1500 calories as a matter of course. My friend who competed in fitness competitions would only pare down to like 800 calories a day the week before a competition. For her to do that every day and work out wouldn't have worked.

You probably don’t need nearly as much protein as you think you do.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

You probably don’t need nearly as much protein as you think you do.

Tell that to my huge muscles.