Lost a little weight.....quickly

**chiller2484** · 03-26-2009, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by 310stanger

why would you be cutting chicken out? just curious.

Ps that total gym is just something to trip over. It uses bodyweight for resistance which is fine, but you can do pushups and situps and lunges for free lol Get a pullup bar at walmart for like 30 bucks. If you wanna get fancy buy the perfect pushup for 20 bucks.

well, i'm not totally, but my wife is. she's going more vegetarian with a hint of seafood every now and then. apparently she did it a while back and it worked for her. i'm kinda caught in the wayside on the diet. she won't eat anywhere that doesn't have seafood and hardly ever eats red meat. we've been buying fresh seafood from harris teeter and grillin' out and stuff. it's pretty good, keeps a nice change of pace from all the chicken i used to eat.

i know it uses bodyweight for resistance, but i believe you can add weight to the total gym. we had a membership to the YMCA last year but found ourselves never going. too far to drive and by the time we got home it was late and we both have to be up early in the a.m. i know i'm getting my mindset in the way of working out at least 20 mins a day on this thing. supposed to be here tomorrow. i'll let you guys know how it works out

**chiller2484** · 03-26-2009, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

Fried chicken maybe?

yeah, definitely trying to cut out fried foods. it's hard, growing up in the south b/c everything seems to be fried. plus, the little town that i work in only has a Bojangles and a couple of other small-time country restaurants. if i forget to bring my lunch i'm screwed lol

**86 IROC-Z** · 03-26-2009, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by chiller2484

yeah, definitely trying to cut out fried foods. it's hard, growing up in the south b/c everything seems to be fried. plus, the little town that i work in only has a Bojangles and a couple of other small-time country restaurants. if i forget to bring my lunch i'm screwed lol

I remember seeing somewhere a comparison of what to eat if fast food is your only choice and you're trying to eat healthy.

It was pretty interesting, for example you should eat a BK whopper sans bun over a McDonalds chicken sandwich.

**gd1996** · 03-26-2009, 08:38 AM

G2 is tastes like regular gatorade to me, love the lemon-lime!

**86 IROC-Z** · 03-26-2009, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Any idea on that new low calorie Gatorade? G2 I think they call it? Any good? Good/bad?

Not great.

Still has 17g of sugar per bottle.

**Mr. Luos** · 03-26-2009, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

Not great.

Still has 17g of sugar per bottle.

Much better than Mountain Dew I would suspect....

Damn that stuff....like crackwater to me.

**86 IROC-Z** · 03-26-2009, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Much better than Mountain Dew I would suspect....

Damn that stuff....like crackwater to me.

31g and almost triple the calories

**Hi-Po** · 03-26-2009, 09:42 PM

Wait... fried chicken is bad? Damnit.... I knew my black side would eventuallly make me fat.

I LOVE CHICKEN COOKED IN OIL!!!! I also love watermelon. And corn bread. Am I a fat fat lack white man? I gained 7 pounds in 4-5 weeks. Just eating.

**86 IROC-Z** · 03-27-2009, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by Hi-Po

Wait... fried chicken is bad? Damnit.... I knew my black side would eventuallly make me fat.

I LOVE CHICKEN COOKED IN OIL!!!! I also love watermelon. And corn bread. Am I a fat fat lack white man? I gained 7 pounds in 4-5 weeks. Just eating.

Chicken breast is one of the healthiest types of food you can eat, very lean and loads of protein.

Fried chicken, however, is packed with fat, cholesterol, and many more calories (Similar to fast food levels).

**raynor139** · 03-27-2009, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by chiller2484

yeah, definitely trying to cut out fried foods. it's hard, growing up in the south b/c everything seems to be fried. plus, the little town that i work in only has a Bojangles and a couple of other small-time country restaurants. if i forget to bring my lunch i'm screwed lol

I know how you feel if you dont live in the city in NC your pretty much screwed on finding a healthy restaurant to eat at. Mountain Dew and Sweet Tea are my addictions. But ive managed to lose 20 pounds in last couple months. Prob cuz after being layed off i dont have the money to feed my mountain dew obsession or eat anywhere near as much as i was.

**shady milkman** · 03-27-2009, 09:15 AM

i took my first step...went for a 1 liter of orange juice and a apple for breakfast instead of pop and some other nasty stuff

**Mr. Luos** · 03-27-2009, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by shady milkman

i took my first step...went for a 1 liter of orange juice and a apple for breakfast instead of pop and some other nasty stuff

And I did horrible today.
Didn't sleep at all last night, so I missed my workout this morning.
Proceeded to hit up 7-11 for a Super Big Gulp of Mountain Dew....and then proceeded to eat pizza at work.

Gonna go hit the eliptical now for 35 minutes.

**GTP231** · 03-27-2009, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

And I did horrible today.
Didn't sleep at all last night, so I missed my workout this morning.
Proceeded to hit up 7-11 for a Super Big Gulp of Mountain Dew....and then proceeded to eat pizza at work.

Gonna go hit the eliptical now for 35 minutes.

Better double that slim

**Smkn_TA** · 03-27-2009, 05:02 PM

Starting my diet Sunday night. I've gained 11lbs in a month in a half wich is really really wierd because nothing's changed in my diet for a long ass time. Starting sunday, no fast food, nothing but water to drink with exception of one can of pop a week, and only one meal a day(supper) with no snacks EVERY. Working out is the suckers way...starving yourself is SOOOO much easier.

**Zapper2003** · 03-27-2009, 06:29 PM

why starve? binge-eat and puke off the pounds!

**Mr. Luos** · 03-27-2009, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by GTP231

Better double that slim

Nope.

Not today.
No biggie....gotta cheat once in a while.

**riverrat65** · 03-28-2009, 06:13 AM

starvation diets dont work.. you burn lean muscle not fat.. so you lose weight and get smaller but your body fat % doesnt drop much.. so you become a skinny fat person.. the body is a fat storage unit that is its major function.. so if you cut your cals to a real low number the body will figure out how to function on those low calories.. then when you start adding the calories again (because you have "lost" enough weight) your body will only burn the few calories its learned to live off of, and store the rest.. resulting in the yo-yo weight effect..

oh yeah.. hi

**pinky93** · 03-28-2009, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

And I did horrible today.
Didn't sleep at all last night, so I missed my workout this morning.
Proceeded to hit up 7-11 for a Super Big Gulp of Mountain Dew....and then proceeded to eat pizza at work.

Gonna go hit the eliptical now for 35 minutes.

You have really dropped the pounds bro!!

I have been trying also..... I weighed in at 264 mid-December last year and just started running every day. Hard at first, but almost necessary to me now! I have only lost 30 lbs. though, I was at 234 this morning.

What protein drink are you doing for lunch?

Keep on truckin' you are doing great!

Rick

**Hi-Po** · 03-28-2009, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by GTP231

Better double that slim

**86 IROC-Z** · 03-28-2009, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by Smkn_TA

Starting my diet Sunday night. I've gained 11lbs in a month in a half wich is really really wierd because nothing's changed in my diet for a long ass time. Starting sunday, no fast food, nothing but water to drink with exception of one can of pop a week, and only one meal a day(supper) with no snacks EVERY. Working out is the suckers way...starving yourself is SOOOO much easier.

Don't do that. Only one meal a day, I mean.

The best way to lose weight is eating 5 to 6 small meals through out the day, the total caloric value of which equals about 500 calories less than your daily maintenance calories required.

One meal a day, on the other hand, WILL make you fat, even if you're eating less than maintenance. Here's why:

Your body constantly need nutrients to operate. It expects itself to be fed routinely through out the day, and absorb the energy/nutrients for proper performance.

Well now you go and only eat once per day. At first your body is like "Huh, that's weird". Then on the second day your body is like "wtf is going on here".

(These days have no relation to the amount of time this actually happens in the body).

Now on the third day, your body says "Well it looks like this motherfucker forgot what the fuck to do. Seeing as I'm only being fed once per day, I need to store most that food energy for later use (This is what fat is, stored energy), because this asshole won't give it to me when I need it.

It sounds like backward logic if you don't know a lot about nutrition, but if you want that six-pack, eat, eat, eat, and eat some more. (While staying below your BMR of course

)

To the dismay of people who do 1000's of crunches everyday, abs are made in the kitchen.