The Diet thread

[Forrestandjen07]

So I have just started my diet a couple weeks agao.

Trying to lose about 70 lbs

atleast 30 of that by the end of july

what are you doing to help you lose weight?

I Have Replaced soda with Diet V8 fruit juice, Eat Light Chicken noodle soup for lunch, and try my hardest to not eat again after dinner.

Oh I also eat general mills cereal to help with my cholesteroal.

and Lots of excersise. I think maybe I have lost 3lbs sense starting, but no scale to make that official.

and the Gf I believe is getting me a wii for my birthday, to help make excersiing atleast fun

[Crim122]

I have cut out fast food and soda and have lost about 10 pounds.

If you eat healthy, drink a lot of water and excercise you should shed weight pretty fast I would think.

do A LOT of cardio.

[Aaron]

You post a lot of threads.

[silversnake]

Originally Posted by Aaron

You post a lot of threads.

Like he's the only one . . .

[Teabaggins]

don't go by weight, go more by measurements and body fat level. weight alone can be misleading.

also, even though the V8 you are drinking is better than soda it is still loaded with sugar, carbs, and calories so keep that in mind. small things like that can keep you from optimal weight loss especially early on in the process.
water is the safest way to go, good luck

[ZackL]

Originally Posted by Forrestandjen07

So I have just started my diet a couple weeks agao.

Trying to lose about 70 lbs

atleast 30 of that by the end of july

what are you doing to help you lose weight?

I Have Replaced soda with Diet V8 fruit juice, Eat Light Chicken noodle soup for lunch, and try my hardest to not eat again after dinner.

Oh I also eat general mills cereal to help with my cholesteroal.

and Lots of excersise. I think maybe I have lost 3lbs sense starting, but no scale to make that official.

I am into bodybuilding and I am also in my seventh year of MMA (muay thai, BJJ) so cutting weight is a pretty easy task for me. The best way to cut weight and keep it off is not to diet, but to life style change. If you are interested, there are a few things you can do that will easily make you lose 2.5lbs a week in the least assuming you are over 200 right now.

1. Eat some type of protein and some type of green with every meal.

2. Completely cut out all caloric beverages aside from occasional milk. That means water, and a moderate amount of diet soda.

3. Six hours before bed, try to avoid ingesting carbohydrates. That doesn't mean don't eat carbs.

4. Don't try not eating after dinner. Eat small meals throughout the day, not because its good for metabolism but because it will stave off the urge to go insane after dinner because your hungry again 4 hours later. Space meals and make them small to keep yourself satisfied.

5. Jogging can never touch the benefits of weight training (not doing 25 reps of light weight) and High Intensity Interval Training. (HIIT), which means for example:

Run 30 seconds
Walk 1 minute
Run 30 seconds
Walk 1 minute
Run 1 minute
Walk 2 minutes

etc etc.

Good Luck

[Crim122]

You should try to make your own juice too

[pacificvibes]

Originally Posted by Crim122

I have cut out fast food and soda and have lost about 10 pounds.

Fast food is easy for me to cut out of my diet, I hate the stuff but soda, man that will be hard.

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by pacificvibes

Fast food is easy for me to cut out of my diet, I hate the stuff but soda, man that will be hard.

I was drinking up to 3 cokes a day, and it was hard to cut out but I have done it. I tried to drink one soda for like a victory for kicking it, I could not finish it haah

[pacificvibes]

Yeah I drink 2-3 cans of diet pepsi a day. God its like a drug

[silversnake]

Originally Posted by pacificvibes

Fast food is easy for me to cut out of my diet, I hate the stuff but soda, man that will be hard.

You can't go cold turkey on soda, especially if you drink a lot of it. I used to drink a lot ( 3-5 a day) and I gradually drank less and less. The point is to drink less and less and eventually you won't like the taste as much as you used too and you'll drink almost none.

I tried stopping cold turkey but would get these bad headaches and get cranky but I gradually stopped and replaced with water and now I only get a soda when I go out to eat which is pretty rare.

[Go Blue]

Originally Posted by Aaron

You post a lot of threads.

Who? Crim or Forrest or both? I don't think either one is out of control.

[Crim122]

I do 3/4 unsweet 1/4 sweet tea for my caffeine

[pacificvibes]

Originally Posted by silversnake

You can't go cold turkey on soda, especially if you drink a lot of it. I used to drink a lot ( 3-5 a day) and I gradually drank less and less. The point is to drink less and less and eventually you won't like the taste as much as you used too and you'll drink almost none.

I tried stopping cold turkey but would get these bad headaches and get cranky but I gradually stopped and replaced with water and now I only get a soda when I go out to eat which is pretty rare.

Thats exactly what happened to me, I almost passed out at school one day, not cool. Well I hard one can today for lunch and I try and have H20 for dinner.

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by schultz

Who? Crim or Forrest or both? I don't think either one is out of control.

Are you nuts? I post over 25 posts a day, I have no life!

[Forrestandjen07]

Originally Posted by Aaron

You post a lot of threads.

and?

[mikejet]

Excercise > Dieting

[pacificvibes]

Originally Posted by Crim122

Are you nuts? I post over 25 posts a day, I have no life!

HAHAHAHAHA at least he admitted to it

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by pacificvibes

HAHAHAHAHA at least he admitted to it

I was being sarcastic...

[silversnake]

Originally Posted by pacificvibes

Thats exactly what happened to me, I almost passed out at school one day, not cool. Well I hard one can today for lunch and I try and have H20 for dinner.

I bought a watercooler and that was a great decision. I only drink water when it's really cold and since it's always there for me to drink I end up drinking more and more. Try using the soft drink as a "reward" and you'll see that when you drink less and less you won't be used to the sugar as much and you will have trouble finishing it.