good luck to ya’ and if you never get “ripped” so what just by working out and looseing some wt. you will feel soooooo much better. from personal exp. I think it is GOOD to get bored w/your diet, anytime I try to loose wt. I stick to the same food all the time, it kinda makes me less likely to overeat. again GOOD LUCK peace
My best results were gained by training hard in the weight room, incorporating the “40 yard dash” as my cardio ( with a twist, though…try it up hills!) and lowering my carbs + raising the protein. I got a calendar, chose a definite starting date, and marked off every day for eight weeks. The results were noticeable to me by 4 weeks, comments from friends by 6. You couldn’t keep a shirt on me.
The point is, keep it simple, stick to the good stuff, and it may take longer than 8 weeks, but at least your friends won’t be asking “Who ate all the pies…?” Right?
Congrats on making the decison to turn your life around… I was in the same boat as you were… at 20 years old, 6 foot 2 i balooned up to 330#'s and who knows what my body fat was… Then I said thats enough… It was a long and hard road for me… I did not know to much about supplements at the time but I just concentrated on my diet (KISS… Keep it simple stupid) and started regualr exercising… well after all the determination and hard work I got down to a scrawny 178 pounds… which is 152 pounds lost… Now Im definetly trying to get on the gaining size… this is me now… http://profiles.yahoo.com/solareclipz … (at around 195# that pic is 3 weeks old)… IM around 203# (just turned 23 years old)now and just trying to gain some size… Thinking of adding tribex500 into the mix… I currently mostly do ZMA and protein shakes and try to take in roughly 2000-2500 calories and work out preety religiously… just keep at it and youll see results in time…
peace out
-Solareclipz
Well, some of you told me to update on my progress, so that’s what I’m doing. So far, I am down 10 pounds of pure fat. Body weight is in constant flux due to water weight changing, so some days I am down 20 pounds and some days I am down 12 pounds, but the trend is definately heading the right direction! I’ve been keeping a pretty detailed log of everything and based on what seems to have worked best for me, I’m now on a T-Dawg/FatFast hybrid. I am basically fat-fasting, but after my workout I consume a Myoplex and 8 ounces of plain natural yogurt. The carbs in this meal have helped my workouts and general mental state out immensley, and the yogurt helps add a little protein and tames the insulin spike of all that maltodextrin. I know that a big insulin spike after training is supposed to be good, but when I eat practically zero carbs the rest of the day, the crash after that big spke makes me feel like shit and triggers my body’s carb cravings big-time. This combination of fatfast and t-dawg sounds good to me and has proven very effective, thus far.
Wow…let me first say that there was this dude that posted on the steroid side for a few weeks saying he was 140lbs over fat and wanted to do some deca…He got pissed on from head to toe. You my friend…Have the right attitude. I only have one tip, because I have never really been over 15% body fat but I am sure it will help. you are a creature of habit as we all are…Just ask yourself every day a thousand times a day…“WHERE WILL I BE TEN YEARS FROM NOW?” Take a minute to picture it. how much money will you be making? What will you look like? What will your relationships be like? How will your attitude be? Picture it EVERYDAY.
Would you post exactly what you’re consuming at each meal calories/breakdown/etc? Also your workout and duration of cardio? I’m trying to do something similar and having no results. I’ll be going more hardcore when I get my own t2 and md6 soon. 'Preciate it.
Aikigreg- Exactly what I am doing? Sure… but this will be a long post :o)
I get up at 4:30am and take MD6x2, T2x1 & Vitamin C (1,000mg) with about 32 ounces of water. At 5:00-ish I hit the gym and do a workout similar to TC’s modified German Body Comp from his “Bowl Full of Jelly” article. At first I thought that workout sounded kinda lame… let me tell ya… it kicketh mine ass every single time. After I finish the GBC workout, I do 30 minutes on a stationary bike with the resistance between 4-7 (depending on if I lifted with legs that day), I try to keep the pedal RPM at about 80.
Immediately after my workout I blend a Myoplex with 8 ounces of water and 8 ounces of plain, natural, nonfat yogurt. The yogurt is pretty low GI and helps me handle the carbs better... that, and it tastes yummy. The only reason I make a point to buy natural yogurt is that most name brands are thickened with gelatin (pectin) and not really cultured like real yogurt, the cultures in "real" yogurt are good for your gut (digestion-wise). After the Myoplex I take my vitamins (Multiple, B complex, E, Chromium) and then I relax for about 15 minutes while I drink a cup of coffee with 7 grams of creatine in it, prior to going to work.
During the day I drink nothing but low-carb protein shakes and Udo’s Choice (for food, not counting supps). For the remainder of the day (after my post-workout meal), I pretty much follow Brock’s original fat-fast regimen… 50% of cals from fat, 50% from protein. I use the calorie guidelines that Brock laid out in his first fat-fast article, and I DO count my post-workout meal’s calories in my allowed total, however, I do NOT count the protein or fat… just because I’m lazy, no good reason. Doing this throws off the original fat-fast calorie guidelines because the carbs in my post-workout shake, but I’m not getting hung up over it.
I supplement with MD6x2 and T2x1 two more times during the day, about four hours apart (so I total 6 MD6 and 3 T2 each day). Sometimes I'll take a fourth T2 (with no MD6) at around 6:30 PM (not breaking my 4 hour spacing 'rule'), because it doesn't mess up my sleeping like MD6 does.
Sometimes in the evening I will eat a couple fried eggs and a couple bacon strips, but when I do, I ALWAYS count the calories/fat/protein in my totals for the day and do not let myself go over those. If one more serving of either protein or oil will put me over my daily limit of calories, I just go without it.
Food breakdowns:
Myoplex- 280cals/2fat/24carbs/42pro
8 oz nonfat plain yogurt- 120cals/0fat/17carbs/12pro
1 scoop Advanced Protein- 110cals/2fat/2carbs/20pro
1 scoop MaxPro (protein powder)- 120cals/1.5fat/1.5carbs/30pro
1 Tblsp. Udo’s Choice Oil- 135cals/14.5fat/0carbs/0pro
1 large egg- 70cals/4.5fat/1carbs/6pro
Bacon- read package, slice size, carb content (really have to watch that on some brands) varies by brand.
This week (today) I started taking the new Methoxy7 (1 Tablespoon, 2xday), so we’ll see how that changes things.
You have absolutely GOT to keep a food/supplement/body composition log. IMHO a log of all your foods & supplements, when you take them, the macronutrient breakdowns for them and your bodyweight/bodyfat (weekly or bi-weekly, daily weighing seems a little obsessive to me) is far more important that a training log, especially if your goal is fat loss.
Hope this info might help. You’re having no success? What are you doing/eating? Are you “cheating”? I’ve realized over the past four weeks just how RIGHT ON John Berardi was when he posted to me that I shouldn’t take “free” days. Every time I try, no matter how much moderation I think I am using, I fall off the wagon. IF I allow “carb ups” at all in the future, I will limit it to either oatmeal, brown rice or fresh green veggies on saturdays… but for now, I plan on no “free” days.
Thanks wadeley, this wil help me give a bit more structure if and when I decide to do what you’re doing.
It’s been a month already, huh? Congratulations are definately in order. Let me ask you though: Are you not having ANY solid meals other than the occasional bacon and eggs? No salads or chicken or anything???
Aikigreg- I forgot to mention fiber. I take from 2-4 servings of unflavored psyllium husks every day. I don’t mind the flavor of it (I’m half cow, maybe that’s why). If you can’t shit, it’s hard to lose weight.
In answer to your question. I usually eat more solid foods during the week… or I have been, anyway. It’s never that I “Plan” to, I just get stuck at the office really late and have no more shakes to drink, so I may hit McDonald’s and eat the meat and cheese from a cheeseburger or something. Of course I’ve failed miserably a couple times and eaten junk food for two or three days before I come to my senses and get back on plan. However, I’m finding that the longer I do this diet, the less tempting that is for me and the easier it is to get back on track when I blow it. Usually this happens late in the evening and I think it’s because I haven’t taken any MD6 in a while and the anti-carb-craving effects of the 5-HTP have worn off. For this reason, I’m planning on buying a bottle of plain 5-HTP this week, I can take one of those in the evenings at 6:00 or 7:00 and hopefully that will keep me sane until bed.
Of course chicken would be fine, but I have eated enough plain chicken breast in the past year to make me sick of it for a while… I was never that fond of it to begin with… unless it’s breaded and fried (which sort of defeats the purpose). The bacon and eggs work good for me because they are nearly carb free and help me get some fat from a source other that chugging oil… it’s just for variety, and I love bacon and eggs. You could have some hard cheese or very lean meat (like flank steak or chicken breasts)… as long as you count what you eat in your log and don’t go over your daily goals for calories, fat, carbs, protein… you’re fine.
Wadely, I may have read it wrong but you mentioned that during the day you drink nothing but protein shakes.
A good idea maybe to try to drink a gallon or possibly more, of water a day. It’ll help speed your metabolism a bit, try to keep it cold. Your body will work a lil harder to warm it up. May not be a real body changer, but hey… every lil bit helps right?
Guess I wasn’t specific enough. What I meant was that the only food I consumed during the day were protein shakes and oil. I didn’t think of mentioning how much water I drink. I drink 2 to 3 gallons a day, sometimes more. That does make a world of difference. I think that sedentary people should drink a gallon a day, but if you work out or work a manual labor type job, you should definately drink more. My wife weighs 114 pounds and she drinks nearly 2 gallons every day. That’s just water, not counting any milk or diet soda or anything in that. Shakes, or the water that I mix creatine or coffee or fiber into doesn’t count either.
Kinda weird, now that I am used to about 3 gallons a day, if I drink as little at 2 gallons, I feel parched and bloated. Water is a MUST,I just didn't think to mention it. As I am sure I forgot to mention other things, like ALA and Folic Acid. oh well. oops