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The Official MR Weight Loss Challenge™

exercise will make you hungrier and isn't a good way to lose weight? haha actually.

it helps burn fat, increase muscle mass, and decrease your want to actually eat food - making you full earlier.

not to mention helping just about every organ in your body + making you feel great.



a lot of people confuse being thirsty with being hungry


next time after a cardio workout then a lifting work out. drink a bottle of water after each portion.

if you do everything the CORRECT way. strech-walk-jog-walk-stretch-lift-stretch-walk

and not ok well i need to get in shape ill go run for 2 hours and come back

you WILL see results
 
I wish I had the willpower to be serious about reaching a goal regarding weight. I was 280Lbs last year and am now 258Lbs but would still like to get down to 220Lbs (I am 6'3). Losing 40lbs though is harder than it seems, and not sure I am entirely committed to the idea or the work effort.

However, good luck to all of those who are and who plan on losing the weight.
 
maestro55 said:
I wish I had the willpower to be serious about reaching a goal regarding weight. I was 280Lbs last year and am now 258Lbs but would still like to get down to 220Lbs (I am 6'3). Losing 40lbs though is harder than it seems, and not sure I am entirely committed to the idea or the work effort.

However, good luck to all of those who are and who plan on losing the weight.
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Now is the best time to start! As you get older, your body's ability to lose the weight and gain muscle is going to diminish. If the task seems particularly daunting don't approach it from a "lose 40 pounds" perspective, approach it from the angle of "I want to be 220 pounds". This would include eating the diet a 220 pound person would eat, and the moderate amount of exercising a healthy 220 pound person would engage in. It would take longer to achieve, but it would also represent a more manageable long-term change.
 
Wow, didn't know this thread existed...

It's all calorie counting and portion control, with activity.

I work for a food service company, and we have a program we sell to our clients, as well as we are encouraged to follow it ourselves:

http://www.thebalancedway.com/

Hope this encourages people, I started at 260 lbs and am down to 189 (approx 70 lbs in 60 weeks).

It takes time but it's a lifestyle, as well as quick weight loss is not healthy, and most people gain it all back and more (I was on the fad Atkins, and lost 30 lbs, and then went off and gained back 40...)

Make sure you log you calories and activity! I use the Notes App in my iPhone... :D

I can post pics if anyone is interested.
 
Congratulations. Some very good, very true points. It's all about your lifestyle. You need to exercise and eat well. A very few, lucky people can get away with one or the other but if you do both you're almost guaranteed to succeed.

I'd love to see a before and after shot!
 
side question: what is the best time to eat after sport ? (if you want to lose weight and not gain muscles) and then what kinds of food ?
and if you want to build up muscles what is the difference ?

on progress: i'm still around 152 pounds and now thanks to the better weather i'm planning to lose those last 12 pounds until end of summer
 
takao said:
side question: what is the best time to eat after sport ? (if you want to lose weight and not gain muscles) and then what kinds of food ?
and if you want to build up muscles what is the difference ?

on progress: i'm still around 152 pounds and now thanks to the better weather i'm planning to lose those last 12 pounds until end of summer
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A small amount of carbs and protein (with little to no fat) within 30 minutes of exercising is best, and at least a glass of water. If you wanted to build muscle, you'd eat a small amount of carbs and a large amount of protein within 30 minutes of exercising, along with that glass of water.
 
Not a success story. I've put on 4 kilos in the last 6 months which I am not happy about! Have totally changed up my diet (now eating small amount of museli for breakfast and low fat yoghurt instead of thick amounts of peanut butter on toast) and substituting fruit for afternoon tea instead of cheese. Am also changing my work outs in doing pump (weights class) so not doing RPM (spin) every day of the week. Hopefully this will move the scales in the right direction!
 
viccles said:
pump (weights class)
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Muscle is an active tissue, it consumes calories 24/7. When you're at rest, your body utilizes the fatty acid oxidation system; your body burns fat all day long when you're not active or only lightly active. Increasing your muscle mass directly increases the amount of fat your body will burn off to simply stay functioning.
 
Iscariot said:
Muscle is an active tissue, it consumes calories 24/7. When you're at rest, your body utilizes the fatty acid oxidation system; your body burns fat all day long when you're not active or only lightly active. Increasing your muscle mass directly increases the amount of fat your body will burn off to simply stay functioning.
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That sounds good. I don't really know where else I can cut calories. I've tried eating more, that didn't work so now I'm eating less. I'm a considerably fit person but its the scales that keep moving in the wrong direction. I'm now considering taking up another class which will take me to 7 a week but I'm not sure if I'll have the energy to sustain it. Uggh :( Sometimes I feel life was easier when I was 20 kilos heavier
 
Applespider said:
Pump is a great class - completely addictive so long as you keep pushing yourself in it and upping the weights when it gets normal.
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I actually quite liked pump. Not as much as RPM but I will definitely try to incorporate it into my workout schedule
 
How many of you have been using Nike + ? just started using it and think it is incredible!
 
Eyedn said:
How many of you have been using Nike + ? just started using it and think it is incredible!
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It's what got me into running. It was a big part of what got me into a healthy lifestyle. I've gotten a bit more serious about running since then and invested in a Garmin 405 to track my distances, but I still have very fond memories of running with Nike+. The challenges and online community surrounding Nike+ are absolutely top notch! I suggest looking around for a challenge thats around your running level, and joining. Competition can be a good thing.
 
Iscariot said:
There's a sticky about Nike + at the top of this very forum.
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Ok thanks.

rickvanr said:
It's what got me into running. It was a big part of what got me into a healthy lifestyle. I've gotten a bit more serious about running since then and invested in a Garmin 405 to track my distances, but I still have very fond memories of running with Nike+. The challenges and online community surrounding Nike+ are absolutely top notch! I suggest looking around for a challenge thats around your running level, and joining. Competition can be a good thing.
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Oh right, couldnt agree more with the online stuff. It certainly helps motivation anyway as it is so easy to see how many miles you have done ( and cals burned). aha.
 
gkarris said:
Wow, didn't know this thread existed...

It's all calorie counting and portion control, with activity.

I work for a food service company, and we have a program we sell to our clients, as well as we are encouraged to follow it ourselves:

http://www.thebalancedway.com/

Hope this encourages people, I started at 260 lbs and am down to 189 (approx 70 lbs in 60 weeks).

It takes time but it's a lifestyle, as well as quick weight loss is not healthy, and most people gain it all back and more (I was on the fad Atkins, and lost 30 lbs, and then went off and gained back 40...)

Make sure you log you calories and activity! I use the Notes App in my iPhone... :D

I can post pics if anyone is interested.
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Jan 2005, at almost 260 lbs... :eek:

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Just a couple weeks ago - 189 lbs... :D

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Keep it up! It's WELL WORTH IT!!!
 
viccles said:
That sounds good. I don't really know where else I can cut calories. I've tried eating more, that didn't work so now I'm eating less. I'm a considerably fit person but its the scales that keep moving in the wrong direction. I'm now considering taking up another class which will take me to 7 a week but I'm not sure if I'll have the energy to sustain it. Uggh :( Sometimes I feel life was easier when I was 20 kilos heavier
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There comes a point when you need to stop reading what the scales say and go by how good being healthier is making you feel and look.

If you are doing 6 classes a week you are probably building nice lean muscle. Muscle being heavier than fat could account to why it appears that you are getting heavier on the scales, when in fact you are still losing fat and getting in better and better shape.

I'm worried you are going to burn yourself out if you continue at this rate... :(
 
Iscariot said:
A small amount of carbs and protein (with little to no fat) within 30 minutes of exercising is best, and at least a glass of water. If you wanted to build muscle, you'd eat a small amount of carbs and a large amount of protein within 30 minutes of exercising, along with that glass of water.
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thanks for the advice it was just i was expecting a plateau for 1-2 weeks and i thought i need some refinements (which for me meant putting more eggs on my diet)

luckily it moved again and now i'm around 149 pounds or pretty much exactly 30 less than last year in august and i still have a month left for summer
 
If anyone has read any of Dean Karnazes books you would have probably heard about his "neanderthal diet" where you only eat foods that would have been available to a neanderthal person. So fruits, vegetables and lean meats, even trying to limit the amount of grains you consume. I tried this for two weeks and lost about 3kg (~7lbs). I didn't change anything but my diet and I didn't feel hungry.

Personally I found that too hard to stick to so I just decided to limit the amount of processed foods and refined sugars I eat and increase the amount of exercise I do. It seems to work for him, he eats 5000-6000 calories a day and has a body fat percentage for 3-4%. Though not many people can run a marathon a day for 50 days.
 
I think that it's a great thing that someone managed to start doing this 'encouraging' step towards reaching out to those in great need but does not know how to begin. Just keep up the good work and I hope that people out there may find the strength to face the challenge and keep on seeing the bright side of everything! Good luck!:D
 
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