That's impressive! Congrats.

I ate half a chicken (around 1200 calories, or so it says) last night after going to the gym. I don't think I'd ever be able to eat only 1200 in a day. My workout buddy on the other hand eats over 1500 calories in every meal and he's in tip top shape.

 

Maybe for a girly-man like you

I should have said going below 1200 causes, or can cause, lots of problems.

Still, that is not much food. The lowest most of you will need would be something like 1500/day. Most people can lose very fast on 2000/day if they're hitting the gym at the same time.

 

I only suggest it while loosing weight. Oh and

 

What the hell!

Is that you man! Shit, you look great!

Nice job bro.

Booyakasha!

 

If they weren't going to the gym, what would you recommend?

 

Oh and congrats Amir

 

:word: I cant seem to find meals and all. I am not creative. And i know it will mean a whole new grocery(sp) list. And its hard with 3 others in the family. And also work. Its a 9-5 work day for me. Cant do the middle run. meaning it might have to hour in morning and hour at night then.. huh..



Again, can you post when you have a chance, your meals and details. I know it was said that all you did was push ups and run. Were u able to run the full 20 mins. I know i cant last running for 20 mins. there will be some walking involved. ..in those 20 mins. how many miles would you say you ran?

 

you can prob start by walking if ur not in good shape. THAT much I know for sure. Fat burning HR for me is about 128 BPM. I can get that on a steap incline walking fast. U'd be suprised how much cals u can burn in an hour doing that. Just watch ur fav TV show or bring a video ipod to the gym!

I need a grocery list. I cannot stand carrots just thought I'd throw that in! :P

 

damn amir that's fuckin great! the last pic i saw of you didnt look anywhere near 300 lbs...did you put all that on in just a year or two? Post some before pics!

 

Here is the only video I had of you from the trip.

For those that don't know,
Of the three guys rolling the ball down the bowling alley, hes the one in the middle.

 

I haven't seen any "before" pics...ever....Regardless, I'm super happy for you! Try not to be *too* strict with yourself these next few months or you'll body will find a way of revolting. Nicer weather will give you tons of exercise options---football, soccer, baseball, basketball, ultimate frisbee.... so that might help with some of the cardio boredom. Again, congrats, Amir!!!!

 

hes the guy in the middle
http://home.comcast.net/~mantis6661/...o/MOV00045.MPG

 

 

Try 2000/day anyways. If you really eat that much every day, you should see weight loss on the scale.

If you don't try 1500/day.

 

yes because i can tell so much by a darkened video of cosmic bowling

 

did not know cosmic bowling existed until just now. wierd shit.

 

Thanks again for your help. I absolutely know that calories are calories at all times. Many many nights i would eat a nice carb based meal like 10 minutes before bed, and had no problem or reduction in progress on the scale whatsoever. However, i prefer to use up my daily caloric intake during the earlier hours since I need the energy a bit more.

Whole wheat tuna sandwhich sounds like the goods! Thanks again for your help.

 

very very easy, especially when you break it down to 4-6 meals (snacks really). it helps keep you full that way, water helps, diet pepsi if u feel like overeating. This causes your metabolism to always be active as well.

I stuck to Lean Cuisine, you can live off that stuff and conveniently lose weight while having the luxury of eating 4 different meals a day that would take you forever to cook. I know its not that appealing, but during weight loss, adjustments need to be made so you dont get out of habit. Obviously now that im done, im also done with lean cuisine, but i'l still have them for a meal that i have no time to cook for. I did however sprinkle potassium salt substitute on everything as well as cayenne peppers on EVERYTHING. Spicy food boosts metabolism too.

My favorite is the lean cuisine pizza or the lifestyle pizza brand....with hot sauce..tastes GREAT.

EAting that many calories may also cause your metabolism to slow down, so you MUST workout daily to keep it up there. I did it 3 times a day. Also, refeed on sundays, this cycles your caloric intake, which although some people argue is pointless, or of little significance, DID help me take off the last 15lbs at a good rate. It's also about balance, if you deprive yourself from all tasty food, you will not be able to control yourself once you are off the diet.

My refeed days were about 3000-3500 calories per day, mainly made up of good carbs, low fat. Once a week, I also made a nice 12oz T-bone steak.

 

7 8 months ago? somethin like that.

 

no real workout routine, i just do push ups twice a week and cardio 3 times a day for 20 minutes. just creating a caloric deficiency works fine, i didnt look at carbs, protein or fat, just calories. Of course now thats going to change because of the muscle training im getting into.

 

You arent missing much.

 

about the metabolism slowing, i was constant all thru out the weight loss with my weekly loss...all the way up to about 15lbs ago when it got harder to continue, till i started doing the refeeds and push ups.

 

again, lean cuisine can be your friend...while your on a diet.


ONE very important thing to take into consideration is sodium affects on your body. With low cal, and the amount of sodium found in cold cuts, packaged meals, soup, etc, your body will easily hold on to water, especially if you dont drink enough of it. This is why MANY MANY people get discouraged early into weight loss once they see the scale hasnt moved, or even went up! Tracking sodium levels eliminates this problem. You are STILL losing weight, even if the scale goes up, it just takes a couple days for your body to adjust.

 

Im definetly not being strict. Thanks for the advice. i look forward to basketball!

 

All the more reason to drink lots and lots of water.

 

zeroday, get out of your box

 

I always avoided Lean Cusine because of high calories and fat

 

Wow! 130 lbs in 7 months! That's dedication to weight loss! Now go have a beer since you probably didn't touch any in the past 7 months

 

Dang thay's crazy, that's almost 20lbs each month. All I can say is 'WOW'. U are a great inspiration for a lot of people.

 

wow. now i feel fat

 

fixed. we have no cosmic bowling round these here parts.

and

 

trying not to sound :ghey: here, but your arms look pretty big for just doing pushups twice a week. How many were you doing? What else are you doing for you arms now?

 

Impressive

 

actually got wasted every weekend.lol
thanks

 

hey man, its shocking to me too.
i swear i had not done ANYTHING except pushups. my cardio was mainly jogging and elyptical machine

 

Me too

 

good job amir.... i WAS proud of myself for losing 15lbs in the past few months...

 

this is definitely a motivation good job man keep it up

i also on my way down the fat ladder

from 264 ---> 246 still climbing down

 

Great job Amir

 

Guess I am going to have to give up on trying to keep my muscle and just focus on cardio It's gonna be hard but I see most of you lose it that way and usually I am too tired to lift when I do cardio so I cut back on it. Great Job amir...get those before pictures up.