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Losing Weight

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Toasty.
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i know a lot of people will not care about this because so many people on here are skinny as fuck already. But this thread is more for the chubbers on NS, or people that just want to shed a few pounds, even though this diet is more for people that really want to lose weight. Like myself.

But some of you may have seen my pic in LM, i have just recently gone on a weight loss journey and have lost 45 lbs to the day.

I worked out and tried to eat healthy obviously, but it just wasnt working as well as i wanted. So i talked to my good friend who is on a diet right now, called HCG. Some of you may have herd of it, some not.

But what it is, is you take these drops 4 times day that open up your metabolism and starts to take out all the fat from your body. These drops also are make you feel full, and a good thing why it does this is because on this diet, you are on a 500 calorie a day diet. Yup, only 500 calories, but with these drops and the food you eat, doesnt make you ever feel hungry.

So i went on this diet May 1st and the first 2-3 days were hell, it is really hard to get used to eating such a small amount of food in a day. But it is damn worth it in the end. And on this diet they say you are not supposed to work out..... which is completely strange to me. but if you work out to much, your body will go into starvation mode, and instead of getting rid of all the fat, it just keeps all the fat because your body thinks you are starving. But i didnt listen to that, i cant stand paying a monthly membership to YMCA and not use it. So everyday i ran a mile, and did very low weights for about 10-20 mins.

Whats also good about running everyday was that i have dropped 3.5 minutes off my mile time, so that was another awesome thing to notice.

Last thing, this diet you can only get from doctors and you will spend about 600 bucks for the liquid in a shot form... or you can buy it at MaxxNutrition like i did. DONT buy it at walmart or anything else.. IT WILL NOT WORK.

So yep, anybody that has anymore questions about it or losing weight, im your man. I will be off the drops for good now and will be on a maintenance phase where i slowly start to introduce fats, and oils and bread and everything else.

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Me May 1st
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Me 6 weeks later 45 lbs down
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-Cory
Jun 10 2012 10:21PM
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ChaseW
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congrats man
Jun 16 2012 5:09PM
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DUKES
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For those that are just maintaining your weight (i know everyone is different due to metabolisms) but how many calories do you try to eat in a day. Mine ranges about 2000-2300 per day.
Jun 16 2012 10:01PM
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Anathema
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yeah, and if you want to cut a pound a week you need to slash 3500 calories a week. so 500 per day. 1000 per day for 2 pounds a week.

i think i'm around 2250 given my age and body weight, give or take. so 1750 per day to lose a pound per week. very doable, especially with exercise. you just need to cut out those awful fucking 1000 calorie fat kid meals at your favorite fast food place and lose the filler foods at night when you're just snacking. another big difference is drinking water instead of juice. a glass of juice has like 150 calories in it, at least. cut out 3 glasses of juice and there's your 500 calories for the day.

i dont even know why im discussing this. that's my inner kinesiologist coming out. hurry for a shitty degree that's really only good enough to make me a nutritionist, gym teacher, trainer, or to use for a stepping stone into something better.

guhhhhh.

cool story, anathema. super cool yo.
Jun 16 2012 10:06PM
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selkirks
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Congrats to the OP on the weight loss.

I would also add a word of caution. Such extreme diets do work, but, as pointed out above, can have the negative effect of causing a huge loss in muscle mass. Which is just as unhealthy.

So yeah. Just know that, because once you are down to your goal weight, you are going to want to switch to more of a maintenance or bulking diet in order to cleanly regain that muscle mass.

And calories in vs. calories out is absolutely correct.
Jun 16 2012 10:34PM
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.ZT.
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relevant?

Jun 16 2012 10:51PM
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lorax
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that's awesome man, keep up the good work.
Jun 16 2012 11:00PM
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DUKES
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yeah a couple years ago i weighed in at 215 at 6'3" then i lost 55 pounds within 5 months under extreme dieting and i lost muscle along with fat.....a lot lot of muscle so now im all boney at 6'4" 156lbs. my problem now is i cant stop counting calories and it causes me to be less free since i need to gain some more i just can't get my head around it. I may need professional help
Jun 16 2012 11:38PM
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selkirks
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Eat more than your caloric maintenance. And lift. Typically the big compound lifts (bench press, squats, deadlifts...).

You can calculate your caloric maintenance here:
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Counting calories isn't bad as long as you're counting them correctly. You want to make sure to intake probably 200-300 calories more than your maintenance level to gain. Or just at maintenance for maintenance.
Jun 17 2012 4:39AM
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californiagrown
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calorie calculators arent all that accurate.

just take a look at what you are currently eating, and add another meal in there. if you arent putting on a few pounds within two weeks, bump up the amount of food you are eating.

for me, i have to eat around 1000 more calories per day to start gaining weight from my current physique, but eating just 500 less will start me losing quickly.
Jun 17 2012 12:55PM
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Toasty.
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hit the 50lb mark yesterday
Jun 30 2012 3:20AM
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Bmo.
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congrats man thats awesome!
Jun 30 2012 9:21AM
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Anathema
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im down to 165-167 from 173-175, but i think the most important part of that is ive been gaining a lot of muscle, too. bench is up 30lbs, squat is up 40, rows are up 30, preacher curl up 15, and most importantly my fitness level is better than it has been in a while. i used to cycle or job for like 15 minutes on an easy setting and be at like 170bmp heart rate, now i can go for like 30-45, work up a good sweat on a higher setting and hover around 150-155bpm without being completely gassed. it really shows too just out in the world and being active. i have so much more energy than i did before.

feels good, yo. i can understand why exercising gets addicting for people. it's like youre constantly challenging yourself seeing if this next week you're going to step it up even more. then that confidence just continues to build and it start to feel like you really need that and enjoy committing to something that you see results from. plus, i love the quiet time. i just go alone, go at my pace, listen to some beats, and forget about everything else. getting into that zone and focusing on you for a while feels great.
Jun 30 2012 9:53AM
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Steezy_P
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Congrats! It's good to see people wanting to get out of old lifestyles. Growing up, I was always a bigger kid, but of course was always told that it was just baby fat, and that it would go away. Anyways, I was up to 183 last year, and I play soccer... so not a lot of that weight is muscle. So, given, I was a pretty chunky kid. I was finally pissed off at myself enough to say "I need to lose this."

I began to just immediately watch what I ate. I cut down from 2-3 diet sodas a day to 1, and eventually 1 a week. I knew that if I wanted to start on varsity soccer, I couldn't outweigh my whole team put together. So, with that, I pushed harder to lose weight over the summer. And now after a year I have lost 32 pounds!

The trickiest part is actually keeping it off though. My last major weight drop was in December, so its been about 6 months of keeping a steady weight. My two precedents are weigh yourself a lot and simply watch what you eat!

Congrats again though TOASTY. that is really great!
Jun 30 2012 10:10AM
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Toasty.
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basically in the same boat. I still weigh more than you obviously but i can lift more, do pull ups easier. Ran a 5k the other day in 29 mins. (not sure if thats good or bad, basically got home from work and said fuck it I'm gonna run one.) And that feeling of accomplishment was pretty damn amazing when i was done.

And yea, i like going to the gym and i now know what people mean when they say they like working out.
Jun 30 2012 10:13AM
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Toasty.
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And my goal by the end of the summer is to get to 200lbs. I am at 225 now and would like to get to 200, but maybe gain some weight in muscle.
Jun 30 2012 10:15AM
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jblaski
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I saw this on Facebook, right after reading your post. Thought it fit pretty well.
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Jun 30 2012 5:27PM
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Toasty.
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Thats so correct! Im realizing that like all the time now
Jul 1 2012 3:15AM
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Spinoza
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2 summers ago I lost 55lbs in a month. was lookin sexy GOML
Jul 1 2012 10:28AM
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norton.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH5TMCR8etc

good job man
Jul 3 2012 7:45PM
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snow_biz
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Good job Corey! Lookin like a stud!
Jul 3 2012 8:39PM
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ISellMeth
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Woot Woot.
Jul 3 2012 8:42PM
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Toasty.
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Scott is dat you?? but thanks man, and thanks kyler
Jul 4 2012 3:46AM
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ISellMeth
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You're welcome. Your a powerful man now.
Jul 4 2012 3:34PM
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ISellMeth
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You're welcome. You're a powerful man now.
Jul 4 2012 3:35PM
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Toasty.
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i saw a bunch of girls from my high school our here in germany tonight, and they were like damnnn!
Jul 4 2012 4:31PM
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Lansfield
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I dont know why i haven't clicked on this thread before, but congrats dude! Good for you, I always hear its a very difficult process, but you handled it awesome!
Jul 4 2012 4:33PM
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Toasty.
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Thanks man!

And to people that kept saying I'm just gonna gain it all back, I'm not.. i keep losing cause i did actually change my lifestyle... yea imagine that.
Jul 4 2012 4:36PM
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Anathema
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jea im down to 163 and can officially bench more than my body weight.

i like it.

but i still have a ways to go to catch my brother. dude is 155lbs and benches 225. christ.

Jul 4 2012 5:06PM
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Toasty.
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thats awesome. I dont have a spotter anymore since i came back to Ger so i don't bench, just free weights. And my max before i left was like 155 i think. Chicken shit..
Jul 4 2012 6:16PM
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Squidles
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Basically it comes down to calories vs calories burned.

Eat healthily and exercise. The exercise raises metabolism which will burn Calories faster. Don't just do cardio, make sure you vary your exercise programme. E.g. Include going to the gym and hitting some weights. Muscle has a much higher metabolism than fat and therefore the more muscle you have the more energy your body requires.

You should never just 'diet' and not exercise. This will actually cause muscle wastage, as your body begins to break down your muscles for energy. This actually slows down your metabolism as you no longer have the muscle mass, which is raising your metabolsim in the first place. So as soon as you come off the diet, you put weight on rapidly as it doesn't have that extra muscle burning energy in the first place.
Jul 4 2012 8:57PM
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Toasty.
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that has been covered many times in the past 4 pages
Jul 5 2012 2:05AM
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Negro_Jesus
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took me a month, all i did was run every day for half an hour. No diet changes or anything
Jul 5 2012 3:52AM
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Toasty.
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55 down.

not sure if i already said this, i am no longer on this diet. i am just continuing to lose weight how everyone in the thread said to do.
Jul 10 2012 3:32PM
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Bmo.
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Came home from college at 180, saw this thread and decided to change that. Weighed in this morning after a big breakfast at 169.6

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Aug 9 2012 11:45AM
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H8CH
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Awesome work!

Now you can crush your running PB's! Losing weight helps your speed so much... try running a mile carrying a 20lb weight now... exactly...

Aug 9 2012 11:58AM
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