Started at 295 pounds last June (I'm 6'2"). Began with weightlifting, cycling (for transportation), and cutting out fast food and sodas. No calorie/macro counting, just abstaining from obviously shitty food.
Got down to 255 by October. From there didn't lose any weight or gain any strength for 2 months. I must've been eating at maintenance (like I said didn't count cals/macs).
Decided I needed to track my calorie intake if I wanted to continue to lose weight. Downloaded MFP and set my goal to lose 2 pounds a week. Adjusted the macros in the app to get 35% cals from protein, 35% from carbs, and 30% from fat.
Am down to 231 now. MFP had me at 2,340 cals but I dropped it to 2,200 and kept my macros at the same %. Everyone is telling me I'm too skinny but my goal is to cut to 220, bulk 5 pounds on a clean bulk, then cut again to 210. Probably stay on a bulking/cutting cycle until I'm completely satisfied with my physique.
My only setback in my eating habits is getting my kids on the weekends. I buy them chips and snacks because they're 7 and 4 and deserve a treat, but after they go to bed I'll end up digging into their junk food and regretting it the whole time. Willpower isn't great. It's easy to eat right when I don't have the junk food around me.
We're all gonna make it guyz
Charles Carter
This is me. Also worth noting that I jumped headfirst into bodybuilding at the very beginning of my weight loss. Muscle burns fat even while you sleep. It is possible to make strength/size gains and lose weight at the beginning. When you run into a plateau you'll have to decide if building more muscle or burning fat is more important to you.
My lifts are currently at (5RM) Bench: 275 Incline Bench: 205 OHP: 155 Pull Ups: 4 Bodyweight Pendlay Rows: 185 Diddlies: 375 Squats: 275 Preacher Curl: 110 Standing Curl: 95
Nolan Gray
I'm not sure why fatties just leap up off the couch one day and decide to try and lose quick by getting super strict but every single diet/exercise program that's decent says to check with your doctor first. That said, something doesn't have to be sustainable long term if it works meantime and then they go on to something reasonable and don't regress to their old ways. If they are reasonably healthy, they can fast some and their weight + lack of endurance at first is going to restrict the amount of cardio intensity they can put in.
Let them starve and flail about a while, it won't really hurt anything.
Dylan James
Why would you need to weigh any food? It doesn't make any sense. Chicken says how much it weighs on the package. Simply divide it up in to even portions and do the math. The +/- 50 calories really isn't going to matter.
Julian Reed
Stop purging. Nothing else you do is going to help you until you can get it under control. I'd do small strict calorie-controlled meals rather than one meal with IF, one big meal feels a lot like a binge to some people where 4 smaller meals may not. It depends what's triggering you.
Xavier Cooper
Carls jr turkey burger is 500 calories. Homemade turkey burger, or lean beef, can be about the same but bigger meat.
You can fit burgers in your diet.
Ian Johnson
This is my most recent progress pic
Matthew King
Fresh fruits, fresh veg, grains, serving sizes of sauces, dressings, portion size/weight vs just eyeballing it, lots of reasons to weigh and measure. Many people are surprised how inaccurate their estimating can be, others are better at it.
People crying about it, well then don't do it. But if your weight loss stalls, that's the first thing to suspect, inaccurate calorie counting and over-estimating portion sizes.
Elijah Bailey
>Having to measure fruit/veggies They're so low calorie and you can literally just select the largest calorie sizing on myfitnesspal for fruits (apples, bananas, etc) Grain you can use a measuring cup. Who the fuck measures sauces or even uses so much sauce it'll make a different
Measuring food is autistic unless you're already a low weight trying to bulk a very specific amount in very slowly, or even cut to a really low bf% (body builders and so on). If you're unsure ALWAYS overestimate how much you're eating.
Charles Lee
>stretchers your weight was not the only mistake you made
