OMW to better health and weight.
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tim ferriss, who wrote the 4 hr wrk week... the guy has a diet/exercise regimen on his site....
i have been a college athlete. i have exercised for my whole life. blah blah blah.
i have never had a physical response anything near what i've had by following his method.
never.
some perspective on what i'm talking about.
when i was in college i could rep two plates 9x and run 2 miles in a tick or two over 11 mins.
i look fitter right now.
i have been a college athlete. i have exercised for my whole life. blah blah blah.
i have never had a physical response anything near what i've had by following his method.
never.
some perspective on what i'm talking about.
when i was in college i could rep two plates 9x and run 2 miles in a tick or two over 11 mins.
i look fitter right now.
Nope, don't smoke and don't do any drugs.
Yea I've tried a few different diets myself and nothing really worked until this one, basically I just eat as little Carbs as possible, my diet is mostly low calorie low carb protein shakes, Turkey Wraps (some even with bacon) omelettes with sliced tomato's. salads etc, no pasta, no sugar, no bread. that's about my only restraints, and I just don't eat as much as i used too.
Yea I just finished reading the 4 hour work week (second time) I'll have to check that book out ASAP.
I am on a D1 college track/XC team and I can tell you that this 15 minute BS is a complete waste of time. What is it going to accomplish? Admittedly I don't know much about running for weight loss, but running ~2 miles a day isn't going to do shit. You need to slowly increase, throw in harder workouts twice a week. Get up to 30 miles per week, then 40. That's about half of what I run. It's not nearly as hard as it sounds and you will feel great every day and be sleepy enough to get to bed at night.
It was more carb restriction then calorie restriction - thst was the point of the movie
Congrats and keep it up. Also, forget counting calories for weight loss. It's pointless. I went lo-cal from beginning of May until mid-July. 6 days a week at the gym, didn't lose an ounce. Cut out sugars and grains, 6 pounds down in a month and 15 to go! Read this book:
Running to lose weight is pretty inefficient.
Extremely rough math, but based on the calorie burning data measured by Syracuse researchers, an average guy would have to spend ~5 hours running ~33 miles at a 9:30/mile pace just to lose 1 pound.
What sumo has accomplished is the perfect example of why focusing on food intake is the better option for weight loss.
I agree with you.
Exercise is pretty much essential for maintaining weight loss. For example, the National Weight Control Registry, which tracks over 5,000 individuals who have lost significant amounts of weight and kept it off for long periods of time, found that "94% increased their physical activity."
What I disagree with is all the misinformation that frames exercise as an absolute requirement for initial weight loss.
I rolled the slow carb diet (after reading a thread on here that turned into a tardfest regarding 4 hour body) for about 45 days, went from 210 to 202, then swapped it out with slow carb for dinner but 45gram whey protein shake in almond milk and coffee for breakfast and lunch (every other day I'd have to eat another small snack a couple hours after lunch, usually some cottage cheese and avocado, because I was hungry and turn into a total asshole with low blood sugar), dropped from 202 to 197 in the first 15 days.
I wouldn't call those remarkable results, and I've seen lots of contradictory scientific "evidence" to the system, but I also didn't follow the book to all it's extremes so I don't doubt someone could drop 20 pounds in 30 days or whatever he's promising if they were willing to truly body hack themselves that massively.
Shooting for sub 190 now..
Nice man, keep it up. I used to eat fast food on a daily basis, and working 24/7 on your ass doesn't help one bit 
I rolled the slow carb diet (after reading a thread on here that turned into a tardfest regarding 4 hour body) for about 45 days, went from 210 to 202, then swapped it out with slow carb for dinner but 45gram whey protein shake in almond milk and coffee for breakfast and lunch (every other day I'd have to eat another small snack a couple hours after lunch, usually some cottage cheese and avocado, because I was hungry and turn into a total asshole with low blood sugar), dropped from 202 to 197 in the first 15 days.
I wouldn't call those remarkable results, and I've seen lots of contradictory scientific "evidence" to the system, but I also didn't follow the book to all it's extremes so I don't doubt someone could drop 20 pounds in 30 days or whatever he's promising if they were willing to truly body hack themselves that massively.
Shooting for sub 190 now..
I've stuck with the dreariness of a slow carb diet by supplementing traditional carbs (refined flours, sugars, etc) with a handful of vegan bean based products (Trader Joes.) I'm not a vegan or vegetarian, but there are some decent vegetable based/bean based products that I've grown to appreciate, and these generally complement my every meal (breakfast, lunch, and dinner.)
Do I miss sugars? Yes. Do I miss refined flour? Yes. Am I growing more and more conditioned to living without them? After a few months, it appears that way.
Most importantly you want to eat nutrition rich foods. Those that till contain minerals, vitamins and electrolytes in order to really nurture you and thus provide the best level of health.
Think raw food and organic and cut down frozen stuff and any sort of artificially made powders.
Best of success!
Think raw food and organic and cut down frozen stuff and any sort of artificially made powders.
Best of success!
No offense dude but those numbers are BS. In fact, all of these BMR & TDDE #'s you can compute online are BS. There is no way to know exactly how many calories you burn unless you lock yourself in a metabolic chamber.
Calorie counting is stupid and pointless. If you overshoot by 20 calories for for 20 years you'll end up 40 pounds heavier. Nobody can maintain that precise caloric balance. Eat one bite more of food and you're over. Walk 100 steps less and you're over.
I don't remember who it was on this forum that pointed me to this guy (see video below) but I can't thank him enough. Changed my life.
Enough with the 6-7 meals/day, whole grain only BS. There's never a shortage of nutritional advice. Everyone's a fucking expert! And yet the world is fucking fatter and more diseased than ever.
Guess what? Our ancestors didn't eat 6-7 meals/day nor did they consume grains until 10,000 years ago. They ate "artery-clogging" animal fat and fasted when they had nothing to eat. Coincidentally, they had NONE of the diseases that plague modern man today.
Enlighten yourselves...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTUspjZG-wc"]Why We Get Fat - Gary Taubes at OSUMC - YouTube[/ame]
That because there are less mother fuckers hitting the gym and more mother fuckers hitting McDonnalds. You find me someone who hits the gym regularly, eats decent, and follows that caloridic guide and not lose weight or look good.
Do you do any of that? It's not fucking rocket science.
No it's not. That's exactly what I thought up until a month ago. Watch the video by the way to see why that thinking is flawed.
My scenario:
6'1" - 201 lbs. - was trying to get down to 180 since beginning of May. I ate between 1,800 - 2,200 cals/day; high carb, moderate protein, low fat (i.e. the American Heart Association recommended diet).
Exercise: 3 days a week resistance training; 3 days a week HIIT (running on the treadmill). Also, I live in the center of Boston and walk everywhere to the tune of 4-6 miles/day. Weight loss up until July 11th. ZERO. Yes, fucking 0 after 2.5 months.
Oh, and by the way, with that amount of activity and eating habits, I should be the poster child of the AHA. But low and behold, my blood test last month showed I'm hypercholesterolemic (fantastic).
One month ago, I was introduced to Gary Tabues and the real reasons we gain weight. I cut out carbs: no sugars, grains, potatoes, or rice.
I eat like a PIG - all the foods that are supposed to be unhealthy (steak, bacon, eggs, etc...) I'm never hungry, and I'm down 7 lbs. since July 11th.
Weight loss is not rocket science but it's not about calories in vs. calories out either. A calorie is not just a calorie because of the different hormonal responses it elicits (i.e. carbs spike insulin which leads to fat storage; you can't lose weight if you have high levels of insulin).
Again, watch the video.
You get an offical my bad. Also no I didn't watch the video.
I don't know why I thought you where saying something different, I agree with you 100%. I personally eat a pretty high protein diet, although I do keep some carbs around, wheat pasta or bread. Although I'm not just in it for weight loss, over the last few months I haven't lost a ton a weight, but I have put on muscle and dropped body fat, so it's a win. I lift and do cardio 4-5 times a week. Depends what you're going after, but should be effective either way.
I've been eating healthy and exercising for 5 weeks now and lost 20lb.
I stick to about 1800 calories a day, exercise at least 3 times a week and always have breakfast. and NEVER eat after 8pm, seriously.
I feel so much healthier.
The only think i will say, no one will ever lose weight if they're not in "the zone" it should be the only thing you think about constantly (except IM of course). Once in the frame of mind, it's so easy.
I stick to about 1800 calories a day, exercise at least 3 times a week and always have breakfast. and NEVER eat after 8pm, seriously.
I feel so much healthier.
The only think i will say, no one will ever lose weight if they're not in "the zone" it should be the only thing you think about constantly (except IM of course). Once in the frame of mind, it's so easy.