Post your diet and workout plans here

[Surfah]

Jay, will your workout/diet plan get me strong enough to do this (@1:15)

LMK.

That is insane.

[Walter Sobchak]

Jay, will your workout/diet plan get me strong enough to do this (@1:15)

LMK.

[Uncle Ted]

A head concussion and emergency surgery... I lost about 20 lbs in about two to three weeks. I guessing it is not the best way to lose weight, however. So far I have only gained a few pounds back.

[Vic Vega]

Good job. I totally and completely agree that diet is more important than exercise, in terms of fat loss. Something to also understand when looking at the scale, is the effect of water weight. Your water weight can swing 3-5 lbs pretty easily based on your calories especially your carbs. It's typical to lose 8 lbs on the scale the first week after a crash diet, and maybe 5 of that is water and 3 is fat loss. So keep that in mind that you won't continue to see a straight line of weight loss like that if you include the water weight loss.

I would be happy with 2lbs a week. It probably took me 6 months to gain that, so 1 week to drop it sounds like a great trade.

Does anybody know why eating less calories makes your body drop water? It seems like an odd reaction, but I know that it happens.

EDIT: Here is the answer I found online from a completely non credible(to me) source, but it sounds good.

"During the first few weeks of weight loss due to dieting, a rapid drop in pounds is normal according to the Mayo Clinic. When you reduce your caloric intake, your body gets its needed energy by releasing and utilizing its stores of glycogen, which is a type of carbohydrate found in the muscles and the liver. Glycogen holds onto water, so when glycogen is used and burned up for energy, it also releases the water it holds onto. This is about 4 grams for every gram of glycogen. This results in the initial "water weight" loss that accompanies early weight loss from dieting and calorie restriction."

http://www.fitsugar.com/What-Does-Me...eight-14968229

[cougjunkie]

One of my wife's riding buddies (a 50 year-old woman) not only rides 120-150 miles a week but has also been doing Crossfit regularly for the past two or three years. On their ride this morning, she said she had decided to do the Crossfit Paleo Challenge again (she had done it two years ago). She doesn't want to lose much weight, but had been a little bummed she had only lost three pounds in the past two years. However, after the initial program testing earlier this week, she learned that he had lost 12% body fat, dropping from 26% (which is still pretty good for a woman) to just over 14%. She's still going forward with the program, after which she will likely kill us all.

That's the diet hunter pence used and he is the first Giant in the 20-20 club since Barry Lamar Bonds. It must work.

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[PaloAltoCougar]

One of my wife's riding buddies (a 50 year-old woman) not only rides 120-150 miles a week but has also been doing Crossfit regularly for the past two or three years. On their ride this morning, she said she had decided to do the Crossfit Paleo Challenge again (she had done it two years ago). She doesn't want to lose much weight, but had been a little bummed she had only lost three pounds in the past two years. However, after the initial program testing earlier this week, she learned that he had lost 12% body fat, dropping from 26% (which is still pretty good for a woman) to just over 14%. She's still going forward with the program, after which she will likely kill us all.

[jay santos]

Anyone use EC (ephedrine caffeine) stack? I'm ashamed to admit, but I've tried it and I'm doing it now. I know it's completely unhealthy but it works big time for me and I'm vain and trying to get the Riley Nelson six pack abs.

[jay santos]

^^^^^^That is how the work out plan started. Reality? I waited 5 more days to start. I have been religious about counting calories. I'm probably eating less than I'm supposed to, but I'd rather do that than too much for where I am at.

I have lifted a few minutes a few times and jogged a couple of miles a couple of times. I have lost more than 3.5% of my body weight in 8 days. That rate will slow down, or I'll start eating more.

I have had another stupid self revelation(the 1st was that I have become fat), but I have finally internalized that diet is more important than exercise in maintaining weight.

I'm hoping to get where I want to be in the next couple of months and then I will focus more on lifting.

Good job. I totally and completely agree that diet is more important than exercise, in terms of fat loss. Something to also understand when looking at the scale, is the effect of water weight. Your water weight can swing 3-5 lbs pretty easily based on your calories especially your carbs. It's typical to lose 8 lbs on the scale the first week after a crash diet, and maybe 5 of that is water and 3 is fat loss. So keep that in mind that you won't continue to see a straight line of weight loss like that if you include the water weight loss.

[Vic Vega]

This is what I am starting this weekend. Keep it simple. I have never felt compelled to lose some weight, but I need to lose some big pounds. I developed a gift to look at the mirror and see my college body, when in reality I became a true fatty.

I have been busy all summer, so I have been putting off the diet until some things wrap up at work tomorrow. I have been dreading this, but I am glad the time is finally here.

I am going to consume 1000 calories less than I need to with a sedentary lifestyle. I bought a decent dumbbell set and bench.

Day 1: Pecs and shoulders
Day 2: Arms
Day 3: Legs
Day 4: Back
Day 5: Day off if I make through the 1st 4 without a break.
Repeat

3 X's a week 6 miles jog walk and I am hoping to work until I can turn that into a nice 1 hour run.

I am hoping to get my weight back where I want it in a few more months and then work it into a more healthy lifestyle. I just can't let the feeling of responsibility at work and family make me feel guilty for taking care of myself.

I need to buy a better setup for my legs, but I just don't go to the gym, so it's a start.

^^^^^^That is how the work out plan started. Reality? I waited 5 more days to start. I have been religious about counting calories. I'm probably eating less than I'm supposed to, but I'd rather do that than too much for where I am at.

I have lifted a few minutes a few times and jogged a couple of miles a couple of times. I have lost more than 3.5% of my body weight in 8 days. That rate will slow down, or I'll start eating more.

I have had another stupid self revelation(the 1st was that I have become fat), but I have finally internalized that diet is more important than exercise in maintaining weight.

I'm hoping to get where I want to be in the next couple of months and then I will focus more on lifting.

[happyone]

Yeah, I remember him mentioning that about diabetes. The funny thing is, nothing he was saying was particularly new--the medical community has been on this for 20+ years--but he was acting like it was revolutionary stuff. Every doctor asks diabetics to cut carbs. They just don't want to. Every doctor is also concerned about insulin resistance, another of his revolutionary concepts.

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That and exersize is basically what I do - it took about a year, but I'm off of all meds and have been for going on 5 yrs now

[MarkGrace]

I was in my late 20s in that photo. My goal is to look like that again!

lol!

[smokymountainrain]

Based on that photo of you in your avatar it looks like this routine is working!

I was in my late 20s in that photo. My goal is to look like that again!

[MarkGrace]

2000 calories a day or less, push ups and sit ups every night, jump rope every other night, hoops on a 3/4 court once a week.

Based on that photo of you in your avatar it looks like this routine is working!

[smokymountainrain]

I'm trying to eliminate snickers when I appear at the gym in my flesh-hugging UnderArmour compression t-shirt. Probably won't happen.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I am trying to eliminate snickers and late night brownies out of my diet to cut down on calories....

I'm trying to eliminate snickers when I appear at the gym in my flesh-hugging UnderArmour compression t-shirt. Probably won't happen.