How I lost 21 lbs in 6 weeks

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PeerFly

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Ever since I started working full time in internet marketing, my wallet may have gotten fatter but so did my stomach. I got fat because I wasn't active, I ate too much junk and chugged probably 3-4 soda's a day and maybe a couple of beers in the evening. The biggest I got was 245 lbs and I'm 6'1... So, about 50 lbs bigger than I should have been.

About 6 weeks ago I got tired of being a fat ass and thought of a plan to lose weight... a diet I guess you could say but it's more of a non-conventional diet and it really takes no effort or thought.

- Drink only water and LOTS of it! No soda, no tea, no juices.

- Stay away from ALL sweets.

- Eat vegetables with your meals.

- Run a mile every week. You can break it up into pieces everyday or just do it all at once.

That's all there is to it. In the past 6 weeks I've lost 21 lbs and went from 245 to 224 and the pounds just keep getting shaved off like fraudulent leads. I went from a size 38 in jeans to a snug 34 or comfortable 36.

I don't know if this will work for everyone but I do know that the most important part of losing weight has GOT to be drinking water. At least 8 glasses a day. It's like magic because not only is water intake good for losing that weight, but it cleans your system at the same time and gets rid of all the toxins the build up in your kidneys.

I will make another update in 6 weeks on my progress. I want to lose another 20 lbs and I should be skinny and fit. Once I lose all of my fat I will probably get into muscle building and strength training.
 


cos you can't cut fat and build muscle at the same time. good job op, yeah, i think water is the secret as well, it also suppresses appetite. note that with you drinking loads of coke and now drinking loads of water, a lot of weight you lost could be water weight.

just need discipline
 
yeah, the scales are evil alright. i got one of those body fat calculators, they're not very accurate but they'll show you if you're going up or down.
 
too bad more people don't have the genius to realize not eating simple carbs (sugar, white flour etc) and exercising will make them lose weight

harrymouni said:
cos you can't cut fat and build muscle at the same time.
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not sure what your rationale is behind that arguement. it's quite possible!

if you really want to accelerate fat loss, you should incorporate weight lifting into your cardio routine.
 
harrymouni said:
cos you can't cut fat and build muscle at the same time.
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You're completely full of shit. You can easily build strong, lean muscle while burning fat. If you spend 45 minutes in the gym lifting weights, you'll burn fat and build muscle. The more muscle you have, the more calories you'll burn and as long as you have a calorie deficit in your diet, you'll burn fat. The key to success is your diet. If you eat shit, no workout routine will work. But if you eat lots of health, protein rich food, you'll loose weight.
 
Yeah, I'm currently on a diet as well. I'm about 50 pounds over what I should be for my height and build.

I'm drinking 12-15 glasses of water per day.

Normal diet - low fat, high fiber, high protein. Losing weight is simply creating a calorie deficit.

I run 2 miles every morning. It only takes about 25-30 minutes. Your 1 mile a week seems like nothing (not trying to put your diet down) because at a fast jog you can do an entire mile in 10-15 minutes easy.

I'm also taking Lipo 6 - mainly for its appetite suppression.

I'm ~2 weeks into it and have lost 17 pounds as of this morning and lost just over 2 inches from my belly.
 
PeerFly said:
- Run a mile every week. You can break it up into pieces everyday or just do it all at once.
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A whole mile in week? That's a lot if you're like 87. I do over a mile on the treadmill on an incline all at once, and I'm not in the greatest condition.

The best thing to do when trying to lose a few is to cut down on carbs and the weight will drop off. I eliminated about half of them from my diet which has helped, and you'll lose a lot of weight quickly because carbs force your body to retain water.
 
just to clear stuff up, you actually can't gain muscle weight/visible muscle and lose weight at the same time. it's nearly impossible. building muscle requires, normally, a caloric excess, while losing weight/fat requires a caloric deficit.

however, you can definitely get STRONGER while losing weight, but the rationale behind his decision is prob mainly to get better looking, hence the decision to wait until strength training will actually make him look buffer.

knowledge is power.

And 1 mile a week? REALLY? Man up and grow a pair, I can run 6 miles in an hour, and I only ever stop to smoke J's.
 
You can run as much as you want. I can run 2 miles a day if I wanted (and I have, many times), but the point is instead of sitting on your ass all day getting fat, you can run a minimal of a mile a week and lose weight.
 
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PeerFly said:
You can run as much as you want. I can run 2 miles a day if I wanted (and I have, many times), but the point is instead of sitting on your ass all day getting fat, you can run a minimal of a mile a week and lose weight.
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If the rationale behind your decision is to get better looking then that is more reason to add resistance training in now, not later.

The metabolic demand placed on the body during a couple of resistance training sessions per week compared to your 1 mile a week exercise plan is going to be much greater, accelerating your weight loss even more. Your metabolism is going to remain elevated for a much longer period of time after a workout than it would by just running a mile spread throughout the week resulting in greater caloric expenditure over time. Not to mention your body composition is going to improve.

Plus muscle requires more calories to sustain itself, so the increase in lean body mass is going to increase your total caloric expenditure even while sedentary.

Also muscle does not weigh more than fat like you stated earlier. 1 pound is 1 pound no matter if it takes the form of muscle or fat.
 
RockDiesel said:
If the rationale behind your decision is to get better looking then that is more reason to add resistance training in now, not later.

The metabolic demand placed on the body during a couple of resistance training sessions per week compared to your 1 mile a week exercise plan is going to be much greater, accelerating your weight loss even more. Your metabolism is going to remain elevated for a much longer period of time after a workout than it would by just running a mile spread throughout the week resulting in greater caloric expenditure over time. Not to mention your body composition is going to improve.

Plus muscle requires more calories to sustain itself, so the increase in lean body mass is going to increase your total caloric expenditure even while sedentary.

Also muscle does not weigh more than fat like you stated earlier. 1 pound is 1 pound no matter if it takes the form of muscle or fat.
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I know that running more will increase everything, including the fat loss... but the whole point of my post was to show that running only 1 mile in an entire week and drinking only water will allow you to lose weight, probably as fast as I have.

I know a pound is a pound, but muscle weighs more in size. Am I not correct on this assumption? That's what I've been told my whole life.
 
harrymouni said:
cos you can't cut fat and build muscle at the same time.
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Especially if you're just starting out you CAN in fact do both and i've seen it a couple of times. I'm not talking about "oh,he looks pretty strong now" but a real measureable increase in muscle growth and fat loss.
 
PeerFly said:
I know that running more will increase everything, including the fat loss... but the whole point of my post was to show that running only 1 mile in an entire week and drinking only water will allow you to lose weight, probably as fast as I have.

I know a pound is a pound, but muscle weighs more in size. Am I not correct on this assumption? That's what I've been told my whole life.
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I said nothing about running more, I said incorporate resistance training.

And what is with everyone wanting to run to lose weight? 95% of people need to get in shape to run, not run to get in shape. If someone is sedentary and over weight the last thing I would have them do is run. Their body isn't trained to absorb the force of the foot striking the ground. And if they are overweight those forces are magnified. Proper running mechanics are very important and most people don't have them.

And yes, muscle is heavier by volume.
 
RockDiesel said:
I said nothing about running more, I said incorporate resistance training.

And what is with everyone wanting to run to lose weight? 95% of people need to get in shape to run, not run to get in shape. If someone is sedentary and over weight the last thing I would have them do is run. Their body isn't trained to absorb the force of the foot striking the ground. And if they are overweight those forces are magnified. Proper running mechanics are very important and most people don't have them.

And yes, muscle is heavier by volume.
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So, then running/walking a mile a week is good if you're fat then. Because, like you said... you need to get in shape to run and not run to get in shape.
 
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