anyone watch californication? just discovered that it was good and can't stop watching that shit. it's so funny.

It's not any particular diet plan that was created by a professional. I just decided I'm only going to take in 1200 calories a day. Back when I first lost weight on a 1000 calorie diet a friend told he lost a lot of weight by doing that, so I did it and it worked. I didn't have any meal plan or anything. Back then I even limited myself to 10g of fat per day. This time I'm not worrying about how much fat I'm taking in within the 1200 calories because I know now that fat is necessary. This time I'm not stopping until I'm not a fat person anymore...and when I do stop I'm going to do it very carefully and still keep track of my calories as I increase my daily intake. I'm also never going to stop going to the gym. I'm NOT going to gain it back after I lose it.

I'm trying my best to keep a good balance regarding what I eat. I eat as much protein as possible while still taking in a good amount of veggies and fruit. I also have a small amount of carbs every day, usually in the form of bread or rice. Pasta just doesn't seem like its worth the calories. I'm also trying to make sure I eat 5 times a day, but it doesn't always work out that way.

Here is what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast: 35 grapes - 120 calories

Lunch (I ate half, and then waited 2 hours to eat the 2nd half):
large salad with very little dressing - 100 calories est
1 salmon fillet - 450 calories est

Dinner after my workout: 1/3 lb ground beef with no bun - 300 calories est
2/5 cup of white rice - 100 calories est
1 fried egg - 80 calories

Total Calories: appx 1150

It's not perfect, but I think I have a good handle on it. I need to eat more early in the day. I intend to have some oatmeal or a boiled egg in the morning along with some fruit. Today I was busy in the morning and didn't eat anything for breakfast, and I know that's bad. I ended up eating only around 1000 calories today.



I don't know if I made it clear or not but I just started with this particular diet last Wednesday, so I'm just finishing my 8th day. I'm aware that 2 lbs a week should be the target for a normal person, but for me I honestly don't care about that right now. Right now I'm pretty sure I'm in the morbidly obese range and its important for me to lose as much as I can as fast as I can. Once I get under maybe 275 I'll start carefully adding calories and try to target 2 lbs a week. Like I said, I haven't weighed myself in a while, but I know for sure I have a long way to go before I get there. I'll know when I'm close when my waistline gets to around 48 inches, which is what I think it was the last time I weighed that much.

Oh and I'm 5'10'' and 30 years old. I don't really have a number in mind for a goal for my weight. I just want to get healthy and look good.



Thanks. At the gym tonight I was able to add more speed again, and I'm actually getting stronger! Tonight on the chest press I was able to do more reps than I did with the same weight on the night before I started this diet. Every time I go to the gym I'm able to do something better than I did the last time I went. It's a really good feeling. I definitely feel like I'm already getting smaller too. I also have more energy. Aside from being hungry a bit more than most people would like, I feel absolutely great.

I feel like at this rate I'll be showing some dramatic results within a couple months. I took some "before" pictures last week right after I started this. They're pretty shocking and disgusting lol, but I'll probably post them as a comparison after I see some good results.



Thank you very much for taking the time to come up with that. I really appreciate it a lot, and I will use it. The links are also extremely helpful.

As far as abs go, I think I can work on them on the floor at home for now, right?

I thought season two was excellent and showed way more depth than season one. I hope season three continues with the quality of characters in season two.

Best thing is to do cardio on its own day. But if you lift and do cardio on the same day, I suggest to do the lifting first. Reason being, if you do your cardio first thing, you wont have as much energy for lifting. All depends on what your goals are.

Best thing is to do cardio on its own day. But if you lift and do cardio on the same day, I suggest to do the lifting first. Reason being, if you do your cardio first thing, you wont have as much energy for lifting. All depends on what your goals are.

I disagree. This is assuming that you would be training harder at cardio than at lifting which is a fallacy in some cases. I would say that if you are going to do both on the same day then break it out for a morning session and an evening session. That way there is some rest between the two.

Fun Tip: wanna be a mma master bad as.s train your gripp and wrist!

fo sheezy, throw your gi over a pull up bar and grab the lapel and do pull ups with it that way

I havent' attempted a pull up in over 30 years, maybe 35 and I don't have a gi but if I
find a place I'll try one. Probably just one. Oh who knows, maybe I can do 2 or 3.

Best thing is to do cardio on its own day. But if you lift and do cardio on the same day, I suggest to do the lifting first. Reason being, if you do your cardio first thing, you wont have as much energy for lifting. All depends on what your goals are.

So I stupidly started this couch to running thing right before my big vacation. Well it didn't seem stupid at the time since I knew my vacation would include physical activities that are good for me and maybe even beneficial.

So we went to Mackinac Island. Don't know how many are familiar but it is an island located at the top of Michigan. No cars allowed. Just horses and bikes. Okay they have a Ambulance but other than that, no vehicles.

First day there was a lot of walking and an 8 mile bike ride around the island. Not bad.

Second day was a more strenuous bike ride. It was another 8 miles but mostly on the trails in the middle of the island which means hills, a lot of them. It was a decent workout and fun at the same time. The next day our asses hurt so we did about 6 miles inside the island on foot. This I think was the downfall.

When I got home I was excited to see that my nike+ and pouch came. Now I can track everything, set goals, and since I am sucker for this type of stuff it will motivate me more than anything else. I was really excited and the next day I went out and tried it.

You have to calibrate it first so .25 miles walking and then .25 miles running. Walking was great. Running was the killer. My knees felt like they were going to explode. My ankles were achy as well. After calibrating I sucked it up and started to do my normal routine. 5 mile walk then 60 sec run, 90 sec walk, for 25 minutes. I didn't get far, the pain was intense, I thought the joints in my knees were going to burst. I only did .63 miles in around 14min I think. That was Friday. My ankles and knees still hurt.

I am thinking shoes?

Sorry to cut in 116 pages in, but I'm starting a regiment of my own and I would appreciate some tips/advice. I am actually a bit underweight, and looking to put on some weight. I've had a TERRIBLE diet for probably a good ten years (since I left home), and despite eating a ton of garbage and not really exercising, can't seem to put on much weight. I have a ridiculous metabolism, and although I don't eat nearly enough, even when I do, it really makes no long term difference. I also smoke/would like to quit, and I feel that will help a lot. Is there a particular page in this thread I should refer to? Anyone else in the process of doing the same thing? Thus far, I've bought some protein shake mix (high carbs/fat as recommended for me at the health store). I'm wondering what type of cardio I should start with to get my lungs back, slowly but safely. Also what sort of working out to start building a bit of muscle. Not looking to get huge, just wanna put on about 20-25 lbs or so to start. Thanks in advance.

This should help you with your diet; http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/biggest-loser-diet It will show you a better break of how to do what you are currently doing and it is inline with you current 1200 calorie plan.

The most important thing about working out is to always progress forward, an extra rep, some more weight, increased speed, etc.....progress. progress. progress! It must be made.

I was debating about this last night but I would like you do the program I planned out for 3 months. Then do the same plan but all the exercises for 6 sets of 10-12 reps for the next 3 months. And hen do the same plan but all the exercises for 9 sets of 8-10 reps for the final 3 months. Then Depending on where your at we will start a free weight program.

Can you currently perform this exercise; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ar2iRusnnc with correct form?

Also, Gooooooo Flushgarden, I admire your resolve. I know you can reach your goal.

Flush, I have a tip for you; The thing usually paired with an extreme diet to accelerate drastic weigh loss is to walk 5 miles a day on the tread mill, . I hope that helps. If you do that you may want to put off working out till later.

Definately add some protien and carbs to each meal, especially the breakfast. Kashi is a great breakfast food and for my tip you can take a whole weat English muffin, (toasted or not) and add some fat free cream cheese. Scrambled eggs are great, but use 1 whole egg and just the whites of 4 or5 other eggs.

I would also stay away from white rice and use brown. White rice is high glycemic. Now you can buy rice in the microwave packets, (90 seconds) and it cooks great. I usually buy the regular though and cook it with a little thyme and small amount of butter. I never buy margarine, though Bummel and Brown makes a good yogurt based butter.

Also protien powder can be made into a ton of desserts using pudding mixes. I'll have to dig up my protien pancake recipe, haha.

It's good to see everyone so involved. I am also a coffee addict since I get up so early for my workouts. It's probably the one thing I couldn't give up.

Oh yeah, pictures. Before I started I told the wife repeatedly I wanted to take some and never did which I really regret. In 7 months i've changed my whole physique and I really wish I had them to compare.

I'm still into training for the 5k. I am running it every other day and it's finally getting to the point where it isn't killing me, lol.

I tried that but it's a bit rough on my knees. I tore my ACL in high school (which led to a major weight gain that I haven't fully recovered from) and every time I put pressure on my left knee it's still pretty painful. I'm sure it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't weigh as much.

Other than that everything is still going extremely well for me. I had a bit of a hiccup last saturday when I had a few jagerbombs (ok it was 5 lol) and then after I was a bit drunk I ate a little more than I should, but it wasn't too bad. Counting the jagerbombs I had about 2200 calories that day which is still well under my maintenance. It's been 15 days now, and that is the only day I've had any slip at all.

The gym is going well. I love being on a routine. Last night I shattered another personal best on the treadmill. I'm also still feeling like I'm getting stronger, and I'm going to start adding weight on a lot of machines.



Thanks, I appreciate the support.


No way I can do 5 miles yet...but if my stamina keeps increasing at it's current rate it wont be long. I need to find better shoes though. My feet are quite sore on the days after I have a long walk.



Yeah I know white rice isn't the best. It's just so easy because I've pretty much been adopted by my wife's family, and they're asian, so there's always a big pot of it already cooked. lol I've gotten used to eating it with every meal. I'll buy some brown rice and cook it on my own...or stay away from rice as much as possible.

I'd love to see that protein pancake recipe. lol

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the advice and support.

It's good to have a cheat day once in a while so you don't feel deprived and then fall off the wagon completely when you can't take it anymore.

I'm chinese, my wife is chinese, ironically i don't love white rice so I don't eat it too much.

Good to see you are still motivated. keep it up, i look forward to your posts.

Tonight I again shattered my treadmill record. 3 weeks ago I could only walk for 10 minutes without stopping. Tonight I walked for an entire hour nonstop. It might not seem like much for you guys but for me it represents a great deal of progress. I'm very proud of it. When I started my goal was to be able to walk for 30 minutes by the end of this month.

The only bad thing is I now have giant blisters on my feet, and I'm probably going to have to stay away from the treadmill for a few days. I need to find some good shoes to walk, and eventually jog in. I have wide feet so it's hard to find a good fit.



It's very hard for my wife's family to have any meal without white rice. lol I've gotten so that I even look for it in the morning at breakfast if I have and/or any kind of breakfast meat. It's really great when they take the leftover rice from the night before and fry it up with sausage and eggs.

I have an appointment for the gym tomorrow, time to get back into it I guess. I'm down like 12 pounds this month from doing a cleanse (I'm doing another month of this) and I've been more active this past month as well. My buddy and I started playing tennis once a week, I went hiking one weekend, joined a bowling team, and have been on my elliptical at home a couple nights a week (with pushups and crunches included). Feeling great, not tooo excited to get back to the gym, but it should be ok once or twice a week.

you could do burpees instead of the pushups and crunches and get a better workout in less time

Whatees?

crouch into squat position... quickly get into pushup position... do a pushup.... immediately jump into air with arms extended.

I weigh 230. Is this a good running routine on a treadmill? I've been trying to do this every other day. Can't do it every day because shin splints will ruin me. Should i be jogging more? walking more?

walk 1 min at 3mph
jog 8 min at 5.3mph
walk 1:30 at 3mph
jog 8 min at 5.3mph
walk 1:30 at 3mph
jog 8 min at 5.3 mph
walk 1:30 at 3 mph
jog 8 min at 5.3 mph
walk 1:30 at 3 mph
jog 8 min at 5.5 mph
walk 6 min at 3.5 mph
walk 3 min at 3 mph

you could do burpees instead of the pushups and crunches and get a better workout in less time

crouch into squat position... quickly get into pushup position... do a pushup.... immediately jump into air with arms extended.

I weigh 230. Is this a good running routine on a treadmill? I've been trying to do this every other day. Can't do it every day because shin splints will ruin me. Should i be jogging more? walking more?

walk 1 min at 3mph
jog 8 min at 5.3mph
walk 1:30 at 3mph
jog 8 min at 5.3mph
walk 1:30 at 3mph
jog 8 min at 5.3 mph
walk 1:30 at 3 mph
jog 8 min at 5.3 mph
walk 1:30 at 3 mph
jog 8 min at 5.5 mph
walk 6 min at 3.5 mph
walk 3 min at 3 mph

Running outside is so, so different from treadmill running.

Back on the Stronglifts this week after faltering a little bit last week (got sick). Doing M-W-F lifts with light cardio on Tues-Thurs, got a buddy to do it with me. This is the same buddy I worked out with when I lost 70lbs a couple of years ago (about half of which I've put back on), so I'm hoping to get back under 200. I'm between 225 and 230 right now.

We did a 2-mile run around his neighborhood this morning, and it killed me. Running outside is so, so different from treadmill running.

So very true.

did 4.57K tonight in 40 minutes

did 4.37 in 40 on monday

did 4.57K tonight in 40 minutes

did 4.37 in 40 on monday

Overslept Wednesday or was just worn out from the 8K.

Thursday was lower body, bosu ab assault and some evolution running exercises.

Trying for the 8K (5 miles) again tommorow.

Also finally dropped a few more lbs. 161.6 Wed, 162 Thurs.

Recap Feb 09, I was 190.

gym last night, first day of real weight training in months, god i hate weights, some class a yoga girls rockin lululemon there so it all works out though