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08-07-2011, 11:29 AM
Dash - I would suggest slowly phasing things out of your diet first, then a few weeks in start exercising. When I exercise heavily my food intake increases about 30%.
First get rid of all of the processed liquid calories - soda, fruit juice, and the like. I've never met a fat person who isn't dramatically over consuming liquid calories. They might be acting like someone watching their weight, and then they drink 1,000 calories. If you cut this out you should drop 5-10 pounds pretty much right away with no effort on your part.
4 weeks in, begin replace your carbohydrates with animal food sources. Instead of eating cereal for breakfast switch to bacon and eggs. Instead of pasta, ground beef.
I wouldn't do more than low intensity exercises until you have a grasp on the diet.
As a male you can sustainably eat this way for the rest of your life. I have yet to see a female able to control herself on a strict diet.
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08-07-2011, 08:48 PM
Quote: (08-07-2011 11:29 AM)babelfish669 Wrote:
Dash - I would suggest slowly phasing things out of your diet first, then a few weeks in start exercising. When I exercise heavily my food intake increases about 30%.
First get rid of all of the processed liquid calories - soda, fruit juice, and the like. I've never met a fat person who isn't dramatically over consuming liquid calories. They might be acting like someone watching their weight, and then they drink 1,000 calories. If you cut this out you should drop 5-10 pounds pretty much right away with no effort on your part.
4 weeks in, begin replace your carbohydrates with animal food sources. Instead of eating cereal for breakfast switch to bacon and eggs. Instead of pasta, ground beef.
I wouldn't do more than low intensity exercises until you have a grasp on the diet.
As a male you can sustainably eat this way for the rest of your life. I have yet to see a female able to control herself on a strict diet.
Sadly I enjoy eating my sinful foods too much to DRASTICALLY change my diet.
Im pretty sure when I get back into the gym and start playing basketball and tennis regularly with a conservative effort to eat more healthy I can achieve my desired look.
If not then I will have to consider going drastic and cutting out some of the stuff I love (icecream, pizza, pasta, cookies, cakes, ect)
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08-08-2011, 12:25 AM
Btw, no one has to cut out sweets to lose weight (gaining muscle is another story, where protein becomes more important). Eating "healthy" is just an easy way to consume less calories -- no conscious calorie counting, greater appetite satiety, etc.
Take your weight, multiply it by 10, and that's how many calories you can consume. For a 200 lb guy, that's 2000 calories worth of cake and chocolate.
Some nutrition professor did this by going on a "twinkie diet" and lost like 30 pounds. Granted, it's kind of a pain of the ass to count calories and feel hungry, but it's another option on the table. You can also choose the middle route and eat mostly healthy, with a sweet here and there, provided you stay under your caloric target.
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08-08-2011, 12:19 PM
careful what weight you lose too. sometimes its mainly muscle and bone which is not what you want. this is what happens a lot with low calorie, low fat and vegetarian diets. Any diet should have a strong focus on maintaining daily nutrition. What you get from a multi vitamin is not enough.
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08-11-2011, 06:42 PM
I think it should be the Low SIMPLE carb lifestyle (i.e. avoiding sugar, white bread, pasta and rice). whole Rye bred has lots of fiber and is healthy for example. one needs complexe carbs (with FIBERS) for energy. as long as 30-50% of the carbs are fiber then it should be ok.
Trans fats and hydrogenated oils should be avoided at all costs though...
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08-13-2011, 03:38 PM
I have mentioned before. I have asked DOZENS of women if they sexually desire men like that. I would guess I asked close to 40 women. Only about 8 said they felt a huge attraction to that type. The rest felt more attraction to the Ryan Reynolds physique, not the Jersey Shore Roid douche.
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08-15-2011, 09:24 AM
Chad pic 1 looks to be about where I am now. I am down ~30 lbs so far, with an untold amount of muscle being built. I had pretty much never worked out in 28 years.
Are you concerned about ballooning once you get off atkins? Do you feel like you can transition in to a normal paleo style after the 'detox' of straight atkins?
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08-21-2011, 11:34 AM
end of august means it's been a year since I started the paleo diet/low carb.
I could probably throw some light on questions you guys have.
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08-21-2011, 12:24 PM
Chad Daring, with your build now, if you did a round of P90x, you'd be ripped. You have enough mass on your body and the workouts would totally shred the remaining fat to pieces.
When I did it, I add to add some complex carbs into my diet. Can't do P90x on Paleo.
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12-26-2011, 12:48 PM
paleo is more involved than just natural foods. its also about anti nutrients, omega 3/6 ratios, phytates, lectins, insulin and more. Liver is very healthy if its grass fed, although you only eat about once or twice a week to avoid too much vitamin A. its like a super multi vitamin. I want to introduce it someday soon.
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12-27-2011, 12:20 PM
No one on legit Paleo should be eating lard, it's all about lean meats, preferably grass-fed/pastured.
DISCLAIMER: I don't know what I'm talking about and my posts are opinion, not advice.
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12-27-2011, 04:20 PM
Paleo is not anti saturate fat anymore. Lard by itself is harmless, although not kosher. Tallow is better since it has more Omega 3. You eat as much fat as you can tolerate. Its possible you might need more protein than anything, it is different for each person how much of a macro nutrient you need.
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03-28-2012, 06:33 PM
so i've experienced 2 months on very little/low carbs. of course i would eat a pasta dish or a nice burger (not mcdonalds) once a week or so, but never ate any type of breads, pastas, or rice with my meals i ate at home.
i've been back on carbs for the past few weeks and i've got to say that i already feel much better. i'm able to work out and play sports so much more and i have more energy. my main sources of carbs are brown rice for lunch, rye bread for breakfast, and every now and then i might have some pasta.
i'm able to get a work out in the morning, a jog in the afternoon, and play sports every night, and i feel a significant increase in my energy and focus.
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03-29-2012, 08:24 PM
one tip for anyone who is serious about this...get a scale that records body weight, body fat % (not BMI, that's a useless metric) and if possible, hydration. tanita makes nice scales for this. record this data every morning after you wake up and flush out your system. over time, you will see very neat trends emerge. if you're more statistically minded, you can build out a spreadsheet with some derivative metrics and averages and really get your hands dirty.
also, lost 25+ lbs doing carb restriction with no adverse effects. the nay-sayers are wrong, period.