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Has your current diet been working, and have you lost any weight?
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Have you lost any weight, and is your current diet working?
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l Dudeboy l posted...

Has your current diet been working, and have you lost any weight?

Yes, and yes!

What a great asker. The best!
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Thanks.
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So truthfully, have you lost any weight? How would you say your current diet is going?

pinky0926 posted...

Have you lost any weight, and is your current diet working?

I have, and it is.

Tremendous people here!
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TheVipaGTS posted...

So truthfully, have you lost any weight? How would you say your current diet is going?

I have lost 12 pounds in about 3 weeks. It's going well! Plus I don't feel starved.
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JustMyOpinion posted...

RedZaraki posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

So truthfully, have you lost any weight? How would you say your current diet is going?

I have lost 12 pounds in about 3 weeks. It's going well! Plus I don't feel starved.

I would bet like half of that is water weight.

The diet itself is very straightforward, but it takes a lot of mental fortitude to pull it off.

Wake up: Get ready for work. No breakfast.
Work til lunch. Get a caffeine free, zero-calorie drink.
For lunch: Go on a walk. Do not eat.
Finish work for the day.

Get home at like 5 pm. Still at zero calories on the day.

Do chores, run on the treadmill, whatever.

6:30 pm still on zero calories.

NOW you can eat. BUT! You get to have 3 "Smart Ones"/"Lean Cuisine" entrees. Your caloric intake for the day should be about 900.

Like I said, it's not for anyone. BUT! If you pick the meals that have 19g of protein or more. you WILL feel full after 3 of those.

Just a matter of self control.

After I get to my target weight I'm going to do a big celebration/cheat meal and it's going to be glorious!

PS. Yes this works. I'm 5'5" and gone from 167 to 155 lbs so far my target weight is 130 and I plan on getting there maybe by the end of the year. My blood pressure is now under control.
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JustMyOpinion posted...

RedZaraki posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

So truthfully, have you lost any weight? How would you say your current diet is going?

I have lost 12 pounds in about 3 weeks. It's going well! Plus I don't feel starved.

I would bet like half of that is water weight.

I weigh myself daily after exercise and it's still trending downwards.
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RedZaraki posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

RedZaraki posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

So truthfully, have you lost any weight? How would you say your current diet is going?

I have lost 12 pounds in about 3 weeks. It's going well! Plus I don't feel starved.

I would bet like half of that is water weight.

I weigh myself daily after exercise and it's still trending downwards.

Still mostly water weight. After the first month, it'll fall down to an average of 1-3lbs depending on how overweight you are.
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JustMyOpinion posted...

900 calories a day with exercise is starvation level. I wouldn't recommend that. You need more calories.

Well, sometimes I'll go up to 1200 calories if I do like a 3 mile run. But yeah, I just keep control of myself.
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RedZaraki posted...

The diet itself is very straightforward, but it takes a lot of mental fortitude to pull it off.

Wake up: Get ready for work. No breakfast.
Work til lunch. Get a caffeine free, zero-calorie drink.
For lunch: Go on a walk. Do not eat.
Finish work for the day.

Get home at like 5 pm. Still at zero calories on the day.

Do chores, run on the treadmill, whatever.

6:30 pm still on zero calories.

NOW you can eat. BUT! You get to have 3 "Smart Ones"/"Lean Cuisine" entrees. Your caloric intake for the day should be about 900.

Like I said, it's not for anyone. BUT! If you pick the meals that have 19g of protein or more. you WILL feel full after 3 of those.

Just a matter of self control.

After I get to my target weight I'm going to do a big celebration/cheat meal and it's going to be glorious!

PS. Yes this works. I'm 5'5" and gone from 167 to 155 lbs so far my target weight is 130 and I plan on getting there maybe by the end of the year. My blood pressure is now under control.

So essentially starve yourself over the course of the day and what little food you do eat is processed crap.

No thanks.
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JustMyOpinion posted...

900 calories a day with exercise is starvation level. I wouldn't recommend that. You need more calories.

I think you can afford to eat something for lunch or breakfast, if you stick in something with high protein like omelet with cheese, you should be doing fine.

And then a minor snack for lunch and what you're doing would be ok.

How long do you run on the treadmill?
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RedZaraki posted...

The diet itself is very straightforward

Do the math behind your diet and show me how it equals 12lb * 3500cals/lb in three weeks.

Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...

RedZaraki posted...

The diet itself is very straightforward, but it takes a lot of mental fortitude to pull it off.

Wake up: Get ready for work. No breakfast.
Work til lunch. Get a caffeine free, zero-calorie drink.
For lunch: Go on a walk. Do not eat.
Finish work for the day.

Get home at like 5 pm. Still at zero calories on the day.

Do chores, run on the treadmill, whatever.

6:30 pm still on zero calories.

NOW you can eat. BUT! You get to have 3 "Smart Ones"/"Lean Cuisine" entrees. Your caloric intake for the day should be about 900.

Like I said, it's not for anyone. BUT! If you pick the meals that have 19g of protein or more. you WILL feel full after 3 of those.

Just a matter of self control.

After I get to my target weight I'm going to do a big celebration/cheat meal and it's going to be glorious!

PS. Yes this works. I'm 5'5" and gone from 167 to 155 lbs so far my target weight is 130 and I plan on getting there maybe by the end of the year. My blood pressure is now under control.

So essentially starve yourself over the course of the day and what little food you do eat is processed crap.

No thanks.

It's honestly a step up from what my diet used to be.
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Rainbow_Dashing posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

900 calories a day with exercise is starvation level. I wouldn't recommend that. You need more calories.

I think you can afford to eat something for lunch or breakfast, if you stick in something with high protein like omelet with cheese, you should be doing fine.

And then a minor snack for lunch and what you're doing would be ok.

How long do you run on the treadmill?

I do have scrambled eggs a lot. It's 180 calories for 19g of protein. You could have 4 of these a day and feel full as hell, but I stick to one of those. But again, I have that in the evening. I fast all day.

Treadmill currently is about 50 minutes for walk/run 3 miles. Treadmill says I burn 340 calories in that time. I'm still not in the best shape, but better than I was.
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RedZaraki posted...

Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...

RedZaraki posted...

The diet itself is very straightforward, but it takes a lot of mental fortitude to pull it off.

Wake up: Get ready for work. No breakfast.
Work til lunch. Get a caffeine free, zero-calorie drink.
For lunch: Go on a walk. Do not eat.
Finish work for the day.

Get home at like 5 pm. Still at zero calories on the day.

Do chores, run on the treadmill, whatever.

6:30 pm still on zero calories.

NOW you can eat. BUT! You get to have 3 "Smart Ones"/"Lean Cuisine" entrees. Your caloric intake for the day should be about 900.

Like I said, it's not for anyone. BUT! If you pick the meals that have 19g of protein or more. you WILL feel full after 3 of those.

Just a matter of self control.

After I get to my target weight I'm going to do a big celebration/cheat meal and it's going to be glorious!

PS. Yes this works. I'm 5'5" and gone from 167 to 155 lbs so far my target weight is 130 and I plan on getting there maybe by the end of the year. My blood pressure is now under control.

So essentially starve yourself over the course of the day and what little food you do eat is processed crap.

No thanks.

It's honestly a step up from what my diet used to be.

I seriously doubt it.
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JustMyOpinion posted...

If you wanna keep it off a diet is a lifelong thing and no one in their right mind is doing 900 calories a day with exercise forever.

I intend to go back to 1800 calories a day after I get to my target weight. I think I'll keep up the treadmill stuff though.
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Virus731 posted...

RedZaraki posted...

Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...

RedZaraki posted...

The diet itself is very straightforward, but it takes a lot of mental fortitude to pull it off.

Wake up: Get ready for work. No breakfast.
Work til lunch. Get a caffeine free, zero-calorie drink.
For lunch: Go on a walk. Do not eat.
Finish work for the day.

Get home at like 5 pm. Still at zero calories on the day.

Do chores, run on the treadmill, whatever.

6:30 pm still on zero calories.

NOW you can eat. BUT! You get to have 3 "Smart Ones"/"Lean Cuisine" entrees. Your caloric intake for the day should be about 900.

Like I said, it's not for anyone. BUT! If you pick the meals that have 19g of protein or more. you WILL feel full after 3 of those.

Just a matter of self control.

After I get to my target weight I'm going to do a big celebration/cheat meal and it's going to be glorious!

PS. Yes this works. I'm 5'5" and gone from 167 to 155 lbs so far my target weight is 130 and I plan on getting there maybe by the end of the year. My blood pressure is now under control.

So essentially starve yourself over the course of the day and what little food you do eat is processed crap.

No thanks.

It's honestly a step up from what my diet used to be.

I seriously doubt it.

Taco Bell. EVERY. FUCKING. DAY.
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RedZaraki posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

If you wanna keep it off a diet is a lifelong thing and no one in their right mind is doing 900 calories a day with exercise forever.

I intend to go back to 1800 calories a day after I get to my target weight. I think I'll keep up the treadmill stuff though.

1800 is a good caloric maintenance if you happen to be a female infant

clearaflagrantj posted...

RedZaraki posted...

The diet itself is very straightforward

Do the math behind your diet and show me how it equals 12lb * 3500cals/lb in three weeks.

1000 calories less eaten per day (or more than I was) + 300 calories more burned per day for about a month.

Maybe I measured myself with gear on, but yeah.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

RedZaraki posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

If you wanna keep it off a diet is a lifelong thing and no one in their right mind is doing 900 calories a day with exercise forever.

I intend to go back to 1800 calories a day after I get to my target weight. I think I'll keep up the treadmill stuff though.

1800 is a good caloric maintenance if you happen to be a female infant

I'm short. And I don't intend to bulk, ever.
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And FYI the fattest I eve was was 170lbs and that was obese for my height.

BMI says I will be in the lower side of "normal" range for my height at 130. Then I'm going to have a cheat meal.

It's that carrot on a stick that keeps me going.
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A carrot on a stick sounds like a more satisfying meal.

__aCEr__ posted...

A carrot on a stick sounds like a more satisfying meal.

My favorite thing right now is this:

https://mrsmedia.nestleusa.com/Images/Products/82_PSimg.jpg

Stouffer's Grandma's Chicken Bake.

660 calories. I do the 180 calorie eggs entree + some other 260 calorie entree + this one. Feel full as FUCK.
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JustMyOpinion posted...

I would bet like half of that is water weight.

Maybe. But 2 pounds a week is safe zone anyway. More can get iffy.

RedZaraki posted...

Like I said, it's not for anyone

It's literally not for anyone. 900 is way too low, especially if you're a guy.
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not only is this a awful diet physically, but mentally and financially too
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metralo posted...

not only is this a awful diet physically, but mentally and financially too

I mean.....I'm already in better shape than I was.

I feel full every night.

Costs about $40 a week.

Not sure what the problem is.
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