Bardock's Losing Weight Thread

Originally posted by §P0oONY
It's hard to advise because I don't know how your diet was before, if you were on a 4000+ calorie diet switching straight to a 2000 would be a big leap. It's just best to bring things down slowly.

If you take it slowly with regular and constant exersise the weight will fall of very quickly at your size. Pushing yourself too quickly may end up with you losing all of your motivation and slip back.

This being said I don't know what your diet was like before. Or what exersise you were prone to before so i can't really advise. I would suggest talking to your GP about it though. He'll probably give you access to a dietition who will help you.

Well, it really varied, one day I might binge on sweets and the other not really eat that much at all. And I am trying not to overdo it with exercise, cause I don't do any, I mean I used to do sport sometimes, but nothing regularly.

And I did have appointments with dietitians before and my GP is involved (I mean really losing weight is something I've been trying to do for years, obviously unsuccesfully). But if you have any suggestions at all I would like to hear them. Being a fat guy for at least 13 years though spending most of my time on the internet, I do have some sort of idea about different tips and approaches myself though.

I'll just give you one tip. Don't lie when discussing it with people because you'll only be doing yourself a misjustice. If you are to post your weight progression on here don't feel preasured into having to make it drastically lower, no one will judge you if you only dropped a pound, or nothing at all.

Same goes if you see a dietition, they will ask you to keep a food diary, simply keep it truthful. I know when my sister was losing weight she lied a tonne and it only worked against her.

Making a decision like this is a possitive one and I wish you luck.

Found my BMI is 24.9, which is just on the limit for being overweight, so I don't have much to lose, but I could drop a couple pounds.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, it really varied, one day I might binge on sweets and the other not really eat that much at all. And I am trying not to overdo it with exercise, cause I don't do any, I mean I used to do sport sometimes, but nothing regularly.

And I did have appointments with dietitians before and my GP is involved (I mean really losing weight is something I've been trying to do for years, obviously unsuccesfully). But if you have any suggestions at all I would like to hear them. Being a fat guy for at least 13 years though spending most of my time on the internet, I do have some sort of idea about different tips and approaches myself though.

Binge eating is like the worst thing you can do. It completely screws up your metabolism and will cause your body to store much more fat than normal, because it will be unsure of when it will get its next feeding. Eating a consistent diet of around 2500-3000 calories will help out a lot. It will help normalize your metabolism. Also eating 4 or 5 small meals as opposed to 1 or 2 large ones will help, too.

Edit: After going to the previous page of this thread it seems you know this already, so ignore me.

As a fellow overweight gai, I wish you best in your endeavor to get rid of it, you filthy German dog.

I'm 5'10", 250 pounds, since it also seems to be national share your height and weight day.

Originally posted by LanceWindu

I was eating about 2500 myself, and I was still losing weight with no exercise.

I was too when I lost all of my weight. Dieting is the primary component in weight loss. Of course, exercise is big too but a lot of people use it to maintain a healthy weight.

Eating properly will drop your weight significantly.

Originally posted by Bardock42
a thyroid issue which requires me to take medication, likely for the rest of my life.

I was diagnosed with this a couple weeks ago, pain in the ass...sleepy

Originally posted by Bardock42
100g/2pc Whole Grain Toast 285cal
20g Mayonaise 151cal (755)
50g Ham 64cal (130)
40g Cheese 132cal (329)
40g Tomato 10cal (20)
40g Cucumber 5cal (15)

250g Blueberry Yoghurt 235cal (94)

Turkey with Rice: 790

100g Brown Rice 350cal
130g Turkey 200cal (150)
75g Sour Cream 85cal (113)
50ml Milk 40cal (80)
30g 1/2 Tomato 25cal
10g Rape Oil 90cal (891)

2 cents:
Change whatever brand of yoghurt you're using or just cut it out all together and have something else. I just had a look, the same amount of yoghurt if changed to fat free is about 70cal so you've already cut almost 200cal out of your diet, plus it has about 3 times less sugar (10.8g compared to your ~36g, average daily amount is ~100g).

Stick to around 600cal per meal and it'll still give you a couple hundred in case you get hungry. 2000 is around the average mark. Dont be shy of going over for the first few weeks since I'm guessing your normal intake would be probably be 3000 or higher anyway...

Watch for saturated fats, daily amount is only 20g or so. Your 75g of sour cream already has 1/4 of your daily sat. fat content. Skim milk has about 0.4g sat. fat as opposed to full fat milk with ~5g (25% of your daily). Not sure what oil 'rape oil' counts as but natural oils in nuts and fish are better than cooking/flavouring oils etc. Not sure what cheese, but 40g of cheddar has almost half your daily sat. fat count.

If you can cut 500 calories from whatever you currently eat per day you should be losing 0.5kg per week. Dont worry about eating junk food every now and then, just add on an extra 10-15mins to your workout as 'punishment' to burn them off since they aren't doing you any good anyway.

k, peace.

Originally posted by Ax3l
You could get diabetes and lose 50 lbs 3 and a half months like I did

Yeah, the trick to losing weight is as follows, and I get this from many different exercise and weight loss websites as well as Paul McKenna's programme "I can make you thin", not personal experience, although, I have never been overweight, and this is pretty much how I eat.

1. Eat slowly -- body naturally tells you when you're full IE you don't have to finish the plate

2. Eat smaller meals more frequently, so if you have 2 big meals a day, change it to 3 small meals, or even 4. The more meals encourages your body to matabolise.

3. After a meal (about half an hour), do something practical. Jogging, steps, sport, but make sure its about half an hour after a meal. This the best time to do excerise...uses up the calories you've just eaten, and then goes further to burn the fat....or something, I'm not sure about this, but I do workout, and I know that half an hour after a meal is the best time.

Edit: It seems most of what I said is already covered...

Originally posted by Mist_haermm
2 cents:
Change whatever brand of yoghurt you're using or just cut it out all together and have something else. I just had a look, the same amount of yoghurt if changed to fat free is about 70cal so you've already cut almost 200cal out of your diet, plus it has about 3 times less sugar (10.8g compared to your ~36g, average daily amount is ~100g).

Stick to around 600cal per meal and it'll still give you a couple hundred in case you get hungry. 2000 is around the average mark. Dont be shy of going over for the first few weeks since I'm guessing your normal intake would be probably be 3000 or higher anyway...

Watch for saturated fats, daily amount is only 20g or so. Your 75g of sour cream already has 1/4 of your daily sat. fat content. Skim milk has about 0.4g sat. fat as opposed to full fat milk with ~5g (25% of your daily). Not sure what oil 'rape oil' counts as but natural oils in nuts and fish are better than cooking/flavouring oils etc. Not sure what cheese, but 40g of cheddar has almost half your daily sat. fat count.

If you can cut 500 calories from whatever you currently eat per day you should be losing 0.5kg per week. Dont worry about eating junk food every now and then, just add on an extra 10-15mins to your workout as 'punishment' to burn them off since they aren't doing you any good anyway.

k, peace.

Thanks for the advice, I'll look into Yoghurt alternatives next time I'm at the supermarket. Rape Oil is called Canola Oil in English speaking countries as far as I know, whyever they'd have to change the perfectly fine real name is beyond me.

And I usually eat Edam, Emmentaler or Tilsit Cheese.

I think a lot of the weight is due to the thyroid thing srug It just doesn't make sense for him to be this weight, it's crazy ja. I don't think he eats that much

wooo bardock! you can do it! I'm totally losing weight too : D

Wow...good luck losing weight bro, I know its hard, I had to lose 20 pounds for my wedding.

But gained 10 back when I didn't get married.

Originally posted by Thoren

But gained 10 back when I didn't get married.

Look at the bright side, you're still 10 less than you were before; that ain't bad.

good luck,

excessive sleeping is also bad.

the reason why alot of people are overweight mostly in the united states is the food.

ive been over weight for 8 years now. i just got back from mexico i was there for a month and lost alot of weight. their they cook the food good no fried crap. i was in acapulco for one week and that week i lost 8 lbs. also i drank over there nothing but water that helped to.

drink a glass of water before eating so you feel a little full so you dont over do it eating. i know youve probably heard that before but it works.

Originally posted by Bardock42

Starting BMI: 49.7

Ay guey, that is high. A person can't join the US military if their BMI is over 24 (not that you are, just a reference).

How tall are you?

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Ay guey, that is high. A person can't join the US military if their BMI is over 24 (not that you are, just a reference).

How tall are you?

Also, I didn't get drafted into the German military for my weight w00t

6'6"?!?!?!? Damn, dude. I thought you were shorter than me. I'm 6'4" 1/2.

Originally posted by Bardock42
6'6''

Also, I didn't get drafted into the German military for my weight w00t

At least you're tall, so that helps a bit. If you were like 5'7" with a BMI of 49, THAT would be dangerous.

I'm overweight for my height; 5'10" and 240, but I'm old so whatever.