In Fitness and in Health

[DougNg]

If you sign up for DDP Yoga's forum or FB page, you can see that losing huge (50+lbs) amounts of weight is not uncommon

We've largely cut out carbs (I'm not a fan of completely cutting out an entire source of nutrition) and that's made a big difference for my wife and son (I'm naturally pretty thin, I actually have to work really hard to put on weight)

Cut out salt a long time ago because of my blood pressure. My wife and son have learned to appreciate their food with less salt in it because of me. They think a lot of food we get at restaurants have too much salt now

[joesaintjohn]

That's how I'm feeling about sugar. Everything is so damn sweet. I've really been trying to eat breakfast every day, usually cottage cheese, a piece of fruit, and some Ezekiel toast. That's really helped and I'm using daily burn to log everything. Cutting sugar has really helped control my cravings.

[seanocono]

^Agreed.  It's amazing when you cut down on salt and sugar just how sweet and salty everything at restaurants taste.  It makes eating out more difficult, which, ultimately, is better for your health – and your wallet.

[simonc]

I've cut all sugars, all fruits except berries, booze of course, allowing only 30 grams of carbs a day which is two slices of bread or half potato, and am dropping a kg a week.  I am also training daily so that is helping a lot.  Next up is a standing desk.  Feeling good.

[Snowy]

Standing desks are interesting. I alternate between standing and sitting (I have desk of both @ home). I struggle standing after I've had a work-out. When standing I often find it hard to stand straight/still and often catch myself leaning or @ odd angles, which defeats the standing desk…..Hopefully it works out well for you!

Really inspiring progress in here gents.

I'm still swinging the bells, and believe I'm starting to see a tighter core, and more muscle on the arms. Since starting I've hit both cycling and swimming PB's, so it's positively impacting other parts of my life too

[xchen]

Simonc, I've been using a standing desk at work for over a year and feel great. All my back pain is gone, except on really long days. My posture is better overall, and I'm glad I made the switch.

My wife and I just switched to a primal-esque whole foods diet. I've barely had any processed foods and we've both dropped close to 10lbs in the last month or so. I just started back at school so I'm really busy and haven't kept up with the DDP yoga as much as I'd like to which I need to remedy.

JoeSaintJohn, good on you for getting the ezekiel bread, but if you can get rid of the wheat as well as the sugar I think you'll really see some benefits. I'm not gluten intolerant but I'm pretty sure my wife is, and getting off the wheat is helping both of us. She's finally migraine free, sleeps the full night, skin rashes are clearing up, and we're losing weight at a pretty fast pace considering we're barely working out. We occasionally have sugar, but have moved to organic cane sugar for coffee and about 1-2 sodas a week. I used to only drink diet coke all the time and was totally addicted to bread.

[Finn666]

all i do to drop some weight is that i´m cutting carbs after 6pm each day, i only eat meals which contain protein and carbs or protein and fat, never eat fat and carbs together (except for breakfast: 2-3slices of whole grain bread with a bit of peanut butter)!!!
I´m trying to go to the gym 2-3times a week (lifting weights + 11minutes of "interval cardio" after each workout), also i try to meet with a friend 2-3times during the week, to play squash (1-2hours) or we go for a short run (30-50min.)…

that´s it...should help you to reduce weight and body fat slowly but steady!

[simonc]

I'm signing back up to Carlson Gracies next week, my friends run it and it's been about 6 months since I've done any fighting, they have mixed classes and KB's which i am going to explore.  The only I know for sure is I will be hurtin like no other for a while.  But you come out of there with zero rage.

[mvb]

I dropped 8 kilo's just by stop eating bread everyday,
And changing to a paleo diet

[derivative666]

^supposed to be a great lifestyle change  Paleo

[mvb]

I can recommend it to anyone, it helped me dealing with some health issues. It's very healthy. it's not always easy to keep it up and can get pretty expensive (grass fed meat and so) though

[xchen]

Wife and I just switched to a primal diet - many of the same principles as paleo but dairy is okay… IMO butter, cheese, etc is perfectly healthy in moderation. I wanna get healthier, not go apeshit insane, nahmean? Easier than paleo too as it's not restrictive. Still grain free, which is the main thing that makes the single biggest impact (IMO, of course... YMMV)

[tigerpac]

I went gluten free over the summer.  Lost 15 lbs and feel fantastic.

[bagley920]

I just don't get this gluten thing

[zhivago]

which part?

[bagley920]

The point of avoiding it

[tigerpac]

Fiance has celiac and I was looking to lose some weight so I read up on it and gave it a try.  A lot of the point for people without an intolerance is that it cuts out a lot of carbs (not that I'm avoiding other carbs or doing atkins or anything) and steadies your blood sugar, so you're less hungry and feel better.

Also, I think a lot of people have some sort of intolerance, but its a spectrum.

Put another way - nobody ever got sick from a wheat deficiency - doesn't hurt to try.  So I tried it and its working, might not be everybody's cup of tea but worth a shot if what you're trying isn't working like it wasn't for me.

[xchen]

tigerpac nailed it - I watched what I ate but kept wondering why my weight was consistently increasing… despite eating a diet full of "healthy whole grains."

[supersalami]

anyone knows any good zero/very low calorie marinades for my meats? sick of my plain old chicken breasts.. wanna spice things up!

[tigerpac]

^http://www.amazon.com/korean-food-supply-500g-Gochujang/dp/B002WTE0MQ

HOT!