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How to lose weight fast (ish) safely ?

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    GBurke
    Joined: 19 Oct 2016

    Everyone you meet will have a strong opinion about how you should train and eat. I’d just say sleep well, drink water, eat lots of plants, move your body, and get out into the sunshine.

    Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is another story.

    last edited by 4 Aug 2018, 05:14 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      madmonday
      Raw and Unwashed
      Joined: 13 Oct 2009

      start skating again and doing most of the things you used to do to fit into your denims . . . if you have the time and your body can take the abuse

      like most have already stated attempt to consume less than you burn and eat whole foods and stay away from prepackaged things as much as you can so you control what you are putting into your body

      tell as many people as you can about your attempts at getting yourself together and try to get into health hobbies that will put you in contact with fit people who can help you along on your journey and hold you accountable.

      at least those are the things that have worked for me.

      head high, middle finger higher

      last edited by 4 Aug 2018, 13:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        Chris
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 28 Jun 2010

        ^^This man knows what he's talking about.

        last edited by 4 Aug 2018, 22:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          Peterpiper
          Haraki san Expert
          Joined: 7 Nov 2013

          Cut back (out) dairy and bread, and other white refined foods, pasta, white rice, etc. And try dropping saucy food.

          last edited by 9 Aug 2018, 21:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            theorocks
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 8 Apr 2013

            I just did this and no bread potatoes ..etc  I started with Keto diet ..and down 25 pounds…now I'm just careful and still not eating bread pasta and watching how many carbs are in what I'm eating ...and I stopped eating out ...whole foods and yes exercising @organisys:

            Eat less, move more  😃

            Swap carbs for protein as much as you can and reduce sugar intake.

            Run or Cycle.

            Sent from my SM-G903W using Tapatalk

            last edited by 9 Aug 2018, 21:21 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              JDelage
              啓蒙家
              Joined: 13 Jan 2012

              As far as weight is concerned, there are 3 things to keep in mind:

              1. Calories in, calories out.
              2. It's much easier to meaningfully impact calories in (what you eat) than calories out (how much you burn).
              3. You can only manage a safe weight loss by counting everything - yes, it means weighing every single piece of food. (That's less true of people who have a lot of experience.)

              Note that if you were to go super low carb you would see a quick weight drop. It's mostly water, but it will stay off as long as you stay low carb.

              Personally, I think that a paleo-is approach with low carb makes the most sense for long term health, along with IF. However for weight loss, it's whatever approach makes it easier for you to cut your intake.

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                xtcclassic
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 13 Feb 2012

                I lost quite a bit of weight over the last 18 months. I had been working out and eating right (no sugary drinks, avoiding carbs like bread and pasta, etc) but I didn’t start losing weight fast until I cut down my calorie intake to about 1400-1500 per day and started intermittent fasting (everything I ate was between 11am-7pm, nothing but water otherwise).

                last edited by 11 Aug 2018, 13:05 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  lester_galula
                  Joined: 11 Aug 2018

                  I've lost 40ish pounds and counting.  My two cents:

                  -weight loss comes from changes to diet more than it comes from exercise.

                  -Expect weight loss to take take and be a lifestyle change (rather than a short term diet).

                  -Get a food tracker app like myfitnesspal.  There are a bunch of studies that show that logging your food causes you to eat less.

                  -Set targets for macronutrients (protein, carbs, fat).  The most important of these is protein, just because it is more satiating than carbs + is good for rebuilding your muscles if you are exercising.

                  -Once you have a baseline for what you are eating, titrate down your calories. You should be shooting for something feasible that doesn't involve too much suffering.

                  -If possible, only eat stuff you made yourself (or where you understand all the ingredients)

                  -Make sure you are eating before you are hungry, the hungrier you are, the weaker your willpower and the less compliant you will be with your diet.

                  -Set planned cheat days.  For me Friday is cheat day, there is research that shows that having set cheat days makes it easier to maintain generally good dietary habits over the long run. Also, psychologically, it's nice to have a break from trying to maintain self-control all the time.

                  -Exercise regularly.  I personally recommend finding something that you enjoy where it is easy to set goals pursue, that way you have something to keep you motivated for however long it takes to ultimately lose the weight. I think there's also some evidence that running etc. helps suppress people's appetites.

                  last edited by 11 Aug 2018, 22:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    organisys
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 24 Mar 2015

                    ^^^ A lot Of sense there, far better put than my first post ,
                    I am too lazy to tap out that much helpful info unfortunately!  ::)

                    😃

                    Pride of Japan :-)

                    last edited by 12 Aug 2018, 21:54 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      dave28
                      Joined: 22 Aug 2010

                      Thank for the replies.

                      I am on an exercise bike for 30-45 mins a day now.
                      Reduced food intake quite a lot, especially bread and junk food I used to eat a lot of.
                      Reduced carbs and sugar ( used to eat a lot of potato + bread all the time, way too much bread )

                      I seem to have lost between 3 or 4 Lbs in just over a week, maybe 10 days and face looks visibly thinner and healthier.

                      I do feel weaker and felt myself getting a little dizzy once or twice but it has been a huge change really after letting myself go for many years.

                      last edited by 12 Aug 2018, 22:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        Bovees
                        Joined: 15 Aug 2018

                        @dave28:

                        Thank for suggesting D-Bal Max and the replies.

                        I am on an exercise bike for 30-45 mins a day now.
                        Reduced food intake quite a lot, especially bread and junk food I used to eat a lot of.
                        Reduced carbs and sugar ( used to eat a lot of potato + bread all the time, way too much bread )

                        I seem to have lost between 3 or 4 Lbs in just over a week, maybe 10 days and face looks visibly thinner and healthier.

                        I do feel weaker and felt myself getting a little dizzy once or twice but it has been a huge change really after letting myself go for many years.

                        I didn't want to quote it because it's big, but Lester's post times a thousand! He nailed it imo. It all comes from changing the bad habits and teaching yourself better ones. Without that, the results are just temporary at best.

                        last edited by 22 Aug 2018, 14:00 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          dave28
                          Joined: 22 Aug 2010

                          Update: Lost about 8 - 9 Lbs now.

                          180 grams a day it is averaging.

                          Probably dropped from a 34 to 33 tag size now.

                          last edited by 22 Aug 2018, 14:33 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • GilesG
                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            Good job we're having a sale…....

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              dave28
                              Joined: 22 Aug 2010

                              @Giles:

                              Good job we're having a sale…....

                              I have a slight backlog at present. Some of these are new but long extinct such as 18oz Beatle Busters and TWHR01

                              last edited by 22 Aug 2018, 15:22 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                organisys
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 24 Mar 2015

                                ???

                                Pride of Japan :-)

                                last edited by 22 Aug 2018, 20:37 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  dave28
                                  Joined: 22 Aug 2010

                                  Update : Lost near 18 lbs now and no longer classed as overweight  😉 😉 😉

                                  last edited by 18 Sept 2018, 23:12 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • neph93N
                                    neph93
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                    ^ great work!

                                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                                    • Dame Vera Lynn
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                                    • Paul9221P
                                      Paul9221
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 19 Apr 2011

                                      @dave28:

                                      Update : Lost near 18 lbs now and no longer classed as overweight  😉 😉 😉

                                      Yessss!  How many of your old jeans can you fit into now?  Be careful you don't lose too much and have to buy a bunch of size 30s 🙂

                                      Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

                                      Blanket-line all the things!!!

                                      last edited by 19 Sept 2018, 05:11 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • rioR
                                        rio
                                        Joined: 3 Feb 2018

                                        @dave28:

                                        Update : Lost near 18 lbs now and no longer classed as overweight  😉 😉 😉

                                        Congrats! 😉
                                        Stress and depression are the two main subjects that always been what I battle, I've been super fit and overweight, I  try to keep my eye on the stress and processing depresion and not feed them, that helps me to be consistent with what I  eat because it always reflects one with the other, we are all different sizes and lead different lives but at the end we get affected by things the same even tho we have a different theater of life or are strong in different departments. All the very best to everyone.

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                                          dave28
                                          Joined: 22 Aug 2010

                                          @Paul9221:

                                          @dave28:

                                          Update : Lost near 18 lbs now and no longer classed as overweight  😉 😉 😉

                                          Yessss!  How many of your old jeans can you fit into now?  Be careful you don't lose too much and have to buy a bunch of size 30s 🙂

                                          Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

                                          Everything is too big now lol  😢
                                          I lost about 27 Lbs.
                                          Now I am size 31.

                                          When I started this thread I was 34/35

                                          last edited by 5 Nov 2018, 10:14 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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