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    How to lose weight fast (ish) safely ?

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    • ChrisC
      Chris
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      ^^This man knows what he's talking about.

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

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        • theorocksT
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          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.

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          • JDelageJ
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            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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            • xtcclassicX
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              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).

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              • lester_galulaL
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                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.

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                • organisysO
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                  ^^^ 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 :-)

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                  • dave28D
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                    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.

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                    • B
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                      @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.

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                      • dave28D
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                        Update: Lost about 8 - 9 Lbs now.

                        180 grams a day it is averaging.

                        Probably dropped from a 34 to 33 tag size now.

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                        • GilesG
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                          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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                          • dave28D
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                            @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

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                            • organisysO
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                              ???

                              Pride of Japan :-)

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                              • dave28D
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                                Update : Lost near 18 lbs now and no longer classed as overweight  😉 😉 😉

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                                • neph93N
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                                  ^ great work!

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

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                                  • Paul9221P
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                                    @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!!!

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                                    • rioR
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                                      @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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                                      • dave28D
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                                        @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

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                                        • neph93N
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                                          That is quite a transformation. Are you doing any form of training as well as watching the calories?

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

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                                          • UnTuckedU
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                                            I need to get some focus going, or I'll be replacing my wardrobe soon enough… I'm starting to resemble the shape of a thumb, lol

                                            In search of:
                                            IHV-04, med.
                                            IHSH-185, large
                                            IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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