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need to look as good as possible by end july
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:30 PM
The last time he saw me and before these two years of big law I was 130 and always whining about how I needed to lose 10. Meanwhile he's marrying a tiny Asian who whines about needing to gain ten. Heh, of course, I have not let on that I have ballooned.
Obviously, it's a little late to get to where I want to be by then. But I need to look as good as possible as quickly as possible. Any help appreciated.
Current plan: 1200-1400 calories per day, as protein packed as possible. Running - 1 hour every other day. (Currently I can only run half the time, but working up to it.) Weights, every other day- following the New Rules of Lifting for Women program, which emphasizes higher weights and strength/muscle building Try to be more active in day-to-day.
Tweaks? A couple weeks before depending on progress, I might cut the exercising and juice fast.
How low can I realistically get? Enough time to get defined arms assuming not still too fat for them to show? |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:33 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:42 PM
Thanks. |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 7:48 PM
STICK TO THE DIET. that's the most impt part by far. slipping up and eating an extra chunk of cake will cancel out 3 hours of moderate exercise.
count EVERYTHING and ROUND UP WHEN IN DOUBT. use nutritiondata.com and similar websites.
u could certainly get lower than 155. if u aim for that net negative 1000 per day while being very strict with yourself (rounding up your calories, rounding down your exercise estimates), you'll do a lot better. 145 seems likely. and ime there's not a huge diff between 130 and 145 clothed, at 5'5.
the first 10 lbs will be the easiest. don't get discouraged when it stops coming quite so easily. keep going. |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 7:55 PM
Dear OP: If you really care for your ex at all as a friend, you should do nothing to change your appearance between now and then. Letting him know that he absolutely made the right call would be the greatest wedding present you could give him. |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 7:57 PM |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 8:00 PM
Yeah, I wasn't flaming or trying to be mean. 100% honest. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:31 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:31 PM
cigarettes
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/the-rapid-fat-loss-handbook
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:33 PM
Amphetamines are a pass for me. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 8:51 PM
In the last 6 months, I got my Adderall dose upped (20 mg BID) and tried to focus on weight loss as well as focusing...lost 40 lbs and kicking ass on clinical rotations |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:32 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:33 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:33 PM
the solemn single tear of nosewerskunk
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:33 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:36 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:35 PM
We talk daily. We're close. He's probably my best friend. And I don't think I want anything more than that. But I don't want him to get married and think "Jesus Christ, I dodged a bullet." |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:36 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:16 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:38 PM
This is a lot of fucking work. Heh. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:46 PM |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 7:56 PM
"I don't think..."
TRANSLATION: You would lovingly lick his steaming jizz off of his fiancee's flat face in a heartbeat if he would allow it. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:34 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:01 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:37 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:41 PM
I'd be willing to try less, hence the short-term fasting at end. But I feel like I'd just look wasted, still fat, and flabby.
3 months should be enough time to gain a little muscle, and I think women look a lot better that way. Hides the fat you do have better. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:43 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:45 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:56 PM
Would cylcing the number of calories help that? For example, less than 1000 for most the week, but then two days of 1400?
If something like this would work, I could use suggestions of exactly how. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:57 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:10 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:41 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:44 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:57 PM
Don't just eat 1200-1400 calories per day. There is more to dieting than just calorie restriction. You can manipulate hormones through the 1000x different types of carb cycling for an increased metabolic burn.
Look up intermittent fasting and/or things like Carb Nite to approach diet. 90% of the results you get will be from diet. Do not think you can run yourself lean in 2.5 months.
Slow walking is better than running for body composition, especially if you are weight training. (Note, I didn't say walking 30 minutes is the same as running 30 minutes). Walking fasted in the morning is an amazing choice for body composition. Bodybuilders have known this for years.
Do not go on a juice shake diet 2 weeks out. That is retarded. If you want rapid results 2-4 weeks out, look up a protein sparing modified fast such as the Rapid Fat Loss Handbook (someone above mentioned) or the Velocity Diet.
When you start to get burned out because you are currently a fat ass and think you can just go from doing nothing to totally changing your diet, and running/lifting everyday... drop exercise frequency, but don't drop the diet.
Google shit I said that you don't understand. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:04 PM
Other points noted. The running I'm doing mostly for me. I've run 6 marathons and 14 halfs before. Now I can't even finish two miles. But it makes me feel sane and I enjoy it. I need that back, regardless of what I look like at a wedding (though yes, that's the target.)
I already do "walk" in the morning for an hour with my dog at Riverside before eating. But it's easy to stop and chat with other dog owners or go too slowly. So going to try to make this a little more intense. |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 7:54 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 5:59 PM
You disgust me.
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:11 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:07 PM
Then work started and it threw my schedule to shit. I went four months without a single day off, including weekends. I ate worse than before, with Seamless for dinner and became slothful and gluttonous and miserable, which made me slothful and gluttonous.
My mom's not fat. Nor will I be... soon. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:08 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:12 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:18 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:08 PM
p.s. I did this & lost 10-15 lbs since January, but I already have a 19 BMI and am very fit, so didn't need to lose weight. Just felt like it. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:12 PM
I mean, I'm laughing. But I'm crying inside. I've been meaning to download the Nike training ap. Will do. Thanks. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:13 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:25 PM
When I see them exercising, I judge them too. Maybe I'm only rooting for them, "Attagirl, hope she sticks around." Maybe I'm acknowledging how unlikely it is that they'll still be at the gym in three weeks. Maybe I'm assessing them every time they come in to note progress or lack thereof.
Anyway, I have felt uncomfortable in front of people lately and in my own skin. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:13 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:09 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:11 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:13 PM
I'm a 6 foot breh who started this semester weighing 190. I worked out and ate 1000-1500 calories a day and am now 170. I can bench 250.
if a 6 foot dude, who while not JACKED, is still decently strong, can get by on 1000-1500 calories a day, a short plump bitch should be able to handle living on 1000. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:21 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:16 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:15 PM
Maybe it'd be different if I'd been this way a long time. But really, I've been over 150 for less than a year. So I haven't given up hope completely. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:18 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:22 PM
It makes me all warm and tingly. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:24 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:25 PM
havent you had to buy all new clothes? |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:28 PM
Yes. It was pretty sad. First I bought them but left the tags on because "this was my wake up call." I'd wear them for a few weeks while getting my diet under control then take them back and go back to regular people clothes.
Agh. Tags are off now. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:40 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 9:11 PM |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 2:55 PM |
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Date: June 8th, 2012 2:57 PM
I've gained 10 lbs in a week before. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:16 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:20 PM
no rational woman would let herself go like this over work. |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:21 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 6:52 PM Eat a hard boiled egg three times a day. Drink black coffee. Take a bronkaid with each cup of coffee. 3-4 times a week, do a few minutes of sprints after about a mile run warmup. Enjoy watching yourself cut an inch off your waist every week. You might want to eat a burger or something once a week to prevent dat metabolism crash. |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 8:01 PM
imo diet soda's fine too. doesn't have to be coffee. altho if u need the fiber, def favor the coffee. |
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Date: May 7th, 2012 7:59 PM |
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Date: May 7th, 2012 8:17 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 7:47 PM
greetings,
the plan to severely limit calories is off point. i lost almost 10lbs in a month by doing p90x and cutting out processed food from my diet. i stopped exercising, but i cook all my own meals and am still losing weight.
the only processed foods i eat now are yogurt and peanut butter. other than that, my diet is 95% vegetarian and i eat as much as i want without counting calories. when you eat whole, natural foods, it is nearly impossible to overeat.
the videos in the above link are a 180 description of why balancing calories-in and calories-out is unhelpful.
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Date: April 29th, 2012 8:04 PM |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 8:12 PM
and if you are gonna significantly change your diet plus add exercise, then you will want to eat enough calories to give you the energy you need (also explained in ep. 3)
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Date: April 28th, 2012 7:54 PM
i think i would freak out if i was even 10 lbs overweight. |
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Date: May 6th, 2012 11:51 PM |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 7:14 PM |
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Date: May 6th, 2012 8:03 PM |
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Date: April 28th, 2012 8:55 PM
lmfao @ 1500 calories and trying to exercise
JUST LMFAO
have fun with your shut down metabolism and ballooning like a whale after you return to a normal diet
this site is the best flame ever |
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Date: May 6th, 2012 8:30 PM |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 7:34 PM |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 7:50 PM
Calories ~ 900/day
Muscle loss: minimal
Preparation: low
Cost: low
Self-control required: moderate. it's a diet so you can't deviate, and it will get boring, but don't cheat. eating veggies will help stave off hunger pangs
Speed: High. You'll lose like 10 pounds every two weeks, most of which will be fat. |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 8:03 PM |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 8:13 PM |
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Date: April 29th, 2012 8:14 PM
To avoid "starvation mode" try to eat many small meals throughout the day. Eat a large breakfast and try to eat your meals at the same time each day.
Get a tape measure and skin-fold calipers. These will give you much more information than a scale.
Focus weight training on the lower body. These are the largest muscles and will in turn burn the most fat.
Running may not be the best option if you are that heavy. Your joints may give out before your cardio and you risk injury. The stress of running may also release cortisol leading to fat storage. I would recommend you do spinning, ergometer or fast walking on incline treadmill.
In the last week before the wedding you should cut out sodium to lose water weight. Get a nice tan and possibly wear some compression undergarments.
My final advice is for you to re-examine why you want to get into shape. Fitness is a lifestyle and goals like "I wanna look good for some specific event" leads to yo-yoing behavior when the event has passed and you feel entitled to a reward. You are not too old to turn your health around but whatever you do must be based on sustainable goals rather than quick fixes. |
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Date: May 6th, 2012 6:10 PM |
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Date: May 6th, 2012 8:45 PM Typical diet:
bkfast: 1 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt (100 cals, 15 grams protein)topped with a few berries (30 cals); green tea or black coffee
snack: 1 EAS Carb Sense shake (110 cals, 17 grams protein), plus 1 cup of plain broccoli+ spinach (150 cals)
lunch: 4-5 oz plain, grilled chicken, turkey or fish and 1 cup plain veggies ( 150 cals, 25 grams protein); green tea
snack: 1 handful walnuts (120 cals, 3-5 grams protein)
dinner: same as lunch + multivitamin + essential fatty acids
TOTALS: 700 calories, approx 85 grams/protein
Sleep 8+ hrs/night
Exercise: Lift HARD 3-4 days/week. 1-1.5 hours of cardio, including 15-20 mins of intervals EVERY DAY. I recommend cardio kickboxing, zumba, or any other high-intensity cardio.
Once per week, have a cheat meal not to exceed 600 calories.
Yes, it sounds extreme. Yes, it is highly efficient and employed by women who use their bodies to make a living in order to get in shape quickly. |
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Date: May 6th, 2012 11:52 PM |
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Date: May 7th, 2012 7:41 PM
if i drop anything, it would be strength. it makes me feel a little puny and i'm super, super sore. it's the most taxing aspect and therefore makes me least likely to maintain the whole thing. but continuing for now. thoughts?
my clothes are a little looser. but no big, noticeable changes yet. |
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Date: May 7th, 2012 8:08 PM
http://nymag.com/news/sports/38001/
your walks should be based around time and intensity, not distance. i'd drop weight training for now. you're a chick so you can see some actual benefit from doing shit like push-ups and assisted pull-ups until you develop some functional strength, which won't be for quite a while. intense sets of modestly weighted squats would be an exception, but it's not critical for what you're trying to do. |
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Date: May 7th, 2012 8:20 PM
http://www.ddpyoga.com/site/index.php/en/results/83-arthur |
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Date: June 16th, 2012 12:47 PM
Also, I do feel way, way better. I'm up to jogging for an hour 4-5 days per week. And I don't care how slowly I'm going now (11 min mile) or that it isn't the most effective thing for looking good quickly. I forgot how cathartic it is, how much better it makes me feel. |
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Date: June 16th, 2012 1:26 PM |
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Date: June 16th, 2012 1:38 PM
So I normally have my largest meal about 2-3 hours before I run/workout. Occasionally I will have it at a different point of the day if I'm meeting up with friends or have a dinner meeting or something. It's normally 400-500 calories. And while I do try to limit to whole grains, beans and good carbs, it's more the calories I focus on. There have been rare times when I'll have bread or noodles. (It's also because this is the one meal with enough calories that it works to have with other people and social meals are occasionally more limiting in terms of best choices.)
The rest of the food for the day I make sure keeps me at under 1000 calories. So meals are pretty small. Typically,I'll eat a no-fat greek yogurt, or a couple boiled eggs, cottage cheese and fruit, a salad with no dressing and limited proteins/fats or some nuts. Occasionally I'll eat pre-packaged diet bars.
I track calories every day. I went over 1000 one day last month (1102), and have averaged 910 calories per day. |
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Date: June 16th, 2012 1:50 PM |
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Date: June 16th, 2012 1:18 PM
Works on Orcas |
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Date: June 16th, 2012 1:15 PM |
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Date: June 16th, 2012 1:40 PM |
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Date: June 16th, 2012 1:44 PM
As of this morning, now I've gained less than 30 pounds in two years- at least as far as anyone who hasn't seen me in that long is concerned- which is all I really care about. I think getting it down to appearing to be around 10 is still possible. |
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Date: June 16th, 2012 1:45 PM |
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Date: July 7th, 2012 1:32 PM
1 month till I leave. I can lose a minimum of 10 pounds, easy. No one can tell a 5 lb weight gain. Bet I can lose more, though. |
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Date: July 7th, 2012 1:39 PM |
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Date: July 7th, 2012 1:39 PM
So you just lost 20% of your bodyweight in the last 60 days?
That seems healthy. Congratulations. Maybe if you can go for broke and take off another 10% in the next three weeks you will do us all a favor and die. |
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Date: July 7th, 2012 1:46 PM
And I've been doing it by eating healthy foods (albeit in low quantities), walking 10 miles per day and running 4-5 hours per week. I haven't felt this healthy in a long time. |
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Date: July 7th, 2012 1:50 PM |
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Date: July 7th, 2012 2:00 PM
No one really ever loses for the one event. It might be a good catalyst. But it's not near enough to get you all the way there. |
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Date: July 7th, 2012 1:55 PM |
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Date: July 7th, 2012 2:02 PM
Funny how this weight depressed me so much on the way up, and on the way down I'm basically euphoric :) |
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Date: July 7th, 2012 2:06 PM
i feel u girl! rooting for u |
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Date: August 10th, 2012 9:37 AM You'd never find a doctor who recommends you stack ephedrine and caffeine for weight loss, but shitloads of people do it. There are maybe two or three cases where someone died from doing this, but later IIRC it always turns out they took waaay too much and ODed, basically. I've done EC stack w/success before. Ephedrine used to be a weight loss supplement IIRC. I told my mom about my EC stack and she was basically "lol i remember when we all did that in the 80s" |
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