Went on a small diet and started taking apple cider vinegar and started running sprints a lot before a trip to Hawaii in April. Have continued the diet and running since then and have kept losing weight. Basically just reducing carbs, eating less candy, no more soda, etc, smaller dinner portions.

I've been keeping up the lifting too - no let down on the strength despite losing the weight. I'm lower than my all time strong lifts (and 7 years older) but I am stronger than I was after the holidays.

Still feel strong and feel good overall. Don't feel sick. Just don't have the same appetite for tons of shitty food that I had. Also went to the doctor last month and my cholesterol is a little high, which has contributed to me cutting out bacon and milkshakes :(

That's a lot of weight to lose in 3 months though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165680)

I took the vinegar, ate less carbs, and exercised more. Combination worked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165863)

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166073)

What the fuck is that nonsense?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166140)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36168757)

150 LDL

75 Triglycerides

My doctor actually wants to put me on 5 mg of crestor, which is maybe okay since 120 LDL would be better than 150 for my arteries over the next 5 years, however I don't like the idea of becoming depending on statins - that shit keeps going up no matter what and I will be 55 on 40 mg of statins if I am depending on it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165791)

Don't lose any more. If you get too lean, you look good shirtless, but your Test levels will drop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165759)

Mom is 5'6 dad is 5'11. Brother is generously 5'11.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36209989)

u: more famous on xo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36210035)

our mother says we are equally handsome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36210134)

Kidney disease would be pretty 120. So would lupus, but I am a biological male and I imagine I would not still be squatting and running sprints with ease if I had lupus.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165810)

(This is not medical advice. Consult ur doctor.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166931)

Also if you were fasting or dehydrated your creatine levels will be elevated.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36171005)

Also, I used to think vague references to "inflammation" were wellness/yoga flame, until I dieted in a similar manner to what you are doing right now. No sugar, artificial sweeteners, or additives of any kind.

I noticed a marked difference in water retention and my joints felt better too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165816)

I used to have three a week. Trying to cut down to one every other week.

Have not had soda in 3 months.

I'm just not hungry for dinner, but I still eat big lunches.

All of this was to motivate my wife to diet and exercise before we went to Hawaii, which of course hasnt worked. I figured I could eat whatever I want for lunch when she wasnt around and then eat rabbit dinners with her. Doing so has caused me to drop a lot of weight, not so much for her.

Now I am literally in the best shape of my life, but I am also afraid I am dying of cancer or degenerative kidney disease.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165883)

but yeah, cut down on the meat and eat more veggies and whole grains and shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165905)

I wish nutrition was real science instead of bro science.

What is worse for my cholesterol? Steak? Milkshakes? Candy? Rice?

I cant go no carb and no meat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165922)

Btw all this worry over what otherwise seems to be your good health is not good for you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165947)

And if only my fucking doctor was not getting kickbacks from fucking statin pharma reps...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165988)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36165983)

this is from April before we went to Hawaii. I am probably 4-5 pounds lighter now. A little less fat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166186)

Mostly I lose fat I guess

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166263)

You need to break the chain now before you get fat and have to lose 20 pounds, which is basically impossible long term.

Unfortunately my wife is a biological female and like her species is violently opposed to any sort of moderate discomfort.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166211)

Does she eat like shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166235)

but she’s Filipina..

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166290)

She runs on the treadmill occasionally and does ab work outs but she works 12 hours a day or more with commute and needs more sleep than me so it’s hard on her.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166296)

I used to be a 6’2 230 jacked pretty boy but now I’m 280 and loving it. Actually a bit stronger and don’t look like absolute shit b/c of wide shoulders. Plus I can enjoy life. If slimepits not a concern, you should cut loose.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166617)

Date: January 15th, 2013 3:56 PM

Author: H.

Subject: Vol. IV: Trouble in Paradise?

"By his mid-30s, Earl appeared to be a living model of a certain brand of the American dream. He had hit all the expected milestones of mature adulthood: professional success, vocal support of the Republican party, a burgeoning 401k, a chic West Hollywood apartment. He was a man, damn it, with a beard to prove it. But did his confident exterior conceal a discontented heart? Friends spoke of a man whose formerly healthy love for fitness became an obsession with fading youth.

'In his 20s, Earl was a big guy, with big appetites," recalls Jayson T., a fellow gym rat. 'He really embraced the muscle stud lifestyle for its own sake - hell, I think he belonged to three or four gyms, and would swing by just to hang out, hit the showers, whatever, even after he'd put in a hard workout somewhere else. But when he hit 33, we noticed a change. He was all "salad this, salad that." I think he really thought he could go back to being a skinny, smooth 19 year old. He'd approach strange men, not looking for a bro to chill with, but to talk about his mile times. No, he wasn't a professional runner, so it does seem weird. But he seemed to get something out of explaining to them how athletically impressive he was, subjectively, for an asian lawyer cruising toward 40. Some of us honestly started to worry about him...'"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2038011&forum_id=2#22438967)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36166636)

any medium framed guy that tall with a decent (not even a ton) of muscle can weigj 200+

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36167006)

earl could never wear 32" waist 'skinny jeans' that have a modern cut. but his bootleg gap jeans with a 32" from 2008 still kind of fit so he's a 32" waist. it's kind of a meaningless stat. only proportions matter for men. if he truly had a big ass and hips, 34" waist would look great and natural. a true 32" waist at 6'3"/200 is almost unnaturally tapered like a bodybuilder.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36169129)

you don't have that big of a build and you're not that tall. you're a big strapping dude, but 200ish is nothing to be concerned with. if you stayed lean and fit, you would look fine at 185 or even a little less. you wouldn't look overly thin or gaunt until mid 170s and even then you'd just be skinny, not weirdly frail.

we are mentally fucked up from years of gym-going and gym rat mentality + the protein/mass building hangover of the late 90s/early 2000s. our idea of normal weight as a lifter is 'fucking bulky as fuck' most everywhere else in the world.

also LOL at your usual humblebrag disguised as self-concern trolling. take a page out off nutella's book and just advertise your shit when you want to talk about yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36168744)

Odd thing is he knows he is, otherwise he wouldn't be volunteering information.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36169347)

My kidney and bladder scans came back clean though - thank fucking god. So no lupus or degenerative kidney disease.

Cholesterol is still high and I am trying to argue with my doctor about the statins, but that is much less worrisome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36195624)

150 LDL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36195750)

eat fat and avoid carbs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36195811)

if ur not 6'3 and 230+ ur insane

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36210047)

if you want to know more about the science of weight loss and muscle gain, there's a certain XO poaster who went from 220 lb to 150 lb and then built muscle mass until 165 lb.

he is also an excellent history poaster, good catholic bro, and has an above-average sized COCK

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3991433&forum_id=2#36210000)