Weight loss support thread

[Malagor the dank omen]

it sounds like you have a more square body frame. so anything to build muscles will be fine. Its alot easyer to get in a better looking shape for you because you dont need the bodyfat % very low.

The thing is that i have a pot belly and no matter how i try, i cannot get that shit down. Also there is the problem with my thin arms, but at leats i can say they are not 100% flabby and my legs would be the envy of some people. Problem lies in my torso and i don't know if it's a lost cause because i got a decent amount of muscle and i want to improve if there is room for it.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

So I lost quite a bit of weight. I went from a 106kg to 98kg.

 

[Mediocre]

Joining in because why not, I used to be kind of huge and probably weighed around 260 but then went down to like 180 and now I have a bit of a belly again.

Did anyone else still feel fat after they were down to "normal" weight again? I think I was even on the low end of the BMI chart and I still had a bit of a belly.

Probably because I became skinny fat and didn't go to the gym enough... 2nd times the charm?

 

[Babyspackle]

Don't weigh yourself. If you need a metric to watch do skin pull tests. Even still I think it's better psychologically to space anything like that out as far as you can stand (like watching the clock while you're doing cardio). It makes it easier to demoralize yourself.

If you can, try to become motivated / get your positive feelings about working out from it directly, thats really hard at first (But so is seeing weight loss results early on too)

Find the workouts you like the most / hate the least and latch on to those fuckers, as you start getting in better shape / can stand to do more add more and round your weekly routine out. Make everything as easy as possible, especially when you change what you eat: anything you don't want to eat isn't going to be a part of your diet for long.

or dont listen to me and do whatever works for you ~
TLDR: whatever keeps you in the gym week after week is guud

Edit: to get a 6pack as a man you literally have to eat less cal/day than you burn tho~ or to have dickskin all over your body if thats yo thang

 

[Safir]

Guess I'll ask here.

You know this exercise where you hang from a pull-up bar and try to raise your knees to your chest, or at least to position your thighbones horizontally? I tried this, overexerted, nearly lost consciousness, and only managed to twitch my knees a bit. I'm a long-distance cyclist, BMI 20.0. Wtf was that?

 

[Babyspackle]

That works your abs, and is also surprisingly easy to have bad form (though it sounds more like this was just surprisingly exausting for you).

Tons of abdominal exercises are both surprisingly exausting and high injury potential (dragon flags @.@) but they look alpha as fuck so people still do them.

I personally lean toward the school of thought that favors less of the abdominals at once, and higher reps. I do actually like hanging knee raise as it's more the lower abs, but extending the feet (keeping legs straight as you raise them, I think this is what you were doing) makes it a much higher intensity exercise. I like planks, ball pikes, and crunches.

Many people feel differently about this than me. Part of that is because they have good form and like what they like / want to do low rep sets with everything (I do low rep sets with most things I do). I just no longer do any kind of pride lifting now. I don't do personal single rep maxes anymore. I love deadlifts / clean + jerk but I've stopped doing them.

TLDR: I think you thought something was a leg exercise that was abdominals, then I rambled about abs~

 

[Sped Xing]

Welp. 232. I'd like to reach 180 again by my next birthday, so I essentially have 52 weeks to lose 52 pounds.

So I should be about 227 by 1 September. I'll see you in Poland, baby..

 

[Meat Poultry Veg]

My conditioning is returning to the point where I can go back to two-a-day workouts. Diet wise, I had a major fuck up (ate a little over half a pizza one night) but have been otherwise avoiding bread, pasta and rice.

The two-a-day thing seems like Overkill but it's the surest way for me to avoid recreational eating. The workouts themselves do not have to be exhausting.

 

[Sped Xing]

I find that I watch my eating better on days when I work out.

I need to force myself to exercise daily, even if it's minor. My schedule is very weird, and I lean into that for excuses

 

[Babyspackle]

It gets way easier when get in a groove, and for me that has happened alot quicker when I can work out 5-6 days a week (even if only 20mins a day). If you can get 1 or 2 friends to workout with and get into a routine with all of you will be more likely to stick it out. Its harder to make excuses / skip a day when theres others you have to make that excuse too.

For me after the first 3-4 weeks working out again it's back to enjoyable hobby status for me. Excuses stop cropping up, being replaced with anticipation.

I said this a few times in other threads but why worry about actual lbs bruh, you'll likely gain weight if you are doing more than cardio even though you'll look better.

 

[Sped Xing]

I said this a few times in other threads but why worry about actual lbs bruh, you'll likely gain weight if you are doing more than cardio even though you'll look better.

It really depends on the person. I'm not going to gain 50 pounds of muscle in a year, nor would I care to. 232 pounds is hell on my knees.

 

[Babyspackle]

you rite fam

 

[Meat Poultry Veg]

So despite fucking up and eating 5/8ths a pizza, a whole cheesy bread (i.e. a small "pizza" with only cheese), two donuts and three pasta dinners, I managed to lose 5 lbs last week. I attribute that to being a good boy the rest of the week and shitloads of cardio and kickbox training.

Family obligations say I'll have to be bad this weekend, but if I don't cheat for the rest of this week (and maybe do a water fast 24 hours before the obligatory party) maybe I could lose as much or more weight this week.

 

[Fatcat]

finally made up my mind and will join a gym soon, needless to say I'm scared shitless as I never went to one and probably going to be intimidated by the amount of testosterone surrounding me please pray for me

 

[Gordon Cole]

finally made up my mind and will join a gym soon, needless to say I'm scared shitless as I never went to one and probably going to be intimidated by the amount of testosterone surrounding me please pray for me

In my gym experiences, no one really gives two shits who you are or what you do unless you bump into a friend or if someone asks you if they can use the machine when you're done.

 

[Ahoy]

For who became fat after beginning psychiatric medications --

Was the weight gain a result of increased impulsiveness? Reduced satiety from food? Reduced feelings of self-loathing?

Have always been very curious about this, and any insights are appreciated.

 

[Basil II]

Should there be any worry about "starving myself" (AKA cannibalizing lean mass and metabolism going to shit) If I always eat between 1,000 and 1,500 calories but my body feels completely fine and still has a lot of energy?

 

[January Cyst]

Any advice i should consider on this matter?

Go low carb, that's pretty much the best medicine combined with decent workout (aimed at belly/core)

Should there be any worry about "starving myself" (AKA cannibalizing lean mass and metabolism going to shit) If I always eat between 1,000 and 1,500 calories but my body feels completely fine and still has a lot of energy?

Yes, if you do this consistently over long periods of time.
It's a lot more sensible to operate at a 500 calorie deficit than to starve yourself.
Go to a calorie calculator and try to hit your macros (or a deficit, depending)


I'm down to 199 now, aiming for 185 elbees (6'3" BRUTE MALE)

 

[Far Queue]

finally made up my mind and will join a gym soon, needless to say I'm scared shitless as I never went to one and probably going to be intimidated by the amount of testosterone surrounding me please pray for me

Most people at a gym are not in great shape, which is why they're going to the gym. For whatever reason people have this idea in their head that it's just young roid rats that are going to go high school locker room on them for being less than godlike. That shit just doesn't happen in all but a few gyms that are all about that.

Once you go a few times you'll get over the presuppositions and won't feel as bad about going at all. The rest is just setting and sticking to a schedule. That's the hardest weight.

 

[Fatcat]

Most people at a gym are not in great shape, which is why they're going to the gym. For whatever reason people have this idea in their head that it's just young roid rats that are going to go high school locker room on them for being less than godlike. That shit just doesn't happen in all but a few gyms that are all about that.

Once you go a few times you'll get over the presuppositions and won't feel as bad about going at all. The rest is just setting and sticking to a schedule. That's the hardest weight.

Yeah I don't know why I was anxious about going there, I went to sign up last Wednesday it was really nice, everyone mind their business in fact I was the one to look at them to see how some were using certains machines lol. I made a workout plan with the app the gym provide (basic fit) and going there again tomorrow.