Might be the wrong thread for my first post but who cares. I went from 180 to 130 in about 6 months by fasting and eating only fish, rice, and vegetables. The change 180'd my entire life and I couldn't be more grateful for it. Now I've plateaued and I can't lose much more weight and I'm not sure what to do about it. Anyone have any advice?
Might be the wrong thread for my first post but who cares. I went from 180 to 130 in about 6 months by fasting and eating only fish, rice, and vegetables. The change 180'd my entire life and I couldn't be more grateful for it. Now I've plateaued and I can't lose much more weight and I'm not sure what to do about it. Anyone have any advice?
Last time I checked I was 5'6" (lol). I do 30 pushups, 30 squats, 30 lunges every day and every other day I use a curl bar and do 48 wide grip curls, 48 close grip curls and currently as many reverse curls as I can manage before I drop the bar. Then I do 25 hammer curls and stop. I only do that every other day because I get really sore. I also have a mountain bike I use when it is warm out.
I only drink on holidays.
Last time I checked I was 5'6" (lol). I do 30 pushups, 30 squats, 30 lunges every day and every other day I use a curl bar and do 48 wide grip curls, 48 close grip curls and currently as many reverse curls as I can manage before I drop the bar. Then I do 25 hammer curls and stop. I only do that every other day because I get really sore. I also have a mountain bike I use when it is warm out.
I only drink on holidays.
Based on that, why do you want to lose more weight? You're at a very healthy weight and living a healthy lifestyle. I'm guessing you've plateaued largely because all the excess weight is gone and weight loss is now cancelled out by gain in muscle mass. If you're looking to get seriously ripped then it's the muscle/fat ratio and not bodyweight you need to concern yourself with, and routine wise it sounds like you're on the right track in that case.
Based on that, why do you want to lose more weight? You're at a very healthy weight and living a healthy lifestyle. I'm guessing you've plateaued largely because all the excess weight is gone and weight loss is now cancelled out by gain in muscle mass. If you're looking to get seriously ripped then it's the muscle/fat ratio and not bodyweight you need to concern yourself with, and routine wise it sounds like you're on the right track in that case.
I really don't want to lose more weight, my OP was probably too ambiguous. I was more looking for advice on what to work on now that the weight had been lost. Are there any simple things you can tell me about muscle/fat ratio, I'm not asking for a dissertation but anything is welcome, the entire concept of fitness is pretty much foreign to me.
I gained a lot of weight thanks to dropping my gym habit what with covid. That said, those 15 pounds were on top of about 40-50 pounds beyond where I would prefer to be. I'm pretty active and I like exercise, but I have this tendency to unhinge my jaw and swallow the refrigerator, which is not only bad for my TMJ but is the obvious reason I'm a fat piece of shit.
So the solution is quite simple, I think. Simple and easy not being synonyms.
5'9'' 233.0 lbs as of this morning. I'd like to bump up the first, but I suppose I may settle for getting the second number below 186, perhaps as low as 160. 15 years ago I was 165, which is strange to contemplate. I had the faintest traces of visible abs at that weight, though middle age has definitely made me more muscular, so I doubt I need to get much lower than that. So, uh. 70-80 lbs of lard to go.
My current strategy is to eat just enough not to feel faint until suppertime, and then have a hearty-yet-reasonable meal. Let's see if it pays off. I've been using my wife's food scale to measure what I get, not so much to count calories as to tell myself "see? Six ounces of meat and eight of vegetables. That's a real meal. You'll be FINE."
On 4 January I was 238.6. This seems like progress, but still within a margin of error.
I gained a lot of weight thanks to dropping my gym habit what with covid. That said, those 15 pounds were on top of about 40-50 pounds beyond where I would prefer to be. I'm pretty active and I like exercise, but I have this tendency to unhinge my jaw and swallow the refrigerator, which is not only bad for my TMJ but is the obvious reason I'm a fat piece of shit.
So the solution is quite simple, I think. Simple and easy not being synonyms.
5'9'' 233.0 lbs as of this morning. I'd like to bump up the first, but I suppose I may settle for getting the second number below 186, perhaps as low as 160. 15 years ago I was 165, which is strange to contemplate. I had the faintest traces of visible abs at that weight, though middle age has definitely made me more muscular, so I doubt I need to get much lower than that. So, uh. 70-80 lbs of lard to go.
My current strategy is to eat just enough not to feel faint until suppertime, and then have a hearty-yet-reasonable meal. Let's see if it pays off. I've been using my wife's food scale to measure what I get, not so much to count calories as to tell myself "see? Six ounces of meat and eight of vegetables. That's a real meal. You'll be FINE."
On 4 January I was 238.6. This seems like progress, but still within a margin of error.
From my experience with weight loss, you want to eat larger volumes of food with little to no caloric damage. I'll either have a cup of black coffee, eat a can of beans, drink a protein shake, have tuna and spinach salad, or even just drink water to fill both my caloric and macronutrient goals while also filling my stomach up. Protein is a very filling macronutrient, eat things high in fiber and protein and you'll feel satiated until dinner time. Remember that fats and carbs aren't bad for you, it's just the surplus and caloric intake that hurts.
I'm down one stone (14 pounds) so far this year just from eating less over all and not eating past 6-7pm at all, plus walking and couch to 5k
If anyone is reading this is on the heavier side (300 pounds+) and is worried about jogging fucking up your knees, it doesn't! just fucking do it.
Trying to swim my weight off. I was supposed to lose weight bicycling to class but the faggot university won't have physical class even now, and I temporarily became a drunk, so instead I got fatter.
Trying to swim my weight off. I was supposed to lose weight bicycling to class but the faggot university won't have physical class even now, and I temporarily became a drunk, so instead I got fatter.
I gained a lot of weight thanks to dropping my gym habit what with covid. That said, those 15 pounds were on top of about 40-50 pounds beyond where I would prefer to be. I'm pretty active and I like exercise, but I have this tendency to unhinge my jaw and swallow the refrigerator, which is not only bad for my TMJ but is the obvious reason I'm a fat piece of shit.
So the solution is quite simple, I think. Simple and easy not being synonyms.
5'9'' 233.0 lbs as of this morning. I'd like to bump up the first, but I suppose I may settle for getting the second number below 186, perhaps as low as 160. 15 years ago I was 165, which is strange to contemplate. I had the faintest traces of visible abs at that weight, though middle age has definitely made me more muscular, so I doubt I need to get much lower than that. So, uh. 70-80 lbs of lard to go.
My current strategy is to eat just enough not to feel faint until suppertime, and then have a hearty-yet-reasonable meal. Let's see if it pays off. I've been using my wife's food scale to measure what I get, not so much to count calories as to tell myself "see? Six ounces of meat and eight of vegetables. That's a real meal. You'll be FINE."
On 4 January I was 238.6. This seems like progress, but still within a margin of error.
Laps. I do 2/3 a mile every other day and it takes me a ridiculously long time (around 50 minutes). I want to get a mile a day, then increase speed until I can do it in thirty minutes.
