Losing weight

[Josh]

When I moved out of my house for a while I created a "diet" of sorts.

Step one: Work as a busboy in the Hard Rock Cafe.
Step two: Eat only what you can steal. Save your money for important things. Like beer. Don't eat any bread.
Step three: Spend all free time drunk, stoned, and playing Street Fighter with your roommates.

I lost about thirty pounds in less than three months. I don't understand it... but it worked for me.

Key ingrediants here are "eat less, and excercise".

Imagine that.

[Mzo]

Cardiac and water. I can't stress how important water is, to me at least. I've gotten to the point that I piss about 10 times easy a day...with almost every time being pure clear water. Yup, I drink so much water that my piss is actually water.

I get water from the cooler at work constantly. I piss water, too.

WE CAN BE PISS PALS!!

[Master]

Exercise and eat right.

While calories are burned, and muscle is built at the gym: Weight is lost in the kitchen.

All the exercise in the world won't make you lose weight unless you decrease your calorie intake while increasing your metabolic rate. Start jogging and eat healthier foods keeping portion control in mind.

Works most of the time for almost everybody.

[mollipen]

Yes, I know, I'm a total girl about my weight. I'm 5'7", so in reality no, being 150lbs is not obese. But I don't like the extra weight that I have, and would prefer to be back in the 130-135lbs range. At the size, for my height and build, I look the best.

And thanks for all of the advice. Some of them I knew - be strong about exercise, eat right, more smaller meals. One of my big vices is that I drink a can or two of Coke a day, and I really have to get back to only drinking water. Food wise, I'm trying my hardest to make all of my food, and not buy any sorts of pre-packaged stuff.

As for my girl, she lives in Japan - so, yeah, it's a bit of a long distance relationship.

[Dolemite]

Dolemite, 2-3 pounds a week is a lot. At anything more than 1 pound per week you're losing muscle mass as well.

Not really, I've read several bodybuilding books that say, as long as you keep up your protein intake, you can realistically lose 2-3 pounds of fat a week and retain (and even continue to build) muscle mass. Now that I think about it, however, this might not really apply to a normal person like Shidoshi who doesn't really work out or exercise much. For someone like him, maybe a pound a week is a bit more realistic. I was just thinking that he seemed to want to get the weight off fast so his woman doesn't think he's a great big fatass, and if he did what it took, he could do the 2-3 pounds a week.

Just takes time man. Patience is the key.

Exactly. Most people get frustrated easily and give up. There's no quick fix in getting the weight off, especially if you want to do it in a manner that makes it easy to keep it off.

[Mzo]

Wait... are you saying Kirby is fat?

[Dolemite]

Yes, I know, I'm a total girl about my weight. I'm 5'7", so in reality no, being 150lbs is not obese. But I don't like the extra weight that I have, and would prefer to be back in the 130-135lbs range. At the size, for my height and build, I look the best.

Wow, you must be one little guy...I'm 6'0" and weigh between 190 and 195, and I'm fairly muscular. I could probably stand to lose 5 more pounds (and I'm trying), but otherwise I'm happy.

As for my girl, she lives in Japan - so, yeah, it's a bit of a long distance relationship.

Japan? Geez...you ever think about getting a girl closer to home? I mean, how much satisfaction (and I don't just mean physical) can you get out of a relationship like that? You see her what, once or twice a year?

[mollipen]

Well, the relationship started during my time over there, and by the time it came time for me to return to the States, we were nine months into a relationship. So, it wasn't a case where I could just say, "Well, it's been swell, nice knowing ya!" *heh* But yeah, it's a total pain. She's coming over here to stay for three months, but what we do past that... who knows. My end goal is to go back over there, but I don't see that happening soon.

[Kinopio]

Although you shouldn't believe in stereotypes, at least thats what it says on the back of my box of Earl Grey.

[Hero]

Dolemite is the man, man. =p

So I have a question - how does someone with hypoglycemia get a good workout without destrying themselves? I'm told to eat more than most, but I don't gain much, and my blood sugar is low, so I can't exactly cut that. I'm just looking to build tone on my muscles anyway, not drop 50 pounds =p