What is the Best Way to Lose 20 pounds and keep it off...

[Zodiac4u]

Fantastic, thanks for posting.

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[Zodiac4u]

Well it was not about curbing appetite, but addressing a sweet tooth or other sweet cravings. Since it is so rich 2-3 squares do the trick with, as Visaria said, healthy fats, protein and fiber. I try and choose 80% or higher.

Sure of course, but incorporating healthy snacks is a great way to cut calories or sugar calories and provide your self with nutrients that your body doesn't know how to ask you to eat. Just my 4cents.

 

[HobbyTrading]

In short what is the best way to lost 20 pounds and keep it off.
if you feel like answering... thanks in advance.

@jem how is your weight loss journey progressing?

 

[jem]

I have put on 2 pounds since I last wrote.. but I think its all muscle.

I have lost a lot of my gut. One of my belts no longer works.
People have commented that I look like I lost weight.
I still have some fat to lose to get to where my abs are showing... but I am pretty sure I will get there. I think not eating until after a morning workout has contributed.


I have upped my intensity in the gym and seen steady increases in the weights I select. Right now I love going to the gym because I can see the gains happening.

I don't know what possessed me but I started to doing squats on the smith machine. I have not done that since I was in my twenties. I will hit the gym in an hour or two and I already hiked this morning. Its cool because I find myself looking forward to my next workout. I love the feeling and the result.

@jem how is your weight loss journey progressing?

 

[HobbyTrading]

@jem good to see your positive results. And see the "upward spiral" in action: good results lead to higher motivation, lead to even better results.

 

[jem]

its funny because a friend of mine jogs on the running machines... he says he looks over at all the guys lifting weights and the vast majority are not fat. Then he looks at tall the guys on the running machines and he says most are fat....

He said... in a very funny tone... maybe I am doing something wrong.

I applied his thought to the idea that maybe lifting 10 to 12 reps before failure is not working too well for my goals because all the guys who are ripped seem to be going heavier with fewer reps.
So I have gone heavier... but trying to be careful with my joints. Its a pretty tough balancing act.

I broke discipline this moring and ate an early breakfast and a drank a soda. (I had lost those 2 pounds and got over confident.) Now I am ticked.

I am posting to motivate myself to return to discipline.

@jem good to see your positive results. And see the "upward spiral" in action: good results lead to higher motivation, lead to even better results.

 

[Visaria]

So I have gone heavier... but trying to be careful with my joints. Its a pretty tough balancing act.

The balancing act is more intensity means better and faster muscle growth but more risk of injury. You have to find your happy medium.

I do 20-30 reps on some exercises because I have some concern on that joint. Btw i am ripped.

 

[jem]

so on this thread.

wow... that McDougall lecture just made me question things?

we saw people lost weight by not eating processed foods... like white bread.
and McDougall claims if you eat lots of bread you will lose weight.
and I know I lost weight on atkins pretty quickly and easily.

Sure no problem, i have found a lot of helpful stuff on the TED sight. This one here you might also find interesting.
The Ted sight is addicting if your an information addict and looking to change habits or improve?
Only watch the ones that have high reviews. Its a safe cheat way of not wasting your time, so have fun.

 

[Visaria]

Don't do Atkins. Cutting out vegetables from your diet is a dumb thing to do.

 

[HobbyTrading]

its funny because a friend of mine jogs on the running machines... he says he looks over at all the guys lifting weights and the vast majority are not fat. Then he looks at tall the guys on the running machines and he says most are fat....

He said... in a very funny tone... maybe I am doing something wrong.

I applied his thought to the idea that maybe lifting 10 to 12 reps before failure is not working too well for my goals because all the guys who are ripped seem to be going heavier with fewer reps.
So I have gone heavier... but trying to be careful with my joints. Its a pretty tough balancing act.

You won't win the "war on body fat" in the gym. You win (or lose) it in the kitchen: by selecting what you eat and how much you eat. Good choices in your eating habits have a much larger impact than anything you do in the gym.

If you get bored in the gym with doing only high rep sets: alternate one training session with high reps (e.g. 10 ~ 12 reps using low weight) with a next session with lower reps (e.g. 5 ~ 8 reps using higher weights).