Hey everyone, it's me. Your good ol' buddy Dainjre. Some of you may know that I am overweight. It's actually something I've struggled with since elementary school. I first grew out, then up. I've actually been sitting around my same height (6'1" area) since the 7th grade, and my weight at that time was in the upper 200s. I avoided scales, a lot... but I know in January, I finally weighed myself to find I'd hit 320... at the time I thought that this was unacceptable. I never really LOOKED super heavy, or at least like what you'd imagine someone of that weight looking like, although I did, and still do, carry a lot of weight in my abdomen, which is a problem within itself, because it means you're at higher risk for diabetes and also heart disease... and I don't know about all of you, but I don't want to take insulin shots or have multi-bypass surgeries.
So I decided to start losing weight, even though I'm lazy. I asked Crystal for help, because she's lost 80 lbs in a year and a half. She set me up with some stuff... low and behold, with very little effort on my part, I've dropped down to 260 so far and with 220 as my goal, I don't feel far off! 10 lbs a month is no joke. I feel a lot better and more healthy as well. Here's some things I started to do to change my habits and it's been working really well for me, it may work for you too! The real key to losing weight is to find something you're comfortable doing. The real enemy here for me is sugar. I cut back on a lot of sugary foods, stuff you wouldn't even think of having a lot of sugar, besides soda. There's a great documentary on Netflix now, it's called Fed Up, check it out! It's about how people even eating diet foods can't lose weight because "low calorie" and "low fat" options are made actually worse for you, because they have increased sugar contents over the full fat versions. By the way, fat isn't really bad for you.
1. I stopped drinking Soda. I'm still a caffeine addict, I drink a lot of unsweetened tea... but cut out soda and cut back hard on the beer. They are both filled with sugar. Sugar is usually directly turned into belly fat for most people. Stop drinking soda.
2. Multivitamins and Probiotics. I was mad when Crystal told me to start taking these. Real mad. I felt it was a waste of money. I told her I would try it though, even though they were expensive. Turns out I feel a lot better on them and am getting sick a lot less, which is making me more active. Who'd have thought? (lol) I actually have a blood disease called Thallassemia and I can't have loads of Iron like most people, so I need special ones that don't have Iron in them. The probiotics not only help to keep me healthy and to help me digest food better, but it stops the yobagoya effect as well. These are the vitamins and probiotics I take...
Vitamins
Probiotic
3. Protein shakes. I started drinking a protein shake in the morning. I used to not eat breakfast... the reason why is because when I was younger, I used to eat cereal and milk in the morning... two things that are HIGH (very, very high) in iron and it would overload my body and I would feel really... really sick. So I stopped eating breakfast. This is very bad for you. You should always have something within 2 hours of waking up to start up your metabolism. It also happens that both cereal and milk are very high in sugars, so you should consider cutting those out for a while as well (lactaid is milk sugar, plus cows milk is meant for cows.) Anyway, I started drinking a protein shake with a fat burner... as well as some caffeine because I don't really drink coffee in the morning. 1 of these shakes has 2 cups of coffee worth of caffeine, plus the protein gets your metabolism going and because there are very little calories if you put it in water and drink it (think of milk and almond/soy milk if you want to GAIN) it basically becomes a net calorie burn for you! I drink one of these every morning on my way to work... DEFINITELY invest in a blender bottle for this stuff. Oh, and the cookies and cream tastes like ass, get chocolate.
Protein
4. Meal replacements/eating habits. Yo, so you just drank a lean shake at 8 am or so... 10 am rolls around, guess what, time to eat again!! Thats, right, you should eat 5 small meals a day. I usually eat like this... shake at 8, protein bar at 10, lunch inbetween 12 or 1, snack at 5 when I get home, dinner at 830 after raid (keep in mind, YOU should probably have your snack at 3 or so then dinner around 6) The important thing here is to keep in mind what you're eating when, and what you're having. The first few days I started eating this much... I felt so full. It was a little gross... then a few days later, my stomach started growling like clockwork. I could always tell when it was time for my meals. For snacks I usually have beef jerky, which is high in protein and low in calories... but you can find something decent. Avocado is good, healthy fats there. Cheese and meat, like salami, etc. All good, all work. Just check the labels of what you're eating... when you look at the sugars per serving, you want something that's >10g or so... did you know that you're supposed to have approx 20g of sugars per day? That means one 8 oz soda (16g of sugar usually) is ALMOST all of your allotted sugars per day... drop the soda people. I usually have quest bars for protein bars, IMHO they taste the best. The cookie dough ones have the least amount of sugars in it, so eating that, with the protein and fiber in it is also a net burn for you.
Meal replacement
and that's basically all I've been doing coupled with walking around more, etc. No heavy work outs, no lifting, nothing. I even still eat fast food all the time, because that's what I have time for... hopefully I'll be able to cut that mostly out soon, since I just moved into my new place! If you really want to go HAM and drop a bunch of weight fast and you're a man and you don't want to just eat meat all the time, Crystal had a lot of success with a Ketosis diet, which means you can eat literally as much meat, cheese, and fat sources that you want, you just have to cut out the carbs... bread, pasta, fruits, etc. That's pretty much it! Just make sure you start eating more, small, high protein meals and cut out things high in sugars... like your diet sodas and your lite ranches and other dumb bullshit like that that actually makes you fatter!
So I decided to start losing weight, even though I'm lazy. I asked Crystal for help, because she's lost 80 lbs in a year and a half. She set me up with some stuff... low and behold, with very little effort on my part, I've dropped down to 260 so far and with 220 as my goal, I don't feel far off! 10 lbs a month is no joke. I feel a lot better and more healthy as well. Here's some things I started to do to change my habits and it's been working really well for me, it may work for you too! The real key to losing weight is to find something you're comfortable doing. The real enemy here for me is sugar. I cut back on a lot of sugary foods, stuff you wouldn't even think of having a lot of sugar, besides soda. There's a great documentary on Netflix now, it's called Fed Up, check it out! It's about how people even eating diet foods can't lose weight because "low calorie" and "low fat" options are made actually worse for you, because they have increased sugar contents over the full fat versions. By the way, fat isn't really bad for you.
1. I stopped drinking Soda. I'm still a caffeine addict, I drink a lot of unsweetened tea... but cut out soda and cut back hard on the beer. They are both filled with sugar. Sugar is usually directly turned into belly fat for most people. Stop drinking soda.
2. Multivitamins and Probiotics. I was mad when Crystal told me to start taking these. Real mad. I felt it was a waste of money. I told her I would try it though, even though they were expensive. Turns out I feel a lot better on them and am getting sick a lot less, which is making me more active. Who'd have thought? (lol) I actually have a blood disease called Thallassemia and I can't have loads of Iron like most people, so I need special ones that don't have Iron in them. The probiotics not only help to keep me healthy and to help me digest food better, but it stops the yobagoya effect as well. These are the vitamins and probiotics I take...
Vitamins
Probiotic
3. Protein shakes. I started drinking a protein shake in the morning. I used to not eat breakfast... the reason why is because when I was younger, I used to eat cereal and milk in the morning... two things that are HIGH (very, very high) in iron and it would overload my body and I would feel really... really sick. So I stopped eating breakfast. This is very bad for you. You should always have something within 2 hours of waking up to start up your metabolism. It also happens that both cereal and milk are very high in sugars, so you should consider cutting those out for a while as well (lactaid is milk sugar, plus cows milk is meant for cows.
) Anyway, I started drinking a protein shake with a fat burner... as well as some caffeine because I don't really drink coffee in the morning. 1 of these shakes has 2 cups of coffee worth of caffeine, plus the protein gets your metabolism going and because there are very little calories if you put it in water and drink it (think of milk and almond/soy milk if you want to GAIN) it basically becomes a net calorie burn for you! I drink one of these every morning on my way to work... DEFINITELY invest in a blender bottle for this stuff. Oh, and the cookies and cream tastes like ass, get chocolate. Protein
4. Meal replacements/eating habits. Yo, so you just drank a lean shake at 8 am or so... 10 am rolls around, guess what, time to eat again!! Thats, right, you should eat 5 small meals a day. I usually eat like this... shake at 8, protein bar at 10, lunch inbetween 12 or 1, snack at 5 when I get home, dinner at 830 after raid (keep in mind, YOU should probably have your snack at 3 or so then dinner around 6
) The important thing here is to keep in mind what you're eating when, and what you're having. The first few days I started eating this much... I felt so full. It was a little gross... then a few days later, my stomach started growling like clockwork. I could always tell when it was time for my meals. For snacks I usually have beef jerky, which is high in protein and low in calories... but you can find something decent. Avocado is good, healthy fats there. Cheese and meat, like salami, etc. All good, all work. Just check the labels of what you're eating... when you look at the sugars per serving, you want something that's >10g or so... did you know that you're supposed to have approx 20g of sugars per day? That means one 8 oz soda (16g of sugar usually) is ALMOST all of your allotted sugars per day... drop the soda people. I usually have quest bars for protein bars, IMHO they taste the best. The cookie dough ones have the least amount of sugars in it, so eating that, with the protein and fiber in it is also a net burn for you. Meal replacement
and that's basically all I've been doing coupled with walking around more, etc. No heavy work outs, no lifting, nothing. I even still eat fast food all the time, because that's what I have time for... hopefully I'll be able to cut that mostly out soon, since I just moved into my new place! If you really want to go HAM and drop a bunch of weight fast and you're a man and you don't want to just eat meat all the time, Crystal had a lot of success with a Ketosis diet, which means you can eat literally as much meat, cheese, and fat sources that you want, you just have to cut out the carbs... bread, pasta, fruits, etc. That's pretty much it! Just make sure you start eating more, small, high protein meals and cut out things high in sugars... like your diet sodas and your lite ranches and other dumb bullshit like that that actually makes you fatter!