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  1. Just now, Aqua Buddha said:

    I've read everything you've posted and you're right on all counts.  I define obese as over 300 pounds.  (Height and gender may vary.)  While you're saying it's incredibly difficult, I know dozens of people who have done it so it's possible so to write it all off to biology discounts their work and achievement?

    Serious question.  I don't know your area of practice but would you ever prescribe an exercise regimen to a patient?  I know a neurologist and he does that.  He also bitches out patients for being fat.

     

    I think a lot of the problem with the American healthcare system is the incentive for doctors to just prescribe meds for ailments related to having obese patients.  Oh, high BP due to being fat?  Here's a pill.  High cholesterol from eating fast food every day?  Here's a pill.  Type 2 diabetes for being over overweight and eating like shit the majority of your life?  Here's a pill and blood sugar monitor.  Granted, some people may actually have high BP or cholesterol and be a perfectly healthy weight and they actually need these drugs but the vast majority of the people who are type 2 diabetic, have high BP or high cholesterol have these issues due to weight and diet.  However, there's no proactive measures for doctors or the pharmaceutical industry to get these people off these medications because the incentive structure is backwards.  The structure incentives doctors to keep these patients coming back to them for more drugs and the pharmaceutical companies keep pumping them out.  If the government actually incentivized people to be healthy, it could dynamically shift the health trends we've seen over the last 20/30 years.  However, too many lobbying programs are on capital hill trying to get their shitty processed foods into our laps (dairy industry, big beef, etc.).

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  2. 10 hours ago, gmr548 said:


    Uh, cause it’s good. Generally try to avoid added sugar but not there.

    Costco, smuckers, Trader Joe’s…there’s literally countless non sugar added PB in a grocery store.

  3. 10 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

    It’s crazy to see that number for Houston and think about how much more our household income is and how I don’t feel rich. At all. Well, I know I am not but damn, a lot of poverty in this city.

    Right there with you. It’s damn near impossible to own a home inside 610 with less than $250k/$300k per year.

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  4. Just now, Gatorubet said:

    No. I do that.  My dog will sign the affidavit….but it will look like a dog signed it.   My BMI is 27-29.    I was using my inability to run as an example  for the general population.   I loved eating anything I wanted after a six mile run and still weighing 150.    

    I might’ve been a bit too sensitive, but the general tone of the thread was more of a dump on non-super fit people theme

    I get you and sorry if I came across as entitled. Was just explaining my journey.

     

  5. 14 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

    Yeah, just a normal lifestyle running marathons huh?  I have a genetic condition that resulted in severe adult onset asthma in my mid 30s. I ran 4 to 6 miles a day and weighed 60 pounds less than I do today before the asthma.

    I’m glad your wife runs a lot and did a marathon. fucking great. There’s a shit ton of people who cannot do that for a very wide number of reasons.  Some posters on this thread say, “well, just get off your lazy ass and go run and lose weight.”  Some of us are not blessed with the ability to run or do much other exercise

    y’all come across as insensitive judgmental assholes, FYI.

     

    We’re insensitive or are you too overly sensitive?

    You don’t have to exercise to lose weight. Does your asthma prevent you from a 30 minute walk per day?

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  6. 22 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    Look man- I ain't mad at you. And the bullshit about healthy at any weight pisses me off and I've always been a fat guy... because it's just not true and people don't need to be lied to.  

    But, the reason I pointed out the statistic to you that you are 1 in 20 people that has successfully done this is b/c you should be aware of how unusual your situation is, and that should inform your feelings toward others that aren't able to do what you can do. It's why the best players typically make shitty coaches- MJ wants to know why you don't just hit someone with a crossover, spin around and jump from the FT line switch hands and hit the layup while going through 3 guys.  Why don't you do that man?  Well MJ- it's easy for you but you are a 1 of 1 man- how about you give us something more useful for mere mortals.

    Put another way- if your solution to something is expecting everyone to be able to do what the 95th percentile can do... that's not a solution.  

    I truly appreciate the feedback.  Thanks.

  7. 1 minute ago, Guadaloopy said:

    I get it... I've been where you are. 

    When I turned 40, I made a decision that I was going to make a big change.  I became much more disciplined about what I ate, and I took up distance running.  I signed up for a marathon six months in the future.  My weight when I started caused me to have right knee issues and I had to slow down my training plan.  I only did the half marathon at the six month mark, but signed up for another full later that year.  I kept with my training plan religiously for 10 months.  I dropped 40 lbs and could run a 10K in 45 minutes.  Nothing spectacular, but I was damn happy with myself.  I kept running and eating well for three years.  It was fun to keep up with all of the 20-somethings in my command.  

    Then life changed.  I retired from the Navy and moved from San Diego to Monterey, CA.  I tried to keep running, but I found the hills around Monterey to be fucking brutal and what had once been a fun way to exercise became a huge chore.  That was 8 years and 60 lbs ago. 

    Now I keep trying to mind-fuck myself back into exercising regularly and eating well.  It's a lot harder at 51 than is was at 40.   Guess my point is that it feels simple once you get going and get into a groove and you wonder why everyone else doesn't "just do it."  I know I felt that way at times.

    Oh I know - I can be an insensitive asshole towards the people that I used to be like.  It’s not fair to them, they just haven’t hit that point.  I don’t place the entire blame on them.  It’s not wholly their fault.  It’s a shared problem between them, the fast food industry, industrialization of the food industry adding preservatives and overall shit chemicals that fill the inner shelves of the grocery stores.  

    It’s something I’m working on personally (my attitude towards other people).

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  8. 11 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    out of curiosity, how long have you kept the weight off? Were the steps incremental, or did you just wake up one day and and say "I'm going to completely change my life"? 

    One day I said I was done being the fat guy.  It was my 30th birthday - almost exactly 5 years ago.  Lost the weight over the course of 18 months and kept it off for the last 3.5 years.  I was getting winded from running around with my 18 month old and was tired of it.  I probably went a little overboard the first initial 6 months (went OMAD, no more sodas, no sugar, etc.).  Looking back, I don’t think what I did was exactly “healthy” but I’ve found a good balance now.  I eat, a lot, but make good choices.  I fluctuate between 180-190 (I’m 6’2”) depending on if it’s running season or not.  Just did my first full marathon in January and enjoyed it enough to sign up for one again next year.

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  9. 7 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    Congrats on being in the 5% of people that can pull that off losing that weight and keeping it off. You are a statistical anomaly.  You should certainly act with vitriol toward the other 95% of the people that aren't as capable as you at oh, I don't know, completely and totally reprograming their entire life without any help. Totally no big deal.  

    Thanks.

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  10. 48 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

     

    Holy shit!  He's solved it all, people.  What has worked for one person is a panacea that will save us all.

     

    Seriously, though.  Congrats.  Happy that you found a way that worked for you.  

    Like I said, it was a rant.  Sorry.  Maybe I should have posted in “Trivial things that make you surly” instead.

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  11. 6 minutes ago, pearlandhorn said:

    FFP (former fat person) here.  Lost 120/130 lbs over the course of a year and a half or so.  I went from 315 to 185/190.  In my opinion, it just takes willpower and the desire to change.  I did it without surgery and just by changing my diet and exercising.  I now eat more volume wise than I did when I was 315 pounds.  I also do distance running which helps and do weight training 3 or 4 times per week but in my opinion, it’s 100% a mental game of reprogramming yourself to actually eat well.

    If people would just stop eating shitty fast food, cooked at home 90% of the time, and walked half an hour a day, a lot of people would actually lose weight.  A huge problem, in my opinion, is the media and publicity of dieting to lose weight.  A diet is a short term fix to a long-term problem because it has a finite beginning and end.  Losing weight and keeping it off is a life-style change.  I’m continuously mystified by the studies that come out that says Americans eat fast food on average 6 times per week or whatever the number is.  I honestly can’t remember the last time I had fast food.  The amount of money that Americans spend on eating out is such a waste.  It’s not just fast food either.  All of the restaurants that Americans eat at have portion sizes that are way too large, cook everything in butter or peanut oil, and we eat it all because we were trained to by our parents (clean your plate or you can’t leave the table!) Americans are too lazy, too “busy”, and aren’t incentivized to lose weight and be healthy.  It’s easier to just go through the drive-thru which is a fucking problem.

    If I had a dime for every time I heard a fat person say “I’ve tried dieting…it just doesn’t work for me!”, I’d be a fucking thousandaire.  No shit, thanks mainstream media.  It’s not a fucking diet.  It’s a lifestyle change.  I’m busy as shit, travel for work, have a kid in little league, run a half marathon damn near every weekend, and STILL have the time to meal prep every other fucking workday.  When I travel for work, do I eat out 3 meals a day?  No, I go to the grocery store on my way to the hotel and get healthy food for breakfast and dinner.  It’s a fucking choice to be healthy.  It’s a hell of a lot easier to be fat and lazy because of the fast food giants lobbying their way into Congress.  

    Eat eggs, oatmeal, chicken, rice, avocados, leaner cuts of beef, fruits, nuts, and vegetables.  Stop eating processed foods with sugar added and stop drinking fucking calories.  Fuck Coca-cola.  

    Sorry for the rant.

    EDIT:  Oh yeah, and Americans are addicted to fucking sugar.  We put sugar in everything.  Coffee, tea, food, orange juice, fucking PEANUT BUTTER!.  WHY?  If I had to estimate, I’d say the average adult American consumes about 800 calories per day in liquid calories.  Drink fucking water or coffee with Splenda.  It’s not difficult people.

  12. 27 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:


    Correct, been discussed quite a bit. I haven’t eaten at one but it sounds like quality depends on location. Texas Monthly recently said that there has been a drop off in quality.



    Had Truth today. I am full and very content.

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    Nice looking appetizer.

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  13. 15 hours ago, Lurch said:

     


    I just cracked open the Fruity Pebbles and it’s dead on. Strong recommend

    Trying the fruity pebbles for the first time probably next week after I finish off the tub of salted carmel MyProtein.  I ran a race a few weeks ago and picked up about 75 individual servings for free from a vendor.  I came up to him wearing my longhorn headband that I wear for running and he just loaded me up with free samples.  Told me that I could take as much as I wanted because I was a longhorn lol

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  14. Scrolled past this thread and realized I hadn’t finished todays wordle. Had three guesses done and only the first letter correct and another in the wrong spot. Next guess: bingo…

    Wordle 633 4/6

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  15. My evening snack typically includes homemade bread with avocado and greek yogurt with a scoop of protein powder (will sometimes add a serving of walnuts for extra fats).  NF greek yogurt is pretty gross to me so I doctor it up with a few splenda and protein powder.  This typically gets me to 200g protein, 80/90g fat, and 350g carbs per day.

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  16. 1 hour ago, Js1 said:

    Yeah, how?

    For me, protein powder with coffee + breakfast + post gym protein shake is usually ~75-85g before I’ve even touched post-gym snack (20g), lunch, afternoon snack (15g) and dinner. 

    This is how I am.  I do early morning workouts.  My breakfast is around 700-800 calories (3 whole eggs, cup of oats with 2 tablespoons of PB and protein powder) after gym.  Two lunches (combined 1100 calories of beef/rice and chicken/rice), dinner around 600 calories, then snack at around 9PM.

    7 minutes ago, Lurch said:

     

     

    The primary reason I'm coming up short is that Im in a 1000/day calorie deficit.  I'm only getting 1600-2000 calories a day on days when I just do the elliptical and its hard to find 185g there with my regular meals.  I typically get 10-20g from breakfast, 50g from lunch and then another 10-30g from dinner.  

    I'm going to see how it goes inserting a mid-morning and mid-afternoon shake.  Sadly, it means I'll have to cut calories elsewhere and/or add more exercise to stay on track with my calorie deficit.

    I ordered several different flavors of Dymatize ISO100.  25g at 120kcal.

    If you're looking to lose weight, the number 1 thing you should focus your entire diet around is your protein intake.  Looks like you're doing that now.  Also, make sure you get sufficient fat intake (at least 80g per day).  Fill in the remaining amount with carbs or more fats.  Great job on the loss so far.

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  17. 1 hour ago, Lurch said:

    210 unlocked.  All of my 42” and 40” pants and shorts are gone.  38”s need a belt and 36” is comfortable.  
     

    BMI is officially “healthy” rather than “overweight”.  
     

    Adding protein powder to my diet somehow because I’m coming in at an avg of 85g daily rather than my 150-200g target

    25 lbs until my target by mid-June … 13 weeks left

    Stick to the plan

    85g per day?  Are you a vegetarian?

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  18. 3 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

    Welp, it's my 39th birthday today. Just got home from the gym and felt like checking in. 

    Unfortunately, I didn't hit my initial weight target for today. Have pleateaued around 198 the last month or so, almost certainly due to bad habits on the weekends. That said, I'm not too bummed about it, because I'm at a much improved muscle/fat ratio (easily a good 5% drop in body fat). Have been pretty religious about hitting the gym at a minimum 4 times a week, often 5. I'm currently stronger and have more muscle mass than at any point since my mid-20's.

    Clothes are fitting great. Feel better physically than I have in a long time. Just gotta keep at it.

    Happy birthday.

  19. 2 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    Surgery or diet/exercise?  How long did it take? 

    Diet/exercise even though most people I encounter ask if I had the surgery.  I decided it was time to make a change on my 30th birthday (I turn 35 next month).  Complete diet 180, stopped eating out, stopped drinking calories, did low carb for the first 2 years.  Lost about 90 pounds within the first 4 months or so.  Then hit the exercise routine for about a year, then COVID hit and I started running for exercise.  I was probably 195 when COVID hit and kept running all the way down to 180.  Switched up my diet to be high carb, high protein, medium fat and when the gyms opened again, did a hybrid routine of gym/running.  To answer your question, I was down to 185 in about 3 years.

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