Post: #26

(09-20-2013 10:26 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  I lost 30 lbs ridiculously fast back when I lived in Santa Cruz by doing Tim Ferris' slo-carb diet and riding my bike everywhere.

This thread is pretty relevant here though: The ONLY Muscle Building and Fat Loss (& Game & Life) Advice You'll Ever Need!

I second the Slow Carb, very easy to do and its really easy to follow.

Where I differ is exercise. For a fast loss I would all but eliminate exercise. I would nail the diet to a tee first, then slowly introduce exercise with a relatively low intensity like walking or biking. There is a lot of evidence now about this, and this has been my experience, that training intensity slows the fat loss process. I carried 15% BF for years as a high volume crossfitter. I dont know how, I just eat like crazy when I train, throw in life and it makes the weightloss even harder. And I see a lot of chubby regular crossfitters. Anymore I believe that fat is all about diet, unless you have a crazy program and are training/exercising 10+ hours a week. A few very disciplined weeks of diet will cut you fast, and you will lose little if any fitness/strength.

Post: #27

Reduce carb intake to mostly post workout and just overall caloric intake. Try keep your metabolism up by doing a workout early in the day, then small exercises whenever you get a chance - this will help you stay mentally fresh and alert as well (make sure you have some baking soda spare - might start to smell after a while otherwise).

Post: #28

I've lost 10 + kgs a couple of times.

What worked was completely cutting out sugar, processed foods, fruits.
Also, 3 cold showers a daY and black coffee right after exercise.
Minimized lifting, started heavy cardio. Also, daily measuring weight at the same time helped.

Its great that you put this thread up, I need to drop 9 kg in 21 days for an event in december, starting day after tomorrow. Do you have tentative date targets set?

Post: #29

I lost 10lbs in two weeks cutting out carbs. I'm was only eating 20-30g a day. That meant no soda, beer, bread, beans and fruit. I basically ate chicken, fish, some vegetables, cheese, and drank lots of water.

I used lemon/lines in water to add taste. I continued with my lifting but had to stop running due to lack of energy.

The cutting of carbs led to less intake of calories. I def was eating less than 2000 a day.

When you're cutting carbs or calories high intensity cardio is hard to do. I couldn't train for track during those two weeks.

Post: #30

I think I posted here already but this book is exactly what you're looking for.


Just google 'rapid fat loss lyle mcdonald" and you'll probably be able to find a copy that's not eighty bucks on amazon.

Post: #31

The previous posts are all great advice, but what I ask you is what behaviors are causing you to be overweight? Yes exercising too little and eating too much is what it comes down to, but how specifically are you say eating too much.

Once you figure that out you're golden.

A lot of guys promote things like "eat 100% paleo starting today, do HITT and lift heavy" all of those things are good, but you need to change your habits and realize that you've ingrained into yourself behaviors which cause you to be overweight. There is no quick fix and you have to change little by little. From my experience you follow that advice and your years of bad habits will catch up with you within a week or two and you'll end up right where you started.

If I were to give you a few pieces of direct advice it would be to:

1) identify overeating/underexercising causes. and gradually work away from them. This summer was primo time for me to drop some extra pounds. I was walking 12 hours a day on top of lifting heavy, but I started eating fast food very frequently and drinking lots of beer. The food was mostly at work because I was bored at work/didn't plan. I didn't gain any weight however. Now I eat big meals before work and bring some whey for lunch at work. I've noticed no difference in my hunger levels but have dropped some pounds. My lifts didn't suffer either. On top of this I was eating lots of processed foods at home. I've been gradually cutting out shit from my life. I had one week of no fast food whatsoever, then a week of no sugar whatsoever, then I'm going on a week with no processed foods at home.

2) walk everywhere. Walking is easy, everybody can do it. Take time to relax and just walk around, maybe you'll run into a cute girl you can talk to.

3) drink lots of water and don't let yourself get over-hungry. if I don't eat all day and try to have one big meal I end up going on a feeding frenzy and eat everything in sight.