Weight loss

[pl4yboy]

Over the course of the school year, I seem to have packed a few extra pounds on (try 23). This happens every year for me and it just goes to show that a sedentary lifestyle is not good for you. Every winter I pack on about 15 extra pounds while I'm in school. This year, it was 23. So I started my weight loss routine on Monday. As of this afternoon after work, I had lost 7 lbs. I weighted 181.2 this afternoon and I was 165 at the end of last summer. I'd like to get back down to that, but will be satisfied if I make 172. I'd say 7 lbs in 11 days isn't half bad.

Now, this is how I do things. It's probably not the CORRECT way. It's probably not the HEALTHY way. But it works for me and has worked for 3 years.

Eat a small breakfast. Usually, I cook sausage or bacon the night before (because I have to be at the shop at 6 most days) and put it in the fridge. Some mornings I'll just eat that. Some mornings I'll throw in eggs. I drink a small 8oz apple or orange juice and 1 cup of coffee.

I work a physical job that requires 60+ hours a week of labor in the Oklahoma heat. Remember, I live on a lake and the humidity here is killer. By the end of each day, I'm normally drenched in sweat.

Lunch time, I eat a small snack. Normally half a sandwich (always turkey and cheese, no dressing) on white bread. A piece of fruit normally, and sometimes a small bag of chips.

Back to work. Get off work around 6-8, come home, and eat WHATEVER I WANT for dinner. I normally eat like a pig in the evenings. Go to bed around 9:30-10:30, and wake up at 5 to start it all again.

I'm just proud of myself really. I'm happy that I can still gain and lose weight so easily.

[tanz45]

Kids....dang fast metabolisms

Gained my 30 pounds with having the kid and being stuck in the small apt.

But the purchase of a house that needs some work should help shed the weight....if i can stop the boozin too

[pl4yboy]

Kids....dang fast metabolisms

Gained my 30 pounds with having the kid and being stuck in the small apt.

But the purchase of a house that needs some work should help shed the weight....if i can stop the boozin too

I have had one 24oz mug of beer in the last 3 weeks. Me being stuck at school in a small apartment did it too.

[bartjo06]

Kids....dang fast metabolisms

Gained my 30 pounds with having the kid and being stuck in the small apt.

But the purchase of a house that needs some work should help shed the weight....if i can stop the boozin too

FTW!! When I'm on an inspection (I inspect boilers at combined cycle power plants), I typically work 12 hour days and I PIG out on food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner because of how physical the nature of the work is. I cannot gain weight no matter how hard I try. I'm going on 23 years old now at 6'1" tall and have been ~165 lbs (heaviest) for the past 4 years or so.

[bangbangskeetskeet]

One thing you may try since you dont have much time to do any "exercise" is a fat metabolizer, or a fat burner.... Helps your body burn the fat at a faster rate.

[twodogs]

FTW!! When I'm on an inspection (I inspect boilers at combined cycle power plants), I typically work 12 hour days and I PIG out on food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner because of how physical the nature of the work is. I cannot gain weight no matter how hard I try. I'm going on 23 years old now at 6'1" tall and have been ~165 lbs (heaviest) for the past 4 years or so.

Be patience grasshopper!

[twodogs]

FTW!! When I'm on an inspection (I inspect boilers at combined cycle power plants), I typically work 12 hour days and I PIG out on food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner because of how physical the nature of the work is. I cannot gain weight no matter how hard I try. I'm going on 23 years old now at 6'1" tall and have been ~165 lbs (heaviest) for the past 4 years or so.

Be patient grasshopper!

[kyhunter89]

i eat 4500 cals a day, around 200-230g protein, high fat. I weigh 154-156 at 5'8" and have to drop to 145.9 every so often. At a gym for 3 hours a day 6x a week.

Dont try dropping the weight too fast and do it every year or youll end up skinnyfat. Stay high protein and good fats even when cutting. Pushups, pullups and situps are all you need.

[Slammed96]

This is why I love working in the summer...I'm skinny as a rail all year round no matter what/ how much I eat, but any weight I put on sitting around in the dorms all winter becomes muscle over the summer. Would love to put on a little more muscle though

[pl4yboy]

i eat 4500 cals a day, around 200-230g protein, high fat. I weigh 154-156 at 5'8" and have to drop to 145.9 every so often. At a gym for 3 hours a day 6x a week.

Dont try dropping the weight too fast and do it every year or youll end up skinnyfat. Stay high protein and good fats even when cutting. Pushups, pullups and situps are all you need.

I don't work out. My job requires enough physical work to take care of that.