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weight loss - not spam
weight loss - not spam
I am in a little bit of shock. I just weighted myself and I have lost 20 pounds of a 40 pound objective. I have never lost weight in my life before. I have steadily gained weight since I was 38 years old. I am now 55. I was 6' 200 pounds and am now 180 pounds. The last couple of years I have been a significant internet couch potato who would eat probably 4 100g chocolate bars in a week and probably drink 4 12 oz cans of pop in a week in addition to regular meals. Here is how I lost 20 pounds in a 2 week period. Exercise - I started running/jogging very slowly 4 to 5 times times a week for 30 minutes. Running/jogging very slowly not at a gym but around the city block I live on in whatever clothes - sweatpants/jeans - I had on. Nothing fancy. Because of my age and poor physical shape, I got up at 5:00 am, walked to the corner store which was about 5 blocks away and back to put my body in motion. Then I did my run/jog. Food - I have a large glass of orange juice upon awakening. While out running/jogging, I cooked in its own juices (no oil) a half a frozen boneless, skinless chicken breast (usually just over 100g) over very low heat (no. 2 on a gas stove) for about 30 minutes in a covered cast iron dutch oven (fire safety). Upon my return after a 1 block cool down, I eat my chicken breast along with some low starch green vegetables and/or possibly a huge green salad which consists of 1 tomato, 1 clump of lettuce, half cup of celery, 1 chopped carrot, and one tablespoon of mayo mixed with mustard of choice and/or sometimes thinned out with vinegar, sprinkled with freshly ground black pepper. Lunch consists of 2 cups of mixed vegetables, bits of cooked chicken and a handful of cooked macaroni. Dinner consists of the salad I previously mentioned. I consume roughly 4 large home-made low fat bran muffins in a 12 hour period. I also consumed bottled water. I don't believe in buying bottled water but I made an exception and here is why. I reduced the water level of each bottle to the label level and froze the bottle. Each frozen bottle left on a counter at home or in the office will give you at least 2 to 3 hours of cold (ice) water as it melts. Better than those stupid water coolers that dribble out cool but not cold water and are very expensive. When my bottle is almost defrosted, I refill it and return it to the freezer at home or in the office and take the other bottle. So effectively 24/7 I have ice water at no cost once I purchased the initial bottles. Friday nights I eat whatever I want. I don't sweat the diet but I make every effort to keep as close to the low fat diet as much as possible. The only comment I would add is that it is absolutely necessary that I have my chicken in the morning. It prevents me me from getting hungry during the rest of the day. I am a huge eater but this diet has prevented me from getting hungry or tired. My bike was broken during this 2-week period but I will be resuming cycling as my means of transportation. There is too much traffic and the streets are too dangerous to get any speed at cycling so I gently cycle around the city and commute to work but it is in no way considered a physical workout as I move too slowly and stop and go way too many times to be of a "health" benefit or "weight loss" benefit. I expect it will take a long time and lots of effort to lose the next 20 pounds - but what a surprise. |
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