Twenty-five pounds three months

It doesn't seem unrealistic but it does look tough. I have an appt. with my
surgeon on 2/8. He asked that I knock off 25 pounds between now and then for
some surgery I need to have. (Nothing terribly serious, my fourth op on my
umbilical hernia.) I'm at/around 240 right now, I figure my ideal weight is
around 210, so it'll be tough towards the end.

I haven't been doing splendidly as of late. I started slopping up around
238/240. I haven't gained anything back, but I haven't lost anything either.
Its been, I dunno, a couple months this way. I haven't been too concerned
about it (up till now), because I feel so damn much better than I did when I
was at 300.

Anyhow, I'm back to counting carbs. Everything stops (loss wise) when I go
north of around 40 carbs per day but I don't start gaining either. I also
don't lose anything when my intake drops below 20. I'm going to shoot for
between 20 and 30 carbs a day.

Actually, 20 to 30 is a tough level to maintain. I'm trying to mostly knock
out dairy products and cut down on nuts, which leaves me with veggies,
berries and melons. I can do it, of course, its just going to take a lot of
perseverance. It is way to easy for me to mostly eat meat, cheese, eggs and
nuts and "forget" about the veggies and fruits.

I need to make a habit out of eating both a whopping salad and a cup-or-so
of lc fruit every day.

Mike

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

"em" wrote in message ...

It doesn't seem unrealistic but it does look tough. I have an appt. with
my surgeon on 2/8. He asked that I knock off 25 pounds between now and
then for some surgery I need to have. (Nothing terribly serious, my fourth
op on my umbilical hernia.) I'm at/around 240 right now, I figure my ideal
weight is around 210, so it'll be tough towards the end.

I haven't been doing splendidly as of late. I started slopping up around
238/240. I haven't gained anything back, but I haven't lost anything
either. Its been, I dunno, a couple months this way. I haven't been too
concerned about it (up till now), because I feel so damn much better than
I did when I was at 300.

Anyhow, I'm back to counting carbs. Everything stops (loss wise) when I go
north of around 40 carbs per day but I don't start gaining either. I also
don't lose anything when my intake drops below 20. I'm going to shoot for
between 20 and 30 carbs a day.

Actually, 20 to 30 is a tough level to maintain. I'm trying to mostly
knock out dairy products and cut down on nuts, which leaves me with
veggies, berries and melons. I can do it, of course, its just going to
take a lot of perseverance. It is way to easy for me to mostly eat meat,
cheese, eggs and nuts and "forget" about the veggies and fruits.

I need to make a habit out of eating both a whopping salad and a cup-or-so
of lc fruit every day.

Mike

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
...
Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for a
while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine yards --
its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick that up and
start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

"em" wrote in

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for a
while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine yards --
its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick that up and
start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

How old are you? How tall are you?

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
...

"em" wrote in

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for a
while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine yards --
its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick that up and
start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

How old are you? How tall are you?

46, 6-2.

The HIIT probably wouldn't literally kill me, but I don't care to do it, and
would definitely have to start off pretty slow. I also have bum knees &
minor arthritis as excuses.

"em" wrote ..

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message

"em" wrote in

Weights & cardio (mixed in with HIIT)?

Cardio for sure (bike riding). I was doing calestentics every day for a
while & should get back with that. Weights... I have a big set of
"resistance bands" somewhere along with video and the whole nine
yards -- its actually not a bad workout (at my level), I need to pick
that up and start doing it. HIIT?! Argh. It'd probably kill me :-)

How old are you? How tall are you?

46, 6-2.

The HIIT probably wouldn't literally kill me, but I don't care to do it,
and would definitely have to start off pretty slow. I also have bum knees
& minor arthritis as excuses.

Then you might want to consider counting calories and holding the line
there, in addition to just counting carbs.

em wrote:

The HIIT probably wouldn't literally kill me, but I don't care to do it,
and would definitely have to start off pretty slow. I also have bum
knees & minor arthritis as excuses.

You also might find exercise a lot easier than in the past since you've
lost so much already. It'll be a lot less unpleasant than it used to be.

Not carrying around 50+ lbs all the time is gonna let you do a lot more
both with cardio and with strength training stuff.

--
http://www.ornery-geeks.org/consulting/

On Nov 7, 6:01 pm, "em" wrote:
It doesn't seem unrealistic but it does look tough. I have an appt. with my
surgeon on 2/8. He asked that I knock off 25 pounds between now and then for
some surgery I need to have. (Nothing terribly serious, my fourth op on my
umbilical hernia.) I'm at/around 240 right now, I figure my ideal weight is
around 210, so it'll be tough towards the end.

From today, 11/8/07, to then, 2/8/8, is 92 days. That's ~.25 lbs a
day. Or
1.75/week.

If 210 is truly an ideal weight, representing some ideal body fat
percentage
around 11-20% (I forget your age, Mike, if I ever knew it), I think it
would be
very difficult to get there in that amount of time. Gets harder as you
get closer.

On Nov 7, 5:01 pm, "em" wrote:
It doesn't seem unrealistic but it does look tough. I have an appt. with my
surgeon on 2/8. He asked that I knock off 25 pounds between now and then for
some surgery I need to have. (Nothing terribly serious, my fourth op on my
umbilical hernia.) I'm at/around 240 right now, I figure my ideal weight is
around 210, so it'll be tough towards the end.

You can do it.

I haven't been doing splendidly as of late. I started slopping up around
238/240. I haven't gained anything back, but I haven't lost anything either.
Its been, I dunno, a couple months this way. I haven't been too concerned
about it (up till now), because I feel so damn much better than I did when I
was at 300.

Anyhow, I'm back to counting carbs. Everything stops (loss wise) when I go
north of around 40 carbs per day but I don't start gaining either. I also
don't lose anything when my intake drops below 20. I'm going to shoot for
between 20 and 30 carbs a day.

Actually, 20 to 30 is a tough level to maintain. I'm trying to mostly knock
out dairy products and cut down on nuts, which leaves me with veggies,
berries and melons. I can do it, of course, its just going to take a lot of
perseverance. It is way to easy for me to mostly eat meat, cheese, eggs and
nuts and "forget" about the veggies and fruits.

Low carb/high fat diet is good if it can get the bodyfat to go away,
but it is only great if it includes lots of veggies, and some fruits.

I need to make a habit out of eating both a whopping salad and a cup-or-so
of lc fruit every day.

You and me both.

Mike

--Bryan http://www.TheBonobos.com
http://www.myspace.com/BoboBonobo

I guess one question might be if the doctor has scared you enough to
motivate you to do caloric restriction. I want to say that the doctor is an
ass, but he may be right, since anesthesia is a risk and he may need to dig
through fat to get to the hernia.

-1200 calories on average per day with lots of vitamins and supplements.

Religious use of Fitday or equivalent using a kitchen scale is the only way
to estimate calories. Eyeball estimates won't cut it.

Good luck,

Cubit
320/155/160



"em" wrote in message ...

It doesn't seem unrealistic but it does look tough. I have an appt. with
my surgeon on 2/8. He asked that I knock off 25 pounds between now and
then for some surgery I need to have. (Nothing terribly serious, my fourth
op on my umbilical hernia.) I'm at/around 240 right now, I figure my ideal
weight is around 210, so it'll be tough towards the end.

I haven't been doing splendidly as of late. I started slopping up around
238/240. I haven't gained anything back, but I haven't lost anything
either. Its been, I dunno, a couple months this way. I haven't been too
concerned about it (up till now), because I feel so damn much better than
I did when I was at 300.

Anyhow, I'm back to counting carbs. Everything stops (loss wise) when I go
north of around 40 carbs per day but I don't start gaining either. I also
don't lose anything when my intake drops below 20. I'm going to shoot for
between 20 and 30 carbs a day.

Actually, 20 to 30 is a tough level to maintain. I'm trying to mostly
knock out dairy products and cut down on nuts, which leaves me with
veggies, berries and melons. I can do it, of course, its just going to
take a lot of perseverance. It is way to easy for me to mostly eat meat,
cheese, eggs and nuts and "forget" about the veggies and fruits.

I need to make a habit out of eating both a whopping salad and a cup-or-so
of lc fruit every day.

Mike