[cabrar]

Hi,
I have been fat all my life. I am serious to change my body for good and this time I wont messup as my doctor said I will die if I don`t change my lifestyle. I did make a change. I lost 8 pounds in last 6 weeks. I have cut down on curbs and intoduced lots of low Glycemix Vegetables. I go to Gym 3 times a week and do cardio for 45 mnts(HIIT) and 2 mnts weights. I am 5ft 7 and 250lbs now. Please help. I know most of you guys have lots of experience and please help me out any advise . Also let me know if LIPO 6x is any good. I have been taking 2 pills a day and seems like it helps to workout. At present my waist size is 40 inch(yukk) doctor said by summer Ineed to be in 32 inch.
God bless ya all.
Alex

[ich1ban]

dude im 5"7' 245, just 5lbs from ya.

i dont mean to sound gay, but im curious, what is your body type? i wear 38-40 waist too btw.

im starting this cut stack on my sig this weekend, it has done positive reviews from people. of course changing your diet and exercise should come first.

As far as Lipo6x, i was using Lipo6 and looks like i lost about 13lbs in 90days and gained almost the same amount of lean muscle while i was weight training.

[TheAnimalG]

Here is some advice from a guy that went from 262 to 190-200 lbs.

1) Take note of how many calories you are eating. Know how many calories are in EVERYTHING you eat. It will help train you to which foods are unnecessarily high in calories.

2) Try to make none of your meals based off of carbs. Carbs just do not satisfy you for a long time. You will be hungry again before too long if your meal was mostly carbs. Make sure that if you eat carbs like pasta, rice, bread, it is no more than 40-50% of your meal calories.

Also: Get some crystal light. That seems to satisfy me far more than water.

[cabrar]

Thanks Ich1ban for your advise.
Body type: heavy(pear shaped) and since I am only 5 feet 7 I look kinda round.

[cabrar]

yes, Thats what I have started. I have a notepad like my grandpa now where I literally note every food that I put in my mouth.Its hard but I am changing my life slowly. Plus I have started Green tea too along with a gallon water a day

[MESSPLAY]

great job on being motivated to change. Set up a diet plan on what you will eat every day. Don't change that up. I went from 245-200 just by exercising regularly and eating under maintenance. When I started out, I did very low carb and that seemed to work. Just work your way up. The PR's you hit will keep you motivated. Focus on cardio and try to do it 4 times a week.

you might want to try fitday.com , that way you can enter in all the foods you eat and it'll spit out your macros for the day for you, so you want have to keep reading and writing and adding up by hand.

[bassgirl]

Originally Posted by cabrar

Hi,
At present my waist size is 40 inch(yukk) doctor said by summer Ineed to be in 32 inch.
God bless ya all.
Alex

It is more waist than weight that contribute to health risks. So watch your pants size more than your scale numbers. But 32 inches is still pretty small for a guy, so dont be daunted by your doctors demands. The world wont end if you arent 32 inches by June. Just do what you can to get started on it.

Some of the things that could be contributing to inflammation can be easily fixed and you'll see a noticeable change quick. Get the book "YOU On a Diet" either hardcover or the CD's. I have the CD's and love them! The two guys that are the authors present it in a real easy to understand format that isnt a "diet" but mainly some things you can add to help your body condition. The CD's are hilarious because they use their voice inflexions to get points across.

[ich1ban]

hey alex lets have a biggest loser game xD we weight in every end of the month. since u and me and pretty much the same height/weight with simmilar goals maybe that might work out. ^_^
that would help me with motivation, maybe for you as well

[EasyEJL]

I will suggest this book, Picture Perfect weight loss. Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weight Loss I didn't actually use it myself, but learned the same lessons the harder way myself. It is invaluable for you to start on the road to "eating correctly for life". Heres an example




There is plenty more in the book. Below is a pic of me, just a couple days over 1 year apart. It takes time, and takes changing your life. Make adding muscle a piece of the process, it makes getting slimmer much easier

[MGH1982]

I am 6' 215lbs and have a 38" waist... I am not skinny by any means but i am not fat either and I am a mesomorph i have a little gut but nothing horrible i couldnt lose by summer w/ some running. I am not sure the whole waist thing is proper because some people just have a natural wide waist and build in general... i just go by how much energy u have... because the more fat i loss the more energy i tend to have, so if u see yourself having more energy u know u r doing the right thing.

[Pistol Pete]

Alex. At the start of this year I was 187lb's, recently I weighed myself & was a very, very lean 136lb's! At 164 cm's tall, I was a big guy!

First off, I want to congratulate you in taking your first steps towards a better lifestyle, a better you. That hot chick from the biggest loser, jillian Michaels wrote a book 'losing to win', i think that's the title. In it she discusses growing into your better physique is about 3 S's, self science & sweat. I'd like to encourage you to flick thru the book, as well as the ones discussed here.

To be honest, healthy living is 80% diet, 10% diet & 5% genetics, 5% rest & 110% the right attitude. Ya gotta want it, like REALLY want it.

Good work on keeping a food journal. As well as logging what you eat & when, make a note on why your eating. If, for example you have a 6inch turkey subway sandwhich because you were a bit bored & you had to fill in time, that shows that your an emotional eater. However if you had that sandwhich because you really were hungry & you needed something healthy to eat, then it shows that you ate for the right reason. see my point?

Good luck with smashin' your 2008 goals!


in terms of 'weight or waist', don't get tooo caught up in all that stuff. I find, the best way to tell how your going, is what the mirror says. Preferably a mirror you don't look into very often, in a well lit area. That'll tell you how your going. If you think you can or should lose more, go for it! As Sylvester Stallone says in his book 'Sly Moves', "Don't focus on weight, focus on life"

[MESSPLAY]

Originally Posted by EasyEJL

I will suggest this book, Picture Perfect weight loss. Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weight Loss I didn't actually use it myself, but learned the same lessons the harder way myself. It is invaluable for you to start on the road to "eating correctly for life". Heres an example




There is plenty more in the book. Below is a pic of me, just a couple days over 1 year apart. It takes time, and takes changing your life. Make adding muscle a piece of the process, it makes getting slimmer much easier

easy you look like a whole new person bro. Check out those forearms!!

[Pistol Pete]

easy, you lost heaps in your face too! How fortunate!

[EasyEJL]

Still more to go. I seem really hard stalled at 195... huge difference in how I feel too tho. I'm now at 40 in better shape than any time since I was 23 or so, which is kinda sad. I wish I would have taken more opportunity when I was younger (and had the natural testosterone in my bloodstream) to do this. If I can drop another 10-15lbs, I think i'd be set.

[SilentBob187]

Good luck with your cut man, glad to know ich1ban and I aren't the only two people actually cutting in winter.

Words of encouragement I can think of would be to set several smaller goals like x lbs a week or lower your bf% to a certain point in so many months. Just anything to make going from a 40 to a 32 seem less daunting to your brain. Sometimes the toughest battle is the one between your ears, but I'm sure there are plently of people on here that are rooting for you.

[prld2gr8ns]

Waist circumference is highly individual and some do tend to have higher natural waist's, but in clinical terms risk factors are associated with 40in waist in men, and 35in waist in women. Keep in mind that this is the average individual and not an active, avid weight trainer/athelete.

That being said, you've gotten some sound advice from the other guys on this thread. The only other thing I would tell you to do is determine a goal weight that you want to get at multiply that weight by 12 to get a rough estimate on your daily maintence calories and shoot for that amount of calories thru out the day every day.

Ex.

Say your aiming for 220 as a short term goal.

220X12= 2640kcal/day

Try to get the calories thru a grazing type fashion i.e. 5-6 smaller meals per day(look at it like you would look at animal eating behaviors, a horse and deer graze, and their much leaner then a gorginig animal such as a bear)

Sooooo, 2640kcal/6meals = 440kcal at each meal.

How you get those amounts are highly selective of the individual. Some like a low carb approach, others preferr a more balanced approach. I'm a firm believer in the belief that a calorie is a calorie, so as long as your getting the recommended amounts YOU WILL LOOSE WEIGHT!!!

Hope I've helped you out a little my friend. The other guys and I are here to answer any questions you mayhave(don't be afraid to ask), and help you in throughout this process in anyway we can.