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SETexasLibby · **Posted:** Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:36 pm

Recently decided to get disciplined and do some work to improve my quality of life.

-Started Dieting
- No fast food
- no salad dressings (ranch,mayo, etc.)
- no soda (just h2o)
- little to no dairy
- no beer :shock:

- low fat
- high protein
- daily exercise (running, lifting, etc.)
- started a vitamin regiment
- no sweets (minimal sugars, other than those naturally occurring)

It was a real pain in the booty but now I feel a million times better. At first I got super sick with a cold when I first started the exercise and the diet and now I feel like i'm 16 again and I know I am only 25 but I used to feel like crap. I'm running miles like they're nothing.

My new years resolution this year was to improve my quality of life, so I'm nicer, I smile more, say hi to strangers, treat others as I would like to be treated and now i'm doing this to follow up on those changes. I'm 25 years old and at my biggest (Dec 2010) I was 333lbs. This was shocking and sickening to me. When I started dieting I was 318lbs, and now I'm at 289lbs and still going. I hope to close the 250lbs milestone and keep going until I reach a weight level I am more comfortable with. When friends and family ask what made me make this decision I always tell them "I was just sick and tired of being fat". I said enough and I ran with it. Also, I'm doing this entirely on my own, I have control of my fate and no one elses.
Just thought i'd share since I just had to tell someone ha ha ha.

"Eat like a caveman, run like a fugitive" hahaha my new catch phrase.

warp2diesel · **Posted:** Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:45 pm

SETexasLibby wrote:

"Eat like a caveman, run like a fugitive" hahaha my new catch phrase.

Take up hunting, the meat is better for you, not so much fat.
If you grow your own vegetables, put the minerals into the soil, Nitrogen, Potassium, and Phosphorus is all they put in the commercial stuff used on farms.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:35 pm

very good for you! congrats!

height?

I'd like to do similar but not giving up beer or sushi, gotta treat yourself to some of your favorites periodically. :wink:

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:59 pm

Not good to just drink H2O. Gotta mix it up abit, and power to you for giving up everything and loosing all that weight!

That inspires me to get my butt in shape, NOW

Starting with Soda, I HAVE to get off that stuff :dizzy:

warp2diesel · **Posted:** Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:43 pm

blackwidowkj06 wrote:

Not good to just drink H2O. Gotta mix it up abit, and power to you for giving up everything and loosing all that weight!

That inspires me to get my butt in shape, NOW

Starting with Soda, I HAVE to get off that stuff :dizzy:

Diet soda with Aspartame is bad stuff, they make it from formaldehyde and if it gets too hot (over 140F) it turns back into formaldehyde. That is what got more US solders in the first Iraq conflict than the Iraqi army. Lot of still births, miscarriages, birth defects.

Cyclimates that are still sold in Canada can give a Lab Rat cancer if he/she eats a box car load a day every day for a few years. I don't know any one who can eat that much.

Saccharin can make some people dehydrate by having to go to the bathroom a lot if they get too much.

Splenda is better since it is made from sugar and does not break down. Only side effect so far is that if you eat way too much like a half gallon of Splenda ice cream, it will do to you the same thing if you eat too many cherries or berries.

Any soda (carbonic acid) can deplete your body minerals and over time can accelerate when you get arthritis if you are prone to it. I drink very little soda at all, not worth the pain.
Besides, unless the EPA budget gets chopped and the Acid Head Hippies get fired, they will start taxing the C02 used to make carbonated water used in soda. Guinness uses nitrogen for its' carbonation, better for the environment :roll:

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FDez · **Posted:** Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:40 pm

First off, CONGRATULATIONS!! Just deciding to make a change like that is hard enough. Sticking with it is even harder.

I have every type of stoamch ailment you could think of. I have been diagnosed at different times with Celiac's disease, Krohn's disease, IBS, IBD, Ulcerative Colitus, etc., etc. Very rarely a year goes by where I don't end up in the hospital. I have had every doctor I have ever seen give up on me because they could not figure out what was wrong. I stopped drinking soda about a year ago just because I too was trying to get abit healthier myself and amazingly that alone cured about 75% of my intestinal issues.

It really sucks at first, but after awhile you learn what else to drink. I drink a lot of gatorade, iced tea, apple juice, water, orange juice, etc. There are many options out there even though it may not seem like it at first.

As far as workouts go, I have been lifting weights/running for about 8 years (ever since I quit smoking). About 6 months ago my girlfriend got me P90X. When I was done with that she bought me Insanity. Even though I was in decent shape before (muscular but definitely had and still have weigh tto lose), I have lost 20+ lbs. over the last 6 months. As long as you keep with them, those videos really do work.

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:50 pm

FDez wrote:

First off, CONGRATULATIONS!! Just deciding to make a change like that is hard enough. Sticking with it is even harder.

I have every type of stoamch ailment you could think of. I have been diagnosed at different times with Celiac's disease, Krohn's disease, IBS, IBD, Ulcerative Colitus, etc., etc. Very rarely a year goes by where I don't end up in the hospital. I have had every doctor I have ever seen give up on me because they could not figure out what was wrong. I stopped drinking soda about a year ago just because I too was trying to get abit healthier myself and amazingly that alone cured about 75% of my intestinal issues.

It really sucks at first, but after awhile you learn what else to drink. I drink a lot of gatorade, iced tea, apple juice, water, orange juice, etc. There are many options out there even though it may not seem like it at first.

As far as workouts go, I have been lifting weights/running for about 8 years (ever since I quit smoking). About 6 months ago my girlfriend got me P90X. When I was done with that she bought me Insanity. Even though I was in decent shape before (muscular but definitely had and still have weigh tto lose), I have lost 20+ lbs. over the last 6 months. As long as you keep with them, those videos really do work.

I have stomach trouble too. Every other day I'm sick and I've missed a few college classes because of it. I want to become a cop (or join the military {Marines} a last resort). But I want to get back into shape and try to clear up my stomach trouble, FIRST! Seeing as you quit drinking soda and it cleared up 75% of your problems; maybe I should do the samething. I'm glad (not that you have those problems) but that there's someone else out there who understands what I go through. It's just so hard to break that caffine addiction. I've came so close so many times of getting rid my soda addiction but then it comes back!!! :evil:

When I was in shape, I could run a mile in 6:30 (fast enough) and do 15 body pull ups no problem. Reading the stories on this thread gives me hope and encourages me to keep at it.

SETexasLibby · **Posted:** Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:28 am

I'm 6foot2. Oh and i am also borderline diabetic as per my recent blood work. My dad has diabetes so its definately a risk. Hopefully these changes will help with that.

FDez · **Posted:** Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:36 am

blackwidow - I would definitely get off the soda. My life has been completely changed by doing that one simple thing. The more I talk to people, the more I find out that they or someone they know has had stomach issues that have been helped greatly by doing this. Whether it's the chemicals, the carbonation or both I don't know. But even after one month I was starting to feel somewhat "normal".

SETexas - Anything you can do helps. You've already gotten by the hardest part...starting. Keep it up. :rockon:

onebaucom · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:37 am

congratulations!
i have to start getting in shape soon for bowling. haha i know you have to be in shape for bowling?! the answer is yes. i have to bowl forty games in one week throwing a fourteen pound bowling ball at around sixteen miles per hour. with the way i throw i have pulled out my back several times.
you have inspired me to lose weight as well. thanks!
anyways, great job with the weight loss! keep it up!

ihatemybike · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:55 pm

Good work! I gave up soda and candy this past New Year's. Figure I was doing roughly 60oz of Dew/Pepsi/Coke (about 800 calories) a day and I would guess about 500-1000 calories a day snacking on the office candy. I've dropped 10 lbs already without increasing my activity level.

Really need to get my cardio back up though.

liquidxit2 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:18 pm

Just water is good for you. We werent designed to drink anything but water and juices from our food. I too went on a diet so to speak around January. I started eating healthy around summer last year and have a pretty rigorous workout routine for a while. I got down to 196 from ~199and and wasnt satisfied. Got on weight watchers and in 3 weeks I lost 12+ pounds of fat and I feel about 10 times better then I did before the "diet". I didnt adjust what I was eating since Im pretty healthy in that aspect, but it adjusted the amount I ate everyday. Im now 184 and loving life! I feel and look great and my energy levels and mental functions are ALOT better then they were pre diet change and even better then pre weight watchers.

Ok enough with the WW talk. Honestly I just realized that even occasional fast food(once every 1-2 weeks) was bad and even though I was eating better I was still eating too much. So really the adjustment of how much I was eating made the biggest difference. Oh and I feel better then I did at 16 and Im 27 :p

SETexasLibby · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:31 pm

Thanks for all the support fellas.

bhc04 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:07 pm

A good close friend of mine has been a Urologist for 35 years. He preaches that the best thing you can do for your body and kidneys is to drink good clean water, eight, 8 oz. glasses a day. Staying well hydraded allows the human body to flush toxins out of the system more effectively. To each is own.

tonycrd · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:09 pm

I think it's great what you all are doing! Keep it up!

I'm on a diet too... :juggle:

I eat every day at a place called 'all you can eat'..which I did...and it shows..so I toned it down to a normal size meal...it helps. :SOMBRERO:

SETexasLibby · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:56 pm

UPDATE!

It's been a while since I last posted in the forums.

I've been continuing my success on this transformation. I have dropped about 43 pounds. I have been seeing a nutritionist and he's ecstatic on my dedication and hard work and its showing. I also took up running, I am at about 8 miles every other day with 4 mile days in between and circuit weight training every other day. I no longer fit into any of my clothes which is awesome but I am going to hold off in purchasing any more clothing until I get closer to my goal weight (right now I'm wearing a lot of clothes from my college years

). I am still on my strict diet and intense work out routine. I have more energy, I sleep better and I'm just a happier more carefree person in general. I have high hopes for the future and as of yesterday I signed up for my first 5K charity run. The human body is an amazing machine and I hope to continue test my limits and furthering my conditioning. Thanks for everyone who shared kind words. I'll probably check in later next month at some time. Keep Livin'

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