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Blueprint Juice Diet (1 Viewer)
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Mrs. O is pregnant again, so it looks like I'm going to have to battle extra hard to stay on track...
By way of update, I'm up about 5lbs from my low, but still in the ballpark, which is pretty impressive considering I've been mostly eating what I want and drinking a decent amount of booze lately. The only reason I'm still in shouting distance is because many days I don't eat all day -- literally, just coffee and some water -- until 8pm. So even if I eat chinese food and drink a couple beers, I've got 2k calories to burn in that sitting.
But time to get back on the horse, cut out the booze, eat a bit healthier, and try and crack 220...
By way of update, I'm up about 5lbs from my low, but still in the ballpark, which is pretty impressive considering I've been mostly eating what I want and drinking a decent amount of booze lately. The only reason I'm still in shouting distance is because many days I don't eat all day -- literally, just coffee and some water -- until 8pm. So even if I eat chinese food and drink a couple beers, I've got 2k calories to burn in that sitting.
But time to get back on the horse, cut out the booze, eat a bit healthier, and try and crack 220...
36th Chamber
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http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304868404579191873373528770
"Carrying a bottle of vegetable juice has become a status symbol"
Yo check out this bottle of carrot juice son! Damn I didn't know you were pimpin like that playa!
"Carrying a bottle of vegetable juice has become a status symbol"
Yo check out this bottle of carrot juice son! Damn I didn't know you were pimpin like that playa!
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Lord have I been bad in the past two months. On the upside I started doing the Tanner 8 minute workout in the mornings. It kills me, but I feel pretty great the rest of the day when I do it, and I'm starting to feel like ever so slightly some muscle is coming back. Now I just need to crack down on the diet....
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Officer Pete Malloy said:
Otis
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Kee -- there's an app I downloaded called "Seconds Pro," which is just an interval timer app. I set it up to comport with Tanner's program above, gave each interval the name of the exercise, and built in the stated rest period in between exercises. Works great, and speaks the countdown at the end of each exercise and the name of the next exercise, so you can even hear it while you have your music app rolling. I recommend if you're going to go this route.
I've just been doing the 7 minute exercise once through so far. It's freaking hard for a fat out of shape middle aged dude IMO. Finally have it down, so I may start trying to get through it twice as Tanner suggests (though at this point I'm still a just an out of breath lump on the floor at the end of the first rotation...).
But what I think it's really good at is hitting the big muscles. Chest and legs get hit pretty well, and that's important. I'd like to modify to add in curls at the end along with a back exercise and a shoulder exercise, all with dumbells. I think then I'd really hit just about everything I give a crap about, all in under 9 minutes...
I've just been doing the 7 minute exercise once through so far. It's freaking hard for a fat out of shape middle aged dude IMO. Finally have it down, so I may start trying to get through it twice as Tanner suggests (though at this point I'm still a just an out of breath lump on the floor at the end of the first rotation...).
But what I think it's really good at is hitting the big muscles. Chest and legs get hit pretty well, and that's important. I'd like to modify to add in curls at the end along with a back exercise and a shoulder exercise, all with dumbells. I think then I'd really hit just about everything I give a crap about, all in under 9 minutes...
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Bump for post-holiday weigh-in.
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Good idea. I've got tree be back around my high of 240 right now, but will confirm. Ate like total garbage for about a month, and was sick the past two weeks so stopped working out. This chest thing I've got us starting to subside, and last night I cleared the kitchen of all the holiday garbage food. So off we go again...Bump for post-holiday weigh-in.Let's just go clean slate and do this again in January....
moleculo
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good to hear you have made some progress, even if you fell off the wagon over the holidays - I did too. Are you done with silly diets like all-juice?Good idea. I've got tree be back around my high of 240 right now, but will confirm. Ate like total garbage for about a month, and was sick the past two weeks so stopped working out. This chest thing I've got us starting to subside, and last night I cleared the kitchen of all the holiday garbage food. So off we go again...Bump for post-holiday weigh-in.
Otis
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good to hear you have made some progress, even if you fell off the wagon over the holidays - I did too. Are you done with silly diets like all-juice?Good idea. I've got tree be back around my high of 240 right now, but will confirm. Ate like total garbage for about a month, and was sick the past two weeks so stopped working out. This chest thing I've got us starting to subside, and last night I cleared the kitchen of all the holiday garbage food. So off we go again...Bump for post-holiday weigh-in.
No more silly diets. Just planning to eat right and smaller quantities, and get in a short but rigorous 20 min workout at 6am every day. If I can do these things I'll be golden. With the cupboards cleared of junk food, that's a big step in the right direction.*
*PS... having a pregnant wife makes this really tough too. I gained a bunch when she was pregnant with our first kid as well. We tend to sit around more, she buys more junk food than usual, has oddball cravings, is sometimes not feeling up to cooking, etc. and so I just end up sitting around more and eating more crap. Baby should be here in just over a month, and so things may start to get a little back to normal in that sense after that....
James Daulton
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If it's possible with your work, making some healthy meals ahead of time and then taking them in for lunch is a great way to cut some calories (vs eating out), while not starving yourself. I typically make some breakfast bagels and some type of chicken dish on the weekend, then I'll take a serving for breakfast and lunch for the week. Add in an apple or energy bar or something and I can typically get home having only eaten 1,200 calories or so. This leaves me plenty of calories left for a healthy dinnner/snack and still hit my goal of 2,000 or so.good to hear you have made some progress, even if you fell off the wagon over the holidays - I did too. Are you done with silly diets like all-juice?Good idea. I've got tree be back around my high of 240 right now, but will confirm. Ate like total garbage for about a month, and was sick the past two weeks so stopped working out. This chest thing I've got us starting to subside, and last night I cleared the kitchen of all the holiday garbage food. So off we go again...Bump for post-holiday weigh-in.
No more silly diets. Just planning to eat right and smaller quantities, and get in a short but rigorous 20 min workout at 6am every day. If I can do these things I'll be golden. With the cupboards cleared of junk food, that's a big step in the right direction.*
*PS... having a pregnant wife makes this really tough too. I gained a bunch when she was pregnant with our first kid as well. We tend to sit around more, she buys more junk food than usual, has oddball cravings, is sometimes not feeling up to cooking, etc. and so I just end up sitting around more and eating more crap. Baby should be here in just over a month, and so things may start to get a little back to normal in that sense after that....
lumpy19
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Yes having a newborn should definitely help things get back to normalgood to hear you have made some progress, even if you fell off the wagon over the holidays - I did too. Are you done with silly diets like all-juice?Good idea. I've got tree be back around my high of 240 right now, but will confirm. Ate like total garbage for about a month, and was sick the past two weeks so stopped working out. This chest thing I've got us starting to subside, and last night I cleared the kitchen of all the holiday garbage food. So off we go again...Bump for post-holiday weigh-in.
No more silly diets. Just planning to eat right and smaller quantities, and get in a short but rigorous 20 min workout at 6am every day. If I can do these things I'll be golden. With the cupboards cleared of junk food, that's a big step in the right direction.*
*PS... having a pregnant wife makes this really tough too. I gained a bunch when she was pregnant with our first kid as well. We tend to sit around more, she buys more junk food than usual, has oddball cravings, is sometimes not feeling up to cooking, etc. and so I just end up sitting around more and eating more crap. Baby should be here in just over a month, and so things may start to get a little back to normal in that sense after that....
NutterButter
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Let's get those New Years diets fired up fellas.
xulf
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I'm in need of some weight loss this new year. Have a 3.5 week old and 21 month old and am in the middle of grad school while working full-time (FT+ really).
Im up to 218.5 as of this morning. During hard-core P90x days I got just below 180 but that is not reasonable nor sustainable. I want to get to 190 when all is said and done and want to try to lose 10 lbs this month. Biggest hurdle is a 4 day trip to Vegas in late January. No real plans for hardcore working out since I have no extra time (classes take up 25 hrs a week on top of my work). Portion control, cutting way back on booze, and trying to sneak in a couple workouts a week is my plan. Godspeed.
Im up to 218.5 as of this morning. During hard-core P90x days I got just below 180 but that is not reasonable nor sustainable. I want to get to 190 when all is said and done and want to try to lose 10 lbs this month. Biggest hurdle is a 4 day trip to Vegas in late January. No real plans for hardcore working out since I have no extra time (classes take up 25 hrs a week on top of my work). Portion control, cutting way back on booze, and trying to sneak in a couple workouts a week is my plan. Godspeed.
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Jumped back on the Paleo diet today. Bacon breakfast, 4x2 In N Out protein burger for lunch. I know this sounds unhealthy, but if done right this diet kills it and you can still eat plenty.
Challenge for me is going to be the evenings. I've developed a nasty habit in the last couple years of booze and eating late night snacks (popcorn, leftovers, cookies, etc.). Gonna have to figure out a way to mentally replace that stuff. Thinking a huge container of cashews should do the trick.
James Daulton
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If you're trying to lose weight, a huge container of cashews will not do the trick. How about a huge container of carrots? Or apples?
Jumped back on the Paleo diet today. Bacon breakfast, 4x2 In N Out protein burger for lunch. I know this sounds unhealthy, but if done right this diet kills it and you can still eat plenty.
Challenge for me is going to be the evenings. I've developed a nasty habit in the last couple years of booze and eating late night snacks (popcorn, leftovers, cookies, etc.). Gonna have to figure out a way to mentally replace that stuff. Thinking a huge container of cashews should do the trick.
Zow
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Have you ever tried a pale/low carb diet? I've done this diet before and it has always worked. Of course it's not great to eat too many calories, but generally so long as sugar/carbs are cut out the amount you eat doesn't matter.If you're trying to lose weight, a huge container of cashews will not do the trick. How about a huge container of carrots? Or apples?
Jumped back on the Paleo diet today. Bacon breakfast, 4x2 In N Out protein burger for lunch. I know this sounds unhealthy, but if done right this diet kills it and you can still eat plenty.
Challenge for me is going to be the evenings. I've developed a nasty habit in the last couple years of booze and eating late night snacks (popcorn, leftovers, cookies, etc.). Gonna have to figure out a way to mentally replace that stuff. Thinking a huge container of cashews should do the trick.
James Daulton
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I have never tried paleo, though I know a lot of people have success on it. I'm a real believer in calories out > calories in (regardless of where those calories come from). I'm sure there are some instances where if you intake a certain composition of food, you can eat a few more calories than with other types of diets. That said, if you're like me, cashews are super addictive, and with roughly 175 calories per quarter cup, the calories add up real easily.Have you ever tried a pale/low carb diet? I've done this diet before and it has always worked. Of course it's not great to eat too many calories, but generally so long as sugar/carbs are cut out the amount you eat doesn't matter.If you're trying to lose weight, a huge container of cashews will not do the trick. How about a huge container of carrots? Or apples?
Jumped back on the Paleo diet today. Bacon breakfast, 4x2 In N Out protein burger for lunch. I know this sounds unhealthy, but if done right this diet kills it and you can still eat plenty.
Challenge for me is going to be the evenings. I've developed a nasty habit in the last couple years of booze and eating late night snacks (popcorn, leftovers, cookies, etc.). Gonna have to figure out a way to mentally replace that stuff. Thinking a huge container of cashews should do the trick.
Zow
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Physically, the goal right now is to get through the initial couple days of carbohydrate withdrawal and into ketosis. Generally speaking, you do what you gotta do food wise to get there (be that slamming hundreds of calories of an acceptable food - in my case generally cashews, bacon, or In N Out protein burgers - you do it).I have never tried paleo, though I know a lot of people have success on it. I'm a real believer in calories out > calories in (regardless of where those calories come from). I'm sure there are some instances where if you intake a certain composition of food, you can eat a few more calories than with other types of diets. That said, if you're like me, cashews are super addictive, and with roughly 175 calories per quarter cup, the calories add up real easily.Have you ever tried a pale/low carb diet? I've done this diet before and it has always worked. Of course it's not great to eat too many calories, but generally so long as sugar/carbs are cut out the amount you eat doesn't matter.If you're trying to lose weight, a huge container of cashews will not do the trick. How about a huge container of carrots? Or apples?
Jumped back on the Paleo diet today. Bacon breakfast, 4x2 In N Out protein burger for lunch. I know this sounds unhealthy, but if done right this diet kills it and you can still eat plenty.
Challenge for me is going to be the evenings. I've developed a nasty habit in the last couple years of booze and eating late night snacks (popcorn, leftovers, cookies, etc.). Gonna have to figure out a way to mentally replace that stuff. Thinking a huge container of cashews should do the trick.
Eating lots of nuts is going to hurt you big time, need up the veggies instead. Too many calories.Have you ever tried a pale/low carb diet? I've done this diet before and it has always worked. Of course it's not great to eat too many calories, but generally so long as sugar/carbs are cut out the amount you eat doesn't matter.If you're trying to lose weight, a huge container of cashews will not do the trick. How about a huge container of carrots? Or apples?
Jumped back on the Paleo diet today. Bacon breakfast, 4x2 In N Out protein burger for lunch. I know this sounds unhealthy, but if done right this diet kills it and you can still eat plenty.
Challenge for me is going to be the evenings. I've developed a nasty habit in the last couple years of booze and eating late night snacks (popcorn, leftovers, cookies, etc.). Gonna have to figure out a way to mentally replace that stuff. Thinking a huge container of cashews should do the trick.
Zow
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It's fine for the former but can be a little difficult on the latter. Definitely need to find some fiber sources and I think last time I took some supplements.
NutterButter
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Sounds like something you should be doing all the time
Jumped back on the Paleo diet today. Bacon breakfast, 4x2 In N Out protein burger for lunch. I know this sounds unhealthy, but if done right this diet kills it and you can still eat plenty.
Challenge for me is going to be the evenings. I've developed a nasty habit in the last couple years of booze and eating late night snacks (popcorn, leftovers, cookies, etc.). Gonna have to figure out a way to mentally replace that stuff. Thinking a huge container of cashews should do the trick.
Paleo means different things to different people, but I think it's hard to call a diet of only meat and nuts "paleo." Our paleolithic ancestors were probably, as a general rule, very heavily into vegetables, including starches, as well as fruits and nuts and legumes when they could get them. Meat too, of course, but certainly not just meat.
James Daulton
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Another example of how a lousy nutrient but calorie controlled diet resulted in significant weight loss. It really is all about the calories.
http://screen.yahoo.com/popular/science-teacher-gets-surprising-results-122737570.html
tikigods
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How did the Juice diet go?
No more silly diets. Just planning to eat right and smaller quantities, and get in a short but rigorous 20 min workout at 6am every day. If I can do these things I'll be golden. With the cupboards cleared of junk food, that's a big step in the right direction.*
*PS... having a pregnant wife makes this really tough too. I gained a bunch when she was pregnant with our first kid as well. We tend to sit around more, she buys more junk food than usual, has oddball cravings, is sometimes not feeling up to cooking, etc. and so I just end up sitting around more and eating more crap. Baby should be here in just over a month, and so things may start to get a little back to normal in that sense after that....
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