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Otis fad diet thread — yoga, fasting, and kevzilla walking on🚶‍♂️ (15 Viewers)

Otis said:
:hifive:

Yup, down about 13lbs.  At 224.3 today.  6'4".  

For the longest time I've been trying to get below 215 as my first goal, but really my ultimate goal weight would be 205-210, which I haven't been probably since my early 20s.  From there I'd like to start doing some more exercise/bodyweight strength training/cardio, to strengthen my heart and body.  I've got a bunch of small kids, and I'm going to be an old man when they're heading off to college -- more and more, I'm realizing now is my chance to start getting fit so that, when I'm 60, I'm not a trainwreck.
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What're the odds on trainwreck?  I'll take the over.  

:P

 
Otis said:
:hifive:

Yup, down about 13lbs.  At 224.3 today.  6'4".  

For the longest time I've been trying to get below 215 as my first goal, but really my ultimate goal weight would be 205-210, which I haven't been probably since my early 20s.  From there I'd like to start doing some more exercise/bodyweight strength training/cardio, to strengthen my heart and body.  I've got a bunch of small kids, and I'm going to be an old man when they're heading off to college -- more and more, I'm realizing now is my chance to start getting fit so that, when I'm 60, I'm not a trainwreck.
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Yep - definitely part of my motivation - my oldest is 15 and youngest is 8.   I couldn't get out and keep up with the younger two.  I've started playing basketball with my 10 year old and his buddies.  He started calling me Charles Barkley until I slapped his shot in to the third row.  Little punk.

 
You guys are all awesome. Thanks for all the stories of how you lost and kept it off. I definitely relate Chaos Commish- I need to get to the point where I look at food like fuel, and make that a habit. When I lose motivation and focus, I use food like a drug.

Definitely use it to self-medicate when I am stressed, especially since I quit drinking and daily smoking. I ballooned up from 185 to 285ish from 2008-2016. A lot of factors involved, but I need to re-set my body and my head. I might do something drastic, like continue potatoes until I hit goal of 185 with a 32" waist. 

 
ProstheticRGK said:
You guys are all awesome. Thanks for all the stories of how you lost and kept it off. I definitely relate Chaos Commish- I need to get to the point where I look at food like fuel, and make that a habit. When I lose motivation and focus, I use food like a drug.

Definitely use it to self-medicate when I am stressed, especially since I quit drinking and daily smoking. I ballooned up from 185 to 285ish from 2008-2016. A lot of factors involved, but I need to re-set my body and my head. I might do something drastic, like continue potatoes until I hit goal of 185 with a 32" waist. 
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Luckily I've stopped myself from "ballooning"    180 is probably my sweet spot - thats about where I was when I finished college - and it was a solid 180.   When I get back to that weight now I definitely won't look like the 180 I did at 24.    Anyway this is the heaviest I've been.  I've some how "been lucky enough " to stop myself around 205-210 though, every time I do gain weight. So I never had to really drop weight.  Yes I still need to lose 20-30 pounds and that is a lot of weight but I've never "yoyo" that extreme.

I just need to cut out sweets.  Thats what kills me.  I stopped drinking soda. I don't really drink alcohol that much.  usually only if we go out or something.  

It's the ### #### snacking :)   

 
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ProstheticRGK said:
You guys are all awesome. Thanks for all the stories of how you lost and kept it off. I definitely relate Chaos Commish- I need to get to the point where I look at food like fuel, and make that a habit. When I lose motivation and focus, I use food like a drug.

Definitely use it to self-medicate when I am stressed, especially since I quit drinking and daily smoking. I ballooned up from 185 to 285ish from 2008-2016. A lot of factors involved, but I need to re-set my body and my head. I might do something drastic, like continue potatoes until I hit goal of 185 with a 32" waist. 
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Glad to hear it. To explain a little more, the bland food as fuel thing is what I try to keep to but I'm a good cook surrounded by good cooks. So reality involves picking your time to use food as fuel but not being a pita to others when some day calls for good eats. As for doing something drastic, I have water fasted a handful of times from 5-10 days. I may have been the first around here to potato fast when Maurile first linked to it years ago. I have milk fasted and yogurt fasted for a week more than once. I have juice fasted for 30 days (dropped 24 pounds). I like to experiment with different diets. I like the discipline. I'm going pescatarian next week maybe for a good long while. 

"Experts" almost always advise against drastic. I say go for it, whatever it is. My fat house guest is a health food nut. She's gotta be 400 pounds. Free range chicken salad made with all organic ingredients may be great with her super healthy cracked grain organic sourdough, but not if you eat the whole loaf. I showed her the Twinkie Diet story and explained that weight loss is better for you than healthy food is good for you. 

 
belljr said:
Luckily I've stopped myself from "ballooning"    180 is probably my sweet spot - thats about where I was when I finished college - and it was a solid 180.   When I get back to that weight now I definitely won't look like the 180 I did at 24.    Anyway this is the heaviest I've been.  I've some how "been lucky enough " to stop myself around 205-210 though, every time I do gain weight. So I never had to really drop weight.  Yes I still need to lose 20-30 pounds and that is a lot of weight but I've never "yoyo" that extreme.

I just need to cut out sweets.  Thats what kills me.  I stopped drinking soda. I don't really drink alcohol that much.  usually only if we go out or something.  

It's the ### #### snacking :)   
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I think I'm in the same boat, although for me it's the snacking and the booze.  But I'm not a soda guy, and I don't eat garbage usually on weekdays.  It's at night when the snacks and booze come out that I fall off the wagon.

For me in part it's budgeting.  I think it's about figuring out where and how I want to spend the calories.  What matters to me.  For example, I love having drinks with my wife at night on Thurs-Sunday nights.  I love having drinks with my wife out at lunch on Sat and Sunday at a good mexican restaurant; or having drinks and some junk food at a family party on the weekend.  

I also like having snacks during the week, but the truth is if I want to get lean, I have to make a choice, and the things above bring me much more happiness than sitting on my couch with a bag of Doritos.  

I also discovered in my last potato diet that if I eat really well from Monday-Thursday and really restrict my calories, I can basically do all the things above on the weekends that I love.  When I was on the potato diet last time, I was letting loose completely on weekends, doing potatoes during the week, and the weight still kept flying off.  So really, I can have both -- the things I really care about and enjoy, and be in better shape -- if I only give up the stuff I was doing out of habit, or because I was lazy, or not mindful of it, etc.  (the donuts and bags of doritos around the house; a huge bagel and cream cheese for breakfast instead of a small bowl of raisin bran, etc.).

That's the new mindset I'm trying to come around to now.  Make the choice about the parts that really matter to you, find a way to maintain those, and for the bad habits that don't give you quite as much joy in life, realize that and cut it out.

We'll see.

 
That said, I've gotta tell ya -- I'm kind of hating potatoes right about now.  In the last almost three days I've had two meals, each of which consisted of 2-4 red potatoes.  My total calories consumed on average per day in this period has to be no more than 150, 200 maybe?  And it's really starting to hit - I may need to eat a little something.  Maybe a salad, or hard boiled eggs, or something.  

POTATOMANIA:  sort of

 
One of my favorite drinks out of the office fridge on work days: Diet Snapple.  Pour it over ice, zero calories, but delicious.  

 
TF is right on track.  If anything I have learned is that I eat way to much.  I do not necessarily eat unhealthy I just eat a lot.

 
Otis said:
That said, I've gotta tell ya -- I'm kind of hating potatoes right about now.  In the last almost three days I've had two meals, each of which consisted of 2-4 red potatoes.  My total calories consumed on average per day in this period has to be no more than 150, 200 maybe?  And it's really starting to hit - I may need to eat a little something.  Maybe a salad, or hard boiled eggs, or something.  

POTATOMANIA:  sort of
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Potato chips are potatos. Get a big bag of sour cream and onion and go to town.  Drown it down with some 5 guys fries.

 
Doing a steakhouse tonight. Scoped out the menu and I've already counted my calories to keep it light:

3-4 beverages 800-1000 calories

hamachi crudo and oysters 300-400 calories

Porterhouse steak 600-800 calories

creamed spinach w/bacon, carrots, truffled mash 800 calories

choc/peanut butter goodness dessert 1000 calories

I might need a larger belt :kicksrock:

 
Pro tip when at a steakhouse and you want to eat light:

Get a small lean steak, such as the petite sirloin, but get a ton of sautéed onions on the side. This will help hide the fact that it tastes about 1/10th as good as that 20 ounce ribeye you were going to order. An obviously, less mashed potatoes and more asparagus  (stinky pee).

 
eoMMan said:
Pro tip when at a steakhouse and you want to eat light:

Get a small lean steak, such as the petite sirloin, but get a ton of sautéed onions on the side. This will help hide the fact that it tastes about 1/10th as good as that 20 ounce ribeye you were going to order. An obviously, less mashed potatoes and more asparagus  (stinky pee).
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Pro tip:

Shut your whore mouth you monster.

 
eoMMan said:
Pro tip when at a steakhouse and you want to eat light:

Get a small lean steak, such as the petite sirloin, but get a ton of sautéed onions on the side. This will help hide the fact that it tastes about 1/10th as good as that 20 ounce ribeye you were going to order. An obviously, less mashed potatoes and more asparagus  (stinky pee).
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Pro tip when at a steakhouse on LCHF:

Get the 28 oz ribeye, 3 orders of asparagus, and a side salad with bleu cheese (no croutons).  IIFYM :D  

 
Otis said:
I think I'm in the same boat, although for me it's the snacking and the booze.  But I'm not a soda guy, and I don't eat garbage usually on weekdays.  It's at night when the snacks and booze come out that I fall off the wagon.

For me in part it's budgeting.  I think it's about figuring out where and how I want to spend the calories.  What matters to me.  For example, I love having drinks with my wife at night on Thurs-Sunday nights.  I love having drinks with my wife out at lunch on Sat and Sunday at a good mexican restaurant; or having drinks and some junk food at a family party on the weekend.  

I also like having snacks during the week, but the truth is if I want to get lean, I have to make a choice, and the things above bring me much more happiness than sitting on my couch with a bag of Doritos.  

I also discovered in my last potato diet that if I eat really well from Monday-Thursday and really restrict my calories, I can basically do all the things above on the weekends that I love.  When I was on the potato diet last time, I was letting loose completely on weekends, doing potatoes during the week, and the weight still kept flying off.  So really, I can have both -- the things I really care about and enjoy, and be in better shape -- if I only give up the stuff I was doing out of habit, or because I was lazy, or not mindful of it, etc.  (the donuts and bags of doritos around the house; a huge bagel and cream cheese for breakfast instead of a small bowl of raisin bran, etc.).

That's the new mindset I'm trying to come around to now.  Make the choice about the parts that really matter to you, find a way to maintain those, and for the bad habits that don't give you quite as much joy in life, realize that and cut it out.

We'll see.
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What about work travel?

 
eoMMan said:
Pro tip when at a steakhouse and you want to eat light:

Get a small lean steak, such as the petite sirloin, but get a ton of sautéed onions on the side. This will help hide the fact that it tastes about 1/10th as good as that 20 ounce ribeye you were going to order. An obviously, less mashed potatoes and more asparagus  (stinky pee).
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Yeah, and maybe suggest they don't sautee them with a tub of butter

 
My food diary from yesterday...

3 hard-boiled egg whites

1 small grilled chicken breast

1 cup of fiber cereal (dry)

1 cup of lentils/lima beans/broccoli mix

a handful (4 or 5) of triscuits

 
ProstheticRGK said:
Hey, it's 5:30 PST, where the heck is @James Daulton?

Slacker. I've already lifted 6 potatoes today, and am ready for bed.
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It's my daughter's 18th bday so I spent the morning making pancakes instead of my usual Friday early am iron work.  I'll either hit it tonight or Saturday, either way you can be sure I'll update my ifriends at FBGs.  You know, cause everyone cares so much...

Let's Go!

 
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James Daulton said:
It's my daughter's 18th bday so I spent the morning making pancakes instead of my usual Friday early am iron work.  I'll either hit it tonight or Saturday, either way you can be sure I'll update my ifriends at FBGs.  You know, cause everyone cares so much...

Let's Go!
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Pics?

 
eoMMan said:
Pro tip when at a steakhouse and you want to eat light:

Get a small lean steak, such as the petite sirloin, but get a ton of sautéed onions on the side. This will help hide the fact that it tastes about 1/10th as good as that 20 ounce ribeye you were going to order. An obviously, less mashed potatoes and more asparagus  (stinky pee).
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I mean if you can't hit your macros at a steakhouse then there is something wrong with you.  I would probably argue a petite filet or sirloin is worse than something like a strip or ribeye.  If you are worried about the fat you can eat around the end cap.  

 
well last night I finally accepted - I'm way more out of shape than I wanted to believe.

Not lifting for the last 5 years or so have really taken it's toll.   I always felt I'll just bounce back.   But now being older and banged up I just don't have the strength and cardio - I pretended I have.   

I struggled with half the weight I figured I could do easily :bag:

I know it will come back slowly but man was it a sad dose of mid 40's reality.

 
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James Daulton said:
It's my daughter's 18th bday so I spent the morning making pancakes instead of my usual Friday early am iron work.  I'll either hit it tonight or Saturday, either way you can be sure I'll update my ifriends at FBGs.  You know, cause everyone cares so much...

Let's Go!
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I care.  I hit the weights this morning.  It was back day and time for another round of deadlifts.  I quit doing them for the last couple of years because I hated them.  I have worked on my technique and am liking them again.  I am not doing a ton of weight yet but slow and steady progress will get me there. 

 
http://i.imgur.com/8JwoPBs.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/l4VYp23.png

Excluding the alcohol, which I overindulged, and the chocolate peanut butter bar dessert, I think I lost a lot weight last night. 

All I ate yesterday was one slice of buffalo chicken pizza before this meal - when I was eating it, tasted kinda weird, sauce was gooey/disgusting and the chicken tasted under cooked. Why I bring this up?

It pertains to the weight loss. After the meal, we were heading back to our neighborhood to grab drinks with some friends. We're sitting in the car and it hits me, I'm about to #### my pants; like painful I'm sweating, window open, I can't believe this is happening type stuff. My wife is talking to me and I'm just like ####!! Felt like someone plunged a knife into my stomach out of nowhere. We were close to the Brooklyn Bridge and Battery Tunnel, either with no traffic is 8-10 minutes to where we were going. I'm looking on my phone and just see bright red for the traffic for both routes and the realization that I am not going to make it hits me, no chance I can hold this for another 25-30 minutes. We're sitting on the West Side Highway at a red light which is 4 lanes in both directions near the World Trade Center, major road in Manhattan with tons of traffic. The Palm restaurant is across the street and I just open the door, yell to my wife to tell the driver to pull over and dart across the highway to get there. I made it by about 30-45 seconds. 

Get back in the car and feel fine. Now we're sitting on the Brooklyn Bridge in traffic and it starts creeping back, more pain, more knife being plunged into my stomach, more sweating... Told my wife I have to go home and cannot go for drinks - I run into the house, don't say a word and run by the babysitter and jet to the bathroom, barely made it again. After the awful ####, I basically vomited my entire dinner. More pain overnight & this morning. Took an Imodium this morning and I'm still hurting and yet to eat today.

As I'm typing this it hits me, I had oysters at the bar while I was waiting for my wife... Maybe that is what did this to me?

 
I have subdivided my yogurt into one ounce servings for the rest of the day.  Tonight I shall devour an entire leaf of lettuce.

#AAA going down

 
belljr said:
well last night I finally accepted - I'm way more out of shape than I wanted to believe.

Not lifting for the last 5 years or so have really taken it's toll.   I always felt I'll just bounce back.   But now being older and banged up I just don't have the strength and cardio - I pretended I have.   

I struggled with half the weight I figured I could do easily :bag:

I know it will come back slowly but man was it a sad dose of mid 40's reality.
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Doesn't matter How much you lift now vs then. You'll make dem gainz

 
Not in the contest, but have to thank you all for the motivation. Down 14 pounds in 30 days (236 to 222). Love following this thread.

 
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