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Old 10-21-2010, 08:42 AM  
Varius
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head View Post
no,.... no wild diets or crazed workouts.... just stopped eating junk 24/7 (webmaster food) and switched to eating 5 - 6 small "meals" a day consisting of whatever i want..... most of which consists of fruit, oats, chicken, fish, etc.... the good stuff... and one or two small ones consisting of snacky stuff.... salsa, tortillas, beef, pasta, etc... and lots and lots of water.

dump the soda, the sugar, and useless crap like buttered popcorn, candy, desserts, sweets, pizzas, fast food, etc....

i literally just stopped being overweight.
as i like to say about many things, don't think you can.... know you can. and don't get hung up on checking the scale every day, i think i checked the scale about 3 times. (last one was yesterday).

at 185 and 5'11" tall, i'm right where i should be. now if i can just stabilize and not lose any more...... that will be the real accomplishment. Control. But the lesson here i guess is that anyone can lose weight if they want, and you don;t have to spend a wad of money ordering new diets or magic pills.... everything you need is at the grocery store.

it's pretty wild.... all of my clothes have become useless. nothing fits now.... size 36 - 38 jeans are now shelved. even the 34's are too big and i was hoping to keep those, but I'm gonna need to get some 32's again. haven't seen those in 10 years.

thanks everyone for the props.... it was one of the easiest things i've ever done.
Excellent job, I'm on your trail - 28 lbs in 6 weeks thus far.

One thing regarding the many small meals throughout the day, most people believe it boosts your metabolism and/or prevents your body from going into starvation mode. Both are actually unproven/false claims.

The many small meals, has never been proven to boost metabolism and is actually far off from the eating habits of our ancestors.

The starvation mode, only kicks in after 24-48 hours (scientifically proven), so eating often to prevent it really has no bearing on the fact if you do plan to eat daily.
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