Fitness

Originally Posted by Will

I do a bit of everything--powerlifting, olympic lifting, and bodybuilding. I want to be big, strong, balanced, and healthy. I love the feeling of cold steel in my hands and a few hundred pounds on my back. Actually, this does a pretty good job of summing it up. I like this one too. We tend to make fun of the guys who want to look like Brad Pitt in Fight Club. Eat like Nicole Richie and you'll reach your goal in no time.

Yeah, basically what you make fun of, that's what I want to look like.

I want to be lean but low body fat percentage.

I went from 193 to 135 (I'm 5'6") over the past couple months using an elliptical machine and low calorie diet.

I could care less about huge muscles, I just want to be able to go to the beach and not be embarrassed about fat rolls. (Plus any of the complications that come with being overweight).

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Originally Posted by Alice

Whatever you do, don't constantly drop what you believe to be subtle hints. I'd suggest talking to her openly and honestly about how you feel. Maybe if you can somehow make her understand how important fitness is to you, she'll get back into it. You could approach it from the angle of being able to spend more time doing things (working out) together if you think that would work better, but I see nothing wrong with simply telling her that you were more attracted to her physically when she was working out. Whatever you do, though, don't tell her she's getting fat. Unless your goal is to never be able to sleep with her again.

I agree.

I feel that a person has to decide for themselves that they want to lose weight. Otherwise:

1. They won't stick with the program.
2. They'll get depressed.
3. They'll hate whoever told them they needed to lose weight.

This is just based on my experience, where I simply decided to lose weight by myself, with no prodding by anyone else. In fact, my family kept saying "oh, but you weren't fat" but I was clearly overweight by BMI standards.

Sometimes, it just needs to happen out of the blue.

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Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper

Losing 60 pounds in "the past couple months" is disgustingly unhealthy. What did you do starve yourself compeletly?

I normally (before the diet) ate about 3000+ calories a day, just randomly snacking on candy and cake all the time, eating large amounts of fast food every day.

Starting from late May until early September, I changed my routine to:

1. 30-45 minutes of elliptical machine running.
2. 1200-1500 calories of food. Vegetables, high protein, no snacks.
3. Some very basic dumbbell lifting, starting from 5 pounds (I had no upper body strength, seriously), to 10, then 15, and now 20.
4. Vitamins everyday. One a Day Men's Health, Super Omega 3, Vitamin E, and Vitamin C.
5. Lots of water. I'm talking tons.

Lost about 3 pounds a week, felt great. Lost the man boobs, ass, and almost all of my stomach (still have a very little leftover skin on the lower stomach).

Got checked out by a doctor on Oct 30th, everything was fine.

As you can see, after I reached 145, I stopped the exercise routine and just kept a low calorie diet (1500-2000), and still was able to lose another 10 pounds over the course of a few months.

It was the fact that I was on summer break that I was able to dedicate so much free time to such a drastic change. Trust me, if you want to simply lose weight, that's the way to do it. As long as the 1500 calories are nutritional and not just junk food, you can stay healthy.

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