i just maxed out my scale :(

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preslove

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OP, you should think about some type of amphetamine. Try to find pills. Smoking meth is bad for your teeth and face.

I'm only slightly kidding.
 

ShawnD1

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OP, you should think about some type of amphetamine. Try to find pills. Smoking meth is bad for your teeth and face.

I'm only slightly kidding.

For realz. My hardcore ADD friend gave me one of his Dexedrine pills. It was awesome. It's hard to describe. Like a feeling of relaxation even though your heart is racing is everyone is telling me to calm down. What do you mean calm??? I feel calm and relaxed!! (even though I'm yelling)

You need to chew the little beads in the pill if you want it to hit you like a phone booth.
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honestly, every attempt I made at weight loss failed until I reconciled with the fact that it's OK to eat whatever I want to -- as long as I do so in moderation.

if I'm craving a bowl of ice cream, I'll have it... but I'll have a serving, not an entire carton.

I didn't lose as much as you did (congrats BTW) but when I did it I changed EVERYTHING about what/how I ate. I did have to find something that worked for me and that took a bit of trial and error but once I found it I stuck to it and still maintain it to this day. Everything I ate was fast food. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all bought at a drive through. Now I plan my breakfasts and dinners but I still allow myself to eat out at lunch (mostly due to my job) though I try to grab the lower fat/sodium items.

ANYWAY... that's why I brought up the suggestion that he seek out a professional. That's something I wish I would have done to begin with. It would have helped me get things going faster.

But really, I do believe that he's going to have to completely rethink what he eats.
 

mcurphy

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And it sure didn't take you long to go completely off topic again, and turn a serious thread into an anti American troll. Way to go!

Yep, he is definitely the most worthless poster to ever visit these forums. Look at his first 3 posts in this thread. He clearly has nothing to contribute, but revisits several times to troll and try to derail the thread


I'd comment on this, but I don't think I can do it sensitively. HAL9000 Powering down.

I'll grant you that I am a twit. but I do my best to be sensitive to certain things about people, If I can't I bow out.

Then GTFO and quit trolling you fucking idiot. You're turning this forum into a shithole because of your constant, never-ending bullshit. I can barely fucking stand visiting this forum anymore because you poke your stupid fucking nose into every thread and post crap.



If you have a problem, use the report button.
Your flaming assault on Hal9000 was way over the line.

This is your second infraction dealing with this poster.
If you cannot control yourself in the future you need to use the ignore feature.


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davmat787

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One other thought that often relates to correcting any bad habit such as smoking or overeating. Try to recognize the times when you find yourself snacking or sneaking something to eat on a regular basis. That is, do you always have a snack when you get home from school or work? Do you always have ice cream before bed? Etc....

A lot of smokers always have to have one right after eating. My point is that if you recognize these times where you sort of subconsciously fulfill a craving, you can preemptively correct it. Not sure if I am making sense but I think you will get the gist of it.
 

nageov3t

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I didn't lose as much as you did (congrats BTW) but when I did it I changed EVERYTHING about what/how I ate. I did have to find something that worked for me and that took a bit of trial and error but once I found it I stuck to it and still maintain it to this day. Everything I ate was fast food. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all bought at a drive through. Now I plan my breakfasts and dinners but I still allow myself to eat out at lunch (mostly due to my job) though I try to grab the lower fat/sodium items.

ANYWAY... that's why I brought up the suggestion that he seek out a professional. That's something I wish I would have done to begin with. It would have helped me get things going faster.

But really, I do believe that he's going to have to completely rethink what he eats.
I loved my nutritionist. she was the one who really beat it into my head about starting off with a healthy breakfast, emphasizing high-protein foods (because, at least in my case, protein fills me up faster and keeps me full longer than carbs), and tracking everything you eat.

on a side note, scallops are an awesome fast food alternative! you can take them from freezer to plate in about 5 minutes.
 

Ksyder

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If I was OP I'd start listening to all of these podcasts at the site linked below, and go on some sort of extremely low-carb diet
http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/

Personally I've had the best results following a paleo diet approach such as found in
http://robbwolf.com/

That is what has worked best for me, I'm at my leanest I've ever been.

My unprofessional opinion, from what I've read and heard lately, is that the sugars and the grains are destroying appetite regulation, so calories are being stored as fat, and high insulin levels from eating large amounts of crap processed food essentially prevents the contents of the fat cells from being burned. Essentially what happens is people are hungry all the time because the food is being stored as fat and is inaccessible because insulin blocks lipolysis (fat breakdown)

You may also want to check out Lyle McDonald's rapid fat loss diet at bodyrecomposition.com. I'd also check out the first 2 podcasts listed on this page, http://undergroundwellness.com/radio/ , both Robb Wolf and the new ME diet, I think they are both extremely good info, especially the new ME diet and its emphasis on a "fat loss lifestyle" Also, leptin will continue to become more and more commonly known as an instigator in obesity, you might want to check this out http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/12/leptin-resistance-and-sugar.html I also recommend many of the blogs on the right side of that page.

The last point, you should be able to diet WITHOUT HUNGER for a long time if you weigh 375 if you do it right because the calories in your diet that you are missing will be replaced by the your bodyfat stores. It will be easy to strip bodyfat for awhile until you start to get to a more normal weight. Get rid of carbs so you can start burning body fat. Add fat into your diet to replace the carbs and your body can learn to burn fat rather than store it.
 
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Well, reading through the thread and seeing that almost everything about the topic - negative and positive - has been already posted, I can only hope that the OP succeeds in his new goal, however he does it.

If this is a troll thread, I'd go with meth.
 

tcsenter

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I'm sorry to be insensitive, but how in the hell does someone get to be that fucking huge? It is not like it just sneaks up on you and you wake up one morning realizing you have put on a few pounds.
Actually, it can "sneak" up on you. If he was 225lbs three months ago, that would be different.

But if it was a long gradual increase over many many years, then the change in point of reference from one day or week to the next is trivial.

e.g. think about a river bank eroding 20 feet. If it occurred in a week, you would immediately be like WTF? because it was radically different from when you last saw it. But if it happened gradually over 20 years, and you regularly walked that portion of the river hundreds of times over that period, you might not even notice the change.
 

deanx0r

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It's constant work in progress. The OP sure ain't getting any inspiration from you, dick.
 

foghorn67

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Your body can't process that amount of sugar. Simple as that. You don't even have to starve yourself to loose weight. You don't need a joint jarring workout either.
You need to give yourself a minor taste bud adjustment. It only takes a couple of weeks to get used to unsweetened drinks and artificial sweeteners. After that, sodas will taste syrupy and gooey.
Artificial sweeteners are supplements. Don't depend on them. Not really for the scary side effects, but for more immediate reasons.
Example. My favorite drink, Coca Cola Classic. It's fizzy. It forces me to drink it slow.
My favorite alternative, Coke Cherry Zero. Problem is, it's not fizzy. I can gulp 12 ounces of this stuff without thinking about.
Immediate side effects: More expensive, if I trying to quench a thirst, they go down faster. So I drink more. Also, that's a lot of caffeine I wasn't planning on. Anxiety, sleep disorders, dehydration.
So I use it as treat. I try to drink more water. Water suppresses appetite too, since it fills up the stomach fast.
I haven't acquired a taste for unsweetened tea. Tried for weeks, wish I could.
Oh well, black coffee, water, takes care of that.

I used to lift. Quit about three years ago. Wasn't body building, but I liked being bigger. I was shaped perfectly, so it kept me going. Then I quit, got bored.
Problem was, my calorie intake was still high, and I started to get a gut and love handles.
Cutting out sodas did wonders. With minimal exercise, it will be flat.

I hate this phrase, but it just takes will power.
 

apac

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hopefully dont have to give up eating the foods i love

OP will be ready to commit to weight loss when he realizes good health supersedes guilty pleasures. The above sounds like a drug addict saying "hopefully when I stop being an addict I can still take drugs". Cause -> effect.
 
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Azraele

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OP will be ready to commit to weight loss when he realizes good health supersedes guilty pleasures. The above sounds like a drug addict saying "hopefully when I stop being an addict I can still take drugs". Cause -> effect.

I agree that it sounds to me like the OP isn't mentally ready to take action. Op had mentioned cutting back on foods, but said nothing about exercise. If you're serious, OP, check out the health and fitness forum and make a journal of your journey. I think you'll find that it's tough, but rewarding, and you will have a whole forum supporting you. Also, there are lots of healthy but delicious foods/drinks that aren't mountain dew and whatever else you eat. Don't be afraid to try new things. If you really want to lose the weight, you need to get rid of the emotional baggage that you associate with food, and then you can get rid of the actual baggage.

Good luck. :)
 
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amicold

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oh man i live on mt dew, 4-5 cans gets me through the day

maybe ill cut back to 2 and see if i ca n still stay awake...

Switch to diet, don't worry about the aspartame, take some caffeine pills if you want. I used to be an obese myself. Now I'm quite the opposite. At first just controlling how much you eat and getting activity will make weight fly off.
 

ShawnD1

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OP really should consider some kind of medication. I take medication that keeps my blood sugar high, and the result is that I never experience blood sugar crashes and I'm less likely to binge eat (although binging has never been a problem before). Yesterday I didn't eat anything at all until ~5pm because I just wasn't hungry; blood sugar was up and I felt great.
 

Zen0

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I loved my nutritionist. she was the one who really beat it into my head about starting off with a healthy breakfast, emphasizing high-protein foods (because, at least in my case, protein fills me up faster and keeps me full longer than carbs), and tracking everything you eat.

on a side note, scallops are an awesome fast food alternative! you can take them from freezer to plate in about 5 minutes.

Carbs aren't even that tasty. I'll eat tasty carbs like Fries, or Pizza... but seriously Rice, noodles, etc? Waste of my appetite.
 

nageov3t

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Carbs aren't even that tasty. I'll eat tasty carbs like Fries, or Pizza... but seriously Rice, noodles, etc? Waste of my appetite.
but they're easy :( I could cook a pot of pasta on Sunday and it'd last half the week.

transitioning to eating primarily meat/fish, it was a big switch to have to start cooking a meal almost every single night (instead of just throwing left-over pasta or rice or mac and cheese into the microwave)
 

tynopik

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that's a giant "if."

it's kinda hard to explain how hungry you can get when you're already used to consuming that many calories every day.

at least in my own experience, making a drastic cut like that would lead to a few days of feeling great about myself, followed by a few days of miserable hunger, ending in a binge after which any hope of dieting would be completely sabotaged mentally.

wasn't a huge problem for me

when you get hungry, either drink some water or just ignore it

after a while, the hunger goes away

coming up on a year so seems fairly sustainable
 

tynopik

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Cut back how much you eat but don't do it drastically quickly cause otherwise you will be miserable and will probably cheat.

Do it drastically otherwise you won't see enough difference week to week to make it seem worthwhile

Seeing the pounds melt away adds motivation