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XMan

XMan

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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90 pounds down, 60 to go. I did with almost zero support, put up with comments ranging from "Did you get a gastric bypass?" (No, I actually got off of my ass and worked for what I got) to "The Atkins diet will kill you, you know." (Like a diet of Vanilla Coke, Jack in the Box, and pizza is healthy compared to grilled chicken, fish, and salads). Suffice to say I'm feeling pretty good about what I've accomplished.

I've thrown away I don't know how many pairs of pants. The one bright side is that my shirt size hasn't changed much - they just fit reaaaaaaaaaaally loose around the waist. I'm holding back until I hit my goal weight . . . and then, look out, mall.

My blood pressure and resting pulse have dropped from heart-attack warning levels (180/90 and 75) to darn near spectacular (110/60 and 55).

It hasn't been all wine and roses - from November 20, 2003, to May 11, 2004, I didn't lose a single, solitary pound. I only have myuself to blame . . . compromise is killer. "It's Thanksgiving, live a little." "It's just Christmas." "Hey, it's New Years." "Aww, it's my birthday . . ." On the bright side I didn't gain anything - but I got angry again, because life's not long enough to cut yourself short. I've lost 14 pounds in the last 20 days, and my feet are firmly back on the wagon.

Peter Straub put it best - "You can never be too thin or too rich. And if you don't understand that, you've been really fat, or really poor."

No surgery - no sugar - no problem.
 
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dxkj

Lifer
Feb 17, 2001
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14lbs in 20 days is a lot to drop. How many calories a day, and what kind of weekly workout?
 
HeroOfPellinor

HeroOfPellinor

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Dec 27, 2001
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Get a giant keypad the size of your room and use that to type on the Internet. It'll be like Dance Dance Revolution when you type on AT.
 
FoBoT

FoBoT

No Lifer
Apr 30, 2001
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Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Get a giant keypad the size of your room and use that to type on the Internet. It'll be like Dance Dance Revolution when you type on AT.
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link?
 
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Fausto

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Nov 29, 2000
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Nice going! :)

How about some "before" and "after" pics to inspire the masses (no pun intended)?
 
XMan

XMan

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: dxkj
14lbs in 20 days is a lot to drop. How many calories a day, and what kind of weekly workout?
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During the week I get up at 4:30 every morning and go to the gym for an hour. I try to get at least 600-800 calories on the elliptical machine before I do high-rep weight exercises. The weekends I'll usually only work out one day, usually go for a long walk.

I don't really count calories - I just don't eat any simple carbs. I usually have scrambled eggs or an omelet for breakfast, for lunch I'll have a diet shake and some deli turkey (no bread), and for dinner I'll have grilled chicken or fish and vegetables (love green beans) or a salad. Along with lots and lots of water . . . I probably drink 150-200 ounces of water a day.
 
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Kelvrick

Lifer
Feb 14, 2001
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Are you sure you're getting enough food? Thats barely anything for me, and i'm a skinny beanpole at 145

EDIT: are you taking vitamins and stuff?
 
XMan

XMan

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Are you sure you're getting enough food? Thats barely anything for me, and i'm a skinny beanpole at 145

EDIT: are you taking vitamins and stuff?
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Oh, sure, I get more than enough. I'm pretty well starving by dinnertime so I'll usually have two or three chicken breasts. I don't eat much throughout the day lately since it's gotten so muggy and nasty.

I take a GNC Ester-C 1000 and Centrum Performance every day.
 
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DaiShan

Diamond Member
Jul 5, 2001
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Congrats man, sounds like you are eating healthy and working hard and feeling good!
 
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notfred

Lifer
Feb 12, 2001
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Wow, if I were to lose 150lbs, I'd weigh about... 30 pounds. Congrats on getting almost 2/3s of the way there.
 
Red Dawn

Red Dawn

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Jun 4, 2001
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Originally posted by: X-Man
Originally posted by: dxkj
14lbs in 20 days is a lot to drop. How many calories a day, and what kind of weekly workout?
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During the week I get up at 4:30 every morning and go to the gym for an hour. I try to get at least 600-800 calories on the elliptical machine before I do high-rep weight exercises. The weekends I'll usually only work out one day, usually go for a long walk.

I don't really count calories - I just don't eat any simple carbs. I usually have scrambled eggs or an omelet for breakfast, for lunch I'll have a diet shake and some deli turkey (no bread), and for dinner I'll have grilled chicken or fish and vegetables (love green beans) or a salad. Along with lots and lots of water . . . I probably drink 150-200 ounces of water a day.
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You burn 600 to 800 calories on the Eliptical and then do high rep weights all in under an hour?
What setting do you have on the Eliptical, how many RPMs and how long are you on it? I can understand how you lost 14 lbs in 20 days at that pace. It sounds like you are netting around 1200 calories by the end of the days you work out. Keep that up and you will be at your goal weight in a manner of a few months but you also might be completely worn out!

Anyway, you know how you are feeling so I'm sure you will do what's best for yourself. Good luck and good job!
 
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monk3y

Lifer
Jun 12, 2001
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Good deal... that's awesome that you were able to do it yourself through self control.
 
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Yossarian

Lifer
Dec 26, 2000
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well done dude! personally I think you would have lost just as much weight on a non-Atkins diet but if it works for you then **salute**!
 
XMan

XMan

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: X-Man
Originally posted by: dxkj
14lbs in 20 days is a lot to drop. How many calories a day, and what kind of weekly workout?
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During the week I get up at 4:30 every morning and go to the gym for an hour. I try to get at least 600-800 calories on the elliptical machine before I do high-rep weight exercises. The weekends I'll usually only work out one day, usually go for a long walk.

I don't really count calories - I just don't eat any simple carbs. I usually have scrambled eggs or an omelet for breakfast, for lunch I'll have a diet shake and some deli turkey (no bread), and for dinner I'll have grilled chicken or fish and vegetables (love green beans) or a salad. Along with lots and lots of water . . . I probably drink 150-200 ounces of water a day.
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You burn 600 to 800 calories on the Eliptical and then do high rep weights all in under an hour?
What setting do you have on the Eliptical, how many RPMs and how long are you on it? I can understand how you lost 14 lbs in 20 days at that pace. It sounds like you are netting around 1200 calories by the end of the days you work out. Keep that up and you will be at your goal weight in a manner of a few months but you also might be completely worn out!
Anyway, you know how you are feeling so I'm sure you will do what's best for yourself. Good luck and good job!
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I don't remember the exact settings . . . something like 9 crossramp, 5-6 level resistance. I do about 65-75 rpm depending on the tempo of the song. I burn about 17 calories a minute, so I get done on the elliptical in about 30-40 minutes usually. I don't do too much with the weights . . . I figure my legs are pretty well done after that so I do bench presses, curls, flys, crunches on the ab machine, and the tricep machine.

well done dude! personally I think you would have lost just as much weight on a non-Atkins diet but if it works for you then **salute**!
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I've tried others and they never really worked for me . . . I was always hungry. That's the good thing about Atkins, I don't have to feel bad about snacking as long as I'm doing it on nuts or beef jerky.

what do you weigh now?
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60 pounds too much. :p Seriously . . . 6-5, 320. I weighed 280 in high school and had a 38-inch waist so I figure 260 is a pretty good number to shoot for.
 
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