Counting cals is the only way. All these diets just make it easy for you to count cals.



Don't forget that you process about 13lbs of water in a day, so daily fluctuations of a couple of pounds are no big deal.



At my peak, I was kicking off about 2 lbs per week. Definitely not easy, but the results are worthwhile.

Official weigh in this morning has me at 217.2, which has me lower by .4 lbs. I don't use exact weights so much as I use weekly averages. I'm hoping to see 216.X up on the display by saturday morning.

[quote name='Sinful7' date='Mar 16 2005, 08:26 AM']Scott and I have been trying to lose weight ever since the winter retreat. I weighed myself there and came in at a hefty 232 lbs. Well, a few weeks later and I'm in the 2-teens. I've been aerobic exercising every night, 30-60 mins a night, and trying to diet properly (Whole foods, 1000 calories/day), and this week I've managed to maintain a 218 lb average - yesterday's weigh in had me at 217.6 lbs. I hope to be in the 205-210 range by the end of next week. I don't think that's too agressive - 20 lbs in five weeks.


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Im so happy for you congrats. I was loosing weight when i was working full time when i had a month off from school in january. I was working out 3-4 times a week for bout 30-45 minutes and eating light throughout the day, light yogurt, applesauce, apples, bananas, then lunch i would have tuna sandwhich (In water, whole wheat bread) with diet soda, then dinner would be a small plate and no midnight snacks .



Lost 10 lbs in 2.5 weeks



Now im fat again wtf lol



COLLEGE I HATE YOU FUCKERZ! Gained all of it back!

[quote name='Sinful7' date='Mar 16 2005, 12:38 PM']Um, I just found a fun site for caloric consumption based on weight..

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

Told me I burn 859 cals/hr biking at a medium-fast (12-14 mph) pace. I figure that's about right, although it might be more in my area due to topography and wind.


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http://caloriesperhour.com

wanna feel great for a week?



go two days drinking nothing but water, and eating nothing but celery and wheaties



schedule as such:

breakfast: 1 cup of wheaties, 3oz celery, 1/2 cup skim milk for cereal, 2 12oz glasses of water.



drink 4 or more bottles (16 to 20oz) of water throughout the morning before lunch



Lunch: hwever much celery you feel like, doesn't matter, and 24oz water, if its really getting to you, put a couple small dollops of peanut butter on a couple pieces of celery, but not much



4 more bottles of water throughout the afternoon before dinner



dinner: celery, lots. 2oz peanut butter, 1 bowl wheaties. 24 oz water



drink at least 20oz of water per 1.5 hours before you go to bed.



repeat the same routine the next day.



you'll **** like crazy both days, and the next. the fiber in the wheaties and celery cleans you out, along with the water washing out any impurities.



it sounds stupid, but it works. you will fell better for a week or two, just cause your body got rid of everything.