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Apologies to BDC99 for my inelegant reply.

 

Daddy Michael Bloomberg needs to put an end to that.

 

What's your diet

 

heyabb, I'm on a medically supervised diet through the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center. It's pretty intense, and I had been told by my Hopkins Preventative Cardiology team that if I followed JHWMC's directions to a T, I would have great results.

Of course, it all comes down to diet and exercise, taking in far less calories and burning more through exercise. Anyway, I am in a Quick Start phase, with a basic 1100 calorie diet. I dropped 25 pounds in four weeks - and it was EASY. If you and/or others are interested, I can post more details or send PMs.

Believe me, I have tried several other diets and exercises. This one is kicking ass. I thought I would starve with only 1100 calories, but the program is designed to keep you from getting hungry throughout the day. My long term goal is to get to 200. My initial short term goal was to get under 230 (from a peak of 258) and I've already met that goal. I should hit my next short term goal of 220 this week.

And I'm not just aiming to hit 200 now. I am convinced that if I keep this up, I can hit 185. I'm going for it.

 

pm please. Love to jump start a weight loss

 

Best of luck, stud. A few years back, I dropped about 30 pounds to get to an adult low of 192. I am now back up to 230-ish thanks to too much beer and lack of activity/exercise. I wish the feeling I had back then provided more motivation, but even when I was going to the gym almost daily, I had little motivation, and it wasn't until the high kicked in that it really felt worth it.

 

Same experience here, BDC99. Good luck, Vombatus. Just remember that like BDC99, it's not about reaching a goal and then you get to take your foot off the gas (or the E-Z-Cheez tub). It's about maintaining the results of all that hard work. I went from 220 to my adult low of 177. Then I blew out my shoulder skiing, and in eight relatively sedentary weeks I went back to 200. It was almost shocking how easily that weight went back on. It's coming back off now, but it's a bit debilitating mentally, knowing how hard it was the first time and doing it again.

 

Same here, dude.

 

I could stand to get in on this as well.

 

Do it. Several years ago I was flipping through and saw something on PBS where they wheeled out a barrel of something like 100 pounds of sugar and said, "This is what the average American drinks per year from pop." I quit cold turkey that day. For the first few months I missed it and craved it like crazy (especially my favorite Dr. Pepper) but I got over it. A couple of events I've covered in recent years have offered nothing but pop to drink, and after forcing down a little, I discovered I can't really even stand the taste of the stuff anymore. Now all I drink is water and (unsweet) iced tea.

 

I dropped 65 pounds in about three months a few years back with excellent eating habits and an hour or more a day in the gym. Dropped to 175 and felt great. Marriage and kids cut into the time I spend at the gym and my wife is a fantastic cook, but I began easing my dietary restrictions to make things easier on her. A broken toe and appendectomy within two months of each other sidelined me from the gym completely for about four months and I've been terrible about getting back into a good routine.

Now a lot of the weight is back on. I know I can shed it pretty easily, it's mostly a matter of getting my wife (who doesn't need to lose the weight) on board and following a more stringent dietary regimen. She does all the cooking, so if she's not on board, I'll struggle.