As someone who also suffers from weight issues, I can't stress enough how important it is to stick to the plan. I started dieting right around 300lbs (I'm 6') and continued until I hit around 210. It took around 8 months with the diet I was using which I'd consider pretty good.
After I hit 210, I stopped. I was being treated better, I felt healthier, and I just wanted to go back to eating junk food every once in a while.
After a year of that, I was back up to 290lbs.
Stick to the plan, sir. I'm struggling myself to get back on track. Have faith in the healthy lifestyle. Find something to sooth those late-night urges. For me, it was breathmints. I went through hundreds of packages of cheap breathmints and while it wasn't food, it got me through the nights where I couldn't sleep.
Good luck, you have a ton of support from the community and we believe in you.
Stay strong my friend! What's important is that you are prioritizing your health. I dieted/exercised not long ago and had great results. I know how it is to fight the cravings for food that we shouldn't be eating. It's tough but with the right attitude and support around you it will make it that much easier. If you need any tips or advice just get ahold of me. Be glad to help however I can. :D
It's sort of funny how I am about as tall as you are, used to weigh almost as much as you do, and I also have RSI I lost about 30lbs from just eating less and having an attitude change and I didn't even do it intentionally either lol... GL HF Sheth!
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Whatever, I wish you the best and I'm glad you're doing what you're doing! Keep at it as you're in it for life! I'm cheering for you, and I will keep cheering for you when you come back to playing. You're an awesome dude!
Gonna try to write what I wrote shortly: You're most likely sugar addicted (most of us are), and a natural response when the body thinks it's beeing deprived of sugar is headaches. A reason why the fruits releave your headaches is because they contain fructose (which is one of the parts of sucros, which is what's in candy and other processed foods)
So basically you tell your brain that "it's fine, I'm getting my fix!". If you want to remove the headaches quicker you can try to remove fruits from your diet at a slow pace until they are completly out of it, and then keep it that way for a few days/up to a week. Then go back to eating fruits (since they rock for alot of reasons), as you hopefully should be abit more releaved from headaches by then.
And remember to always drink ALOT of water, regardless of where you live, as it helps transport nutrients through your body more effectively, and it will even help you somewhat with cravings and hunger.
Anyway, keep at it, you will be a better version of yourself =)
if you live near a gym , for ~6 hours a week you can pound weightloss and look pretty fit by the time you've lost weight too. read the OPs of TLHF and the Starting Strength exercise wiki.
its good to pick up gym alongside eating healtiher because they support each other and if you fuck up one for a while then the other will help keep your motivational momentum running
Hey sheth! (I hope you will read this) Iv'e loong been following your sc2 career because i really enjoy your playstyle of the zerg race, but most of all that you where (still is) the nicest person i have ever seen or heard of! When i read this blog i was so happy cause this means that you are taking care of yourself and to me that's a huge thing to see someone i really admire and like do something like this.
Iv'e been trying to reach a high level of sc2 but have been "blocked" by hand injuries and me being really tired whenever i play so i loose my concentration and cant focus on the game/practice.
Im also "fat" and weighed 143.7kg last week on monday (jan 14th), and i made a test at the doctor and it turned out 86kg of that weight was muscles, mostly cause i was quite athletic at young age (i'm 19 atm) but quit when i got a knee injury (so i kept eating the same amount and got fat )
Anyway since i started to commit to this really hard i have gone down drastically aswell, and now (Tuesday 22nd) i weigh 138,7kg, and i wish to continue my journey to loosing weight! I truly hope you will continue aswell as you now have become a new motivation for me to continue this!
I wish you the best of luck Sheth and know that you are one of the persons i admire most in my life! (You and TLO <3)
PS. Sorry if my grammar isn't the best, this isn't my native language (actually my third language i learn)
Keep it up Sheth. If you can get through the vomitting the rest of the exercrise will be super easy.
There's always a wall with losing weight though. The first 10 or 20 pounds are the easiest to shed and fastest to come off. After that its all about perserverence as the results don't come as quick as at the start and it's hard to stay motivated when you don't see any changes.
Paleo will work, but it's not because it's what the cavemen ate. It will work because the food that you eat while eating paleo is food that is good for you.
The only thing that matters for losing weight is how many calories you eat and eating a variety of foods. Meat, vegetables, fruits, whole grains.
Figure out how many calories you eat now and eat less, you will lose weight. Calorie counting is kind of a bitch though and honestly you don't have to do it to lose weight. As long as you are aware that you need to eat and avoid the high calorie foods you will be fine. You can pretty much snack on as many vegetables and to some extent fruit as you want.
Paleo will work, but it's not because it's what the cavemen ate. It will work because the food that you eat while eating paleo is food that is good for you.
The only thing that matters for losing weight is how many calories you eat and eating a variety of foods. Meat, vegetables, fruits, whole grains.
Figure out how many calories you eat now and eat less, you will lose weight. Calorie counting is kind of a bitch though and honestly you don't have to do it to lose weight. As long as you are aware that you need to eat and avoid the high calorie foods you will be fine. You can pretty much snack on as many vegetables and to some extent fruit as you want.
On January 22 2013 21:38 endy wrote: 5/5 just for promoting organic food. Many people don't realize that organic food is not only better for your health and for the environment but that it also tastes much better.
Good luck with your diet !
Organic food is usually very healthy and tastes good, but it's not necessarily any healthier/tastier than non-organic food. A lot of it comes down to marketing and perceived benefits, which may not be completely accurate.
I don't mean to derail the thread or anything, but just because something is grown organically does NOT mean it's always better for the environment. In fact a lot of organic food is shipped over very long distances so the exhaust and fuel that goes into transporting it usually outweighs the amount of pesticides that go into the soil at local farms.
Here's a funny video on the subject if you want to learn more.
Sheth, if you read these posts, here is what I got to tell you:
After Grubby, you're my favourite player since forever. I started watching your stream early on and your joining TL was one of the most inspiring things in E-Sports for me. Be it interviews, be it your stream, be it your attending tournaments: I follow all of your stuff.
So for selfish reasons, as I want to see more of your games in tournaments and since I genuinly believe that a person like you deserves all the happiness they can get, I hope you pull through with your diet, become more healthy and get back on track in SC2.
€ Also: I lost 30 kilos myself (from 90 to 60, I'm like half your height) and I can't stress enough how much better one feels.
I am happy to hear about you wanting to change your life like this. When it gets though always remind yourself that you had to stop playing SC because of the problem affecting your wrists. I am also going through some mentality changes through which I finally feel like i can DO what I want to do and know I should be doing but for whatever reason was not(always postponing stuff). I am a big fan of your gameplay and personality and I wish you the best!
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