On January 22 2013 08:33 Canucklehead wrote: I do wish you the best on your goal to lose weight, but you'll forgive me if I'm a little bit skeptical of your resolve to stick with it. You posted almost the exact same type of blog a little over a year ago in dec 2011. You said you would keep everyone updated of your progress and encouraged people to lose weight with you and post their progress too. You made like one update and then never again looked at that blog.
In that blog you stated you weighed 315 and weren't happy about it. 1 year later, you post the same blog again saying you're 312 and you're not happy about it, so in the span of an entire year you didn't stick to your original plan at all and lost no weight. I'm all for people losing weight, but it always starts with effort., so it was disappointing to see you didn't stick with it last year. Hopefully, it works out for you this time, but if it doesn't, you only have to look into the mirror about why it failed.
Really really good point. I have no solid answer for it, because well I blew your trust last time right? Best I can say is sorry about then, and that I wanted to show results (I'm down 10~) before I even posted this. Was thinking about waiting 2 weeks, but I thought it would be nice to have it posted within 1 week just to have a post at the start. And last time I was posting to help me out and try and do better through community help. This time I'm just updating you and will be working on the diet regardless of people supporting or not. (Even though its awesome to see people wishing me to do well). Anyway like I said I have no solid answer for it... And I completely understand ur skeptisicm. Hopefully within a few weeks or months you can have a little more trust. =]
Well, I'm glad you responded. Sorry, if I sounded harsh, but I've seen too many overweight people who resolve to lose weight then come up with excuses after excuses about why they couldn't work out or couldn't diet.
Rather than accept excuses from people I think more people need a reality check to push them to their goal, rather than be yes men and accept their excuses. You don't even need to worry about my trust or anyone's trust for that matter because at the end of the day it makes no difference to me if you lose weight or not. You need to do it for yourself and for your health's sake. That is really the only message I wanted to convey by reminding you of your past failure with this. Good luck to you again on your second attempt.
On January 22 2013 08:33 Canucklehead wrote: I do wish you the best on your goal to lose weight, but you'll forgive me if I'm a little bit skeptical of your resolve to stick with it. You posted almost the exact same type of blog a little over a year ago in dec 2011. You said you would keep everyone updated of your progress and encouraged people to lose weight with you and post their progress too. You made like one update and then never again looked at that blog.
In that blog you stated you weighed 315 and weren't happy about it. 1 year later, you post the same blog again saying you're 312 and you're not happy about it, so in the span of an entire year you didn't stick to your original plan at all and lost no weight. I'm all for people losing weight, but it always starts with effort., so it was disappointing to see you didn't stick with it last year. Hopefully, it works out for you this time, but if it doesn't, you only have to look into the mirror about why it failed.
Really really good point. I have no solid answer for it, because well I blew your trust last time right? Best I can say is sorry about then, and that I wanted to show results (I'm down 10~) before I even posted this. Was thinking about waiting 2 weeks, but I thought it would be nice to have it posted within 1 week just to have a post at the start. And last time I was posting to help me out and try and do better through community help. This time I'm just updating you and will be working on the diet regardless of people supporting or not. (Even though its awesome to see people wishing me to do well). Anyway like I said I have no solid answer for it... And I completely understand ur skeptisicm. Hopefully within a few weeks or months you can have a little more trust. =]
Well, I'm glad you responded. Sorry, if I sounded harsh, but I've seen too many overweight people who resolve to lose weight then come up with excuses and excuses about why they couldn't work out or couldn't diet.
Rather then accept excuses from people I think more people need a reality check to push them to their goal, rather than be yes men and accept their excuses. You don't even need to worry about my trust or anyone's trust for that matter because at the end of the day it makes no difference to me if you lose weight or not. You need to do it for yourself and for your health's sake. That is really the only message I wanted to convey by reminding you of your past failure with this. Good luck to you again on your second attempt.
Thanks. And it didn't sound harsh at all. It was a critisicm I've thought up many times. It was even really embarassing for me to write this up knowing I've tried once before and failed. But yea I've gotten to the point where I'm doing it because I need to do it for myself. Just wanted to respond to ya because it was a really valid point =)
On January 22 2013 08:57 Brutaxilos wrote: Hey Sheth!
Why not get a treadmill desk? You can play Starcraft and walk while you're doing it. I BET you that you won't even notice it. Games tend to have that effect on people in that it can suppress pain. (There is actually studies where it physically suppresses the hormones and stuff).
I have not tried this before as I am not in dire need to lose any weight, but I would really really be interested to see how you felt about it.
Looking forward to a super skinny and sexy Sheth. Good luck!
Would be reallllyyyy tough to accurately move the mouse! XD But interesting idea ! I do sometimes read a book on a treadmill : P
Well, take it slow man. You don't have to go fast at all. If you just spend maybe 3 hours walking everyday for a year, you're almost guaranteed to lose weight. If you could spend all of your Starcraft practice time (probably around 8 hours?) also walking, you'd shed off weight no problem!
Perhaps you can just start by standing rather than walking. Try that for a few weeks and see how that goes!
Best way to keep this up is to track your progress, and I don't mean weight only. Time to time, try to track the distance or speed when you walk at a fixed time. It's another way to measure improvement knowing not only are you losing weight, but you're also moving faster and farther. It'll at least make walking for a hour more interesting.
I've also said this before to many people several times. Once you've gotten the ball rolling in getting your body to move and eat the right foods, the first challenge you'll face will not be physical, but mental, either it be boredom, excuses, or lack of motivation.
I've noticed often that a good part of a gamer that plays into mid 20s and beyond... that physical shape is just as important as mental shape when it comes to gaming. I'm sure that statement can be swayed in either direction for whatever reason, but I have to say that since I've actually seen what you look like, I was amazed that you were able to keep cool, nice, and strong in SC due to having to overcome that issue.
I would think "how the heck does he keep on playing long hours after eating all the shit he must eat," he's 23 and I'm amazed he still plays. You'd be cool to people, even knowing that the internet saw you and you've probably taken a ridiculous amount of shit from it about your size.
So, here's the cool part. If physical health is such an important part of mental strength and stamina, then how fucking amazing are you going to be at basically everything you do after you get in good shape? You're already insanely good... hah... fun thought hmm?
As with any diet, people hit walls. Just come back here and look at all the support you're getting when you do. Good luck dude!
Good luck Sheth, this is a great thing to do and I know it can be hard, but don't let yourself get away with skipping parts of this on any day. You can do it!
I had no idea you were that tall...converted to metric system is it around 186 or smtgh? And good luck with your plans ofc :D I'm just more astonished by your height you seemed kinda tall, but not that tall :D
Good to hear Sheth! I"ve been on keto for awhile which is pretty similar to Paleo and it's been great! I'm currently ~205 or so and down about 15 pounds. I'm not sure if you've felt lots of carb/sugar cravings but that was the hardest part for me. Just keep going and you'll see the weight drop off really quick
And it's possible with your past diet/eating habits (processed foods, etc...) causes full body inflammation, so whatever you have going on, whether it be knee pain, wrist/hand pain, it hurts worse and it takes longer to heal, so I'm glad you switched to better foods.
I don't know if you have a gym membership but there are elliptical machines which is a cross between stationary bike/treadmill, only it puts less stress on your knees than a treadmill would. Also, aquatic workouts (whether walking a few laps or swimming) are great because they reduce the stress on your joints.
Also, we met at MLG Dallas (I mentioned LRM)Game), I'm a certified athletic trainer, didn't know you were having wrist problems. Maybe I could have helped :3 haha.
I really hope you the best of luck Sheth. I've felt so much better ever since I've started exercising more and eating healthier, and it's just such a great change to make in your life.
Really hope you all the best of luck. Keep at it, you'll get your goal eventually =)
Just drink lots and lots of water! A lot of weight lost can be attributed to being dehydrated (can lose a few lbs of water per day), so just maintain about ~3 liters* of water per day. Try adding slices of lemon to your water too.
*this is a super rough estimate of how much water a "typical" male is advised to drink; so of course body stats, amount of exercise, diet, etc. aren't necessarily factored into that number.
One advice; To loose weigh you need to change your way of thinking about food. You need to reprogram your brain a bit. Read about NLP that could help you to find right mind set. It helped me a lot. I lost about 20kg, stop smoking and I changed totally my life. I'm sure you can do it mate, you're stronger than you think you are.
Great job man, I know someone just like you in real life, watching people like you struggle so hard at losing weight and be successful makes me feel so pathetic when I think I'm having a hard time. I don't post much cause I honestly don't think my opinion is needed, but when I do I post.
The important thing is that changes to your lifestyle have to be permanent. Getting healthy is not some period when you're getting better and then you're good and get back to your normal habits. You have to accept the fact that you have to change your life forever. Exercise every day, exercise as in get exhausted as hell. Take up some sport - and not just by yourself, put yourself in a spot where you will compete with other people, there is nothing more motivating than training in a group. Take up swimming, get into some sort of contact sport (boxing or BJJ, no bullshit like karate - only the ones where you actually spar with other people are good) or simply sign up for powerlifting. If you hate it, try another thing, but never ever give up on sports. The same applies to diet - you will have to learn to control your urges and never ever return to your old habits of eating junk snacks etc. Scheduled meals and no seconds.
In theory losing weight is the easiest thing in the world. What's hard is actually convincing yourself to stick with it, because our brains hate change and react to new habits badly.
I'd wish you good luck, but it's not really up to luck, it's just hard work. You can do it!
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you seemed kinda tall, but not that tall :D
