Starcraft, Weight, and Pain - Page 6

On January 22 2013 09:37 Malinor wrote:
I can say with confidence that you got some real sound advice from this Robbie guy. The exercise advice is fine (though I'd love if you'd put in some weightlifting too), and Paleo is a theme that often comes up in the TLHF forum, and a lot of people seem to do very well on it. Though I'm very sceptical that most people can keel up with the strict version all year strong: strict means that everything is organic, that is rather hard to get done all the time, and it is not cheap either. But basically if you need to cheat, cheat with non-organic meat rather than with candy bars and don't feel bad about it. But I guess this is rather obvious. The headaches sound just like a mild sugar addiction, just fight it with fruits if you must (as you do now) and you'll be fine.
Regarding dieting in general: My breakthrough was when I seriously started counting calories and therefore basically had ti weigh everything I eat. After 1 1/2 years it is now like second nature to me. Everyone I tell about this looks puzzled and thinks that this is batshit crazy. But for me control is everything, and counting calories means having control (and it means I can eat whatever I want, I just have to control for portion size) and I don't even have to call it dieting, because nothing is off limits really. So i would always and everytime advice to do the same if they want to lose serious weight. And if that is too hard or you have another/better approach, I would still highly recommend to get at least somewhat familiar with all the nutritional labels/values of the foods you are constantly eating. There will be some surprises for sure, and it can only help to know more come nutrition.

As for your blog post: That is just me, but I am very sceptical of the approach to tell the world about your project. I somewhat believe that if you're at the point that you really really want it that bad and more than anything else, you won't have the need to tell everyone about it, but you'll just be doing it. You have to so ridicolously want the change that any other thought in your head is secondary to it. Unfortunately, in my experience, there is not much anyone but yourself can really helpt you with that. I just feel if someone feels the need to announce it to the world, he is not truly ready: like programers (Strelok, Beastyqt) making threas that they're going to stream everyday to be held accountable, or Rets latest blog (can't really remember, was mostly about smoking and training more though). But only Sith talk in absolutes, so hopefully none of this applies to you. I just doubt it a little.

For what it's worht, here are some pictures of my transofrmation, maybe it helps you a little: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=380272&currentpage=4 (second post from the top).

GOOD LUCK!!!