I’m sorry that it’s been a little over a week since my last blog. This is essentially a blog after 2 weeks instead of the 1 that I'd planned. I guess I understand a little bit more about writers and their deadlines now! Anyway, this is another blog to talk about what I've been up to lately.
To start with, I've been on a new diet. I'd started out at 312 pounds, and at the time of my last blog I was down to 301.5. The idea of the diet is based on the Paleo Diet and if you want to know more about it please check out my last Blog
So as I'm sure most of you know from your own life there are always ups and downs to life. Nothing ever stays the same (except I guess war) so the first week was a great "up" in my life. I was losing weight and feeling great. And the second week... well the second week.. I was feeling even better and losing even more weight!
I've started to play tennis in addition to sprinting and even starting doing some exercises like weight lifting that Robbie had recommended that I do. This was all really exciting and fun to get back into. I was starting to feel like I used to feel back in high school, when I had energy to do whatever I wanted to do in regards to sports. However sometimes we can get ahead of ourselves. Sometimes we think we are capable of more than we really are.
After my second week I managed to get down to 296.5 pounds which was another positive week for me for sure and I was feeling good. I do realize that weight in itself isn't a always a good measurement for how a diet is doing, but it is a measurement that I am tracking. Anyway I had plans for the Super Bowl and my favorite team—the Ravens—were going to be playing in it. First time for me to have my team in a Super Bowl so I was insanely happy and ready for that! It was around this time that I ended up hurting my left knee a bit. I don't know how it happened or when. I know that the 3 days before I'd played tennis, sprinted and worked out my legs. One day after that when I woke up my knee was really sore and hurt when I'd even walk a little.
I'd already went from being able to play and type on the computer all day to not being able to do that barely at all and now I was having to go from finally getting back into walking and running and sports to not walking at all! So now unable to walk or use my hands I was rather sad for a little while. My leg has since improved a ton, but it lasted for around a week where I didn't want to sprint or play sports on it at all. I still slowly walked and tried to bring it back to where it was that way. However during this time I didn't end up exercising as much as I should have or really much at all. If you've ever been happy on a diet it’s very easy to keep doing it. When something is a sad time in your life it's generally much more difficult to keep doing what you’re doing.
Anyway I ended up eating chips and dip I'd had for the Super Bowl and plenty of cookies as well. So coupled with my exercise routine being very limited for a week or so and messing up on my diet really drastically that day I've gained weight back a bit again. So right now I'm at around 298 pounds or so. I've still managed to lose weight from the 301.5 that I was at 2 weeks ago, but maybe not as much as you expected or as much as I expected. However I think knowing that I'm back on the diet and getting back to where I can do more exercise (although hopefully not over doing it this time!) is really helping me get happier. And as I mentioned staying on a diet is much easier when you’re happy rather than sad.
A big motivating part of this is Victor and Robbie who are always willing to talk and provide support whenever I'm having problems or questions. Having a group to talk with and motivate you can be very helpful if you’re on a diet and start to feel it slipping out from under you. Also I've received many awesome messages from readers of my last blog who've given me advice tips and just good thoughts. For those of you who did that, I really hope I responded to you individually and thanked you, but if I didn't, thanks a lot!.
So right now I'm as motivated as ever writing about this and telling you about how I've been of late. Sorry it’s not a picture perfect blog where I'm losing tons of weight and always feeling great while doing it, but I honestly doubt many diets are like that. I still feel like the Paleo diet has been only amazing though. I still strongly recommend it and will continue on it!
That’s it for now, I'll try my best to have another one up and running next week. My favorite piece of advice from this diet so far has been "If you are inactive in your work or even while watching TV, please after 1 hour always, always take 2-3 minutes away from whatever you were doing to stretch and walk". Have a good week guys and thanks for reading!
Glad its going reasonably well! Most people dont even make it a week on a new diet so good for you Sheth. Hope all your recoveries go well and you can be back to playing sc2, getting some fresh and continuing to lose weight all while being happy :D
Great to see you are doing awesome sheth . Tennis is a great sport, but it is incredibly frustrating when you first get into it if you ever want to get competitive . It's actually very fun to play against another person when you get ok at it haha.
Well, you gaining some weight back isnt really your fault. After all, your knee was hurt. Trying to exercise on it would have been a bad idea Plus, your team was in the Super Bowl! And they won!! YOU DESERVE A PARTY DAY!!! Overall, glad to hear you're still doing well :D
Thanks for the nice comments you guys. And yea I love tennis docvoc, I used to play in high school all the time. Anyway just thanks again for the nice comments.
Like you said, there's going to be ups and downs, and all though disappointing it wasn't the biggest "setback". The fact that you are able to get back on track and stay motivated, even after injuries is awesome. Shows that you are dedicated to this. Wish you the best of luck, keep going strong! Sheth fighting!
I know exactly what you mean re: injuries. I recently started getting into the gym on a regular basis after not having gone regularly for ~3 years, and it felt so good! But lately the weather here has been very icy, and last week I took a bad fall on a sidewalk and bruised up my knee pretty badly, took ~4 days before I could walk normally again, and it was still a bit sore so I couldn't do a lot of my planned exercises, which made me get really lazy....and unmotivated! But since it's been better everything's been on the up, and it sounds like it should be the same for you
Best of luck. I've struggled with keto sometimes and falling off the wagon is a bummer but as long as you continue the journey and don't give it up that's all that matters. Really loving these blogs btw, plan on doing paleo once I get to around 300~ Right now I'm sticking to Keto because I want to lose weight as soon as possible Btw shawn if you ever have questions about keto or need anything feel free to msg me on skype !
Edit: Falling not getting French canadian noob over here :D
Consider going to the swimming pool instead of jogging/sprinting. Swimming puts much less strain on your legs, especially when you weight more. Sprinting is actually pretty bad for the legs because they need to resist a lot of weight/pressure. So if you weight more, you put more pressure on your legs (which are probably not more muscular than the legs of a skinnier person) and hurt them even faster. Maybe swimming will help you prevent having leg/knee pain.
You're doing great Sheth. Remember, you're not in it for the short term - it's okay to have a few off days here and there, and even to fluctuate a little bit up or down. It's about lifestyle and habit changing, and you're trending down in a good fashion. Little stumbling blocks are always around, but you just have to get back up and keep moving forward. (I think there's about a thousand other cliches that could be inserted here, but they have some truth.)
Also, have you considered a knee brace? If your knee started hurting after the tennis, it's probably to do with the rapid changes in direction from the game, rather than the straightforward motions of running. It might help to have a little additional support for your knee during side to side motions. (It's always helped me, at least, and my knees seem pretty effed up for a number of reasons.)
Really awesome that you do these blogs to keep everyone updated - I think doing something like this, a blog, is actually really helpful in itself because that if you commit to doing them every once in a while, you're really motivated to tell people good news! - Just a thought
Like the person above me, I really recommend swimming - It's such good excersise and really good for your joints compared to running. When swimming, you use so many different muscles in your body and by that burn alot of calories. If you've never swam (swum? swimmed? Grr) before, it can be abit daunting but its super rewarding - Also, the mentality is sort of like how I percieve some parts of the Starcraft community; If you see a new guy that maybe doesn't know what he's doing, you don't laugh or call him a noob behind his back, but instead you try and be helpful and encouraging because you just automatically think it's awesome that he's into the same 'nieche' sport as you are.. Don't know if that makes sense but that's how I see it.
Also, I ordered a pair of custom made TEAMLIQUID jammers the other day with the sexy horse logo - Can't wait till I get them and do some lanes in them
Best of luck with your diet man, I'll be cheering you on from here
A good diet is really all about habits from what I can see. It's bad habits that get you in trouble and good habits that get you out. That you broke the diet on the super bowl is one thing, but that you didn't continue to stay off the diet is really the key. So I wouldn't be too hard on yourself about it.
Since you put that blog up I've tried to cut back on my snack consumption, which is really my big problem. I can control what I eat real well during meals but tend to splurge outside them. After having gotten that under control and starting up some martial arts training I've started to feel a ton better.
So thanks for the inspiration again and good luck in your efforts! Hopefully we both reach our goals!
Good job! There's always gonna be a time where we get knocked off a diet or exercise (like getting sick!) and lose some of that progress, but the most important part is just to stick to it.
Sounds like you're on the right track and making progress! It's great to hear that you're sticking to it, despite the knockbacks. Good luck, we're all wishing you the best in this endeavor!
YAAAY SHETH!!! so awesome man keep it up..sorry to hear about your knee, and your superbowl mishap but hey it happens to everyone. keep up the good work
You seriously are the greatest human being alive. After your first blog post I've started dieting and exercise a little more. Down to 232 from 240. Keep it up man! And thanks for the inspiration!
Just understand that the true diet is not about eating a lot less (starving is NEVER the right answer, cause u still want to be somewhat happy with what u eat even tho u can't eat sweets and stuff like u used to), it's about eating enough and healthy, this will drop a ton of weight by itself, while exercise just makes the weight dropping way faster, cause it speeds up ur metabolism. Also if u had problems with ur knee after a few weeks, try streetching more often, even between exercise, strech ur knees even if u don't feel like it (while streching before and after is a must!). Also really don't push yourself too much with sports, do it as long as u are having fun, cause having fun is a big part of having enogh will to keep doing it. A diet that u will enjoy and exercise that u will enjoy will bring u so much more results if you ever did anything u really disliked. And yes, losing weight is not always what shows progress, cause if u do sports, u are also gaining muscle and in first weeks, you also lose a lot of water really fast and u lose more weight, than u will lose in the coming weeks, but as long as u are dropping every week, you are on the right track! Again i wish you the best of luck and keep it up!
I went from 215 to 155 over about 8 months on a Paleo diet and walking (and ate fucking tons of bacon and steak!). So it worked for me and it looks like its working for you too.
Hello Sheth, reading your blog helps me carrying on my work out program on a more regular basis again (and eat healthier). I always wanted to speed up my running so i started an interval training some weeks ago (~15min 75 seconds sprints with 45 seconds of walking inbetween besides my normal cardio training). I was able to speed up from 8,7 km/h to 9,5 km/h (5,4 to 5,9 mph) on my normal runs. It might not sound much, but for me it is because I always had problems with my musculature (probably also because of my lack of follow through) and couldn't improve much in that regard in the past years. It feels absolutely amazing when you can feel the progress you are doing. It's one of the best feelings of the world if you ask me.
I hope you can keep up your good work and stay focused, but also listen to your body and allow yourself time for breaks if you feel the need to. Good Luck.
Great job, Sheth! Remember to always look at the big picture and not get hung up on day to day or week to week gains or losses. As long as your on a downward trend, the individual data points are really just reality checks and not total success or failure.
You might have already heard this, but I really like using a website called supercook.com for recipes because you can put in the ingredients in your kitchen (right down to spices and basics like flour) and it'll give you a list of stuff you can cook with what you have. Grass-fed all natural ingredients are pretty expensive, especially meat, so it's a good way to make sure that you actually get $200 (or more!) worth of food out of $200 worth of groceries. Shopping recipe to recipe usually gets expensive and you wind up with stuff you only used once. As long as all of your ingredients meet the criteria of your diet, a website like that will help you use EVERYTHING efficiently and save some money.
That's cool but I don't really buy diets... it's pretty simple, eat at a calorie deficit and your weight goes down. I.E: Have a nice breakfast. Have a nice dinner. Skip shit inbetween and you should be fine.
I'm really happy for you about your life decisions. I have struggled with weight loss for a long time. If you want to lose weight, at the end of the day calories in have to be lower than calories out. There is a difference between losing weight, and being healthy.
For me losing weight is really difficult. In the end I ended up cutting calories a lot(which wasn't the healthiest!!), but once I got to my goal weight, it made it much easier to be healthy. My advice would be to just to focus on calories for a while. Once you have lost a bunch of weight you can worry about getting the right macro and micro nutrients, etc.
Of course who am I to say anything? Your career depends on your mind(more or less), and eating unhealthy will make you more sluggish. That is something to consider if you take my advice.
Feeling discouraged fuels the flame of fear, facilitating fumbling footholds. Fear not, for found in your midst are friends, lending fortitude to your frame and solace to your soul.
Have you considered using the elliptical as opposed to sprinting? Sprinting is a lot harder on your joints which can be a problem for heavier people. Elliptical provides a relatively similar exercise that is much lower in impact which is probably easier on your knees
Nice, man! Keep up. Make yourself photos, you don't have to publish them, but it's gonna be motivating when you finally SEE the results, not only the difference in weight.
I gained a few pounds recently for a variety of reasons and I want to lose them. Do you want to have a race? I haven't done any exercising recently so it probably won't be hard to beat me lol
Hi Sheth, I want to congratulate you on you decision to live a healthier life. I've also struggled with my weight and body image for a good part of my life but I think that I'm finally getting to a point where I'm starting to be happy with how I look. I recently graduated with a Minor in Psychosocial Dimensions of Sport and Exercise Psychology. I've made programs to help athletes work on their mental game. I don't want to get into the core of your program and try to change everything that you're doing. Something that I believe in is the idea of empowerment; that clients are capable and have a right to manage their own life. If they need help I can help them get to a spot where they can they feel that they can tackle life's issues by themselves. Obviously you are already taking charge of your life so you don't need any help there. I did notice after reading your two blogs that you have an issue with motivation. If you'll allow me to make one suggestions it would be to start a goal setting program. Pick one ultimate goal; this goal might take years to achieve but as long as you believe that it is attainable you should be good. Now break this goal down into as many steps as you think that it will take to achieve. These steps should go up in progression from easy ->medium->hard->mission accomplished->maintenance. We can call these milestones. Then break it down even further, what do you want to accomplish this month? What are you going to work on this week? What do you have planned for each day to help you achieve your weekly goals?
A basic example would be this: My ultimate goal is to run in a race by the end of the year. My milestones might be Walk->Jog->Run->Sprint I might spend a month or two going for long walks to strengthen my legs so that I can walk for a few kilometres without having pain in my legs. I would have a journal and everyday for a week it might just be to finish my track. The next week or two later after my legs get used to walking I might try to pick up the pace until I can walk my entire track at a brisk pace. It's the same idea with each milestone/step, just start slow and record everything that you do in a journal. Hell, you can even assign a couple days for rest and recovery. Just make sure that you have a plan and that you follow it, even if you aren't feeling like doing it. It's a lifestyle change! Something else that I have found really helps is using your social support network. If you can get any of your friends/family and have them call you everyday for 5 minutes just to call and see what you did each day on your program it can really help to motivate you. You feel really stupid when you skip on your program and someone calls later that day for details. Anyway, this is getting a little lengthy, so I'll call it quits. Keep up the great work and congratulations on the results so far!
It's awesome that everything is going well. Just be sure to remain hydrated Sheth. Your body can easily lose up to 5 pounds of water in a day so make sure you don't mistaken burning fat with dehydrating yourself.
Drink as much water as you can. It will almost always help!
I was/am a longtime (I mean only like 5 years but I'm 18) runner. A lot of the time you can hurt/overstress your knees by going from no exercise to exercise, which was essentially what I did at the beginning of high school. If your knees go from no stress to constant working out (of any kind) it can put too much stress on it too quickly as they try to cope. I had that issue for maybe the first couple months (I ran cross country) of freshman year until they caught up.
I don't know if that's your problem, but just thought I'd let you know a semi-similar experience that I saw reading your post! Good luck! :D
On February 08 2013 16:01 Alryk wrote: Hey Sheth, hoping you see this!
I was/am a longtime (I mean only like 5 years but I'm 18) runner. A lot of the time you can hurt/overstress your knees by going from no exercise to exercise, which was essentially what I did at the beginning of high school. If your knees go from no stress to constant working out (of any kind) it can put too much stress on it too quickly as they try to cope. I had that issue for maybe the first couple months (I ran cross country) of freshman year until they caught up.
I don't know if that's your problem, but just thought I'd let you know a semi-similar experience that I saw reading your post! Good luck! :D
Running is never a good way, if you ask me not even an option (at least not a healthy one) to lose weight for a person thats overweight by so much. No offence to you Sheth obviously, but you should be aware that you don't got a few pounds too much, but a lot. You will damage your knee and it will hurt you in the long run if you run/start running.
Its better to have good cardio (bike) training for your weight. It doesn't put on your knees as much. I'd say you could go a 5x5 stronglift program, without squats as you won't manage to do them in the correct manner with a lot of overweight and especially with additional weight.
Same applies to Workout 2 Squats, Deadlifts (only difference, 3x5 50, 50, 75') main is 1x5 to start off until you reach your limit, then you'll go down in weight and do 5x5, Overheadpress
Its all basic exercize and trains your whole body, Squats as said will damage your knees if you do it wrong, but basically are one of the least knee-stressing things you can do, if you do it right. Probably all you need to do is lose weight slowly and as you do that, start to work out. Good luck to you, I have deep respect of people who know they want to change, need to change and do it. Keep it up!
Edit: If you dont want to post pictures, TAKE pictures of you to remember, you will see progress, it will be a lot of motivation to see.
Regarding running, I've read that you must toe-strike instead of heel-strike to prevent injury. I've also read that barefoot/running sandals/vibram are superior to typical running shoes. Supposedly running shoes are unnatural and lead to atrophy of certain leg/ankle/foot muscles which can then lead to injury.
I don't know if this is backed up by science or it's just quackery... but logically, people(hominids) have been running barefoot for hundreds of thousands of years, so it makes sense to me.
Its great that your losing weight. Just make sure ur not losing weight too fast, or else ull have this flab thing just bouncin around on ur stomach that only plastic surgery (or yrs of ab exercises) can get rid of. Cant find the video right now (half asleep) but yeah.
I have one advice I give to all people I talk to about the weight loss. And when I got that advice it help me so much I always want to give that to everyone else. I had a similar journey a few years back as you have started now. I promise you it will do you really good and I hope you can keep it up for as long as you want to.
When you get into a slow period (I think it will most likely happen) on the loss of weight, even if you do everything else really good (you might end up on same weight for months (3 months for me)) remember that it is just your body that is getting acustomed to your new style of life. And don't give up the weightloss will come again eventyally as long as you keep up the good work.
If I had not have someone telling me this I would have lost the motivation right there most likely. But as it turned out I lost alot after the slow period, not at the same rate but still a steady loss.
On February 08 2013 07:47 docvoc wrote: Great to see you are doing awesome sheth . Tennis is a great sport, but it is incredibly frustrating when you first get into it if you ever want to get competitive . It's actually very fun to play against another person when you get ok at it haha.
Hope you get serious with the weightlifting it improves every aspect of life! Ask at TLHF if you need any help, there is a vast pool of knowledge there.
You should not sprint when you are over 235 pounds. Your knees are the same strength as a 100 pound girls knee. You'll give yourself serious lifetime injuries if you go too fast. Start with long walks instead of sprints.
It's actually good to carb up at least once out of the week on the paleo diet.
So, really not a big deal. Go easy on your body, try to do workouts with low impact. Swimming being the best because there is a very low chance of injury. Push-ups, planks, air squats, lunges are low impact and can be done anywhere.
Sprints aren't sustainable because of the stress put on your knees and ankles. (especially for heavier people) Tennis is fun, and it's the best when you can mix fun with your workouts but it is very very high impact. The starting and stopping will wear on your knees especially with hard courts. Try to find clay courts if possible.
Everyone slips with diets man, just look at the weight you started with not the weight you were a week ago and it should keep you motivated.
Have you tried swimming? Swimming is pretty much the best kind of sport for someone your weight, cause it involves your whole body, and this is the weight specific part, because it's easy on your joints, you're not gonna hurt them like you will when you go running. A lot of overweight people dont do it because they're embarassed to show their body publicly, but if you can get past that it's really good for you and you wont have injury problems like you just had.
best of luck! I am on weight watchers for men currently ( just online stuff) to lose a bit of weight, and it really works for me. You might want to consider going to some sort of meeting once in a while, it could be a good motivation factor and like the "expert" a page or 2 back wrote, setting goals are really a good thing to do, even if they are small.
And don't beat yourself up over having a setback. If you are going to fit this new healthy lifestyle in the long term, there's going to be times where you eat bad or have a bad week. Just gotta shrug it off and either try to make up for it the next week, or start fresh again and keep on.
Have heard great things about Paleo from many people, keep up the blogs I'm definitely interested in your success with it!
Again thanks for the nice comments. And so many ideas and helpful suggestions. I need to go try swimming I think. Also thanks for spending the time to post here. Its tough to actively post on threads, or at least it generally is for me. So thanks for taking the time and effort to actually post these messages. They are a treat to read, and its amazing seeing friends I know wish me well. I hope those of you on your own diets know that we all wish you to do well too. Thanks for the cute joke sdnnvs
Damn u lightweighter, i'm up at 352, and still going strong, no actually it's a hell every day, i do however not belieave in diets, maybe they can work for a while but the only thing thats gonna help in the long run is to change lifestyle and that must be one of the toughest things to do on earth. I wish u best of luck!
Sheth swimming is AMAZING!! You just feel so damn well after swimming for an hour. Plus you avoid all the sweatiness from most other sports, which is something that really bothered me personally, since I sweat a TON.
I never had problems with my weight, so I cannot really give good suggestions on that. But I am basically active all my life (White Ra age group), so i have some experience. A bit of running is ok, you will not devastate your knees as long as you do not go to the brink of total exhaustion every time. Jogging is just fine, you should try to cut the explosive sprinting though, you are too heavy for that, it is not good for you...
Having sore muscles is just part of the game, you will get used to it, muscle pain is a part of the reward for hard work After a bit of rest and relaxation, you will feel much better after some time, more strength, more stamina more explosiveness, more psychological well being, muscle pain is just a small price for that.
You did not write about your sleeping patterns, but sleep is very important for muscle growth and relaxiation. You should aim for 8 hours a night at least, a bit more would be even better. Establishing regular sleeping patterns will help you to optimize your results bigtime..
On February 09 2013 00:14 Liquid`Sheth wrote: Again thanks for the nice comments. And so many ideas and helpful suggestions. I need to go try swimming I think. Also thanks for spending the time to post here. Its tough to actively post on threads, or at least it generally is for me. So thanks for taking the time and effort to actually post these messages. They are a treat to read, and its amazing seeing friends I know wish me well. I hope those of you on your own diets know that we all wish you to do well too. Thanks for the cute joke sdnnvs
I'd lay off most of the exercises that cause any extra stress on joints. Swimming is awesome. Diet is by far the biggest thing, you can have 1 " candy day " per week if you are careful not to extend them past 1. Swimming or walking for an hour per day and sticking to your diet will get you into relatively good shape in a matter of months, at which point you can add extra exercise.
Glad to hear things are going reasonably well Sheth. The hardest part of any diet/exercise plan seems to be the first couple weeks, once you get past that point and form the habits it becomes a lot easier to maintain.
Keep it up, and please be carefull since loosing your weight too fast can damage your body. Afaik you are ok loosing between 2-3kg (around 4,4 - 6,6 pound) per month! gl hf
First of all I want to say that it's great that you're doing this. And not just the weight loss but being honest about it and posting your progress and set backs. I've had some experience with going through what you're going through so I can give you some advice. As with all advice on the internet take it for what it's worth and obviously everyone is different and things that have worked for me and those around me may not work for you.
It's great that you found a diet that you like but be careful. The problem with all "gimmicky" diets isn't that they don't work (obviously they do as you've found out) it's that they're most often unsustainable. The most important part about what you're doing is you have to realize that this is not something that has an endpoint. If you're serious about doing this you have to understand that this is a lifestyle change, therefore you have to figure out a way to eat and live in a way that you can do for the rest of your life. Because of this, the most important changes you can make are going to be gradual. No one can go from being overindulgent to going to an 1800 calorie a day diet in a day. Trust me it's impossible. But you can slowly lower your portions and eat leaner and healthier foods. You can learn to eat slower and get full on less without having seconds. Therefore don't strive for huge losses fast. Many times when you have drastic weight changes the body goes into shock since it starts thinking that you're in trouble and in starvation mode and the brain starts telling you that your number one goal is to get food by any means necessary. Trust me there is no one out there who is strong enough to resist those kind of urges. It's the gradual, sustainable changes that will last you a lifetime and help you not just lose weight but keep it off for good.
As you have found out the same goes for exercise. You will not be able to run marathons from the get-go but you can resolve to become more active. If you try to go all out right away you'll most likely just hurt yourself and then you won't be able to exercise at all and you may even cause some permanent damage. So again go slow. As many have suggested try swimming. It is one of the least-impact highest intensity workouts you can do when you're overweight. And the benefit is that your recovery after swimming is way faster and if you like it it's something that you can do pretty much every day. If you have the means for it think about getting a personal trainer. It doesn't have to be a long term thing but they can help you set up a good exercise routine and point out ways that you can exercise without putting stress on joints or limbs that you have problems with. If you do choose to get a personal trainer be sure that you are clear with what exactly you'd like to get out of it and choose a personal trainer that has the most experience in achieving your goals.
So basically, if you're serious about losing the weight for good concentrate on the gradual changes that are sustainable. Don't concentrate so much on the number for the weight.dropping 10 pounds in a week may no mean much if it's just water weight and may even be unhealthy. And if it is water weight then you will just gain it right back. Therefore don't despair at set-backs. Realize that they will happen but also understand that if you're doing a full lifestyle change then set-backs don't matter since your goal is not immediate but long term and over the long term a couple of pounds plus or minus don't matter at all. As others have pointed out above me a good goal should be on average a loss of a pound a week. It may not seem like much but just think about it in a year you will have lost 50 pounds! So good luck and keep going. I'm sure you can do it.
why dont you make a video of it like a slideshow or something where u take a picture of yourself every other day in more or less the same position and stuff? I mean there are lots of those out there already but perhaps just for yourself so if like some month have passed and not only by your notes and current weight but visually see directly how you've changed.
Good for you man, I didnt know you were partaking in this, but its awesome that you are. good luck, its not easy but if you take it one day at a time, itll work out nicely for you. PS my eagles beat your ravens in week 3 or 4. HA!
If you are still excited to keep making progress even after an annoying setback, then it sounds like you're winning! A few cookies for winning the super bowl seems fine.
So happy to hear about your progress, thanks for the blog!
Keep at it, man. Sounds like you're doing well, and even half a pound less than the week before is a win.
It's like laddering, you know? Sometimes you go on 10 game losing streaks, it just happens, but you just keep clicking "Find Match" until you're in the green again
sometimes though, the best diet is simply to not eat xD i went from like 130 to 120 in 7 weeks just from not eating a lot. sure it might be a pain in the ass to not eat as much, but you lose a ton of weight XD (though, given, this was all unintentional because im actually trying to gain weight with workouts and stuff).
but yeah, good luck! i really do think you'll do very well with this. GL HF GG staRt!
On February 10 2013 01:06 FlaShFTW wrote: sheth i believe in you ^_^
sometimes though, the best diet is simply to not eat xD i went from like 130 to 120 in 7 weeks just from not eating a lot. sure it might be a pain in the ass to not eat as much, but you lose a ton of weight XD (though, given, this was all unintentional because im actually trying to gain weight with workouts and stuff).
but yeah, good luck! i really do think you'll do very well with this. GL HF GG staRt!
Sorry man but you dont have the metabolism of someone his weight you dont think that almost every overweight person in the world has tried just eating less? Often times this results in them succeeding for a short while and then having these big food cravings where they gain way more than they had lost. This I think is also what people warn about when they mention diets, or "gimmicky" diets But if you read a bit about paleo you know youre not supposed to do this for like a few weeks, lose a lot of weight and then go back to normal. It is supposed to be a change in life style, something that you will wanna keep doing all your life. And if you read Sheth's previous blog I believe he mentioned that as well.
On February 08 2013 10:02 Ookpik wrote: Have you considered using the elliptical as opposed to sprinting? Sprinting is a lot harder on your joints which can be a problem for heavier people. Elliptical provides a relatively similar exercise that is much lower in impact which is probably easier on your knees
Regardless, good luck on your diet!
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I agree, ellipticals and stationary bicycling is a better choice than running/walking for the reasons mentioned above but also because they feel easier when you do them yet you're still burning more calories than walking. Also be careful about lifting weights because the thing about lifting when you're trying to lose weight is that your body wants to eat more because it needs more calories and nutrients from food to repair those muscles.
Hey Sheth, you should really look at the Mcdougall diet. The paleo diet is really rough on the body, and will increase your triglycerides and cholestrol.. You might be losing weight, but eating cheese and meat will really screw your blood and arteries. If you have some time you should really look at the Mcdougall diet.
There is tons of information if you have time to watch an hour long lecture. Enjoy, and good luck!
On March 24 2013 01:14 Uberfetus wrote: Hey Sheth, you should really look at the Mcdougall diet. The paleo diet is really rough on the body, and will increase your triglycerides and cholestrol.. You might be losing weight, but eating cheese and meat will really screw your blood and arteries. If you have some time you should really look at the Mcdougall diet.
There is tons of information if you have time to watch an hour long lecture. Enjoy, and good luck!
Nope. As a rule of thumb, don't believe any nutritionist/dietician who is also hucking their own book series.
Youtube videos from guys hucking books over peer reviewed scientific articles? That seems quite silly to me.
Feel free to link some scientific papers ( no meta studies ) that support your contention. I can link another 20 if you'd like.
On March 24 2013 01:14 Uberfetus wrote: . The paleo diet is really rough on the body, and will increase your triglycerides and cholestrol.. You might be losing weight, but eating cheese and meat will really screw your blood and arteries.
Look at the 300+ patient new england journal of medicine study I linked - cholesterol ratios AND triglyceride numbers came down the most from the group on low carb.
tldr, your main point of contention has been scientifically debunked numerous times.
By diminishing fat in your diet, you can increase the calorie burning power of muscle by exposing mitochondria to less intramyocellular lipid. Also, with a drop of fat in your diet (oils, meats, dairy), you are increasing your fiber intake, because where else are you going to get calories? Fiber provides excellent satiety and you can eat as much as you want!
Getting fat out of your cells increases after meal calorie burn!
Hi Sheth. I hope your still reading comments and containing the battle. I know it's a struggle, especially when something is stopping you from doing the things you love. I have some experience with wrist pain and would like to share my story.
About October of last year I started to have wrist pains. It started as a annoyance, and then it got more painful. By November I was also having issues with my ulner nerve. (The inner elbow nerve when the palm is facing up.). I took a break from computers for about 2 weeks as I moved and made some changes. I figured 2 weeks off would be plenty of time to recover.
I was greatly saddened when I started gaming again in January and had extreme elbow pain. Within 10 minutes of running the mouse I was in tears. Nerve pain is the worst as it doesn't directly relate to the location. Sometimes I felt it in my teeth, sometimes the left arm instead of the right, but at any rate, it was very painful and debilitating.
After going to a doctor I was quickly diagnosed with 'carpel tunnel' syndrom. Fortunatly I did some research on my own and found a blog on TL about carpel tunnel as well. The blog recommended 2 books, so I picked them up for some reading material to help me deal with things.
Sadly, I'm not very good at staying focused and reading books that don't have a story involved. I continued on the course the doctors recommended and went to 10 physical therapy visits. Stretching 20 minutes a day, 3-5 times a day, I noticed some improvement. I was able to start gaming again, but after an hour or two I still found myself in pain.
I went back to the doctors and had an EMG done. It's basically a test where the shock the crap out of your nerves and record the response time. Needless to say, it wasn't a fun experience. The good news is the EMG didn't show any nerve damage. The bad news was that the doctors still had no idea what was going on.
Fortunately I started reading again. I would highly recommend the book Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Clair Davies. For the first time since my injury (if you would call it that), I started getting answers. Not only did I get answers, but I also found solutions.
The book basically advocates that there are various miofascial trigger points that form around muscles. Miofascial tissue is the thin layer of tissue that surrounds a muscle and holds it's shape. You can think of these trigger points as bound tissue, or knots. Similar to tieing 3 rubber bands together and stretching them, if you take the middle one and tie a giant knot in it, the 2 outer rubber bands are stretched farther to make up the difference. The middle rubber band has no problems, but the outer rubber bands are stretched farther and more likely to stretch out and break. In human terms, the trigger points relay pain to nearby muscles rather than the muscle that has the problem Most doctors overlook miofascial tissue issues because they are looking for a local reason that it happens, and the trigger points often cause pain in more remote areas.
The book certainly isn't a quick fix, and by the time it's become a debilitating pain, there's usually more than one trigger point causing the issue. However, since I've started massaging and working out the various trigger points as shown in the book, I've been able to start gaming and spending long hours in front of the computer. It's still an up and down process. Often I find a trigger point that is bad and spend time working it out, then notice improvement and go back to gaming. Sadly, it's only removing one snag and it's not long until the next makes it's presence known. Most people report about 2-3 months of work until they are back on track, and those 2-3 months are frustrating because it's so easy to reach out and try to do what we enjoy. While there's nothing wrong with spending time on the computer, it's frustrating to be reminded of my limitations.
I am happy to report that things are improving, and I am not considering surgery as an option. If the doctors haven't found direct nerve damage for you, I would suggest you give the book a read and try to use it as a stepping stone on your road to recovery.
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. Tennis is a great sport, but it is incredibly frustrating when you first get into it if you ever want to get competitive 
. It's actually very fun to play against another person when you get ok at it haha.
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