BehindBlueI's
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- Oct 3, 2012
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Short version: I'm back to my Army weight. My waist is about 3" bigger so I'm not back to my Army body composition, but I'm at least back to my weight and can comfortably wear my old field jacket, etc. I don't know exactly how much I've lost since I didn't have a scale at the beginning, but I got up to somewhere in the 270's in 2018 and today I'm 212.6. I am not only in the last hole on most of my belts, if I don't have a IWB holster on I can remove my pants without undoing the belt...
I'm down 37 pounds of that in the last five months. There's been no real trick, simply eating less and exercising more (lots of walking, mostly, some jogging) but I did run across a neat trick for eating less. I managed to screw up a tendon in my foot for awhile and had to cut back on the "exercise more" part and started to stall out at 220 for about 10 days. On another forum a fellow mentioned he ate a pound of broccoli before anything else and it kept his hunger down with low calories. I've lost an average of .5-.6 lbs per day doing this for two weeks since doing it. I average 750-1000 calories a day with little to no hunger. If I get hungry I wait an hour, usually I'm not hungry any longer. If I am, I eat a bunch of cabbage or broccoli then 4-6 oz of protein (chicken, fish, shrimp primarily at this point). I eat an oatmeal square for breakfast (under 200 calories, a homemade bar with oats, berries, and walnuts), and then the cabbage+protein as hungry. Originally twice a day, not often just once.
My goal was 210-215 on March 15, the Bataan Memorial Death March. Having a set goal has helped as well.
If you try the cabbage/broccoli thing note that it is not without risk. You'd probably be accused of doping if you entered an Olympic Power Farting competition.
I'm down 37 pounds of that in the last five months. There's been no real trick, simply eating less and exercising more (lots of walking, mostly, some jogging) but I did run across a neat trick for eating less. I managed to screw up a tendon in my foot for awhile and had to cut back on the "exercise more" part and started to stall out at 220 for about 10 days. On another forum a fellow mentioned he ate a pound of broccoli before anything else and it kept his hunger down with low calories. I've lost an average of .5-.6 lbs per day doing this for two weeks since doing it. I average 750-1000 calories a day with little to no hunger. If I get hungry I wait an hour, usually I'm not hungry any longer. If I am, I eat a bunch of cabbage or broccoli then 4-6 oz of protein (chicken, fish, shrimp primarily at this point). I eat an oatmeal square for breakfast (under 200 calories, a homemade bar with oats, berries, and walnuts), and then the cabbage+protein as hungry. Originally twice a day, not often just once.
My goal was 210-215 on March 15, the Bataan Memorial Death March. Having a set goal has helped as well.
If you try the cabbage/broccoli thing note that it is not without risk. You'd probably be accused of doping if you entered an Olympic Power Farting competition.
... Now I'm getting fiber and hydration instead, not all the cals and sugar. Plus I don't feel hungry at bedtime...
