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Well done you. 50 lbs is huge. Since you are up so early and only have 40mins from waking up to gym, mind sharing your diet too (what you eat when)?

by bosie 10y ago

z3t4 10y ago
if you exercise 5+ days/week you dont have to worry about diet. its often the other way around that many people strugle with eating enough to gain weight/muscles.
- 3131s 10y ago
  Especially so if you combine weight training with something anaerobic like sprinting. I still follow a few basic dietary heuristics like not eating packaged foods, no sodas, and having the core of my diet be vegetables with lots of healthy oils, but past that I eat as much as possible and I am very, very lean at 82 kg.
- CalRobert 10y ago
  This is pretty much completely untrue. Anecdata, but I thought if I exercised like crazy I could eat terribly and be fine. I was wrong, and remained massively obese. When I started actually tracking my intake and eating healthier I lost massive amounts of weight, without any change in the exercise routine. It's been 10 years and I still have to watch my calories like a hawk if I want to stay below obese (I've quit trying for not being overweight, though that would be nice). I swim 1250 meters a day. Previously I've cycled 24 miles a day, or run 30-45 minutes a day, depending on what worked best with my work/home situation. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/19/exercise-dieting-public-health https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/19/exercis...
  - pc86 10y ago
    > When I started actually tracking my intake This is the key point. Eating healthy is absolutely a good idea and helps you perform better but most people eat a lot more than they think they do. When I started exercising I lost 50 pounds over a year and a half or so without a single change to my (absolute garbage) diet. Saying you can work out 5x week and eat anything is idiotic, but the key to weight loss is to track your calories, not to eat healthier. You should eat healthier for other reasons.
    - CalRobert 10y ago
      Your comment seems inconsistent though - am I missing something? Not eating excessively is a big part of eating healthy. For someone who is prone to overeating this counts as worrying about one's diet, I'd say.
      - pc86 10y ago
        I generally take "eating healthy" to mean the composition of the food is good. Little sugar, not an excessive amount of salt, mostly fruits and vegetables with some starch and protein. If you eat 3,500 calories of the above every day you are probably going to gain weight. If you eat 1,400 calories a day of fast food you probably won't, but it's hard to say that the latter is healthy.
  - z3t4 10y ago
    What's your calories at, before and now ?
epalmer 10y ago
Low carb. Protein, some veggies and lots of fat. Mostly good fat like olive oil. 1 tablespoon of MCT oil a day. Nuts. A little chocolate a couple times a week. Was pre-diabetic and no longer am. My blood chemistry has never been better. Total cholesterol is around 120 and triglycerides are around 70. I do take a statin. I have two doctors that support my diet. One a internist and one a cardiologist. I get up and sit in the dark for 10 to 15 minutes. I drink two cups of mild coffee. Some morning eat 1/2 oz almonds before going to the gym. Some mornings I eat nothing. Breakfast is usually two scrambled eggs with some meat (can be chicken, salmon, beef, turkey). Small amount of cheese. Some mornings egg and a half (the whites of one.).
- mtgx 10y ago
  Looks pretty good. You may want to ease up on eggs if you want to lower cholesterol further. Two eggs seem to be 124% of the recommended daily value: https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&q=egg+cholesterol&oq=egg+cholesterol&gs_l=serp.3..0i67k1j0l7j0i67k1j0.13320.17769.0.17912.19.12.1.6.7.0.114.1028.10j2.12.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..0.18.972...0i131k1j0i10i67k1j33i160k1.oBime83WpRE https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&q=egg+cholesterol&...
  - beaconstudios 10y ago
    eggs are high in dietary cholesterol, which is not the same as bad cholesterol (LDL). Eggs aren't generally considered to increase LDL levels.
    - itchyouch 10y ago
      Yep. High cholesterol foods contributing to high cholesterol is another one of those myths that continue to linger. Modern research is showing that high cholesterol folk are high because their bodies are producing high amounts of cholesterol, not because they are consuming high amounts of cholesterol.
  - roystonvassey 10y ago
    I'd take Recommended Daily Values with a pinch of salt. They are heavily dated and are derived from a time when recommended diets were heavy in sugar/carbs and frowned upon fat.

Well done you. 50 lbs is huge. Since you are up so early and only have 40mins from waking up to gym, mind sharing your diet too (what you eat when)?

by bosie 10y ago

Well done you. 50 lbs is huge. Since you are up so early and only have 40mins from waking up to gym, mind sharing your diet too (what you eat when)?

z3t4 10y ago

if you exercise 5+ days/week you dont have to worry about diet. its often the other way around that many people strugle with eating enough to gain weight/muscles.

3131s 10y ago
Especially so if you combine weight training with something anaerobic like sprinting. I still follow a few basic dietary heuristics like not eating packaged foods, no sodas, and having the core of my diet be vegetables with lots of healthy oils, but past that I eat as much as possible and I am very, very lean at 82 kg.
CalRobert 10y ago
This is pretty much completely untrue. Anecdata, but I thought if I exercised like crazy I could eat terribly and be fine. I was wrong, and remained massively obese. When I started actually tracking my intake and eating healthier I lost massive amounts of weight, without any change in the exercise routine. It's been 10 years and I still have to watch my calories like a hawk if I want to stay below obese (I've quit trying for not being overweight, though that would be nice). I swim 1250 meters a day. Previously I've cycled 24 miles a day, or run 30-45 minutes a day, depending on what worked best with my work/home situation. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/19/exercise-dieting-public-health https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/19/exercis...
- pc86 10y ago
  > When I started actually tracking my intake This is the key point. Eating healthy is absolutely a good idea and helps you perform better but most people eat a lot more than they think they do. When I started exercising I lost 50 pounds over a year and a half or so without a single change to my (absolute garbage) diet. Saying you can work out 5x week and eat anything is idiotic, but the key to weight loss is to track your calories, not to eat healthier. You should eat healthier for other reasons.
  - CalRobert 10y ago
    Your comment seems inconsistent though - am I missing something? Not eating excessively is a big part of eating healthy. For someone who is prone to overeating this counts as worrying about one's diet, I'd say.
    - pc86 10y ago
      I generally take "eating healthy" to mean the composition of the food is good. Little sugar, not an excessive amount of salt, mostly fruits and vegetables with some starch and protein. If you eat 3,500 calories of the above every day you are probably going to gain weight. If you eat 1,400 calories a day of fast food you probably won't, but it's hard to say that the latter is healthy.
- z3t4 10y ago
  What's your calories at, before and now ?

epalmer 10y ago

Low carb. Protein, some veggies and lots of fat. Mostly good fat like olive oil. 1 tablespoon of MCT oil a day. Nuts. A little chocolate a couple times a week. Was pre-diabetic and no longer am. My blood chemistry has never been better. Total cholesterol is around 120 and triglycerides are around 70. I do take a statin. I have two doctors that support my diet. One a internist and one a cardiologist. I get up and sit in the dark for 10 to 15 minutes. I drink two cups of mild coffee. Some morning eat 1/2 oz almonds before going to the gym. Some mornings I eat nothing. Breakfast is usually two scrambled eggs with some meat (can be chicken, salmon, beef, turkey). Small amount of cheese. Some mornings egg and a half (the whites of one.).

mtgx 10y ago
Looks pretty good. You may want to ease up on eggs if you want to lower cholesterol further. Two eggs seem to be 124% of the recommended daily value: https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&q=egg+cholesterol&oq=egg+cholesterol&gs_l=serp.3..0i67k1j0l7j0i67k1j0.13320.17769.0.17912.19.12.1.6.7.0.114.1028.10j2.12.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..0.18.972...0i131k1j0i10i67k1j33i160k1.oBime83WpRE https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&q=egg+cholesterol&...
- beaconstudios 10y ago
  eggs are high in dietary cholesterol, which is not the same as bad cholesterol (LDL). Eggs aren't generally considered to increase LDL levels.
  - itchyouch 10y ago
    Yep. High cholesterol foods contributing to high cholesterol is another one of those myths that continue to linger. Modern research is showing that high cholesterol folk are high because their bodies are producing high amounts of cholesterol, not because they are consuming high amounts of cholesterol.
- roystonvassey 10y ago
  I'd take Recommended Daily Values with a pinch of salt. They are heavily dated and are derived from a time when recommended diets were heavy in sugar/carbs and frowned upon fat.