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Mostly drinking water in place of soda and lots of running/walking Larry Send a noteboard - 16/12/2018 02:58:53 PM

View original postI just lost 36 pounds to get back to my college fighting weight! I'm 6'8" and got up to 269, yikes, after hovering in the 250's for years, which was okay. But my wife did a calorie counting app to lost 18 pounds to get back to her college weight and I got motivated to do the same. I didn't do an app, but used the same strategy:


View original postJust eat less, or more accurately, minimize calories

Pretty much. I allow myself times where it's OK to gain 5 lbs. back for a little bit, so I cycle the intensity. I actually tend to stabilize while distance running training, because I have to have a store on hand for the long distances.


View original postThat's it. I lost those 36 pounds in about 3 months, now down to 233. And the biggest surprise to me was how easy it was to do. After a few days, your body gets use to the amount of food you are eating and it becomes normal. I can't imagine eating what I use to eat.

I lost 80 in 9 months back in 2015. There are plateaus that develop, but yeah, the stomach does shrink. Metabolism also changes after 3-6 months, adjusting to lower needs. So when I want to lose 10-30 lbs., I tend to change the types and intensities of the exercises I do and I reduce sugars (until marathon seasons, when I add those back so my glycogen stores are not depleted when I'm losing 5-10 lbs. of water weight and 1-2 lbs. of fat on the long runs) so my body has to burn more ketones when I exercise for 1-3 hours at a time at a moderate intensity.


View original postLove to hear about your strategy and those of other posters!


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