Just maintaining until the final or last to final FAT loss push. I’ve naturally done the “zig zag” approach. I just don’t feel right spending months loosing fat and gaining hardly any muscle so I’m doing a split. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not cheating at McDonald’s, but I am adding several more protein powders and larger carb portions. I’m within about 10% of my fat loss goal and almost 1/3 the person I used to be :)
Sounds weird to say, but size 54 to size 38??? WOW. I’m never going back there. %{color:red}Nothing I love to eat is good enough for me to go back. I love being a healthier smaller version of me to much to do that to myself. % ps. I’m getting more response here then anywhere else. Good luck to all you people doing this. I’m over the big tipping point, you know the one, where you can’t go back. I and my wife did that when we almost got dept free. Now we will NEVER go back, except for house purchase.
I’m here to tell you that If you give up the I’m here to tell you that If you give up the “loose weight so fast the scale spins mind set you can do it,too.

I’m not on a diet, I’ve changed my lifestyle.

I’m not exercising to loose weight, it’s to change my body and hormones to raise my metabolism.

I’m not lifting weights to burn calories, I’m doing it to build muscle and burn up my internal furnace…(plus I LIKES it).

I don’t weight myself to see how much weight I’ve lost, I do it with fat% readings to keep track on my FAT loss.

Hardware vs Software.
We can program ourselves to eat healthier, it’s a mind set and requires us to spend time to prepare things in advance instead of waiting until we’re starving and then let McDonald’s and Burger king win. The Foreman grill is my best friend. My weight loss is 80% diet and nutrition. This is part of the software part.
We are hardwired to eat. We sucked out little thumbs inside the womb. If we don’t eat or eat enough our body thinks we are starving. This starvation mode caused most of my benign eating. I make time for breakfast. I pack my food for the day and plan my meals in advance. Don’t starve and don’t fall for the old line that you’ve got to be hungry to loose weight. I think that’s basic bull. There is no magic pill but there is a simple solution. Eat healthier and get moving.

Weight lifting is more important then cardio (IMHO). I do both TOGETHER. I’ve got a neighbors hubby who is trying to cardio himself thin, but he’s still only eating healthy about 50% of the time and isn’t going anywhere. He can run for over 1 mile, but if he stops and gets the large fries, he’s not gaining any ground. he’s not gaining much muscle without resistance training and the muscle helps burn the fat.

I’ve given up on being the rabbit and eating like a rabbit, my body needs fuel, it’s hardwired into us> I just choose to eat healthy and less factory made foods and I eat LOTS. 2300 calories in good food means I’m never hungry. Get the idea? Be the turtle. Be a hard driven turtle and you can do it,too. As far as the rabbit, I’ll eat him and eat his carrots,too.

Sorry, I ramble when I’m tired and
I’ve only had 1 1/2 hours sleep today.
If this helps one person my rambling will continue :) http://rickgettingthin.blogspot.com/