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I’ve been stalled for over 3 months but my weight lifting has added a pound or so in muscle and my xl shirts fit looser. It’s been over 2 1/2 years since I started and I progressed over stages. I crashed the first 40 pounds and slowly started gaining 20 back, over 4 months. I got scared when I almost didn’t pass a blood pressure check for work and started lifting weights. I got hooked and started eating like a weight lifter. I was busting my butt so I didn’t want to waist my efforts. I figured out that under eating wasn’t the key. Diets are temporary and I had to change my life style. No more fast food and many items I used to eat daily are a “once in a while” thing. I got hooked on lean meats, veggies and fruits. Started eating more natural, listening to several podcasts and became a nutritionist. I learned about my body and my needs. Kinda like when I learned to drive, I learned to repair my own car. Well, my body is my life’s vehicle, so it made sense to me.
I traded my food addiction for a healthier life addiction. I only workout 3x weekly. It’s a combo of cardio with weight training. (very short rest periods) and it’s still showing results.
I started a blog and Just want to say that IT IS SO WORTH IT! But it must be slow! Quick doesn’t work~!!!!!!!! I’m 44 years old and the only magic pill I have to offer is work. There is a difference between Wanting to loose weight to wanting to loose FAT. And the want must become a burning NEED. Like getting a college degree. Nothing happens over night. It takes lots of study and going to class. My study time is working out and my going to class is eating 90% on track. Eating enough to not starve. I could ramble on and on, but that’s what my blog is for.
Good luck and God bless!!!

I can help you loose “weight” real quick, a middle aged man told me once. All I gotta do is cut off a leg and you’ll be down 20 pounds or more!
Point is I learned that loosing FAT is more important then loosing weight. The scale just shows fat, muscle water, bone, tissue and blood. But loosing fat is a good thing. Over the last 3 years I’ve lost almost 1/3 of myself. From 333 to just over 222 pounds. I still have 20-40 pounds to go, but I’ve been working out and eating really healthy for awhile now. I have good days and bad, good weeks and bad, but not good months and bad ones.
Good habits happen over time and if it comes out of a fast food joint or has more then 4 ingredients it’s probably not good for you. You are what you eat and I’m eating lean meats, veggies, brown rice and fruits instead of cereal, pop tarts, and simple carbs. I eat healthy 90% of the time and since I’m lifting weights along with cardio that means 5-6 smaller meals daily.
It’s so worth it to be able to shop for size 38 pants in walmart instead of needing to shop on ebay or go to a big and tall store.
One last point on doing it slow! I don’t want to drop weight quick and then just shoot back up. If your under 30-35 you wont understand. You’ll say to yourself “this time I’ll do it quick and keep it off.” I’m hear to tell you that IT DOESN’T WORK LIKE THAT! You must practice eating healthy NOW and not loose anymore muscle. You must workout and exercise NOW and live like a thin person NOW to get to it. (fake it till you make it) and realize that like 98% of us, you will never be able to eat everything you want all the time. We all have one friend that it’s legal to hate…you know the one. He or she can eat twinkies for breakfast, pure sugar for lunch and a pint of Ben and Jerries Icecream for dinner and never gain weight.(yes, it’s legal to HATE them). I’m not that person and I’m betting you aren’t blessed that way, either.

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/