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So...I've started doing P90 and so far I like it. The downside I have is that I'm currently on travel so meal management is difficult as I don't get to control what I can eat and how much (well, I can but that's not the point). I strive for low carb, high protein diet which was giving me results before I moved back in January and essentially had to start all over.

I've thought about buying the Bowflex dumbbells to go along the resistance bands which are OK but I feel are not resistant enough for what I wanna do. However, thinking deeper, I thought about financing a Bowflex home gym and simply forgo P90 and gym membership altogether. Still on the fence with that...

What say you? What are your healthy lifestyles? How often do you workout? Home/outside gym? Videos? Diet?

BTW, feel free to weigh in on which way I should go (home gym or dumbbells for now).

I lost ~60lbs running 4 x a week (3 x 3 or 4 miles, 1 x 6+ miles) and 2 days in the gym lifting, 1 day of rest, coupled with a NiceTrySpammer nutrition plan. It was highly effective.

I've kept the weight off with the same workout schedule, but I'm less strict on the diet now, allowing myself more complex carbs. I run longer distances too, as I now like to run half/full marathons.

Other than that...basically eat whole, clean, real foods, and move in some way or another every day. Works for me!

I've lost 2 stone over the past 2 years. Mostly by simple diet changes along with a bit more effort for exercise - primarily walking to work when suitable and occasional runs with some work friends. I haven't joined a gym or become a 'mapmyrun' freak either; bonus!

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I was 238 pounds. I lost 35 pounds over the past 3 months by changing diet and getting more exercise. But, I started getting dizzy when standing up from a seated position. The doc stopped half of my blood pressure meds and diuretics and that fixed it for the most part.

mhodgson wrote:I've lost 2 stone over the past 2 years. Mostly by simple diet changes along with a bit more effort for exercise - primarily walking to work when suitable and occasional runs with some work friends. I haven't joined a gym or become a 'mapmyrun' freak either; bonus!

I noticed you were a little slighter at MAN last month

My last job was disastrous for exercise due to the odd hours but since the new job started I've made it to the gym 6 days a week every week and am feeling great. Only problem is my easy-tear calf is at it again, so this morning saw a trip to the physio to get it loosened and bound so the small tear that's started doesn't get any worse.

I've been getting out on the bike every evening after work, just round the lake a couple of times for now but starting to go further afield. Got to get fit before winter.

Tried having salad for lunch a couple of days, but it cost more than a normal meal and left me so damn hungry I hit the burger joint a few hours later. Instead I'm cutting down on portion sizes and still eating stuff I enjoy, swapping out energy drinks for water as well.

It's making a difference already. The scales are woefully inaccurate - I can lose more than a kilo overnight without making a mess in the bed - but the general trend is downward.

Now that my business trip is over and my dumbbells are to arrive, I expect to lose more weight. Portion control and content are now under my control, which is perfect.

On my 4th week of P90 and, if all goes well, I may attempt P90X once this program is done.

I froze my gym membership this weekend as I haven't visited in well over 2 months (almost 3), but I'll keep it in case I decide that I can work around the busy times and go when there are no people.

I'm down to 202 pounds from 237 in January.

If your diet and/or exercise plan has a name.. It wont work long term. If it depends on someone else, or costs a stupid amount of money, it wont last. I have seen more trainers in these super intense workouts and even the gay sex clubs Crossfit gyms injure people than lead them to long term success.

Pick an activity you like. I run long distances. Key your workout around getting good at that. There is a lot more to running well than running. There is a lot of lifting weights and the diet demands are interesting.

Ditch the powders and other bullshit that costs too much. Chances are you aren't at a level where it matters. It's great to have friends that do this stuff too but eventually they will let you down.

Ive lost 60lbs and I am about to run my first official half marathon. I may run a full before the end of the year.

Meal prep, cutting crap out of your diet and just doing something is a good place to start. Beyond that set real goals and go after them, the rest falls into place as you solve the problems as they arise.

I lost 110 lbs on a 30-week medically supervised weight management program. It's 16 weeks of a medically supervised crash diet (960 kCal/day) and then slowly reintroduce food and principles of good nutrition. During the same time, I started walking and hiking, and now do an average of 14K-20K steps per day.

I've recently started slacking and was disappointed to see how fast the pounds come back. The sad reality is that if you've spent as much time morbidly obese as I once was, the body will try to gain the weight back. It requires more vigilance than I want to maintain at times, but I never want to go back to where I was, so I simply hunker down and up the activity, and cut the calories to get back on track.

ShanwickOceanic wrote:I'm cutting down on portion sizes and still eating stuff I enjoy, swapping out energy drinks for water as well.

Good point, I've started to this as well, swapping Coke / Red Bull for Coke Life, water and fresh fruit juices. I'm also back to the swimming pool usually 3-4 times a week for 1 to 1.5 km on each session.

ShanwickOceanic wrote:It's making a difference already. The scales are woefully inaccurate - I can lose more than a kilo overnight without making a mess in the bed - but the general trend is downward.

I haven't had significant results in term of weight loss after 1.5 month, but I certainly can feel my muscles (again !) especially on my legs as I used to be an avid cyclist in another life. And I overall feel MUCH better in my body/mind. Something I've also noticed is that I tend to sleep better...

PA110 wrote:I lost 110 lbs on a 30-week medically supervised weight management program.

Good job. Same as always, you let up just a little bit and the weight just leaps back on.

airtrainer wrote:I've started to this as well, swapping Coke / Red Bull for Coke Life, water and fresh fruit juices.

Forget Coke Life. 0,5l still have more sugar than a male adult should consume in 1 day.

I'm a Coke addict myself, but am down to 0,5l Coke Light or Zero (basically the same product, just with different marketing) a day.

Same warning goes for fruit juices - tasty, healthy, but full of sugar.

Earlier this year, I lost 20 kgs in 4 months, by permanently changing my diet, and doing more sports. I am now 8 kgs away from my final goal, even though those 8 kgs are the hardest. But I'm getting there.

My best advice for any diet is: get rid of raffinated sugar. That stuff is the crack of the food world.

I also cut down on carbohydrates, and started counting calories. And reduced my meat consumption to 3 days a week.

My main food these days is fresh vegetables (either as a salad or as a self-made green smoothie). Once or twice a week, it's Sushi or fish for lunch. On the weekends, I treat myself a good steak.

And I eat french fries. A lot. Simply because I love them. Preferrably self-made from sweet potatoes, alternatively the regular deep-frozen stuff. The trick: I got myself a hot-air deep fryer. You only need a spoonful of oil for each serving, and the result tastes as good (if not better) as from a regular fat fryer. But has a lot less calories - 33% less if I take deep-frozen fries, 50% less if I use fresh, self-cut ones.

I can get a 250g serving of fries down to 300-400 kcal. With a protein bar for breakfast and a salad or sushi for lunch, I can easily eat a serving of fries for dinner, and not exceed my target 1900 kcal intake for the day.

I've increased the physical work at my job by my choice to get exercise. I'm down to 197.5 pounds and my stamina and endurance is up significantly. Getting up off the floor, where I have to be at times, is a quick spring to upright. A few months ago, it required planning. My food plan is simply to count calories. I take in only what I burn. Of course, to lose the weight, I've been taking in a bit less than I burn.

My cholesterol is down to 80. My good and bad cholesterol are normal levels. My triglycerides, which should be less than 150, is now 95. It used to be in the 400's. My diabetes is under control, but I still take a simple med called metformin to use my body's natural insulin more effectively.

Zak wrote:Forget Coke Life. 0,5l still have more sugar than a male adult should consume in 1 day.

Yes you're right, sugar is our worst enemy (says the guy who work for a sugar company

I've stopped swimming due to unusual fatigue over the past few weeks, turns out that my blood pressure treatment isn't appropriate and could be responsible for tachycardia, so I'm either exhausted or out of breath, not the best for sport...

I always lose a significant amount of weight when I do extended hikes.

But then I eat like a madman when I'm out.