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billy

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hey guys, i have lost about 25 pounds in the past year, i was 225 now i weight anywhere from 195 to 200, i am 5 11, i want to get down to at elast 180, loosing the 25 was easy, i just stopped eating junky junk food and all desserts and in between meals and worked out like crazy, but these last 20 punds are impossible, maybe i am not focusing on the right exercises and eating the right foods,
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anythign helps

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As far as i'm concerned you need to really look at your diet... if your trying to lose weight (or gain) you need to focus on your diet first and then a workout routine. If you don't have a diet in place there almost no point to going to the gym.

I would suggest planning out your meals, as in know what your going to eat a day in advance and how much. I follow a 30/40/30 ratio of protein/carbs/fat, but i'm trying to gain... once i get to the weight i want, i'll do a "cutting" phase and follow 40/30/30 ratio to loss the fat.

I'm kinda hard core you might say, cause i not only plan out what i'm gonna eat, but i use a program to make sure i stay exactly within that ratio. Ohhh and you also have to make sure your eating fewer calories than your body requires...(that's a given, but just keep it in mind)

As for foods, try and eat as many whole foods as possible, eggs, chicken, steak, oatmeal (plain), rice, any veggies or fruit, wheat bread... basically the more ingredients on the side of the box or packaging, the more processed and the less nutritional value. I've read that bleached flour is probably the worst thing you eat too (white bread).
It doesn't have to be this plain, but mac and chez probably wouldn't be my "ideal" carb source... :) Moderation is the key.

I would make sure to do a little cardio in there, not just lifting... It doesn't matter what exercise you do, running, biking, elliptical, etc.. you just want your heart rate to be constant for 30-45 min @ ~75% of its max

But overall your diet is gonna determine if you lose that extra 20 lbs...
 

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dude, the same thing happened to me. I dropped from 180 to 160-165 and just stopped there fore like a month and a half or so. I got frustrated,but learned that it was just at plateau. I kept up the cardio EVEN MORE, ate EVEN HEALTHIER, and drank EVEN MORE water. Just be patient. The first few pounds were the easiest for me too, but yeah jsut keep it up man. And good job dropped so much already. I am 147 now, so don't worry you wlil lose more, then maybe hit another plateau, who knows, but just never give up and keep at it.

Listen to harwell too because he is the expert here.
 

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The first pounds are always the easiest. Usually the first pounds are a mixture of mostly water, unprocessed food still stuck in your bowels (preweight), a little fat, and some muscle.

The guys posted above me are right.

It comes down to your diet. Remember this quote "Abs are made in the kitchen, not in the gym"

You really have to time your meals, count your calories, manage your macronutrients, and keep up that motivation.

When it comes to working out...whenever you reach a plateu, you need to change it up. Add more weights, do more reps, do longer/faster cardio, get the heart rate up.

The next amount of weight you lose will take longer of course. This is the stored fat that has been lingering on your body all these years. It isn't gonna just come off of you like a piece of clothing...it'll take time.

Patience, motivation, and dedication.

When diesel was still posting, he gave some of the best advice on motivation and dedication. I suggest doing a search and reading some of his posts.

The best advice was to take a digital picture of your fat self....and pin that to your fridge as a reminder everytime you feel like going for that cake....also, pin a picture of the chick you WANT to f*ck someday next to your fat picture...its STRONG motivation to keep with the workouts and away from that donut.
 

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if your trying to lose weight (or gain) you need to focus on your diet first and then a workout routine.
I agree 100% with this. Diet is the biggest key when it comes to weight loss. You can lose weight by your diet alone, but you're gonna be hungry all the time, and who the fvck wants that? Cardio will help speed up the dropping and will help when you fvck up one of your days on your diet (ie getting invited over to Grandma's for supper).

I take 10-20 minutes per day for cardio at a steady pace. I found HIIT did absolutely nothing for me, and it fvcked me up pretty bad (I have athsma).

I've read that bleached flour is probably the worst thing you eat too (white bread).
I agree with this too. I've cut out almost all the bread from my diet. I eat 5hitloads of tuna out of the can.

Take that last 20 lbs seriously and you'll do fine. 20 lbs isn't all that much, and it's only going to take a small fraction of your lifetime to lose it (under a few months if you're serious about it).
 

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I'm not sure if you can hit a pleateau in terms of weightloss, but in my personal experience I have found that it pays to diet in cycles. Eat regularly (but healthily!) for 3 weeks, cut the calories for 3-4 weeks, then return to 3 weeks of regular eating and so on.

Don't quote me on this, but with long term dieting your body starts to adjust to the lesser intake of calories, your metabolism slows down to compensate and stops burning fat.
 

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I had the same problem, I am 5'11 but have a very large build and lot of muscle mass, and weighed 247, got to 233 in one month, and I platued there for awhile, and now I am still gaining strength and I started taking ripped fuel by twinlab, got it at for about 20 dollars, and it is about 50 servings so about 25 days worth, and so far I have cut like 4 more pounds in a week or so while excerising and eating right while on it, plus I am not as hungry as I was. I dont know exactly how safe it is, but it seems to work good.
 
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