QuebecMKIII
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This is no way car related but since a lot of us around here have IT jobs and do little to no exercise its easy to get overweight, or like in my case, morbidly so.
At 25 and 6'0" I hit my fattest, 290 pounds. And on top of that I hated my job, even if the salary was good I realised that I went horribly wrong when deciding to go in IT instead of going in law enforcement few years ago. So to change it all I needed to lose weight and get back in shape.
My big problem was that I had already started my admission process in the RCMP and against all odds I got past the first test. So I knew that I'd have to complete the physical exam in less than 6 months so I had to get something quick that wouldn't hurt my body.
The solution, Medifast
They came up with the Medifast 55 shake system to be used 5 times a day with a light meal. However I came across a lot of success stories about people drinking 7 of them, and eating nothing else. Most of them were claiming a loss of 5 to 7 pounds a week over a 3 month period (the longest you should go), so I was really interested. I had a few concerns about lack of some minerals and vitamins since, even if the site that each shake has about 20% of your daily need of everything, all of those are processed and might not be absorbed as easy as if it came from "real food" but turns out that wasn't a problem. I was also really curious on how the body would react if you wouldn't eat any solid foods, at all, well I was soon to find out.
I then placed my order online, received the shakes and immidiatelly started to drink those shakes and stopped eating altogether.
The worst part about this "diet" is that you cannot eat anything, cannot drink anything but water and those "zeros" diet colas. But I figured that it would be worth it.
The first day was a bitch, not only are you hungry but looking at the fridge full of goodies and not digging in was a big mental task.
But, by the second day you find that you're not hungry anymore...
A week past by, still didnt eat a thing, only drank those shakes, some of the flavors are actually not that bad, mixed with crushed ice made them even better. But god those Pizza ads on TV are getting into you, and you'd kill for a beer. But still, no eating
Weeks, even months passed by, and long story short, here I was @ 290 pounds on March 1st;
And here's me from last week, @ 208 pounds
From March 1st to May 31st I lost exactly 80 pounds, from 290 to 210
Then lost another 3-4 pounds since I stopped thanks to a healthier lifestyle and lots of exercise
The first pic was me @ 290, all my shirts were XXL, my pants were 46+ "under the belly" and I couldn't run 100 meters to save my life
Since I went from 46 to 36, XXL to L and I found new excitment in doing simple things, like running, since it no longer hurts my knees!
So if you feel like you have 100+ lbs to lose, this might work for you.
The only things to consider before doing it:
- NO CHEATING, doing this really slows down your metabolism and your body goes in starving mode so anything that you eat will be "optimized" and will kill your weight loss for that day, and trust me, you do not want to do this for any longer that you have to. So if you plan on cheating, this is not for you
- Muscle Loss, Even if it does come with a fair amount of proteins and carbs and has you drinking a fair amount of water your body will still go in a mild state of ketosis and you will lose some muscle mass, so if you're a body builder, this is not for you
- You need to have a lot of weight to lose, its not worth it to do this for 20-30 pounds, you'll end up hurting your metabolism too much, so unless you have 70+ pounds to lose, this is not for you.
- And most importantly, you need to be willing to change your lifestyle, going back to doing nothing and eating shit you'd get all the weight back in a matter of weeks...
The good thing is that I'm now much more sensible to what I eat, I enjoy working out and running miles and miles and I feel 1000x better when it comes to doing the first step with the ladies
Its a bit pricy (~350$ a month) but then again, you save up by not getting groceries, not eating out and no drinking
It sucks for 3 months, but if I would've known beofre I would've done this a LONG time ago.
Now all I have to do is work on not getting any of the weight back, and gradually working on the lost of the 15 pounds left of surplus fat in my body
So if some of you guys are interested fire away any questions, I'll be glad to answer them all!
At 25 and 6'0" I hit my fattest, 290 pounds. And on top of that I hated my job, even if the salary was good I realised that I went horribly wrong when deciding to go in IT instead of going in law enforcement few years ago. So to change it all I needed to lose weight and get back in shape.
My big problem was that I had already started my admission process in the RCMP and against all odds I got past the first test. So I knew that I'd have to complete the physical exam in less than 6 months so I had to get something quick that wouldn't hurt my body.
The solution, Medifast
They came up with the Medifast 55 shake system to be used 5 times a day with a light meal. However I came across a lot of success stories about people drinking 7 of them, and eating nothing else. Most of them were claiming a loss of 5 to 7 pounds a week over a 3 month period (the longest you should go), so I was really interested. I had a few concerns about lack of some minerals and vitamins since, even if the site that each shake has about 20% of your daily need of everything, all of those are processed and might not be absorbed as easy as if it came from "real food" but turns out that wasn't a problem. I was also really curious on how the body would react if you wouldn't eat any solid foods, at all, well I was soon to find out.
I then placed my order online, received the shakes and immidiatelly started to drink those shakes and stopped eating altogether.
The worst part about this "diet" is that you cannot eat anything, cannot drink anything but water and those "zeros" diet colas. But I figured that it would be worth it.
The first day was a bitch, not only are you hungry but looking at the fridge full of goodies and not digging in was a big mental task.
But, by the second day you find that you're not hungry anymore...
A week past by, still didnt eat a thing, only drank those shakes, some of the flavors are actually not that bad, mixed with crushed ice made them even better. But god those Pizza ads on TV are getting into you, and you'd kill for a beer. But still, no eating
Weeks, even months passed by, and long story short, here I was @ 290 pounds on March 1st;
And here's me from last week, @ 208 pounds
From March 1st to May 31st I lost exactly 80 pounds, from 290 to 210
Then lost another 3-4 pounds since I stopped thanks to a healthier lifestyle and lots of exercise
The first pic was me @ 290, all my shirts were XXL, my pants were 46+ "under the belly" and I couldn't run 100 meters to save my life
Since I went from 46 to 36, XXL to L and I found new excitment in doing simple things, like running, since it no longer hurts my knees!
So if you feel like you have 100+ lbs to lose, this might work for you.
The only things to consider before doing it:
- NO CHEATING, doing this really slows down your metabolism and your body goes in starving mode so anything that you eat will be "optimized" and will kill your weight loss for that day, and trust me, you do not want to do this for any longer that you have to. So if you plan on cheating, this is not for you
- Muscle Loss, Even if it does come with a fair amount of proteins and carbs and has you drinking a fair amount of water your body will still go in a mild state of ketosis and you will lose some muscle mass, so if you're a body builder, this is not for you
- You need to have a lot of weight to lose, its not worth it to do this for 20-30 pounds, you'll end up hurting your metabolism too much, so unless you have 70+ pounds to lose, this is not for you.
- And most importantly, you need to be willing to change your lifestyle, going back to doing nothing and eating shit you'd get all the weight back in a matter of weeks...
The good thing is that I'm now much more sensible to what I eat, I enjoy working out and running miles and miles and I feel 1000x better when it comes to doing the first step with the ladies
Its a bit pricy (~350$ a month) but then again, you save up by not getting groceries, not eating out and no drinking
It sucks for 3 months, but if I would've known beofre I would've done this a LONG time ago.
Now all I have to do is work on not getting any of the weight back, and gradually working on the lost of the 15 pounds left of surplus fat in my body
So if some of you guys are interested fire away any questions, I'll be glad to answer them all!
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