437 lbs to 250 - low carb

Personally, I would not follow Lyle McDonald's exercise recommendations. I would do an easy to follow routine that builds up a solid strength foundation. The benefits from weightlifting for weight loss don't come primarily from glycogen depletion, they come from the genetic changes involved in building muscle, inducing beneficial neural adaptations, and exposure to physiological stress.

I would look at programs that are listed in the S&C FAQ like Starting Strength, Madcow or Stronglifts. Your weight loss will more than likely continue with or without weightlifting, but if you're going to spend the time in the gym you may as well be building a foundation for the future, not wasting time doing Lyle's routine that's full of leg presses, leg curls, crunches and bicep work.
 
Vacation weight is gone and at new low weight. 18.5 lbs in 5 days:

1-Apr 311.5 with 30 hour fast
2-Apr 305.2 with 23 hour fast
3-Apr 299.4
4-Apr 297.8
5-Apr 294.6
6-Apr 293

Chart updated on 1st page.

Next goal: 280.
 
FWIW - I happen to know a geneticist, and we've had a couple of thorough discussions about the human genome. Changing your physique WILL NOT change your genome, or your gene expression. However dietary changes or extremities can effect the epigenome right now. This is in relation to say, smoking, or alcoholism, and how it can definitely effect your children by shutting off things. Diet can effect the epigenome, but what's written in the DNA is written in the DNA as a whole. In one person's lifespan diet won't likely change gene expression even if say, increasing insulin sensitivity provides an effect of better glucose mobilization.

Now, this is just the feedback of one geneticist (currently working on studies of the epigenome), there may be some disagreement somewhere, but I'd trust that field directly as opposed to outside interpretations.

Also Chris, just a note, the omega content of flax isn't very reliable for the reason that humans have a poor ability to convert ALA. Not that it isn't still good for fats, just not primarily omega-3's.
 
Uh... I'll just leave this here.

PLoS ONE: Resistance Exercise Reverses Aging in Human Skeletal Muscle

Cliffs: 6 months of resistance training changed the expression of 179 genes in older adults.

Another study:
Epigenetic differences arise during the lifetime of monozygotic twins

Shows that identical twins have similar DNA methylation patterns at birth, but the later in life they are tested the larger the variance becomes (same with histone acetylation). DNA methylation is heritable, btw. They also found that the more dissimilar the twin's lifestyles were, and the less time they spent together meant more differences between epigenomes.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of what is a relatively new field. In the coming two decades they'll be some ground breaking studies released for sure.
 
Indeed, EPIgenetics, very intriguing new field. Changes in EPIGENOMES, not go be confused with genomes and underlying genetic code, what's written from inheritance.
 
Sinister said:
Indeed, EPIgenetics, very intriguing new field. Changes in EPIGENOMES, not go be confused with genomes and underlying genetic code, what's written from inheritance.
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Who said anything about changing the genetic code itself?

You said it doesn't change gene expression. Lots of things change gene expression - transcriptional modulation, splicing, epigenetics, etc. Many of those changes in gene expression are heritable (ex: DNA methylation), but have nothing to do with rewriting ATGC sequences.

Sorry for hijacking your log, Nemesis.
 
Nemesis48 said:
re: hardheart, thanks for the motivation brosephine.




Another thing I want to bring up is that I finally figured out how to eat avocado. Why eat avocado? It's arguably the best source of fiber and fat available:
Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Avocados, raw, all commercial varieties


Fast forward to this week, I buy a bag of Hass avocado and while making chicken one night decide I am going to try something especially lazy, my forte. Just scooped out the avocado into strips and eat it plain with no seasoning. Very tasty and contrasts amazingly well with meat. So this is how I will eat avocado, and perhaps slowly introduce seasoning as I figure out what's best. It's amazing what a difference a botched preparation can have on food.
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No sir, you are the motivation. Anything I can do to help you out, let me know.

Avocado + chili powder + lime powder = fucking winner
 
Down to 286 as of today:

Please excuse the Boxer butt

Officially over 150 lbs lost now, in less than a year.

weightapril2012-1.jpg


I am writing an ebook on losing fat for the morbidly obese individual. If anyone is interested in a rough draft and wants to offer feedback please PM me.

Also PM me if you are morbidly obese.
 
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Great work and thanks for the log, it's interesting reading. I agree with the other poster who said you need to eat more veggies. The carbs in cruciferous veggies and leafy greens are inconsequential and the health benefits are numerous. You're not only missing out on fiber, but lots of micronutrients. When I have a spinach salad with chicken for lunch and steak and a half plate of broccoli or brussels sprouts for dinner, I shit like a fucking horse, no flax or psylium needed.

Also, maybe I'm spoiled living in California, but avacados are very good without anything on them. Make sure the skin is black and the flesh inside should feel mushy when you press on it. If there's any resistance or firmness, the avacado isn't ripe. Some sea salt, lime juice, chopped garlic, tomatoes, onions and cilantro will make an amazing guacamole.
 
dam man that is awesome. Keep up the good work
 
Congratulations man, you look awesome. Looking through this thread was a trip. You've got to be pretty stoked. Stay with it, that's some good shit you got going on.
 
Seems like every time I check this thread you inspire me; Really incredible work. Are you really tall? Even at this weight you don't look all that heavy.
 
Down to 285 today, decided to post some statistics for you.

Numbers Time

Weight Loss Over Months:
6/2011 - 28.6 (technically 21 days, start on the 9th)
7/2011 - 19
8/2011 - 9.2 (my dad visited this month and I eat crap for a week straight)
9/2011 - 19.6
10/2011 - 14.6
11/2011 - 11.2
12/2011 - 9.2
1/2012 - 12.8
2/2012 - 9.8
3/2012 - 7.8
4/2012 - 27.7 (about 16 of these lbs can be attributed to water weight from a vacation which was pissed out rapidly)

153 lbs in 320 days so far. Let's see if I can break 170 before 365 - that would be cool!

Also uploaded my weight chart data for the first time, which covers day by day weight:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amy1SjWT25lBdDR2eHk2LURCSGFpeUo4QmxZMjlCVWc

NOTE: CHeat meals were first recorded on 23 december, 2011 - cheat meals happened before then, just were not recorded. Longer fasts did not occur before mark.
 
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Nemesis48 said:
Down to 285 today, decided to post some statistics for you.

Numbers Time

Weight Loss Over Months:
6/2011 - 28.6 (technically 21 days, start on the 9th)
7/2011 - 19
8/2011 - 9.2 (my dad visited this month and I eat crap for a week straight)
9/2011 - 19.6
10/2011 - 14.6
11/2011 - 11.2
12/2011 - 9.2
1/2012 - 12.8
2/2012 - 9.8
3/2012 - 7.8
4/2012 - 27.7 (about 16 of these lbs can be attributed to water weight from a vacation which was pissed out rapidly)

153 lbs in 320 days so far. Let's see if I can break 170 before 365 - that would be cool!

Also uploaded my weight chart data for the first time, which covers day by day weight:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amy1SjWT25lBdDR2eHk2LURCSGFpeUo4QmxZMjlCVWc

NOTE: CHeat meals were first recorded on 23 december, 2011 - cheat meals happened before then, just were not recorded. Longer fasts did not occur before mark.
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Haven't seen a post from you in 2 weeks. Where you at Nemi?
 
hardheart said:
Haven't seen a post from you in 2 weeks. Where you at Nemi?
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Hey yeah, it's because I basically lost a week of progress due to cheat meals (birthday parties and family stuff) - I didn't gain any weight but I didn't lose any either in that week. My next post was planned to be at 280.

Have at least two mandatory cheat meals this weekend (Grandmother is visiting from out of state/family party for mother's day) as well, so might fuck up next week's cuts. I plan to skip cheat meals for two weeks to make up for it and to do a long fast on monday - I want to get to 170 lost before the year is up.

Right now i'm at 283, with some retained water, probably at around 282.

I updated the 1st page with some pics from thanksgiving 2010 which REALLY show how far I have come. I was insanely fat in those pics, probably higher than my recorded start weight for this go.

I have been preoccupied with trying to find a job and starting a business - and want to start seriously weight training this summer. I consider last year to be a weight loss stage to my body into a useful state and next year to be a "turn into monster" phase.
 
Congrats bro! I'm heading back to the gym to shed some pounds. You're an inspiration!
 
People often ask me how I lost and continue to lose weight so effectively. I decided to compile my methods into a guide I am developing slowly but consistently - it's also intended as a general resource for obese people who want to lose weight and have been unable to in the past.

In a prior post on this log I linked an early version of this work, but it's come a long way since then. While the first version was written mainly on a whim after I had a sudden burst of inspiration while taking a shower, and was little over ten pages, the new guide is approaching 4o pages, as I approach nearly 160 lbs lost in less than a year.

You should read it if:

* You are curious how I am losing weight
* You are obese yourself, feel hopeless and want to lose weight

If you do read it and are one of those who is looking to lose weight, please provide feedback. I have privately distributed to a few individuals on the forum and elsewhere, they followed my plan and all lost weight significantly, but I am still eager for wider feedback. I hope to continue to develop it to well over 100 pages, as fate allows.

Here is the download link:

http://www.krauselabs.net/dump/bookwip.pdf
 
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Nemesis48 said:
People often ask me how I lost and continue to lose weight so effectively. I decided to compile my methods into a guide I am developing slowly but consistently - it's also intended as a general resource for obese people who want to lose weight and have been unable to in the past.

In a prior post on this log I linked an early version of this work, but it's come a long way since then. While the first version was written mainly on a whim after I had a sudden burst of inspiration while taking a shower, and was little over ten pages, the new guide is approaching 4o pages, as I approach nearly 160 lbs lost in less than a year.

You should read it if:

* You are curious how I am losing weight
* You are obese yourself, feel hopeless and want to lose weight

If you do read it and are one of those who is looking to lose weight, please provide feedback. I have privately distributed to a few individuals on the forum and elsewhere, they followed my plan and all lost weight significantly, but I am still eager for wider feedback. I hope to continue to develop it to well over 100 pages, as fate allows.

Here is the download link:

http://www.krauselabs.net/dump/bookwip.pdf
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just read the thing in it's entirety. i like your writing style, and the practicality of what you propose.

background on me: fat all my life. always in the 300's as an adult. i'm very active , and have been doing bjj and mma for the past 2-3 years, but always stay at the same weight

i was 324lbs in january 2012. watched Fathead and did some research. i've been lurking in this thread for a few months. been playing with LCHF diet to see how i react, and it's exactly as you state. i've lost 28 lbs since january by alternating a week on and off of LCHF. i plan to stick to the lifestyle with a little more gumption. i'd hate to blame my work as my hindrance, so i'll sack up and blame it on reluctance to man the fuck up

anyway great read bro. congrats on all your success.
 
Vyse314 said:
just read the thing in it's entirety. i like your writing style, and the practicality of what you propose.

background on me: fat all my life. always in the 300's as an adult. i'm very active , and have been doing bjj and mma for the past 2-3 years, but always stay at the same weight

i was 324lbs in january 2012. watched Fathead and did some research. i've been lurking in this thread for a few months. been playing with LCHF diet to see how i react, and it's exactly as you state. i've lost 28 lbs since january by alternating a week on and off of LCHF. i plan to stick to the lifestyle with a little more gumption. i'd hate to blame my work as my hindrance, so i'll sack up and blame it on reluctance to man the fuck up

anyway great read bro. congrats on all your success.
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Hey man congrats on the weight loss. If you really want to have your mind blown try going LCHF for more than a week at a time, it's something that in my experience builds up steam and becomes more effective over time. This is often referred to as adaptation. Anyway, good luck and good job.
 
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