437 lbs to 250 - low carb

[FierceRedBelt]

No, but i'd also have nothing to compare it against. I feel better than I ever have felt. I used to have all sorts of malaise from eating like crap and being fat, and now I am full of energy, strong, no circulation problems etc.

I'd suggest going to get your blood work done just to see where you're at right now.

Then you and your doctor could use that test as a baseline for further testing in the future. There's no doubt that your significant weight loss and ketosis has been the single greatest thing you've ever done for your health.

As for the loose skin you have a long road of body building ahead of you and it'll never be perfect but a normal physique is obtainable. What are your goals?

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/body-transformation-chett-stands-155-lbs-lighter.html

He did some amazing work.

 

[Nemesis48]

I'm already past 200 lbs lost, and body building can only do so much. Gonna have to get surgery. Still worth it.

 

[hardheart]

I'm already past 200 lbs lost, and body building can only do so much. Gonna have to get surgery. Still worth it.

I assume you're talking about excess skin. We had a lady here at work get the stomach band, lose a bunch of weight, get skin flab on her arms, get surgery, and get scars. If there is anything in life where you don't want a bargain it's in plastic surgery. Lucky for you, you're in Florida, where I'm sure there are plenty of good plastic surgeons.

 

[rorydaboss]

I would wait to get down to sub 200 before you decide if surgery is necessary.

 

[Nemesis48]

I would wait to get down to sub 200 before you decide if surgery is necessary.

Oh I am, i'm sure some of the excess skin right now is actually fat that's been released, not skin. Still, I WILL have excess skin. I'm only self-conscious about a few parts and when it comes down to it: i don't really give a fuck.

It's nice to be able to fit in chairs and seatbelts.

 

[Nemesis48]

recent food porn:

Sauteed collard greens in olive oil and butter, ~3 cups. Seasoned with salt/pepper/montreal and topped with bleu cheese crumbles. The leftover butter from the pan was applied as a dressing at the end. So good.

I have also been heavily exploiting my new purchase of liquid sucralose, liberally applying it to all sorts of things. It tastes indistinguishable from sugar and from the extensive research I did, has no health issues.

Try this insanely delicious recipe:
Krause's Coffee Hot Cocoa

• 1 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp heavy whipping cream
• ez-sweetz/liquid sucralose to taste, i put 10 drops, which is equivalent to 10 tbsp of sugar (lol)
• 3 cups of coffee, I reccomend a premium brand with a dark roast, ground from beans, two of my favorites are Amalfi and Peruvian from World Market
• Layer as follows: heavy cream/pumpkin spice/half of sweetener, 1 cup of coffee, cocoa powder, 2 cups of coffee, other half of sweetener, mix
• Optionals: Splash of pumpkin spice, to taste - 1-2 tbsp of whipped heavy cream on the top (press down so its mostly submerged)

About 70 calories, some fat and less than 2 grams of sugar.

 

[rorydaboss]

How does the liquid sucralose compare to the powdered stuff...in price and taste?

 

[Wariowokecancel]

How does the liquid sucralose compare to the powdered stuff...in price and taste?

Pretty shit IMO but there are some recipes where you need it.

That or powdered dissolved in alcohol.

 

[Wariowokecancel]

Congrats on the reaching of the official goal. I never had any doubt you'd reach it with how far into the subject you got.

Anyhow, on the notion of the sweeteners, I don't know if you've seen this but it's one even my lady (biologist) refuses to watch because she's not ready to handle the "natural > synthetic" idea being questioned, but here ya go:

The most pervasive food myth I've encountered (apart from the food pyramid) is that artificial sweeteners give you cancer.

EVERYBODY I TELL about using sweeteners tells me I'm going to get cancer.

There is no fucking explaining this.

 

[Sinister]

Yeah, I have the same argument with my lady and she's a biologist, so she hangs on the the "natural = better" stance, when she knows enough biochem to understand that this is not always the case. It's because she used to be a vegetarian, and some dogmas people will always be stubborn about.

 

[Nemesis48]

How does the liquid sucralose compare to the powdered stuff...in price and taste?

It's amazing. Tastes identical to sugar. Since I got it a few weeks ago I have been using it in everything.

Note: it's pure. There's none of the crap (dextrose/maltodextrin/lactose etc) in commercial sweeteners. I could imagine excessive use of the latter (splenda, equal, sweet n low etc) being quite unhealthy/cancerous, as they are all cut with sugar. That being said, that is not an indictment on the sweetener but the recipe - the sweeteners make up a small percentage of the overall crystallized/granulated brands.

 

[Nemesis48]

Been continuing to work on my little weight loss guide, which summarizes all of my discoveries, methods and tips:

http://www.krauselabs.net/dump/bookwip.pdf

Getting there, nearing 100 pages now. I just rewrote the entire exercise section.

also i'm about a pound less since my last update, I have been having digestive problems following a vacation last weekend and am probably about a pound less once all this backed up crap comes out. (tmi i know)

 

[Nemesis48]

Chart updated. 231.4 as of today. Still on break from the gym, was planning on going back starting this week, hope it doesn't fuck up this awesome flow.

 

[rorydaboss]

Aren't you a bit worried that since lowering your protein and stopping lifting your accelerated weight loss is due to muscle loss?

 

[Nemesis48]

Aren't you a bit worried that since lowering your protein and stopping lifting your accelerated weight loss is due to muscle loss?

No. it's impossible to lose muscle at this rate - and i've only been out of the gym for a month. The main thing is that I shifted from my macros to favor fat over protein, which is actually what is recommended in a properly balanced keto diet. Carb intake has been lowered slightly but is essentially the same.

My old macros were something like this:
50-60% fat, 40-50% protein, 10% carb

Now it's

60-70% fat, 20-30% protein, 10% carb

I also cut out all sweeteners cut with maltodextrin and dextrose, which probably had a major effect on inhibiting my ketosis. Right now my carb intake is a large green salad or a few avocados on a daily basis.

 

[rorydaboss]

No. it's impossible to lose muscle at this rate - and i've only been out of the gym for a month. The main thing is that I shifted from my macros to favor fat over protein, which is actually what is recommended in a properly balanced keto diet. Carb intake has been lowered slightly but is essentially the same.

My old macros were something like this:
50-60% fat, 40-50% protein, 10% carb

Now it's

60-70% fat, 20-30% protein, 10% carb

I also cut out all sweeteners cut with maltodextrin and dextrose, which probably had a major effect on inhibiting my ketosis. Right now my carb intake is a large green salad or a few avocados on a daily basis.

Yeah, that is still a good amount of protein.

 

[Nemesis48]

Yeah, that is still a good amount of protein.

my meal today, which is actually a bit carb heavier than usual was:

2 avocados + 3 eggs (egg salad with 2 tbsp mayo)
almond meal muffin (Home made) x 2 with heavy whippped cream and a few black berries


yesterday was
huge spinach salad with:
5 eggs
buffalo wing dressing
romaine dressing
3 tbsp of ground flax
slivered almonds
chia seeds
3 pieces of cheese, cut up

yesterday's was typical, although the protein item has varied. Some days it will be a hamburger, some days it will be hard boiled eggs or rotisserie chicken

 

[rorydaboss]

You eat one meal a day?

 

[Nemesis48]

You eat one meal a day?

Recent change.

It used to be one meal at noon and one at 5, followed by IF the rest of the time.

But this is a recent experiment. I have been starting off with a very small meal at 6 am, ~200 calories, then having my main meal at 5. On the weekends i Wake up at noon and have my one and only meal then. I also have coffee with heavy cream in the morning and at dinner time.

As you can see, the meal is high calorie. 2 avocados just by themselves (Without everything else) is about 700 calories.

 

[Nemesis48]

On the cusp of my 220s, weighed in at 230.6 today - really excited! I do not remember the last time I was this weight, probably when I was 8-10 or something.