AF Biggest Loser/Fitness Challenge-May 3 to Whenever We're Not Fat Anymore

[TaraJo]

Ok, I'm back on track.

Started working on weight loss back around December of 2017.  I weighed 350 lbs.  I dieted, I went to the gym and worked my ass off (literally).  I stayed focused and wouldn't accept any excuses.  My weight got down to 215 at its lowest and then I went and had major surgery done last July.  It's easy to gain weight when you're recovering from surgery, having a difficult time moving, tired and just generally staying in bed.  A couple of weeks ago, I reactivated my gym membership and got back on the weight loss bandwagon.  Exercise really helps me keep my mood up and it helps me sleep, and steady sleep patterns really help with weight loss.  I was as high as 242 but now I'm down to 232 and moving down.

[Sal]

Completely forgot about this thread. I now weigh at 88 kg rest weight, or thereabouts. I stayed for a long time around 80 kg since growing up, got sick and in less than 3 months, literally gained 35 kg, stuffing my face. And wandered between 105 kg and 115 kg for years, sometimes the weight change was unhealthily fast.

I have tried a bunch of methods losing weight, dieting and counting calories. The short of the long story is, IMO, that the amount of effort in counting calories, even to the point of weighing food and scheduling meals, and all that jazz is unnecessarily overcomplicating weight management.

Now, until I get back down to around 80 kg (maybe 75 kg, haven't really decided yet, but one day at a time), I'll follow the same simple Intermittent Fasting method called the 16/8 IF method, which is fasting for 16 hours, and having normal meals for 8 hours. I'm basically just skipping 2 meals, without compensating for the 2 skipped meals. In the beginning, admittedly, I was hungry during the latter half of that fasting period each day for about a week. Around the 2nd week, maybe start of the 3rd week, can't really remember, I didn't get that hungry as I had adjusted to the quite simple routine of fasting for 16 hours each day. I still drink coffee and other stuff that don't contain (a lot of) calories.

I'm well aware this is not the best dieting method, but it is among the simplest to follow and, thusly, easier to adhere to. Also, Hugh Jackman popularized 16/8 IF, if you're looking for role models who have done it.



Besides, those diets which I consider "cheating", like the keto diet and variations on that theme, I think are unhealthy, and I'm not alone in thinking that.

7 diets you should NOT do:
https://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/featu...-dangers#1

Keto ain't all that good:
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/k...afe-121914