This is a really embarrassing post, but whatever.
I found Colin’s diet contest thingy sometime when I was reading about Rails, 9rules and 37signals, I’m not sure what led me there but I thought this should make a refreshing post to my blog.
To keep it short, I used to weight 125 kg when I was friggin’ 16! That’s a whole 275 pounds. It was completely absurd. I’m 187 cm tall, that’s 6′ 1.6″, so 125 kg wasn’t right at all.
8 months later, I’m 87 kg, jumping like a monkey, happy like there’s no tomorrow.
So what did I do? Now, you have to understand that I’m neither a professional trainer nor am I a doctor, so you probably shouldn’t take this too seriously, especially not when its life-threatening or something. Here are a few tips and conclusions from my experience:
If you want to lose weight start now! Not next week, not tomorrow, but right now. Throw away that tasty candy, get rid of all greasy food, and go out jogging.
Special diets never work. Ever. If you lose your weight by following a diet, you’ll gain it back in just a few months. You need to eat, your body needs every type of food, from healthy vegetables to fat slobby hamburgers from time to time.
Eat properly. Get rid of your snacks and in-between-meals pleasures. Have three meals a day, make the last one bread and sugar-free.
Breakfast is the most essential meal, make sure you have it. It has to have everything, meat, milk, bread, vegetables and if you really feel like it you can have some sweets.
Don’t believe the myths of no-juice, no-fruit, non-fat diet cheatsheets. You can eat all you want, as long as it’s on breakfast. By the end of the day, your body simply burns and gets rid of the excess.
Try not to lose more than 1 kg per week. Excessive weight loss can be damaging, and you end up gaining more eventually.
Exercise, exercise, exercise. I can’t stress it enough. The basic idea is to burn a tiny bit more calories than what you consume. Once you start, get rid of the scales and start tracking your progress with a mirror. You wanna look good after all, don’t you?
Mass weight adds up to fat weight, remember that. When you start to exercise you lose lots of weight, but then you stop at a point where you can’t lose any more. That’s mass. If you’re exercising properly you’ll end up gaining more weight, but that’s good weight.
Heavy-lifting and body building shape a figure, but they don’t help you burn fat. 20-30 minutes of daily cardio (or sex) do. That’s how you can get those tight abs, burn fat.
Though I lost weight by doing body building, I used to do three out of four sets with light weights, the fourth set was extra heavy just to make me feel good (see point below).
Make sure you’re happy, even if it’s on the expense of your diet. If that means you just have to have that snickers in the morning, then by all means do it. If you start getting depressed, you’ll never lose weight, you’ll end up eating more.
Passion is a like a snowball, once you start working out you’ll start liking it, automatically eating less, and your body will choose the food for you so follow your cravings.
Don’t worry, you look fabulous.
Comments (20)
I’m part of the contest with almost the toughest mission,
oround 27KG to lose, 2 of them are alreay gone and still
counting.
Helpful tips, simple and direct, I wish you won’t need them in
the near future, I gain these extra 30 KG since I moved to UAE
4 years ago, and as I understood from your blog that you moved
here too, but I think you already have a system for yourself
and won’t fall in the trap of extra weight again ;) good luck
and thanks…
It’s not really a system, it’s just proper nutrition, and I
have to admit that I gained a little weight here. Emirates’
weather isn’t the best for taking a jog on the beach.
Good luck with your contest, though I’m sure you won’t need it.
Hey, this is good advice. I’ve been approaching my weight loss
the same as you and Chris Pirillo. I’ve been just making small
changes to my life style (eating right, exercise). All the
changes I feel like I can live with. I don’t think I could
revert if I tried. So far I have lost 20lbs.
You’re right, the whole point is to change a person’s
lifestyle and not just lose weight.
The good thing is, once you’re used to it, it’s very difficult
to go back.
IM actually 16 and i want to lose exactly 27(kg) !! my weight
is 99(kg) and im 172(cm) Tall !! i Really need to work out !
and thank you for the notes i may consider them in my
diet ”process” .. !!
True true, I agree we have to make changes to our eating habits and add workouts. I started out at 86kg 16 months ago. I lost 18kgs after 12 months. My weight reached its plateau at 68kg for a while. However, I started on an hour aerobics 6days a week and tried my very best to leave carbos out during dinner. I had lost another 6kg to this date. I am very happy with my progress but I will give a different approach to my workout. To lose another 2kg in another 3 weeks. I will have belly dancing classes + high impact aerobics sessions to my workout. I hope this will move my scale to 60kg soon. Best of luck to all of you and me too. hehe.
Wow! I’m really glad to see another success story!! I’ve been so happy since I began my diet.
Congratulations on your success!
I want to be a part of this mission were i can loose 10 kg of the excess wight that i carry.
Good stories.
i did the same thing, went on a diet, and the thing is: Have a good filling breakfast, at lunch eat half size of your breakfast, and have dinner only size of a knuckle and best is not to have dinner after 6 oclock. Eat healthy stuff, chocolate and cheese is good in small quantities.
I started boxing and now i do 3 times a week 2 hour workout and i run 3 times a week and stretch every morning, pushups, sit ups, about 5 sets each of 30.
the result is 3 months ago my weight was 69.5 kg, now IM 65.3 kg, and that s not even diet just food that i feel like eating and good excercises.. also my height is 172cm or 5 8′ feet
IM 14 yrs old…im 157 tall…my waight is 50 kilos
and i wanna lose wight…ppl say i aint fat but i still want to be 40 and not 50…and ill tryto do what u said…thnx for the tips it will help me from now and on…thanxxx
so dos this reely work wf excercising…cas if som1 did try it and it worked plz tll me…like i meen comment back
thnx
Sarah, this isn’t a system, it’s just a few tips. It worked for me, so I thought I’d share it.
By the way, since you’re 157, I think you should weight 47 and not 40. But then again, a mirror and a nutritionist are your best judges.
Hi IM 16 years old and 100kg!
I am 174cm, AND I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT!!
I need to lose atleast 40 Kg in 8 months because i want to look good in my graduation!! If anyone has a diet or any tips or anything PLEASe send me an email!!! because i struggled with the same weight for 5 years and i never lost anything, so please if anyone has any kind of tip or a diet just send me an email, Thanks!!
I just want to say some things about losing weight…
I am 17 years old, i am 189cm tall and i used to weitht 135kg and now i am 94kg and keep loosing weight andi want to help u all in starting or continuing your diet.
1) Eat all kinds of foods (proteins, vegetables, fat, even sugar and candies in small amounts though) i used to eat almost only proteins without vitamins and the rest, so i started loosing my hair (reversable situation, but uncomfortable)
2) Work out regularly and quit smoking (i did both of these, and i feel better than ever)
3) Lose weight at a small pace. I lost 41+ kg’s in less than 5 months. The result is that my skin has made “wrinkles” that are quite antiesthetic (although they can be fixed by using special creams)
4) If you want to eat something fatty, it’s better to eat it in the morning, instead of eating it before going to bed.
5) Never forget to excercise, it’s good both for your health and for your look (belive me, if you workout for 2 weeks, difference can be easily seen)
Theese are my advice about how to lose weight (i may be wrong cause i am not a doctor or sth, but i have personal experience on dieting) sorry for my bad English cause i am a bit drank (just got home from a club, celebrating my whole new not fat life :) (unbelivable great feeling)
P.S LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE INSTEAD OF THE PROTYPES OF TODAY!!!
YO YO YO SUP MAYUN!! dhahaha i like ur tips they r hella funny oi!! nah foa da serious now!! imma try et hardout coz i am only 16!! although i will have to miss the cardio tip though ahaha coz u knoe i am fob<— DAS PACIFIC ISLANDER! and i kind of dnt want a hiding!! weo’z yea!! nah ummz i will holla at chu when it stats working! but i am praying et does!! i dnt want to die early!! BLAH! weo’z imma gap et!! TAKE CARE AND GODBLESS!! thanks a heap!
hey…………ur post is an insperation…
i am 6′ 4” and weigh 125kg…………am 27 yrs old……have to loost nearly 40kg asap………..or else have to compromise a lot with life……..
thanks 4 the post……….will start following it from rt now………..cheers!!!!
whattttttttt ???!!!! 1 kilo per week ??????? hey that is not judge :D:D … i think youth their first step 4 kilos per week then 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 , 2 , 2 , 2, 2 ,2 ,2 , 2, 2 until they reach the sample weight … i think that is right , or what ??
Hey..I’ve read all the posts..you know I lost 6kg in about 2 weeks just eating one thing the whole day..ha ha..i mean i had only potatoes the one day,the other was only eggs..or fish,meat..whatever..but that’s it for the day,nothing else.I think it helps.I was 73kg and needed to lose 10kg,well i lost 6,now i gained 2,but I’m starting my “diet” tomorrow and i hope to lose 6 more.I suggest you,because it’s easy,but remember drink a lot of water maybe 2l or 2.5l a day..and walk..it may be just a simple walk but min 30minutes a day.It depends on the organism,but I can assure you that it won’t harm you if you try ;)
I totally agree with this.I am facing the same overweight problem infact i started with a similar program 4 weeks ago.I was 94Kgs now i am 87.8Kgs.I feel good and confident to loose the extra 10Kgs soon.
here is my diet
mornig breakfast:
2 slides brownbread with little honey
One Egg without yolk
Melon or any fruit bowl sometimes i add orange juice(unsweetened).
Tea (no sugar)..got used to it :)
For lunch again 1 slide or Brownbread,
chicken grilled 1 small piece with some gravy very small quanitity.
Bowl of salad - includes lettuce,carrot,cucumber,some olives at times some mushrooms,tomato.(without any dressing just little salt and vinegar or little curds instead.) i drink lots of water during lunch.
Evening just a cup of tea with my fav biscuits like hobnobs or marie(just 1 or 2 of them).
and then straight to dinner with salad(same as above)and 1 brownbread with some cooked veggies.
in the night i do eat some fruits like orange,plum,peach etc.I try to avoid bananas etc.
it helped me hope it helps you guys too.
best of luck..
cheers -zubair
i weighed in at 80kg today. 18 months ago i was 120kg! i’ve lost the 40kg just by walking. i eat kfc, drink 2 much coffee, and so on… - but, you WILL lose a lot of weight if you take a walk every morning and/or every night. :)
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