Originally Posted by Evil Chris (Post 18042778)

Do I have to stop drinking beer too? :(

Originally Posted by Evil Chris (Post 18042778)

Do I have to stop drinking beer too? :(

Originally Posted by Evil Chris (Post 18042778)

No bread, no pasta, no rice... what else is important to stop?

Where are the diet and health guys? Do I have to stop drinking beer too? :(

I'm going to eat meat, fruit, vegetables and shed some pounds.

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18043097)

Carbs are your friend. Without them, you have no fuel. You have to exercise to burn them off, along with the fat.

Cutting out carbs is difficult, and you'll feel like shit. That diet fad is a bunch of bullshit. I've gotten ripped without paying attention to how many carbs are going into my body. My diet was good overall, but there was no hardcore monitoring of carb intake.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 18043133)

i wouldnt cut them - just make better choices and if you have cards just atke in less than you normally would

Originally Posted by MetaMan (Post 18043224)

Cutting out carbs is for complete idiots. It has no benefits to you.

How about this? DING DING DING DING workout regularly.

Originally Posted by plsureking (Post 18042940)

lol yes beer is all carbs. unless u drink low carb shit beer. that's why they call it a beer gut. whenever i do atkins i just drink straight liquor (usually scotch) - no carbs. also look at the carb count of things like fruits and comdiments. some of them are loaded. basically just eat tons of meat, some cheese, oh-- and whipped cream is zero carb :)

for the haters that spend 3 hours a day in the gym - some of us are too busy or too lazy to hit the gym. i definitely dont have time for the gym even tho i am a member of a 5-star private gym a few blocks from my house. 12 hours a day on the computer + a wife and baby + drinking time. you do the math.

atkins/low-carb is definitely not a good life choice, but it is a great crash diet. i always try to watch what i eat, but there are times - like after the holidays or after a huge development cycle - that i have to do Atkins and drop 10 lbs.

fyi i just signed up for vodmoney.com - looks good. going to use it for ipads..

Originally Posted by Evil Chris (Post 18043254)

Some great advice in here, thanks.
I do work-out a couple times a week, but probably nowhere near as hard as I ought to, so I'm going to bump that up.

Sugar is a big one for me. Love it in my coffee. I drink more beer in the summer, probably around 12 to 20 of them per week. I don't think that's a lot. But I gotta drop what makes me feel bloated. ie.. fried food, fast food... basically junk. I need to up my fruit and vegetable intake in a big way.

Originally Posted by dyna mo (Post 18043102)

if that's you in yer avatar i would like your contact infos so we can discuss your views in depth! :)

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18043270)

haha that's one my CG models.

Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ (Post 18043391)

The Spring- I need to get skinny threads are starting:

Pasta or processed carbs are great if you're incredibly active in your 20's but if you're in your late 30's-40's just drop processed carbs or white flower period. A diet and exercise lifestyle is easy if you keep it simple and go all natural, but eliminating all carbs and consuming only meat will just get you a good case of gout. Trust me, when you wake up one morning with what feels like 2 broken big toes you'll go all natural.

What most people don't know is the Atkins diet craze was actually stolen from another doctor who was doing research on depression and one of the side effects of a high protein diet was you lost weight.- That's it.

All natural balances things out and you will soon notice your total food intake drops. The many spices you'll put in your food to add variety are also the leading cancer fighters, plus it doesn't take long before you look and feel healthier.

IMO the reason why most webmaster look like fat slobs is because they can't find a balance due to the amount of mental energy we use comparatively. By fault we use a huge amount of glucose to stimulate mental activity to do our jobs and then consume anything in hope to balance the physical or mental comedown void.

This is coming from a guy that was a heavy drinker, smoker, 75lbs overweight, totally broke and almost $300k in the hole. Six years later I only eat natural foods, don't smoke or drink, lost 72 lbs, and outright own most of my assets plus my online business income can easily ride into retirement.

What's the point of this fucking Eulogy?- Simply changing to a healthier lifestyle will cause a positive domino effect to a better life.- That's a fact.

Originally Posted by Evil Chris (Post 18042778)

No bread, no pasta, no rice... what else is important to stop?

Where are the diet and health guys? Do I have to stop drinking beer too? :(

I'm going to eat meat, fruit, vegetables and shed some pounds.

Originally Posted by Scott McD (Post 18042906)

I don't get why people even bother doing that shit. Bread is fucking bread.

People who want to lose weight should exercise. Not stop eating basic everyday food...

Originally Posted by Vendzilla (Post 18043056)

Spiced rum and diet coke has no carbs

Originally Posted by jimmycooper (Post 18044277)

I just mentioned something along these lines in another thread, but I'm 100% certain that the best and most SUSTAINABLE way to lose weight and gain muscle tone is to combine 20+ minutes of high intensity interval training (ie, jumping rope) with a high fiber diet.Try to shoot for 25-30 grams of soluble fiber per day.
I emphasize SUSTAINABLE because, yeah, it's certainly possible to get in great shape by going on some hardcore diet and doing a complex exercise regimen for a few months, but that will usually lead to burn out unless you've been doing it for so long and don't know any different.
Just shoot for 30 grams of soluble fiber and 20 minutes of HIIT every day and everything else will fall into place. The HIIT speeds your metabolism and fiber is filling, which means it's likely that you will not WANT to overeat while your body is simultaneously burning calories at a rate much greater than usual. The exercise also improves your focus and, from a psychological standpoint, it's much easier to be on a 'diet' where the goal is to eat more of something rather than to eat less of something.

Originally Posted by Emil (Post 18044207)

Do not eat fruits if you want to cut out the carbs.............
They're filled with fructose..

Originally Posted by dyna mo (Post 18044299)

completely absolutely bad information.

there's nothing wrong with whole fruit. in fact, the new weight watchers program does not even list any fruit in the carbs category, it doesn't even list it in food, fruit is a free item.

fruit gets a bad rap when it should not.

Originally Posted by Emil (Post 18051081)

Are you joking? Fruit is a huge source of carbs.

Originally Posted by Emil (Post 18044207)

Do not eat fruits if you want to cut out the carbs.............
They're filled with fructose..

Originally Posted by Corleone - Triplexcash (Post 18051339)

fruits = sugar = carbs

if you wanna do low carb gotta cut that as wel

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18051382)

Anyone that thinks fruit is a detriment to their diet needs a new source of information.

Originally Posted by lazycash (Post 18051151)

There are so many beneficial qualities of fruit that completely override the natural carbs you'll get from them. There are usually plenty of empty carbs that can be removed from your diet way before fruit.

Originally Posted by dyna mo (Post 18044296)

i'm interested in more about this. 30g of fiber isn't necc. that much but it is more than the ave american gets. but it's my understanding weight loss is very simple- consume less energy (calories) than you expend. for people who are ~>15% bodyfat the best way to do that is to cut cals, exercise is secondary if weight loss is the only goal.
<15% will require exercise of some sort to help with the final stubborn fat pounds.