Anyone Dieting?

Well I’m in the same boat. I’m own carnivore diet. My weight gets out of control on the American processed food diet. Dieting has been a very difficult thing to do. It’s a mindset and total lifestyle change. I’m hoping to be down thirty pounds by May.

 

I did keto for a couple years, it worked sort of. I avoid sweets as much as I can (don’t like most anyway), avoid processed junk food and carbs without fiber, and I put down the liquor bottle about 11 months ago. I’m down 30-35# since the day I quit. I also parked the splitter in the back of the shed and put the x27 in the front of the shed!

 

Yep. For almost 6 years now.

 

I have been paying attention to what I eat and have lost about 10 pounds over 2 years. Not a lot I know but something. 232 ish down to 222.

 

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You are on the right track my friend and if you keep that up you will get to where you want to be. I've been following a very similar routine and I've dropped a bunch of weight and feel great.

Once I educated myself and learned about eating whole foods, cutting out crap oils and processed foods, and that some fats are good and that red meat, pork, cheese, etc.. is not the enemy it was a game changer. Of course in moderation!

I grew up in the 80's, everything had to be fat free and lean...........Fat free is crap, added sugars and processed oils and junk. If anything regardless of weight loss, cut that crap out.

Everything has this junk in it, everything!!!! Even the stuff you think is healthy! So you have to be careful. Everything has added sugars, sugar is evil and linked to so much.

 

10 pounds is nothing to scoff at Imagine carrying around a 10 pound kettlebell with you all day long, 365 days a year. Losing just that is a huge relief on the rest of your body and joints.

 

Re-reading this over, this really is a great thread. Lots of good tips, experiences shared, and most of all encouragement and positivity from a variety of members

 

Agreed! I battled weight my entire life since I was a kid, was not fun. It runs in the family making it harder to keep weight off but it can be done.

Once I got in college I dropped a TON of weight over 125lbs+ if I recall I think it was more. I did an ad for a local gym I was working out in at the time. If I find it I'll post it.

 

Did you cut out carbs altogether, limit them, or just stick to certain kinds of carbs (potatoes, whole wheat bread, carbs accompanied with high fiber)? For now I'm severely limiting mine, and to keep my sanity I bought some Keto-friendly bread, but still not eating that every day. The more I went down the information rabbit hole with American made mass-produced bread, the more turned off I became. It's funny how many people suddenly lose their "gluten allergy" when they travel to Europe and eat the bread there. I was thinking of introducing sweet potatoes on a limited basis. I want to keep this good thing going but at the same time broaden my horizons if it's not detrimental to my goals.

 

I severely limit them like you. They are in some veggies and other foods that I will eat no problem but I avoid foods that are pure carb. I am in the same boat and my wife and I have adopted many Keto friendly foods, specifically treats. I have a sweet tooth and there are TONs of great Keto treats out there. One biggie we started doing was using Almond flour for a lot of things, it's been great and at the same time scary as hell because they taste amazing. My wife made a Keto pecan pie with almond flour recently, holy crap!

We also found a recipe for pizza, made with cheese as the crust, crazy good........... I am big protein and meat guy, truly feel you need to get your correct fix of protein for the day or your will feel hungry.

Same I went down that processed food rabbit hole and was blown away at the crap food America has, much of it because you guessed it saved $$. We really need to change so much culturally. I am not saying eliminate those foods, everyone should have a right to what they want to put in their bodies but serving that crap at school for young kids it just awful. Kids are pumped with tons of sugars, dyes, and processed oils daily................we wonder why cancer rate is through the roof, obesity, type II diabetes, etc.. are way way way up.......... It's nothing more than what is being put into our bodies.

My apologies for sounding like a health nut, far from it, just wised up and educated myself.

Lastly you have to move!! You don't need to bench press 300lbs and go gym crazy, but you need to move consistently. Less is more at an older age, if you want to go another level by all means but you don't need to. Being consistently active daily is the key.

 

For me, in my late 40's, this is the most important thing I've found.

I used to be all or nothing. I'd start on a diet and exercise routine, and go all out. While I'd lose 50 lbs in 2 months, it was never sustainable, and I'd inevitably slow down and put weight back on.

Nowadays, I just keep my diet in check, and make sure I do some sort of something exercise wise. Smaller amounts of exercise, more often, is better for me than going all out.

 

Agreed 100%, less is more at this age. Sometimes doing to much raises cortisol which in turn can keep stubborn weight on and stresses the body out.

 

I wish everyone great success in your weight loss journey. I’m in the same boat. This fall I will be fifty years old. I have noticed in the past five years a big difference in my weight gain and I have arthritis and wear and tear from just working nothing serious but I truly believe a big part of my diet was part of my inflammation. I have cut out carbs and eating meat and eggs and some nuts has a snack. I would like to be healthy in my later years and not confined to the house.

 

I know some of you have followed my thread from about a year ago titled "Murph anyone?" The Murph is an intense workout where you run a mile, do 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats, then run another mile. I have gotten it down to around 48 total minutes. It was while for working up to this full workout that I realized you don't need any weights (or very minimal at best) to get a good workout in and build muscle. Like some have said before, you'd hit the gym, lift hard and either experience some joint pain or lose interest really quickly. Doing the Murph has gotten me almost 100% away from weights and just focuses on body resistance workouts. I do a lot of calisthenic type activities focusing on my core and using rotation. I turn 50 in July and I feel better now than I have since my early 30's. Mixing that in with eating better (not perfectly) and I am steady holding around 175 or so. When I started really caring in April 2024, I was 219. I'm 6'2", have a 32" waist now and have had to buy some new clothes and even though I've always been an active person, I feel so much better.

 

I'm 63 I try to eat healthy. I'm 6' 158 lbs. my weight hasn't really varied much in the last 10 years but i'm a 34" waist. I'd love to get down to a 32"
My one shoulder is messed up from milking cows for so many years. I can't do a push up or pull up with out intense pain. I can definitely feel myself getting weaker as the months/ years go by. Very frustrating. Gotta figure something out.

 

Way to go Eric!

 

Maybe try resistance bands. That would give ya a little resistance to start, and you can increase the resistance as you build strength.

 

Thank you for the info. sir. I will look into that!

 

I would think aquatic exercises would help a lot with that too. Water provides as much or as little low impact resistance as you feel comfortable with.

 

Well... late last week I cubed up a couple sweet potatoes, coated them lightly with olive oil and a little salt, then baked them in the oven. I had them over the course of a couple meals. When weighing in this week, I lost another 2 pounds since last week. My size 34 waist pants are now fitting comfortably once again. If I can get back down to 32 I'll be ecstatic. After some more research I've decided that carbs are not the enemy per se, but something that (for now) I still want to limit. Unprocessed carbs accompanied with fiber and whole grains have their place. I don't need to go crazy depriving myself if I continue to have them in moderation. Carbs, saturated fats, and natural sugars can still be a part of my weight loss/fitness routine. I've even been eating dark chocolate (85% cacao) every day It takes a couple days to get used to, but the natural sweetness is enjoyable.