Quote:
Originally Posted by The Swede
It' worth trying...
I did my own version of paleo, just upped the protein (mainly from beef, chicken, tuna and yogurt) and cut out most carbs. I've lost about 20 lbs in 10 months. I wasn't much overweight to begin however. I upped my strength training a little and kept cardio the same. It's a "diet" I can stick with too, a little more tweaking and I could lose another 5 lbs, but I'd be getting real skinny.
|
I've increased my activity, and ride the CardioRider for an hour a day, once in the morning and again in the evening.
I ignore the doctor's charts, because they say I should weigh about 175...that's impossible for me, as I have a VERY broad chest (think size 55 sports coat) even when I way less than I do now. If I were to get that low in weight, I'd be skin and bones with no muscle.
I'm at my best when I weigh about 220. At that weight, I have a 34 waist. I'm not interested in rock hard abs, never really have been.
I'm was about 20 pounds over that mark when I started the medications. i gained a bit over 50 since then. A total of 80 pounds to lose is my goal, and I hope to get there within 12 months.
From what I've read, and what my chiropractor has witnessed, I should be able to reach that goal, just by the diet alone. Add in the cardio and walking, then is should be real easy to hit.
__________________
1987 560SL
85,000 miles
Meet on the level, leave on the square. Great words to live by
Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread. - Thomas Jefferson: Autobiography, 1821.