Sorry sir but if you are truly eating 500 to 600 calories a day you are not eating very sensible. You very well could be doing a lot more damage than doing good. Eating that low will cause you body to eat its own lean muscle mass so you are losing muscle as well as fat. Eating that low will also cause your body to hold onto everything it can for survival it is called starvation mode. I have lost 46 pounds in the same amount of time I eat 1600 calories a day I workout every day and eat the calories I burnt in my workouts as well as the 1600 a day so I average 2300 calories a day I am NEVER hungry I will never go back to being fat as I have kept my Lean muscle mass with out lean muscle mass you become skinny/fat it is the #1 reason for yoyo dieting. Without the muscle mass you lose the body becomes less able to burn calories + you CANT keep eating this low as soon as you add calories all the weight comes back + some but hey your bike is faster, ask your Doctor about your low cal diet I am sure he will ask you to stop you are putting your health at serious risk
You are doing it exactly as it should be done move more eat less but I have found the cleaner my diet gets I really eat way more than I did as a fat guy. Try myfitnesspal.com and if you have a smart phone try the myfitnesspal app its a total free app with a large online community.
...thats the ones I remember to count.
In reality, I probably eat 1200-1500! How many calories in a bottle of beer anyway? !! Im familiar with the yo yo diet thing..Never been a problem with me. I just added these 50 pounds over the last 5-7 years from in-activity! I lost it from first of December to now, so about 10 pounds per month, which is reasonable, especially when first starting.
Same here
247.6 on 01/31/12 when my doc threw down the gauntlet, to 207.4 today. I have been using a version of the Dukan diet, mostly because it made no quick promises and said losing and keeping the weight off would take time and persistence. I will say it has been a nice, steady 1/3 to 1/2 pound a day. Target is 190, planning on hitting that towards the middle of May - the hardest part was giving up pizza and Italian subs. Doc is thrilled, my BP is way down, and cholesterol has flipped to high good and low bad. The only people unhappy I think are the Italian Store and pharmaceutical companies
Has been a lot easier than I thought, I wish I had done this 10 years ago.
It feels like my bike has alot more power this spring. How you ask? Because I have lost 50 pounds since December. (245 to 195) Man, the bike is quicker, handles better and is alot more comfortable!
Am I bragging? Yep, just a little bit.
Any other success stories out there?
