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Anonymous
This is my first time visiting /fit/.

Heres some background...

About a year and a half ago, I weighed 375lbs. Since then, through going to the gym three times a week (all cardio), and a reasonable diet, I am now at 260~. I do an hour on the treadmill every day that I go (I only pay to go MWF), 40 speed walk and 20 jog. I have asthma, and if I do this outside it flares up 8/10 times.

I ate between 1000-2000 calories a day, drank a lot of water (instead of soda... I love soda, even still).

Problem is I no longer lose weight the same way as before. For a while I would lose 7-8 pounds a week, but now I'm lucky to see a one pound loss, or break even.

I have no real knowledge of losing weight except eat less, excercise more, so my reason for being here is this:

What do I need to do to lose weight healthily? I don't want to starve myself, and also don't want to live in the gym.

Should I just maintain my diet and go to the gym twice every day that we go? What excercises can I do in my home to help with the weight loss process? What foods should I be eating (stick with lean cuisine shit)?
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>> Anonymous
possibly look into swimming? Try a different type of cardio that your body hasn't adapted to....
>> Anonymous
Eat smaller, more frequent meals throughout the day to keep your metabolism going. Put some muscle on, it'll help burn more fat when you aren't working out.

Also, OATZ and SQUATZ
>> Anonymous
If this is not a troll:
Congrats on actually doing something and losing that weight. Sorry to hear about the asthma.
Not going to tell you to do more SQUATZ but here are my quick suggestions.
Try weightlifting. Find a routine you like made up of compound exercises. This will build muscle which takes calories to keep up meaning more loss of fat.
If you go to college try joining a club, maybe a martial art, yoga/pilates, even a dance class.
Stick with good foods, oats and all that. Balanced meals to speed up metabolism.
There are a lot of body-weight exercises you can do at home (no equipment needed).
>> Anonymous
>>393987
I'm sorry to be ignorant.. but what specifically should be I looking at OATZ-wise? Oatmeal? Bars? Cereal?

Should I make a habit of doing a set number of squats and situps nightly?

I was also thinking about implementing my twice-a-day gym idea.. go early in the morning alone, maybe do an hour cardio like I have been. When I go late night with my buddy, maybe 30 cardio and 30 weights? This is assuming I don't get the "bleh fuck it" syndrome...

How much exactly does weights help with losing weight? I've always been under the assumption it was mostly to tone or for additional strength.
>> Anonymous
>>394004
I assure you its not a troll... losing all this weight has been the hardest thing I've done in my life, and also the most rewarding. I have a lot more self-confidence even though I'm still pretty heavy.

I just finished community college and start my junior year at cal-state fullerton this spring. I will look into classes like that for sure, although I don't know about dance... D:

Also thank you all for your responses so far.
>> Anonymous
>>394009
One thing about dance..once you are fit, lean and X-BAWKS HUEG the girls will flock to you and you can seep them off their feet with killer dance moves. It would be a wise investment.
>> Anonymous
Also, somewhat of an unrelated question, but how much more weight is it possible for me to lose?

A lot of people I live around tell me that I won't get below 200, and to be honest, depending how I look at 200, I may not want to.. Just not sure how much weight loss is feasable.
>> Anonymous
>>394005
Nice work op

as for OATZ, go for oatmeal. As for situps they certainly wouldn't hurt anything but I don't think you need to incorperate them until you are worrying about defining your stomach. As for the weight lifiting losing fat, builds muscles which more muscles = makes you burn more calories. I'd alternate days cardio/weights if possible. If you can only go to a gym MWF I'd stick with cardio and do squatz and pushups and other body weight exercises at home the other days.

Keep it up :)
>> Anonymous
>>394020
you never told us how tall you are, so that's an impossible question to answer
>> Anonymous
>>394077
Ah, my bad.

5"11'
>> Anonymous
>>394078
are you aiming for skinny or muscular
>> Anonymous
>>394088
muscular. I can't see myself being skinny.
>> Anonymous
Hey OP, congrats, brother. I was 355 18 months ago, now I'm 215, and it's also my first time on /fit/. I've done basically the same thing as you (diet and exercise, who knew?) but I've also been lifting weights most of the time. I also walk every day for at least an hour (and most days as much as 2 hours).

I've been researching where I want to end up as a target and what seems most important to me is not strictly what you weigh, but what body fat percentage you have. I'm 6'3 and my body fat (measured by a scale using electronic sensing, so probably not reliable) is at around 24%. I'd like to get that down to 10% over the next year or so. I figure my target weight will be around 180.

Best of luck with it.
>> Anonymous
>>393981
Hi Jimmy.
>> Anonymous
Body Setpoint can be a bitch. Keep eating and exercising for a month or so and try to keep the same weight and reset that point. Once you have waited a couple weeks, see how heavier exercise / fewer calories affect your body. 6-7 pounds per week is pretty extreme for weight-loss too, aim for 1-3 lbs per week tops. Weight-loss is a marathon, not a sprint. It also helps your body develop good habits over the long term instead of hardcore diet mindset, which sets you up for future issues.