BRAG: Lost 30 pounds in 5 weeks

[grando]

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How can you be 6 foot weighing 230 pounds and no one around you notices that you are obese?

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6 foot 230 isn't that bad

[speedle]

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How can you be 6 foot weighing 230 pounds and no one around you notices that you are obese?

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6 foot 230 isn't that bad

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Are you serious? That's like a BMI of 31... (You are technically obese if you have a BMI of 30+)

[Flintoff]

This is the atkins diet. I did it. The week after I stopped I put 5kg back on

[TheScientist]

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This is the atkins diet. I did it. The week after I stopped I put 5kg back on

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Water weight FTW!!

[neverforgetlol]

I did that with no work at all, it's called hyperthyroidism.

[Ikaika]

This is a totally standard diet for bodybuilders, and it works GREAT. The only problem is that you feel like total [censored] for the first week when you're carb depleting. Carb up days are the best things ever though, you just sit and eat pizza, bread, rice, etc. until you can't fit any more.

Congrats Tickner, perhaps hit the gym and you'll retain more muscle as you drop the next 20 lbs.

[NL Newbie]

Hmm, lol not the best dieting attitude there mate.

A few quick notes:

Eggs BV value is awesome, they're an awesome protein source.

230lbs, even at 180lbs of muscle mass you'd have 50lbs of fat at the start which is around 25% BF - thats high and 230lbs at 6ft even going by BMI is clearly overweight/noticeable. However friends and family, by default dont want to hurt you - They only say "wow you was a whale" once you've lost the 100lbs lol.

Your attitude to dieting seems a bit poor, your eating premade meals and depending on pills for vitamins/minerals. Where are your good fats(Omega 3's, 9's, 6's) and general mono/poly/sat balance?
Wheres the fibre in this diet?
Why are you even eating prepared meals, if your dieting why not burn calories by standing up and preparing your own food?

Honestly this diet is for a 40 year old women who wants to drop 30lbs for the week to impress her friends at bingo.

You've lost muscle and alot of water weight, carbs come with about 300% water weight per gram.

I'd get a good cardio routine(HIIT or steady paced, 45minutes fasted).
A decent resistance routine to grow and preserve your muscle(which you've lost) and finally a balanced diet consisting of small meals often based on solid foods such as low GI(Wholegrain/meal/wheat) carbs, good balanced fat profile(Mono/Poly/sats and omega 3:9:6 balance) and get minerals and vitamins from fruit sources and veggies which will give your body the fibre it needs.

finally alot of fluid intake, fibre is a sponge and sponges are hard to push through a hose pipe if they're dry.

Good luck buddy,
i'd advise you drop this diet though.

i'm sure someone can Tl;dr this and put it into BBV terms.

[TheScientist]

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How can you be 6 foot weighing 230 pounds and no one around you notices that you are obese?

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6 foot 230 isn't that bad

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Are you serious? That's like a BMI of 31... (You are technically obese if you have a BMI of 30+)

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The fatal flaw of BMI is that it assumes everyone has the muscle mass of a preteen girl.

Bodyfat% is a better indicator of obesity.

[Tickner]

I have never been a fan of BMI measures simply because it doesn't factor in a lot of very important variables. BMI is simply saying if you are 6 feet you should weigh x. If you weigh over y you are obese.

Athletes have more than the average amount of muscle mass and therefore BMI calculates them as "at risk" even though they are in top physical shape.

http://suewidemark.netfirms.com/bmi.htm - More Info

I'm not saying I wasn't overweight (In fact I am saying the opposite and I still have more to go). But there is def a big diff between obesity and over weight. FWIW I would not be scared/embarrased to tell people on an internet forum I was obese, seriously.