Three years ago I was a little under 400 pounds. I wanted to lose weight and started a Atkins-style diet, but began reading this guy named Gary Taubes (who is totally great and on his game, fat-loss wise) and ended up doing a veggie/ lean meat intensive program. About four months in my weight loss slowed (50 lbs first month, then 20, then 40, the 20, then 10) and I cut out dairy, artificial sweeteners, etc. out completely. Severely low calorie (~800-1000 cal. a day at 6' 3"). Ended up at 220 eight months later. Then began reading more paleo stuff, and all but mainlining red meat, over time reduced to purely carnivorous diet (lasted a bit over a month; long story, but think I got scurvy). Now I eat 2-3 servings of green vegetables or a bell pepper a week and 3-5 lbs of red meat daily depending on how much I lift. Might be worth noting excercise-wise I have +1000 lb power lifting total and walked-on to my college football team (not the offensive line). Today I weigh 275-280, some of which I gained back after ending caloric restriction dieting and the rest of which is muscle. The pay-off to all this is I've never posted on one of these before and wanted feedback on my body type. I'm built like a brick outhouse and have never been sure whether to lift less, eat less, and run more to try to be skinny or work with my build and continue focusing on muscle growth. Also, not sure whether to focus on losing the excess weight I still carry, or whether I have excess skin, or some combination thereof. Anyone who knows about excess skin I'd really appreciate some feedback.
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lost 160 lb; lost all my meat; eating 2-3 servings of green vegetables and 3-5 lbs of red meat daily; wondering about excess skin and
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Three years ago I was a little under 400 pounds. I wanted to lose weight and started a Atkins-style diet, but began reading this guy named Gary Taubes (who is totally great and on his game, fat-loss wise) and ended up doing a veggie/ lean meat intensive program. About four months in my weight loss slowed (50 lbs first month, then 20, then 40, the 20, then 10) and I cut out dairy, artificial sweeteners, etc. out completely. Severely low calorie (~800-1000 cal. a day at 6' 3"). Ended up at 220 eight months later. Then began reading more paleo stuff, and all but mainlining red meat, over time reduced to purely carnivorous diet (lasted a bit over a month; long story, but think I got scurvy). Now I eat 2-3 servings of green vegetables or a bell pepper a week and 3-5 lbs of red meat daily depending on how much I lift. Might be worth noting excercise-wise I have +1000 lb power lifting total and walked-on to my college football team (not the offensive line). Today I weigh 275-280, some of which I gained back after ending caloric restriction dieting and the rest of which is muscle. The pay-off to all this is I've never posted on one of these before and wanted feedback on my body type. I'm built like a brick outhouse and have never been sure whether to lift less, eat less, and run more to try to be skinny or work with my build and continue focusing on muscle growth. Also, not sure whether to focus on losing the excess weight I still carry, or whether I have excess skin, or some combination thereof. Anyone who knows about excess skin I'd really appreciate some feedback.
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Lost 160 pounds in eight months three years ago, then lost another 160 in ten months. Not sure if I'm a runner/lighter, then a runner/lighter.
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