Sat, Jun-28-08, 00:15
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Senior Member
Posts: 3,948
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 213/167/165
BF:35%/23%/20%
Progress: 96%
Location: United States
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Two success stories
Hi Citruskiss,
I lost 60 lbs. in 90 days on my first LC attempt in 2003. I also worked out like a fiend, nearly two hrs./day in the gym with a trainer after the first six weeks on the LC plan. Clearly, my body is tailor-made for a LC diet. But my mind couldn't handle the discipline, and my body couldn't take the demands of such an intense exercise regimen for long. After 6 mos., I quit. In the next two years, I gained all 60 lbs. back, and I just didn't care any more.
Fast forward to March of 2008. I'm suffering terribly from allergies (oak trees all around my new apt.), and I decide a LC diet might just help and was worth the effort to reduce my misery. After just 2 weeks after the switch, I felt 50% better. But this time, I decided to learn from my 2003 experience. I schedule "off-plan" days every 4-5 weeks so I don't feel straight-jacketed or deprived. I allow myself a glass of wine daily with dinner. I've reduced the amount of exercise I do, giving myself 1-2 days off after every 3 days of maximal effort/slow-burn exercise.
The results are slower in coming this time: just 25 lbs lost in 12 wks., 60% of that fat, for a total reduction of just 3% body fat. But I'm sane, and I don't feel the need to be letter-perfect in my self-care 100% of the time. Granted, my entire life situation is a lot better (great job now). Part of my change in attitude comes from age (late 40s), and I accept that my body's just not that changeable anymore.
My goal isn't an arbitrary weight that some BMI calculator spits out or some BF % that a chart displays. It's just to eat as well as I can, exercise as I'm able, and enjoy what results my body can produce from that. That's true success for me.
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