How to lose 30 lbs in 90 days... Heard of it?

[mrpaseo]

I have a slide show (Power point) that explains how to do this... Anyone heard of it? or want a copy?

Ray

[CarlWohlforth]

I'm interested. I see lots of miracle diets and quick weight loss schemes. I have seen nothing that works long term except for making permanent changes to your lifestyle. Eat nothing but grapefruits for 90 days and you will lose a lot of weight. However you can't live like that the rest of your life.

If you lose the 30 pounds then what? I doubt you can maintain the regimen that helped you lose the 30 so quickly. The only thing I've seen that works is to eat fewer calories and burn more calories. If we can make lifestyle changes that support that we will be healthier and lighter for the long term.

What works is eating less fat, less fat filled meats, more fruits and veggies, less or smaller deserts, fewer snacks between meals and more exercise. Make a small change you can stick with. Once you are successful at that small change make another. It is a slow way to lose weight but it is permanent.

For example the first thing I gave up was midnight snacks. I used to wake up and get ice cream, or leftover pie, a glass of milk or some snack in the middle of the night! It really wasn't hard to give that up. Now I just drink water if I'm thirsty but absolutely no food after going to bed - nothing until breakfast. I've given up something but my life is better now that I have. I was successful at making a permanent change so I know I can make changes. My life was still very enjoyable after that change so I felt good about making the change. I even lost some weight.

Knowing I am successful at making changes I moved on to make other small changes. After a while they added up. I now have a normal BMI. I feel good and I feel good about myself. This is a permanent change I can live with, even enjoy, so know I will never balloon in weight again.

I've made many changes. They are now part of my life. I could not have made them all at once. Combined they are too much of a change and I would have rebelled. For example I switched from whole milk to 1%. I tried 1% milk but thought it watery and went back to whole milk. Years later I switched to 2% milk. I got used to that. After a long time I tried 1% again and it was fine, not much different at all from 2%. So now I am drinking 1% milk.

[mrpaseo]

Carl,
     Great input, and this plan is not a diet, nor a fad diet.  This slide show was put together by a Captain in the United States Army.  Basically it tells you all the correct things to do to properly lose weight.  It explains what he did and how he did it and why it works.  How about I send it to you for review then you can express your opinions on the plan.

Ray

[mrpaseo]

E-mail sent.
 

[CarlWohlforth]

Thanks for the PowerPoint presentation Ray!

I guess that is Army way!

That Captain made all the small changes I suggest all at once. I suggesting making 1 change at a time. Not only that he also had a pretty strong exercise regimen. Good for him! Now he just needs to keep it up for the rest of his life.

To lose that much weight so quickly he reduced his caloric intake to the minimum of about 1400 calories. Much less and you don't get enough nutrition. Once the weight is off you should increase your calories until you have a balance between what you eat and what you burn.

Most people don't have that much discipline. They can't stick to so many changes which in total are a pretty drastic change from they way they used to live. When they relapse they lose hope and give up. So encouraging people to make small but permanent changes and add to them over time often has lasting results.

So I agree and support every change that fellow suggests. Basically eat less, with smaller portions, and substitute some meat with fruits/veggies. Exercise more, both weight training and walking. Well I walk he jogs.

I also do all the small stuff like park in the farthest parking space to get a few extra steps of exercise. To me that is fun and easy. It might not make much difference but if you do all the little things I think it does add up to something significant.