Ryan, have you done blood exams before and after to check if everything is ok?
How I lost 10% body fat, while launching a startup (and raising kids)
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Re: How I lost 10% body fat, while launching a startup (and raising kids)
#22It looks like no cardio to speak of in your routine. So many people kill themselves doing an hour a day of running or riding a stationary bike and then wonder why they don't get better results. It's really 80% or more about diet and lifting weights. The more muscle you have the more calories you will burn throughout the day. You just don't need that much cardio if you train intensely enough when lifting weights. Nice…
Yeah, it is refreshing to see people posting results from these predominantly weight lifting programs. Helps keep me motivated on what I'm doing.
If anyone is interested in starting, but lacks the money for a personal trainer, I've found Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe (http://www.amazon.com/By-Mark-Rippetoe-Lon-Kilgore/dp/B005PI...) to be a huge help in learning all the lifts. The first chapter is almost 60 pages just on squats going over everything from foot position to hand position, along with an explanation of why.
Re: How I lost 10% body fat, while launching a startup (and raising kids)
#23Where's the before pic, man?
Re: How I lost 10% body fat, while launching a startup (and raising kids)
#24Shame you didn't talk more about your diet in the regards that what you actually did was cut out all the carbohydrates! This to me would appear to be the #1 reason to your success, a low carb diet.
Macronutrients are secondary to cutting calories. Once you get enough protein to maintain or build muscle and enough fat to fit dietary requirements you can eat as many carbs as you want so long as your calories come in lower than what you burn.
That said, many people find it easier to control their food intake by eliminating simple carbs. Swings in blood sugar can create cravings and eliminating or reducing carbs will reducing or eliminate such cravings.
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#25It looks like no cardio to speak of in your routine. So many people kill themselves doing an hour a day of running or riding a stationary bike and then wonder why they don't get better results. It's really 80% or more about diet and lifting weights. The more muscle you have the more calories you will burn throughout the day. You just don't need that much cardio if you train intensely enough when lifting weights. Nice…
Yeah, it is refreshing to see people posting results from these predominantly weight lifting programs. Helps keep me motivated on what I'm doing. If anyone is interested in starting, but lacks the money for a personal trainer, I've found Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe ( http://www.amazon.com/By-Mark-Rippetoe-Lon-Kilgore/dp/B005PI... ) to be a huge help in learning all the lifts. The first chapter is almost 60 pag…
Looks interesting. I know a lot of beginners have had solid results with 5x5 as well:
http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-beginner-strength-tra...
There's a free iOS app for tracking progress too: http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-app/
Re: How I lost 10% body fat, while launching a startup (and raising kids)
#26Is there really no other way than going Paelo? As a former vegetarian, I find that hard to stomach.
Also I was slim for 16 years as a vegetarian, and vegetarian diets used to be considered healthy. Gained weight in the last three years, though - but I eat lots of sweets...
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#27I think its great that you accomplished this, and I guess seeing as its hit the front page of HN you may inspire a few tech folk to believe they can too. But I still find nothing new to take from this that you can't find on just about any Paleo, low carb, excercise site (i.e Mark's Daily Apple). You changed to Paleo. You worked out 3 times a week. You took some supplements. You saw some results. You did this with a d…
It's valuable because his example proves to everyone that such change is possible. Simply knowing someone busy who managed to get fit is motivating. It gives me (and others, I'm sure) the confidence that I could get fit with a very reasonable amount of effort.
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#28I think its great that you accomplished this, and I guess seeing as its hit the front page of HN you may inspire a few tech folk to believe they can too. But I still find nothing new to take from this that you can't find on just about any Paleo, low carb, excercise site (i.e Mark's Daily Apple). You changed to Paleo. You worked out 3 times a week. You took some supplements. You saw some results. You did this with a d…
The hard part was achieving this during a tremendously stressful period of my life (raising money and launching a company).
Also, I was never able to achieve success before, even though I tried multiple times.
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#29Shame you didn't talk more about your diet in the regards that what you actually did was cut out all the carbohydrates! This to me would appear to be the #1 reason to your success, a low carb diet.
Macronutrients are secondary to cutting calories. Once you get enough protein to maintain or build muscle and enough fat to fit dietary requirements you can eat as many carbs as you want so long as your calories come in lower than what you burn. That said, many people find it easier to control their food intake by eliminating simple carbs. Swings in blood sugar can create cravings and eliminating or reducing carbs wi…
Low-carb diets can be unsustainable depending on individual preferences too. Cutting calories and portion control generally makes it easier to maintain weight when your target weight is met.
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#30It looks like no cardio to speak of in your routine. So many people kill themselves doing an hour a day of running or riding a stationary bike and then wonder why they don't get better results. It's really 80% or more about diet and lifting weights. The more muscle you have the more calories you will burn throughout the day. You just don't need that much cardio if you train intensely enough when lifting weights. Nice…
Yeah, it is refreshing to see people posting results from these predominantly weight lifting programs. Helps keep me motivated on what I'm doing. If anyone is interested in starting, but lacks the money for a personal trainer, I've found Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe ( http://www.amazon.com/By-Mark-Rippetoe-Lon-Kilgore/dp/B005PI... ) to be a huge help in learning all the lifts. The first chapter is almost 60 pag…
Definitely agree on Starting Strength. Its done wonders for me, and there's no bs in the workouts, just basic barbell movements.