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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)

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Post by tedunangst »

spking wrote: post #2

It 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…

Please stop spreading the muscles burn more calories lie. Look up how many calories are burned by muscle cells and fat cells, then do the math and calculate how many extra baby carrots you can eat as a result of turning 20 pounds of fat into muscle.

http://www.lanimuelrath.com/blog/calories-burned-by-muscle-v...

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Post by joelhooks »

Stwerner wrote: post #22
spking wrote: post #2

It 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…

Starting Strength is such a great book. Simple no nonsense. The diagrams are extremely helpful. I never knew you could fill that many pages on performing a proper squat.

Re: How I lost 10% body fat, while launching a startup (and raising kids)

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Post by joelhooks »

Tichy wrote: post #26

Is 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...

Eat to Live presents a rational (mostly) vegan approach that is effective.

Re: How I lost 10% body fat, while launching a startup (and raising kids)

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Post by micro_cam »

AznHisoka wrote: post #41
bialecki wrote: post #11

It's been said many times before, but getting exercise while doing a startup is a must. It's like saying you should use LESS/SASS instead of coding CSS. You just won't believe how much better it is until you actually try it for a while. For the last three months I've forced myself to go for a jog every morning, no excuses, even if it means I'll get started on stuff a little later, so be it. It's an amazing complement…

Which would you rather do? Get 8 hours of sleep everyday, or exercise 5 hours a week?

Exercise definitely. I've found that many of my best ideas come to me while exercising. I don't listen to music or anything so it is the most (sometimes only) distraction free time of my day.

I've also found that, by bike commuting, I can integrate exercise into my day in a way that doesn't really take much additional time.

Re: How I lost 10% body fat, while launching a startup (and raising kids)

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Post by nathanbarry »

psychopaf wrote: post #68
nathanbarry wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for pointing that out! I was experimenting with prices on the app store, but forgot to update the website.

I was going to buy it if it was 1$ btw ;)

Thanks, I'll add that to my list of data points. :)

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Post by recursive »

Tichy wrote: post #26

Is 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...

There are other ways. Grains are a mainstay in my diet, and I'm sexy and I know it. On the other hand I do crazy amounts of cardio (~12 hours/week) and virtually no strength work. And I'm sexy and I know it. It's probably not suited to the general case, but you certainly don't have to go paleo.

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Post by dave1619 »

Very inspiring story of losing 10% body fat - gaining muscle and losing fat. I've read elsewhere of this 3-day per week workout plan focusing on muscle mass. It seems like it gets great results. Also, working with a personal trainer makes a lot of sense.

The only thing I'm skeptical about is all the meat in your diet. If you watch Forks Over Knives and read the China Study, it talks about meat and animal products directly leading to the growth of cancer cells. Have you heard about that and what's your take?

Re: How I lost 10% body fat, while launching a startup (and raising kids)

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Post by Doji »

dave1619 wrote: post #77

Very inspiring story of losing 10% body fat - gaining muscle and losing fat. I've read elsewhere of this 3-day per week workout plan focusing on muscle mass. It seems like it gets great results. Also, working with a personal trainer makes a lot of sense. The only thing I'm skeptical about is all the meat in your diet. If you watch Forks Over Knives and read the China Study, it talks about meat and animal products dir…

This should answer all of your questions and then some: http://rawfoodsos.com/2010/08/03/the-china-study-a-formal-an...

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Post by hadriagh »

dave1619 wrote: post #77

Very inspiring story of losing 10% body fat - gaining muscle and losing fat. I've read elsewhere of this 3-day per week workout plan focusing on muscle mass. It seems like it gets great results. Also, working with a personal trainer makes a lot of sense. The only thing I'm skeptical about is all the meat in your diet. If you watch Forks Over Knives and read the China Study, it talks about meat and animal products dir…

I enjoyed Forks Over Knives but as with any documentary there is always a bias. I would recommend taking a look at this write-up in response to the film: http://rawfoodsos.com/2011/09/22/forks-over-knives-is-the-sc...

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Post by omgsean »

roc wrote: post #60
omgsean wrote: post #35

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It sounds like his diet is probably similar to mine. Last summer I dropped about 20lbs from ~155 at my highest to ~135 at my lowest. I've been less strict about it since then but the general idea was to keep my carbohydrate intake between 20 and 30 grams a day. It's actually not that hard at all and you get to eat a lot of really great foods. The best part is that it's non-restrictive. Low carb foods are very filling…

> "The best thing about this diet (and I hesitate to call it that, I'm never going to stop)" A minor nit pick: that's exactly what a diet is. Your diet is what you eat every day. What pop culture refers to as 'dieting' is more like a selective fast: a temporary change or reduction in diet. And that's why 'dieting' doesn't produce lasting results for most people. Most of those diets do work. But people fail because th…

This is true. I hesitate to call it a diet simply because then people ask what I think is going to happen when I stop, and because saying that you're on a diet has certain connotations that I don't identify with and don't feel like explaining.

Plus then I don't feel like I've "blown my diet" when I eat pizza or drink beer.

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