60 lbs. / 27 kg. that will never see the redwoods

[Robert_S]

excellent result

 

that picture just makes me want to eat cheese though

[Taupotreeman]

Well done Mario. Takes a lot of self control to lose that kind of weight.

[HCR]

Good effort, always impressed by people taking their health seriously

[Christopher Schroeter]

You're certainly an inspiration. Looks like I need to follow your lead. I need to lose 3 stone, 42 pound, 19 kg, 672 ounce. However you say it im well overweight!

[Rupe]

Thats really impressive well done. You'll probably find that as you are now lighter you can move faster and do more and therefore eat more calories without putting on weight. Its a very simple balance of calories in and calories burnt (over a long timescale) that makes you either put on weight or lose it, And as you have shown its a long term effort that gets results, quick fix diets dont work. Keep to your new diet but eat a bit more and you should lose abit more or maintain your weight quite easily.

[Grass hopper]

Well done mate , I can't eat cheese it makes my sick .

[mdvaden]

Thats really impressive well done. You'll probably find that as you are now lighter you can move faster and do more and therefore eat more calories without putting on weight. Its a very simple balance of calories in and calories burnt (over a long timescale) that makes you either put on weight or lose it, And as you have shown its a long term effort that gets results, quick fix diets dont work. Keep to your new diet but eat a bit more and you should lose abit more or maintain your weight quite easily.

 

Beginning to experience that.

 

Like last hike to Tall Trees Grove, I went down and back up in much less time, therefore had enough time to squeeze in an extra short hike, unlike a year ago.

 

Then at work, I find getting more done in less time. And carrying 40 lbs of branches now, is 20 lbs. less than just walking my body from point A to point B in 2011.

 

It's almost surreal once in a while.

 

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[Albedo]

One question though... Why would 27kg of cheese want to see the Redwoods?

 

Imagine the Jacobs Crackers and pickle you gotta carry too:001_smile:

[Rupe]

What I meant to add is that metabolism increases as you are light and fitter so you can then eat more. Being overweight slows you down so the food you eat is used less and its a vicous cycle that you have so far overcome and no reason for you not to continue with it forever.

 

Also you should have developed some muscle while hauling your heavier self around for however long it was that you were overweight, so now you have the muscles that lighter people spend ages in the gym trying to achieve, result all round!

 

Out of interest, how long ago do you think it was when you were last the weight that you are now?

 

I'm 6 months into a similar experiment (thats how I'm approaching it, its an experiment) and I'm not ready to publish any results just yet as the next few weeks could go all wrong!! but so far so good.

[harvey b davison]

Nice one, well done.