It's Working.......

[gmack5]

Back in Sept of last year when I went for my Simi-annual Physical at the VA, I got on the scales and almost feinted! I weighed in at 265.3 pounds!

Way too heavy for a 5' 8" frame! So beginning on the 1st of October, I went on a diet, called the "Rotation Diet".
So far I've lost 40 plus pounds.

Rotation DIet consists of alternating the Caloric intake to keep your Metabolism from resetting.

Week #1 First three days = 1200 calories per day
Last four days = 1500 calories per day
Week #2 All 7 days = 1800 calories per day
Week #3 Repeat week #1
Week #4 Rest, normal diet

My goal is to lose a total of 101.3 pounds (Hope I don't look like a Scare Crow!)

I'm also walking 4 1/2 miles every day and am going to increase that to 9 miles per day to see if I can peal the weight off faster.

Wish me Luck!

[TheRic]

Lots of luck in your weight lose. I know I need to lose a few pounds....Ok I need to lose a lot more than a few pounds!!

[Ken Weaver]

Good luck George and be careful!!

[scmhogg]

George,

Congratulations. Forty pounds in six months is quite an accomplishment. The walking will really help.

Buy a really cheap hand plane and flatten all the surfaces on sandpaper. That burns up thousands of calories.

Steve

[cabinetman]

As MilDoc says: "It's simple, calories in, calories out". I wish you luck with stickin' to it.

[JR]

Excellent progress so far, George! Keep up the good work.

I stand about 5'8' and I can guarantee you won't look or feel like a scarecrow when you reach your goal. You'll feel great.

Good luck,
JR

[gsmittle]

George,

I'm finding all the weight you're losing!! 5'9" and 240, myself. How can I gain weight when I don't eat?

g.

[MilDoc]

Congrats! But gotta ask - what is the rotation diet?

[cgallery]

Congrats! But gotta ask - what is the rotation diet?

(1) Eat a handful of M&M's.
(2) Turn around.
(3) Eat entire pizza.
(4) Turn around again.

...and so on...

Never worked for me.

[SHADOWFOX]

Good luck on your weight loss regimen. Be healthy!

[Ed62]

40 pounds is an excellent start. Congratulations. Hope you make your goal. I'm 5' 8" too, and if you make your goal, you'll be slightly lighter than me. I wouldn't mind losing 6 or 8 pounds........off my gut.

Ed

[crokett]

Gmack, wow. That is amazing! Keep it up! A few years ago I lost 50lbs in 7mos so I know how hard it can be. Since my first daughter was born I've put back on more than I like so I started exercising seriously again last week. My goal is to lose 15lbs by our trip in July. That is about 1.5lbs per week which is easily doable. I have an advantage though - I am married to a physical therapist.

A suggestion for helping to keep the weight off in future to do your walking 3 days a week and weight train the other 3. Muscle mass is metabolically active, fat is not. So you can add some muscle and be able to eat a bit more and not gain the weight back. Plus adding the muscle will get the weight off faster.