# Weight loss tips thread **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 28, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874 "2010-09-28T08:24:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/281 "2011-11-18T09:56:50Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I love how fast gains come when you first start. Yeah, but then it sucks when you hit a wall in progress like I am now about 3 months in. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/282 "2011-11-18T10:16:16Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Good shit. :tup: (BTW if I start coming across like a dick at all I’m just trying to goad you into trash talking. Shit talking = embarassing to fail = motivation…) > > Sweet jebus I’m a puss. Did my deadlifts at 275#'s and got a twinge in my delt/armpit, then bench, and then torture twists. Then went to 95# powercleans and pullups supersets. 10 cleans, then 5 pullups, then 10 more cleans, then 3 pullups, then pussout. I can’t wait till monday. I love how fast gains come when you first start. > > Double body weight dead lifts by Christmas or bust!!! all sets approx 10 reps, as weight inc, some dropped to 6-8reps. Hammerstrengh shoulder press, 5 sets. Smith upright rows, 5 sets. Hammerstrengh machine shrugs, 5 sets. Hammerstrengh High row plate machine/T-bar supported row superset, 5 sets ea. Narrow cable pulldown/Narrow cable row superset, 8 sets ea. MUSCLE FAILURE. Arnold dumbell press, 5 sets. Dumbell shrugs, 5 sets. Monday AM was spin, preceded by 3 miles on the hamster wheel ~6mph/10min Mi pace. Monday Night 10+ mile rain run. Tuesday (off due to scheduling, usually swim & lift), Wednesday Yoga, Pilates & Tia Chi class. Thursday almost 1 hour in the pool, Kicking only, no strokes, usually lift afterwards, time limitations again FML. Get me off a taper and fresh from a 2-3 day weekend, and into a back/chest superset day, it’s game on. Need to fire off a monday like that after thanksgiving weekend maybe… Pullup/Flat bench superset, 5-7 sets. Tbar standing row/Incline bench superset, 5-7 sets. Bentover row/Incline flye superset 5-7 sets. Narrow pulldown/weighted Peck Minor dip superset, 5-7 sets. Depending on the monday & time, I’ll do this before Spin class. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/283 "2011-11-18T10:27:21Z")
Dude you’re an animal. Do you workout every day? How much time do you spend on any given day exercising? ---------- Post added at 01:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:22 PM ---------- > [@livin4hockey](#): > > Yeah, but then it sucks when you hit a wall in progress like I am now about 3 months in. ![http://beastmodaldomains.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/plateau-flowchart1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/7/57afe06ce29285a569bbf335be15c0f8d2acf8e2.jpeg) [http://beastmodaldomains.com/2011/11/16/destrominate-training-plateaus/](http://beastmodaldomains.com/2011/11/16/destrominate-training-plateaus/) ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/284 "2011-11-18T10:53:55Z")
Early swim days I’m in the pool @ 6ish. 5:30am spin’s on monday & wednesdays. If I sandbag around, I’ll do the 8am Spins and run for a half hour to 45 minutes before. If I’m lifting, I’ll knock it out in about an hour, heavy groups when I get carried away near the 2 hour mark. If it gets to that, I bring a Gel, or Cliff-blocks so I don’t crash. I use 1MR from Bpi, or Jack3d for nitric on chest or back days, not on arm or shoulder days, and not always, it’s just in the arsenal. I try to work out 5-7 days a week, I’ll hit the wall from time to time, take a day or two or get forced to take a day or two due to work scheduling is what usually happens before that though. So my goal is every day, but it evens itself out to a manageable 4-6 days per week. ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/285 "2011-11-18T10:54:47Z")
Thank you, had no idea I was training like a pussy but I know now. First guy that says shit to me at my hockey game Sunday, and I’m starting a fight! ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/286 "2011-11-18T11:11:47Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/287 "2011-11-18T11:18:19Z")
I’m balls deep in a Joe Freil training book on periodization in preparation for this coming year’s season. I’m going to sit down over Xmas, and start developing my schedule once I make some more progress with swimming and plan much much more. Depending on dates, and how I’m doing, my goal is a full 140.6 unbranded (non-WTC Ironman) triathlon. If not, or I have doubts on making the swim time cutoff, there’s a half 70.3 in Syracuse in the fall I’m sure I can complete safely this year and there’s always next year. ---
**Author:** ![Jskrapper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jskrapper/32/7570_2.png) [@Jskrapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jskrapper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/288 "2011-11-18T11:20:51Z")
Wow. You guys are way more into it than I. I had a good base from my hockey days so maybe that is why I don’t need to stress the details and study like a madman. This leaves more time for my recent interest in quantum mechanics and space time. I am also not trying to be a fucking ripped roid lookin mothafuka. I am simply watching my intake and limiting my portions. Burgers, bacon, eggs, nachos…you name it are still in the mix. Just being a lot more careful. 1/2 hour of circuit training at home, and 1/2 hour on the weights with my small weight bench and frees is all I need to flake the fat away. Weight is falling off, and muscles are growing quite naturally. Honestly as my wife’s friends said when I walked in shirtless…I look fucking good. I lol to think, a little over two months ago, I had man boobs. I could post some before and after pics…but I’m shy. :gay3: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/289 "2011-11-18T11:28:33Z")
lol good work dude. It’s become sort of a hobby/interest. My willpower kind of sucks too so I have to commit a bit more fully to keep the wheels on the wagon. As it so happens quantum mechanics is also an interest of mine. Make sure you pick up a copy of Steven Hawking’s The Grand Design. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/290 "2011-11-18T12:01:21Z")
I wish I could setup my drum kit for “workouts” Blastbeats and double bass at 250bpm is quite a workout. It will have to wait til I get a house. ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/291 "2011-11-18T12:25:39Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Just in case anyone cares, your stomach doesn’t actually shrink. > > When you eat carbs, the carbs get broken down into glucose or fructose before it enters your blood. Once there fructose goes straight to the liver as its the only organ that can process fructose (that’s why it’s so bad.) Glucose goes to the muscles and brain first, fills the liver, and then if the liver is full and you still have excess sugar in your blood the sugar gets converted to palmitic acid and wrapped up with some other stuff into a VLDL molecule. One place the VLDL molecule goes is your brain. > > Meanwhile, your stomach cells were producing a hormone called leptin, which goes to your brain and says “hey fatty that’s enough you feel full now.” > > The problem is that palmitic acid works on the same receptor sites as leptin. So if you ate too much carbohydrate and jacked your blood sugar, now you’ve got all this PA in your brain that is stealing receptor sites from the leptin and you’re not picking up the “full” signal very well. > > So when you eat less, carbs in particular, your blood sugar doesn’t spike so hard and your liver doesn’t get overwhelmed and you don’t produce all these VLDL’s. Thus the “full” signal starts coming in the way it’s supposed to and you feel full more appropriately. Feels like your stomach has gotten smaller though. > > So if you want to lose weight without feeling hungry all the damn time cut back on carbs, especially the “high glycemic load” ones that get digested really fast and just dump sugar into your blood. Eat as much meat as you want (your hormones will thank you) and non-starchy veggies. Save things like sweet potatoes and squash for after workouts. > > Weight loss isn’t about who has the most willpower to endure hunger. It’s about biochemistry. Granted sugar is pretty addictive so breaking the addiction requires willpower, but proper food choice is most of the willpower required. Do that and your body will take care of portion control on its own. :tup: > > Oh, and go for a long easy walk. Don’t spend a ton of time grinding away on a treadmill. That just jacks your cortisol and makes you store more fat. But cortisol is a hormone for another lecture. 👋 Good info, looking forward to next class! Cortisol breaks down your muscles. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jskrapper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jskrapper/32/7570_2.png) [@Jskrapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jskrapper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/292 "2011-11-18T13:06:00Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > lol good work dude. > > It’s become sort of a hobby/interest. My willpower kind of sucks too so I have to commit a bit more fully to keep the wheels on the wagon. > > As it so happens quantum mechanics is also an interest of mine. Make sure you pick up a copy of Steven Hawking’s The Grand Design. :tup: I took the class on the physics of won-ton burrito meals already so I think I have a good start. 😛 Just read A Brief History of Time 2x (updated edition). Figured that was a great place to start so I can get a chronological start without going back to Copernicus. Thanks for the tip! And I will wait until your next weight loss/gain lecture and bring my notebook…again. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874/293 "2014-08-22T08:33:57Z")
Bump the cig thread made me want to update, small ups and downs but no major weight gains. How’s everyone doing? Life changes \> Diets ![http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc404/ronoversiii/01B2DF37-4166-40FF-BA6C-DAA91C26CC68_zpsh6ucywg9.jpg](http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc404/ronoversiii/01B2DF37-4166-40FF-BA6C-DAA91C26CC68_zpsh6ucywg9.jpg) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-loss-tips-thread/160874.md?page=14)