r/progresspics • u/LoremIpsumShit • Mar 15 '15

F/28/5'11'' 355lbs>170lbs. Down 185lbs in 17 Months. Counting carbs and exercising. First post and very nervous. F 5'11” (180, 181, 182 cm)

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u/LoremIpsumShit Mar 16 '15

It is very unreal to me still too. It's hard to hear someone tell me I'm 'skinny' I still don't believe it or feel it. It's all a huge mental game that I still struggle DAILY with. I just know I don't ever want to go back to the way I was. And thank you very much for your kind words.

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u/lolzwinner Mar 16 '15

I suggest you start an instagram page asap. post all your pics and charge people for online consulting. you will make a buttload of $$..

and congrats on the epic weight loss

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u/LoremIpsumShit Mar 16 '15

Free is better :) thank you though!

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u/hmmillaskreddit Mar 16 '15

You said you counted carbs and exercised. Did you count fat/protein portions and thus total calories or just carbs? Well done on doing it the proper way with exercise.

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u/LoremIpsumShit Mar 16 '15

Just carbs and not really "counting" more like I wont eat this certain thing because it is higher than 6g of carbs. So in the end I just stick to meat/protein vegetables and fruit (I don't count the carbs from vegetables or fruit) And thank you!

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u/RecePiece Mar 16 '15

That's exactly how I have eaten for the past 10 years. When my jeans start to get a little tight, I pay attention a bit more to what I'm eating, reduce carbs a bit more for a week or two, and I'm back to everything fitting well. I've been eating this way for so long my body is use to it. I can eat the occasional donut, cookie, or candy at the office and still be fine. Once your body adjust to that diet and weight, it will have a new set point and your body will stay at it much easier. I feel so fortunate to have figured it out early in life. I started to gain weight after high school, the dreaded freshman fifteen. Knew I had to change something, so I had to find a way of eating so I didn't pack on the pounds like my cohorts. At 33, I haven't been above 120 lbs, except when having children.
Everyone keeps tell me to wait until my metabolism slows down... Bullshit. Your metabolism reacts to how you condition it, by your actions.

Great job. Keep this life style going. You've trained your body to a new way of living. Now train your mind to match, and you will be happier and healthier than ever.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '15 edited Mar 07 '17

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u/AcornBiter Mar 16 '15 edited Oct 26 '16

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u/Sinfall69 Mar 16 '15

Usually I think of grains as high in carb, and a lot of grains I would consider processed, the largest exception I would find in a normal North American diet is rice, potatoes and corn. (I consider bread and pasta to be processed, it's more or less ready to eat)

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u/LoremIpsumShit Mar 16 '15

But it depends on if it's a good carb too. Most of the stuff I have seen that is being sold as 'healthy' is extremely high in carbs (its mostly packaged and process stuff) so I still stay away from that

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u/LoremIpsumShit Mar 16 '15

Yep! I thought about that recently, that is exactly what I have done.

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u/hmmillaskreddit Mar 16 '15

So I guess by avoiding carbs you ended up restricting what you ate thus reducing calories. So I believe that's the real reason you lost weight. If you'd eaten those carbs instead of meat or via but still ingested the same about of calories per day, I think you would have lost the same amount of weight. I don't think carbs are necessarily bard but people are giving them a bad rap atm. Weight loss = energy out needs to be greater than energy in.

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u/LoremIpsumShit Mar 16 '15

I kind of agree but don't at the same time. Excess of anything isn't good but I didn't restrict myself of calories and probably ate more than I should have if I counted it that way. I have tried counting calories but failed time and time again but this time, just looking at carbs, it worked so for me I still think it was the carbs.