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Message: [QUOTE="Okiewan, post: 247639, member: 16119"] I'd like to hear a little bit about your eating habbits. Someone mentioned bird seed in this thread, exersize makes you want to eat more, etc. I can tell you from experience (no formal education at all so it's all personal experience, YMMV), that of all the "plans" I've seen and researched, those like "Body For Life" mentioned here are IMHO the ONLY way to go. Starve yourself of a balanced diet, you'll lose muscle, some fat, feel like crap, become mentally dull, etc., etc. Fad Diets (or any diet that starves the body) don't work. Period. I use a modified version of BFL.. in that I'm not going for mass, rather primarily for endurance, so the weight training is different and I do a lot more cardio than Phillips suggests. (I don't lift to failure). My eating habit has always been; no breakfast, something "fast" for lunch and then WAY too much for dinner. Which changed to JUST "Way too much for dinner when I started my business. I'd go all day without eating. Talk about feeling tired all the time. Add to that 4-5 hours max sleep and no water intake... throw in partytime on the weekends... :ugg: Now I'm in my winter training mode and back on my modified BFL after slacking-off last year (I REGRET THAT LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE). 6 meals a day. The food get's boring, but, I eat mainly to avoid hunger, not so much for entertainment anyway. 2 of those meals are Met_RX shakes (thanks Rich!), 1 is Yogurt (not "plain") mixed in cottage cheese (50-50 about 1.5 cups), another... a turkey sandwitch on whole grain/apple/fruit, then a regualr dinner per BFL (hand sized portions of carbs/protein/veg balance). I do (don't laugh it's a great work-out) Tae Bo 4 times a week before breakfast, upper/lower every other day (evening), rest on Sunday. During the summer I rest on Friday, usually ride Sat. Year before last, I trained for 14 weeks... lost 5 inches in the waist (down to 32!), endurance was WAY up, I noticed a major increase in balance (TaeBo?) and felt AWESOME. At 6-1, I was pretty chunky at 235 :eek: . I entered the season at 190. My bodyfat droped by nearly 12%. I spend at MOST 1 hour a day doing my routine. I don't lift at all during riding season. Sorry to ramble, but nothing bugs me more than folks believing they have to have a drug to lose, roids to gain, etc. There are I'm told, folks that simply can't lose weight and do need meds, but there are Docs that are WAY too fast dealing the drugs. FOR EVERYTHING. I'll be the first to admit, changing habits is tough. But it really does get easy after a short time. When you start seeing and feeling the difference, it's awesome. I kid you not, within 2-3 weeks of eating right and exersizing, you will really feel it. The inches will literally start falling off. Sorry about that :silly: [/QUOTE]

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