It works best because it is a strict diet. Please do a little bit of research first before starting it since drastically altering your diet can be dangerous. When in doubt consult a dietitian not a doctor.

i've been focusing on eating reasonable portions of foods i normally eat, like not eating 4 or 5 tacos in a sitting an instead eating 2 an saving the rest for later, an drinking water instead of needlessly snacking

on things like corn chips an the like

That's the best way to do things.

I had a coworker recommend a smoothie in the morning.

1 cup whole milk
One scoop protein powder (I usually used vanilla or chocolate)
2-3 tablespoons peanut butter
1 tablespoon fiber powder
And 1-3 tablespoons honey
1 banana
Blend until smooth


I used to drink one of these every morning around 8am and wouldn’t be hungry until 2-3 in the afternoon.

Of course, back then, I was in carpet cleaning and on my feet 6-12 hours a day. High protein, high fiber and low carb and sugar. I’d get a subway sub with double meat and cheese (usually the roasted chicken breast) and load it with veggies and go to town. I could also get 2 double quarter pounders w/ cheese from McD’s and I was still losing about 1-2 pounds a week.

Now I have a more sedentary job when I’m working so I can’t eat like that unless I start burning more calories. I don’t have access to a pool, which is why I opted for the exercise bike. I might have to get back into my morning smoothies.

He said that the fiber powder bonded with the proteins in the shake and helped it break down slower, in addition to helping keep you regular and peeing more, which is apparently how your body gets rid of most of its fat.

My issue is more portion control as well. I’m working on it bits at a time though. The problem is that I let myself get bad enough that it’s hard to get back into it. It’ll be a long, slow road.

Losing 1-3 pounds a week is the ideal way. I like your mind set of starting slow because that is very achievable. Try to do add one thing max per week and really trying to work it in. Having a person that you tell either weekly or even daily will hold you responsible. I don't think that you will be peeing out fat unless something is very wrong. Having a goal list for each day with a goal. Those smoothies are probably pushing 800 or so calories and sound very tasty.

Yeah, the guy that told me about it was a fitness buff...but I’m not sure how good his info was. I was dropping weight and that’s what mattered.

Lol i lost 15 lbs working out n drinking a shake everyday for 2 1/2 weeks

Damn my guy

I need to do what you did lmao

no matter what you do, water weight will melt off

i did a super restrictive diet last year and lost 30 pounds in 30 days, then plateau'd. water weight.

I’ve found the first 20 comes off pretty quick. It’s after that that the hard work sets in.

I weight is 160 im 5’8” need to pack that muscle now

I just cut 40lbs since February and got my sup stack in today. Time to go a bit harder now.

I would recommend 1-3 pounds of weight loss a week. While not as satisfying it will be more sustainable.

1-3 is pretty standard. you can do 3-5 if you go really hard but you will hate yourself

Any suggestions for good knee workouts?

To build up weak knees

Which muscle group are you trying to target?@Come and Take It

@Come and Take It
This is a good write up too.
https://www.wikihow.com/Strengthen-Your-Knees

I'm looking to cut a stupid amount of weight, anyone have recommendations on an appetite suppressant?

I’m training all of it. I have horribly weak knees.

Start very slow with one small goal @P. . While losing all your weight fast will be rewarding start with something like taking a small sip of water in between bites during meals to reduce the amount of food you eat. Also try to identify several flavors of the food you are eating this will make you much more aware of your eating habits. When eating only eat with no distractions such as music or even a TV in the background. These aren't a quick fix and it may take several weeks to see results but it will allow you to keep trying. Don't label food as healthy and unhealthy instead of eating 5 cookies for example (I'm looking at a few right now) slowly eat one cookie and enjoy the flavors. So don't cut out treats because that isn't fun or healthy but try to eat even one less bite than you normally do. A lot of quick weight loss is water weight too which will come back once you drink more water.

@Catman
I know I'm gonna sound like a douche but I belive that I might have a problem with appetite specifically. For instance I had a good meal last night and here it is at breakfast and I have a literal gut pain. I feel like I got punched in the gut because I'm behind my meal time by an hour today. I have done 72 hour fasts before and I felt fine, well maybe a little dumb, but the hunger wasn't this bad. Idk man, got any thoughts?

@P. I have some similar issues. Honestly, as you eat more, your stomach expands, so you need to eat more to feel full. It’s a vicious cycle that I’m also trying to break.

As far as suppressants go, coffee and tea are both pretty good while also being diuretics. So you’ll be peeing a lot of the water out that you can be drinking between meals.

I have found that a high protein, high fiber and low sugar and carb diet has worked for me in the past. For example, I’d run through McDonald’s after a long day at work and get two double quarter pounders with cheese but no fries or soda. Of course, I was on my feet all day for work at the time.

Green tea is also supposed to have some good fat burning qualities. You could also switch to less calorie dense foods like vegetables. You eat as much as you normally would, but a pound of broccoli has less calories than a pounds of beef, for example.

On the other side of that, you could eat foods that “stick to your ribs” a little longer like oatmeal and protein shakes, thereby eating less because you’re less hungry throughout the day. I used to do a protein shake in the morning around 8am and wouldn’t be hungry until 2-3pm, when I would get those burgers or a double meat, double cheese sub from subway loaded with veggies.

I’m looking to lose a bunch of weight as well, but my main issues is getting moving and portion control. But slow and steady does it best, I’ve found.

@Schweet-T
Thanks man, that's some good info.
If you got a hard time getting moving I would suggest joining a casual sports team. Assuming your not all banged up already, I would highly recommend rugby.
But for real, a team makes things 10x easier.

It’s more that I’ve really let myself get way bigger than I thought I would. So low impact stuff for me until I can get my knees to handle extended walking around. I’m looking to lose about 150-ish pounds, to give you a bit of an idea.

@Schweet-T
Yeah I've very shamefully let myself go, but I can still recover at this point if I work for it. For you, if you can, try swimming. Like go for 3 or 4 hours. I will try to cross the pool holding my breath underwear.

Schweet summed up the stomach expansion pretty well how your body can get used to eating a lot more and eating less can be painful. Fasting and delaying a meal are two separate things. I don't know very much about fasting.

Fasting is something that you need to research before doing before you end up getting bigger when you crash off the lifestyle. You start off with a large eating window and a small no eating window, as you progress, you up the no eating window to say 16:8 16 hrs being no eating, 8 eating window.

Starting run/walking a 4.5km course around my neighborhood and I can now run more than half of it when in the beginning my fatass could only walk it and even that was kind of a struggle.

I belive in IF, but bambi is 100% right. You'll gain it back with intrest if you dont watchout.

as is the same with any diet...

if you go on a diet to cut calories out of what you usually eat, then go back to eating that amount after, you're gonna gain weight

losing weight is a lifestyle change

and you need to implement said changes in order to maintain the loss

Yeah you cant eat over your bodies calorie burn if you dont wanna gain weight.

my point is it doesnt matter the diet

potato diet/keto/if/paleo/dingdong/wingching/your sisters ass/the pony express

Lol