@macpat come tell the people how you did it.
- Thread starter ThiefyPoo
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I'll start with the first 20 lbs. They came off the easiest. Just went with the typical diet, counting calories. Nothing but water, no sweets, junk food or fast food and also no potato type food.
Workout consisted of a light full body workout routine. 1 set 10 reps of each machine in the gym. Followed by 2.0 miles worth or 30 minutes worth of cardio dependent upon the machine. I did that 3-5 times a week, I would also run 2 miles 3-4 days a week. Some days I did both. Workout+cardio in the morning and then more cardio in the evening.
Last 10 lbs was hard to come by. I stuck around the same weight 170ish for two weeks. So I had to switch it up. Went from counting calories to counting carbs instead. Goal was to keep my card intake <12 carbs a day with the majority of that coming from fruits.
Workout stayed the same except for the cardio portion. I switched that from regular cardio to HIIT cardio. Weight started falling off at that point, and after about 2 weeks I was at my goal.
Workout consisted of a light full body workout routine. 1 set 10 reps of each machine in the gym. Followed by 2.0 miles worth or 30 minutes worth of cardio dependent upon the machine. I did that 3-5 times a week, I would also run 2 miles 3-4 days a week. Some days I did both. Workout+cardio in the morning and then more cardio in the evening.
Last 10 lbs was hard to come by. I stuck around the same weight 170ish for two weeks. So I had to switch it up. Went from counting calories to counting carbs instead. Goal was to keep my card intake <12 carbs a day with the majority of that coming from fruits.
Workout stayed the same except for the cardio portion. I switched that from regular cardio to HIIT cardio. Weight started falling off at that point, and after about 2 weeks I was at my goal.
Let me add that although my diet was strict there were some cheat days. But I tried to keep them to a minimum and use them for only special occasions(my birthday, my lil girls birthday, crawfish boils 
).
Any diet should include cheats, just be smart about them.
Also I forgot I did the sauna 2-3 times a week. Supposedly it helps shed water weight. I'm not about that sauna life though. Glad I don't have to do that anymore.
).Any diet should include cheats, just be smart about them.
Also I forgot I did the sauna 2-3 times a week. Supposedly it helps shed water weight. I'm not about that sauna life though. Glad I don't have to do that anymore.
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awkwardblackgirl
Shakara
How did you figure out that you needed to start counting carbs? I literally just starting doing this a couple weeks ago, and it is because of that that I was able to get over this year-long plateau.
Counting calories was no longer working, I wasn't seeing the weight loss I was used to seeing on a week to week basis.
Figured I plateaued so I let up on the calorie counting a lil bit. Made no difference. After about two weeks I told myself 
you gotta do something different. Since I was already keeping my calories to the bare minimum the only other option was to count carbs and not care about the calories to some degree. Along with the HIIT, I hit a homerun with that decision.
To me it was. I have never had breathing problems, but I couldn't breathe in that bytch.
I just had the feeling I was minutes away from suffocating the entire 30 minutes I would sit in there. Plus I had no idea about controlling the temperatures so I would just sit through whatever it was set at or what someone else would change it to. shyt was torture for me.
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awkwardblackgirl
Shakara
Counting calories was no longer working, I wasn't seeing the weight loss I was used to seeing on a week to week basis.
Hope I look as good as you in 3 months
awkwardblackgirl
Shakara
maybe i need to start
It's so crazy, it was like a piece of cake. I wish I figured this out sooner, but better late than never I guess.
Hope I look as good as you in 3 months
I know I dropped weight at a faster pace after switching to counting carbs. Not sure how long that would have continued but I hear that is typical during the "induction" phase then it starts to slow down. I reached my goal so I stopped, had thoughts about going lower just because, but people were already commenting about how small I had gotten so I figured that was enough.
I thought you had reached your mark already? How low are you trying to go?
awkwardblackgirl
Shakara
Right now I'm at about 158. My goal is to get down to 145.
HIIT is the only cardio that I do pretty much. I really need to incorporate more strength training into my routine but I am so exhausted after my cardio that I'm just like f it. I'm reconditioning myself to my old cardio routine 'cause I was out of the gym for like a month because of school, so I'm hoping once I'm mentally and physically acclimated to that, it will be easier to get some lifting done.
Do the lifting(light) first. Two reasons for that. First and most importantly it will quickly burn up the available carbs in the body. Once those are gone your body should start burning fat immediately. That way you are burning fat throughout your whole cardio session. Secondly the lifting won't leave feeling as burnt out afterwards allowing you to complete your cardio session.
You'll get to 145 in no time.