I think I found my motivation

[AustinBR]

Brown rice and not the instant kind...

lost 40 lbs since march. Eat correctly, 6 meals a day (small)

except for breakfast (1 bowl oatmeal plain w honey and cinnamon 2 eggs and the rest egg whites protein coffee shake)

Greek yogurt vanilla no extra sugar crap, raw almonds, carrots, natural peanut butter, etc etc

run 2-5 miles every other day (at least 2 miles a day) plus quick high intensity work out was my way.

Saturday am is a long run, then drink eat pretty much what I want...ie cheat day...Sunday maybe one cheat meal (not crazy bad) and then get back on track.

Protein protein protein. Key to fat loss.

Eating for life (book) is a good base on what to eat. The rest is research tons of crap on the Internet.

I really hope that the egg whites, protein, and coffee are not all in a shake! And I agree, protein is the way to go!

 

[Sully]

Lol...no but that concept may save me some time in the morning

 

[general mills]

I run and swim in addition to other exercises, and I'd say if you are looking to lose weight, swimming might be something to try. Get a YMCA membership and swim 3 days a week, you will get very trim very fast.

 

[deuxlatch]

Ultramet makes a meal replacement shake for those on the go. 41g of protein and only 265 calories. The best part is the chocolate tastes like a thin pudding and is very filling. I used to drink this about 10 years ago when I did the Body-For-Life program so I got ordered some more online to get back into it. BFL is kind of like P90X in that it's very intense, but man it works. I haven't been able to lose any weight since my back surgery last December but I'm hoping the steroids they fed me are out of my system by now so I can start dropping pounds again.

 

[CatCam]

Good luck - we're all pulling for you!

I'm 6'-1" and had a pysical done 2 years ago - weighed 217 lbs but my triglycerides were high. Diet change (not drastic) and a splurge meal every Saturday for Dinner (whatever I want!). In 2 years I'm down to 182!!