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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3250912" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>Lean red meat, fresh leafy green and yellow vegetables, lots of plain steamed or baked potatoes, scrambled eggs, plain beans, low-fat cottage cheese, fresh fruit, (apples, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, oranges, pineapples, melons, etc). Lots of raw carrots, raw green beans, raw green about anything in the vegetable family, baked or grilled chicken, turkey, some raw fish, skim milk, black coffee, unsweetened ice tea, Gatorade, gallons of water...etc. <em>No butter,</em> <img src="/images/smilies/new/cry11.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cry11:" title="Cry11 :cry11:" data-shortname=":cry11:" />no sugar, no salad dressing, no gravy, no jelly, no fried food, no pogey-bait of any kind, no booze, <img src="/images/smilies/new/cry11.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cry11:" title="Cry11 :cry11:" data-shortname=":cry11:" />no soda, and very little bread. A series of vitamins; C, D3, E, Magnesium, CoQ-10, Biotin...and a low-cal protein supplement. I counted calories <em>very</em> carefully. My GOAL was 1,200 per day; I'm sure I sometimes exceeded it, but in reality, I was bustin' my butt at the gym and as long as I was losing 2-3 lbs per week, and feeling good, I was a happy camper. The biggest thing I cut <u>out</u> was the snacks; potato chips, Fiery Hot Cheetos, ice cream, <img src="/images/smilies/new/cry11.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cry11:" title="Cry11 :cry11:" data-shortname=":cry11:" />candy bars, sodas, booze, <img src="/images/smilies/new/cry11.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cry11:" title="Cry11 :cry11:" data-shortname=":cry11:" />and all fast/junk food. Instead of the <em>El Gigante 4-Enchilada Grande Combo Plate </em>or the <em>Giant Big-Tex Chicken Fry with Extra Gravy and a bowl o-buttered rolls, </em>I'd eat a 6 oz sirloin or a piece of baked fish or chicken and a salad (no dressing) with a plain baked or steamed potato. No desserts. <img src="/images/smilies/new/cry11.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cry11:" title="Cry11 :cry11:" data-shortname=":cry11:" />For a snack; a couple or raw carrots or some raw green veggie, a handful of raw green beans or something. Now I probably eat like 2,000-2,300 calories per day and I have been at this same weight now for over a year. I honestly eat about 1/2 of what I used to eat, portion wise now. My appetite is no where near what it was; but it didn't happen overnight. I did go to bed hungry some at first, but tuff shizz; I felt I was fat! My stomach is back to flat, and my overall muscle tone is much better. I have dropped 4 inches off my pants size. I gots definition! I <em>almost</em> got my abdominals back in six-pack shape... I weigh first thing in the morning; before coffee even, and yesterday morning, (I weigh in on Mondays) it read 186.4. After a couple of cups of black coffee, small glass of skim milk, some scrambled eggs and fruit and I might register 189.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3250912, member: 10465"] Lean red meat, fresh leafy green and yellow vegetables, lots of plain steamed or baked potatoes, scrambled eggs, plain beans, low-fat cottage cheese, fresh fruit, (apples, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, oranges, pineapples, melons, etc). Lots of raw carrots, raw green beans, raw green about anything in the vegetable family, baked or grilled chicken, turkey, some raw fish, skim milk, black coffee, unsweetened ice tea, Gatorade, gallons of water...etc. [I]No butter,[/I] :cry11:no sugar, no salad dressing, no gravy, no jelly, no fried food, no pogey-bait of any kind, no booze, :cry11:no soda, and very little bread. A series of vitamins; C, D3, E, Magnesium, CoQ-10, Biotin...and a low-cal protein supplement. I counted calories [I]very[/I] carefully. My GOAL was 1,200 per day; I'm sure I sometimes exceeded it, but in reality, I was bustin' my butt at the gym and as long as I was losing 2-3 lbs per week, and feeling good, I was a happy camper. The biggest thing I cut [U]out[/U] was the snacks; potato chips, Fiery Hot Cheetos, ice cream, :cry11:candy bars, sodas, booze, :cry11:and all fast/junk food. Instead of the [I]El Gigante 4-Enchilada Grande Combo Plate [/I]or the [I]Giant Big-Tex Chicken Fry with Extra Gravy and a bowl o-buttered rolls, [/I]I'd eat a 6 oz sirloin or a piece of baked fish or chicken and a salad (no dressing) with a plain baked or steamed potato. No desserts. :cry11:For a snack; a couple or raw carrots or some raw green veggie, a handful of raw green beans or something. Now I probably eat like 2,000-2,300 calories per day and I have been at this same weight now for over a year. I honestly eat about 1/2 of what I used to eat, portion wise now. My appetite is no where near what it was; but it didn't happen overnight. I did go to bed hungry some at first, but tuff shizz; I felt I was fat! My stomach is back to flat, and my overall muscle tone is much better. I have dropped 4 inches off my pants size. I gots definition! I [I]almost[/I] got my abdominals back in six-pack shape... I weigh first thing in the morning; before coffee even, and yesterday morning, (I weigh in on Mondays) it read 186.4. After a couple of cups of black coffee, small glass of skim milk, some scrambled eggs and fruit and I might register 189. [/QUOTE]
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