Here recently, I watched a movie called "FatHead" which is about a man named Tom Naughton who is out to prove that that "Supersize Me" is a load of horse s**t. He does so by proving that Morgan Spurlock cheated somehow (i.e. flat out lied about his calorie intake, for starters) and gained weight. What Tom does is watch his carb intake, not his calories, and eats nothing but fast food for a month, and maintains ~100 carbs a day (highest was 130someodd lowest was 70 or 90 someodd.) He comes out of it 12lbs lighter than when he started, proving a point.
The above is a stretch if you want to call it healthy. In fact, it's more or less not. But, I was inspired by the show and decided to take his diet plan, and strip it of all the 'crap' he ate (i.e. most of the fast food) and replace it with home-made cooking and multivitamins every morning (that I remember to take them). I've been on this lifestyle (this is not a diet, thinking that way makes it hard for anyone) for a little over a month, and I've dropped from ~260lbs to ~225lbs, changing nothing but what I eat. This includes:
Low-carb energy drinks, as I prefer these over coffee
Diet soda, as I am well, well aware I have a serious caffeine addiction
All the meat I can eat, because meat is virtually carb-free (if it's not literally carb free)
Almost no fast food, because sometimes it's honestly just easier considering the situation to get a McDank than it is to cook
Almost zero 'white vegetables' as these (with the exception of cauliflower) are more or less flavored starch
Any carb-based snacks I feel I must have (because cravings do happen) I eat in moderation.
Once I finish this last pack of cigarettes and give it a week to get over the nicfits, I'll definitely start jogging, and most likely will update the thread.
I am personally excited I've lost as much weight as I have, because I have always been 'the chubby/fat one.' I am 22, and I am a computer science major, and outside of class, I am a gamer, so my personal lifestyle is not very active. Beyond that, I am single, so I get
ZERO exercise (take that as you will, if you get it congrats) so this is the first time in my life I've LOST more than ~5lbs of weight and kept it off for more than two weeks.
disclaimer: I may edit this OP at any time to fix errors or change information, so if you wish to keep a record of what I post (you creeper, you) quote me. I will mark update and edits with timestamps and reasons, for logging sake.