I've got 2 years of access to the hospital's rehab center with the treadmills and pool and machines and whatnot that I intend to take full advantage of, but first thing's first, I need to build stamina so that I can do more than walk 30 yards. So, I'm going to start small with walking, and as soon as I can make it around the block, I'm going to see what trouble I can get into over at the rehab center.
I'm sure you've already done the calculation, but for my own amusement here's my understanding and hopefully you can correct me where I'm wrong, and I'll assume myself 'cause I don't know some things about you:
I'd advise you to go regardless of your stamina. Make it a priority, and a habit. Take full advantage of it starting now, because every day you're not using it is money down the drain, and because the little roadblock you've placed before you get there may lead to other excuses not to go down the road - moving the goalposts. Perhaps you've already moved them from "wait until the doctor says I can take a shower/get in water".
I hear ya bro, thing is, today was the first day I was able to take a shower without needing a 30 minute recovery/rest period after (and I have yet to be able to complete a shower without sitting down to rest partway through). So, yeah, exercise is on the list, but I'd prefer not to collapse away from home, nam'sayin? I mean, just last thursday I still needed a nap at work, and all that is is sitting down.[DOUBLEPOST=1517340934,1517340788][/DOUBLEPOST]I'm sure you've already done the calculation, but for my own amusement here's my understanding and hopefully you can correct me where I'm wrong, and I'll assume myself 'cause I don't know some things about you:
Humans need to burn about 3,600 calories to lose a pound.
A sedentary male (ie, no active exercise program, spends majority of day sitting or lying) above 30 years old burns about 2,300 calories a day.
So if I eat nothing all week, I'll burn 2,300 just by existing, weekly burning 16,100, which is 4.47lb.
Now this doesn't actually work because your body does strange things when you have such a huge deficit, but so far as I know you can't lose 5lb a week without an extensive exercise program no matter what changes you make to your diet - except in the very early diet stages while your body is still running as though it has access to nearly limitless calories and burning more than 2,300 daily.
Every fast loss diet program only works for a few weeks.
Your 500 calorie diet, without much change in exercise, leads to about a 3.5lb week loss, which is only a little more than what you've found you're getting (2lb/week).
So while the early weight loss you experienced was nice, and you'd like to keep it up, I think you're much better off spending time on the diet you're going to have to maintain for the rest of your life. Your body will lose the weight slowly and you'll achieve a weight stasis that matches your intake and exercise level.
I'd advise you to go regardless of your stamina. Make it a priority, and a habit. Take full advantage of it starting now, because every day you're not using it is money down the drain, and because the little roadblock you've placed before you get there may lead to other excuses not to go down the road - moving the goalposts. Perhaps you've already moved them from "wait until the doctor says I can take a shower/get in water".
Don't let that happen. Even if it's just going, walking into the center, sitting for 30 minutes, then walking back out, make it important enough in your schedule that it becomes a habit - preferably a daily one. Turn on youtube or your favorite show, set the treadmill to a creeping slow walk, hold onto the bars and see if you can distract yourself enough to go beyond those 30 yards today.
You'll recover more quickly if you use the resources provided as soon as possible for as long as possible than if you wait.
That's how much I was losing during my last major weight loss regimen, even without surgery. I expect it to slow down to 2/3 pounds a week eventually, but right now it should be more.
There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with this. A “healthy” rate of weight loss for people on medically controlled diets (who have not had some form of bariatric surgery) is 2oz/day, but you are saying that 4-5oz/day isn’t fast enough? Are you TRYING to turn yourself from an Ewok into a Shar-Pei?
Like I told Dei, I'm just going by previous experience. 10 years back or so I lost ~75 lbs on a diet (and I started off weighing a lot less) that started off losing about 5 lbs a week and ended around 3 lbs a week when I stopped. Granted, it was medically supervised, but I'm pretty sure I can come close to similar results now that I know the tricks. And yeah, the main trick is to keep it to 500 calories/day. Though, I expect there are gonna be a lot of cheat days.
I kinda think that ship sailed 5 years ago at least.
You ask such loaded questions.
Vitriol is the universal language.
Dude, I'm only a few months younger than you & I put weight on easier and find it harder to shift compared to just 5 years ago despite not changing my normal diet / levels of excercise. Expecting your body to act the same in your late 30's compared to your late 20's is dumb. Take the slower but steady weight loss that you can keep over the quick but goes straight back on option.
Hey, Gas.
Also, it's five or six of us, now.
But if he keeps starving himself, he'll never get his energy levels back up, then he'll have the joy of muscle atrophy as he keeps coming up with excuses to not use the gym.
One small marble-sized bit at a time, every 15 mins or so, over the course of 8 hours.
Yes, so impatient that you're apparently willing to shorten your own lifespan.
MR. Peanutbutter?
I'm starting to think it's the GasBandity-est part of GasBandit.
I had as well. I thought it was someone fucking with him.
