So I was born really skinny. I grew up skinny. I was 105 lbs in 6th grade. Growing up I heard I was going to be tall and skinny. I should sue my Dr's for giving me false hope. I ate what I wanted when I wanted and never gained a pound. I got made fun of. People told me I was going to blow away in the wind. I hated being skinny. I would pray to God every night that I would gain weight. My metabolism was so fast I should have just ate on the toilet. Funny how things work out. I gained the weight eventually and now my prayers are to lose weight.
After highschool I started to grow more horizontal than vertical but was still very fit. Having said all this I didnt really get big until about 23 years old. Up to then I was a solid 175 lbs usually. I ballooned to 215 and was not working out so I was really fat. Anyways this started my dieting phase. What actually happened is I saw a picture of myself and honestly didn't know it was me for about 5 seconds. I was like dang that kid is a freaking fatty. Then I was like oh my gosh that is me, what happened. Anyways below are the results of my "yoyo" dieting since that day.
*KETOSIS- You are going to need to know what this means below. Ketosis is when your body goes into a state where it only burns fat for calories and no muscle. Only way to get there is with steroids or limiting your carb intake for a few days and keeping it there. You need to stay below 50 grams of carbs a day for 3-5 days to achieve this.
Atkins-
Diet Profile- No carbs (basically meats and cheese)
Cost- Grocery bill was about the same
Results- Atkins works until you eat carbs again. I lost weight at a decent rate but the second I started to eat carbs again it came all back. I loved that you could eat all kinds of fatty foods. I never felt more unhealthy during this time. I had weird headaches and had no energy. I would get weepy and cry while watching Hallmark commercials. Oh wait I did that before nevermind. I am becoming a big proponent of listening to your body. On Atkins my body was telling me to eat carbs. I didn't lose muscle mass so that was good. This diet implements the idea of ketosis.
HCG-
Diet Profile- Two load days where you eat as much as you can the more calories the better. 500 calories a day for at least 19 days. Very restrictive. Chicken, apple, tea, shrimp and a cup of spinach each day. There are a few more options. I ate about 800 calories a day and still had great results.
Cost-Shots cost about $150 dollars for 25 days. Can get drops which weren't as effective for $30. I was definitely hungrier on the drops.
Results- This diet worked great and why shouldn't it. I was eating the calories of a male "skinny" jeans model. I started at about 184 and got down to 167 lbs a total of 17 lbs. It was noticeable too. Nice weight loss for 120 days except I did it in 18. This was starvation and I hated life. I lost muscle and fat.
They say the HCG doesnt allow muscle to be used as fuel for the body. Bull crap, tell that to my biceps that ended up looking like a starved models legs. I exercised on this as well. I fainted getting out of a pool trying to walk to a hot tub. My fiance and now wife wasn't sure what was going on. If I went up stairs I had to take a break every ten steps or so. I felt like a grandpa and was very irritable. I wanted to punch any person with food. I don't recommend this to anyone. The only plus of this was that I kept the weight off for a very long time (1.5 years). My brother lost 30 lbs in 40 days and has kept 25 of it off for over two years.
I heard they extract HCG from pig urine as well. I don't know if that's true but still just thinking about that makes me sick especially since I did the oral drops as well as the shots. Yes that's correct the most effective way to take HCG is shots in your thighs and stomach. I felt like Lance Armstrong shooting myself up everyday. Though they don't say it this diet will put you into a state of ketosis and that's why you lose the weight quickly.
Abs Diet-
Diet Profile- Low Carbs high protein. 6 small meals a day. Circuit training workouts. Book with recipes.
Cost- Book cost $20 dollars and the food for meals wasn't more than I was spending before.
Results- Lost about 25 lbs in about 6 months. Great diet tips and great recipes. Loved the circuit training tips as well. Kept weight off for 4 years. This is good because you have cheat days as well. This is good for anyone trying to make more of a lifestyle change and not a quick fix like so many diets are. I gained muscle mass and lost fat. This is the diet I used when I looked like a whale at 215 lbs and got down just below 190 lbs. I still use a lot of the principles of this "lifestyle change" to this day.
Juicing-
Diet Profile- Juice, juice and more juice. Not a lot to explain.
Cost- Expensive. I was spending almost $10 dollars a day on fruit and vegetables.
Results- I never juiced 3 meals a day but did about two. I was starving and had to go #1 all the time. If I ate any fast food or something fattening I had to go #2...more like #3 if you know what I mean. I was once golfing while juicing and had eaten something unhealthy. Let's just say if the bathroom on hole 4 wasn't open then some poor rabbits home would be "inoccupado" for forever and the foursome behind us would have had to wait while my friends gathered a lot of leaves for me.
Intuitive Eating-
Diet Profile- Listening to your body and as girly as it sounds...feelings.
Cost- Not sure my mom gave me the book. Yeah she tried to be casual about it but you know when your own mom gives you a book like this you must have some serious weight issues. Probably $20 dollars.
Results- This is not a diet but the book reads like a diet book. This focuses more on emotions. I liked the book and it has some really good tips. Biggest thing learned from it and that is actually working is thinking about how you feel or will feel after you eat something. I didn't think that would ever happen. Example- one night I was at a friends house. Usually I eat everything in front of me. Instead of eating it all I asked myself how I was going to feel after I did. I ended up not eating half of my baked potato and instead of forcing down the entire dessert I ate half of it. I felt guilty about eating too much but I also felt good. Had I eaten everything I would have felt really bad. It didn't take a lot of time getting to that point of recognizing your feelings and the book definitely makes you think.
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