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Originally Posted by FrodoOfTheShire Wake up call for a sedentary IT guy! Requesting advice on lifestyle change Physical stats:
Height - 5.7"
Weight - ~80 kg
Waist - ~38" |
Update: 1 month
Marking completion of 1 month of IF & LCHF. Weight is down
from 80.15 kg to 73.70 kg. Waist is down
from 38" to 34".
Huge thanks to this thread and all the members for there valuable advice. Special thanks to Ganesh sir for his quick responses and encouragement!
Feeling extremely fit and naturally energetic with this lifestyle. I am not exercising much, but I feel restless now a days if I don't exercise, so everyday I am getting that internal urge to exercise. That's a huge change for someone like me who never likes to exercise!
Fortunately, I never suffered from uncontrollable hunger pangs during fasting period (8pm to next day 12pm).
The biggest change has been with my sweet tooth. I love (loved?) sweets! Mithai, ice-cream, chocolates, cakes, pastries, kheer, soft drinks, cookies! My tea/coffee used to have 2 teaspoons of sugar. Now after reading all the literature on the evils of sugar and hearing Gary Taubes, Tim Noakes, Aseem Malhotra, Jason Fung and Andreas Eenfeldt, I am now horrified and positively repelled by sugar and refined carbs. And its not just psychological. Few days back, I ate a oats/multigrains cookie, which my former self would've dismissed as barely sweet. To my surprise, I couldn't stand that sweetness and it felt too sweet to me!
The only challenge I have faced till now is when visiting family and relatives. My mother is health conscious and unlike most mothers, she always pushes me to lose weight and never force feeds me when I visit home. But even she had a hard time wrapping her head around the IF LCHF concept. Even though she was happy with my weight loss, she's concerned about the methods and long term health effects. I plan to have blood tests done in the next 2-3 days and will show it to her on my next visit. My in-laws on the other hand were positively horrified with my not eating rice/roti. These are however close family that I can handle.
Bigger threats are relatives and acquaintances who always serve sweet tea/coffee, soft drinks, fruit juice, sweets and junk food like samosa/vada when I visit. And their meals would include pushing the guests to eat more rice/roti to showcase their host-man-ship.
![Frustration](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Frustration.gif)
Thankfully I haven't visited such relatives in the last one month, but I have decided to lie to them that I am prediabetic and under strict orders from my doctor if they push me to eat those sugar, carbs and junk!
Well, now its time for significant wardrobe change as most of my pants are sliding down the waist. I recovered 4 T-shirts and 3 jeans that were almost new but couldn't wear due to increasing girth. So happy to fit back into them!
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Originally Posted by FrodoOfTheShire Now my wife is not exactly a paragon of fitness, being in the same IT job with sedentary lifestyle. But she's not exactly convinced with what I told her about IF and LCHF. So now my goal is to lose weight for myself plus to convince her as well and lead by example. |
This mission also got accomplished! My wife is now a believer and now trying to lose weight and get fit as well. She has slowly started following me with the diet and exercise, although I have told her that what worked well for me may not work for her. Its not a one-size-fits-all type thing. But atleast I was able to push her out of her inertia of rest and lethargy.
Still lot of work to be done. My goal is a weight of 65 kg and 32" waist. Sharing today's weight and the before-after photograph.
![The Weight Loss Thread-before-after-sep-oct-2019.jpg](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/shifting-gears/1921854d1688421178t-weight-loss-thread-before-after-sep-oct-2019.jpg)