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[TheGame]

I never noticed this thread before. To me, the biggest tip I can give you guys is to slow down the eating. I know some people may disagree or downplay it, but calorie count is everything... seriously. It doesn't matter what you eat, it just matters what it adds up to in calories at the end of the day.

Now, what you eat is going to affect how you feel a lot more, and how healthy you are... but honestly as far as raw weight gain/loss its the biggest thing. Now if you want to lose weight and find a decently toned body under the fat, then yes working out helps too. Or if you can't just help but eat way too much, then you'll have to account for it with burning way too man calories working out.

I used to be an athlete, now I'm in a desk job where I sit on my ass 8 hours a day.. And I started off eating the same as if I was still running laps every day. I had put on quite a few pounds after about 6 months of being here, but then turned around and lost it all and more.

I ended up putting on 25 pounds, and dropped 30. Though to be honest I gained back close to 10 now lol. When I started back running it didn't make a difference cause I was eating too much still. I went on a very basic diet (Stu could probably use this since we're the same height and I have a large frame too)

Day to day I ate 2,200-2,400 calories. Completly took fast food out of my diet, took out sugar/sweets/pastries, and took out any liquid calories like Gatorade, soda, and juice. I didn't eat many veggies, cause I live alone and don't know how to cook any good :P Though I did get a decent amount of protien, and took my vitamans every day. I spread what I ate out to 4 meals.

In losing weight, my workout actually went down from going to the gym and lifting weights every day and jogging on the tred mill, to just spending 30 minutes a day at home on my bike. Pounds fell off way faster when I wasn't working as hard and wasn't eating as much.