15-01-2014, 08:07 PM
About the same time I started on NBE I determined I needed to lose some weight. I was always skinny when younger and had slowly gained many more pounds than I liked. At 6'3", I was 210. I started doing light floor exercises - situps, lunges, planking, donkey kicks etc... to jump start the metabolism. I also radicallt changed my diet. I dropped the donut in the morning in favor of a simple protein shake. I cut out the lunchtime burger. Then I cut out lunch altogether. I walked more (the dog loved that). And I started having a much healthier dinner, oftentimes simply a great salad, but not always. But I did not snack afterward. Note, I did not go so far as to eliminate my trusted scotch or my occasional small cigars ... One must draw the line somewhere, after all.
Upshot? In three years I dropped 40 pounds. Most of the time I now come in at 170, and I am shooting to go lower.
I still exercise lightly but nothing that would build upper body or chest and shoulder bulk. In fact, I feel like I had literally watched lat, and bicep muscles shrinking daily during that same time. Good old PM.
I hope this helps, Clara!
Upshot? In three years I dropped 40 pounds. Most of the time I now come in at 170, and I am shooting to go lower.
I still exercise lightly but nothing that would build upper body or chest and shoulder bulk. In fact, I feel like I had literally watched lat, and bicep muscles shrinking daily during that same time. Good old PM.
I hope this helps, Clara!