Good luck bro...I just started eating real clean and ditched the booze....run 12-14kms 3 times a week and 14-21km once a week...have dropped about 20kg since the start of the year amd only 3kg's of my rugby playing weight now...no grains or legumes after breakfast just meat and salad/vegetables works for me

Good luck Scotty and Tux - hats off to you....I need to break out those running shoes...I was doing dry July but Friday night got the better of me.....back on it now though

Good to have ya back mate.

Below is what has/is working for me, I've now dropped 11kg since end of April, it's based on "Primal" eating it's not so much a diet but more the choices on the type of foods you eat, with the right foods there's no limit to how much you eat so I'm never hungry at all, no weighing foods or counting calories.

Mac first got onto this topic & it got me interested - www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/How-Primal-changed-my-SUP-life

It then led me to this site - www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=10306.0

Then got onto the main site - www.marksdailyapple.com/welcome-to-marks-daily-apple/#axzz2Z43AAX55

Do yourself a favour & download any Mark Sisson podcast & listen to them it will really start to make sense, I have downloaded a couple of his books that are a must to read & will also give inspiration & motivate you. (pm me your address & I'll send you a copy of them).

Ted's right mate, the green grocer & butchers are the keys here for my success, I was averaging around 1.2kg/week loss, while still eating as much steak, eggs, bacon, veggies, nuts, berries etc as I wanted, I also tapered off the alcohol a lot & dropped all types of soft drinks except for mineral water or soda water but you can add a squeeze of lemon or lime, you will get used to it & I now have no desire for any type of soft drink at all. For this lifestyle carbs & sugar are the enemies & without them your body will train itself to use your own fat stores as fuel rather than the carbs & sugar you ingest.

Sorry not tying to preach or convince anyone of anything but I know that this has worked for me & will continue to do my best to keep it up as I've had positive results in both energy, my surfing has I believe improved as a result of less weight on the board etc.

All the best mate, we're here to support you as much as we can.

V.

In the middle of the HCG diet

Drops three times a day and did 27 days on 500 calories per day. The HCG drops retrains your body to release the stored fats particularly the toxic fats.

So energy requirements are provided by the body burning through fat.

Dropped about 15kg and now in phase 3 moving slowly up to 1500 cal over 27 days

Not easy but does strip off weight

Eat right, crossfit (Bust yo ass) and ****loads of surfing.

NewScotty said..
So tell me what has worked for you.

Doesn't matter what you eat. You just need to balance the equation:

what you put in < what you take out

in terms of raw kilojoules. Raw, atkins, no carbs after x pm, paleo, whatever. All the same, just make sure you burn more than you feed.

The hardest part is maintaining discipline. It's much easier to overfeed.

Coffee's fine. Learn to drink espresso or ristretto. Not so much cappuccino.

You can sit around all day and do no exercise, but you need to put in almost no food to do that.

You can eat heaps if you work hard all day.

We'll done.Scotty. More.so for putting it out there to challenge yourself mate. I have no tips for you mate. Except may the force be with you

Scotty, you should also mix it up with 1 hour SUP sessions. 30-45-60 minute walking sessions too.

Food - PORTION CONTROL buddy!
Also, if it's in a packet, don't eat it.
Perhaps also consider cooking classes.
Learn to cook up YUMMY FISH!

Scotty I have got one word for you "Gastroenteritis" always good for a cleanse and to lose a couple of kilos good luck mate if I was going to suggest a tip make sure you approach the whole thing as a change in your way of life forever, not just a diet

Good luck Scotty you'll be right mate.
Shizz whats the go with all the SBers here..... what no surf boys
its cool.. Hey you may even learn something

day eight of my 12 day detox, Fark i could kill for a steak.

i have lost 6kgs i think that was just sh!t though

The green room is alive and well.
Thanks for the advice and encouragement.

Day 1 exercise:
Morning walk 2.5 k and same 2.5 k walk in arvo.
Total 5 k walk today.

Day 1 food:
Fresh detox juice for breaky.
Lunch salad - red cabbage, green cabbage, tomatoe, Leb cucumber, carrot, celery.
Had to mix in a can of tuna (in spring water).

Arvo had 2 apples.

Pre dinner: 2 kiwi fruit

Dinner: same salad as lunch and the Mrs has Atlantic Salmon in the oven.

Have a headache from caffeine withdrawals allready. Or my body is just saying WTF is going on.

That's as awesome start Scotty,some may disagree here but its ok to have a bad day once a week, just don't over do it.Its a weekly treat for me but never over do it.A bad day for me mite be a meat pie or something small but that's it straight back on the good intake.

good idea Scotty not looking at the scales your clothing and belt will tell you.

OK what's wrong with that photo

do you need a hint