Zoidberg's A Fatty

[Dr. John Zoidberg]

Not too thrilled with myself right now, yesterday I weighed in at 231... Would like to be able to hover at 200, thinking of doing 12,000 calories a week, which would allow some cheat days. If I burn 3,000 a day, That would be about 2.5lbs a week lost, and over 10 weeks I would be pretty close to my goal.

Thoughts? Tips?

My daily eating schedule at work will mostly be bag of carrots in the morning when I get in (200cal), soup/sandwich combo (500cal) and a meat focused dinner (600 cal). A ton of water and diet soda would help, although I need to wean myself off of diet dew. So good.

Getting my new digital scale from Amazon on Wednesday, so that is when this will go down.

[Get Busy Livin']

Originally Posted by Dr. John Zoidberg

Thoughts? Tips?

Eat lots of processed foods, the chemicals will give you super powers.

I guess seriously, my only advice is to realize that what you're saying WILL work. There's no and's or if's or anything else about it. If you keep track of your calories, stick to your plan, and do exactly what you've said you'll do, it WILL work and you WILL lose 2.5 lbs of fat per week.

Remembering that is what helps me push through the times I feel hungry.

[rawl316]

I didn't know djz had limp latkes himself

[win diesel]

Stop counting calories and return the scale.

Eat powerfoods and eat as much as you like

[Another Reason to Smoke]

Originally Posted by Dr. John Zoidberg

Not too thrilled with myself right now, yesterday I weighed in at 231... Would like to be able to hover at 200, thinking of doing 12,000 calories a week, which would allow some cheat days. If I burn 3,000 a day, That would be about 2.5lbs a week lost, and over 10 weeks I would be pretty close to my goal.

Thoughts? Tips?

My daily eating schedule at work will mostly be bag of carrots in the morning when I get in (200cal), soup/sandwich combo (500cal) and a meat focused dinner (600 cal). A ton of water and diet soda would help, although I need to wean myself off of diet dew. So good.

Getting my new digital scale from Amazon on Wednesday, so that is when this will go down.

200 calories is a LOT of carrots.

You're going to be shittting orange for a year.

[Hugh Jass]

this is god punishing you for not believing in him

[annabel lee]

Originally Posted by Dr. John Zoidberg

My daily eating schedule at work will mostly be bag of carrots in the morning when I get in (200cal), soup/sandwich combo (500cal) and a meat focused dinner (600 cal). A ton of water and diet soda would help, although I need to wean myself off of diet dew. So good.

Every time you eat, you should have protein and fiber. Fiber keeps you full, protein gives you lasting energy.

Carrots for breakfast may not be the best idea. Yes, there's fiber...but there's no protein, nothing to give you real energy.

Carrots + 2 Tbsp hummus - now you're talking. Or oatmeal, or whole grain toast with peanut butter or reduced-fat cheese.

"Meat-focused" dinner also may not be ideal. You want half your plate to be veggies, 1/4 protein, 1/4 whole grain carbs.

Good luck! And, welcome aboard.

[Chief Petosky]

Originally Posted by Dr. John Zoidberg

Not too thrilled with myself right now, yesterday I weighed in at 231... Would like to be able to hover at 200...

You're not gonna be hovering too long at 231 pounds (I am still a few pounds above you). Good luck with it!

[cubs1969]

This is better than the carrots.

Steel-Cut Irish Oats http://www.mccanns.ie/p_QuickEasy.html
1/4 cup 150 calories
handfull of blueberries (1/2 cup=40 calories)

What's your workout consist of? Are you planning on losing muscle with the fat?

[Dr. John Zoidberg]

Originally Posted by annabel lee

Every time you eat, you should have protein and fiber. Fiber keeps you full, protein gives you lasting energy.

Carrots for breakfast may not be the best idea. Yes, there's fiber...but there's no protein, nothing to give you real energy.

Carrots + 2 Tbsp hummus - now you're talking. Or oatmeal, or whole grain toast with peanut butter or reduced-fat cheese.

"Meat-focused" dinner also may not be ideal. You want half your plate to be veggies, 1/4 protein, 1/4 whole grain carbs.

Good luck! And, welcome aboard.

I like carrots because I can eat a whole pound and still be at about 160 calories. That paired with half a cup of hummus would be around 400 calories. Which isn't awful. I really, really want to stay away from carbs outside of vegetables, with any carbs coming from wraps/sandwiches or barley-type grains.

We'll see how it pans out though, I won't be having 5 meals a day like GBL, though, just not enough time.