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Homer Doughnuts said:
What’s the quickest way to loose weight so I look good for those medical school honeys in august ???
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Stop eating and start smoking 🙂 Good luck
 
No offense whatsoever - but why do people even ask this?

Eat right. Exercise. There is no other long term solution...a healthy one anyways.
 
Your problem is in your signature...

Homer doughnuts said:
Beer, the cause of and solution to all of lifes problems .
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The solution:

lay off the beer and get off the couch!!!

Seriously though, it takes a lot of dedication to do anything. You have to fully commit yourself, what usually works is if you find a buddy to do these things with, that way you have one another to push each other.
 
One more thing, I don't really think you should be losing weight for the honeys... you should be doing it for yourself. You'd be amazed at what a completely different person you feel like after you shed a few elbee's.
 
SitraAchra said:
Eat right. Exercise. There is no other long term solution...a healthy one anyways.
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Thats to much work, I enjoy being a lazy bastard.
 
Don't even bother posting then please. You ask a question and people take you seriously and try to help and this is how you respond?
 
Homer Doughnuts said:
What’s the quickest way to loose weight so I look good for those medical school honeys in august ???
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Quickest or healthiest? If all you care about is losing weight fast, go with some kind of low carb/ketogenic diet plus walking on a treadmill set at 10-15% incline every day for 45 min and a full body weight training regimen that hits each muscle 2x a week. If you want to do it right, do the above exercise, but replace the keto diet with one that is high in vegetables and fruits (meaning you have to eat over 10 servings of fruit and veg per day), and cut out processed and fatty foods. That means no beer or doughnuts 🙂
 
Homer Doughnuts said:
Thats to much work, I enjoy being a lazy bastard.
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If you enjoy being a lazy bastard more than being healthy and looking good, being normal weight probably isn't in your future unless you decide to get gastric bypass or something like that.
 
Homer Doughnuts said:
What’s the quickest way to loose weight so I look good for those medical school honeys in august ???
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It's funny how you think you'll have time to date and get laid in medical school. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
getunconcsious said:
It's funny how you think you'll have time to date and get laid in medical school. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Funny man scan initiated...

Scanning...

Scanning...

Funny man found: Homer Doughnuts

Initiate Guffaw beam. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Funny man terminated.
 
getunconcsious said:
It's funny how you think you'll have time to date and get laid in medical school. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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There is always time for a little horizontal physiology!!!!
 
Atkins diet!

"Trim spa baby!"

Binge and purge.

Anyone care to add to this list?
 
Let's face it, Homer Doughnuts is gonna be chokin' the chicken through the rest of med school. At least he's got a long-term relationship.
 
dear Babooshka, have a MORE disturbing avatar, PLEASE.


i second binge and purge - just don't pull a schiavo

[oh yes he did!]
 
Eat Less, Work out more. Or- just work out more, eat the same, preferably healthier if you want to add years onto your life in addition to losing weight. It's all a matter of Mass-Energy. Don't eat less calories than your basal metabolic rate (prevents muscle loss), and don't eat more than your active metabolic rate (prevents weight gain).

In short, replace beer with water, doughnuts with apples, and driving short distances with walking- and you should be fine.
 
You just think lovely, wonderful thoughts and you'll go light as a feather!
 
Homer Doughnuts said:
I eat once a day, seroiusly.
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That's a big mistake. The best weight loss programs tend to suggest eating 6 small "meals" a day, spread out as evenly as possible. By "meals" they really means snacks, like a piece of fruit, a power bar or a small salad, though. If you don't eat for many hours at a stretch, your body supposedly goes into "conservation mode" and your metabolism actually slows down, retaining fat as best it can. Also with the one meal strategy, people tend to feel starving at mealtime and gorge themselves, socking down more calories than they normally would during a day's eating. If you eat even a little bit every couple of hours, this hopefully won't happen.
The truth of the matter is that there is no quick way to lose weight, no "magic bullet". I've found that if you slash your calories to around (your ideal weight X 10) spaced throughout the day (and ideally nothing with carbs after around 9pm), and do 20+ minutes of intense cardio a day, and an hour of weights 3 times a week, you should shed the pounds fairly quickly.
If you can't cut down the portions, try something like Atkins, the Zone, or South Beach -- low carb seems to work well (esp. for men) and the latest studies (out of UPenn & the like) suggest that low carb in fact doesn't cause the cholestorol or blood pressure problems nutritionists have been claiming for years. (These studies are a big part of the reason that the food group pyramid was abandoned recently).
 
Eat less, exercise more is oversimplified advice that assumes knowledge of what one should be eating and doing. You can eat alot and lose weight; just eat the right things.

Is this even a serious post anyway?
 
Eating once a day isn't good for weight loss. A bunch of studies have found that fatter people don't eat breakfast. You probably eat a lot at that one meal, and your metabolism is probably really slow. Eating three times a day will speed up your metabolism and make you less hungry when you do eat, so you can make healthier choices.
 
Law2Doc said:
That's a big mistake. The best weight loss programs tend to suggest eating 6 small "meals" a day, spread out as evenly as possible. By "meals" they really means snacks, like a piece of fruit, a power bar or a small salad, though. If you don't eat for many hours at a stretch, your body supposedly goes into "conservation mode" and your metabolism actually slows down, retaining fat as best it can. Also with the one meal strategy, people tend to feel starving at mealtime and gorge themselves, socking down more calories than they normally would during a day's eating. If you eat even a little bit every couple of hours, this hopefully won't happen.
The truth of the matter is that there is no quick way to lose weight, no "magic bullet". I've found that if you slash your calories to around (your ideal weight X 10) spaced throughout the day (and ideally nothing with carbs after around 9pm), and do 20+ minutes of intense cardio a day, and an hour of weights 3 times a week, you should shed the pounds fairly quickly.
If you can't cut down the portions, try something like Atkins, the Zone, or South Beach -- low carb seems to work well (esp. for men) and the latest studies (out of UPenn & the like) suggest that low carb in fact doesn't cause the cholestorol or blood pressure problems nutritionists have been claiming for years. (These studies are a big part of the reason that the food group pyramid was abandoned recently).
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This is excellent advice.
You definitely want to eat several small meals a day to keep your metabolism going. The ideal weight times 10 method of calorie counting has worked wonders for me too. I highly recommend this method. I also lost a lot of weight doing low carb. However, Atkins is VERY hard to stick with for a long time. I had a lot of issues with the first two weeks. I honestly do not think it is wise to restrict your carbs to under 20. Under 100 or under 60 works much better. The Zone is much better diet overall and I believe has been shown to have better long term results. I myself did the Perricone Perscription, but without all the funky supplements and what not (just the diet portion).

:luck:
 
Have you given thought to gastric bypass? I took a gastroenterology class, as well as looked into a potential study on follow up on post-op ru-en-y gastric bypass patients to see success rates and possible complications. Its amazing to hear how successful these procedures are. Also, there are many available using different techniques to configure the stomach in certain arrangements (such as belts, staples, reattachments of the duodenum to particular sections of the stomach, silicon rings, etc.) Now it has become a laparoscopic procedure (very noninvasive, better recovery time.)

Anyways, this could be a possibility depending on your condition. Are you obese or are you morbidly obese? Such things as BMI, LDL, HDL, TRIglycerides, glucose, insulin are also interesting to know. Do you have high levels on any of these particular things that are out of the norm?

This topic is very interesting to me because I previously worked in human genetics on the research of obesity and phenotypic effects.
 
I calculated my needed daily intake yesterday, and it was coming up with over 4000 calories/day...that seems like a LOT...

Just starting to run again now that it's nice out...need to get back into better shape after a 9 year hiatus.


From best body as a Sr. in HS to lard a$$ at 28 is no fun. 😕
 
Well, I do fit into one of those categories... 🙂

However, I haven't played on the D-line in quite a while...I'm thinking 3K would be fine for a while...I actually eat pretty well (healthy foods, that is)...just tend to eat too much and not exercise enough...but planning to change that.
 
Ok SDN, operation "ass shrink" is under way. I went to the grocery store and got some good stuff. Later today I am going to dust off my gym card and sweat some bacon grease on the treadmill.
 
Three years ago I weighed 270 lbs. I'm 6 ft tall, but that is still pretty hideous. During the summer after my junior year in college, I did 3 hrs of cardio a day (burning over 2300 calories in that session). I lost 40 lbs that one summer and today I weight 185 (I've lost 85 lbs thus far). I'm still losing weight, but I'm a big guy w/ broad shoulders, etc. I don't have the sense of urgency to lose weight that I once did. I exercise for about 1 hr every day (well, 6 days a week I guess) and it is easy to maintain weight, but losing is getting harder - this makes sense so I'm not worried about it at all. It's just all about expending more energy than you take in during a day. The whole not eating thing actually works quite well. I've found that if I only eat one meal a day (I usually only eat lunch), I'm fine. People say it slows your metabolism, but that is based on the assumption that you aren't doing anything else to speed it up. Daily exercise routines will speed up your metabolism, so if you're happy eating only one meal a day, then stick with it. It works for me. I never could eat small snacks throughout the day - it just doesn't do it for me.
 
Homer Doughnuts said:
What’s the quickest way to loose weight so I look good for those medical school honeys in august ???
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Lipo!

If not lipo, ephedra, which you can still order as Ephedrine HCl... well okay ephedra is the herb, ephedrine is what you take it for. A little of that with some caffeine, youre not hungry and you have energy to burn! Oh, you might have a heart attack if you have a weak heart, or get a heat stroke if you get too hot.

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I lost 80 lbs my frosh year... biggest suggestion I can give, dont be around food. You think of it a lot less when you arent around it!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Are you obese like that guy in the movie "Se7en" who ate all that spaghetti? If so, I think Hydroxycut does the job well. It's available at your local GNC stores! 👍
 
The problem with taking Hydroxycut and similar products is that after a while, your body becomes desensitized to their effect, and you have to take more and more to see the same results. In the end it's not worth it, because those pills are NOT cheap.

The weather's getting better, so it shouldn't be hard to get outside and take a brisk walk/run. Fruits and veggies with lean meats are the way to go.

Good luck!
 
The ephedra/caffeine/ASA stack does work, and has been proven to work - but take care if you have contraindicating conditions.

Referring to Law2Doc - the 6 meal a day plan - I am a firm believer that because our brains evolved exponentially compared to our bodies, the hunter-gatherer diet is the way to go. That just means eat a ton during the day, but spread it out - and eat countless vegetables, fruits and tubers. Bodybuilders are assessed to require 1gm/Kg of protein per day, as is anyone intending to build muscle on a rigorous workout regimen. For everyone else the range drops to .5 to .75 gm/Kg of lean body mass. So obtain a body fat percentage and then figure out how many grams of protein you need if lifting weights and doing cardio. Then, build then rest of the diet around that.

The "ideal diet" is what 60% carbs, 20% protein, and 20% fats. The problem is you can't paint all people with this broad nutrition brush. The percentages should be modified according to your activity level, family history, and excercise goals.
 
Homer Doughnuts said:
Thats to much work, I enjoy being a lazy bastard.
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Wow, you of all people should know that anything worth having is worth sacrificing some since of gratification. Aren’t you starting med school this fall? Since you’re a lazy bustard, try this. Try eating six small meals a day instead of 3 large meals. This does not mean eating six small pizzas or six hot-n-spicy McChicken sandwiches from McDonalds. Eat some turkey or salmon. Salmon is by far one of the healthiest foods in the world. Ask any body builder. Stop eating potato chips and get your A$$ off the couch and hit the gym. That's were all the "honeys" are! Then again, you could always take diet pills (which are really just caffeine pills since they outlawed ephedrine). However, some sort of supplement could give you a little more incentive to work out. If you are morbidly over weight try seeing what an Internal medicine physician can do for you. Good luck! Also, like one of the previous posters said, "Lose weight for yourself, not for some med school chicks".

Yours,
Caraway
 
Funny thing about "obesity"...Even at my "lean body mass" (the weight I would be with NO fat)...I would weigh 196...which is about 30 lbs. heavier than the stupid government and insurance company charts say I should weigh...for my height.
 
MJB said:
Funny thing about "obesity"...Even at my "lean body mass" (the weight I would be with NO fat)...I would weigh 196...which is about 30 lbs. heavier than the stupid government and insurance company charts say I should weigh...for my height.
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Honestly, have they updated those charts since the 50's? Do they mean jack squat? Body mass index has been linked to chronic health issues; however, there are some people that are healthier than all of us with "unhealthy" BMI's.

The research being done concerning nutrition and genetics is very exciting. It won't be long before a concise "diet", and by diet I mean this is what you should eat (not this is what you should eat to lose weight) is tailored to each individual.
 
nicholonious said:
Atkins diet!

"Trim spa baby!"

Binge and purge.

Anyone care to add to this list?
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"Want some money!? Like my body!?"

trimp spa made Anna Nicole Smith's fat a$$ that skinny - check it out!
 
Will Ferrell said:
"Want some money!? Like my body!?"

trimp spa made Anna Nicole Smith's fat a$$ that skinny - check it out!
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Yeah but I would rather be fat and sane than thin and completely nuts. Anna Nichole smith is a complete *****, maybe those trim spa drugs had something to do with it. “she ain’t worth the poop on her toilet paper"
 
Drink LOTS of water or unsweetened tea with lemon or cucumber slices. The liquid will make you feel less hungry, keep you hydrated, and flush out a BUNCH of icky stuff.

Snack on radish slices. NO CHIPS OR PRETZELS. NO POP. Fresh fruit. Fresh veggies. Limit the processed foods - keep it simple. Eat slowly - savor the flavors. You'll find you actually eat less if you eat more slowly.
 
Here's one--move out of New Orleans. 😀 Since I came down here I gained 15 lbs, the easy way. Too much beer, too many po-boys and pizzas.

I second the gastric bypass. Take the easy way out.
 
chameleonknight said:
Here's one--move out of New Orleans. 😀 Since I came down here I gained 15 lbs, the easy way. Too much beer, too many po-boys and pizzas.

I second the gastric bypass. Take the easy way out.
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That’s the TRUTH, how about those $4.00 34 oz beers at the Charles avenue pub, better yet, $1.00 Rolling Rocks at Balcony Bar. I love this town but its no wonder why everyone there is dying of heart disease.
 
Hey, if you wanna be a fat, lazy bastard, go ahead. Pile on the health problems. Your shortcomings will ease my acceptance into medical school.
 
FutureOrthoDoc said:
Hey, if you wanna be a fat, lazy bastard, go ahead. Pile on the health problems. Your shortcomings will ease my acceptance into medical school.
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That would make sense except I’m already accepted. And your quote is right on as far as that unforgettable "ortho arrogance" goes and you haven't even taken step 1 yet, your ahead of the game my friend!
 
You could do what alot of professional bodybuilders take pre-contest... DNP, or 2, 4-Dinitrophenol, but it isn't really recommeded for the side effects. It boots your metabolic rate up more then the average person has ever heard of. You will have fever like conditions at about 101 degree temperture.... but u will sit around and still be lazy, because u will feel to drained to to move, and still loose a rediculous amounts of fat while still holding onto your muscle mass. The problem is... you probably won't be able to find any of this... it used to be prescribe back in the day, but now it is considered to be to dangerous. So maybe if you are friends with a pro-bodybuilder.. ask them about the world of wierd drugs to make the body look better... Haha, I am just kidding, don't ask them because they will probably deny using any such type drugs, because they don't want to go to jail.
 
Uh, the reason you'll get a fever with that is because it's a synthetic ETC uncoupler, which means that your body will build up heat energy and not be able to use it to make usable energy (ATP), hence, your body will start eating your ass. However, this is the same mechanism by which aspirin overdoses kill you. So recommending 2-DNP to someone is about as responsible as telling them to eat cyanide. 👎
 
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