Photo of my wife who lost 93lbs in 6 months...
I thought that those of you just getting started might get some inspiration out of these… my wife and I started a low carb/low fat/high protein diet back on Feb 4th of this year. I hit my goal weight 4 months later by loosing 78lbs… my wife is not down 93lbs with about another 20 or so to go…
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WOWZA!! You both look fabulous. Congrats to you both!
Jo |
Wow!!
This is just the inspiration I needed!! You both look FANTASTIC!!
I am at the end of week 2 and have lost 5.5 lbs...I have a long way to go and your pictures really help! Thanks so much!!! |
Wow!
Good-Googa-Mooga! SHE looks like a fashion model and YOU look like a handsome professional body builder! Talk about inspiration. I'll be glad when I get back to my workouts because, now I aspire to look like you.
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AWESOME PICS-
Please tell me what diet you are on and where I can find info on it. I want to be awesome too!!!!!!! |
We are (I was) following a diet called, "The Protein Sparing Modified Fast"... This diet only makes sense for people who need to lose a significant amount of weight and should be done under medical supervision... in other, please be careful if you are considering something like this... Here are some details of the Dr. who pioneered this diet along with a brief blurb about it... I am also attaching what I ate for the 1st 2 months of my 4 month diet...
George L. Blackburn, M.D., Ph.D., is an internationally renowned expert in the fields of obesity and clinical nutrition. -medical degree from Kansas Medical School -doctorate in nutritional biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. -currently holds the following appointments and positions at Harvard Medical School: 1)S. Daniel Abraham Chair of Nutrition Medicine 2)Associate Professor of Surgery 3)Associate Director of Nutrition, Division of Nutrition 4)Director of Nutrition Support Services 5)Chief of the Nutritional/Metabolism Laboratory 6)Director of the Center for the Study of Nutrition and Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. -President of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity -immediate Past President of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition. -Fellow in the American College of Surgery -Chairs the Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Nutrition, and the Scientific Advisory Committee for Shape Up America! (Koop Foundation). The protein-sparing modified fast (PSMF) diet was developed in the 1970s by George Blackburn. Blackburn, found that patients required 1.2 grams of protein per kilogram of ideal body weight in order to maintain a positive protein balance, rather than the 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram that was recommended by the US Department of Agriculture . Although some high-level athletes can consume on the order of 500 grams of protein per day during high-intensity competition, it is difficult for some people to consume adequate lean protein without consuming excess calories, or to eat lean meats or fish at each meal. One solution is the development of a formula that provides a complete, nutritionally balanced diet. A formula-only plan can ensure that the patient obtains all necessary protein, vitamins, and minerals, while losing weight on a plan that can provide as little as 800 calories per day. Protocols may be supplemented with coordinated nutritional bars and/or some self-prepared foods. A physician or other knowledgeable health care professional should supervise use of nutritional formulas. THE KETOGENTC OPTION: The Protein Fast through the induction of triglyceride catabolism, encourages the oxidation of free fatty acids at the hepatic level and provokes the famous physiological phenomenon of compensated acidoketosis that BLACKBURN called KETOGENESIS. The constant and controlled presence of ketone bodies in the body shows the perfect adaptation of the human system when subjected to a fast supplied with a precise amount of amino-acids. As long as the human body has an excess of fat that should be eliminated through ketogenesis and mainly through the Protein Fast, the effects of ketogenesis persist during this diet and supply the body with most of the energy it needs. All these metabolic reactions that take place during the Protein Fast and that Blackburn carefully described in his many books and articles, are absolutely safe. As a matter of fact, this method is based on strict scientific data and its application should be made according to a precise protocol. The Protein Fast has specific advantages that no other diet offers whether it is the low-calories or the dissociated diet. |
You two look fabulous!! Congratulations!
Does Dr Blackburn run a clinic or something? I did a search on him, and though his name comes up a lot, I didn't see any published books. How'd you come across this plan? Just curious. :daze: |
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The thing about Blackburn is that he never really 'commercialized' his research or findings… ... Even though he has published more than 400 publications to date and is on the editorial board of and reviewer for several journals, including, the Journal of the American Medical Association and New England Journal of Medicine. Unfortunately, he does not have a clinic. I found a Dr. here in Montreal that promotes a diet based on Blackburn’s concepts… Based on everything I have read, heard and seen… this diet is the closest thing to a miracle out there right now… another benefit of the diet is that due to it’s protein based focus (small and frequent meals)… it works well for people that are active and exercise a lot. The average amount of weight loss is 10-20lbs a month, until the body essentially runs out of ‘stored fat’ to burn! |
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great!!. Please share you work-out details if you can. Immpressive six-pack... which I'm eyeing for... neeam |
Here's the thing about 6 packs... there is difference between having one and seeing one :) The only way to see your six pack is to be quite lean. As far as my training goes... it's nothing special, I believe that the majority of results people see or don't are based on diet! Here's my current training program... I do 5 sets of 5 reps on most excersises... my wife follows the same program but 3 sets of 20 reps for max fat burning and to improve definition...
mon+thurs chest/tris/shoulder tue+fri back/bis/shrugs/deads wed+sat legs sun no weights just abs and cardio I train abs 7 days a week... 3 sets of 50 leg raises with a medicine ball between my legs and 3 sets of 50 crunches with a medicine ball on my chest... I do as much cardio as I can... Since I lost all the weight, I have turned into mean lean fat burning machine... honestly, this is what I am eating in a day now... if I eat less, I end up losing more weight and feeling weak! |
Pic are inspirering
Your old body looks just like mine does now.hope I can make the change. :thup:
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Actually, your menu doesn't resemble Dr. Blackburn's Protein Sparing Modified Fast enough for me to see the comparison except that you are making sure to eat a specified amount of protein. The idea, as I'm sure you know is to get into ketosis, what Dr. Blackburn called keto glocosinis
That white bread alone would be enough to keep most people out of ketosis. Here is what a book I have says about Dr. George Blackburn. From The Woman Doctor's Diet For Women by Barbara Edelstein M.D. Quote:
I ran the foods through fitday with the except of clam juice which they didn't have except as a clam tomato juice which I am guessing is too high in carbs to be used. Here is what it looks like. Calories Eaten Today source grams cals %total Total: 746 Fat: 37 333 46% Sat: 11 103 14% Poly: 7 59 8% Mono: 14 125 17% Carbs: 6 16 2% Fiber: 2 0 0% Protein: 92 370 51% Alcohol: 0 0 0% Beef steak, broiled or baked, lean and fat eaten 287 17 0 32 Turkey, NFS 234 11 0 32 Lettuce, Boston, raw 14 0 3 1 Salmon, baked or broiled 195 9 1 27 Cucumber, raw 4 0 1 0 Radish, raw 4 0 1 0 Totals 746 37 6 92 This was also medically supervised. I used the maximum amount of meat allowed 12 oz. It is too low calorie to follow for an extended period of time. |
You two look awesom. Congrats on the great work, love the abs!
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Elihnig, I liked your research. I don't know if you agree with me, but it seems a little too restrictive for me, but if anyone can sustain this WOE for life, more power to you.
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my god she is absoutley stunning and just look at them cheek bones, and look at you mr muscle man!! You must both be so proud of each other!!
Well done you are an insperation to us all, honestly you should both do some sort of modeling!! |
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