It’s fairly hard to drink too much water; your body manages blood volume, extracellular fluid, electrolyte balance etc etc without you needing to consciously consume specific amounts of water. It will conserve what’s needed and excrete what isn’t, with extreme precision. The idea that you need to consume more than your “water appetite” compels you to drink is complete nonsense - if it were possible to affect your “hydration” in that way, you’d be able to cause all sorts of horrific problems just by drinking a couple of glasses too much.
Consuming a lot of water every day will basically just waste a few extra minutes of your time in the bathroom. Water intoxication is really only possible in extreme circumstances.
Constant systemic inflammation is associated (in some cases) with a very-high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. It is endemic in the West, where that particular dietary pattern has been pushed by dietitians and the food industry.
Your feet are still the same size though 
How did you do it?
Wow. Great! How did you do it?
Well done, that man!
day 0 = 173lb
day 1 = 174lb
day 2 = 172lb
day 3 = 171lb
day 4 = 171lb
day 5 = 171lb
day 6 = 170lb
100 pushups/situps and planks. 30 min jog… I drastically reduced rice added more veggies. my meals are smaller than my 5 year old. eating slower… my lunch starts from noon and finished about 4pm… feels less hungry. i need to get below 170!!!
that is a motivation!!!
Great work. As I said though, don’t cut the calories too low. Maybe try one meal a day. That way, you can eat in a deficit and still have a proper sized meal.
day 0 105.4kg daily Total
day 1 103.6kg -1.8kg -1.8kg fasted
day 2 102.8kg. -0.8kg -2.6kg fasted
day 3 104.1kg +1.3kg -1.3kg eating day
day 4 102.5kg -1.6kg -2.9kg fasted
day 5 102.9kg +0.4kg -2.5kg eating day
day 6 102.2kg -0.7kg -3.2kg fasted
A very good day as far as fasting is concerned. I actually never get that hungry. I get bored and want to eat. Today, I was busy and tired from watching the footy so I didn’t think about food. Perfect.
No aims in particular, just wanna get rid of the belly, become generally more healthy. Physically and mentally
Bloody hell, Big Dave, go easy! There’ll be nothing left of you soon!
Haha, yes sadly my feet are still size 13 >.<
Well, there’s two parts to it: #1, I had a giant tumor in my stomach about 3 1/2 years ago. At the time they though it was cancerous (thankfully it wasn’t although we didn’t find that out until later when they did they biopsy). I spent Christmas and New Year’s in Taida hospital. Anyway they took the tumor out, along with most of my stomach. So I had to basically start with water and re-learn how to eat again. And to this day I can’t tolerate greasy or oily food - it makes me throw up.
But beyond that, I’ve completely overhauled the way I eat. I don’t do any fasting or counting calories. I can eat as much as I want, whenever I want. But there are many foods I can’t eat.
These are my ‘red light’ foods, that I need to avoid at all costs: oil, sugar, refined grains (i.e. white flour, white rice), red meat, processed food, alcohol, dairy, juice, and artificial sweeteners
My ‘green light’ foods are vegetables (including beans, legumes, starchy vegetables, etc.) fruit, nuts, and seeds. I try to eat as much of these as I can, especially vegetables. In fact if someone asked me what’s the #1 thing they can do to lose weight I’d tell them to eat more vegetables.
Brown rice and other whole, intact grains (like oat groats) go in the “lemon lime” category.
Whole non-intact grains (oat flakes, bread made with 100% whole grains, etc) are yellow light
Animal products that aren’t red light (chicken, fish, eggs) are ‘orange light’. I can have a little but it’s best to surround them with green light foods. So instead of a chicken dinner, I’ll have a chicken salad where it’s a small amount of chicken surrounded by vegetables.
Beyond that, I’ve developed many strategies to help me eat more ‘green light’ foods and avoid ‘red light’ foods. For example, I keep food with me wherever I go (usually a bag of nuts or grapes). This way if I’m out somewhere and there’s no healthy food around, I can always have something to eat. I have numerous appliances in my home such as a pressure cooker, a convection oven (that doubles as an air fryer), a Blendtec blender, and a bread maker where I make my own whole grain bread (no white flour). As you can imagine, I cook most of the food I eat and I don’t go to restaurants very often.
Anyway, I’m happy to answer any questions. I’ve been overweight or obese my entire post-pubescent life, so I know how it is, and how difficult weight loss can be. I’m happy to be thin for a change. I weigh significantly less now (75 kg) than I did when I was 14 years old (95 kg), so it’s kind of crazy
day 0 = 173lb
day 1 = 174lb
day 2 = 172lb
day 3 = 171lb
day 4 = 171lb
day 5 = 171lb
day 6 = 170lb
day 7 = 170lb it has only been a weekkk???!
Picked a 30 min exercise from youtube. Jog for 30 min. I’m not sure about diet. I’m just eating more veggies. I love my wife’s cooking. Life is good!
Yes!!! Well done mate!!! 3lbs in a week is good especially if you can still eat the food you like.
Keep it going. In a month, you will be at 160! Well done for posting your weight every day.
day 0 105.4kg daily Total
day 1 103.6kg -1.8kg -1.8kg fasted
day 2 102.8kg. -0.8kg -2.6kg fasted
day 3 104.1kg +1.3kg -1.3kg eating day
day 4 102.5kg -1.6kg -2.9kg fasted
day 5 102.9kg +0.4kg -2.5kg eating day
day 6 102.2kg -0.7kg -3.2kg fasted
day 7 102.8kg +0.6kg -2.6kg eating day
So…one week down and 2.6kg down. I ate a lot of carbs today because I wanted to lift weights. Very happy with the first week. Four fasting days out of seven. Same fasting schedule this week with the aim of improving my eating days. The fasting muscle is strong. Really good weight session today too. Hoping to break 100kg next week.
Week 1: Start 173lb - End 170lb
day 8 = 169lb
Ate carbs today… noodle, mantou… whole body aching!
100 pushups/situps and planks + 30 min jog.
I need to add weight exercise… any recommendation? @BigDave thanks for this post keeping me going!
If possible and you want to pack on size, i would always recommend the big three of squat, bench press and deadlift plus bent over rows and a barbell press for new lifters.
I don’t have a bench or squat rack at the moment, so i have started doing the press, front squat and bent over row. It is Ok at the moment because the weight is still relatively low. As the squat goes up, I will need a rack.
If space is an issue and you are not concerned with packing on size…maybe look into kettlebells.
Because you are into bodyweight stuff, you could check out this guy. He has a good deal of muscle and doesn’t use any equipment. If you can do as many burpees as he can do, your cardio would be superhuman too.
day 0 105.4kg daily Total
day 1 103.6kg -1.8kg -1.8kg fasted
day 2 102.8kg. -0.8kg -2.6kg fasted
day 3 104.1kg +1.3kg -1.3kg eating day
day 4 102.5kg -1.6kg -2.9kg fasted
day 5 102.9kg +0.4kg -2.5kg eating day
day 6 102.2kg -0.7kg -3.2kg fasted
day 7 102.8kg +0.6kg -2.6kg eating day
day 8 101.5kg -1.3kg -3.9kg fasted
Felt low energy until I put some sea salt in my water. Then I felt fine. No hunger but I had to watch the kids eat something I like. Was going to fast until Sunday noon, but England play in the early hours of sunday so I will probably break the fast early while I am watching them.
Week 1: Start 173lb - End 170lb
day 8 = 169lb
day 9 = 169lb… hopefully tomorrow 168.
30 min HIIT + 30 min jog!