It's time for a change!!!!!!

[Meatcutter]

Love water, probably drink 2-3 gallons a day.

[Skinny]

Use a smaller plate


Skinny

[Shane]

Learn to love water. Put a little lemon in it or something - but no sugar. Your body needs water. It doesn't need caffeine or syrup or any of the other stuff that's in all the man-made drinks. Drink water if you love being healthy more than you love junk drinks.

[Low Fence]

Set goals that make you accountable. I do photos, that I force myself to take regardless. The competition goal is great too. It sets a time to finish and your weakness or failures will be exposed forcing you to stay focused.

For those that don't want to weigh everything, just eat clean. Your body will tell you when your full and as long as it's clean it's very hard to overeat. Just try and eat 3000 clean calories, you will be eating all day long! I'm cutting now and only eating 1700 but it's enough food that I'm not hungry and still loosing weight at probably below or close to 8% bf

Was 8.125% 2 weeks ago and still cutting, will get rechecked this Friday to make sure I'm going the right direction

[Playa]

Check out Mark Sisson's website called marksdailyapple.com. For me it was life changing. Tons of free info there. Look at the before and after pictures of some who are eating clean. Vitality/health for most can be very simple, but you must be willing to change from what your government told you were healthy ways to eat.

It's really simple, eat lots of healthy plants and animals, move slowly but frequently, lift heavy things and sprint from time to time.

This is me approaching 200 on a small 5'7" frame. 2nd image is about a year after following primal principles.



In full disclosure, I've added some of that weight back on, but it's due to my laziness.

[txbowhunter08]

Haven't made my meal plan but I'm planning on doing something like this. 2 boiled eggs in the morning,mid morning snack of one fruit, lunch maybe a salad after noon snack small package of tuna, then dinner I like to a bigger meal something like grilled chicken with green beans with a small salad. That's just a example not what I'll do every day I gear it towards my work out days so I'm getting a good food for recovery and engery. Sometimes I throw in a protein shake for mid afternoon snack, my biggest road bump is supper time as my wife is smaller so she can eat whatever she wants and no gain anything, so some good healthier supper ideas for the whole family would help

[Low Fence]

Just a tip: that ain't enough breakfast for a 4 year old

Eat a palm sized portion of protein at every meal. With whole eggs min would be 2 plus a few whites. @ 180# I eat 8 meals a day and breakfast is 1 cup of whites and 1 whole egg with 1/2 cup oatmeal ( dry weight.... Makes a bucket of oatmeal cooked ) that only about 310-315 calories... And takes 2 bowls to hold it all. EAT!!! Salad is great I eat 1-2 bags a day, but there is nothing there to sustain muscle. It's all water and some fiber. Throw a chicken breast in there. Throw 2 cans of tuna in there

There is tons of info out there some is junk, some is science, but staying consistent is the only way to tell what works for YOU. some handle carbs, some handle fat better. I do best in low fat high carb, my wife does better on a higher fat, lower carb diet. But starvation diet will not work and will only waste muscle and plague you with cravings.

[glen]

Eat way more. I got up the morning and had 3 MetRx pancakes and went to gym. After gym had 4 eggs and cup of oats. got to work and had a 6 ounce sirloin steak and 1/2 avocado. About to eat a grilled piece of salmon and a cucumber. I will eat about 3 more times before 8 oclock tonight. Ill have a casein protein drink and cup of psyllium husks and go to sleep.
I am 603 and weigh 255# right now. My goal is sub 12% bf and carry 250#. Probably wont happen this year but ill get there.

[Rack Ranch]

https://nuun.com/hydration/

TRY THIS OUT, I know they sale them at Academy.

I've got some major goals set for this year and I've been slacking. With that said ( I know a few other threads have been started) I'm starting this thread for personal motivation and to help motivate others. Starting this Monday I'm getring back on the healthy track. I'd like to see other people's results and how you achieved them. I've Gained about 25 pounds and it's taking a a toll on me I've lost a lot of drive and starting to get tired threw out the day even if I get 7+ hours of sleep. I work out 3 times a day and run close to 15 miles a week, but eat like crap atleast one Redbull a day. I would also like some ideas on healthy drinks. I drink a lot threw out the day and really hate drinking water. I have coast trip plan this weekend so wanna get that out of the way and start strong on minday. Stay tuned as I plan on posting my work out schedule also a full menu of what I plan on eating threw out the week

[Rack Ranch]

MAKE SURE YOUR EATING Steel Cut oats and not Instant or Quick oats.

Just a tip: that ain't enough breakfast for a 4 year old

Eat a palm sized portion of protein at every meal. With whole eggs min would be 2 plus a few whites. @ 180# I eat 8 meals a day and breakfast is 1 cup of whites and 1 whole egg with 1/2 cup oatmeal ( dry weight.... Makes a bucket of oatmeal cooked ) that only about 310-315 calories... And takes 2 bowls to hold it all. EAT!!! Salad is great I eat 1-2 bags a day, but there is nothing there to sustain muscle. It's all water and some fiber. Throw a chicken breast in there. Throw 2 cans of tuna in there

There is tons of info out there some is junk, some is science, but staying consistent is the only way to tell what works for YOU. some handle carbs, some handle fat better. I do best in low fat high carb, my wife does better on a higher fat, lower carb diet. But starvation diet will not work and will only waste muscle and plague you with cravings.

[Fishy]

I've got to lose some extra weight too. Been through an extended period of high stress that helped me eat things I shouldn't have. Thankfully I can shed pounds pretty easily.

[Low Fence]

MAKE SURE YOUR EATING Steel Cut oats and not Instant or Quick oats.

Done both and can tell ZERO difference other than I have less time to eat after cooking steel cut. I like them better and they are " better" but they ain't the " be all, end all" food by no means. 90% of the time I eat quick or old fashion oats

[JonBoy]

Set goals that make you accountable. I do photos, that I force myself to take regardless. The competition goal is great too. It sets a time to finish and your weakness or failures will be exposed forcing you to stay focused.

For those that don't want to weigh everything, just eat clean. Your body will tell you when your full and as long as it's clean it's very hard to overeat. Just try and eat 3000 clean calories, you will be eating all day long! I'm cutting now and only eating 1700 but it's enough food that I'm not hungry and still loosing weight at probably below or close to 8% bf

Was 8.125% 2 weeks ago and still cutting, will get rechecked this Friday to make sure I'm going the right direction

Just curious as to what you define as "clean calories". Are you talking lean proteins and low carb?(i.e. what a lot of folks do in a lean-out cut)...or more like no junk food, no MSG, no over chemically processed food stuffs? You're absolutely right about eating 3000 calories...if you tried to eat 3000 calories in lean chicken you'd be stuffed before you got there.

[Rack Ranch]

Ok... never said that. Just trying to let the OP know that they are better for you. Don't be so touchy bro!!
Everybody wants to argue, even over oatmeal.

Done both and can tell ZERO difference other than I have less time to eat after cooking steel cut. I like them better and they are " better" but they ain't the " be all, end all" food by no means. 90% of the time I eat quick or old fashion oats

[Low Fence]

Clean to me: outside perimeter at grocery store for most part. Meat ( fresh or frozen), veggies ( fresh or frozen) complex carbs ( rice, oats,black beans... No canned junk), nuts,seeds. Nothing "boxed", trans fats.

I'm no " organic", " grass feed " fad, but I've taken processed sugars out and achieved unnatural results in mind blowing time. Works for me