Diets are like religion. Everyone wants to proselytize theirs to you, but has no interest in hearing anyone else's thoughts.

Everyone's different, so no one diet is going to work. For the basics, I'd say cut the junk food, up the veggies, exercise, and don't eat until you're stuffed. Beyond that, you'll just have to figure out what works for you.

Hey Adam,

An rc.com user (jt512) has put together an oft-referenced guide called "How to Lose Weight to Improve Your Climbing." It includes a bit of a primer on what sorts of things to eat, and might be helpful to you. I hope that jt512 won't mind my linking to it here.

J

Dont make weight loss up in your mind to be something it's not, super difficult. It's not. If you're just looking to shed pounds and not do any climbing-specific training, which at 6 months in is exactly what you should be doing, the recipe is simple: stop eating shit, start doing cardio, make your own food from whole, wholesome ingredients. OK, so that's a little over simplified, but distilled, it will yield success. It's sounds like you're on the right track so far though, but do a little research, both to figure out what to eat, and what not to eat, both in big picture (e.g. - McDonalds), and on a small scale (e.g. - high fructose corn syrup). Pay attention to ingredients, consume high quality fats, fiber to help you feel full, and lean proteins. Try to keep your metabolism firing and your blood sugar on an even keel by consuming more smaller meals throughout the day instead of a few large ones. eat out less, and when you do, learn how to order off a menu intelligently, there are actually websites to help you do this. and cardio... calories in <calories out = weight loss. and it doesnt really take as much time as you might think. banging out a couple runs during the week will go a long way, or, I found it very effective to go for a mile jog every night shortly before bed, like an hour or two. it fired my metabolism up and kept it going while I was asleep. If you can, work in some time on a road bike, this is the most effective cross training I've ever done. I hear a lot of people whine about putting on leg mass from road biking, but i've not experienced this. I will generally do some short duration lunch hour rides twice a week (12-16 miles, usually working in some intervals), and a longer ride (20-30 miles) on the weekend. I've seen results in terms of increased core strength and the ability to maintain body tension during harder boulder problems, plus my V grade max has bumped up 2 grades since I started biking regularly. I will say that I'm not biking to lose weight, just as a cross training tool, so it may be different for you, but the bottom line is burning calories = weight loss. Anywyas, it's been said before, but stuff that works for me, may not work for you. experiment, figure out what your body wants by paying attention, keep journal if you like, i've never done this in terms of weight loss, but I do keep a training journal and I find it immensely advantageous. Don't buy into fad diets (basically any diet that has an actual name attached to it: Paleo, Atkins, South Beach, no. Use of your brain, yes), but do do some research, surf some nutrition blogs, and find some solid recipe websites to keep your meals intresting (epicurious, post-punk kitchen, and the Huffington Post lifestyle sections often have great options). One last thing that I personally found really helpful, weight yourself everyday, especially when you start to see results. I found nothing kept my motivation up better than seeing that improvement, not only that but it also helped me gage how much I should eat that day. If you have any questions I might be able to help with feel free to shoot me a PM.

Anyway, good luck man, you can do it, no doubt about it. A little commitment, and some minor lifestyle changes, and you'll be well on your way! Kick ass!

Who the fuck's going to read that?

Dont make weight loss up in your mind to be something it's not, super difficult. It's not.

If you're just looking to shed pounds and not do any climbing-specific training, which at 6 months in is exactly what you should be doing, the recipe is simple: stop eating shit, start doing cardio, make your own food from whole, wholesome ingredients.

OK, so that's a little over simplified, but distilled, it will yield success.

It's sounds like you're on the right track so far though, but do a little research, both to figure out what to eat, and what not to eat, both in big picture (e.g. - McDonalds), and on a small scale (e.g. - high fructose corn syrup).

Pay attention to ingredients, consume high quality fats, fiber to help you feel full, and lean proteins.

Try to keep your metabolism firing and your blood sugar on an even keel by consuming more smaller meals throughout the day instead of a few large ones.

eat out less, and when you do, learn how to order off a menu intelligently, there are actually websites to help you do this.


and cardio... calories in <calories out = weight loss. and it doesnt really take as much time as you might think.

banging out a couple runs during the week will go a long way, or, I found it very effective to go for a mile jog every night shortly before bed, like an hour or two. it fired my metabolism up and kept it going while I was asleep.


If you can, work in some time on a road bike, this is the most effective cross training I've ever done. I hear a lot of people whine about putting on leg mass from road biking, but i've not experienced this. I will generally do some short duration lunch hour rides twice a week (12-16 miles, usually working in some intervals), and a longer ride (20-30 miles) on the weekend. I've seen results in terms of increased core strength and the ability to maintain body tension during harder boulder problems, plus my V grade max has bumped up 2 grades since I started biking regularly. I will say that I'm not biking to lose weight, just as a cross training tool, so it may be different for you, but the bottom line is burning calories = weight loss.

Anywyas, it's been said before, but stuff that works for me, may not work for you. experiment, figure out what your body wants by paying attention, keep journal if you like, i've never done this in terms of weight loss, but I do keep a training journal and I find it immensely advantageous. Don't buy into fad diets (basically any diet that has an actual name attached to it: Paleo, Atkins, South Beach, no. Use of your brain, yes), but do do some research, surf some nutrition blogs, and find some solid recipe websites to keep your meals intresting (epicurious, post-punk kitchen, and the Huffington Post lifestyle sections often have great options).


One last thing that I personally found really helpful, weight yourself everyday, especially when you start to see results. I found nothing kept my motivation up better than seeing that improvement, not only that but it also helped me gage how much I should eat that day. If you have any questions I might be able to help with feel free to shoot me a PM.

Anyway, good luck man, you can do it, no doubt about it. A little commitment, and some minor lifestyle changes, and you'll be well on your way! Kick ass!

Greggle, despite the fact he is deluded and thinks "Knight of the Old Republic" was better then "Diablo 2", is right. So I am going to dish out some Fluttershy magnitude love and format that motherfucker.




I guess I'll also post Spikkedem's awesome spreadsheet:
http://mail.rockclimbing.com/..._reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

You're the Shining Armor to my Princess Cadence.

Who the fuck's going to read that?

possibly the OP, who's interested in dropping some weight. if I had to guess.