Comments on: Making a New Year’s Resolution to lose weight, build muscle, or eat healthy? I got you covered. http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/2009/01/02/making-a-new-years-resolution-to-lose-weight-build-muscle-or-eat-healthy-i-got-you-covered/ Diet, Nutrition, Healthy Eating & Exercise Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:35:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/2009/01/02/making-a-new-years-resolution-to-lose-weight-build-muscle-or-eat-healthy-i-got-you-covered/comment-page-1/#comment-3759 Ben Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:22:41 +0000 http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/?p=66#comment-3759 Thanks for the site. Reading all of your articles has been great - the dry wit and deft skewering of the myths is priceless. Much appreciation for the high quality information. I've tried so many gimmick diets and when the novelty of the angle wore off, I always reverted. Atkins, Protein Power, South Beach, Body for life, Sugar Busters, Weight Watchers. I've tried big-name crap supplements too. Hydroxycut, Xenadrine, Metabolife, ECA stacker, ad nauseum. Anyway, with the sober and sound guidance found on acaloriecounter.com, I've gone from 320 lbs to 295 lbs in about 3.5 months. My biggest problem as a life-long weightlifter is trying to preserve my muscle as I lose weight. I've always been able to bench press my body weight for 2 unaided reps, so I guess as long as I can keep doing at least that, it will have to do. My goal is 195 pounds by my 40th birthday (360 days from now) so it will be a little hard to swallow having my bench go from 325 to 195. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to keep it at 225 though. Keeping it a 275 would be even better. Any thoughts on retaining muscle and strength during weight loss would be appreciated, although perhaps you've addressed these already and I just missed it. One question: any idea on how effective just using table sugar instead of dextrose is for the post-workout shake? Thanks for the site. Reading all of your articles has been great – the dry wit and deft skewering of the myths is priceless. Much appreciation for the high quality information. I’ve tried so many gimmick diets and when the novelty of the angle wore off, I always reverted. Atkins, Protein Power, South Beach, Body for life, Sugar Busters, Weight Watchers. I’ve tried big-name crap supplements too. Hydroxycut, Xenadrine, Metabolife, ECA stacker, ad nauseum. Anyway, with the sober and sound guidance found on acaloriecounter.com, I’ve gone from 320 lbs to 295 lbs in about 3.5 months. My biggest problem as a life-long weightlifter is trying to preserve my muscle as I lose weight. I’ve always been able to bench press my body weight for 2 unaided reps, so I guess as long as I can keep doing at least that, it will have to do. My goal is 195 pounds by my 40th birthday (360 days from now) so it will be a little hard to swallow having my bench go from 325 to 195. I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to keep it at 225 though. Keeping it a 275 would be even better. Any thoughts on retaining muscle and strength during weight loss would be appreciated, although perhaps you’ve addressed these already and I just missed it.

One question: any idea on how effective just using table sugar instead of dextrose is for the post-workout shake?

]]> By: dhanashri http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/2009/01/02/making-a-new-years-resolution-to-lose-weight-build-muscle-or-eat-healthy-i-got-you-covered/comment-page-1/#comment-3577 dhanashri Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:29:57 +0000 http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/?p=66#comment-3577 oh yes, im waiting for the new article too!! oh yes, im waiting for the new article too!!

]]> By: nichole http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/2009/01/02/making-a-new-years-resolution-to-lose-weight-build-muscle-or-eat-healthy-i-got-you-covered/comment-page-1/#comment-3575 nichole Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:56:23 +0000 http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/?p=66#comment-3575 Where are you? We need an awesome new blog entry! Where are you? We need an awesome new blog entry!

]]> By: mary ann http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/2009/01/02/making-a-new-years-resolution-to-lose-weight-build-muscle-or-eat-healthy-i-got-you-covered/comment-page-1/#comment-3354 mary ann Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:15:39 +0000 http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/?p=66#comment-3354 wow ! where you have been all my life? i loved reading your info. thanks for helping me. wow ! where you have been all my life? i loved reading your info. thanks for helping me.

]]> By: Veena http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/2009/01/02/making-a-new-years-resolution-to-lose-weight-build-muscle-or-eat-healthy-i-got-you-covered/comment-page-1/#comment-3231 Veena Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:22:16 +0000 http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/?p=66#comment-3231 I am a 52 year old mom who can categorically declare that this is the site I've been looking for all my life! Wish I'd known about it before... the info and advice makes perfect sense and works perfectly too. I've started shedding pounds without feeling deprived and I'm on top of the world. Didn't know it could be so simple. Thanks for providing & sharing so much important info for free. God bless you, creator of a-calorie-counter, whoever you are. And, Dhanashri, let your mom go for it! I am a 52 year old mom who can categorically declare that this is the site I’ve been looking for all my life! Wish I’d known about it before… the info and advice makes perfect sense and works perfectly too. I’ve started shedding pounds without feeling deprived and I’m on top of the world. Didn’t know it could be so simple. Thanks for providing & sharing so much important info for free. God bless you, creator of a-calorie-counter, whoever you are. And, Dhanashri, let your mom go for it!

]]> By: dhanashri http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/2009/01/02/making-a-new-years-resolution-to-lose-weight-build-muscle-or-eat-healthy-i-got-you-covered/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 dhanashri Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:01:29 +0000 http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/?p=66#comment-3224 hi, im one of the countless many who fall for the weight loss pills, powders etc..ive even wasted a load of cash..ur idea of commonsense approach is really appealing..im now 83 kgs and my goal is to get down to 65…will let you know how it goes..btw, can my mom who is 52yrs use the same method? please let me know.. thanks a ton! hi,

im one of the countless many who fall for the weight loss pills, powders etc..ive even wasted a load of cash..ur idea of commonsense approach is really appealing..im now 83 kgs and my goal is to get down to 65…will let you know how it goes..btw, can my mom who is 52yrs use the same method? please let me know..

thanks a ton!

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