Not a doctor, but used to cut a lot of weight and can regurgitate some of the stuff I was told that’s definitely too specific to be universally true but might give good hints.
“The body can’t burn fat off past a certain rate, ~3pbs / week. Any weight loss beyond that is probably mostly dehydration.”
“Alcohol metabolizes to sugar up to the point that you can’t metabolize it anymore, and it starts getting you drunk. Any time you catch a buzz, you’ve also basically eaten a bowl of candy.”
My two bits: firstly try to eat as healthy as you can, meaning definitely cut all sugar, then try to cut carbs generally, then fats and salts. Weight yourself every morning before you eat. Take it slow, aiming for a couple of pounds a week (just under your 20lbs/month goal). If you’re not on pace, ramp up exercise a lot (especially cardio) and trim your intake a little. (More exercise better than less food.). Stay well hydrated the whole way. It’ll help your body process all the challenges.
Hate to break it to you brother, but you definitely want to cut the beer while you’re trying to get to your target weight. Maybe you can figure it out without doing that, but that’s hard mode for sure, and I don’t think you’d be asking for tips if you were really ready for hard mode.
Not a doctor, but used to cut a lot of weight and can regurgitate some of the stuff I was told that’s definitely too specific to be universally true but might give good hints.
“The body can’t burn fat off past a certain rate, ~3pbs / week. Any weight loss beyond that is probably mostly dehydration.”
“Alcohol metabolizes to sugar up to the point that you can’t metabolize it anymore, and it starts getting you drunk. Any time you catch a buzz, you’ve also basically eaten a bowl of candy.”
My two bits: firstly try to eat as healthy as you can, meaning definitely cut all sugar, then try to cut carbs generally, then fats and salts. Weight yourself every morning before you eat. Take it slow, aiming for a couple of pounds a week (just under your 20lbs/month goal). If you’re not on pace, ramp up exercise a lot (especially cardio) and trim your intake a little. (More exercise better than less food.). Stay well hydrated the whole way. It’ll help your body process all the challenges.
Hate to break it to you brother, but you definitely want to cut the beer while you’re trying to get to your target weight. Maybe you can figure it out without doing that, but that’s hard mode for sure, and I don’t think you’d be asking for tips if you were really ready for hard mode.