Comments on: Ideal Body Weight – Fantasy vs. Reality

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:46:37 +0000

Mandy awesome, only when she’s on her knees, fat whore.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:32:06 +0000

Mandy you are AWESOME! I am overweight and have been since 2002 when I had my first child and then I had twins in 06. I used to weight 126/5′6″ now I am 220.( I weighed myself today and wanted to cry) I struggle with myself every single day, my self hate is just aweful. What is the HIIT? Please any advice you have would be so helpful. I have been to Dr.’s, medical weightloss programs, perscriptions, diets,Jenny Craig, exercise. NOTHING. My boyfriend says I don’t try hard enough, but he does NOT support my weight loss at all. I have had bloodwork checking my thyroid, nothing. I feel like I am drowning inside myself.

By: BASILIO

BASILIO — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:13:26 +0000

I THINK IT’S VERY ADMIRABLE THAT YOU’RE TRYING TO GET COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN MANDY. JUST KEEP ON DOING WHAT YA HAVE TO DO AND DAMN THE NAY-SAYERS,ESPECIALLY JERKS LIKE THE ONE WHO POSTED THAT YOU’RE CONSUMING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL AND THAT’S WHY YOU HAVEN’T REACHED YOUR GOAL. PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE IRRELEVANT MANDY. YOU’RE A BEAUTIFUL PERSON,INSIDE AND OUT. STAY FOCUSED ON THE TASK ON HAND,AND I KNOW THAT YOU’RE GONNA BE JUST FINE:)

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:15:22 +0000

No offense Mandy, but you still look like you need to lose 100 more lbs. My buddy knows you, says you drink lots, maybe dropping the booze will help you drop the pounds.

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:27:58 +0000

Wow, you have such an interesting blog!!! I will definitely become a faithful reader to see your progress. And please don’t let those doctors get you down!!!!!
What is important is that you have already recognized that you need improvement and you’re willing to work on it in a healthy way. Thanks so much for sharing!!

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:02:02 +0000

Cool, way to follow through! I do it 3 times a week minimum.

By: Matt S

Matt S — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:24:35 +0000

Well, as promised, I did mine today.

Good Lord, I nearly died.

I came home, showered, then walked for 30 mins to interview a local fitness store owner. I was wiped!

I’m feeling great right now though.

How often do you use HIIT?

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:57:49 +0000

Yeah, Dr. Kal put me on to the fact that many doctors know nothing about being healthy, just treating illnesses with medicine and surgery. Regarding the sprints, I love them but they kick my ass!

By: Matt S

Matt S — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:02:14 +0000

Oh hahaha. That makes a lot more sense!

It almost wouldn’t surprise me though.

Did you know that most doctors (medical) receive almost no nutrition/exercise education? It really shows, as there are a high percentage of obese doctors.

What is the world coming to?

PS I do HIIT tomorrow with sprints. I’m terrified to start again lol.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:58:59 +0000

Matt, Mandy’s doctor told her that, not mine. lol. But I agree with the HIIT and fat loss. It’s a body shocker that shows results.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:57:31 +0000

Cool, I’ll check that out. Maybe we can connect.

By: Matt S

Matt S — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:59:10 +0000

Buddy, your weight loss so far is incredible. Keep it up!

For your doctor to be telling you to be 124-138lbs at 6ft tall makes no sense. I’m glad you laughed in his face! I was very unhealthy/skinny in highschool, and upon graduating i was 149/5′1″ and probably 10-12% body fat. I couldn’t be much smaller!! I started working out and eating well after that…different story though.

I read that you’re doing HIIT, great stuff! That stuff just strips the fat off of you! Check this out — the local university is currently doing a lot of research on HIIT sprinting in the Kinesiology dept. Without changing diet or weightlifting routine my friend Paul went from 12-8% body fat in SIX WEEKS. Incredible. With the amount of weight loss you’ve achieved, it would seem like you are experiencing similar results!

The good news is that some experts (Dr. John Berardi for example) believe that your body keeps a certain memory for fat loss patterns. In otherwords, if you take the fat off once your body won’t mind doing it again OR staying at the same level! It’s just a matter of maintenance.

Anyways, take care and keep rawkin.

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:46:36 +0000

Hey Israel. My buddy Gary was in a similar situation as you (he’s taller, but you get the idea) and he set out on a mission to drop the pounds. Last I checked in with him, he lost ~120 pounds over the course of less than a year. It’s quite astounding. You can follow him on Twitter as @_fatdad (there’s an underscore in there). He’s got a site set up at fatdad.org. He does weekly videos, documents his diet and exercise program, etc.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:18:05 +0000

Yep, in the military they expect you to be a certain height and weight and its pretty ridiculous.

By: Yum Yucky

Yum Yucky — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:10:36 +0000

Ah, forget about those ridiculous height/weight ratios the doctors try to force on us!

60 pounds in 6 months is excellent. Breaking down your weight loss goals into small chunks opposed to staring at the big picture every day is so much better. Keep it going! Don’t give up! (your before and after pic is awesome!)

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