Former Fat Boy Handbook

[Phaedrus49er]

One of the few nutrition articles from T-Mag that I keep around is this one: FFB Handbook. I figured this was appropriate for this forum. The body composition scenarios presented here certainly apply to me. Makes this time of year a little tough on the waistline, but at least I know I'm doing it willingly for another week or so

[rwmct]

That was a great article. I lost 27 pounds since late May, early June. But I was real skinny until 33, 35 yoa, and did not qualify as fat, imo, until 42, 44. I do not seem to gain fat that fast at present. So I figure I am not a ffb, even though I certainly WAS fat for four, six years. But I will keep this article in mind, just in case!

[rgv]

Easily the most relevant article ive read in months. relevant to my own personal situation anyway.

probably the biggest change I noticed in my own training was 2 months ago when after 3 months of doing isolation based strength training I switched to loading up on cardio and compound core exercises (DL, Bench, Dips, Pull-Ups especially). The difference was pretty radical, my back blew up and I cut down 5 lbs of fat in the space of a month and a half without losing anything to my lifts. As far as I can tell its more or less continued in the time since I've spent in the gym since then. So yeah, this article is spot on as far as my experience has been.

[cappuccino]

Thanks! This is me to a T and I've just been figuring these things out recently!

[Phaedrus49er]

Originally Posted by rwmct

That was a great article. I lost 27 pounds since late May, early June. But I was real skinny until 33, 35 yoa, and did not qualify as fat, imo, until 42, 44. I do not seem to gain fat that fast at present. So I figure I am not a ffb, even though I certainly WAS fat for four, six years. But I will keep this article in mind, just in case!

I think FFBs (and FFGs) are those of us who grew up fat as opposed to putting on the weight later in life. My understanding is that if you grow up overweight, your body develops the fat cells early and keeps them in various states of, well, swelling or shrinkage whereas if you gain weight later in life, your body is already predisposed to having fewer fat cells and can therefore shed weight a little more easily (slower metabolism notwithstanding). That's not to say the information isn't relevant to anyone who wants to lose weight--I'm a HYOOGE proponent of cyclical ketogenic diets for anyone; after all, our bodies are made for that kind of diet, but I digress. Hope you get some good stuff from it. Me, I'm doing all I can to fight the good fight, but I may be giving myself a birthday present of some minor cosmetic surgery in a few years because there are just some areas that aren't going to budge

[RacerBill]

Good one, Ben. This is one of those articles that I need to pull out and re-read every so often.

[James Newman]

Thanks for sharing Ben, I haven't checked this out yet. I have been insanely busy at work over the holiday. I am trying to catch up on things and then hopefully I can get a few quality posts up.

Newman