Simliar thing from my perspective. Back in January I broke down and bought the books on "The Abs Diet". It was the first book on any weight loss subject I had ever read. I read through it three times just to make sure I understoof what it said and by golly it was exactly as all the nutrition course in my Exercise Science course work in college said.
Just eat smart and exercise...well being a former offensive linemen from college I have a hard time not eating 2800+ calories a day. Even 11 years after finishing playing football. The trouble is I can't run long distance; something I love to do; because of my right knee and having 5 surgeries on it including an ACL reconstruction and complete removal of all cartilage.
Well now I have been eating meals from the basics outlined in that book...mainly new recipe variations and cutting way back on the portions and I have gone from 285 - 265 since January. Its tougher for me when I am on the road for business because customers always want to go out drinking and I stopped drinking almost completely except when we have dinner parties at home and then its primarily Tequilla or Scotch...some habits die really hard. Anyway my ultimate goal is back down to 245 like I was when I played Tight End in college when I met my wife. If I don't get back there then I just want to be able to put on that old 34 inch pair of jeans in the waist and get back to a equal length leg and waist once again. A 40 inch waist and 34 length is a hard thing to find but plenty of 34/34 pants exist.
Oh and getting back in the weight room from my last trip down attempting pro-football has been a challenge mentally. I know I can do it but the only way I have ever lifted has been for size and strength and trying to modify that brainwave pattern is infinitely harder than trying to eat right. So I said screw it and went back to 225 reps for explosive power and legs press (no squats due to knee once again...)but damn I love the way squats used to make me feel after I had just finished a set of 10 at 550. Now its leg press 475 till I can't do it anymore. One super set twice a week on everything (Monday and Thursday) the rest of the week is what I call super resistance. I load the bar down on bench press with 475 and ease it down in fifteen second intervals and explode back up with spotters. 2 sets of five on that and your arms and chest feel live they are going to explode. On the leg press I load it down with 650 and do the same thing. Kind of the same feeling squats used to give but not the same. Then everything else is just hand held weight for all small muscle groups.
